Digging Up the Past is a sidequest in Silent Hill: Downpour. The quest only becomes available after completing the game for the first time. Completing the quest will unlock the "Surprise" ending, Downpour's equivalent of a UFO Ending. Once the quest is completed, no other endings can be achieved, regardless of choices made while playing.
Quest solution[]
To complete the quest, locate seven barrels scattered across Silent Hill with burning pink and blue birthday candles on them, use a shovel to dig in front of them, and take the Silent Hill trinkets from the hole. After an artifact is removed from a location, its candles will extinguish.
Below is a list of all the locations of the artifacts:
- The first site is in a yard north of Straub Street, in Hillside. Find a shovel in a shack in the downtown area in the southwestern corner.
- The second site is near where Hillside becomes Pearl Creek. A shovel can be found west of the Hillside subway, outside the Hillside Police Station.
- The third site is in a park south of Cook Street in Pearl Creek. Find a shovel where Cook Street meets Lansdale.
- The fourth up is inside Logan's Park, located at the border of Pearl Creek and Chastain Heights. A shovel can be found at the border into Pearl Creek.
- The fifth site is in a small park located behind the Chastain Heights Cinema. Find a shovel in an alleyway northwest of the Chastain Heights subway.
- The sixth site is in front of St. Maria's Monastery in Chastain Heights. Find a shovel at the entrance of Monroe Cemetery, just south of the Monastery.
- The final site is in the Port District. Find the barrel in the yard of a southeast home. Then find a shovel near a truck on Ketchum Street.
After collecting all seven artifacts, the quest will be completed.
Artifacts[]
Artifacts that are dug up can be found in the Extras Menu. Below is a list of the artifacts:
- Aglaophotis
- "What the hell is this stuff? Smells disgusting."
- Radio
- "What's going on with this radio?"
- Alien Toy
- "Do people really believe in this stuff?"
- Hyper Blaster
- "Fancy gun... Too bad it doesn't work."
- UFO
- "Abduction, huh? That's one way out of here, I guess..."
- Circle Emblem
- "This thing creeps me out."
- Robbie
- "Cute doll. He seems to be showing up a lot lately."
Trivia[]
- Completing the sidequest unlocks the achievement/trophy "Useless Trinkets."
- The objects recovered in the dig sites are all references to the earlier games in the series. Ex.: the trinket "Laser Pistol" is modeled after the Laser Pistol from Silent Hill: Homecoming.