Before you start
Use this guide once you are in the Haldane Hotel room with the CRTV and a date dial on a door. The other door requires an item; this guide covers the dial lock.
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- Door dial solution; description of the two doors and CRTV tutorial
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- Use this guide once you are in the Haldane Hotel room with the CRTV and a date dial on a door. The other door requires an item; this guide covers the dial lock.
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- Written-source guidance only. Kingy has not played this puzzle or reviewed its screenshots or gameplay recording. Exact input bindings, build/difficulty variants, clue-skipping and reset behavior remain unverified.
You choose how much to reveal
A nudge or the answer.
Open only the help you need. The exact combination stays behind “Show the solution”.
Give me a hintWhere to look, without any date values.
A small hint
Look for a date assembled from more than one clue. Check both the room’s printed material and the CRTV.
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- Opening explanation and door dial solution; two clue sources
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- Look for a date assembled from more than one clue. Check both the room’s printed material and the CRTV.
- Does not establish
- Written-source guidance only. Kingy has not played this puzzle or reviewed its screenshots or gameplay recording. Exact input bindings, build/difficulty variants, clue-skipping and reset behavior remain unverified.
Explain the logicWhich clue supplies each part of the date.
Understand the clues
The CRTV broadcast supplies the day and month. The Room Service Card supplies the year. Match each part to its own wheel rather than treating the date as one long number.
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- Where to find the year; How to find the day and month using the CRTV
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- The CRTV broadcast supplies the day and month. The Room Service Card supplies the year. Match each part to its own wheel rather than treating the date as one long number.
- Does not establish
- Written-source guidance only. Kingy has not played this puzzle or reviewed its screenshots or gameplay recording. Exact input bindings, build/difficulty variants, clue-skipping and reset behavior remain unverified.
Show the solutionThe full date, wheel order and success check.
Set the date and open the door
- Preview / reporting
Read the Room Service Card. AltChar identifies the advertised menu year as 1996.
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Silent Hill: Townfall: How To Solve The Date Puzzle In Hotel Room 204 ↗ - Locate
- Where to find the year; Room Service Card menu heading
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- Read the Room Service Card. AltChar identifies the advertised menu year as 1996.
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- Written-source guidance only. Kingy has not played this puzzle or reviewed its screenshots or gameplay recording. Exact input bindings, build/difficulty variants, clue-skipping and reset behavior remain unverified.
- Preview / reporting
Tune the CRTV to the clue broadcast. AltChar describes an 18TH marker and a calendar with January circled. Use those images for the day and month.
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Silent Hill: Townfall: How To Solve The Date Puzzle In Hotel Room 204 ↗ - Locate
- How to find the day and month using the CRTV; marker and calendar
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- Tune the CRTV to the clue broadcast. AltChar describes an 18TH marker and a calendar with January circled. Use those images for the day and month.
- Does not establish
- Written-source guidance only. Kingy has not played this puzzle or reviewed its screenshots or gameplay recording. Exact input bindings, build/difficulty variants, clue-skipping and reset behavior remain unverified.
- Preview / reporting
Set the date to 18 / January / 1996. PowerPyx specifies the top wheel for the day, middle wheel for the month and bottom wheel for the year.
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Silent Hill Townfall Part 1 Arrival Collectible Locations ↗ - Locate
- Chapter 2: Escape; A Different Place; Puzzle #1, wheel order
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- Set the date to 18 / January / 1996. PowerPyx specifies the top wheel for the day, middle wheel for the month and bottom wheel for the year.
- Does not establish
- Written-source guidance only. Kingy has not played this puzzle or reviewed its screenshots or gameplay recording. Exact input bindings, build/difficulty variants, clue-skipping and reset behavior remain unverified.
Date clues and wheel positions Date part Source clue Wheel position Set to Day CRTV marker Top wheel 18 Month CRTV calendar Middle wheel January Year Room Service Card Bottom wheel 1996 - Preview / reporting
The solved dial opens the bathroom door, according to GamesRadar+. Stop here if you only wanted this puzzle’s answer; the next room and story sequence are outside this guide.
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Silent Hill Townfall door dial mechanism solution ↗ - Locate
- Door dial solution; opening the bathroom after aligning the date
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- The solved dial opens the bathroom door, according to GamesRadar+. Stop here if you only wanted this puzzle’s answer; the next room and story sequence are outside this guide.
- Does not establish
- Written-source guidance only. Kingy has not played this puzzle or reviewed its screenshots or gameplay recording. Exact input bindings, build/difficulty variants, clue-skipping and reset behavior remain unverified.
If you are stuck
If the lock stays closed, compare the three wheel positions with the solution table and follow the prompts on your screen. This is a suggested recheck, not a tested fix. Kingy has not verified whether a separate confirmation input is required.
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- Puzzle #1; reported wheel positions, without a documented input sequence
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- If the lock stays closed, compare the three wheel positions with the solution table and follow the prompts on your screen. This is a suggested recheck, not a tested fix. Kingy has not verified whether a separate confirmation input is required.
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- Written-source guidance only. Kingy has not played this puzzle or reviewed its screenshots or gameplay recording. Exact input bindings, build/difficulty variants, clue-skipping and reset behavior remain unverified.
Identify the clue broadcast by its images. PowerPyx lists a signal just above 62, but its puzzle note calls the clue channel 60. Kingy has not resolved that mismatch or verified a precise frequency.
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- Chapter 2: Escape; CRTV Channel – 62~ compared with Puzzle #1 channel reference
- Supports
- Identify the clue broadcast by its images. PowerPyx lists a signal just above 62, but its puzzle note calls the clue channel 60. Kingy has not resolved that mismatch or verified a precise frequency.
- Does not establish
- Written-source guidance only. Kingy has not played this puzzle or reviewed its screenshots or gameplay recording. Exact input bindings, build/difficulty variants, clue-skipping and reset behavior remain unverified.
Sources, verification and footage still needed
Source-checked, not play-tested by Kingy. This guide uses written reports from PowerPyx, GamesRadar+ and AltChar. Kingy has not reviewed a gameplay recording or source screenshots of this solution. Agreement between guides does not establish every platform, build or difficulty variant.
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- Written review of the door dial guide; limits of Kingy’s verification
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- Source-checked, not play-tested by Kingy. This guide uses written reports from PowerPyx, GamesRadar+ and AltChar. Kingy has not reviewed a gameplay recording or source screenshots of this solution. Agreement between guides does not establish every platform, build or difficulty variant.
- Does not establish
- Written-source guidance only. Kingy has not played this puzzle or reviewed its screenshots or gameplay recording. Exact input bindings, build/difficulty variants, clue-skipping and reset behavior remain unverified.
Footage still needed: the room approach, readable Room Service Card, full clue broadcast, wheel controls and successful door opening. Record platform, build, difficulty and input settings, plus a wrong attempt and recovery. No instructional video or screenshots are available in this guide.
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- Written guide review; outstanding capture requirements are Kingy editorial guidance
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- Footage still needed: the room approach, readable Room Service Card, full clue broadcast, wheel controls and successful door opening. Record platform, build, difficulty and input settings, plus a wrong attempt and recovery. No instructional video or screenshots are available in this guide.
- Does not establish
- Written-source guidance only. Kingy has not played this puzzle or reviewed its screenshots or gameplay recording. Exact input bindings, build/difficulty variants, clue-skipping and reset behavior remain unverified.