Silent Hill 2 (Remake) Collectibles Checklist
Every collectible in Silent Hill 2 (Remake): 68 Memos, 26 Glimpses of the Past, 26 Strange Photos and more. Walkthrough order, locations and what unlocks what, with progress saved as you play.
South Vale – East
- Mary's Letter (Key Items)
Starts in your inventory. Don't examine it if you want the Maria ending. - Photo of Mary (Key Items)
Starts in your inventory. Don't examine it if you want the Maria ending. - Map of South Vale (Maps)
On the driver's side of James's car at the start. - Crimson Ceremony (Key Items, New Game+)
By a lone grave near a tree at the graveyard where you meet Angela. - Auto Parts Key (Key Items)
In a drawer, to the left past the locked door. - Glimpse of the Past 1 (Glimpses of the Past)
The barricaded tunnel just past the locked door. - Maps of East & West South Vale (Maps)
Given automatically during the Wiltse Road cutscene. - Key of Sorrow (Key Items, New Game+)
Cut into the green car past the metal gate with the Chainsaw. - Flower Shop Message (Memos)
On the table, to the left after the cutscene. - Glimpse of the Past 2 (Glimpses of the Past)
The "Do not enter" sign on the barbed fence. - Glimpse of the Past 3 (Glimpses of the Past)
Garden behind the first building: out the window, through the gate, right. - Matchbook (Memos)
Beside a corpse on the main path. - Martin Street Note (Memos)
On the ground a few steps north of the corpse. - Neely's Bar Coin (Key Items)
Inside the cash register on the Texan Cafe counter. - Big Jay's Note (Memos)
On the table in Big Jay's. - Record Store Note (Memos)
On the counter inside the record store. - Broken Vinyl Record (1) (Key Items)
Smash into the locked back room; on the centre table. - Vinyl Glue (Key Items)
On the same centre table as the broken record. - Texan Cafe Flyer (Memos)
In front of the door beside Wood Side Apartments. - Glimpse of the Past 4 (Glimpses of the Past)
The blue dumpster right of the Wood Side Apartments door. - Strange Photo 1: "So many people here!" (Strange Photos)
Behind the fence, left of the apartment door. - Barrier Note (Memos)
By a corpse in front of the barricade at the end of the street. - Glimpse of the Past 5 (Glimpses of the Past)
The gap in the white barricade. - Broken Key Part (1) (Key Items, New Game+)
Back room of the pet shop next to Big Jay's. - Blue Gem (Key Items, New Game+)
Break the left window of the jewellers; in a jewellery box. - Strange Photo 2: "I've been happy" (Strange Photos)
Smash the shop window right of The Dance Company. - Old Map (Memos)
On a corpse outside the Motor Home gate. - Saul Street Note (1) (Memos)
In front of the corpse; first of three along a blood trail. - Saul Street Note (2) (Memos)
Further along the blood trail. - Saul Street Note (3) (Memos)
End of the blood trail, outside the Motor Home. - Motor Home Note (Memos)
On the table inside the Motor Home. - Small Note (Memos)
Move the shelf on the ground floor; on the table. - Apartment Key (Key Items)
Hanging on the wall behind you after the Small Note. - Tenant's Note (Memos)
Upstairs: crawl through the floor vent beside Apartment 7. - Jukebox Button (Key Items)
Through the broken walls to the bathroom hole; search it three times. - Code Note (Memos)
By a truck and a corpse halfway along the street. - Grand Market Keypad Code (Puzzles)
Count up from 4439. - Sanders Street Note (Memos)
On the other side of the same corpse. - Neely's Bar Note (Memos)
On the bar counter. - Broken Vinyl Record (2) (Key Items)
On the cloth-covered jukebox. - Glued Up Vinyl Record (Key Items)
Combine the Vinyl Glue with both broken record halves. - Jukebox (Puzzles)
Insert the record, button and coin, then press C, then 2. - Neely's Bar Key (Key Items)
Released by the jukebox once it plays. - Back Room Letter (Memos)
Move the trolley right and climb through the hatch; on the table. - Wood Side Apartments Key (Key Items)
On the bloody clothes out back. Explore first: a storm follows.
Wood Side Apartments
- Wood Side Apartments Map (Maps)
On the wall in front of you as you enter. - Administration Note (Memos)
In a locker under the stairs, left of the reception desk. - Chute Courtyard Key (Key Items)
In the drawer behind the mannequin. - 2F Hallway Key (Key Items)
In the corridor east of reception, via the north courtyard. - Golden Apple Handle (Key Items)
Shake the gold-handled wardrobe until the handle drops. - Strange Photo 3: "Valentine's Day" (Strange Photos)
On a trolley by the TV, once the west gate opens. - Glimpse of the Past 6 (Glimpses of the Past)
The scratched wall in the bedroom. - Apartment 212 Key (Key Items)
Appears by the TV when you come back to 213. - Strange Photo 4: "Career's humble beginnings" (Strange Photos)
Last living-room window; reach it via 212 and the balcony. - Apartment 206 Safe (Puzzles)
Light: 15 right, 11 left, 13 right. Standard: 13 right, 7 left, 11 right. - Coin [Man] (Key Items)
Inside the safe. - Steel Key (Key Items)
Inside the safe with the coin. - 2F Small Staircase Key (Key Items)
On the chair in the middle of the room. - Strange Note (Memos)
In a drawer before Apartment 310, through 213's gap. - Sinister Note (Memos)
On a wall; reach it through 310 and the balcony. - Canned Juice (Key Items)
Crawl through the wall vent into the laundry room. - Coin [Woman] (Key Items)
Unblock the garbage chute with the juice; the coin drops here. - Coin [Snake] (Key Items)
In the baby stroller in the empty pool, via Apartment 116. - Coin Puzzle (Puzzles)
Behind the desk; arrange the three coins per your puzzle difficulty. - Apartment 201 Key (Key Items)
From the drawer the coin puzzle unlocks. - Handkerchief (Key Items)
On the desk. Taking it ends the area, so explore first.
Blue Creek Apartments
- Blue Creek Apartments Map (Maps)
On the corridor wall as you leave the first room. - Apartment 306 Key (Key Items)
Small table past the balcony from Apartment 307. - Valve (Key Items)
On a wall in 304, reached through 306. - The Hour Hand (Key Items)
Use the Valve to lower the radio. - The Minute Hand (Key Items)
Set the 212 clock to 9, break the kitchen wall, search the toilet. - Pigeon Figurine (Key Items)
On a cabinet shelf once the room changes. - Wooden Swan Head (Key Items)
Follow the shadow on the wall; hanging in a corner. - Malformed Figurine Part (Key Items)
Smash the bathtub glass in the back bathroom. - Swan Figurine (Key Items)
Combine the swan head with the malformed part. - Seesaw (Puzzles)
Balance both figurines, with the swan in the second notch. - Winged Key (Key Items)
Released once the seesaw balances. - Glimpse of the Past 7 (Glimpses of the Past)
In front of you as you leave, after dropping down the hole. - Angela's Knife (Key Items)
Given after the cutscene. Don't examine it if you want the Maria ending. - Key of Resilience (Key Items)
On the table straight ahead after the cutscene. - Strange Photo 5: "Forever together" (Strange Photos)
On the floor beside a barrel in the stairwell. - Moth Lock (Puzzles)
Light: 582. Standard: 373. - The Second Hand (Key Items)
Set the clock to 9:10, then search the wall hole in 202. - Strange Photo 6: "How the time flies" (Strange Photos)
On the bedroom floor, once the clock room changes. - Clock (Puzzles)
Set the clock to 9:10:15. - Glimpse of the Past 8 (Glimpses of the Past)
Set the clock to 9:10:15 and check the corpse. The S door ends the area.
South Vale – West
- Strange Photo 7: "So far from home" (Strange Photos)
Turn right into the park; on a stone bench in the first nook. - Bloody Note (Memos)
Far west end of the road, by a corpse. Has the bowling safe code. - Glimpse of the Past 9 (Glimpses of the Past)
The pizza on a bench at the back left. - Cryptic Letter (Memos, New Game+)
In the safe behind the counter: code 1887. - Rusted Key (Key Items, New Game+)
In the same safe as the Cryptic Letter. - Glimpse of the Past 10 (Glimpses of the Past)
The barred gate at the stairs south of the bowling alley. - Garage Jack Lever (Key Items)
In the green car in the back lot. - Strange Photo 8: "made it!" (Strange Photos)
On a red cabinet beside the raised car. - Reception Desk Note (Memos)
On the notice board beside the reception safe. - Toolbox Memo (Memos)
Upstairs: break into 108, smash the wall, check the table. - Jack's Inn Safe (Puzzles)
Code 0451. - Gate Key (Key Items)
Inside the reception safe. - White Chrism (Key Items, New Game+)
On a table by the mansion entrance, past the inn. - Broken Key Part (2) (Key Items, New Game+)
In the dog house behind the gate marked with a bone. - Dog Key (Key Items, New Game+)
Combine both broken key parts. - Strange Photo 9: "Ready to kill it!" (Strange Photos)
On a dressing-room mirror. Very easy to miss. - Strange Photo 10: "Church entrance" (Strange Photos)
By a fountain on the south path after the cutscene. - Strange Photo 11: "Best Flavor!" (Strange Photos)
A few steps up the right-side rows, behind Eddie.
Brookhaven Hospital
- Brookhaven Hospital Map (Maps)
In the newspaper holder just past the entrance. - Key Locker Note (Memos)
On the reception notice board. - Reception Key Cabinet (Puzzles)
Light: 287. Standard: 724. - Basement Key (Key Items)
Inside the key cabinet. - Nurse's Memo (Memos)
Break the Exam Room 3 window; on the desk next door. - Hospital Basement Map (Maps)
Straight ahead at the bottom of the southeast stairs. - Empty Fuel Can (Key Items)
On pallets at the back of the boiler room. - Filled Fuel Can (Key Items)
Fill the can at the red hose behind the laundry trolley. - Staff Memo (Memos)
Fuel the generator, ride to 2F; at the Nurses' Station window. - Strange Photo 12: "Her drawings" (Strange Photos)
On the desk; crawl through the vent from Room L3. - Glimpse of the Past 11 (Glimpses of the Past)
In the bin in the laundry room. - Evaluation Card, Patient #0050 (Memos)
On the counter beside the Director's desk. - Evaluation Card, Patient #0090 (Memos)
With the other evaluation cards. - Evaluation Card, Patient #0130 (Memos)
With the other evaluation cards. - Interview Transcript (Memos)
Behind the poster in Room C1. - Glimpse of the Past 12 (Glimpses of the Past)
The bed at the far end of the hallway. - Bent Needle (Key Items)
On the teddy bear on a chair. - L1 Room Key (Key Items)
On the coffee table. - Scribbled Note (Memos)
Drop through the wall gap from Room L1. - Glimpse of the Past 13 (Glimpses of the Past)
The typewriter. - Marked Bracelet (Key Items)
On a red book in the corner. - 1F Inner Ward Key (Key Items)
Smash the window; on the desk. - X-ray Memo (Memos)
On the bench. - Radiograph of a Pelvis (Key Items)
Under the X-ray memo. - Strange Photo 13: "At least she was there" (Strange Photos)
In the drawer at the back of the room. - Keypad Combination Note (Memos)
On the notice board; has the Nurses' Station code. - Medical Tube (Key Items)
On a faucet in the pool shower room. - Small Chest / White Claudia (Key Items, New Game+)
Open the chest in the gazebo with the Rusted Key. - Medical Tube with Bent Needle (Key Items)
Combine the tube and the needle. - Maintenance Key (Key Items)
Fish it out of the pharmacy drain with the tube. - Bloodstained Bracelet (Key Items)
Open the pool hatch and smash the crying-eye wall. - Mold Remover (Key Items)
In the kitchen on the west side. - Nurses' Station Keypad (Puzzles)
Code 3578. - Treatment Room Note (Memos)
On the bench behind the Nurses' Station. - Moldy Radiograph (Key Items)
In the bathtub. - Cleaned Up Radiograph (Key Items)
Combine the moldy radiograph with the mold remover. - X-Ray Viewer Lock (Puzzles)
Line up both radiographs; the lock is 4 right, 37 left, 12 right. - Filthy Bracelet (Key Items)
On the bed once the lock opens. - Mannequin Hand Bracelets (Puzzles)
Bracelets top to bottom, set to 92-45-71. - Director's Storage Room Key (Key Items)
Given by the mannequin hand. - Safe Button (Key Items)
In the storage room next to the save point. - Lion Bookshelf & Safe (Puzzles)
Sort the books to match the lion, then enter the symbols. - Rooftop Key (Key Items)
Inside the safe. - Safe Note (Memos)
Also inside the safe. - Glimpse of the Past 14 (Glimpses of the Past)
On the catwalk opposite the next door. Easy to miss. - Page From A Diary (Memos)
On the floor right after coming back in from the roof. - Glimpse of the Past 15 (Glimpses of the Past)
The blood-stained wall behind the door, after a cutscene.
Brookhaven Hospital (Otherworld)
- Evaluation Card, Patient #3141 (Memos)
On a wheelchair just past the first door. - The Procedure (Memos)
On a table, via the west route past the Nurses' Station. - Instrument of Force (Key Items)
On a medical table beside a seated mannequin. - Key of Bliss (Key Items)
In a hole in the wall past the kitchen ladder. - Mannequin Keys (Puzzles)
Give the mannequin both keys. - Lapis Eye Key (Key Items)
From the mannequin. Using it closes the west path. - Calendar Page (Memos)
Smash the wall in Room M3. - Glimpse of the Past 16 (Glimpses of the Past)
The handprints on the far east wall. - Chained Box Code (South Path) (Puzzles)
Code 1622. Using it closes the south path. - Patient's Note (Memos)
On a bed; get there through the laundry and Room L3. - Director's Office Key (Key Items)
On the floor in front of the static TV. - Strange Photo 14: "No one knows" (Strange Photos)
In the bedside table, through the hole ahead. - Manic Scribble (Memos)
On the bench. - Nurse's Note (Memos)
Up the office ladder; on a corner table. - Director's Note (Memos)
Power the generator via the red cable, then crawl through. - Chained Box Code (East Path) (Puzzles)
Code 9659, from the machine. Using it closes the east path. - -1 Elevator Button (Key Items)
Open all three locks on the chained box. - Copper Ring (Key Items)
On a crate in the pump room. - Strange Photo 15: "They mustn't know" (Strange Photos)
On a bench at the back of the pool. - Lead Ring (Key Items)
In the freezer; reach it through the shower room. - Dissociated Notice (Memos)
On a bench past the Doctors' Lounge. - Elevator Quiz / Pharmacy Box (Puzzles)
The combination is the correct answers from the elevator quiz. Correct answers: 2, 3, 1. A wrong answer hurts and cannot be retried. - Ominous Note (Memos)
One landing down past the ring door. Using the rings ends the area. - Hospital Entrance Key (Key Items)
On a book.
South Vale (Otherworld)
- Note on a Map (Memos)
On the table in the caravan with the save point. - Glimpse of the Past 17 (Glimpses of the Past)
Your old map, lying on the bar. - Letter (Memos)
Answer the ringing payphone. - Wrench (Key Items)
At the payphone after the letter. The tunnel it opens ends the area. - Strange Photo 16: "They're here" (Strange Photos)
Smash the car window at the end of the street, near Lucky Jade.
Silent Hill Historical Society
- Historical Society Key (Key Items)
Use the statue after the Rosewater Park cutscene. - Obsidian Goblet (Key Items, New Game+)
In a wall crevice on the right after turning around. - Strange Photo 17: "The new clock" (Strange Photos)
Glass cabinet in the second room on the left. Get it before the stairs. - Spiral-writing Key (Key Items)
Past the broken well wall, on the red-lit floor. - Bug Room Code (Puzzles)
A three-digit code made of 2, 3 and 9.
Toluca Prison
- Glimpse of the Past 18 (Glimpses of the Past)
On the dining table to the right as you enter. - Toluca Prison Map (Maps)
On the wall inside the armory. - Gun Cabinet Notice (Memos)
Beside the gun cabinet. - The Heaviest Weight (Key Items)
On the altar. - Glimpse of the Past 19 (Glimpses of the Past)
The shrine on the wall. - Scale Puzzle (Serpent Door) (Puzzles)
Heaviest weight on the right scale, lightest on the left. - Family Photo (Memos)
On the bed past the Serpent Door. - Medium Weight (Key Items)
Power the generator, pull the lever, check the chair. - Strange Photo 18: "Four months to go" (Strange Photos)
Break the wall in Cell E1; on a shelf in E13. - Armory Key (Key Items)
Key cabinet, through the broken wall in Cell E10. - Scale Puzzle (Ox Door) (Puzzles)
Heaviest and lightest on the left, medium on the right. - Guard's Letter (Memos)
Posted beside a locked door straight ahead. - Block D Key (Key Items)
In a desk drawer at the end of Block C. - Threatening Note (Memos)
On the blood-covered wall. - Shiv Key (Key Items)
In the orange container in the same cell. - Paranoid Note (Memos)
Unlock with the shiv key, crawl through, check the pipes. - Crumpled Note (Memos)
On a bench. - Glimpse of the Past 20 (Glimpses of the Past)
Broken section of the right-hand wall, with a tablet. - Heavy Weight (Key Items)
Search the hole in the back wall three times. - Scale Puzzle (Boar Door) (Puzzles)
Lightest on the left scale, everything else on the right. - Strange Photo 19: "Old man's always prepared" (Strange Photos)
On the warehouse desk, via its rear door. - Prisoner's Letter (Memos)
Taped to the glass of cubicle 7. - Glimpse of the Past 21 (Glimpses of the Past)
On the ground southwest of the break room. - Upper Floor Key (Key Items)
On a desk in the room behind the infirmary. - Unfinished Report (Memos)
On another desk in the same room. - Light Weight (Key Items)
Press any typewriter key four times to open the drawer. - Scale Puzzle (Dove Door) (Puzzles)
Medium on the right scale, everything else on the left. - Confession (Memos)
On the cell wall once a button unlocks the cell. - The Lightest Weight (Key Items)
On the floor of the same cell. - Execution Lever (Key Items)
Balance three weights on each scale. This ends the area. - Hangman Puzzle (Puzzles)
Pair the rhyming poem halves; pick the noose for the non-violent crime.
Labyrinth
- Labyrinth Center Map (Maps)
Given automatically once you leave the apartment. - Rotating Cube (Rotten) (Puzzles)
Align the door, then turn to the two-triangle face. - Rotten Area Map (Maps)
Given automatically when you enter. - Glimpse of the Past 22 (Glimpses of the Past)
West path: smash the wall on your right. - Lighter Wick (Key Items)
South path: search the hole in the apartment wall. - Iron Key (Key Items)
On the desk in the room on your right as you leave. - Lighter Gas (Key Items)
In the fridge of the apartment at the end of the east path. - Broken Lighter (Key Items)
Open the east door, turn the valve, search the bathtub. - Lighter (Key Items)
Combine the three parts and burn the rope. Collect everything first. - Rotating Cube (Desolate) (Puzzles)
Turn to the two-infinity face, then take the stairs on the right. - Desolate Area Map (Maps)
Given automatically when you enter. - Flooded Level Map (Maps)
Given automatically after climbing down a ladder. - Small Key (Key Items)
Follow the path past the third ladder. - Strange Photo 20: "Whole world ahead of us" (Strange Photos)
Climb the left ladder in the bug-filled room; in the next room. - Wirecutter (Key Items)
In a power box; cut the wires at the north end. - Strange Photo 21: "Your Best Buddy!" (Strange Photos)
Rotate up twice, go in and downstairs. Gone once you reach the Ruined Area. - Rotating Cube (Ruined) (Puzzles)
Rotate left twice, go downstairs and out the back. - Ruined Area Map (Maps)
Given automatically when you enter.
Lakeview Hotel
- Strange Photo 22: "Road trip!" (Strange Photos)
Behind the steps on the right of a building, before the boat. - Lakeview Hotel Garden Map (Maps)
On the wall to the right just after the boat. - Rotten Apple (Key Items)
On a bench by a tree on the right path. - Glimpse of the Past 23 (Glimpses of the Past)
The broken object in the small fountain; check its back. - Lakeview Hotel Map (Maps)
On the right as you enter. - Cleaning Staff Memo #1 (Memos)
On the table in the downstairs utility room. - Laura's Letter (Memos)
Given automatically after the restaurant cutscene. - Receptionist Memo (Memos)
On the check-in counter. - Room 312 Key (Key Items)
Hanging in the key cabinet. - Ornamental Key (Key Items)
In the same key cabinet. - Key to Hotel Room 102 (Key Items)
Behind the bar. - Lost & Found Note (Memos)
Break Cafe Toluca's wall. Not there on New Game+. - Lost Memories (Key Items, New Game+)
Replaces the Lost & Found Note on New Game+. - Strange Photo 23: "aftermath…" (Strange Photos)
In the bedside table. - Sunrise Wing Key (Key Items)
On a desk in the utility room. - "Pride Before the Fall" (Key Items)
One of four books lying around the reading room. - "Revelations: A New Understanding" (Key Items)
One of four books in the reading room. - "Stalwart to the End" (Key Items)
One of four books in the reading room. - "The One Who Soared" (Key Items)
One of four books in the reading room. - Reading Room Bookshelf (Puzzles)
Revelations, One Who Soared, Stalwart, Pride, top left to bottom right. - Door Photo (Memos)
On or around the bed. - Stain Photo (Memos)
On or around the bed. - Gate Photo (Memos)
On or around the bed. - Key to Hotel Room 202 (Key Items)
On a couch, via the cloakroom. - Ripe Apple (Key Items)
On a small table in the back corner. - Mirror Shard (Key Items)
On the bed. - Mirror (Puzzles)
Rotate the shards into place, then put one apple on the plate. - Snow White Figurine (Key Items)
Appears on the table after the mirror puzzle. - Glimpse of the Past 24 (Glimpses of the Past)
The suitcase on the floor. - Cleaning Staff Note #2 (Memos)
Attached to the fireplace. - Key to Hotel Room 107 (Key Items)
Comes with Cleaning Staff Note #2. - Boltcutters (Key Items)
On a shelf. - Can Opener (Key Items)
Knock the book off the Room 217 balcony into the restaurant. - Light Bulb (Key Items)
Cut the gate with the boltcutters; on the fish statue. - Cleaning Staff Note #3 (Memos)
Right in front of you as you enter. - Fireplace Key (Key Items)
In the gazebo, reached through Room 107. - Cinderella Figurine (Key Items)
Unlock the fireplace with its key. - Paint Can (Key Items)
Coffee table; break into 316 from the conference room, cross the balcony. - Open Paint Can (Key Items)
Open the paint can with the can opener. - Red Light Bulb (Key Items)
Dip the light bulb in the open paint can. - Briefcase Code (Puzzles)
Red bulb on the mirror. Light: dark wish. Standard: deed done. - Employee Elevator Key (Key Items)
In the briefcase on the bed. - Employee Section Map (Maps)
On the break room wall. Stash items before taking the elevator. - Glimpse of the Past 25 (Glimpses of the Past)
On a shelf in the pantry. - Blue Gemstone (Key Items)
In the open freezer. - Green Gemstone (Key Items)
On a counter. - Red Gemstone (Key Items)
In a fancy box; push the TV Room cabinet to get in. - Gemstone Box (Puzzles)
Green top left, red top right, blue bottom left. - Keypad Numbers Memo (Memos)
Inside the gemstone box. - Break Room Safe (Puzzles)
Code 7414. - Video Tape (Key Items)
In the break room safe. Don't play it yet. - Basement Key (Key Items)
Also in the break room safe. - Pump Valve (Key Items)
Through the wall crack. Taking it closes the Employee Section. - Venus Tears Bar Key (Key Items)
Taped to a red pipe; use the valve to get in. - Strange Photo 24: "Better leave…" (Strange Photos)
Past the kitchen, turn right; on the shelf behind the bar. - The Little Mermaid Figurine (Key Items)
In front of the jukebox. - Lobby Music Box (Puzzles)
Mermaid top, Cinderella right, Snow White left. Light: 7-2-1. Standard: 7-5-1. - 3F Corridor Key (Key Items)
From the music box.
Lakeview Hotel (Otherworld)
- Strange Photo 25: "Still can't get it right" (Strange Photos)
Move the trolley aside to get into the bathroom. - Glimpse of the Past 26 (Glimpses of the Past)
Push the trolley toward Room 304 to break the floor and drop. - Burned Note (Memos)
Ride to the basement, cross the flooded area, climb the stairs. - Toluca Postcard (Key Items, New Game+)
Open the office safe with the Key of Sorrow and code 314. - Scarlet Egg (Key Items)
After the lobby boss fight. Each egg leads toward a different ending. - Rust-Colored Egg (Key Items)
After the lobby boss fight. Each egg leads toward a different ending. - Strange Photo 26: "SHAPE FORCES THE MIND" (Strange Photos)
Skip the stairs, go right; before the water stairs.