Silent Hill F: How To Solve the Field Puzzle (Scarecrow Puzzle)

In this article we will show you how to solve the field puzzle, the one with the scarecrow, in Silent Hill f.

Silent Hill f has you dealing with a field puzzle of scarecrows waiting to attack (Image via Konami and @WoW Quests)
Silent Hill f has a field puzzle of scarecrows waiting to attack (Image via Konami and @WoW Quests)

Solving the field puzzle in Silent Hill f requires you to pull thorns to escape. This is a lot more difficult than it sounds. Not only is this puzzle one of the first tough challenges in the game, especially on higher difficulty, but the way it is presented to the player disorients them.

When you enter the field in Ebisugaoka Fields (Fog Town), you are trapped in a nightmare. You get caught in an endless rice field that loops you back if you wander off too far. Atmospherically speaking, you are surrounded by thick fog and scarecrows who happen to be dead students strung up on posts.

So, in this article, we will solve the field puzzle in Silent Hill f so that you can get past this nightmarish sequence as quickly as possible.

How To Solve the Silent Hill F Field Puzzle

In-game hint for the Silent Hill f Field puzzle (Image via Konami and @Trophygamers)
In-game hint for the Silent Hill f Field puzzle (Image via Konami and @Trophygamers)

Story Difficulty

In Story difficulty, you have to answer five riddles in the correct sequence. This involves going to the correct scarecrow and removing its “thorn” (actually a nail). Choose the wrong scarecrow, and it attacks. The first of these riddles is provided by a scarecrow that stands out because it has a white cloth on its head.

RiddleAnswer
“Who Are You? Why do you always have to be different than everyone else? Freak.”Remove the thorn from the schoolgirl scarecrow holding a sickle openly.
“Who are you?
Honestly, You’re helpless without me.”
Remove the thorn from the scarecrow not holding any weapons.
“Who are you?
I’ll be your friend. Otherwise, you’d be so miserably alone.”
Remove the thorn from the scarecrow with a yellow floral brooch.
“Who are you?
Tell me, truly. You two aren’t anything more than friends, right?
I’ve always been watching you when you weren’t looking, you know.”
Remove the thorn from the scarecrow looking at the boy. Identify her from the scarecrow looking at her with her arms folded.
“Who are you?
You. Yes, you.”
Remove the thorn from the scarecrow with short hair that looks like Hinako.

You will have to deal with a few hostile scarecrows every now and then. Either fight them or avoid them while doing the puzzle.

Hard Difficulty

A scarecrow showing the way after removing its thorn (Image via Konami and @WoW Quests)
A scarecrow showing the way after removing its thorn (Image via Konami and @WoW Quests)

Surprisingly, the riddles in Hard mode are easier to understand than in Story difficulty.

RiddleAnswer
“Can you even imagine how I feel? I’ll put on my polite smile for now.”Remove the thorn from the only scarecrow smiling.
“Can you even imagine how I feel? What it’s like to have been deceived by you for so long?”Remove the thorn from the scarecrow with a sickle in her back.
“Can you even imagine how I feel? He never once looked at me the way he looked at you. Not once.”Remove the thorn from the scarecrow looking at the boy with his back turned.
“Can you even imagine how I feel? You’ve always been such an eyesore.”Remove the thorn from the scarecrow looking to the side instead of facing in front of her.
“Can you even imagine how I feel? You hurt me, and even hurt him, too. Do you know how it feels to force a smile when I’m staring at that disgusting face of yours?!”Remove the thorn from the scarecrow who has a knife in her back but is also smiling.

Lost in the Fog

A scarecrow showing the way after removing its thorn (Image via Konami and @Gamerpillar)
A scarecrow showing the way after removing its thorn (Image via Konami and @Gamerpillar)

In Lost in the Fog mode, you get a page from the Card from Rinko document each time you solve a riddle.

RiddleAnswer
“It’s your funeral today. I think I’ll give you a standing ovation.”Remove the thorn from the scarecrow with both hands facing toward the ground.
“It’s your funeral today. Good riddance. It feels as though I finally got this painful burden off my chest.”Remove the thorn from the scarecrow with a sickle in front of her.
“It’s your funeral today. You hurt him, and now you’ve leaving him behind. If hope you suffer for what you’ve done.”Remove the thorn from the scarecrow looking away from the boy with no knife in her hand.
“It’s your funeral today. You were such a thorn in my side. Always getting between me and him.”Remove the thorn from the girl scarecrow between a girl and a boy.
“It’s your funeral today. Goodbye, and don’t ever show your face again. Go do your own thing, just like you always have.”Follow the directions from the scarecrows on the ground and remove the thorn from the isolated scarecrow by itself.

Some of these clues can feel obtuse, but they do make sense when you think about what the riddle is saying.


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