This article is about a puzzle from Silent Hill, and is therefore written like a guide.

In Silent Hill, near the end of the game, Harry Mason encounters a puzzle referred to as The Grim Reaper's List. It is found in Nowhere following the door marked by the symbol for "Ophiel." The puzzle involves a set of names that must be used to input a word into a keypad of letters.

Solution

Clues

The object of the puzzle is to enter a word in a keypad in order to unlock the doorway. The clues to finding the solution are found on nearby slates on the wall. There are two slates; one is an explanation in the form of a poem:

The other slate contains a set of names that will be used to discern the key word:

Keyword

The poem states that the list should be "In order of age." The numbers preceding the names on the list correspond to the person's age. After reordering the list in term of youngest to oldest, we end up with the new list:

Albert Lords

Lydia Findly

Edward C Briggs

Roberta T Morgan

Trevor F White

Since the keypad is composed of letters, we are searching for an arrangement of letters formed by the names. In the reordered list, the first letter of all the names, when read vertically, form the word ALERT. Enter the word "alert" on the keypad and the door opens.