How to Get the Sci-fi Ending in Silent Hill Townfall
Updated 2026-10-06 · Category: Endings
The Sci-fi ending needs New Game Plus. Examine three Strange Books: on Zoe's bedroom floor (Chapter 3), in a store on Atlas Square (Chapter 10) and in room 621 at SWDP (Chapter 15). Open a symbol door in the hotel in Chapter 6 to get the Strange Access Card. Then swipe the card at a keypad in a hallway near the end of Chapter 15. The ending skips the final boss, awards the silver trophy Sci-fi-lent Hill and unlocks the Pistol-3000 for later runs.
A visual metaphor only, not an ending scene, trigger condition or canonical outcome.
Silent Hill Townfall Wiki · AI-generated original illustration · Material statementWhat the Sci-fi ending is
Sci-fi is one of the five endings in Silent Hill: Townfall, alongside the others in the table below. Reaching it awards the silver trophy Sci-fi-lent Hill.
It is one of the two joke endings, and both need New Game Plus: the items that trigger them only appear on a second run. Neither depends on your score.
The trophy name is a pun that places this alongside the series' long-running UFO endings.
Every Sci-fi ending item
| Step | Chapter | What and where |
|---|---|---|
| Strange Book 1 | 3 · A Connection | "History of Space Flight, 1952–1992", on the floor left of the bed in Zoe's bedroom |
| Strange Access Card | 6 · Journey to Medical | Upstairs in the hotel, behind a door with a symbol keypad, by the elephant statue |
| Strange Book 2 | 10 · Missing Parts | "Freeze Me / Wake Me" by Elias Fisher, left shelf of the southwest store on Atlas Square |
| Strange Book 3 | 15 · Trying Again | "A Map of Nowhere Else", on the table beside the resource container in room 621, SWDP |
| Keypad | 15 · Trying Again | Left side of the hallway just before the scene where Simon pulls out his IV |
The Chapter 6 symbol door
Press the symbols in this order to open the door to the Strange Access Card. PowerPyx also gives the numbers shown under them.
Pistol-3000: what the Sci-fi ending unlocks
| # | Symbol | Number |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bird | 21 |
| 2 | Tree | 17 |
| 3 | Planet | 9 |
| 4 | Bird | 21 |
| 5 | Three-legged triangle | 12 |
| 6 | Satellite | 24 |
| 7 | Satellite | 24 |
| 8 | Fish | 5 |
| 9 | Rocket | 3 |
| 10 | Planet | 9 |
| 11 | Dog | 1 |
| 12 | Pillar | 14 |
How to get the Sci-fi ending
The SWDP control-room panel and its door codes
- Start New Game Plus and examine each Strange Book as you reach it. You cannot go back for one later.
- Pick up the Strange Access Card in Chapter 6.
- In Chapter 15, room 621 opens from the SWDP control-room panel with UNLOCK + DOOR + 621. Examine the third book there.
- Near the end of Chapter 15, swipe the card at the keypad on the left of the hallway before the IV scene. The ending starts after the next cutscene.
Sci-fi skips the final boss, so a run that ends this way cannot also give you Eraser or the Dog ending. Keep a manual save from before the keypad.
How this ending fits the full set
The trophy grades match the split: three gold trophies for the main endings, two silver for the joke pair. Nothing about the main-ending score affects Dog or Sci-fi, so you can chase a joke ending on any score.
All five endings and the full scoring rules
Which ending counts as the good one?
| Ending | Trophy | Grade | How you get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice | For St. Amelia | Gold | Score 20 or more |
| Forever | Here To Stay | Gold | Score 0 to 19 |
| Abandoned | Just Making Things Worse | Gold | Score below 0 |
| Dog | Let's Talk This Out | Silver | New Game Plus: three coins in three dog charity banks |
| Sci-fi | Sci-fi-lent Hill | Silver | New Game Plus: three books, an access card and a keypad |
No ending is the canon ending
Producer Motoi Okamoto has said the team does not designate any single ending as the true canon ending. There is no "real" version of the story to chase.
That changes how to approach Sci-fi: it is a legitimate outcome of a particular run, not a better or worse result than the others.
What this means for a completionist
All five endings are required for the platinum, alongside New Game Plus, every collectible set and a run finished in under four hours.
With manual saves you need only two full runs: the main endings can be collected by reloading late saves, and both joke endings can be set up on the same New Game Plus run, although Sci-fi skips the final boss, so the Dog ending needs a reload or another finish.
Nothing forces a harder difficulty on you: the 37-trophy list contains no difficulty-related trophies, so ending runs can be played on Story Mode.
A visual metaphor only, not an ending scene, trigger condition or canonical outcome.
Silent Hill Townfall Wiki · AI-generated original illustration · Material statementSilent Hill Townfall FAQ
Can I get the Sci-fi ending on my first playthrough?
- No. Its items only appear in New Game Plus.
How do you get the Sci-fi ending?
- On New Game Plus, examine three Strange Books (Chapters 3, 10 and 15), take the Strange Access Card in Chapter 6 and swipe it at a keypad near the end of Chapter 15.
What is the Sci-fi symbol door code?
- Bird, Tree, Planet, Bird, three-legged triangle, Satellite, Satellite, Fish, Rocket, Planet, Dog, Pillar.
What does the Sci-fi ending unlock?
- The Pistol-3000, an infinite-ammo, one-shot-kill pistol, for later runs.
Is any ending the canon one?
- No. The producer has said the team does not designate any single ending as the true canon ending.
