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Silent Hill Townfall: All Phone Numbers for Cold Calling

Richard lit in deep red, looking down, in Silent Hill Townfall

There are 13 phone numbers to call in Silent Hill: Townfall for the Cold Calling trophy, whose official description is “Call all the phone numbers found in St. Amelia.” PowerPyx, GameRant and Sportskeeda all count 13. Three of them come from the flyer at the very first phone booth, most of the rest are printed on documents, and two are only given out by a dial-back service whose behavior guides dispute.

Cold Calling is one of the rarest trophies in the game: Steam’s global stats showed only about 1.2% of players had it on September 29. The list and rules below will get you there. Area names appear, but no story events.

Rules That Trip Players Up

  • Wait for the call to finish. PowerPyx reports that for most numbers you must let the dialogue play out until the call hangs up by itself, or it does not register.
  • The right character must call. Numbers only connect in or after the chapter where they appear, and some only as a specific character. The Zoe numbers only work while you are playing as Zoe.
  • The in-game list is not a tracker. “Discovered Phone Numbers” only shows numbers the current character can call.
  • You do not need to find the paper. GameRant says typing a number works as long as you are in or past its chapter.
  • None of them affect the ending. GameRant confirms no number is used for secrets or endings.

Phones double as save points, so this hunt pairs well with our saving guide.

Part 1 Numbers

Number Who answers Where it is
900 Emergency Services “Your Local Services” flyer at the first phone booth, Town Square
010 Operator Same flyer
100 “Save Yourself” (saving) Same flyer; works from any phone
496 0496 Tourist Center Bottom-left of the town map (flip the map)
496 0244 The Haldane Hotel Hotel documents such as the Reception Notice (Chapter 3)
496 0842 Unknown Given by the 946 dial-back service (see below)

The first three all come from the flyer to the right of the Town Square phone in Chapter 1. For the Tourist Center, open the map and flip it; the number is printed in the bottom-left corner, per GameRant. Call the hotel after you leave it in Chapter 3. Our map guide explains the map controls.

Part 2 and Part 3 Numbers

Number Who answers Where it is
0163 296 0595 St. Amelia District Council Bottom of the Water Warning document in Zoe’s House (call as Zoe)
496 0103 Zoe Ellis The index or folder beside the answering machine in Mr. Stewart’s House (call as Zoe)
496 0556 Dr. Glenn Medical Center Security Note on the security booth window
5353 Hospital Storage Given by Dr. Glenn; call from the Medical Center reception phone

Dr. Glenn and Hospital Storage are required for the story, so you will call both anyway. The Council number is small and hard to read, according to GamerGuides, so zoom in on the document.

Part 4 Numbers

Number Who answers Where it is
946 W H O Dial Back Service Poster in the phone booth where Chapter 10 begins
496 0112 Unknown Given by 946 from that booth; call it back
496 0993 CEG Lockers Top-left of the Locker Barcode clue behind the CEG Lockers desk

The 946 Dial-Back Dispute

The two “Unknown” numbers (496 0842 and 496 0112) come from dialing 946, a service that reads back the last number to call that booth. Guides disagree about when it works:

  • PowerPyx says you can dial 946 at the Town Square booth in Chapter 3 to get 496 0842, even though you only officially learn 946 later, and do the same in Chapter 10 for 496 0112.
  • Sportskeeda reports that on a first playthrough 946 only says nobody has called in the last seven days, and that both numbers only come through in New Game Plus.
  • GamerGuides says you would “usually” only know the number in New Game Plus.

Our advice: try 946 at the Town Square booth in Chapter 3 anyway. If it gives you a number, call it. If it does not, plan to collect both dial-back numbers in New Game Plus. Trophy progress for Cold Calling carries across playthroughs, according to PowerPyx, so the numbers you called on run one still count.

Quick Checklist

  1. Chapter 1: 900, 010, 100 and the Tourist Center.
  2. Chapter 3: the Haldane Hotel, and try 946 at Town Square.
  3. Chapter 5, as Zoe: the Council and Zoe Ellis.
  4. Chapter 6 and 7: Dr. Glenn and Hospital Storage (story).
  5. Chapter 10: 946, the second dial-back number, and CEG Lockers.

The Strange Postcards and CRTV signals are the other collectibles most players miss; our CRTV signal locations cover them, and the trophy roadmap covers the rest. Everything else is on the Silent Hill guides hub.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many phone numbers are in Silent Hill Townfall? 13, according to PowerPyx, GameRant and Sportskeeda.

What number do you dial to save? 100, from any working phone.

Why did a number not count? Most likely you hung up early, called as the wrong character, or called before its chapter.

Do you need New Game Plus for Cold Calling? Possibly. Guides disagree on whether the 946 dial-back numbers work on a first run, but progress carries over if you need a second pass.

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