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Editions & platforms
| Edition | Platform | Differences & notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2003/2004 · PS2 | PlayStation 2, Xbox | Crimson Butterfly original and Xbox Director’s Cut. The Wii reimagining has its own variations. |
Original release and camera combat
This guide covers the PS2 version of Project Zero II: Crimson Butterfly, first released in Japan and North America in 2003 and in Europe in 2004. Room names follow the English PS2 map. The Xbox Director’s Cut, Wii reimagining and remake have their own content and some different ending conditions.
Type-07 film is unlimited. Use it for spirit photos and easy encounters, keep Type 61 or 90 for tougher fights and reserve Type Zero for the strongest targets. Spirit Orbs and points improve the camera. Wait for the brief red opening as a ghost attacks, then take the photo. With the Instant function, a well-timed Fatal Frame allows follow-up shots.
Chapter 1 · The Lost Village and the Camera Obscura
Follow Mayu and the crimson butterflies into the village. The first accessible building is Osaka House. Read the third notebook entry in the Back Room and return to the corridor. Pick up the Camera Obscura in the newly accessible Family Altar Room. Break the seals and collect the Ginger Key in the Big Tatami Room. Use it to reach the guest rooms and study above the sunken fireplace, then pick up Miyako's final notebook entry from the floor.
Miyako attacks as the Wanderer. Stay near the center so you can turn either way if she disappears through a wall. A shot during the red attack window interrupts her charge. Winning ends Chapter 1.
Chapter 2 · Twin Statue Keys and Kurosawa House
Mayu is gone. Head downstairs in Osaka House, pick up the camera upgrades in the fireplace room and save in the Kimono Room. The medicine on the floor triggers Woman in Box. Shoot during her brief attack opening. Mayu's Charm lies near the exit.
Visit the locked gate between Kiryu and Tachibana, then find the prisoner behind the storehouse. He directs you to the Twin Deity monuments. Look for the left key on Misono Hill and the right key at the statue behind Kiryu House. Crimson butterflies mark the correct statues.
Open the gate with both halves and cross Whisper Bridge. Follow the path into Kurosawa House. You can visit Kureha Shrine beforehand for supplies and spirit photos.
Chapter 3 · Bloodstained Room and Diamond Stack Key
From the Entrance, take the Dirt-Floor Passageway and cross the Great Hall to the courtyard. Kusabi appears early as an invulnerable pursuer. Run along the edge of the hall. Take the courtyard stairs to the Guest Room and Flickering Room, then photograph the locked diamond-pattern door.
The image shows the bloody wall in the Dirt-Floor Passageway. Return via the courtyard and Great Hall and follow the handprints to the Bloodstained Room. Pick up the Blast Lens, defeat the Limbo ghosts and collect the Diamond Stack Key. Use it in the Flickering Room to reach Mayu.
Chapter 4 · Doll stand, Light Key and Shadow Key
Inspect the dolls in the Doll Stand Room and defeat the ghost for both doll heads. Fit them, slide both red dolls into the middle of the top shelf and take the Butterfly Key. Use it on the corresponding door by the Kurosawa House Entrance.
Inspect the hole in the upper Partition Screen Room. Go down to the Storage Room and collect the crimson ball that has fallen. Drop it through the hole from upstairs and collect the Diamond Link Key downstairs. The Cloth Hallway and Warehouse route leads to the cell area. Use the key to access the cellar.
Enter the Connecting Corridor from the Family Altar Room. Leave Mayu on one plate and stand on the other as Mio. Collect the Shadow Key in the Lattice Room. In the Meditation Room, leave Mayu on the plate while Mio goes through to the lattice in the Master's Room. Wait for the ghost to finish speaking, then enter the room from the other side.
Arrange the five books in the pillar to obtain the Light Key. Open the cell with both keys and search the bookshelf area for the Hammer Key. The scene by the cell separates the sisters again.
Chapter 5 · Osaka altar and the Rusty Key
Leave Kurosawa House with the Hammer Key at the exit above the cellar, then cross Whisper Bridge back to Osaka House. Speak to Itsuki through the rear window of the storehouse. This makes the Osaka Family Altar mechanism available. Solve the Osaka altar pinwheel and take the hidden passage. Defeat the Mourner for the Rusty Key.
Return to the Kurosawa cell. Unlock it with the Rusty Key, take Mayu's note and follow the butterflies in the short sequence where you control her. The trail then leads to the connected Kiryu and Tachibana houses. The bridge is blocked, so reach the underground route through Kiryu House.
Photograph the sealed Kiryu House front door, then the well beside the storehouse at Tsuchihara. The photo of the face in the well removes the seal. Enter Kiryu House.
Chapter 6 · Azami's doll and the underground passage
Azami and her doll often appear together in Kiryu House. Capture both lock circles in a single photograph for the spirit list. Photograph the doll in the Doll Room for the clue and search three rooms for its missing parts.
Photograph Azami by the kimono chest in the upstairs Stairway Room for the right arm, in the downstairs Hallway of Contrasts for the head, and in the downstairs Sliding Screen Room for the left arm. Fit all three parts. Follow the resulting event via the Sealed Room to the Hanging Doll Room and defeat the Doll Maker for the Glass Eyes.
Fit the eyes in the Doll Room and turn the dolls to face each other. Climb through the opened hatch and follow the underground passage to Tachibana House. Mio temporarily loses the camera on the way.
Chapter 7 · Sae's pursuit and Chitose's Bell Key
Without the camera, go from the Large Storeroom through the Hallway of Contrasts to the upper tatami rooms. The Paulownia Key is in the small storeroom. Unlock the door and inspect the mechanism. Return to the same closet for the Red Cord Doll. Fit it and solve the puzzle before Sae reaches Mio.
The Connecting Corridor takes you back to Kiryu House. Descend from the Doll Room into the passageway, retrieve the camera and flashlight and return to Tachibana. Photograph the seal in the Hallway of Contrasts. Follow the trail through the twins' rooms and the upstairs Raised Tatami Room.
Chitose first hides beneath the floor by the Raised Tatami Room. Further encounters take place at the Entrance closet and the closet in the southeast corner of the Tatami Room Hallway. Defeat her there for the Bell Key. Unlock Itsuki's Room upstairs and take the Tachibana Crest from the table.
Chapter 8 · Four crests and the Old Tree
You already have the Tachibana Crest from Itsuki's Room. Photograph the Old Tree entrance for the shrine clue and photograph the Kureha Shrine altar. Return to the opened tree, collect the Octagon Key and unlock the storehouse. Inside you learn where to find the other crests.
Earn the Osaka Crest after defeating Woman in Box in the Kimono Room. The Kiryu Crest is behind the hidden door next to the kimono in the upstairs Sliding Screen Room. Photograph Azami there first. The Tsuchihara Crest is at the cemetery altar after its fight.
Return to the Old Tree with all four crests. Solve the pinwheel puzzle in six turns to start the final chapter.
Finale · Kurosawa, Kusabi and the extra chapter
Story details & possible consequences
After the encounter at Kureha Shrine, you can escape alone through the door behind the altar. This triggers the early ending Lingering Scent. Save first if you want to return to the main route. To continue the story, follow Mayu across Whisper Bridge to Kurosawa House.
From the Kurosawa Entrance, cross the Great Hall, go upstairs by the courtyard and descend through the Master's Room and Partition Screen Room. Take the Cloth Hallway to the Family Altar Room and the Connecting Corridor to the Lattice Room. Save there, then defeat the Ceremony Master in the Rope Temple for the Master's Key.
Take the north door and the underground route to the Sacrificial Altar. Kusabi's touch can kill instantly. Keep your distance and hold your aim so you can use your strongest film during short red openings. On Easy or Normal, this leads to Crimson Butterfly.
On Hard or Nightmare, Chapter 0 adds the final fight and the Hellish Abyss ending. Walk slowly toward the figure in viewfinder mode so you can catch Sae's first rush. Keep your distance and shoot during the brief openings. After the fight, Mio saves her sister but loses her sight. Both leave the village.
Osaka door seals and Ginger Key
Chapter 1 · Osaka House
The sealed Fireplace Room door points to a coal brazier.
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Step 1
Collect the camera in the Family Altar Room. Photograph the sealed exit for Warped Face Lady. Return to the Fireplace Room and photograph the sealed door to the Big Tatami Room.
Step 2
Photograph the brazier in the Back Room for Slashed Man. Enter the Big Tatami Room and try to leave again. A wall panel falls away.
Step 3
Take the Ginger Key and use it at the upper balcony door above the fireplace.
Both Twin Statue Keys for the bridge gate
Chapter 2 · Misono Hill and Kiryu House Back
The boy at the storehouse directs you to statues marked by crimson butterflies.
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Step 1
Examine the gate between Kiryu and Tachibana. At the back of the storehouse, speak to the imprisoned boy through the window.
Step 2
The left key is in the statue on Misono Hill near the arch. The right key is at the farther Twin Deity monument on the path behind Kiryu House.
Step 3
Return to the locked gate and use both halves.
Diamond Stack Key in the bloodstained room
Chapter 3 · Kurosawa House
The diamond door photo shows a wall with handprints.
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Step 1
Photograph the door in the Flickering Room. Go back through the Great Hall, past Kusabi along the edge and into the Dirt-Floor Passageway.
Step 2
Follow the branch with bloody handprints to the Bloodstained Room. Pick up the Blast Lens, defeat the Limbo ghosts and take the key back to the Flickering Room.
Doll stand sliding puzzle for the Butterfly Key
Chapter 4 · Kurosawa, Doll Stand Room
Both red dolls belong on the two middle positions of the top row.
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Step 1
Fit both doll heads. Number the 4-by-4 grid by rows from 1 at top left to 16 at bottom right. Dolls at 1, 4, 5 and 12 cannot move. Position 11 starts empty.
Step 2
Select a position to slide its doll into the empty space. From the original setup, use these 22 moves: 15 → 14 → 13 → 9 → 10 → 11 → 7 → 6 → 10 → 14 → 15 → 11 → 7 → 3 → 2 → 6 → 10 → 11 → 7 → 3 → 2 → 6.
Step 3
Each attempt allows 60 seconds. Collect the Butterfly Key afterwards.
Crimson Ball and Diamond Link Key
Chapter 4 · Kurosawa, Partition Screen Room and Storage Room
The hole in the floor leads to the object caught in the storeroom ceiling.
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Step 1
Inspect the hole upstairs. Go downstairs and pick up the Crimson Ball.
Step 2
Return to the hole and use the ball. Go downstairs again to collect the fallen Diamond Link Key.
Pressure plates for the Shadow Key
Chapter 4 · Kurosawa, Connecting Corridor and Lattice Room
The doors open when both twins stand on the plates at the same time.
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Step 1
Go to the plate at the end of the east walkway first. Mayu stays on it.
Step 2
Backtrack and take the west walkway. Stand on the second plate as Mio. Collect the Shadow Key in the next room where the priest appeared.
Five tomes for the Light Key
Chapter 4 · Kurosawa, Meditation Room and Master's Room
The marked words give the order for the tomes.
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Step 1
Leave Mayu on the Meditation Room plate and approach the lattice. Wait for the ghost to finish speaking and the cover to open. Enter the Master's Room through its other access.
Step 2
Collect the five tomes from the pillar sides. Fill slots 1 to 5 with Crimson Wing Tome → Taboo Tome → Twin Tome → Disaster Tome → Ritual Tome.
Step 3
Take the Light Key. Together with the Shadow Key, it opens the cell.
Osaka pinwheels and Rusty Key
Chapter 5 · Osaka House, Family Altar Room
The touching petals must match in color.
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Step 1
Speak to Itsuki at the rear storehouse window. His clue makes the Osaka Family Altar mechanism available.
Step 2
Rotate the upper-left wheel three times and the lower-left wheel once. Leave the two right wheels alone.
Step 3
Enter the hidden passage, defeat the Mourner and take the Rusty Key to the Kurosawa cell.
Sealed Kiryu House entrance
Chapter 5 · Kiryu House Front and Tsuchihara Front
The door points to the well near the storehouse.
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Step 1
Photograph the front door. Go to the well beside the storehouse at Tsuchihara and photograph the face in it.
Step 2
Return to the front entrance. The photograph has removed the seal.
Doll head, arms and Glass Eyes
Chapter 6 · Kiryu House
Photograph Azami in three rooms to reveal the parts.
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Step 1
The right arm is by the kimono chest in the upstairs Stairway Room. The head is in the downstairs Hallway of Contrasts and the left arm is in the downstairs Sliding Screen Room.
Step 2
Fit the parts in the Doll Room. Visit the Sealed Room for the clue, then defeat the Doll Maker in the Hanging Doll Room for the Glass Eyes.
Kiryu rotating dolls · 2 right, 4 left
Chapter 6 · Kiryu House, Doll Room
The dolls must face each other.
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Tachibana rotating dolls · 3 right, 3 left
Chapter 7 · Tachibana House, upstairs tatami rooms
The second rotating puzzle needs the doll with the red cord.
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Chitose's hiding places and the Bell Key
Chapter 7 · Tachibana House
The key appears after the final encounter in the tatami corridor.
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Step 1
Check the crawlspace by the upstairs Raised Tatami Room. Then search the closet by the downstairs Entrance.
Step 2
The closet in the west room of the upper tatami suite offers an optional fight. For the key, examine the southeast closet in the Tatami Room Hallway and walk away to trigger the fight.
Step 3
Take the Bell Key and unlock Itsuki's Room. The Tachibana Crest is at the table.
All four family crests
Chapters 7–8 · Tachibana, Osaka, Kiryu and cemetery
The storehouse clue connects the crests to the mechanism in the Old Tree.
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Step 1
Tachibana: Take the crest from Itsuki's table after the Bell Key. Photograph the sealed opening at the Old Tree, then the Kureha altar. Collect the Octagon Key from the tree and check the storehouse.
Step 2
Osaka: Defeat Woman in Box in the Kimono Room. Kiryu: Photograph Azami in the upstairs Sliding Screen Room, then check the wall beside the kimono. Take the crest from the hidden room.
Step 3
Tsuchihara: Photograph the cemetery altar and then the headstone where the filament reacts. Defeat Broken Neck Woman and take the crest from the altar.
Old Tree pinwheels · six turns
Chapter 8 · Old Tree
With the four crests fitted, align the colors where the petals meet.
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Step 1
Use the crests at the shrine inside the tree. Rotate upper left once, upper right twice and lower right three times.
Step 2
Leave lower left alone. The resulting scene starts the finale.
Sae and the opening shot in the abyss
Chapter 0 · Hellish Abyss · PS2 Hard or Nightmare
The first shot is mandatory. The main fight only starts after it.
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Step 1
Walk slowly toward the figure in viewfinder mode. Take the shot during the very brief Fatal Frame window as she lunges.
Step 2
Run from the lunges while she is in the red cloud. After the third lunge the mist clears. Use the Fatal Frame opening and follow-up shots with strong film.
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Sources & editorial date
Independently written game guidance. The following sources support quest routes, mechanics and edition notes. Editorial date: 12 November 2026.
- GameFAQs · PS2 campaign, puzzles and unlocks (Chozo_Abigaba) ↗gamefaqs.gamespot.com
- GameFAQs · PS2 walkthrough (ibmG) ↗gamefaqs.gamespot.com
- GameFAQs · PS2 puzzle and boss reference (FatalMaster) ↗gamefaqs.gamespot.com
- Fatal Frame Wiki · endings and edition conditions ↗fatalframe.fandom.com
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