Tormented Souls 2 Metal Detector Guide: Location, Octagon Dig Spots, and Loot

The Tormented Souls 2 metal detector is one of the easiest items in the Cemetery to walk straight past. It sits inside a locker in a small mausoleum room, behind a puzzle door most players are already focused on, and there is no glowing marker telling you it matters. Skip it, though, and the Cemetery's biggest optional-feeling puzzle grinds to a halt — because three Octagon pieces are buried in the dirt and nothing else in Caroline's inventory will find them. This guide covers exactly where the Tormented Souls 2 metal detector is, what it unlocks, and where to sweep it so you don't spend an hour circling gravestones.

Where to Find the Tormented Souls 2 Metal Detector

The tool is inside the Gemini Mausoleum in the Cemetery Entrance area. You cannot walk in and grab it — the door is sealed by the Constellation Disk puzzle, so the metal detector is effectively gated behind a short item hunt first.

Here is the full chain, based on the Cemetery walkthrough published by Into Indie Games:

• Collect the Constellation Disk Piece. Enter the Cemetery Office safe room, save, then take the bunker door on the left into the Burial Chamber. Circle the balcony until you reach the book on a pedestal between two angel statues; the disk piece is on the railing just in front of it.
• Collect the Constellation Disk. Exit the office, climb the stone staircase, and push through the Cemetery Grounds. Work your way around the balcony, down the stairs, and past the graves of Caroline and Anna until you reach a gate you can open with the Club Key taken from the hanging tree. The disk is inside, guarded by a ghost.
• Combine and align. In your inventory, merge the piece with the disk, then rotate the three rings so the stars match the Gemini plaque you photographed on the upper balcony.
• Insert the disk. Place it in the round slot on the panel at the two-children statue near the hanging tree. The door opens.

Inside, the room holds two things worth your time: a note called Morbid Illustrations beside the door and, inside the locker ahead, the metal detector itself.

What the Metal Detector Actually Does

Think of it as a digging tool, not a radar. The Tormented Souls 2 metal detector only responds at specific buried spots, and the ones that matter are the three Octagons needed for the statue puzzle in the Cemetery Grounds. Without the device you can stand on those exact squares of dirt forever and never get a prompt.

The Morbid Illustrations note you pick up in the same room is the key to using it well. One side sketches the burial locations of the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Octagons; the other shows the large Pedro Fischer statue you will eventually interact with. Read it before you leave the mausoleum — it is the only in-game hint for the search.

Player experience also suggests a second function. A Steam Community guide by the user [P]etya catalogs locations where the device turns up bonus ammo and health items, noting that the guide deliberately avoids the puzzle solution and focuses purely on extra pickups. So if you are low on shells, a sweep is rarely wasted.

How to Dig Up the Three Octagons

Take the Morbid Illustrations sketch and walk the Cemetery with the metal detector equipped or selected. When you cross a valid spot, the game gives you an interaction prompt; dig there and the Octagon goes straight into your inventory.

The community puzzle guide at Survival Horrors breaks the three dig zones down as follows:

Treat that list as a general pointer rather than gospel — the illustration on your note is the authoritative source, and the exact dig squares are small. Walk in widening circles around each landmark and watch for the prompt instead of hugging a single grave.

One warning: the moment you pick up the third Octagon, zombies start crawling out of the Cemetery floor. Save before your final dig, then run rather than fight. Head straight for the big statue in the middle of the Cemetery Grounds and interact with the panel.

Solving the Pedro Statue Puzzle

With all three Octagons in hand, the statue panel is straightforward. Insert the pieces in the order Gold, Silver, Bronze, then press the red button above each dial to rotate it until the name PEDRO is spelled out. The order matters — the Octagons only fit their matching slots, and the letters only line up once the sequence is right.

Completing it opens a hidden panel behind the statue. Loop around, interact with it, and head through the door into the Catacomb. That is where the Marble Sword waits in a broken coffin, and the sword is required later for the Four Horsemen puzzle in the Burial Chamber. In other words, the metal detector is not a side curiosity — it sits on the critical path through the Cemetery.

Sweeping for Extra Loot

Once the Octagon hunt is done, the metal detector keeps earning its inventory slot. Because ammunition in Tormented Souls 2 stays scarce, the device doubles as a low-risk way to top up between boss attempts.

• Sweep graveyards and tomb interiors you have already cleared, since the device works regardless of whether enemies are nearby.
• Check the ground around landmarks — hanging trees, bridges, statue plinths, and mausoleum walls — before moving to the next zone.
• Do a final pass before the Dr. Hertz fight. The walkthrough notes that the boss difficulty swings wildly depending on how well you have managed ammunition, and buried pickups are easy to miss.

For a full crowd-sourced list of dig spots and pickups, the community Steam guide mentioned above is a useful companion to your own sweep. Just remember that loot spawns and puzzle solutions are two separate jobs for the same tool.

If you want to check the game's current store details, platforms, and player reviews, the official Tormented Souls 2 Steam page is the place to look.

FAQ

Where do you get the Tormented Souls 2 metal detector? It is inside a locker in the Gemini Mausoleum in the Cemetery Entrance area. You must first complete the Constellation Disk puzzle — combining the disk with its missing center piece and aligning the rings to the Gemini plaque — before the mausoleum door opens.

Do you actually need the Tormented Souls 2 metal detector to progress? Functionally, yes. The three Octagons it uncovers are required to solve the Pedro Fischer statue puzzle, which opens the Catacomb and the Marble Sword. That sword is needed for the Four Horsemen puzzle in the Burial Chamber, which leads onward to Dr. Hertz and the Detachable Flashlight.

How many Octagons can the metal detector find? Three: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. The locations are sketched on the Morbid Illustrations note found in the same room as the detector, and a community guide places them near the hanging tree, before the wooden bridge, and behind the locked mausoleum in the western Cemetery.

Can the metal detector find anything besides Octagons? Community reports say yes — players have cataloged buried ammo and health pickups found with the device across the Cemetery. It is worth a sweep whenever your supplies are running thin.