Tormented Souls 2 Hand Cannon Location: Four Animal Dials and the Chest Puzzle

The hand cannon in Tormented Souls 2 sits inside a locked chest in an unmarked tomb, and the four dials that open it are scattered across two areas of the Cemetery. Pinpointing the Tormented Souls 2 hand cannon location early is worth the detour: it hits harder than anything else in Caroline's ranged kit, and with only three shots you want it in your pocket before the zone's nastier fights, not after.

Below you'll find the exact tomb, every Animal Dial, and the full chest puzzle solution, plus a quick note on which items you do and don't need before you start hunting.

Tormented Souls 2 Hand Cannon Location: The Short Answer

The hand cannon is weapon #8 on PowerPyx's Tormented Souls 2 weapon locations guide, which counts nine weapons in total and ties the full set to the Hoplophile trophy and achievement. The weapon itself waits in a locked chest inside an unmarked tomb in the Cemetery Grounds, on the road that also opens the shortcut back to the Cemetery Entrance.

The chest will not open without four Animal Dials hidden around the zone, and the plaque on the lid tells you how each animal needs to sit.

If you have seen the gun described as a "mausoleum" puzzle or the "Reliquary Puzzle," that is the same content under a different label — PowerPyx files the hand cannon under a puzzle in the mausoleum in the Cemetery Grounds. The route below follows IntoIndieGames' Cemetery walkthrough, which breaks the tomb and the dials down step by step.

What You Need Before You Go Dial Hunting

You do not need a special key item to start collecting the dials, but you do need access to both halves of the Cemetery. Here is the setup:

• Reach the Cemetery. From the Processing Plant entrance, head back to the Backstreets via the large stairs, walk toward the truck with its back door open, and take the left path. Cut the wooden block on the gate with the Chainsaw to enter the Sewer Walkway, keep your Lighter raised, and run past the crab monsters to the Cemetery Entrance.
• Open the Cemetery Grounds. The gate from the Cemetery Entrance side is locked and must be opened from the other side. Cross the wooden bridge on the left into the Cemetery Office, a safe zone where you can save and pick up the Cemetery Map, then exit and climb the stone staircase to the right.
• Follow the road. Past the stairs, the path leads to the Cemetery Grounds gate. The tomb holding the chest sits along the road that unlocks the shortcut back to the Cemetery Entrance.

One common misconception: the Metal Detector is not required for the Animal Dials. You collect it in the Gemini Mausoleum after solving the Constellation Disk puzzle, and it exists for the three Octagons later in the zone. The dials are plain loot pulled from tombs and coffins — no detection, no puzzle gate.

All Four Animal Dial Locations

Each dial is looted from a coffin or a tomb interior, and the four spots are split evenly between the two Cemetery areas. The table below matches the order IntoIndieGames lists them in their Cemetery route.

Two landmarks make this loop easier to keep straight. The hanging tree with the ropes in the Cemetery Entrance holds the Club Key, and the stone staircase near the Cemetery Office is your anchor for the Turtle Dial. In the Cemetery Grounds, Pedro Fischer's statue and grave mark the Dog Dial, while the steel gate and its stairs mark the stretch where the Bird Dial and the chest tomb face each other.

Solving the Four Animals Chest Puzzle

With all four dials in your inventory, return to the unmarked tomb in the Cemetery Grounds and inspect the chest. Before you touch the slots, read the plaque titled "The Four Animals" — it holds the hint for how each animal should be oriented.

Insert the dials in this order, left to right: Bird, Turtle, Bat, Dog. Then set each one to match the plaque.

Once all four dials sit in the correct positions, the chest unlocks and you can claim the hand cannon. That completes the Tormented Souls 2 hand cannon location puzzle — no boss fight, no timed sequence, just four coffins and one very particular arrangement of animals.

Is the Hand Cannon Worth the Detour?

Short answer: yes, with a caveat. The gun holds only three shots, so it functions as a panic button rather than a primary weapon. The IntoIndieGames walkthrough recommends saving those shots for later rather than spending them on ordinary ghosts in the Cemetery.

There is also a completionist reason to grab it. PowerPyx notes that collecting all nine weapons in a single playthrough unlocks the Hoplophile trophy and achievement, and the hand cannon is one of the nine, so skipping it costs you the set. If you are chasing the platinum or the full gamerscore, this tomb is not optional in practice.

The walkthrough treats the hand cannon as an optional pickup that you can grab before pushing on with the zone's Octagon hunt, which makes the Cemetery the efficient place to clear it. Do the dial loop once, open the chest, and you never have to come back for it. For more on the game itself, see Tormented Souls 2 on Steam.

FAQ

Where is the hand cannon in Tormented Souls 2?

The Tormented Souls 2 hand cannon location is a locked chest inside an unmarked tomb in the Cemetery Grounds, on the road that opens the shortcut back to the Cemetery Entrance. You need four Animal Dials — Bat, Turtle, Dog, and Bird — to unlock it.

Do I need the Metal Detector to get the hand cannon?

No. The Metal Detector comes from the Gemini Mausoleum and is used for the three Octagons tied to the Pedro Fischer statue puzzle. The Animal Dials are simply looted from tombs and coffins, so you can open the chest without ever touching the detector.

What order do the Animal Dials go in?

Left to right, the order is Bird, Turtle, Bat, Dog. The Bird faces diagonally down-right, the Turtle lies on its back, the Bat hangs upside down with its head down, and the Dog points diagonally up with its face to the left. The "Four Animals" plaque on the chest lid repeats the clue in-game.

How many shots does the hand cannon have?

Three. That limited ammo is why the walkthrough suggests saving it, but those three shots still make it one of the strongest ranged options Caroline can carry through the Cemetery and beyond.