Resident Evil 4 Remake (RE4)

Tips and Tricks: A Beginner's Guide to Resident Evil 4

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Resident Evil 4 Remake Beginners Guide

The Resident Evil 4 Remake blends together action combat mechanics with survival horror features. Read on for tips and tricks on getting started and for a full beginner's guide on Resident Evil 4!

Resident Evil 4 Remake Beginner's Guide

Best Tips for Beginners








Conserve Ammo With Precise Shots

Resident Evil 4 Remake - Conserve Ammo With Precise Shots
In the Resident Evil 4 Remake, your weapon ammo isn't infinite, and you can't buy them at the Merchant, so learning to conserve ammo. To help save ammo, we recommend aiming for enemies' heads and weak spots and using the Knife and melee attacks to finish them off.

We also recommend learning how to stealth kill and taking advantage of environmental hazards to give you an easier time saving weapon ammo.

How to Save Ammo

Learn to Bait and Dodge Enemy Attacks

With the game having no dedicated dodge button, the main way to avoid enemy moves is by baiting out attacks and stepping away from their path. You can do this by moving close to an enemy, then sprinting backward or sideways to avoid getting hit.

How to Dodge and Avoid Attacks

Have Weapons to Cover Every Range

Resident Evil 4 Remake - Have Weapons to Cover Every Range
We recommend keeping weapons that excel at long, medium, and close-quarter engagements in your inventory at all times to deal with the game's varying enemy encounters. For the early game, we suggest aiming for the SG-09 R handgun, W-870 shotgun, and SR M1903 rifle for a versatile spread of guns.

List of All Weapons and Guns

Beware of Traps and Hazards

Aside from the enemies you'll face, the game often hides traps and environmental hazards that can drain your health or leave you vulnerable to attacks. Always keep an eye on the ground, especially along narrow pathways covered by foliage, as trip wires and bear traps usually blend in well with the environment.

To disarm these traps, you can shoot them from a distance or slash at them with Leon's knife. However, try not to step on traps accidentally while trying to trigger them with a melee attack.

How to Disarm Traps

Always Check the Merchant's Shop

Whenever you come across the Merchant, we recommend always checking out his entire stock. The Merchant often updates the items he sells in every area and sometimes offers limited-time deals that allow you to save Pesetas, such as free attachments when purchasing a new gun.

What to Buy First

Invest in Upgrading the Attache Case

Resident Evil 4 Remake - Invest in Upgrading the Attache Case
In general, we recommend prioritizing spending your Pesetas on Attache Case Upgrades. Each Attache Case Upgrade increases your carrying capacity, allowing you to fit more weapons and resources into your inventory and making it a worthwhile purchase every time.

How to Manage Inventory and Attache Case Loadout

Sell Treasures at the Merchant

Resident Evil 4 Remake Objects
You may come across Treasures while exploring the game's numerous areas. These items often have no other purpose outside of being high-value items, so sell these items at the Merchant as soon as possible to free up your inventory slots and gain large amounts of Pesetas.

Don't Sell Combinable Treasures Immediately

However, note that you can combine specific Treasures to make them more valuable and sell them for higher at the Merchant. Avoid selling these treasures immediately, and stay alert for their other parts so you can maximize your Peseta income.

Always Keep Ashley Safe

Resident Evil 4 Remake - Always Keep Ashley Safe
Remember that your primary objective is to keep Ashley alive. After finding her, she'll become your companion for most of the game and follow you around, even in dangerous areas.

While you can command Ashley to perform specific actions, you'll still have to ensure that she doesn't get killed or taken away by nearby foes and that you don't accidentally shoot and kill her.

Flash Grenades kill Plagas quick

Plagas are vulnerable to light and can be defeated with a single flash grenade, netting you the Shield Your Eyes Bronze Trophy. If you ever find yourself surrounded by enemies, throw a flash grenade to throw them off and find a better position for yourself.

Achievements List and Trophy Guide

All Tips and Tricks Guides

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Unlockables
All Unlockables All Post Game Content
100% Completion Roadmap New Game Plus Guide
How to Get Infinite Ammo All Bonus Weapons
Professional Mode All Exclusive Upgrades
Extra Content Shop Locked Drawer
Expanded Treasure Map How to Claim Bonus Content
Mad Chainsaw Mode (Demo) -
Speedrun Guides
How to Get S+ Rank Professional S+ Guide
Best Save Points on Professional How to Skip First Village Fight
How to Skip Gallery Bridge How to Skip Wrecking Ball Wall
How to Skip the Dynamite How to Skip the Sun and Moon Switches
How to Raise Cannon Eariler How to Speed Through Ashley Library Section
How to Skip the Farm: Get Wooden Cog Fast Speedrun Guide
How to Skip Automatic Turret Lasers How to Skip AA Turret
Mercenaries Guides
Mercenaries Rewards Mercenaries Characters Tier List
Best Character for Each Stage How to Use Mayhem Mode
How to Increase Time Limit How to Increase Bonus Rate
Does Mercenaries Have Aim Assist? Best Mercenaries Abilities
Weapon Guides
Best Weapons Best Equipment for Professional Mode
Best Loadout Strongest Guns
Best Exclusive Weapon Upgrades Best Weapons to Upgrade
How to Upgrade Weapons Best Handgun and Pistol
Best Shotgun Best SMG
Best Rifle Best Magnum
Best Knife Knife Durability
How to Repair Knives Best Weapons to Get First
Trophy and Challenge Guides
Achievements List and Trophy Guide List of Challenges
Astute Appraiser Frugalist
Silent Stranger Sprinter
Minimalist Eat This!
Real Deadeye Smooth Escape
Hope You Like Thrill Rides! Too Cool For Such Tricks
Capacity Compliance CP Farming Guide
Settings Guides
Aiming Guide Best Settings for Consoles
Best Settings for PC Best Controls for Console
Best Quality-of-Life Settings Frame Rate or Resolution Priority
How to Turn On Subtitles How to Change Language Settings
Where to Adjust Brightness Settings -
Combat Guides
How to Save Ammo How to Dodge and Avoid Attacks
How to Parry Attacks How to Stealth Kill Enemies
How Do Critical Hits Work What to Do When You Have No Ammo
How to Do a Suplex How to Swap Guns
What Does the Plus 1 Mean? How to Get Assault Rifle Ammo
How to Repair Body Armor Knife Only Tips and Strategies
Money and Merchant Guides
All Merchant Locations Money Farming Guide
What to Buy First What to Sell First
How to Farm Spinels What to Trade Spinels For
Limited Time Sale Guide How to Get Gemstones
Trading Guide How to Get Exclusive Upgrade Tickets
Charms Guides
Best Charms to Equip Can You Reroll the Charm Gacha?
Shooting Range Guide -
Inventory Guides
How to Manage Inventory How to Rotate Items
How to Increase Attache Case Storage What to Do With Excess Items
Crafting Guide All Crafting Recipe Locations
Why Can’t I Store Items? -
Survival Guides
How to Increase Health How to Disarm Traps
How to Disarm Tripwires How to Quick Turn
How to Climb Walls and Ledges All Yellow Herb Locations
FAQs
Difficulty Differences Missables and Points of No Return
List of Exploits All Bugs
How to Save How to Change Costumes
Can You Turn on the Flashlight? Can You Throw Back the Dynamite?
Can You Kill the Merchant? Should You Register a Capcom ID?
Is There Transmog? How to Get Infinite Knife Durability
Can You Kill Saddler Without the Rocket Launcher? How to Change FOV
Story Guides
Ending Explained Post-Credits Scene Explained
How to Get the Wrench How to Get Past the Village
How to Get Back to the Church How to Get to Ashley in the Castle
Should You Save or Kill the Trapped Dog? What Happened to the Dog?
How to Get to the Forest Altar Where's Everyone Going? Bingo? Meaning
Should You Climb the Bell Tower? How to Use the Boat
How to Use the Cannon Minecart Guide
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