How to Beat Ramon Salazar: Salazar Boss Fight Guide

Salazar is one of the bosses you will fight in Resident Evil 4 Remake (RE4). Learn how to beat Salazar, find out his attack patterns and know how to counter them!

Salazar Overview

Salazar Basic Info

Salazar
Weaknesses	Eye
Rewards	Lip Rouge
Chapter	Chapter 12

Ramon Salazar is the main boss of Chapter 12, where Ashley got taken by Krauser. His boss fight features his mobility and the power to attack from close range to long range. You can easily beat him by taking advantage of the pillar on the left staircase!
Ramon Salazar Voice Actor and Story Role

How to Beat Salazar

How to Beat Salazar
Golden Egg Cheese Strategy Use Weapons With Fast Fire Rates and High Damage Attack Salazar's Weak Spots Camp the Staircase with the Pillar Get Supplies from the Acid Pods

Golden Egg Cheese Strategy

One way to massively damage Salazar and quickly end his 1st phase is by throwing a Gold Chicken Egg directly at his main body. Throwing another Gold Chicken Egg at him will fully defeat him.

Note that the Gold Chicken Egg does little to no damage to other enemies so it's best to save them for Salazar.

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Nearest Gold Chicken Egg Location

Map Location	In-Game Location
Throne Room in Ch. 12	Inside Square Lock Box

The nearest Gold Chicken Egg that you can find is in a Square Lock Box in the Throne Room at the start of the same chapter, right before heading to the boss fight location. You need to get the Cubic Device in Chapter 9 to unlock this lock.

All Gold Chicken Egg Locations

Use Weapons With Fast Fire Rates and High Damage

The best weapons to use for this fight are weapons with fast fire rates to make it easier to hit Salazar's weak spots. Any automatic or semi-automatic gun, like TMP, Stingray, and CQBR, is highly recommended to follow Salazar's movements.

Attack Salazar's Weak Spots

Salazar's Body

Salazar's body is hidden inside the monster's mouth. Players can shoot Salazar's body whenever the monster spits acid. Dealing enough damage to Salazar's body will cause the monster to fall, leaving Salazar open for a melee prompt.

Salazar's Eye

Dealing enough damage to Salazar causes the monster to fall, allowing players to do a melee prompt on Salazar's eye. This deals huge damage and is a key mechanic for this boss fight.

Camp the Staircase with the Pillar

Use the staircase on the side with the pillar as your hiding and shooting spot, as it has a lot of covers you can use to avoid getting hit by Salazar. You can also prevent Salazar from performing his instant death attack, which is the Chomping Attack.

You can find this location on the left side when the battle starts.

Get Supplies from the Acid Pods

If you run out of resources, you can try shooting the Acid Pods placed by Salazar on the stage. They sometimes contain ammo, Gunpowders, and Green Herbs. Just make sure to keep some distance as they can explode and damage you.

Salazar Attack Patterns

All Attack Patterns
Acid Spit Acid Pods Mouth Chomp

Acid Spit

Salazar spits a black acidic substance towards Leon either vertically or horizontally, avoid this by running sideways for the vertical spit and crouching for the horizontal spit. He can also spit acid like a shotgun shot, which you can avoid by using the covers in the area.

Acid Pods

Throughout the area, there will be black goo-like pods lying on the ground, which will explode when Leon is in proximity. Avoid this by shooting the pods from afar.

Mouth Chomp

If Leon is close enough the monsterized Salazar will attempt to chomp Leon, avoid this attack by keeping your distance. It will kill Leon instantly, so dodge and run away from this attack at all times!

Salazar Achievements and Trophies

No Thanks, Bro!

Silver	No Thanks, Bro!
	Defeat Ramón Salazar.

You can get the No Thanks, Bro! Trophy by defeating Ramon Salazar for the first time.

You Talk Too Much!

Bronze	You Talk Too Much!
	Throw a grenade into Ramón Salazar's mouth.

You can get the You Talk Too Much! Trophy by throwing a grenade into Ramon Salazar's mouth.

Achievements List and Trophy Guide

Resident Evil 4 Remake (RE4) Related Guides

List of All Bosses

All Bosses

Del Lago	El Gigante	Chainsaw Sisters
Mendez	Armored El Gigante	Verdugo
Dos Gigantes	Krauser	Salazar
Krauser (Transformed)	Saddler	-