Best Charms to Equip

Knowing the best charms to equip in any situation in Resident Evil 4 Remake (RE4) can give you an easier time getting through the game. Learn about the best charms to wear and how to get them!

Charm Related Guides
List of All Charms	Best Charms to Equip	Charm Reroll Guide

Best Charms to Equip

Best Charm	Use and Explanation
Striker	For Speedruns It offers an 8% movement speed increase, making it easier to dodge attacks and navigate through the game for high Completion Ranks.
Ashley Graham	For Health Recovery It provides +50% health recovery for Green Herbs, boosting the healing of these common recovery items. It's convenient in higher difficulties with stronger enemies and fewer resources.
Iluminados Emblem	For Knife-Only Runs It provides a +20% melee critical hit rate, making it optimal for knife-only runs. It pairs well with the Primal Knife and its Indestructible Exclusive Upgrade.
Leon w/ Handgun	For Merchant Discount It provides 30% off knife repairs, helping you save money at the Merchant. Equip this charm before repairing your knife, then swap it to a combat-related charm afterward.
Ada Wong	For Merchant Discount It provides 30% off body armor repairs, helping you save money at the Merchant. Equip this charm before repairing your armor, then swap it to a combat-related charm afterward.
Rhinoceros Beetle	For Money Farming It doubles the resale value of recovery items, making it an excellent charm to wear when selling surplus Yellow Herbs and Rhinoceros Beetles once you reach maximum HP.

Striker for Best Mobility

Charm	Perk
Striker	+8% running speed.

The Striker Charm offers one of the best perks in the entire game, an increase in movement speed. 8% may not sound like a lot, but it could give you just that window of opportunity to evade an attack before it hits you. This charm is particularly helpful for anyone aiming for high Completion Ranks, speedrunning the game, and time-sensitive Challenges.

Speedrun Guide: How to Finish in Under 5 Hours

Related Challenges

All Challenges and How to Complete

Ashley Graham for Best Recovery

Charm	Perk
Ashley Graham	+50% health recovery for green herbs.

The Ashley Graham Charm is the best recovery-related charm in the game, as Green Herbs are some of the most common recovery items compared to Vipers and Basses. This charm is especially helpful on higher difficulties, as enemies hit harder and resources aren't as abundant.

List of Recovery Items and Heals

Los Iluminados for a Knife-Only Run

Charm	Perk
Illuminados Emblem	+20% melee critical hit rate.

Wearing the Iluminados Emblem Charm is optimal if you plan to complete a knife-only run. This charm gives you a better fighting chance in these runs, especially if you unlock the Primal Knife and its Indestructible Exclusive Upgrade.

Knife Only Tips and Strategies

Related Trophy

Silver	Minimalist
	Complete the main story using only knives and handguns. (Excluding specific battles.)

Achievements List and Trophy Guide

Related Challenges

Challenge	Condition	Rewards
Revolt Against the Revolting	Destroy a Clockwork Castellan. ► All Clockwork Castellan Locations,.	200 CP
Never Heard It Coming	Defeat a Garrador using only knives. ► How to Beat Garrador	500 CP
Revolution Wind-up	Destroy all Clockwork Castellans. ► All Clockwork Castellans Locations	1000 CP

All Challenges and How to Complete

Leon w/ Handgun for Merchant Discount

Charm	Perk
Leon w/ Handgun	30% off knife repairs.

The Leon w/ Handgun charm will help you save money from knife repairs especially if you get it early on. While 30% may not seem much, the money you save will add up over the course of the game. It is recommended to only equip this charm when you're planning to repair your knife and then swap it for a charm that will help you in combat.

How to Repair Knives

Ada Wong for Merchant Discount

Charm	Perk
Ada Wong	30% off body armor repairs.

The Ada Wong charm will help you save money from body armor repairs. Like with the Leon w/ Handgun charm, the discount will save you money over time. Equip this charm if you are planning to repair your body armor and do not forget to swap it out with a combat charm afterwards!

How to Repair Body Armor

Rhinoceros Beetle for Money Farming

Charm	Perk
Rhinoceros Beetle	+100% recovery item resale value.

The Rhinoceros Beetle charm doubles the resale value of recovery items.

You don't need to consume all Yellow Herbs and Rhinoceros Beetles to reach maximum HP. If you've reached max HP already and still have extra Yellow Herbs, you can mix them with Red Herbs and Green Herbs to get the Mixed Herb (G+R+Y). With the Rhinoceros Beetle Charm equipped, you can sell the Mixed Herb (G+R+Y) for 20,000 Pesetas. Only sell your herbs if you have a surplus of healing items and need space!

This charm does not help you in combat so swap it out when you have finished your business with the Merchant.

Money Farming Guide: How to Get Pesetas Fast

How to Get the Best Charms

Charm Gacha has a Pattern

The Charms resulting from the Token gacha at a Shooting Range are not random and are actually pre-determined per save file. If you put in a certain combination of tokens, reload your save, and put in the same combination of Tokens, you'll obtain the same charm.

If you insert a different combination of Tokens, a different Charm will come out, but the pattern will always be the same.

Tested Samples of Charm Gacha Reroll

Roll 1	2 Golds + 1 Silver	=	Don Diego
Roll 2	2 Silvers + 1 Gold	=	Chicken
Roll 3 (Repeat of 1)	2 Golds + 1 Silver	=	Don Diego

Note that the order the three Tokens are inserted does not matter.

Can You Reroll the Charm Gacha?

Save Up Tokens and Test Patterns

The more Silver and Gold Tokens you have, the more patterns you can potentially test in one go. Save your tokens until you can test a few possible combinations and get a specific charm.

For example, if you have only 4 Silver Tokens and 2 Gold Tokens, there are only two possible variations, yielding 4 possible Charms, so your pool of options is limited.

Reload 1	2 Silver + 1 Gold	2 Silver + 1 Gold
Reload 2	3 Silver	1 Silver + 2 Gold

However, if you have 8 Silver Tokens and 4 Gold Tokens, you can test for 9 possible Charms at once.

Reload 1	2 Silver + 1 Gold	2 Silver + 1 Gold	2 Silver + 1 Gold	2 Silver + 1 Gold
Reload 2	1 Silver + 2 Gold	1 Silver + 2 Gold	3 Silver	3 Silver
Reload 3	3 Gold	-	-	-

Use this method to find out which pattern of Tokens you need to insert to get the Charm you want, and save the rest for later testing!

List of Charms and Charm Perks

Resident Evil 4 Remake Related Guides

Tips and Tricks: A Beginner's Guide

All Tips and Tricks Guides

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
Clocktower Lift Guide	-