How to Beat Pesanta: It Kept You Busy Challenge Guide

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

Pesanta Overview

Pesanta Basic Info

Pesanta
Weaknesses	Head, Body
Chapter	Separate Ways - Chapter 5

How to Beat Pesanta

Phase 1 Fight

Pesanta Phase 1 Tips
Collect all Items before engaging the fight Use Flashbombs to Stun

Collect all items before fighting

Immediately pick up all the items and ammo behind you because you won't be able to return to this area after defeating the Pesanta. Once you've collected all the items, start focusing on its head and shoot it with your TMP or Rifle.

The area is spacious enough for you to kite the Pesanta without getting too close. Keep circling around the area while dealing damage with your powerful weapons. However, make sure to save your Arrows and Grenades for the second phase.

Use Flash Grenades to Stun Pesanta

Use your Flash Grenades to stun Pesanta giving you an opportunity to perform Grapple Melee attacks on it. This will save you bullets and the recover period from the melee attack gives you a bigger window to rain bullets on it.

Phase 2 Fight

Pesanta Phase 2 Tips
Be mindful of your surroundings Keep distance and focus on orange target

Be Mindful of Your Surroundings

After dealing enough damage to the Pesanta, its tail will detach from the main body, triggering Phase 2 of the boss fight. You will now be in an area much larger than in Phase 1. Use this to your advantage and maintain your distance. Additionally, the Pesanta will sometimes spawn bombs on the floor that explode on contact. Try to move away from these bombs as much as possible.

Keep Distance and Focus on Orange Target

Continue to keep your distance while waiting for the tail to become upright. Once it is still, look for the glowing wound on its chest and use your Blast Crossbow or Rifle to shoot it. Keep repeating this cycle until you defeat it.

Completion Rewards

“It” Kept You Busy Achievement

Killing Pesanta a.k.a The Black Robe rewards you with the “It” Kept You Busy achievement worth 500 CP! It also rewards you with a trophy of the same name. You can use these Completion Points to purchase exclusive content at the Extra Content Shop.

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Separate Ways Bosses

	Boss
Chapter 1	The Black Robe
Chapter 2
Chapter 3	El Gigante
Chapter 5	Pesanta
Chapter 7	Saddler