Leon S. Kennedy’s return has never been this tense. Our Resident Evil 4 remake walkthrough reveals every secret, weapon upgrade, and strategy you need to survive each horrifying encounter from the Spanish village to the island’s final showdown.
Best of all, Resident Evil 4 maintains the core components of any great Resident Evil game: It’s dense, complicated, packed with systems that aren’t always explained, and juuust scary enough. If you’re a first-timer, it can be a lot to navigate. If you’ve played the original once a year for the past two decades, you’ll still find some surprises – you might even get stuck here and there.
We’ve got you covered. Start with our beginners guide, and learn how to make even more money (in the game, not IRL, sorry). Read through our comprehensivechapterwalkthroughs, which cover all of the items, files, and treasures you’ll find across Leon’s journey. Figure out how to defeat some of the toughest early bosses and solve some of the hardest early puzzles. And of course, no jaunt through Resident Evil 4 is complete without the totemic Red9 pistol, which we can show you how to get.
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Beginners guides
Chapter 1 Village walkthrough and tips
Chapter 1 of Resident Evil 4 Remake introduces Leon to the eerie Spanish Village, starting with a tense ambush and culminating in the chaotic Village Square fight against villagers and Dr. Salvador (Chainsaw Man).
Opening Path to Village
Sneak up the right path from the farm gate to knife the first female villager silently, then loop back left through buildings for herbs, ammo boxes, and a cabinet green herb. Avoid early alerts; proceed through the dogleg path, jump fences, and save at the typewriter in the right-side house before entering the square. Grab the attic chest if possible, but prioritize not getting spotted by the patrolling farmer.
Village Square Fight
Kill about 15 villagers to ring the bell manually (or wait 4 minutes for auto-trigger); focus on body shots or kneecaps to conserve ammo, using loops around houses, ladders, and rooftops to evade. When Dr. Salvador appears (chopping the door), barricade the shotgun house window, grab the inside shotgun/grenades/ammo upstairs, then exit via the roof window for a grenade toss on the mob below. Run circles past the cop statue, cow barn (shoot lantern to drop it on foes if needed), and avoid the church tower trap unless low on health.
Farm and Lakeside
Post-bell, exit via the two-story house (shoot blue medallion on corner), head right to the farm paddock for a pearl pendant (shoot clean lantern over land, not water). Clear the barn left, typewriter save, then follow the cliff path through a tunnel to the lake, fighting stragglers with headshots/melees. Stockpile handgun ammo and herbs early, as resources are scarce on Standard/Assisted.
Pro Tips
Use melee after stuns, parry with knife if practiced, and manual save often-auto-saves reset collectibles like the first Hexagon Piece if you die. First run takes 45-60 minutes; prioritize survival over loot.
Chapter 1 Farm area walkthrough and tips
Chapter 1 Farm area occurs right after the Village Square fight in Resident Evil 4 Remake, serving as a brief breather zone before the lake path.
Entering the Farm
Exit the two-story house post-bell ring and head right uphill to the farm paddock gate; villagers here have their backs turned, allowing stealth approaches or quick headshots/melees to clear without alert. The immediate right building holds a typewriter for manual saving-use it before exploring, as auto-saves can reset nearby collectibles if you die.
Loot and Collectibles
Smash barrels and loot the front shack for handgun bullets and resources; shoot the hanging lantern straight down over land (not water) to drop a Pearl Pendant treasure worth 4,000 Pesetas. Check the left barn after dealing with 2-3 Ganados via stuns into knife finishes to save ammo, grabbing extra herbs and ammo boxes inside.
Exit Path
Head left through the barn toward the windmill view, eliminating patrolling enemies with body shots or environmental kills; proceed via the cliff tunnel past stragglers using precise handgun headshots. This section takes 3-5 minutes on first playthroughs-prioritize conservation over perfection.
Survival Tips
Stockpile greens for healing mixes, parry axes with knife timing if confident, and loop foes around fences or the windmill base to avoid swarms. Skipping combat entirely is viable via sprinting right-to-left, but grab the save and pendant first for upgrades.
