Can You Beat Resident Evil 4 Remake Without The Merchant?

[@DanteRavioli]

Get 20% OFF + Free International Shipping on your order with promo code "DANTE20" at manscaped.com/dante THE KNIFE ONLY VIDEO WILL BE OUT BEFORE MAY 7, IT IS THE LONGEST SCRIPTED VIDEO I'VE EVER DONE. SEE YOU ALL THEN!

[@dementedbison5086]

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[@bryandominici5012]

Say hi to me

[@exiledphoenix]

​@@dementedbison5086 hi

[@samuelanimationsss5399]

No but anyways I am first one minutes later one cares

[@jeromejones7979]

Say hi to me

[@floowzer7067]

i watched every original re4 video, cant wait to see you remake your videos for the re4 remake, only mad lads will agree

[@HollowAnimz]

I agree❤

[@saucysus]

Nahhhhh Saul? Wtf you doin in here man

[@Wassupbro182]

I agree

[@eric_tha_alien]

If he doesn’t this would be the biggest L ever

[@writerlairchannel2636]

Ow I found this channel because of them, they are the G.O.A.T just like the game

[@arthurdurham]

Everyone always asks if you need the merchant, but no one ever asks if the merchant needs you.

[@bighammer172]

60th like

[@michaeljdkdkd]

90th like

[@b.b.s7545]

Leon is sending his kids to college

[@rainoffire1233]

I’m 14 and this is deep. (Not 14, not trying to get weirdos in my DM’s.)

[@elijah1494]

Honestly I think he needs someone to talk to

[@RZDAD]

Almost a year ago today, Dante still has yet to give us the RE4 Remake Knife Only challenge

[@cameronmyers8005]

Fun fact: two golden eggs thrown into salazar’s face is enough to inst-kill him. Great for a no-merchant challenge. You find the second one in salazar’s throne room.

[@MASTEROFEVIL]

He's allergic to eggs but keeps an egg in his bedroom?

[@guts1952]

@@MASTEROFEVILI mean napoleon kept a bottle of poison around his neck in case he gets captured so maybe something like that

[@brunoparedes9781]

Dante ravioli doing once again RE4 challenges? This Is a certified hood classic

[@sneakybruno8865]

There's two of them

[@johandori7795]

So, I'm curious to see how many people actually know this, but almost (if not every) enemy other than the Garadors is unable to hear your footsteps, you can run whenever you want, as much as you want, and they won't ever notice because of it. Gunshots and explosions are a different story, but you really can just _run_ up behind enemies and stealth kill them with the knife. Probably a useful tip for anyone trying for S+, it certainly helped me.

[@tungyingloh6300]

Maybe Dante wanted to preserve knifes for parry use or Krauser fight? thats going to be long fight in hardcore.

[@johandori7795]

@@tungyingloh6300 I uh...I was more referencing the idea of the _running_ , not the stabbing neighbour. If memory serves, he did use the stealth kill multiple times, and my point was just that people don't actually need to worry about stealth, or rather crouching, because the vast majority of enemies aren't actually programmed to be able to hear your movement, even when running.

[@crewds]

@@johandori7795 yeah i was wondering if that was the case, running seemed to work for me a couple times. but i was still being cautious and snuck up behind every enemy i saw

[@BezoRazo]

@@johandori7795 All regular ganados can definitely hear you if you run. Yes, it's true that you can run up to one if his back is turned and stealth kill him, but he _does_ hear you; he just doesn't react in time. But were you to falter in your run for some reason, he would have the extra second he needs to turn to see whom he heard sprinting up to him. Or if there are 2 close together, you'd kill the one you were aiming for, but the other would turn to investigate the sound. For all intents and purposes, it amounts to the same for the point you were making, but I thought it worth setting the record straight.

[@SuperCasperman]

They definitely hear you lmfao biggest 🧢 ever

[@williamreely4431]

Breakable knives in RE4 make sense since the combat knife and Krauser knife can both be upgraded to the point where they don't break often, and the game tends to throw loads of disposable knives at you. I had 4 pristine boot knives in my inventory by the end of the game 😂

[@osurpless]

Yep, in combining this run with no healing and handgun/knife only (albeit on assisted…) I had forgotten the Primal Knife had to be fully upgraded to be indestructible (which I could’ve done on my previous Professional S+ run) but as I couldn’t talk to the Merchant? Didn’t matter though, as it gave me them whenever I was down to a single one or one severely damaged; much like how Dante got tons of green herbs.

[@Ender41948]

Also of course it makes sense, you can literally parry attacks and escape grapples with it, Resident Evil is known for resource management and split second decisions, the knife is limited for those reasons and is actually super well thought out in that regard.

[@Tropical_j_]

DAWG TAKE YOUR TIME! For real, no rush man. I’ll always be completely patient with high quality content. Also, this challenge looked like hell

[@mrstickanimator527]

THANK YOU, my soul crushed when this "re4 veteran" completely missed the shotgun because he was rushing

[@YohaneTheNesoberi]

The video I’ve been waiting for! Thank you dante and don’t ever feel bad for taking breaks or not making videos all the time. Your true fans don’t worry about things like that. Hope you are doing well bro. Take care man :)

[@Hellsgte28]

Literally a trophy for beating the game without talking to the merchant

[@emilcastro8591]

But you can do it on ng+

[@AwesomeAlexPlays]

@@emilcastro8591There’s a trophy for beating Professional, WITH NO BONUS WEAPONS, ON NG. (accessories are allowed so inf ammo is ideal)

[@JustSendMeLocationPlease]

Even if you don’t do it on New Game plus it’s rather easy if you do it on standard or Assisted. You can find a rifle, smg, a Red9, and a magnum. Plus you get the shotgun in the first chapter. It’s not all that hard on the lower difficulties. My biggest problem was inventory space actually

[@DontCallMeGaga.04]

​@@AwesomeAlexPlaysand?

[@alex-qu7kb]

@@AwesomeAlexPlayswrong that trophy allows you to beat it using anything

[@clout_coochie_owo3014]

I like the subtle 44:44 length. If you did that on purpose then props to you and if it was an accident it was a happy one. Keep up the good work❤️

[@pranaybhagwat]

it showing 44:43 for me

[@crybabymat]

@@pranaybhagwat Ur device is weird then

[@Freelancer837]

It's 44:43

[@illuzio9142]

It’s 4444😊

[@JackPicker]

It’s 44:44

[@swinsad]

been watching your old videos for a while now dante. Literally obsessed with your content and the torture you do to your self,was waiting impatiently for this one!

[@almondmilk2101]

The commentary is just hilarious! I just completed a NG+ Hardcore w/ infinite rockets and I used probably 20-30 healing items. You made the run through look like a breeze.

[@Reaper17023]

Always love these videos. Also I platinum re4 yesterday. Favorite game and they did this game amazingly.

[@MrIG511]

Same

[@iceserg9895]

I'm at 70% trophies, never Platinum a game but this one I just have to

[@MrIG511]

@@iceserg9895 telltale games are pretty easy to platinum.

[@iceserg9895]

@@MrIG511 never cared enough to Platinum those games. RE4R though has me completely hooked

[@MrIG511]

@@iceserg9895 oh mb, I thought that you were wanting to start achievement hunting.

[@leonslunar]

dante is a legend,his challenges inspired me to beat resident evil 3 and 2 and resident evil 4 on assisted and standard,even though dante doesnt post regularly i still watch his old challenge videos that never fail to amuse me, i just wanted to say you are the best youtuber i have watched yet,i just wanted to say thank you for all these resident evil tips through the years,you truly are the best dante.

[@themagicalgamer6522]

good job man

[@Eligible921]

"Oh you're going to KYS so I lose my job" damn, hard line by Ravioli Dante.

[@ZpirateJ]

Dante, so happy your back you mad lad, there is one tip i have for you, if you want there is a unlockable infinite knife if you destroy all the Clockwork tiny Salazar trophies through out the story but depending on the ones you already destroyed first playthough they will no longer be in any other play throughs just the remaining ones you have to destroy. The knife will have to be upgraded fully to its infinite durability exclusive upgrade

[@renamon5658]

Dante your challenge videos are always great. Can't wait for the knife only run

[@MavisXe]

I love how Capcom added No Merchant as a Legitimate objective to 100% the game

[@metallicoustic6733]

A return to form from Mr. Ravioli. Well done, sir. And you're right about the Krouser fight! Way harder than you'd expect. A total damage sponge! I too wasted a lot of ammo and health on him and was not happy afterwards lol

[@Kacperowyy]

yess finally.. the wait was worth it.. great video as usual

[@SuperHydride1]

I have been waiting a solid month for this epic video and all I can say truly it was beautiful and magnificent can’t wait to see more challenges

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

Regarding the breakable knife, it’s probably to balance the new stealth kills and shit, as well as parrying and blocking mechanics. You shouldn’t be able to hold off Salvador infinitely

[@cavona]

Going through the game with the infinite knife on assisted is super fun lol

[@quinnlee-miller9792]

@@cavona it probably is! It just isn't balanced haha

[@cavona]

@@quinnlee-miller9792 I get u lol

[@rythic.]

when dante says video at may 7th, he really means june 7th

[@AntiPrincess0]

27:31 That resigned "thank you" was adorable.

[@leaxpickles]

I just wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for your content. You are amazing at the resident evil series. I love Resident Evil more than any game ever and your content on it is also amazing! Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing more of your content!

[@jordankaltenbach5295]

I love the part at 37:25 where the guy is holding you directly facing the wrecking ball 😂😂

[@WaifuRuns]

i dont know man, this challenge seems impossible

[@DanteRavioli]

Definitely no achievement for it or anything...

[@faisalasfour6357]

AYYY FINALLYY LESGOOOO, and bro good quality vids always need their time we will be here waiting you can count on that!!!

[@quesoquesadila6094]

love how he doesnt use the merchant and is still doing better than i was on my playthrough

[@senatorarmstrong3308]

0:37 zelda BOTW & TOTK players : "First time?"

[@anthonyr598]

Seeing you be the legend you are in this playthrough, gave me the inspiration to take it up again lol

[@marcalcantara1174]

Man I absolutely hate the no infinite knife. You want to make it more limited? Make it lose sharpness. A knife doesn't shatter after cutting like 10 times man, it's so annoying

[@Dsoliz826]

Not going to lie was hoping for more re4 remake videos rather than just 1

[@luigimario2382]

As someone who is trying knife only without primal knife, there’s a few main issues. El gigante takes a lot of resources but is possible. Same with the big cheese. However, after the water room with the Ashley protection section, you need to shoot them to protect her. There may be a glitch to get up there yourself and defend her, but I don’t know a glitch like that. The elevator section is damn near impossible. Several crossbow enemies who spam shots at you constantly. Every enemy will be plagas because you can’t kill the red guy. And they all refuse to stagger even with constant stabs to the knees. Immediately after, the Salazar fight is extremely difficult with knife only. I won’t say it is impossible, but usually he stays out of range, and when he gets close he tends to go for the 1 hit kill bite attack. It would probably take more than an hour of constant stabbing to kill him. Plus, with his health bar you would need a lot of spare knives. Otherwise, the rest of the run is… manageable. Saddler is possible, krauser is as intended. The regeneradors are as normal but you will take a lot of grabs if you don’t get behind them. That elevator section broke me tho

[@the_good_within]

Hey Dante, you know how you were struggling with Salazar? You know if you just get 2 golden eggs you could kill him instantly

[@V1Ultrakilllmao]

Is that real or am I dumb?

[@Hieballa]

@@V1Ultrakilllmao it's real. golden eggs do 70% of R. Slizzle's health regardless of difficulty

[@drbastion6951]

There is a cap only one egg will work

[@Hieballa]

@@drbastion6951 didn't know that part. good to know!

[@tekno4blood]

Dante ain't no puss! He'd eat both eggs and still complain about Salazar lmao 😂😂

[@speeddemon5339]

Here’s a challenge. Can you beat re4 (2005) with ONLY the punisher. The way the challenge would work is that you start off with the punisher using new game+ and nothing else (you would hopefully even have the base inventory), you couldn’t even use the knife (at all), you also wouldn’t be able to use any throwable items of any kind.

[@akdattingal]

Legends still waiting for knife only video Edit: still waiting😊 Edit 2 :still waiting 😊

[@Helsgarde]

For Krauser's final form after you knock him down with a melee attack, whenever he tries to get up you can rush in and start stabbing his knees and you can get another melee attack. You can loop him the entire fight if you do it right. For some reason, stabbing his face doesn't stagger him like you would expect.

[@padwock2294]

Excited for more RE4 remake content!! Question: How come you didn't get the golden egg in the throne room? Or the assault rifle from the library? I assume you left the rifle bc it's a lotta space but golden egg seems a bit weird to pass up on!

[@elonex1126]

at 42:14 you can see him using the rifle so he got it dot know about the egg tho

[@ryxnae]

25:11 Leon: you really started becoming a giant pain in my a...😂🤣

[@thaddeuscrump1013]

"knife only will come out before May 7th" *May 8th comes around* Me: well that was a fuckin lie

[@playinggamesdaybyday3694]

Yeah

[@Stevetrades]

2:16 "There's no invincibility frames in this game" **axe literally flies through head with no damage**

[@stealthynaxo]

Dante. Can you beat the RE4 Remake WHILE competing against a speedrunner playing the OG RE4?

[@tex3420]

this video should be renamed "Can I beat the Silent Stranger achievement in Resident evil 4"

[@Jarox27]

Love your stuff as always, but yeah the fact it's an achievement gives it away XD. You should try a knife/pistol run combined with the no healing run on hardcore+, that run made me sweat and rage. (Hell even on standard or assisted it's hard AF)

[@TriggeredElmo69]

Was wondering when my boy was gonna drop an re4 remake vid,was just rewatching your old re4 videos ,can’t wait❤️🫡

[@sammowastaken]

I haven't watched this video yet but there's literally an achievement for finishing the game without talking to the merchant so I'd have to say yes.

[@nassematkasse3874]

The fact that you’re playing Resi4 and the video is exactly 44 minutes and 44 seconds long is just *chef’s kiss*

[@Friffleloop]

Dante puts in so much work for us, we should be proud of him and happy for what he posts

[@fett_animations2595]

I’ve watched all ur original RE4 videos, I’ve been waiting for u to play the remake!

[@EmmanuelFreytes]

The man, the myth, the legend, the used car salesman. Dante's back

[@Ahmethankose-nn6gv]

yeah cant wait for the new videos! keep going bro! youre doing realy good.

[@rustysebring4599]

So glad you are back, Mr. Ravioli! Re4 remake was amazing and I've eagerly awaited your challenge videos on it. I just started the video so good luck on this and future challenges!

[@Asian-ManX]

Lowkey sometimes i sleep listenin to Dante’s voice and dang was tht sponsor segment exquisitely divine

[@Mrcheesehead12]

Hey Dante I've been watching your videos for 3 years and I have 1 wish and that is you do a fist only challenge in G.O.W: Ascension

[@DeereBorgGaming]

Imagine the real mastermind plan was that the merchant got Saddler to kidnap Ashley so Leon would have to buy a bunch of stuff from him to save her and you just foiled his plans

[@scorps9105]

I done the challenge myself, it was 100% possible, it even has an achievement, it was super difficult!

[@schemar17]

shit is hard

[@scorps9105]

True!

[@thebadwolf3088]

Did it in assisted with pistols and knives only lol A walk in the park

[@schemar17]

@@thebadwolf3088 assisted mode do professional lol

[@scorps9105]

I did knives only but failed, i did grenades and flashbangs but failed, did all handguns and successfully did it, shotguns failed, SMG’s successfully worked, rifles successfully worked but assault rifle didn’t, magnums failed, bolt thrower worked and then rocket launchers failed.

[@porquen9235]

@Dante Ravioli if you throw the golden egg on the Salazar he loses 70% of his health bar, I don't know how it works but like our friend Todd Howard said " it just works"

[@TarunKumar-ft5jq]

35:23 wasn't expecting that chicken to actually do it😆

[@lolterm]

it will be out before may 7 its may 7 and i see nothing im js hoping now

[@Milan_Jelly]

i have been so excited for this video! i loved all the originals and cant wait for all the new ones!

[@HeluvaWeirdo]

Where’s knife only?! You said before May 7

[@GamingVel0city]

no merchant? thats easy and already an achievement in the game, how is he gonna make this interesting? new game, hardcore, was not disappointed. thank you dante

[@TECHNOVASINFINITE]

Im currently working on a hardcore pistol only challenge in the RE4 Remake

[@CayleeInChaos]

FINALLY DANTE!!! I can't wait for all the incoming RE4 Remake content. Resident Evil Dante is my favorite Dante. 😍❤

[@uwantdamoney1643]

Why not use golden eggs on Salazar? Seemed pretty clear cut

[@Gashdal]

he doesn't seem that knowledgeable about the game tbh. maybe he realizes later in the video but the way he hoards his ammo at the beginning is super silly and not at all necessary, the game will give you more when you're low

[@Nubzly]

Hell yeah you're back with the remake! I had started watching your original videos a bit before the remake came out and asked if you'd redo your challenges on the remake super cool to see you still manage it :,)

[@deadlykoosh66u17]

Before may 7th my ass

[@quaivatxanh5609]

Quick tip with Ramon Salazar bossfight for the no mechant challenge, 2 golden eggs will end him in 2s, and doing glitchless skip will save you a bunch of more bullets, looking forward for more "is it possible RE4R"

[@_Stryker_]

It’s been half a year

[@baryeet]

I've been watching since he was at 25k subs, and seeing him almost 1 million it makes me happy J

[@devinnie7572]

There is actually loot in the cabin at the beginning. The red cabinet at the bottom of the stairs to the 2nd floor has a green herb.

[@InReserveProductions]

"I don't know if it's even possible" there's an achievement/trophy for it...kind of tells you the answer.

[@thesimpleguide2]

Today is 2nd june he said 7th may 0:10 .still love your content.

[@Soulvs___]

This mf always is late bro

[@chainsaw-is2kk]

By the way for future runs the golden egg takes away like 70% of salazars health

[@Nekoshop-o8q]

I feel defeated am cr7ing no vid i rewatched all of your vids 😢

[@rush7019]

The fact that the video length is just fours makes this ten times better

[@Chickens12345]

Can we just appreciate the fact that this video is almost 44:44 minutes long.

[@gulbhai4208]

Less goo boiiii , was waiting alot for re4 remake video

[@blues3531]

Of course you can. It’s an achievement in the game.

[@ExD2]

For the achievement you can just play with cat ears tho (and other bonus items) a full new game is a lot harder

[@blues3531]

@@ExD2 well thats super lame and absolutely shouldn't count.

[@jeffmanning2195]

I LOVE that there is enemy friendly fire in this game I just did a round in the double garrador room and they killed everyone in the room and each other

[@henry1872]

I like the breakable knife. A sort of, and I mean heavily sort of, is a small, minuscule nerf for the knife system in the game. But also reminds of the Resident Evil HD remake, where you could get knives as self defense tools when zombies grabbed you, but they immediately went away upon use (if I remember correctly, you could only grab one if you shoot their heads off)

[@Abbot_]

It's quite a heavy nerf, not miniscule in the slightest

[@propheinx2250]

For every bad mechanic, there's an apologist defending it.

[@992x4]

The only thing better than Dante uploading is Dante uploading resident evil 4

[@ChevyImpala.baby1967]

This is a challenge in the game

[@GhostFace5455]

I’ve missed my favorite Ravioli Tip: If you grab the gold chicken egg, it does 70% of Salazars health during the boss fight

[@suprshin]

You can see Dante’s dodging skill improve as the video goes on. You can graph the correlation of skill and confidence together.

[@HaRdStuckC0Pp3r]

yeah before may 7...

[@norwegianblue2017]

Got Frugalist, Minimalist and Silent Stranger in one go. New Game Plus with chicken helmet, Ashley armor, body armor, fully upgraded knife, Red9 and Blacktail.

[@creepytiki5342]

“Now you’re going to kill yourself so I lose my job” God, Ashley exhibiting classic Karen behaviour 😂

[@CafLichy]

She looks like a young Karen 😂

[@RyanWuzHere13]

The dude chasing u in the village missed his grab when u were in a trap bc for whatever reason NPCs can’t grab u when ur crouched, which u technically were

[@israelcuevas944]

38:43 you can hear the panic in dante's voice

[@joshhodge2269]

so its may the 7th where is the knife only vid

[@abberline2664]

While doing the washing up I realised these challenges are equally as funny just listening to them without context

[@beastboyashu4841]

its may 29 and it still isn't out

[@icursedkid]

Surprise surprise, the king is back.

[@seanwinchcombe5827]

Did he say the 7th of may for the knife only?? Dante you got explain to do buddy

[@mr.talkalot]

Every challenge Dante does i can't help but watch. Keep it coming man!

[@deaconthomas5592]

Before May 7th it's literally June 2023????