Resident Evil 4 Remake Tips On Making Professional S+ Rank Easy

[@gayfawn1833]

Just finished 100%'ing the game so I will also try to leave some thoughts. 1. You honestly don't need bonus weapons, a lot of your run will be running past enemies and avoiding combat all together. Good pathing and quick decision making will always be better than wasting time mowing down hordes. You also get an achievement for not using them HOWEVER you CAN sell them, and its free money so use it. 2. Get the bolt action rifle ASAP, its basically the best weapon in the game in terms of affordability, and it shreds through key sections like El Gigante, Cabin, and Bella Sisters (3-4 head shots kills one give or take a crit, and you only need to kill the one with the green skirt). Upgrade the power to level 4 early, and going down from Power 3, 2, 2. 3. Abuse Flash Bangs, you get the craft right before the garador section and it's honestly the best purchase other than the rifle you will make all game. Running through hordes, and letting them grab Ashley is a completely valid strat, one flash bang makes them drop her, and if you are quick enough to de-aggro she will NASCAR snap to your location. ABUSE THIS MECHANIC 4. Learn the skips. They are easy. Obviously I'm not gonna type them all out but you can save yourself from an hour+ of game time loss by just sitting down for a bit and practicing them. I will however list them so you know what to look up. Mendez fight skip Garrador Skip Depths Wall Clip Sewer Skip Turret Skip Regenerator Door Skips (easiest one imo) Dufflebag Ashley skip Don't be intimidated by how technical they look, anyone can perform these skips with a little practice. 5. Don't Save until you get to De Lago, if your feeling yourself, right before the El Gigante fight. This will give you a considerable cushion to save primarily at each major skip location with maybe a save or 2 to spare. 6. If you're grabbing what treasures are right near you and optimizing your selling, you will be able to afford a Rocket Launcher for the Verdugo fight, Krauser fight AND Saddler, all get one shot by it. 7. YOU HAVE TIME, don't feel rushed, if you want to go out of your way to do a request or 2 go ahead, just make sure if you want to reset the clock to where you saved for whatever reason you need to fully EXIT the game, if you reload, the time carries over. 8. Save the golden egg you get in the lake section for Salazar, it deals 70% of his health. One sniper round as he is aggrod,, into golden egg in full Broken Butterfly unload will one round him with no counter attack. 9. You can ditch Ashley in the church before cabin if you climb up the ladder she drops, crouch against the wall with the ladder on your left and quickturn+spam interact button, this will clip you through the wall and let Ashley be safe for the remainder of the chapter. It's also very easy to do, Some general game knowledge Ashley is pretty safe most of the time, only things that will down her are stray hits, her getting grabbed is not a big deal, you have plenty of time to free her. First Village section is 15 kills to end it. Cabin section is 14 kills/5 kills/Boss Double Garador room can be cheesed by shooting one of the bells waiting for them to clump on it and raining grenades on them. Always use rocket launcher on Verdugo, stalling him out or killing him normally is a huge time loss. Rocket Launcher for Krauser2 is not necessary but still way easier and affordable. Upgrade your knife to max power before Krauser1, then sell it and re buy, you get most of your money back and it's worth it. Backing up into a wall while scoped and looking all the way down will make the Regenerators and Ganado unable to hit you when you are waiting for the key card to get upgraded, this works for both upgrades, they might however give you a greeting slap when you go for the keycard so be mindful of that. Louis AI is dumb as shit, never assume he will help you, he won't. Just ignore that he is there. On top of this, be WARY of the Novi sections, IMO the most inconsistent and dangerous enemies in the game. Bolt Action, Starter Pistol, Riot Gun, Broken Butter Fly and then later killer7 will be your best go to weapons, these mixed with a healthy crafting of flash bangs will be all you need. TMP has it's uses in a high level speedrun, but for your average person, it's just not consistent enough. 10. Notable good save spots Right before De Lago or El Gigante, I reccomend El Gigante as your first save since everything before El Gigante is a Joke minus the village. Before Cabin, Before Garador Door Skip(this gives you a file where you can practice that and water hall pathing) Before the second El Gigante Gaunlet where you need to lower the first initial draw bridge Before the maze After the Ashley Section (bug sections are brutal) Start of Lous Pair up chapter Before first Krauser fight Before Salazar Outside the regenerator lab Chapter 14 Start Chapter 15 Start No saves needed for chapter 16, its the easiest chapter in the game hands down, sell everything and get a rocket launcher and laugh. That list gives you 3 additional saves to work with, so if there is a section that is wooping your ass in particular you have some emergency saves to fall back on. Nothing wrong with using Armor Ashley or Infinite Ammo though, I did it for my no heal/no merchant/handgun knife run. However their is an achievement to beat Professional without bonus weapons, and if you want to, you can easily kill 2 birds with one flash bang. TLDR; I believe in you King/Queen, never give up. EDIT: As of the new patch all skips have been removed, however you can roll back your game to the previous patch which is what all the speedrunners are doing if you still want access to door skips/wall clips.

[@erzatitaniawins]

Well damn, thank you.

[@gamemaniac2013]

Quick question about number 7 Does timer rollback only on full exit? I had assumed it only tracked time when you loaded autosaves

[@therealkiwigamer]

@@gamemaniac2013 yes. I speak from PAINFUL experience. You NEED to fully exit.

[@gamemaniac2013]

@@therealkiwigamer Huh I had done a quick dirty test on hardcore and it seemed to track with what I said (Hardcore, load autosave from menu, load typewriter save from menu) I'll give it another go later, see what comes up. might be a change unique to professional since there's no autosaves there.

[@Azuraeru_]

Ok that's cool tips but I don't know about this tho can you buy a rocket launcher for saddler and krauser on the same pro playthrough and I haven't used rockets at all until I got to island so can I ?

[@XJoeyJordison666X]

The thing with Ashley being taken is not a glitch, if your too far from her in any section of the game they will take her, she still has to be relatively close to you for ganados to drop her

[@erzatitaniawins]

I think I was going inside the doors from the maze to the room where you need the three heads while Ashley was still in the maze.

[@miko8493]

@@erzatitaniawins then it’s kinda your own fault Why would you leave her in another area

[@Michael.Eddington]

@@miko8493 😂

[@LEVELDMC11]

I Mean I Left Ashley In Her Knight Armor At The Main Village While I Ran All The Way To The Cabin Fight And It Didnt Trigger A Game Over Weirdly But When I Was Opening The Doors To The 3 Headed Puzzle Room I Immediately Got A Game Over Since I Left Her In The Maze Lol

[@LEVELDMC11]

I Was Also Leaving Her When We Left The Church The First Time She Was In Her Armor Suit Because In The Original They Keep Dropping Her No Matter What, So I Ran From The Church All The Way To The Merchant And Was Buying/Upgrading My Stuff And All I Heard Was Her Screaming In The Distance The Whole Time 😂 I Just Marched All The Way To Cabin Not Worrying At All And She Teleports In The Cutscene For Cabin, But Noooo If She's In The Maze And You Leave Her Its Game Over I Was Shocked When It Happened 😨

[@TheLastArchive]

Some basic tips I have from my many runs 1. It is absolutely worth taking your time in Village to stock up on treasures and doing all the merchant requests. Village is by far the hardest part of the run and where you're likely to reset the most. Once you get the infinite sweeper at the start of Castle, the run is pretty much smooth sailing from there. 2. For the mut, I highly recommend clearing out the village before heading over to Mendez' house. Then using the typewriter at the house, pull out the hand cannon from storage and use that on the mut. Using grenades and flashes to stun him helps A LOT. I wait for his tentacles to pop out then flash him, dump the entire hand cannon into him, flash again then finish off with a shotgun/rifle. After that I just send the cannon back to storage. You can skip the mut and get the remaining spinel in the castle, however I'm not sure if you'll be able to get enough spinel before going into water hall which SUCKS without the infinite sweeper. 3. Sell your shotgun for the riot gun right before fighting Big Cheese. It helps a lot. His first phase is really easy, run up top and simply sprint left/right to avoid his slam (the attack you can parry). Evade his swipe and jump down for his big spin. His second phase is a little tricky but when he swings down, try get behind him and dump riot rounds into his back. He will drop fast. 4. Verdugo can be stun locked with the Sweeper. After freezing him the first time, he's scripted to run away, but the 2nd time you freeze him, keep the trigger down and stay aimed at his head. He should be stun locked and unable to move which trivialises the fight. 5. You can use flash grenades to stun one of the double El Gigantes and drop them into the lava immediately 6. It's definitely worth back tracking to the throne room to get a golden egg for the Salazar fight. Throw it at his head and he will be chunked for like 70% of his health. Then you can dump a magnum into his head and finish him off very easily. 7. Before fighting Saddler, sell your Sweeper or whatever and get a rocket launcher. It will one shot him. Bonus points for picking up a Killer7 to dump for his second phase. It doesn't make much of a difference but it's fun. 8. Flashes are busted and should be used often. I throw one at the 2nd crank in water hall and it stuns pretty much all the archers. Definitely worth buying the crafting recipe (I also recommend the heavy grenade recipe just in case you don't have any for the AA gun) 9. Familiarise yourself with treasure locations, it is literally free money that will help out a lot.

[@erzatitaniawins]

Excellent tips. I feel dumb for not taking out the villagers before taking on the mutt.

[@the_food_fighter]

Definitely some really awesome and helpful tips. Thank you 😁👍

[@Adam_Gecko]

Tip 5. Holy moly. Noce

[@darkknight2864]

can't use the handcannon since i'm trying to get the cat ears to get the handcannon

[@zhidoc]

​​@@darkknight2864 it's now possible with mercenary mode to get the handcannon and it's easier than doing professional without bonus weapons edit: or you trying to get achievement then good luck

[@AshGodfrost]

I believe this video was made before the release of the mercenaries mode and the exclusive tickets that are purchasable but if you get an S on any character (Leon in one Luis in another etc.) you unlock the handcannon. If you then purchase just 1 exclusive ticket for I think 3 euro on professional mode you can immediately pickup the handcannon making the village part easy and then once you get to the merchant in Chapter 2-3 you can give it infinite ammo. Made the playthrough honestly a bit of a joke so if you're down for the challenge you can do it the classic way.

[@Salman_Alotaibi]

I found out that If you throw a grenade in the middle of the stairs when you’re at the house (chapter 5), you’ll get like four more wood pieces to cover up the windows 😅

[@suspiciousowl4269]

Thank you! I know once all three are boarded you can camp upstairs and it’ll speed up tje first cutscene and after kicking like 4addsrs it’ spawn the bull who you have to kill to insta end it

[@hughee]

For the Salazar statue you don’t need to throw a grenade, it has a weak spot on the back of the head that you can shoot with just 1 bullet and save the grenade also for the Salazar boss fight you don’t need the rpg because he is extremely vulnerable to gold eggs 1 gold egg takes about 70% of his health so 2 will insta kill him

[@RadenHZ26]

I hate to farming the second golden egg, if i lucky enough the chicken will lay a golden egg instantly in the lake or Salazar's throne room, if I'm not lucky then it will take like 10-15 minutes to wait a chicken to lay the second egg maybe over 20 minutes if your luck is shit, this is time waste for an s+ rank run, so i think one golden egg and a few killer7 shots comes in handy.

[@hughee]

@@RadenHZ26 1 gold egg is guaranteed to spawn at the chicken farm on the lake at the back and there is another guaranteed in the locked treasure in the throne room so you don’t need any luck at all for golden eggs but you might want to sell one of them for the merchant request so 1 will be fine to fight Salazar. Also you can’t use killer7 on Salazar in new game as you can only buy it on the island so it won’t help for s+

[@RadenHZ26]

@@hughee i mean the broken butterfly lol, sorry. Well i didn't know that golden egg have 2 guaranteed spawn, i only know the one on the lake side on a chicken farm, gonna check it later on my 3rd pro playthrough. Thanks for the info.

[@chrisMengland]

How did the dog kill you so much? I killed it the first time on Professional.

[@fearq8i605]

Btw do i need to hit salazar on his real body to do the damage or i can hit him anywhere? , just knew about this tip ! It will help alot thank you!

[@DeadPhoenix86DP]

Use Golden egg against salazar. You can find a second one in the throne room. This way you can save that 160K towards weapon upgrades.

[@ImDimiko]

or grab the free one while going for the church key. there’s two golden eggs throughout the game, getting the one on the lake saves more time then heading back to the throne room.

[@Petter1900]

@@ImDimiko You want to sell that one for the request so you can get infinite ammo in chapter 7. If you want to keep that egg, you'll need to wait til chapter 9 to get infinite ammo. Which I don't recommend. It's like one and a half minute to go from the gondola at the ball room to the throne room and get it. Also get some treasure there that could arguably be considered worthwhile in its own right.

[@ImDimiko]

@@Petter1900 oh shit you’re right, i don’t know why i forgot the golden eggs are a quest for the merchant! thank you for correcting me, i don’t want anyone fucking bc of me haha “i don’t want anyone fucking UP bc of me haha” im keeping the original spelling error bc it’s funny

[@Nagato266]

Doing the No healing and Pistol/ Knife only run on NG+ assisted, getting pretty much all loot, and selling 95% of all health, ammo and treasure items was enough to get the Infinite Rocket on my 2nd run of the game. GL and have fun with it!👍

[@Hugo_Tate]

for the house part with Luis, blocking the two windows to the left and standing at the top of the stairs and aiming at the window helps a lot. give you a nice little shooting range too so all the enemies are straight ahead of you and you dont have to be running around getting blindsided. then when Luis says to go upstairs, you go downstairs lol then when the bull dude comes in, throw some grenades at him, couple shotgun blasts, and a flashbang with a stab should do it.

[@Mr._Matt]

I put over 100 hours into the game and still couldn't make it to Chapter 4 before having to break down and save on Professional. Ultimately, my first save was in Chapter 2 at the first merchant, right before the canyon area. I finished the game with S+ on Professional with only 13 saves, and if you're having a really hard time with it, don't be afraid to save a bit early like I did. My second save was at the church before heading over to the fish farm. If you're a total badass, then you do you, but these parts were *really* rough for me and merited those saves. You will probably be able to handle one or more chapters without saving after you reach the castle and get the Chicago Sweeper with the infinite ammo exclusive from racking up side quest spinels. The game is much, much, MUCH easier once you're past the Village. It's still a pain, but compared to the Village, it's a joke. Try to go fast while in the castle, and grab all the treasures you can without having to side-track too much. I reached the Island with 1 hour and 10 minutes remaining to finish the game, and that was *scary*. I did pull it off, but I used a rocket launcher on Krauser and Saddler, and my hands were shaking the entire time I was rushing the Island. If you reach the Castle after about 2 hours of play time, you should still be able to finish the game in time, but yeah, S+ Professional suuuuuucks.

[@411Lemon]

It can be pretty easy to get to chapter 7 for 1 save really just gotta run and skip unnecessary fights

[@closedlane5027]

If it's so easy like that then I'll pay you to come finish mine then

[@closedlane5027]

I know and I understand what you mean because I'm still on chapter 2 and I been Dien for a long time so they need to stop telling them lies I was really talking to the one who say it was easy if it's that easy I'll pay you to come do mean no joking

[@NepuRhythme]

For me it was just trial and error, I saved every 2 chapters and if I didn't like the time I got ending a chapter I start over, a teacher once told me struggling is good because that is the first step to learning. So I just pushed till I got the S+ rank, probably lost some hairs but was worth it in the end

[@chazclark86]

Excellent tips. Multiple playthroughs of these games benefits massively towards prep for the hardest modes.

[@dudovsky]

I would actually suggest saving in the village heavily. Castle is very easy, because as soon as you enter, you can buy the upgrade for Sweeper. After that I just skipped saving utill the Verdugo. My reasoning for this, is that All village encounters are quite a pain without good weapons. and you will need to run past most enemies, and that can get dicey.

[@Jxvr25]

Tip: save time by getting the sweeper and armour Ashley in one run. Professional in less than 7 hours. No need for hardcore mode if you wanna save time. You can unlock the most stuff in 1 run by doing this, just use the infinite launcher as the video says

[@Ckoz2829]

I’m practicing for Pro by playing Hardcore and going for an S+. It wasn’t easy, but I managed to crawl my way through the village and by chapter 6, I have a total time of 1:45:00. I managed to gather 30 spinels and I did every request except for killing the rats (I completely forgot). There were a few deaths where I accidentally loaded a checkpoint instead of quitting out. I probably could’ve saved 10 or 20 minutes. But outside of that, I’m at the castle gates with an infinite sweeper and I’m ready to kick some ass! I will say, I’ve never had a more stressful time playing than when I’m on the clock, but it’s fun. Reminds me of Dead Rising. I feel like a speed runner lol.

[@xregox7628]

The savage mutt is easily handled with the knife. Just use the stab attack not the slash. He will jump around and dodge just get back on him with the knife stabs. It keeps him stun locked and will take about a minute to kill.

[@Grac3AndP3ac3]

Fun fact with the Bella sisters, if you run to the bridge while they are chasing you, they will stop, stare and turn around, and leave. This works because you can Bait and hit and then follow and hit and restart w/out worrying about taking any damage from them And fun fact about Salazar, if you get the golden egg in Salazars throne room and hit him with it, it will take out 70% of his health and then you just need to pop him like crazy 2 golden eggs kills him

[@erzatitaniawins]

Thank you.

[@Grac3AndP3ac3]

@@erzatitaniawins your welcome and thank you for all these tips, I love learning new things

[@Dead_on_Arrival.]

Getting the S+ on professional mode will give you extreme migraines and improper sleep, after getting s+, you got severe mild stroke

[@someguyontheinternet.3318]

With the new update of Mercenaries you can now purchase upgrade tickets for roughly 3 pounds, or 2 or more for a slightly higher price. I am unaware of the Dollar equivalent but, this will seriously help people save time since you can upgrade either the Chicago Sweeper, Primal Knfe, Handcannon(You can now obtain it by getting a S rank with any character on all stages of Mercenaries, my preference was Villager Krauser, Castle Luis and Island Leon although I suspect Krauser and Hunk would also do the trick.) This will essentially allow you to ignore spinals and save time, it’ll also help with the initial village battle and cabin section. For those of you who don’t want to purchase a microtransaction(Which is understandable.) then you can load a new game and focus on spinals to upgrade either the Sweeper or Handcannon, however you’ll only be able to do this at chapter 7 as opposed to chapter 2 via purchasing one.

[@V-95K]

Don’t do this, wth man… you are giving them ideas to make games even harder than it is… 🤦🏻‍♂️ Jesus…

[@someguyontheinternet.3318]

@@V-95K Who is “them” and how is that?

[@V-95K]

@@someguyontheinternet.3318 corpos, Microtransactions don’t belong in single player games… especially those weapon upgradeable tickets, it’s pathetic..

[@someguyontheinternet.3318]

@@V-95K You don’t have to purchase them though, do you?

[@someguyontheinternet.3318]

@@V-95K I understand your point. But, at least it’s not as bad as GTA Online or EA titles.

[@Javviix]

little tip for the salazar statue skip, there’s a little red spot on the back of his head that you can shoot to blow it up and save a grenade for later use.

[@erzatitaniawins]

Thank you.

[@deanradley65]

One of the best skips is the door glitch which cuts out the whole wrecking ball/ sewer section. I’m not sure how it lines up with using the saves though. Playing on non professional you can save right before it and reload if the glitch takes too long to pull off.

[@Sumblueguy41]

For PC gamers @ that section, its easier for them to phase Leon through the door w/ the sniper scope, taking them no time @ all. Console players however, its a tossup. Ya either nail the angle & the timing the first time to phase through or it may take a couple of tries. Def agree on saving prior nearby

[@norwegianblue2017]

Using glitches is cheating in my book. There are enough legit cheez-ball options as it is. Just use a couple of heavy grenades on the wall up front and the battle is pretty quick.

[@deanradley65]

@@norwegianblue2017The speed running community would love you.

[@norwegianblue2017]

@@deanradley65 Aren't there two camps/categories for speed running? One with and one without exploiting glitches/cheating?

[@samuelreinoso2392]

with two golden eggs Ramon can be insta-killed so if you can hold on to them it can save you the rocket launcher and you can use it for the verdugo.

[@Galamoth06]

There's just no way I'm ever pulling any of this off. Standard difficulty made me feel like a complete beginner who's never played a video game before, and I can't even reliably get TO the village on professional. It's an incredible game, I'm just garbage at it lol.

[@InReserveProductions]

Run past everyone. When the first ganado comes down the stairs in the house wait behind the little table until he does his second lunge and run around him. Sneak past the next guy and grab the green herb. Shoot the crows and collect the ammo and ptas. Run past the two by the car, run to the right through the door of the shed and the ganado in there will miss his swing and just loop around collecting supplies. When you get to the village run up behind the woman on the right and stealth her, loot around there, run to the other side and do the same. You'll get spotted if you run up to the gate on the left or try to run around the house on the right. So make a choice, which way you want to risk. Then when you run into the chainsaw house block up the window ans grab everything especially the grenade and shotgun and jump out the window beside the cabinet with the grenade. There should be a group of ganados by the ladder to the window so grenade them. Jump down and head shot everything with the shotgun, try to group them up for a second grenade if you have it and use the flash for if you get too crowded. Your goal is to kill 15 not Salvador so just avoid him. Hopefully this helps.

[@Galamoth06]

@@InReserveProductions Thanks for writing that out. I'll give it a shot, but it just never goes as smoothly as people make it sound. Sometimes I can run right past the first few ganados and grab the flash grenade and whatnot from the little cabin, sometimes they manage to clip me as I run by. Then in the village itself, either I get spotted trying to sneak around to the right, or that wandering lady will be on her way back and instantly spot me. I'm sure I can manage if I just keep bashing my head into the wall, but it's kind of... Not so much fun lol. I really don't want to cave and go for the infinite rocket launcher to unlock some of the extras, but it might be the only way I ever actually do it.

[@EvanSmith8878]

​@@Galamoth06 I'd 100% recommend getting armoured ashley at minimum, once you get past the village, which I'm sure you will, having ashley being invincible is a massive help

[@Galamoth06]

@@EvanSmith8878 For that I need to beat hardcore under 7 hours, right? So I just have to adapt to the harder difficulty while also shaving off about 10 hours from my previous run... Exciting... I still have a few clockwork castellans and merchant requests to finish, which means I probably won't even bother going for a fast time until after another full playthrough.

[@erzatitaniawins]

Yeah the opening part is not easy. It took me a while to grasp how I should approach it. My best advice is to kill as many ganados as you can but get inside the house to spawn Dr. Salvador before he spawns from the gates so you don't have two of them. Get the shotgun and grenade and try to finish off enough ganados to trigger the bell. Just don't waste your time with Dr. Salvador and unleash everything on the others.

[@Kirusei]

Instead of using the RPG for Salazar, it might be better to use it either for the Verdugo fight or to skip the TNT section. Arguably I think it might be better to use it on Verdugo since killing him early removes the time needed to wait for the elevator to come down, which may save more time than skipping the entire TNT section compared to just running to get to the TNT with the infinite chicago sweeper. As for Salazar, I think it may be better to just save the two golden eggs for him and throw it at him. And ofc if you don't mind doing glitches just to get the S+, you can always use the sniper glitch to skip the entire wrecking ball section and rooms before it after reuniting with Ashley. It saves having to use two extra heavy grenades which you can use for the AA turret.

[@brandondunkin5816]

Verdugo fight I recommend just waiting out the time and tnt is worth getting. I recommend using it on Sadler plus he’s the last boss.

[@Kirusei]

@@brandondunkin5816 I never said anything about not using it on Saddler btw

[@Vazio3]

I agree with Salazar, no need to use Rocket Launcher here. Though use only one golden egg instead of two, It's not worth going after the second one it loses too time, it's around 5 mins or so. You can combo him to death with just one golden egg if you buy Broken Buttlerfly before the fight, it's how most speedrunners are doing it. The stat is following: At the start of the fight, he essentially lets you do free damage, there's enough time to do 2 magnum shots into golden egg which puts him down, then do 2 Magnum shots into knife prompt. With enough Power upgrades for your magnum it should kill him and you don't waste any magnum ammo since you will want to sell it and get Killer 7, making you use only the ammo that comes with the BB. Sadly I don't remember how many upgrades you need to kill him with this combo if done perfectly, but for me he usually lives with 1 shot remaining to die because I am often too slow to get the knife prompt... but it doesnt matter it's still a 30s fight at most because he lives with essentially 1 shot to die so I don't even need to dodge his stuff and just shoot with rifle as soon as he starts using his move and he dies. Way cheaper to do this way and you can use the Rocket Launcher on Verdugo (which gets you 3m) or the TNT section on Luiz (my favorite because I usually save here, if I have enough for RPG I can save later)

[@atomskthepirateking2776]

@@Vazio3 it doesn't take 5 minutes to get the egg and if ur good on time it won't matter. Better to save ammo for island when they throw onslaughts of enemies at you

[@atomskthepirateking2776]

this also works better if you sold the first egg for the spinel to get the Chicago sweeper or handcannon exclusive early and you need at least one egg for Salazar to take 70% of his health and put him in a vulnerable state and finish him off

[@therealkiwigamer]

You can also unlock the handcannon by getting an S ranking in all 3 maps in Mercenaries mode with ONE character (As in, all 3 S ranks have to be with the same character. I used Krauser because he's the most OP one, but it doesn't really matter which character you choose. WAY easier than playing the entire story again.)

[@renanfrancisco7642]

I got S rank with different characters (one for each map) and still unlocked the handcannon

[@Trojianmaru]

I honestly have no idea how speed runners fee comfortable not saving before the fish boss. It seems completely random to me if I'll win or not. Sometimes it'll just drag me into debris with no way to dodge. Like it'll just suddenly turn and I won't have anywhere near enough time to turn (and yes, I'm always holding right or left, but sometimes it suddenly changes it's mind and turns, so I hit the debris anyway.

[@erzatitaniawins]

That fight worried me too.

[@jaywjr2456]

I've killed it on Pro in like 6 or 7 consecutive shots. Then I've fought it on Hardcore or Standard and it took like 15-20 harpoons. The 8 or 9 times I've fought it through different runs, it has NEVER been consistent.

[@jaywjr2456]

I've had runs where, because of that boss, I've had time variation of anywhere from 5-9 minutes. I can't find a source on what or why. I've seen speedruns where I mimic it to an exact science. Still keeps swimming....

[@Vazio3]

A lot of them do save but mostly because of time. He gets a lot of HP back after he tries to eat you (when he comes running straight at you and Leon says "you want to swallow me whole huh?"). To clear it the fastest way, you need to hit every single harpoon to kill him, otherwise he will regenerate until this phase again. Dying in this part is actually kind of hard, you just need to dodge to the sides but killing this little shit fast is the whole problem.

[@Funktastic_Ed]

Don't fight the dog to have spinels, instead do the blue medalions at castle entrance it gives you enough to buy the tcket and have infinite chicago to begin the castle, less risky and you save ammo for the house defense. The Chicago is all you need, i did S+ with it, and the Stingray for regeneradors, with the Chicago you don't need shotgun, pistol, just sell it all, and use the money to upgrade the Chicago, once it deals 2,00 eadh hits, ennemies are a joke. All you need is Chicago, Knife and flash grenades, rocket launch for Verdugo, gold egg Salazar, rocket Krauser out, Rocket Saddler dont worry you will have enough money. Use any known method to cheese the game any working tactics flash grenades on Gigante's plagas etc... Use Ashley's armor, so you never have to worry about her. Keep a nice amount of grenades for the twin garrador room, you lure them by making sound, you grenade these basterds, and you shoot the plages in their backs like a mad man, they die surprisingly fast with the Chicago. Use the laser pass tricks in the first and last Island sections, see tutorials. The Chicago deals tremendous amount of damage per seconds, don't hesitate to upgrade it to the max, and even better it stagger ennemies like hell. You don't need any other main weapon to do S+.

[@erzatitaniawins]

I have seen the laser pass but I don't feel confident enough to do it. I still can't get over the golden egg.

[@loomingdeath1758]

you forgot to mention the primal knife will make runs easy too since it never breaks you get infinite counters

[@sashatodorovich5695]

@14:08 you can also shoot the back of the statues head where there’s the red box to blow it up

[@atomskthepirateking2776]

you can use chicago sweeper and still get S+ rank on professional? And you don't need a rocket launcher for Salazar. You just need to carry two golden eggs and two shot him with eggs. You can save a rocket for Verdugo or the mines section with Luis you can blow it up and skip the two chainsaws and skip the TNT. Or use it on the two Gigantes

[@Ajeez1000]

I rather save the rocket for the final boss if I can

[@ManInBlackWerneck]

Chicago Sweeper depends. As far as i know only for some unlocks u cant use bonus weapons (handcannon i think) but u can still get all ranks

[@erzatitaniawins]

@@ManInBlackWerneck You can use bonus weapons but only the ones on a new game always available in the storage not new game plus like the infinite launcher.

[@erzatitaniawins]

I heard about the eggs but I didn't know it was legit. That's crazy but funny at the same time. I guess that side quest where you deface the portrait of Salazar wasn't a joke but foreshadowing.

[@stuartskidmore2159]

This is confusing. So can you or can you not use the sweeper for S+ rank?

[@KeybladeSoulLord]

Another good tip, while not recommended, is to purchase an exclusive ticket from the DLC store and use it right away on the Chicago Sweeper the moment you meet the merchant. You can use it in any new save, so you don’t have to do all of the merchant’s tasks, to save enough time.

[@jimkelvarn9191]

For the wall with the wrecking ball, called crane by Erza, you can use ANY weapon to damage the wall. Not just grenades. So the Chicago sweeper works to do the same thing. I found this out using Matilda on a full run I did for the knives and guns only challenge.

[@Black34879]

I wish I knew this sooner Literally saved grenades throughout my whole run 😂

[@jimkelvarn9191]

@@Black34879 i did a video proving it.

[@Light_910]

In my S+ run I just skipped the mutt and saved myself from mental torture and did a few extra castle quests. I still made it in under 5 hours so it's still doable. It's all downhill after you get infinite ammo for the chicago.

[@Mr._Matt]

Believe it or not, if you just get into melee range of the mutt on the edge of the village where enemies don't detect you, you can just casually knife the mutt over and over again and it won't hit you so long as you don't give it a few seconds of not being attacked. I tried killing it with guns for perhaps two hours before finally doing melee, and it was a joke.

[@habijjj]

There's a skip for the mendez fight that's pretty easy. Also use the gold case if you bought the deluxe addition. Also if you keep both golden eggs you can 1 shot salazar by using both golden eggs.

[@laglord]

Captain pedantic here. That would be a 2-shot.

[@lilpukey]

Thanks for saying what the skip is you fucking retard

[@jackbrian2993]

I think it got easier now when you can just buy tickets...so you can skip the side quests early in the game, cause I wouldn't be killing that mutt again, having the cabin fight straight after the mutt was near impossible for me.

[@tsumethegreywolf8593]

For the mutt quest, lay explosive mines at the iron gates before heading into the house. The dog spawns there so the mines can catch it. I used 3 and it only took a couple rifle shots in the village square to put it down

[@ZreaperOfficial]

Now with Mercenaries you can unlock the Handcannon easily. Might be a good alternative to the Tommy Gun since it too has infinite ammo

[@TheOptimistDelusion]

Tried it but went back to the chicago. Handcannon aim is way too unreliable and you end up taking longer killings groups than if you were to just spray everything with the chicago

[@biddlybongwong]

It’s actually a horrible weapon

[@notbrandenn7331]

@@biddlybongwong it is good but it’s inaccurate as all hell

[@joepublique3420]

@@biddlybongwong Perhaps for you. I have mine fully upgraded with infinite ammo and it's awesome. Just don't move and aim at the same time.

[@rowbes]

@@biddlybongwong major skill issue

[@benzmk07]

I also noticed that when you quit after Leon died, go to main story then continue instead of Load game. It will bring you back to the last Auto Save of the current game you’re playing. It doesn’t add up your total play time on that mode and doesn’t add up the number of deaths too.

[@espeonsprotege777]

I just got the Infinite Ammo Rocket Launcher on my 3rd playthrough. It took me a bit longer cause I ended up upgrading the Red9, but I had the discount charm. Lucked out. Going for the Ashley Knight Armor and Chicago Sweeper next. Not sure if I care about getting the Handcannon tbh. I would like Cat Ears, though. Honestly, this remake is way harder than the original. New Game Plus was a joke on original, but Hardcore was still challenging for me even with upgraded health, shotgun and pistol.

[@erzatitaniawins]

Yeah this game is definitely harder than the original. The ganados are like the NWO. Your not getting jumped by one member, your getting jumped by the whole faction.

[@SanchezTheGreat1]

Up to the mut is all that matters. Once you have the sweeper fully upgrade it and your golden. Maybe get one extra durability in a knife for first krouser fight.

[@mysticmajestic2360]

I got the infinite rocket launcher on my first hardcore playthrough and learned the hard way when to switch to the handcannon because I kept hitting Ashley with it by mistake. In the water hall, I ended up equipping her with sunglasses and spamming flash grenades until the ganados were far enough away that the handcannon wouldn't come near her. Now I have Armor Ashley, I can't wait to just not worry.

[@tony_2341]

If you’re in assisted mode, on your last save of the game, you can buy as many first aid sprays, store them and sell them in new Game plus professional mode for full value if you have the rhinoceros beetle charm. This makes getting the infinite rocket launcher much easier to attain.

[@michaelclark7447]

What I've noticed in this game is if you shoot the legs off the enemies, their Plagas don't pop out.

[@hundido9287]

Just so everyone knows the sisters will freeze when you lead them to the typewriter, they will evetually go back to the arena but if you have the base hand cannon or the first riffle you can kill them quickly, then get the crank and use a flash to open the door, second just use the merchant to skip Méndez, it's really easy to pull, took me 30 seconds, also about the mut, I know you can kill it with a rocket by shooting at the door it stares at you from, but I don't know if you can get a normal one on that chapter, I heard you can, by that point I already had the sniper damage at max so I known you should have the money to buy one.

[@prodme01]

Personally I used the assault rifle directly at the parasite and dead in seconds

[@Azumgi8]

Brilliant video. You earned my sub, Stranger!

[@erzatitaniawins]

Awesome, thank you!

[@receptionblcp6463]

Handcanon can be unlocked by ranking S on 3 stages in mercenaries compared to what the challenge says.

[@jmp072992]

my watch later is flooded w re4 content. thank you creators for making it seem accessible for us average players

[@erzatitaniawins]

Thank you for watching.

[@FreakyBeaRTV]

have to say ur guide is really simple but useful. Just most of the guide out there didn't mention about A.I RNG and how the special enemy like Dr Salvador can teleport and cut u off guard in professional difficulty. Also a lots of guides forgot to mention that Ashley Section where u need to pull 4 levers to unlock the door, In Hardcore and Professional its different strats, without the armor on Hardcore run Ashley might get stuck in 2 of those 4 levers and end up cornered

[@Handbuilt1]

Very nice tips thank you! But... I am still not sure on a couple of tips? When you mention not be able to use some bonus weapons' for the S+ ranking in professional, which bonus weapons are you not allowed to use ? And how many hours do I need to finish the game ? Another question I have, when playing on harcore mode to get Ashley armor, do I start a new game , or can I play on NG+ and use the infinite rocket launcher? Thank you again

[@erzatitaniawins]

You can't use the infinite launcher to get S+ in Professional mode because it can only be used on a new game plus and not a new game. You can use the infinite launcher to get the Ashley armor on a new game plus. To get S+ on Professional you need to complete the game game with 15 saves or less in under 5 hours and 30 Minutes.

[@Handbuilt1]

Thank you

[@antgun007]

just started play re4 remake and omg! i didnt know about the whole quit out and load from the main menu thing with the time. i didnt realize my time kept going up till i was almost done with the game and i beat it in 5 hours 40 minutes. just out of the S rank. oh freakin well!!

[@grantpowell8957]

For the Salazar statue head, while climbing the stairs you can actually just shoot a red spot in the back of the head and blow it up to save the Grenade

[@ghostwriter1440]

Not sure if anyone else mentioned it but you can skip the section where you need collect tnt to blast rocks leading to the double el gigante fight if you blast the boulder with the rocket launcher - I assume it may work with a large grenade or two as well!

[@tonyl9636]

The best tip is that time is added when you load after death without quitting. Shit ruined my hardcore s+ i thought i was just slow but it makes so much sense now goddammit

[@wastedweirdo9853]

You can no clip through the wall at the top of the ladder in the church to leave Ashley inside and not have to worry about her

[@michaeldoingstuff7846]

Just got the rocket launcher and plan on finishing my current run then going for the sweeper. Then the chicken hat. Then the S+ rating. When this is all said and done then I can finally put the game down.

[@Skrittles-rh7dx]

same im preping for S= pro rank to. such a fun game.

[@nefty018]

Actually I had over 24hrs on my play through on professional and still unlocked the handcannon. So as long as no bonus weapons are used and not going for S+, you can take all the time you want.

[@ArthurMorgansDeadHorse]

Now thats what i call a turn around moment in life

[@somethingnasty4145]

My tip to make the Savage Mutt quest easier is to shoot it with whatever weapon until it's back splits, then toss a flash to get a ton of damage and the first stab easy, then shoot just hammer it with rounds.

[@Tomiply]

6:42 The 30 one is there too though lol 9:03 You can take out the rest of the enemies before you trigger the dog.

[@tenji8084]

I highly recommend saving every 2-3 chapters, after chapter 4ish. A lot of memorising and trying.

[@marlon16701]

I got it using Chicago and Ashley's armor 1# Save - At the first Merchant 2# Save - Before Del Lago 3# Save - Before El Gigante 4# Save - Before Savage Mutt 5# Save - Before the cabin 6# Save - Before Big Cheese 7# Save - Before the water room 8# Save - Before the double garrador 9# Save - Before the second part of the minecarts 10# Save - First merchant on the island 11# Save - Before Krauser's fight 12# Save - First merchant of chapter 15 13# Save - Second merchant in chapter 15 14# Save - Before Saddler's fight

[@psychee1]

Thanks for the video, it gave a lot of helpful advice. I'm on my first ng+ round on professional, going for the Chicago. After that it's HC for the armor and then the cat ears :)

[@erzatitaniawins]

You can actually get the armor and sweeper together if you beat professional mode fast enough.

[@psychee1]

@@erzatitaniawins Good point. I should be able to hit professional at sub 5h without too much of an issue. After all, since it's ng+ I can save as much as I want. Only thing I'm missing out on is the ears. Again, thanks for the guide :)

[@erzatitaniawins]

@@psychee1 No problem.

[@GuiltyKit]

This really gave me a lot of confidence actually go for it at some point soon! Still doing a lot of the preparation work

[@FadedWorld.]

Once while Ashley was being taken, I shot that ganados in the ass with Killer 7 and I swear he was crawling on the floor for a minute straight and behaving like some zombies from RE2R 😂

[@timothynelissen948]

You don't need to spawn the merchant quest dog enemy before you deal with the Ganados. Just kill everyone in the area and then go spawn the dog. It will be a one on one fight in the main village and a lot easier to deal with

[@FadeToZach9982]

I found out the hard you way have to quit and then load the game. I knew you couldn't continue but didn't know you had to quit then load. Drove me nuts

[@YoosfEsmayl-jp9hz]

I'm on my first playthrough ever and I only play on hardcore because standard is too easy I didn't die a single time so I ripeat my save and put it on hardcore and is so deffrent the only thing that bather me and I like it at the same time in hardcore mode enemies don't get stun when you shoot them in the fu****ing face like the original game that was something I really enjoyed playing but is a nice change ❤.

[@toshironikko]

Here's my #1 tip - don't load a save when you die even though logically it should load the play time from that save it doesnt - you have to quit the game and load from main menu or pause menu but I don't even trust the pause menu at this point

[@nlygofficial]

Great walkthrough brother. One note is that Ashley can die with armored suit on if they get to her in the crane. Unfortunate experience of mine lol!

[@EarthsGeomancer]

"It costs a lotta PEETAHS!"

[@goodIkarma]

Another tip/errata: You dont have to throw a grenade at the fire breathing salazar statue. It has an explosive Barrel right in the back of its Head you can shoot from the first flight of stairs. Just saw it cause i was playing clocktower on professional while watching this video

[@erzatitaniawins]

Thank you.

[@skoomagohard2789]

haha love that, ''live em, love em , learn em''... subbed 999th

[@Roostapha]

Thank you friend. Liked and subscribed. Loving this remake! ❤❤❤🎉

[@Roostapha]

Forgot to say: subscribed!*

[@zayuhpadilla3526]

The reason for them continuing the time and not resetting it goes back to classic gaming and also makes sense if you think about it, when you quit you basically say you give up because the game is “Too Hard”! With RE specifically as well they talked about having to go back to the Home Screen after dying and restarting the game! They said it’s makes them feel Good! Lmao 😂Mind you I believe this was back in the RE0 days! 😂 Gotta Love CapCom great Vid

[@erzatitaniawins]

Thank you.

[@Vazio3]

I'm pretty sure if you click continue, it activates the automatic difficulty that scales down when you die and that's why it keeps ticking the timer, it would be really easy to abuse this to get S+ on non-pro runs. Continuing the timer on S+ is probably an oversight or a technical limitation, but considering the ppl going for pro S+ are tryhard, it probably doesnt matter that much for them to even bother patching this.

[@zayuhpadilla3526]

@@Vazio3 Seesh broski, that’s also very True my friend I Love how Technical they can get man, I feel like the DA in my game is ramped to the max because I’m doing a no damage run and I feel like all the enemies are eating all my Bullets.

[@93ksj]

This is the best guide I’ve seen by a longshot

[@erzatitaniawins]

Thank you.

[@AHeroAlmost]

Having the “boss” wolf before the cabin really caught me out .. I didn’t have much supplies in the first place but I wasted so much on the wolf ..

[@chu--bei5155]

I've never face the super dog head on on every of my playthrough. Well, I clear those enemies before going to Mendez mansion, so just the dog alone. Also I didn't do it for speed run so it do took some time. As for the dog, I just snipe it from the second floor in the chainsaw cutscene house. Or before faciing it, I run to the left all the way to edge of villege entrance(don't jump down) and snipe it from there. It it saw you and run around to you, just jump down and go the second floor. Well, these are just tips for none infinite ammo players.

[@igorkharlamov9142]

I'd say, to make more money - do not remove other weapon from the case. Cos game will give the ammo for the weapon you have in the inventory. This ammo could be sold then - for a good fee. Basically, I can say I sold enough ammo to buy a rocket launcher. Been keeping SG, Skull Shaker and stingray un my inventory. Also, don't quite understant why tommy gun ? For me magnum is more feasable weapon.

[@alienated8113]

for better or worse, you can now skip getting the spinels for about 5 bucks, and you can get the handcanon in mercernearies.

[@generaljackcosmo969]

I spit out my coffee when bro blew the viper away with the magnum

[@Krytren]

the clock tower, the statue has a small keg in the back of his head, you can shoot that with the pistol and destroy it easily.

[@NAV1989]

Get the hand cannon from mercenaries.. buy a upgrade ticket. Get unlimited ammo.. run through the game.. having the hand cannon is basically a skip button. One shot everyone in your way..

[@drewmiestercoleman2035]

The Ramon statue has an explosive barrel in its head so just pop it right as your going up the stairs.

[@soulkiller2473]

A tip for the extra gabadoa use the mines for the bolt thrower they just take it die and don't aggro

[@MegaMaxAle]

flashbang helps alot agains the wild dog part!

[@JustSumGuy01]

I am just quitting my first attempt to getting the cat ears for now because i need to decompress and try again later. I made too many saves and am at 14 saves at the start of the island and tried to run through it all in one go without making another save. I go past Krauser and an RPG kills me so it's ALL THE WAY back again. The only reason I was able to get this far is a fully upgraded Tommy Gun. And I think I wasted WAY too much time trying to get money to upgrade its power. The gun is just bad at range unlike the OG version where it just destroys everything. I even got Ashley in armor, so I didn't have to worry about her.

[@BlueCollarZombie]

“Easy S+ Professional Tips” *Dies at the Village 43 times in 2 days despite following everyone’s tips* 😭

[@Galamoth06]

Pretty much, yeah. I do exactly what I see them doing in the videos and it just never works. I can't even reliably get TO the village...

[@BlueCollarZombie]

@@Galamoth06 it’s rough. Like i know there’s videos of speed runners making clears and whatnot but I’m convinced that without infinite ammo weapons, cheats, glitches or some combo of the 3, Professional mode is absolutely *impossible* to accomplish

[@Javviix]

not the most guaranteed strategy but one thing i found useful is the house opposite the shotgun house has a barrel in the back room next to the window, that has always had a hand grenade in it for me. i avoid going into the shotgun house so the chainsaw guy doesn’t spawn for a little while. once i grab that grenade i go up the ladder to the tower area thing, if you don’t move to the middle of that room and just sit at the top of the ladder so you don’t fall through the floor you can shoot enemies when they try to get up top, once enough of them are grouped up at the bottom toss the grenade down and you kill about 7-12 of them at once which is very good considering you need to kill 15 for the bell to ring. just pick the others off one by one when they try to get up and fall through the floor if you need to try and get outta there.

[@BlueCollarZombie]

@@Javviix literally been the strat i’ve been attempting and have failed at it every time with it. Lol

[@BlueCollarZombie]

@@Javviix i mean honestly at this point I’m convinced there isn’t a guaranteed strategy and I just fucking suck at this. Lol.

[@backgdw4105]

Loading a save from the "You are dead" menu reduces the hidden adaptive difficulty modifier, which makes the game after loading somewhat easier. Thus, not resetting the time after directly loading from the death menu may be a way to prevent player from abusing the system to achieve higher ranking by just dying a bunch of times before a tough battle. RE2 remake did that too, as far as I know. That being said, since Professional actually disables adaptive difficulty, this design serves no purpose in Professional... So for people trying to S+ professional, this is quite annoying.

[@cookiemelon3590]

If you use the bolt thrower with attachable mines against the mutt you can stun and stab him until it dies, I only needed six mines

[@jollycooperator2876]

Damn good video man it will help me a lot!!

[@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034]

Completed my run last night. Was extremely tense because my last save was just before the fight with Krauser. Didn't need any bonus weapons but flashbangs, heavy grenades, the bolt action rifle, the 870 saved my skin a lot. BTW make sure tour combat knife is upgraded to max durability. Is your difference between life and death.

[@LeroyJenkins781]

This video is very helpful YOU SIR ARE A LEGEND

[@erzatitaniawins]

Glad it helped.

[@valiantbrian2892]

Just wanted to pass this tip for fighting the savage mutt, explosive bolts to down to knife stab and repeat for around 5 or 7 cycles worked wonders for me, cheap resource cost if you have the recipes

[@chietattoos]

very in-depth guide, finally! thank you my guy🤙

[@erzatitaniawins]

No problem!

[@Thekingoftrackfield]

If you bought like 7 upgrade ftickets with money. You can infinite primal. Chicago. Amd hancannon so 3 tickets. I also like to use the bullets from the chicago sweeper on the chainsaw in chapter 1. Cause i bought some. So in c2 i get infinite. Also i like to have a shotgun on me to have some crowd control

[@GINNERMAN]

Great video, thanks for putting it together :)

[@erzatitaniawins]

Thank you.

[@TheSoulExplorer]

Now that the handcannon is unlockable in Mercenaries, is it a better option than the Sweeper? I've got both, so which one should I use?

[@erzatitaniawins]

I would go with the handcannon.

[@williamcronshaw5262]

It only took me 2 mine equipped bolts and 2 Sniper Rifle shots to kill the Savage Mutt, the only thing that makes it hard is the other enemies and you can kill them before you spawn the Savage Mutt.

[@daviduliasz2437]

I like to save the golden egg from the lake area and complete the first medallion request in the castle for the exclusive ticket. Tag Salazar with a golden egg and unload a sweeper, goes down no problem. I still buy 2 rocket launchers but Verdugo gets one of them. Eff that guy.

[@planetzdr]

Infinite ammo Tommy Gun and Armored Ashley are a must