The Most Mysterious Ammo in Resident Evil

[@VulpineWarrior]

I managed to pick up the infinite B.O.W. Rounds in Claire's Battle Game and use them on the Tyrant boss - he was down after about five rounds. They seem tailor-made for him.

[@laracroftrumana]

Es un instakill

[@ShadowFeline]

I tried to use the BOW gas rounds in the battle game before fighting the tyrant. I got owned by the hunters in the next few rooms so I couldn't enjoy using the BOW gas rounds. And you were right that it's meant for killing the tyrant in the battle game.

[@justinstewart1828]

Hell yeah everytime I fought the tyrant I lit his ass up with bow gas rounds.

[@danielthomas7193]

All these years playing this game in its many forms and I never even knew that BOW grenades in the Battle Game was a thing. Do you get them from the slot machine like Wesker's Magnum? I just went AK-47 happy from a distance and that did the job. You don't get much breathing room for an A Rank. But it can be done.

[@ShadowFeline]

@@danielthomas7193 yes, you can randomly get it in the slot machine.

[@antonioarredondo9680]

Fun note! The Anti B.O.W. Gas was first introduced in the Original RE2 and can be leaked in the living quarters in the Lab to deal with the Lickers and it does make them easier to kill after Code Veronica they are teased in Dead Aim but are never seen or used, sadly Crapcom removed the Anti B.O.W. gas from the game in the Remake

[@specialunit0428]

Apparently, the developers forgot to put in the file that Claire can find. It reads something along the lines of "Due to the escape of a Gulp Worm, USS recruits have been armed with BOW Gas Rounds to help combat it etc". It was meant to appear somewhere around the training facility, where you find the bow gun.

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

Wait, really?

[@harrydbastard]

Congratulations you've officially done more research than any games journalist

[@DraftFaun919]

Why would anyone want to read from them anyways lol

[@laracroftrumana]

A la

[@harrydbastard]

@@DraftFaun919 they're fun to meme on. I remember one video where the guy was so bad at video games he shot the health pack in doom

[@antonioarredondo9680]

more than Capcom have done for the remakes..

[@harrydbastard]

@@antonioarredondo9680 I'm still waiting for a breath of fire sequel

[@InkWarrior]

They seem to be a good crowd control weapon. Use one against a large group then switch to a dual wielding weapon and take them out in a few shots, saving tons of ammo.

[@NpausAsHawj]

Never tried it like this but it would make total sense.

[@assassinonprozac]

Yeah but you only get 3 of them in the entire game so you better make damn sure you use them in the right spot. Plus ammo is super abundant in this game so it doesn’t matter that much.

[@InkWarrior]

@@assassinonprozac true, which begs the question; were they planned to be removed entirely and that one set was left in?

[@assassinonprozac]

@@InkWarrior No I think they were only supposed to be used for the Tyrant fight and nothing else. The fact that you get them right before the Tyrant fight, there’s only one set of them, the Tyrant is one of the only bosses they work on, and literally everyone agrees they are best used for the Tyrant fight makes it pretty obvious they were supposed to be used there. It’s not like Code Veronica doesn’t have other stuff like this either, the sniper rifle is a normal weapon that can be used on anything but you’re obviously supposed to use it in the Nosferatu fight for the same reason (except you lose the sniper after the Nosferatu fight because you switch to Chris after it). You don’t have to use the sniper rifle (in fact there’s an entirely different ending cutscene for beating him with the handgun or knife) but it makes the fight infinitely easier. Plus these things are way too strong to have more than a couple sets of them.

[@thecrimsonfuckeralucardlor5087]

@assassin on Prozac This

[@colossalcrown262]

Based on this video, great job by the way, it looks like the BOW rounds only damage T-virus enemy types and not T-Veronica enemy types.

[@jasonbrodbeck]

Yes! Love the attention to detail

[@CodenameAlejo]

That actually makes sense, if this is made out of the same anti-B.O.W. gas from the underground Lab in RE2, they only seemed to have the T- virus strain to test it on, even the G-virus was fairly new back then.

[@johnmatrix2881]

I had the same thoughts while looking the video...^^

[@chechenko_9430]

@@CodenameAlejo actually that’s accurate and canon, this rounds are made after the gas in resident evil 2, there’s a fuel talking about them in resident code Veronica or it might have been a video I don’t remember

[@novelezra]

I am actually really glad you made this video; because it means I can suggest the following: Please make a video on Resident Evil health and damage. Ever since I was a kid, the way RE health and damage was calculated; I always found it to be extremely mysterious (and even now I do). I know that was the point of course, but I'd love to see a video with some actual numbers and if we don't have have this info; maybe a video dissecting why we don't have this stuff and if there is a way to find it.

[@hdguy5]

Agreed, that would be a cool video

[@danielthomas7193]

I know on the PC versions you can get an of screen HP count of both you and the bosses for OG 1 - 3. But that is definitely a big rabbit hole. So many games, so many console versions, international differences, playable characters, enemies.

[@walterjose1104]

Because of this game is one of the many reasons I'm good at fighting games if you learn to preserve your energy on resident evil everything else seems like a gold mine and I know there's a bunch of f****** hackers that's nothing new but to whoever can go through the game with just the knife on level hard without cheating or hacking you're a mother f****** gamer and you can tell them Ding-A-Ling said so.

[@Emogeta]

Pretty sure damage values are given a min and max values then an RNG check is done to chose a number between those values.

[@novelezra]

@@Emogeta I've always assumed that, I'd love for some concrete numbers. I think it would make a great vid

[@pakchi70]

I love the grenades in resident evil, they have got so many varieties, fire, acids, freeze, land mines, etc

[@aaronchapman6994]

The minethrower in OG RE3 isn't a grenade launcher 😂 bit of a giveaway seeing as it's called a minethrower 🙈👍😂😂😂🤤🐃💩

[@cursedhawkins1305]

@@aaronchapman6994 Same for the minethrower in RE4, probably the same weapon just done with higher quality textures.

[@anthonyserna317]

@@aaronchapman6994 what's with the emojis?

[@nick56677]

Minethrower was a separate gun until Remake 3. Wished it stayed that way. I loved the Heat Seeking Mines in the original 3, u shoot one at a bunch of zombies and hear most of them exploding

[@masterakaron]

The moment I saw this video - I HAD to watch it! Code Veronica has always been one of my favorites in the series, and it doesn't get brought up as often as some of the other 'Classic Style' RE games.

[@jeremygalloway1348]

Code veronica is the best..or at least tied with the best. It was the original 3 right...

[@Griggs58]

@@jeremygalloway1348 The actual RE3 is RE3: Nemesis. Talk all you want about how CV was being made before and blah blah blah but which one has the 3 in the title? Also RE3 is far better than CV.

[@jeremygalloway1348]

@@Griggs58 How do you see nemesis as being far better? It's damn good but not far better. Nemesis only has 3 in the title due to legal crap.

[@Griggs58]

@@jeremygalloway1348 Gameplay improvements, better characters/dialogue, Nemesis is way cooler than literally everything in CV, and it’s straightforward. CV is so goddamn long and you feel every bit of that length bc how annoying the game can be.

[@justcallmexen]

@@Griggs58That is a seemingly pretty strong response, but I think CV makes more sense as the sequel title to RE2 than Nemesis, with such things as actually taking place after the events of 2 and not at the same time, and at the same place, like what you would expect a side story to do. I think they are both good games, and that CV doesn't deserve to be saddled with the reputation of being a "spinoff title" and receive so much less attention for it than Nemesis did like getting the remake treatment. And saying that 3 should be a mainline title just because it got the number in it in the end isn't a foolproof reason, as I would never hear someone argue that Sonic the Hedgehog 4 is a true sequel to the series as opposed to Adventure or even Mania.

[@carecoable]

That is fascinating. I haven't played CV in a good while and I'm watching Maximilian Dood's playthrough, and yeah seeing the Gas rounds again was a surprise. It's also curious how someone at Capcom thought to make ammo out of the B.O.W. Gas from RE2. Pretty amazing stuff, kudos Kai!

[@jacobneumann9388]

I use BOW Rounds on Steve. They can be used immediately when taking control of Claire when he starts chasing you with the axe. It causes him to flinch long enough to avoid any damage 👍

[@anonymousperson2337]

You can also beat the tyrant with just three explosive arrows after using the gas rounds. That’s how I always do it.

[@gamehunter2407]

Or 2 acid rounds

[@nickynegron3515]

2 acid rounds or 3 explosive bolts always worked without the gas first for me

[@squidwardtentacles2736]

glad to see an in depth on this. I always imagined it was designed to weaken enemies since that was the purpose of BOW gas in re2. Cool to see the varying effects, I never knew they could hit everything in the room like that.

[@ste887]

when i tested these, they did half damage to all enemies in the room, untill the game rounded half a hp down to 0, the way i used them would be to fire one at a boss to do about a third of their health as damage than finish off with tapfiring claires custom handgun, couple mags tends to take most down

[@InkRibbon]

Yeah I wonder if it's better to use one for several bosses or use all three for the plane fight

[@ste887]

@@InkRibbon well i havnt done a CVX run for a while, but i vaguely remember dropping one on the walking tyrant phase, followed by 20 rounds from the custom pistol. then in the plane firing another at the tyrant, and following it up with a couple magazines, not sure at what point he was 'dead' as he was off screen and tapfiring the custom pistol empties it in a second or two (kinda why i like to make sure chris always has access to it for the second half of the game) but 40 shots, one gas round and a crate was enough to finish him off, least it was on the ps2 PAL version. though when the hard code veronica game mods come out, a round that stuns everything in a room will be super useful (looking at you lord of necropolis acid bath room)

[@suus1552]

@@InkRibbon I suppose it depends what kind of fun you’re after. Speed run? No damage ? Both? 😎 because the plane fight can get tricky and random.

[@johnr4836]

That's a lie

[@ohgoditshimrun1346]

Well if you want a classic RE mystery to solve, there's always the vending machine room where you first see Sherry before she scurries through the hole in the nailed shut door. If you look at that room on the building interior map, and compare it to the geometry of the building's exterior, there's obviously a room missing. The police station's original restroom, perhaps?

[@tadpolegaming4510]

Oh yeah, I always wondered about that.

[@raylolpez]

Omg this game actually feels accessible again knowing that I don’t have to spend the first half constantly worried that I won’t be able to beat the tyrant 💀

[@alexcooln]

I can't stop replaying 6:05 it's kind of hilarious how Alexia smacks Claire lmao, like: bitch get the fck out of here

[@mrx2586]

The problem with the BOW rounds is you only got 3 so you could not easily experiment with them. another thing regarding the boss in the plane ( and the huge alexia boss ) which are both hard. just save your explosive arrow ammo for them - they suddenly become easy.

[@chrisb9179]

This actually makes me want to boot up a new game of CV. Thanks man. I have always wondered about them!

[@schiz5674]

I've always used the BOW rounds on the Tyrant fight - either on the 1st encounter outside the Training Facility as he blocks your path to the palace or the 2nd and final encounter on the plane. I was always curious that there was only 1 set of 3 rounds in the ENTIRE game but I just naturally assumed they done a lot more damage than the more common rounds e.g. Fire, Acid etc. Thank you Ink Ribbon for doing the research. I certainly concur with your assessment. I say big respect to all RE Code: Veronica / C:V X players here too. 👍👍👍

[@feisuhan9814]

The BOW rounds are definitely need to come back. It's actually interesting to see such weapon that actually useful. I never use them in CVX but maybe I have to now. And BOW gas round actually one of the ammo in Outbreak but was scrapped. I've imagine how easy the boss fights in very hard would be.

[@newt9578]

my first fight with the plane tyrant took over 2 hours this is a godsend for whenever i suffer through CV again tysm

[@custos3249]

Well, in like 90% sure the Tyrant is referred to as a "BOW" in some of the documents you find along side others like the bandersnatch. I can't recall when/where you get them, but I feel like it wasn't long before the plane fight or slightly after.

[@AndehX]

Interesting. Code veronica uses the exact same model for the grenade rounds, as original RE1

[@pixelblut4173]

I remember these rounds being useless af, never understood how they actually work. Great research anyway.

[@evilresident1274]

I had this in my "watch later" section for a long time, and I finally watched it, lol. Awesome! I always thought that they were meant to be related in some way to P-Epsilon. Since they don't usually deal lethal damage, but just affect the overall healthpool by percentages, my guess is that they are supposed to weaken BOWs, probably by messing with their metabolism or something and making their regeneration worse. Which is of course especially useful with Tyrants, which have super-powered healing. P-Epsilon is called that because it is meant to work on creatures derived from the Epsilon strain of the virus (the t-Virus type used in RE1, and which the one in RE2 and RE3 is derived from). So it not having an effect on t-Veronica mutants (Nosferatu, Steve, Alexia, and even Alexia's babies as seen in the video) actually makes sense. Again, great video!

[@renamon5658]

If code Veronica ever gets a remake they better not cut most of the rounds for the grenade launcher

[@IslandBoy-808]

I'm more worried if they remake RE Code: Veronica that Capcom will cut out a lot of content. Like Capcom did with RE3.

[@tadpolegaming4510]

@@IslandBoy-808 4 is definitely getting a remake, I don't think anything is happening for CV, especially since you can still buy it on the Xbox game store.

[@ToshisGarden]

@@tadpolegaming4510 you can still buy 4 as well, as far as I know

[@IslandBoy-808]

@@tadpolegaming4510 Well , for me,RE4 is my least favorite RE game.

[@greenhowie]

you will be able to buy the BOW rounds as DLC, calling it now

[@novelezra]

"Reduces HP by 50%" *Claire casts Gravity*

[@PocokPresents]

I remember the very first time I played this game, found these rounds, used them, and never seen any more in the game. I thought I missed them. Thanks, very informative!

[@MrStrikecentral]

I completely forgot we made these! Yeah, documentation was sparse because they were made as mostly a knee-jerk response to the B.O.W.s breaking loose and were never tested extensively because of their obscurity and most conventional weaponry still seemed effective enough. They wer deemed as 'noteworthy and mildly effective, but not worth further development and implementation.' The 'gas' inside them is actually a more potent version of the sedation chemicle that is used in the suspension baths when test subjects are put in stasis. In small quantities, they sedate the subject and put them in a continuous sleep. When concentrated and weaponized, they cause severe tissue degredation in T-Virus cells. They're only 'mildly effective' because they lose effectiveness with repeated use against the same target, with some very rare circumstances that they can kill the target outright.

[@Kaisarfire]

Before the vid even started, and not having played Veronica, I thought "I bet they halve the health of enemies". And sure enough... Sometimes things don't have to be so hard or mysterious.

[@Eldeecue]

Thanks! I've always wondered about those BOW gas rounds. I always figured they just did a bit of extra damage and that was it.

[@NateWolfKira]

I recall doing something like using one BOW gas round on the plane, then using other weapons such as the bow gun then only had to hit the button once. Then used BOW gas on one of Alexia's forms near the end, then just blasted away with other things. It appears doing this shortened the fight and consumed fewer resources. Granted the last time I tackled this was early 2017. So, it has been a while.

[@lazarusdeagneaux1817]

I found this out very early in my first play through of CV on Dreamcast. I've always been an ammo, and First Aid Spray hoarder in RE games especially with Grenade Launcher ammo for boss fights. So, my first play through I was curious about this type of ammo since I had never seen it in any other RE game previously and it was the first ammo I used in the plane Tyrant fight and I found out how much easier it became killing him with the BOW gas. I seem to remember reading a file about the BOW gas describing something about it being accidentally released or something like that. But, it's been a long te since I've played CV. Cheers for actually doing the research, I just kind of stumbled on it because of my own silly ways of playing RE games.

[@onisfury8264]

Little fun fact the BOW gas rounds were originally supposed to be in Resident Evil Outbreak along with another grenade ammo type that was scrapped fire extinguisher rounds. The fire extinguisher rounds were originally going to be used on Hellfire to extinguish Flames to access doors but it was also scrapped. The BOW gas rounds game files are still in the game you just can't access them in game when you use the gas rounds the game doesn't crash but there's no animation to fire them.

[@Razgar_Voxel]

This video reminds me of the Dum Dum rounds for the Colt Python in the original Resident Evil. These could not be obtained normally though. I remember in my teens messing around with Game Shark codes finding them. Also, I think these rounds were also hidden in the Director's Cut files too. But it's been over 20 years since I last played those titles on the PS1

[@refreak07]

Great video Kai! Definitely inspired to go home and play this again. I always just dropped these in the item box and never uses them because I didn't like that they turned everything green.

[@HighPriestOfTarot]

You've are officially the number#1 Resident Evil Vlogger. Have never seen this kinda material on any other Resident Evil KZbin Page and for that you got my subscription and continued support.

[@ebesonen]

Every time I played Resident Evil: Code Veronica, I never actually knew what the B.O.W. rounds did, but thanks to the easy experiments you did I finally know what the B.O.W. rounds do now, they cut the enemy's health in half and it makes it a lot easier to kill them, it doesn't work on all enemies but that's ok so just save em for the tyrant boss fight on the plane, so thank you very much for doing these tests Ink Ribbon, now I can play Resident Evil: Code Veronica even better now ✊

[@OliversWorld333]

Sweet! Code Veronica was the last REAL survival horror Resident Evil game. Now its more like an action game trying to rip off EVERY Cryptid in existence, and stating that monsters were always here and Umbrella just got lucky and found their own source out of like 3 or 4 now with that flower (wouldn't Spencer have just showed up and killed Miranda and took the mold after he took the plagas form Sadler...seriously he had billion dollar armies and equipment. How did he not use some super variant of T on himself or the mold..his whole ENTIRE goal was to be immortal and make the world then evolve, such lack of consistent exposition!) However, as a horror writer with already one series out on several popular KZbin channels about Wendigos, this might seriously work in my favor! I heard that RE: Apocalypse (the next saga of the mold or whatever probably with Rose and all the mutated children of the original cast like Sherry and Jake) will have Wendigos in it the same way village had vamps and Lycans (I was SERIOUSLY dissapointed with the vamps!!!!) so that will help me with future publication if Wendigos start trending EVEN MORE lol 😈😎😇

[@straycat9967]

This is the kind of RE content I really like seeing. The BOW rounds were always such a mystery to me as a kid and they were my favorite just because of that. I thought there was nothing cooler then grenade rounds specifically made to kill zombies. Love this video!

[@the_gravity_dragon3275]

About 2 months before you made this video I streamed this and showed how 3 Anti-BOW gas rounds followed by 4 flame rounds then pull switch and boom he's gone i've been using this technique for over 20 years. But I didn't know the true nature of it and that reduced normal enemies energy to low levels so that you can kill them with a few bullets. Great video 😀

[@godislove102887]

Some of your content just seems so random on first glance, and I love it cause it's always a good time ^^ I knew the BOW Gas Rounds were best used for the Tyrant fight, but never WHY, so it's awesome that this fairly obscure thing now finally has a real explanation (or at least as close to one as we're gonna get). Seriously, I love your channel, Kai. I've loved this series through all its highs and lows, so I greatly enjoy anytime you cover RE content.

[@ianstuckey4405]

I have the PS2 version of this (Code: Veronica X), now keep in mind that this was the era where the internet as we know it today was still very young and game walkthroughs were in the transition between strategy guides and online. The guide book for this kind of glossed over the Anti-B.O.W. gas and dismissed it as a weird and useless weapon. One thing that it did mention for the Tyrant boss fight though was to save all of the gunpowder arrows (for the bowgun) and pump them all into the boss as fast as possible. On my first playthrough I beat that one on the second try using that one. Something noteworthy on the printed Strategy Guide era of walkthroughs is that there are many instances where the book is wrong, where the writer did one walkthrough and didn't even try any side paths, or even put in things that were false upon release which may have indicated some of these guides were done using a pre-release build.

[@raccooncitycinema]

Great video, Kai! The official guidebook says "you only get 3 shots, so it can be considered ammunition exclusively for the Tyrant." ...but after seeing how well it takes care of those moths 🤣

[@danielthomas7193]

That moth hallway belongs in the deepest pits of Hell. I'm hoping with in progress fan remake of Code: Veronica, they either remove that section or alter it to make it more fair. Like the moths don't respawn if you kill them.

[@raccooncitycinema]

@@danielthomas7193 Yes! That would be a great idea. Or maybe whoever has the lighter could burn the nests or whatever so they can't respawn.

[@zakazany1945]

First time I see someone do their own research AND reach the correct conclusions

[@salvo27]

I always used them on the tyrant fight and infact I now understand that they effectively makes him a lot easier. I wish these ammo were explained better and had more utility and quantity in the game,I think it's the only game ever where we got this type of grenades.Amazing work on discovering how these ammo works,they are sort of similar to the Grav spell from Final Fantasy but looks like sometimes they work better/worse based on probably the enemy resistance in the code.Really good job :)

[@erikm5221]

As soon as i picked them up in my first playthrough, i had a feeling i needed to save them for a boss. Once tyrant showed up in the plane, i figured i might as well use them on what i thought was the final boss. So i essentially used them for their intended purpose through sheer dumb luck

[@Jurigag]

Actually the idea of having like ammo/weapon to somehow crowd control enemies for a bit is pretty good.

[@shadowdouglas450]

Thats awesome i made a paper and dice rpg from all the game books novels mangas etc ty for the info.I honestly had no idea what those rounds did.lol

[@DonaldPindel]

I am currently replaying code for Veronica after years and years. It just seems like a needlessly hard mean game.... I'm sure if I remembered it more it wouldn't be so bad but I'm going to be quite glad for it to be done.

[@instrumentaldude8349]

It's one of the best RE games out there. Highly underrated imo. I know it's hard in the beginning but once you know the game inside and outside it's a lot of fun to replay it 🙂

[@omardelmar]

@@instrumentaldude8349 agreed. It was the last good Resident Evil game.

[@instrumentaldude8349]

@@omardelmar couldn't agree more! 🤟 will always be my favorite. Wesker was also a badass in this game. Still miss him, he made RE for me 🙂 that final battle with him and Chris still gives me goosebumps. "Sure I'm not human anymore...BUT look at the power I gained! 😃 Grtz 🤟

[@pinkinglily6447]

It's not as hard as you think, especially when you had the knowledge that knife is the 2nd most useful weapon in the game

[@instrumentaldude8349]

@Spoonful 129 his voiceacting was over the top for sure but I loved him in this game anyways 🙂

[@hiokiryuuhei4714]

I can't remember where but I've read most of what you mentioned here. Those round does indeed drop 50% of health on most opponents that are infected with the T-Virus and are definitely suited for the Tyrant fight. They don't work at all on any enemy infected with the T-Veronica virus, which is why they can't work on either Alexia or Nodferatu. I can't explain it about some enemies like bat's or spiders tho'..

[@adrianomarchesi3982]

I think the BOW rounds could be a special item unlocked at the end of the game,requiring some tasks,like the classic infinite weapons.

[@reggaetonjones1988]

That's a cool tip for the tyrant fight. I knew about it cutting the health of the lower tier enemies by half. I never used them on bosses. For the longest time, I just thought they knocked base enemies down, letting you move past them safely. Yeah, I think it's curious that the devs didn't really explain how the BOW rounds works, but I guess they wanted players to experiment.

[@vul4ak]

First time I saw them I immediately made the connection with the Anti-BOW gas in RE2 that you can unleash in the labs to weaken the enemies there. So I just assumed it worked the same way in CV but as a Grenade Round. Never made the connection that it cuts the health in percentage though. Just assumed it made enemies take more damage when shot.

[@Marmotone]

You might be the only dude out there with a good strat for that tyrant on plane

[@JJ1988-x6o]

BOW rounds work. It is the very first thing I tried when I played it nearly 25 years ago.

[@JJ1988-x6o]

I honestly didn't know people didn't know that.

[@LightFykki]

Quite an interesting video gotta say. I guess these rounds were sort of that ammo that was so rare you tried to save it for special occasions, but I never really knew what they do. I always imagined they might do some extra damage against bows but with an area effect, so something like acid rounds, but stronger and can hit multiple enemies. But now that you mention it, the timing, when you find them before the fight against Tyrant on the plane, makes sense to use them there, especially considering how difficult that fight normally is.

[@tavi9598]

These were so satisfying back in the day. Watch a room full of zombies just fall down, then mop them up with something else. Most underrated grenade launcher rounds, these.

[@spectralfox2047]

I'd like to see the B.O.W rounds comeback one day. I think there could be a lot of strategy in when to use, just hopefully they'll explaine how they work.

[@onisfury8264]

The BOW gas rounds were originally supposed to be in Resident Evil Outbreak along with another ammo type fire extinguisher rounds which you use to extinguish fires to access doors in hellfire but they were both scrapped.

[@_Circus_Clapped_]

they should do this for the RE Outbreak remake, could make exploring the map in single player much easier to play but nerf it by removing Points if you decide to use it in single player mode

[@blackwaltz3135]

@@_Circus_Clapped_ what remake?

[@JackSpadeTaylor]

They kill the moths instantly in Antarctica; and them not working on spiders makes sense as you fill that one spider room with ANTI BOW gas in Antarctica to grab the gas mask and they were just fine. Plus, I believe this is the same gas technically mentioned in original re2 in the labs- the one that mutates the lickers between A and B playthroughs if you turned it on.

[@burge117]

Huh, neat! Any chance of a video of grenade rounds in general? What they are effective for and do across all RE games.

[@rhysiare]

I think this would be a great video. If I remember correctly, Kai said in his latest stream - the RE3 stream with Lisa, that even he didn't find out what exactly the Freeze rounds did and how useful they were until recently. Some RE games give info on the usefulness of Flame vs. Acid rounds. But in general, grenade ammo is underexplained, despite the grenade launcher having the most variability in ammo with all its different types. It'd be awesome to see a video on this cool weapon and all its ammo types (and their various names, i.e. grenades, rounds, shells) in RE - Acid, Mine, Flash, Neuro, Electric, Explosive, B.O.W. Gas, Freeze/Nitrogen, and Flame/Incendiary. There's just so many! Save us Kai! Lol.

[@burge117]

@@rhysiare :)

[@ryanbellegrave9777]

I second this. 👏

[@offspringfan89]

And I third this, good suggestion 👏

[@burge117]

@@offspringfan89 Thanks

[@refordih]

These rounds were on the files of Resident Evil Outbreak, and they actuality work, but those are no where to be found on game normally

[@ChiefMedicPururu]

It doesn't work on bats because those aren't B.O.W.s but simple bats.

[@nadermanna]

Hey kai, amazing video as usual... Can you please make a video demonstrating how damage and health work in most Resident Evil games like for example the programming behind it and what usually happens behind the scenes and have a great day!

[@panzershock441]

The fact that they ground every zombie in a room would make them a nice tool for scooting through the really highly populated rooms.

[@soulreaver1983]

These resident evil videos are awesome thanks dude!!🙂👍👍

[@alexanderradec]

The additional scream at the end of the tyrant boss fight was unexpected

[@renamon5658]

The gas rounds are too op

[@hubertgizinski7962]

Tyrant was jewish XD

[@nemesis3587]

Wow, I used it correctly without knowing that. Its like created for Tyrant fight. A nice detail it doesn't work against T-Veronica virus. Another trick you can use is BOW round plus knife combo, everybody know how OP knife is in CV. One BOW round and you can use knife against that zombie horde in 1:53 or dogs in 6:30 . Maybe another BOW round knife combo against Grave Digger, there are new possibilities.

[@koopakill6920]

Great video Kai!!! i think you should also do it for almost all the guns that might have interesting facts and tips since when i want to know how to kill certain boss from any of the games i have to look for a walktrought from a REspeedrunner skip all the gameplay to just watch that part having issues since sometimes it's not as well explained as you did, hope to see more like this

[@MrBaladaum]

kinda gives an rpg vibe to the game, reminds me of demi magic in ff series

[@jackylee5850]

Well in classic RE2 they did explain that P-Epsilon gas weakens cell structures of B.O.W. but prolonged exposure has caused some of them to develop a resistance to the gas, and some even gets nutrients from it, like that overgrown plant in the shaft of the underground research facility I guess only 3 rounds make sense. It was all supposed to be used on Tyrant (or the completely optional worm fight in the courtyard) You were never meant to take it to the 2nd half of the game (unless you need an easier time to defeat the worm as Chris) 9 handgun rounds is a bit too wasteful (and slow), 1 explosive arrow is enough for the catapult to finish it. Then again, if you went through the trouble of hacking extra gas rounds in, you can do the same with explosive arrows, then you won't need the gas rounds at all when you have what is essentially a rapid fire rocket launcher

[@ChocolatierRob]

Huh, I'll have to try this. My normal plane strategy is to save the explosive bolts and step forwards a pace to change the camera angle then and unload 26 bolts before it gets near and slam the button. Quick and safe but expensive and costs the time to gather the boom bolts in the first place.

[@damuvimon]

A whole mystery Very effective for the annoying Tyrant fight in the plane

[@desfefe]

It is a good concept to help players having difficulty blaze through certain impossibly hard situations. I feel like this carried over to RE onwards, where in Re 4 it would be the rocket launcher. The gas rounds are a much better alternative as it is too easy to buy the rocket launcher in 4.

[@jordanwhite352]

I find it interesting that it doesn't affect the spiders or Nostratu which are both poison type enemies which might give a hint to what the gas is made out of since animals that are poisonous are immune to their own toxins.

[@Sid_Streams]

They should ABSOLUTELY bring them back. They are my favorite ammo ever, and add so much intrigue to the game. Years into the future, people are still fascinated and investigate the optimal use of the ammunition type.

[@BOMBON187]

After all these years I thought they were useless. Pretty cool to know that it can temporarily drop a group of zombies and give you time to escape.

[@StevenCodeBlack]

The B.O.W. Gas Grenade Rounds are 40mm grenade rounds whose warheads are filled with the same P-Epsilon Anti B.O.W. Gas used in the B.O.W. gas sprinkler system of the lab in RE2. Thankfully there's no evolved Lickers in Code Veronica that can become stronger due to prolonged exposure to it.

[@greenhowie]

Wait so it's basically the gas from RE2 you can release in the Umbrella lab? Neat.

[@SPIKEYROXAS]

My theory is that the rounds were made specifically for that fight but didnt want to specifically say so to avoid spoilers of the upcoming fight. And from a lore point of view the rounds were made as a counter for already existing BOWs known by the research team under alfreds order which and as to not have any weapons available to directly hurt his family these were manufactured in a way to not harm them which is why alexia and alexander are not affecred by them.

[@mantrahus]

Thx. Tyrant in the plane has been my Gandalf on the bridge: "You shall not pass" now I will give CV an new try asap.

[@kortkunig2291]

It would be interesting to have an overly how they affect the hp in terms of game memory. If they halve hp i’d guess they just bit shift until they can’t anymore? Maybe there’s a multiplier for enemy types that determines the hp then? Would be interesting to see if they could be misused in some fun way to bit shift something else, that you flag as an “enemy” somehow.

[@blango-san]

In Claire's battle game you can't win against Tyrant without B.O.W. gas rounds. The plane Tyrant fight can be easily won without using them entirely - just find all the explosive arrows and save them for the plane fight (start with the box, fire all rounds, finish with another box). B.O.W gas rounds go well with the first Tyrant encounter.

[@stefcannon2580]

Interesting!! Great topic for a video. Those rounds have always been mysterious to me, and so I had been hesitant to use them sometimes. I think they should come back. Any mention of BOW is a win for me haha

[@brrritzc0ld]

Ill have to try the gas rounds out on tyrant! I usually just make sure I get 30 explosive bow gun rounds for that fight and just shoot all 30 standing right at the door then turn hit the panel and fight over in less than 1 min lol.

[@kyrollos777]

I remember doing that one achievement that requires only after the plane crash, and no first aids. I got all the way to the final boss, and took me so long to I was at danger literally one hit from dying at the the timer was at 00.00.02 I wished I recorded it, because I never reacted so crazy for a video game

[@blastoiseboi8472]

“Literally can’t miss him” Proceeds to shoot round out the back of the plane lol

[@livingcorpse5664]

I think ammunition is overlooked in general. Ironic too as it is arguably the most important thing about a gun, without it, the gun is a metal bat at best and paperweight/door stopper at worst.

[@Chrismario880]

Very good research and well explained video but at 4:11 - When u said: ,,The most notoriously difficult boss battle in Code Veronica..." Ahhhhhh excuse me! 🤨 Tyrant can be terminated easily by using arrows combined with B.O.W. Gun powder and u need to use 24 shoots on him and then using the catapult machine and he's dead! The whole Tyrant fight won't last 15 seconds with this strategy! Wait a minute!: At 6:07 You shoot Alexia with B.O.W. gas rounds twice as well and nothing happens??? 😱😱😱 - That's very absurd since originally you shoot her with only one handgun bullet and she starts her 2nd transformation straight away! LOL! In my opinion the B.O.W. gas rounds are not big deals, usually I use them at first Tyrant battle so I can save lot of grenade rounds for myself for further enemies!

[@zamardii12]

Absolutely loved this video. Of course I am biased b/c CV is my favorite game of all time. I am going to take a look at my old strategy guide for CV when I get home to see if these gas rounds are explained in there.

[@redfieldgirl]

crazy shit, I always used this for the tyrant boss. I link different and "powerful" weapons to boss and big monsters, so I saved for him. I Always start by shooting him with it, and you know the rest. I never used with any other monsters, so Thanks for this video :3

[@heerosanosyuy1173]

I learned from first hand experience the ins & outs of this game. Back when I was a kid. Didnt have alot of money or systems. Did happen to have a ps2 but not many games. I always loved RE. I would play & re play Veronica and progress further each play through. I learned that re tends to do things like that. As in. Giving you special rounds for a boss. Way too early. Fun game.

[@Grizzlytactics91]

you have no idea how much that explains for me lol ever since i played through CV as a kid id wonder why everyone said the tyrant fight was so hard. it was never too hard for me at all. now i know why. im always low on ammo before the tyrant fight so i am forced to used the bow rounds, i avoided them because i didnt understand them but wow ive been using them right the whole time.. i almost think it would be better to use them on the worm however

[@dodger7896]

On my first run i had to start over at the tyrant fight on the plane because i only had some handgun ammo and crossbow bolts

[@XTheBloodyGirX]

Cool video. Since you were using an emulator, I'm surprised you didn't view enemy health in memory (trivial to do in this case) to see exactly what's going on. There's always been RNG in some form that makes tests like this kind of hard to narrow down, so having the actual numbers to look at would have made it way more concrete. That being said, I didn't actually know what they did when I was a kid lol, I liked the cool effect when I was younger but figured they were some kind of AOE stun or minimal room-wide damage. Really neat to see that they do have practicality for certain fights. Thanks for the RECV content!

[@DanielRyanScott]

After finding out about the knife actually being a kick ass weapon and the BOW rounds now, Code Veronica is a much easier game from an ammo management standpoint. It feels like a natural progression of the Classic RE games. You start off struggling and scared, low on everything, but the more you learn about the games you end up like a kick ass action hero on your 5th playthrough. There should have been an unlockable file you can find that explains these things tho, at least after you beat the game once or in battle mode.

[@ganondorfisno.1560]

Yes, please bring them back and also f*** that boss fight!

[@Dex99SS]

So, it's more or less like a can of RAID. Does various things to various things, but spiders don't care. Gotcha.

[@edgarherrera7758]

I always found them useless but I never tried them in the tyrant fight. Have to try it next time I play cvx.