All items in Resident Evil 4
Every item the guide lists, area by area, with where to find it.
| Item | Area | Where | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitchen Knife Missable | Lakeside Settlement | From the entrance gate of the Lakeside Settlement, head northeast into the main yard toward the dilapidated sheds to find an old wooden pushcart. | |
| Handgun Ammo | Lakeside Settlement | In a wooden crate inside the central dilapidated shackExact spot: being checked | |
| Green Herb | Lakeside Settlement | On the ground near the shore dockExact spot: being checked | |
| Pearl Pendant Missable | Lakeside Settlement | From the wooden pier dock at the Lakeside Settlement, walk up the path into the center of the area to locate the contaminated well surrounded by wooden fencing. | |
| Officer's Badge | Lakeside Settlement | Inside the locked house basement, found on the dead police officer's body | |
| Small Key Missable | Lakeside Settlement | From the rear locked Insignia gate of the Lakeside Settlement, follow the dark tunnel north to the Forest Altar cavern and look along the wooden fence overlooking the cliffside. | |
| Gold Bar Missable | Lakeside Settlement | From the main yard of the Lakeside Settlement, enter the northernmost house requiring the Insignia Key, turn left into the side room, and approach the wooden desk. | |
| Wayshrine Treasure (Splendid Horn) Missable | Lakeside Settlement | From the water's edge at the Lakeside Settlement, head toward the stone cliff wall on the west side of the area to locate the locked stone Old Wayshrine. | |
| W-870 Shotgun Missable | Village Square | Enter the two-story house directly across the path from the central bonfire, head up the stairs, and look on the wall immediately to your right. | |
| Hand Grenade Missable | Village Square | Enter the two-story house directly across the path from the central bonfire, go up the stairs to the second floor, and look to the glass display case mounted to the right of the bed. | |
| Ruby Missable | Village Square | From the central bonfire, head along the northeast path toward the barred exit gate and enter the small wooden shack on your right to find a small jewelry box on the table. | |
| Velvet Blue Missable | Village Square | From the second floor of the two-story house across from the central bonfire, climb out the window onto the external wooden awning and follow the rooftop around to the far corner. | |
| Blue Request Note: Pest Control Missable | Farm | From the typewriter save point house in the Farm, head north across the field to the wooden gate blocking the path to the bridge, where the blue paper hangs on the wall beside the gate | |
| Flanged Mace Missable | Farm | From the northern gate of the Farm, look directly south along the stone wall to find the locked wooden Wayshrine cabinet | |
| Pearl Pendant Missable | Farm | From the windmill generator building on the western side of the Farm, walk behind it to the dirty well equipped with an open water tank and a swinging metal counterweight | |
| Small Key Missable | Farm | From the southern entrance gate of the Farm, enter the small open shed located just southwest of the large barn | |
| Leon's Gear | Abandoned Factory | Inside the security office in the central room, placed on top of a tableExact spot: being checked | |
| Kitchen Knife Missable | Abandoned Factory | From your cell in the Abandoned Factory basement where you wake up chained to Luis in Chapter 2, walk down the corridor into the open room and look at the vertical wooden support beam near the workbench. | |
| Small Key Missable | Abandoned Factory | From the Merchant's station right outside the Abandoned Factory, re-enter the facility's northern control room past the furnace room and check the brown filing desk against the south wall. | |
| Hexagonal Emblem | Abandoned Factory | Inside a chest located in an elevated wooden control booth overlooking the valley outside the factoryExact spot: being checked | |
| Crystal Marble | Village Chief's Manor | from the entrance hall, walk past the stairs into the southern hallway and inspect the large wooden cabinet against the wall | |
| Insignia Key | Village Chief's Manor | from the second-floor hallway, unlock the master bedroom door with the Crystal Marble and approach the desk opposite the bed | |
| Small Key Missable | Village Chief's Manor | from the front door of the manor, head through the living room into the dining area at the southwest corner and look on top of the small low side table | |
| Clockwork Castellan (Chapter 2) Missable | Village Chief's Manor | hidden behind a breakable curtain and wooden crate in the attic accessible via the bedroom ladder | |
| Hexagonal Emblem | Valley | Mounted on a weather vane pole on the roof of the highest shack in the center of the areaExact spot: being checked | |
| Small Key Missable | Valley | From the locked gate requiring the Hexagonal Emblem at the south side of the Valley, head into the small wooden shack immediately to the right to find an open lockbox on a table | |
| Ruby Missable | Valley | From the roof of the central elevated building where you collect the Hexagonal Emblem, follow the wooden walkway north into the attached hilltop shack to find a small ornate chest on a table | |
| Flagon Missable | Valley | From the rooftop where the Hexagonal Emblem is placed, walk out onto the back exterior wooden scaffolding behind the northern structure to find a small treasure chest | |
| Yellow Herb Missable | Valley | From the initial drop-off ledge entering the Valley, enter the first wooden shack immediately on your right (west side) to find a table | |
| Boat Fuel | Fish Farm | Inside the shed at the northernmost end of the Fish Farm | |
| Hexagon Piece B Missable | Fish Farm | From the fuel shed at the far north of the Fish Farm, head southwest through the knee-deep water underneath the wooden walkways to find a red chest tucked under the platform. | |
| Small Key Missable | Fish Farm | From the fuel shed at the northernmost point of the Fish Farm, turn around and enter the small shack directly southwest of it to find a desk with an open drawer. | |
| Ruby Missable | Fish Farm | From the central wooden ramp in the middle of the Fish Farm, look up at the underside of the elevated wooden bridge walkway overhead to spot a hanging silver bell. | |
| Antique Pipe Missable | Fish Farm | From the tunnel exit leading from the Fish Farm back to the Merchant's cave dock, approach the wooden Wayshrine built into the cliff wall along the path. | |
| Lunker Bass Missable | Fish Farm | From the Boatclearing dock next to the lakeside Settlement, face the open water toward the southeast near the boathouse to spot a massive fish swimming near the surface. | |
| Boat Fuel | Lakeside Settlement (Chapter 3) | In your inventory from the Fish Farm; interact with the boat at the jetty to fill its motor | |
| Pearl Pendant Missable | Lakeside Settlement (Chapter 3) | From the dock at Lakeside Settlement, head past the central houses to the open dirt courtyard containing a covered well | |
| Small Key Missable | Lakeside Settlement (Chapter 3) | Inside the house behind the locked Insignia door, sitting on a desk in the main room | |
| Officer's Cap Missable | Lakeside Settlement (Chapter 3) | Inside the hidden subterranean cavern unlocked with the Insignia KeyExact spot: being checked | |
| Handgun Ammo | Lakeside Settlement (Chapter 3) | In a wooden barrel near the shore dockExact spot: being checked | |
| Blue Medallion Missable | Quarry | From the open center of the Quarry, look up toward the upper wooden scaffolding and walkways lining the rock walls. | |
| Hexagon Piece A | Quarry | Inside a red chest in the small Merchant room just past the Quarry tunnel leading to the LakeExact spot: being checked | |
| Blue Request Note: "Viper Hunter" Missable | Quarry | From the Quarry exit tunnel, follow the path toward the Fish Farm and look at the wooden wall right beside the Merchant's shop doorway. | |
| Small Key Missable | Church | Inside the Church, head to the right of the pulpit to find a small open side room, where the key rests on top of a low table next to a typewriter | |
| Blue Dial Missable | Church | Inside the Church, head down the hallway to the left of the pulpit to find a large wooden cabinet at the far dead end | |
| Blue Medallions request note Missable | Castle Gate | from the entrance gate of the castle, head past the Merchant to the large wooden double doors leading inside the Castle Gate area, where the blue note is posted on the stone wall directly to the right of the archway | |
| Elegant Perfume Bottle Missable | Castle Gate | from the cannon platform, look for the hole in the floor near where you cranked the cannon, drop down into the lower room, and walk to the northern alcove to find a treasure chest | |
| Beryl Missable | Castle Gate | from the cannon platform, walk along the southeastern defensive walkway toward the circular stone tower until you reach the archway directly preceding the catapult ramparts | |
| Small Key Missable | Castle Main Hall | From the headless chimera statue in the Grand Hall, take the northern door on the upper walkway toward the Armory, head to the end of the corridor, and find a wooden desk on the right | |
| Yellow Herb Missable | Castle Main Hall | From the Grand Hall Merchant room entrance on the ground floor, walk past the southern staircase leading up to the balcony and look into the recessed alcove beneath those stairs | |
| Clockwork Castellan Missable | Castle Main Hall | From the headless chimera statue on the upper level of the Grand Hall, run to the far northwest corner of the mezzanine behind the decorative partition wall | |
| Handgun Ammo | Audience Chamber | In breakable wooden barrels on the ground floor of the chamber | |
| Green Herb | Audience Chamber | On the floor along the left-hand column walkway | |
| Spinel | Audience Chamber | Found in the upper passage near the door Ashley unlocksExact spot: being checked | |
| Iron Sword Missable | Treasury | In the Treasury room with the four mural reliefs, look at the second relief from the left depicting a battle scene | |
| Golden Sword Missable | Treasury | In the Treasury room with the four mural reliefs, look at the far-left relief depicting a lord receiving homage | |
| Rusted Sword Missable | Treasury | In the Treasury room with the four mural reliefs, look at the far-right relief depicting a fallen warrior/tomb | |
| Bloodied Sword Missable | Treasury | In the Treasury, stand in front of the locked iron gate with animal-insignia gongs on the north wall and look through the opened gate into the alcove | |
| Golden Horn Missable | Treasury | In the Treasury, after opening the four-mural sword gate, enter the short corridor leading toward the Audience Chamber and look for the ornate chest on the left side | |
| Small Key | Grand Hall | Inside a cabinet in the hallway on the north side of the upper level | |
| Cubic Device | Grand Hall | Inside a chest in the hallway leading from the Grand Hall toward the Armory | |
| Scratched Emerald | Grand Hall | Inside a chest behind a screen near the Merchant shop on the ground floor | |
| Butterfly Lamp | Grand Hall | Inside a treasure chest on the upper balcony walkway near the south side | |
| Clockwork Castellan Missable | Grand Hall | Grand Hall, take the northern stairs up to the second floor and head south along the balcony all the way to the dead-end archway in the far southern corner | |
| Lion Head | Armory | from the entrance balcony of the Armory, drop down to the lower arena floor and approach the lion chimera statue standing directly in the center | |
| Small Key Missable | Armory | from the Armory's ground-floor exit gate, follow the hallway toward the Grand Hall until you reach the small red-carpeted corridor | |
| Small Key Missable | Water Hall | Inside a small decorative chest in the corridor room just before entering the main Water Hall basinExact spot: being checked | |
| Velvet Pewter Missable | Water Hall | From the main ground floor of the Water Hall, look up above the open flooded lower central basin to spot a silver bell suspended from the arched ceiling | |
| Lithographic Stone B | Bindery | In the Bindery on the second floor of the Castle, from the sealed stone door puzzle on the west wall, turn left to the wooden bookshelf in the southwest corner | |
| Lithographic Stone C | Bindery | In the Bindery on the second floor of the Castle, from the central lit fireplace, look to the small wooden end table sitting right beside the stacked piles of books | |
| Lithographic Stone D | Bindery | In the Bindery on the second floor of the Castle, from the hallway entrance, turn to the glass-fronted display cabinet standing along the south wall | |
| Small Key Missable | Bindery | In the Bindery on the second floor of the Castle, head into the adjacent hallway past the fireplace to the low wooden desk by the window | |
| Treasure: Ornate Necklace Missable | Castle Battlements | In the Castle Battlements (Chapter 8), start from the switch that flips between sun and moon gates, drop down through the hole in the floor in the central tower, and look against the wall for an ornate treasure chest | |
| Clockwork Castellan Missable | Castle Battlements | In the Castle Battlements (Chapter 8), head to the southwest outer tower where the armored El Gigante throws boulders, climb up onto the roof walkway, and look on top of the stacked crates and sandbags at the dead-end | |
| Handgun Ammo | Castle Battlements | In various breakable wooden barrels placed along the sheltered corridors beneath the battlementsExact spot: being checked | |
| Small Key Missable | Courtyard | From the main center staircase of the Courtyard maze, head north toward the northern outer wall and follow the path west into a dead-end alcove to an open, flat wooden box sitting on a stack of covered cargo | |
| Clockwork Castellan Missable | Courtyard | From the Courtyard Merchant room, exit through the west door into the Courtyard, head down the stairs, and look behind the stack of crates in the dark alcove directly to the left (south) of the staircase | |
| Elegant Mask Missable | Courtyard | From the southern central tower/switch of the Courtyard maze, follow the path south toward the outer hedge wall and turn east into a narrow dead-end alcove to an ornate treasure chest | |
| Yellow Herb Missable | Throne Room | From the double doors entering the Throne Room in Chapter 12, look immediately to the right at the low wooden table against the wall | |
| Elegant Crown | Throne Room | not in the Throne RoomExact spot: being checked | |
| Golden Chicken Egg Missable | Throne Room | From Ramon Salazar's throne at the far end of the Throne Room, turn right to face the square lock box sitting on an ornate stand in the corner | |
| Gold Bar Missable | Clock Tower | From the ground-floor entrance of the Clock Tower, head immediately left past the giant Salazar statue to the red folding screen in the south corner, where an ornate treasure chest sits | |
| Clockwork Castellan Missable | Clock Tower | From the ground-floor entrance of the Clock Tower, go straight past the Salazar statue toward the northwest corner where wooden stairs begin, then check beneath the steps on top of a stack of cardboard boxes | |
| Alexandrite Missable | Clock Tower | Ascending the wooden scaffoldings of the Clock Tower, look up at the underside of the wooden beam directly beneath the top floor with the rolling spike ball mechanism | |
| Handgun Ammo Missable | Island Wharf | From the wooden pier where Leon arrives at the Wharf, step onto the stone shore and look immediately to the right against the rock wall for a wooden crate. | |
| Green Herb Missable | Island Wharf | From the arrival dock, follow the ascending dirt trail past the first rock wall and look along the foliage on the right edge of the path. | |
| Red Beryl Missable | Island Wharf | From the first searchlight tower along the cliffside path before the bunker gate, look up at the metal crossbeams hanging over the rocky pathway. | |
| Velvet Blue Missable | Encampment | In Chapter 15 at the Stronghold, climb to the metal catwalks directly under the anti-aircraft gun structure to spot a small silver lantern hanging from the scaffolding ceiling | |
| Red Beryl Missable | Encampment | In Chapter 15 at the Stronghold, inside the upper control room where you destroy the anti-aircraft gun, look at the small ornate chest sitting on a crate in the northwest corner | |
| Blue Medallions Missable | Encampment | In Chapter 15 across the Stronghold (Encampment), hung in five spots: inside the first small bunker on the left, high up on the crane boom above the central path, beneath the metal catwalk railing near the AA gun, inside the ground-floor archway under the gun platform, and off the high cliff edge to the north behind the main ruins | |
| Level 3 Keycard | Specimen Storage | Terminal in the Incubation Lab/Autopsy progression pathExact spot: being checked | |
| Biosensor Scope Missable | Specimen Storage | In the Incubation Lab, start from the northern room with the card-overwriting terminal and look directly to the open metal case resting on the counter adjacent to the terminal | |
| Level 1 Keycard | Dissection | Inside the card-writing terminal in Dissection after completing the overwrite processExact spot: being checked | |
| Green Herb Missable | Dissection | From the Dissection room entrance where you restore power, head into the operating area to find it on the tiled floor between the two central operating tables | |
| Handgun Ammo Missable | Dissection | From the operating tables in Dissection, walk south to the glass partition wall to find a wooden barrel resting against the cabinets | |
| LE 5 Missable | Freezer | From the Power Control Lever in the Dissection area in Chapter 13, switch the power route to the right side, enter the Freezer room down the hall to the southeast, and head to the Electronic Lock Terminal on the right side of the room | |
| Level 2 Keycard | Freezer | Obtained by inserting the Level 1 Keycard into the card overwriting terminal inside the Freezer and waiting for the process to completeExact spot: being checked | |
| Blue Medallion Missable | Waste Disposal | from the entrance of Waste Disposal after reuniting with Ashley, proceed through the first doorway and look south across the toxic drainage canal to the far wall | |
| Blue Medallion Missable | Waste Disposal | from the central bridge mechanism wheel where Ashley raises the bridge, head north toward the back of the chamber and look into the large square pipe opening above the sludge pool | |
| Blue Medallion Missable | Waste Disposal | from the bridge Ashley raises with the wheel mechanism, cross over it and turn around to look underneath the metal bridge walkway itself | |
| Blue Medallion Missable | Waste Disposal | from the power breaker console in the southern control room that re-routes power, step outside into the adjacent water-filled alcove and look behind the metal debris | |
| Clockwork Castellan Missable | Ruins | In the Cliffside Ruins basement room, look upward through the ceiling rafters directly above the doorway leading out toward the Specimen Storage passage | |
| Velvet Blue Missable | Ruins | In the Cliffside Ruins subterranean basement, hang right at the ladder to enter the dark archway and look up at the stone ceiling | |
| Crystal Cross Missable | Ruins | In the Cliffside Ruins open combat area, dropped directly by the Boar-masked Brute wielding a war hammer who ambushes youExact spot: being checked | |
| Iluminados Emblem Missable | Sanctuary | Placed on the main altar inside the SanctuaryExact spot: being checked | |
| Rocket Launcher (Special) | Sanctuary | Thrown down to Leon by Ada Wong during the final phase of the Saddler boss fightExact spot: being checked |
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