Resident Evil Village walkthrough: A guide to surviving the horror adventure
Our in-progress guide to the next chapter in Ethan Winters' story.
Resident Evil Village is the eighth mainline entry in the long-running survival horror series.
Following on from the events of Resident Evil 7, it not only continues the story of Ethan Winters, but also sees us return to a first-person perspective following several third-person remakes - helping to amp up the horror as you explore the titular village, a huge castle and many more locations.
This in-progress Resident Evil Village walkthrough will take you through the game area-by-area - providing puzzle solutions and a heads up on combat encounters along the way.
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Resident Evil Village walkthrough
As with previous games in the series, Resident Evil Village follows a fairly linear progression, throwing increasingly challenging enemy types and puzzles into the players path, as well offering backtracking to optional areas for additional items and weapons.
The following Resident Evil Village walkthrough is an in-progress guide to both critical path events and bonus objectives as you'll naturally encounter them, as well as pointing out any collectibles along the way - though if you need individual lists, we have a specific page on Resident Evil Village Goat locations.
Note that everything is described on the default Normal setting, and though main story events will be the same, some bonus consumables such as ammo, healing items, crafting resources and treasures could differ according to your choice of difficulty. (For this reason, we've described anything non-vital to the playthrough as 'resources'). And while we've attempted to keep things story events a secret, location and general event spoilers will follow.
Ethan and Mia's House
This section is pretty simple - take the baby upstairs to her room, and then return to Mia when ready. There are various points of interest throughout the house for some backstory on Rose and what happened before reaching Europe, so take your time exploring before you approach Mia.
Village
Castle
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Our other Resident Evil Village guides
As well as the above critical path and puzzle pages, what follows is a selection of individual guide pages, if you prefer to read out specific systems or items of interest:
Optional puzzles
Collectibles and items
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