Resident Evil Requiem Full Gameplay Walkthrough

Resident Evil Requiem — the ninth mainline entry in Capcom’s legendary survival horror series — is one of the most ambitious RE games ever made. Featuring two playable protagonists, four massive areas, multiple boss fights, 75 collectible files, 25 Mr. Raccoon statues, and two distinct endings, there’s a lot to take in. This complete RE9 walkthrough covers the entire campaign from start to finish — every area, every major puzzle, every boss, and both endings — so you never get stuck.

⚠️ Spoiler warning: This is a complete, full-game walkthrough. All story events, bosses, and endings are discussed. Proceed only if you want full guidance or have already completed the game.

🎮 Quick facts: RE9 — Released February 27, 2026  |  PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC  |  4 main areas  |  ~10–15 hours first playthrough  |  2 endings  |  Developer: Capcom

🎬 Resident Evil Requiem — Full Game Walkthrough (Video)

Watch the complete Resident Evil Requiem full game walkthrough video below — covering the entire campaign from the Wrenwood Hotel opening to the final ARK confrontation, including all major story moments, boss fights, and the true ending.

🎮 Full game walkthrough via YouTube. Resident Evil Requiem is developed and published by Capcom.

⚙️ Before You Start — Essential Things to Know

Before diving into the walkthrough, here are the most important things to understand about how Resident Evil Requiem is structured:

• 🗺️ 4 linear areas, no chapter select: Resident Evil Requiem is divided into 4 linear main areas — Wrenwood, Rhodes Hill, Raccoon City, and ARK. There is no chapter select and no free-roam after the story. Keep a manual save at the start of each area so you can reload if you miss collectibles.
• ⏱️ Playtime: A 100% playthrough on Casual or Standard difficulty takes around 10–15 hours on a first run, but subsequent New Game+ speedruns can be done in about 3–4 hours.
• 💾 Difficulty modes: There are 4 settings — Casual, Standard Modern, Standard Classic (requires Ink Ribbons to save), and Insanity. Insanity mode unlocks only after beating the game once on any difficulty, including Casual. Standard Modern is the recommended starting difficulty.
• 🎭 Two very different protagonists: Grace’s sections lean heavily into classic survival horror — you’ll manage a limited inventory, conserve scarce ammo, and explore from a first-person perspective. Leon’s sections are third-person, action-focused, and combat-heavy. Treat them as different games that happen to share a story.
• 📦 Collectibles don’t carry over: Miss a Mr. Raccoon, File, or Antique Coin in an area and it’s gone until New Game+. The most commonly missed items are in Rhodes Hill and Raccoon City.

📋 Full Walkthrough — Jump to Any Section

• Characters & Story Setup
• Area 1 — Wrenwood Hotel
• Area 2 — Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center
• Area 3 — Raccoon City
• Area 4 — ARK (Final Area)
• All Boss Fights — Strategies
• Both Endings Explained
• Collectibles Overview
• Essential Tips & Tricks
• RE9 Walkthrough FAQ

👥 Characters & Story Setup

Resident Evil Requiem is set in October 2026, 28 years after the Raccoon City Destruction Incident. It follows FBI intelligence analyst Grace Ashcroft — the daughter of Resident Evil Outbreak protagonist Alyssa Ashcroft — and Division of Security Operations agent Leon S. Kennedy.

• 🔍 Grace Ashcroft — FBI analyst, new protagonist. Capcom described Grace as an introverted bookworm who feels powerless due to not being proficient in combat, unlike typical RE protagonists. Her sections are first-person, stealth-heavy, and horror-focused.
• 🔫 Leon S. Kennedy — DSO veteran, fan-favourite returning hero. Leon is supported by Sherry Birkin, a fellow DSO agent whom he rescued from Raccoon City’s destruction when she was a child. His sections are third-person and action-oriented.
• 😈 Victor Gideon — the main antagonist. A former Umbrella scientist seeking to carry out the will of its deceased founder Oswell E. Spencer.
• 👧 Emily — a blind girl who was taken captive and experimented on, and one of the most important characters in the story’s second half.

FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft investigates mysterious deaths among survivors of the Raccoon City incident caused by lingering T-virus mutations known as Raccoon City Syndrome. She is assigned to inspect a new victim discovered in the derelict Wrenwood Hotel, where her mother Alyssa was murdered eight years earlier.

🏨 Area 1 — Wrenwood Hotel (Grace & Leon)

📍 Characters: Grace Ashcroft, then Leon S. Kennedy  |  Tone: Tutorial / Investigation / Street Outbreak

The Wrenwood Hotel is where Resident Evil Requiem begins, and it sets the tone for everything that follows. This section introduces the game’s core mechanics — inventory management, crafting basics, and your first encounter with the infected.

Grace’s Section — The Hotel Investigation

The story begins with Grace Ashcroft visiting the abandoned Wrenwood Hotel, hoping to uncover the truth behind her mother’s death eight years earlier. Inside, Grace finds a photo of herself and a key to Room 204. Explore every room thoroughly — files found in Wrenwood include Alyssa’s Journal (automatic from story) and the Report on Victor Gideon (automatic when you reach Leon’s section).

Key objectives in Wrenwood (Grace):

• Enter the hotel and examine the crime scene in the lobby
• Find the key to Room 204 — check the lobby area carefully
• Collect the Wrenwood City Guide (file) from the city map on the street
• Reach Room 204 and retrieve Alyssa’s data disk — triggers a childhood flashback cutscene
• Escape the hotel before Victor Gideon captures Grace — scripted sequence

⚠️ Missable warning: Note that, even if you can explore most of the facility later, you won’t be able to return to this area once you grab the fuse in Room 204. Grab all files and the Antique Coin in the hotel lobby before progressing.

Leon’s Section — Street Outbreak

Leon S. Kennedy is working in Wrenwood as an agent of the Division of Security Operations, in contact with Sherry Birkin. He witnesses Victor carrying an unconscious Grace and gives chase, but Victor shoots bystanders with dart guns, triggering a local outbreak. Leon tries to contain it and calls for Wrenwood to be locked down under quarantine.

This section is heavily scripted — follow the story path, dispatch or avoid infected, and use it as a tutorial for Leon’s combat system. Practice parrying here — the shoulder-dip visual cue is your timing window, and mastering it in this low-stakes environment will pay off massively against The Commander and Victor Gideon later.

🏥 Area 2 — Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center (Grace & Leon)

📍 Characters: Grace Ashcroft (primary), Leon S. Kennedy  |  Tone: Survival Horror / Pursuit / Puzzle-Heavy

Rhodes Hill is where Resident Evil Requiem shifts gears hard. The Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center is Grace’s domain — one of the most atmospheric, nerve-shredding locations in recent RE history. Inspired by the Raccoon Police Department from RE2, the Care Center is packed with locked doors, key items to track down, a brutal pursuer called The Girl, and some of the game’s most clever puzzle design. It spans multiple sub-zones including the main Care Center floors, the Basement, the Courtyard, and the Water Treatment Plant.

Grace — Care Center Main Floors

Grace wakes up inside the Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center. Once you get control, investigate the room, read the files around, and exit through the door. If you head to the door marked with the “Staff Only” sign, you won’t be able to continue as it’s too dark to see — return to the corridor with the red light and follow it. You can grab empty bottles on the way. Keep going until you find a locked gate requiring two fuses. Head to the end of the corridor and open the drawer to get the Cherub Key.

Key items to find in the Care Center:

• 🔑 Cherub Key — unlocks the East Wing
• 🔌 Two Fuses — required to progress past the locked gate
• 🔦 Lighter — needed to explore dark rooms (Room 201 area)
• 💉 Hemolytic Injector crafting recipe — unlock this early and craft injectors before fighting Chunk
• 📜 Files — Rhodes Hill contains the most files in the game; some rooms can only be reached by one character, and a few files vanish forever after story events like installing a fuse or entering the basement.

Surviving The Girl

The Girl (also called Marie) is the Care Center’s primary threat — a pursuer who stalks Grace throughout most of this area. Her rules are simple but critical:

• 🚫 You cannot kill her yet — do not waste ammo trying to fight her in these early encounters
• 💡 Light defeats her — run toward any lit corridor or room and she will retreat immediately
• 🔫 Requiem shots stun her — use Grace’s Requiem pistol to buy escape time in an emergency, but save shots for boss fights
• 👁️ Her appearances are scripted — once you’ve survived a trigger once, you’ll know what to expect on a replay

The Water Treatment Plant — Defeating The Girl for Good

After the main Care Center floors, the story moves to the Water Treatment Plant. This is where The Girl can finally be eliminated:

1. Restart all three power distribution units throughout the area
2. Use industrial work lights or your Requiem pistol to stun her while she chases you
3. Ride the elevator up and activate the work light at the top to freeze her
4. Open the shutter — The Girl dissolves into the light. She’s gone for good

Leon — Care Center (Action Sections)

Leon also moves through portions of Rhodes Hill, but his path is action-focused. Key beats include:

• 🐛 The Chunk boss fight (Attic) — grab the MSBG 500 shotgun at the start of the fight, use ladders to stay mobile, aim for the head and belly. If Grace killed Chunk with Hemolytic Injectors earlier, Leon skips this fight entirely.
• 🌿 Emily puzzle — carry Emily to the final puzzle box, but first clear the road of all zombies except the Giant Baby one. Defeat incoming zombies and return to the office to collect the final quartz.

💡 Pro tip: Rhodes Hill has the highest concentration of collectibles in the game. The Bar and Lounge safe, the Examination Room safe, and several hidden Mr. Raccoon Memoriams are all here. Missing them means reloading a save or waiting for New Game+.

🏙️ Area 3 — Raccoon City (Leon & Grace)

📍 Characters: Leon S. Kennedy (primary East City & Centre), Grace Ashcroft (Orphanage)  |  Tone: Action-Heavy / Nostalgic / Horror Return

Raccoon City is a moment RE fans have been waiting years for. Leon returns to the place where it all started, and the game makes sure you feel the weight of that homecoming. The city is split across East Raccoon City, Raccoon City Center, and the Orphanage — each with its own character focus and tone.

East Raccoon City — Leon

Arriving at the eastern side of Raccoon City, Leon is directed by Birkin to go to Raccoon City center based on coordinates found from Gideon’s computer. While there, he fights against the Titan Spinner and its children.

Titan Spinner boss tips:

• Stay constantly mobile — the Titan Spinner is fast and aggressive across multiple levels
• Shoot the fuel tanks scattered around the arena if it gets too close
• Use your Requiem pistol to stun it if it corners you
• Clear the tiny Spiderlings with Hatchet swipes — they can latch onto Leon’s face and immobilize him
• Watch the walls and ceiling — the boss disappears and re-emerges from unexpected angles

Raccoon City Center — Leon & the RPD

Leon pushes into Raccoon City center, encountering the game’s Mr. X variant — an enhanced Super Tyrant with callbacks to Resident Evil 2. Outside the RPD, the arena is large enough to dodge and parry effectively. Focus fire on the exposed heart near its chest and be ready to parry its rushing charge with your Hatchet.

Leon finds a camp of BSAA’s North American branch and is briefed by Birkin on their internal dispute. When he reboots a laptop found in the camp, Victor Gideon and Zeno immediately discover an active electronic device in Raccoon City and know Leon is coming.

The Orphanage — Grace

Leon eventually reaches the Raccoon City Police Department and nearby locations such as the old orphanage, both of which longtime fans will recognize. While exploring, Leon discovers documents that reveal shocking information about Grace’s past and the true purpose of the experiments conducted at Rhodes Hill — suggesting that Grace’s connection to the outbreak runs much deeper than she realizes.

Grace’s Orphanage sections return hard to survival horror territory — scarce resources, tense pursuer encounters, and lore-heavy file discoveries that reframe everything you’ve seen so far.

⚠️ Resource warning: Raccoon City holds three of the game’s five safes and some of the best weapon upgrade opportunities for Leon. Don’t enter this area light on resources — the enemy density spikes significantly here.

🔬 Area 4 — ARK — The Final Act (Grace & Leon)

📍 Characters: Both Grace and Leon  |  Tone: Climax / All Story Threads Converge  |  Final bosses here

The ARK is the game’s final act — it pulls both characters together for the climax. The facility is split between Leon and Grace sections with a shared finale, and it’s where all the story threads pay off. Expect tougher enemies, more complex puzzle mechanics, and boss fights that demand everything you’ve built up to this point.

The climax of the game takes place inside ARK, a hidden underground Umbrella facility located beneath the crater at the center of Raccoon City. This massive secret base houses archives of Umbrella’s research, a bioweapon repository, and the truth behind a mysterious project known as Elpis.

The Truth About Elpis

Zeno tells Grace that, based on Victor’s interpretation of Spencer’s incomplete research, he believes Elpis is Spencer’s ultimate weapon — a highly contagious mind-control virus — and that Emily is one of many clones of Grace created during experiments to transfer Spencer’s consciousness into a new body. Zeno also reveals that the government missile strike used to destroy Raccoon City was orchestrated by the Connections not to eliminate the infection but to conceal Elpis’s existence.

It is later revealed that Elpis is not a virus at all, but an antiviral reagent created by Oswell Spencer. It can neutralize viral infections, including the effects of the T-virus.

ARK Key Items & Collectibles

• 📦 Noblesse Orb — key item required for the ARK’s final puzzle sequence
• 🦝 Final 2 Mr. Raccoon Memoriams — one per character, both located in the ARK. If you’ve collected all 23 in previous areas, these two complete the set.
• 📁 ARK Files (Files 67–75) — heavy on lore; most are acquired automatically from monitors and cutscenes in the final stretch

The Commander Boss Fight

Before the final boss, Leon faces The Commander — a Hunk-like operative in a pared-down, intimate combat duel. This fight is purely about parrying:

• Do not use guns — The Commander dodges and ignores ranged damage, and will stun you if he gets too close
• Use your Hatchet exclusively. His shoulder dip is the parry cue — time it as his weapon is about to connect
• After a successful parry, land one or two hatchet strikes — don’t over-commit
• When visibility drops after the pipe bursts, stop trying to shoot him — let him come to you and listen for footsteps
• Killing The Commander rewards Leon with the Mortal Edge — a significantly upgraded Hatchet

⚔️ All Boss Fights — Quick Strategy Guide

🏁 Both Endings Explained

Resident Evil Requiem has two endings determined by a choice Grace makes in the final section of the ARK.

Bad Ending — Do Not Release Elpis

If Grace chooses not to release Elpis in the final sequence, the fail-safe triggers and the ARK is destroyed. In the bad ending, Leon dies. The story ends without resolution of the Elpis mystery and the conspiracy surrounding it remains buried.

True Ending — Release Elpis (Recommended)

If Grace selects the Release Elpis option, the true ending plays out — triggering the final Victor Gideon boss fight in his fully mutated Nemesis-like form. In the true ending, Leon survives thanks to Elpis. Elpis is revealed to not be a virus but an antiviral reagent created by Oswell Spencer — capable of neutralizing viral infections, including the T-virus.

There is no official confirmation yet, but the true ending — where the real nature of Elpis is revealed — seems the most likely to be canon for the series. This is the ending that triggers the upcoming Last Days DLC storyline with Ada Wong and Alyssa Ashcroft.

✅ Recommendation: Always choose Release Elpis on your first playthrough. It’s the true ending, triggers the final boss, and gives the story the resolution it deserves.

🏆 Collectibles Overview

Every area of Resident Evil Requiem contains collectibles that contribute to 100% completion and trophy/achievement progress. Since there is no chapter select, knowing what to look for in each zone is essential on a first playthrough.

Most missables are concentrated in Rhodes Hill and early Raccoon City. Keep a dedicated save slot at the start of each area specifically for collectible hunting.

💡 Essential Tips for the Whole Campaign

• 🗺️ Check the map after every room — it shows every uncollected item. A clean map means you’ve grabbed everything in that space.
• 💉 Craft Hemolytic Injectors as Grace early — solving the Requiem blood analyzer puzzle unlocks the crafting recipe. Build three before approaching Chunk for a free stealth kill.
• 🔦 Light is your best tool against The Girl — sprint toward illuminated areas the moment she appears. Never waste Requiem shots unless cornered.
• ⚔️ Leon’s parry is everything — master it in Wrenwood. The shoulder-dip visual cue gives you the timing window. Every major Leon boss is designed around parry mastery.
• 📁 Read every file immediately — many files contain safe codes, puzzle solutions, and hints. Skipping them means guessing later. Some files disappear after story events.
• 💾 Keep a manual save at each area start — there’s no chapter select. If you miss the Examination Room safe or a Mr. Raccoon in Rhodes Hill, your only option is reloading or New Game+.
• 🔫 Don’t over-invest in Requiem ammo early — Requiem shots are Grace’s most powerful resource. Save them for boss encounters, especially The Girl’s final confrontation at Water Treatment.
• 🧪 Upgrade Leon’s Hatchet before the ARK — the Commander and Victor fights both reward and demand a fully upgraded, sharpened Hatchet. Don’t enter the final area without it ready.

❓ Resident Evil Requiem Walkthrough FAQ

How long is Resident Evil Requiem?
A first playthrough takes approximately 10–15 hours on Standard difficulty. Completionists hunting all collectibles and trophies can expect 18–22 hours. New Game+ speedruns clock in at 3–4 hours.

Is there a chapter select in RE9?
No. Resident Evil Requiem has no chapter select and no free-roam after completing the story. Use the 12 manual save slots to keep saves at the start of each major area so you can return for missed collectibles.

How many areas are in Resident Evil Requiem?
Four main areas: Wrenwood, Rhodes Hill (the largest), Raccoon City (split into East, Centre, and the Orphanage), and the ARK. Each has multiple sub-zones.

How do you get the true ending in RE9?
When Grace faces the final choice in the ARK, select Release Elpis. This triggers the final Victor Gideon boss fight and the true ending where Leon survives. Choosing not to release Elpis leads to the bad ending where Leon dies.

Can you kill Chunk as Grace instead of Leon?
Yes — and it’s recommended. After solving the Requiem blood analyzer puzzle, craft three Hemolytic Injectors and sneak up behind Chunk during his patrol. Using the injector prompt three times kills him quietly, rewards a unique charm, and means Leon skips the Attic boss fight entirely.

How many Mr. Raccoon Memoriams are there?
25 total — scattered across all four areas. The final two are both in the ARK, one per character. Destroying all 25 unlocks the You Little Rascal! trophy and Advanced Tuning for Leon.

What is Insanity difficulty?
Insanity is the hardest difficulty mode and is locked until you complete the game once on any difficulty — including Casual. It features significantly reduced resources and increased enemy aggression throughout.

Is Resident Evil Requiem connected to previous RE games?
Yes, deeply. The story directly references Resident Evil 2 (Leon, Sherry Birkin, the RPD, Mr. X), Resident Evil Outbreak (Alyssa Ashcroft), and the broader Umbrella / Spencer Foundation lore running throughout the franchise.

Final Thoughts

Resident Evil Requiem is a masterclass in balancing two completely different gameplay styles within a single cohesive narrative. Grace’s survival horror sections rival RE7 and RE Village at their most terrifying, while Leon’s action chapters deliver the best RE4-style combat the series has produced since the 2023 remake. Together, they make RE9 one of the strongest entries in the entire franchise.

Use this walkthrough to work through the campaign at your own pace — and remember, the true ending and the upcoming Last Days DLC set up even more story to come. Take your time, read the files, and explore every room. Raccoon City has secrets it’s been hiding for 28 years.

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Resident Evil Requiem is developed and published by Capcom. Released February 27, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC. Walkthrough based on Standard difficulty playthrough.