Resident Evil 4
12 Achievements
50-60h
A Heart of Steel
Clear the game on the highest difficulty.
8.3%
How to unlock the A Heart of Steel achievement in Resident Evil 4 - Definitive Guide
To earn this trophy you will need to complete the game on Professional difficulty. To unlock Professional you will need to beat the game once and have a cleared save data. If you have the EU version you must beat the game on Normal, beating the game on Easy will not unlock Professional. With that done you can start a new game on Professional difficulty; you cannot start this with a New Game +. Professional not only has the enemies hit harder and take more damage, but will give you less ammunition and items. Having the Special 2 costume available will help with this playthrough as it will make Ashley invincible and you won't have to worry about her; however if you play with the special costumes the merchant will not sell you the body armor in Chapter 5. Beat the game and this trophy will pop at the post game save screen.
See the Professional Mode Help post for hints on specific hard areas.
First, before you can start the highest difficulty which is professional you need to complete the game on normal to unlock the setting.
Professional not only has the enemies hit harder and take more damage but will give you less ammunition and items. So, try to conserve your ammunition the best you can.
Here are some tips that could help you in your survival.
1: Every time you go through a door, steps etc leading to a different area and the OPEN text is in green, the game will give you a checkpoint once you enter the new area. So, use it to your advantage.
2: If you are about to get attacked try to turn your back to the enemy and you will take less damage.
3: Select costume 2 for Ashley to have on her Suit of Armor. It will make Ashley invincible, so you never have to worry about her dying. The enemies will also not be able to carry her away.
4: Find as many of the hidden treasures which will give you more money to spend at the merchant. This is a link to all the Hidden Treasures in the game. Thanks to Emilia the Sage.
Here are the combinations of the herbs if you’re not sure what they all do.
Green - Restores a small amount of health
Green + Green - Restores a large amount of health
Green + Green + Green - Fully restores health
Red - Cannot be used alone
Yellow - Cannot be used alone
Green + Red - Fully restores health
Green + Yellow - Restores a small amount of health and adds an extra 5 percent to total health
Green + Red + Yellow - Fully restores health and adds an extra 5 percent to total health
To do this, it is advisable to open the 2nd set of costumes, so that Ashley would be in a Knight costume (it does not break through and enemies fall when trying to drag her away) and would not be a hemorrhoid for us.
- Trophy difficulty level : 4.5/10.
- Offline Trophies : 12 (1 , 2 , 9 ).
- Online Trophies : None.
- Estimated time to receive 100% : 30-35 hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs to get all trophies : 2
- Glitched Trophies : No
- Do cheats disable trophies? No cheat codes
- Number of Missable Trophies : 3, Do Not Shoot the Water! , What Are They Worth? , A Terrifying Assassin
Guide .
- At the very beginning of the game, select Special costume No. 2. After being rescued, Ashley will be in iron armor. Not a single gonnado will be able to lift and carry her, and, instead of sitting on her knees and covering her head in a critical situation, she will become a pillar, and flying objects, as well as some close attacks of the gonnados, will not be able to harm her.
- Don't forget to combine treasures to get big money. For example, a mask and 3 stones inserted into it separately cost 12,000 (3,000*4), and a fully completed mask costs 35,000. Remember that you always need money, but you should not buy a treasure map - it's extra waste of money.
- Remember that by upgrading a gun’s ammunition, you fully load it with cartridges. Don’t reload if the merchant is coming with new things very soon, and you don’t really need the weapon yet - save your ammo.
- About the weapon that you should buy and improve:
1) DO NOT UPGRADE YOUR FIRST Handgun , after shooting 15 blue emblems you will get a better Punisher pistol. KEEP the Punisher (you can upgrade it to level 3) UNTIL THE Blacktail PISTOL APPEARS IN THE STORE. Blacktail is the best pistol (not in terms of power, but in other respects) available until the end of the game. Use it exactly.
2) DO NOT BUY A TMP MACHINE!!! It is extremely expensive and ineffective (very little firepower).
3) STORE AND UPGRADE THE GUN YOU OBTAINED IN THE VILLAGE UNTIL YOU HAVE A STRIKER GUN IN THE STORE . Striker is the best gun available until the end of the game. Use it exactly.
4) Rifle - is almost the most effective weapon in the game. There are many game moments where the rifle plays a very good role (killing plagas with 1 shot, killing mini-bosses with 5-7 shots (Doctor Salvador, Bella sisters, Prisoner, Heavy), killing living waste products (with an infrared sight). At the very beginning, you should buy a Rifle rifle and a sight for it, upgrading it up to the castle. In the castle, buy a Semi-automatic Rifle rifle and a sight for it. Use this rifle until the end of the game.
5) The Broken Butterfly Magnum can be purchased after the chapter where we control Ashley. Just return to the location in front of the garden, there is a fountain and a closed door. Ashley will be able to open it. USE THIS MAGNUM, AND DO NOT BUY the Killer 7 MAGNUM - you will transfer a lot of money and more power from Broken Butterfly.
6) The rather original Mine Thrower weapon is very useful in many cases. I RECOMMEND BUYING IT, IT IS A REPLACEMENT FOR GRANTS, WHICH ARE VERY FEW.
7) You can buy a Rocket Launcher for bosses, but don’t abuse it. So, it will be very effective against the village bigwig, in the fight with Krauser (a regular knife is VERY EFFECTIVE against him), and in the first and second meetings with El Gigante, everything will be quite simple if you have a rifle. However, a fight with Verdugo, Salazer, as well as with two El Gigante in the castle and a terrible creature on the island (before the fight with Krauser) will make your life extremely easier!
- Save ammo by using punches and a knife. It is very effective to shoot in the head and knock the enemy to the ground, and then finish him off with a knife. However, if a group of Ganados attacks, you should do everything carefully.
- don't forget about the RETRY button. If you see that you made a mistake in battle, but have not yet died, you can try to do it again. Usually, the second time the result is better: more ammo and healing agents after the battle.