Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4

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S+ Rank Investigator

S+ Rank Investigator

Complete the main story on Hardcore mode with an S+ rank.

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How to unlock the S+ Rank Investigator achievement in Resident Evil 4 - Definitive Guide

Welcome! Got a selection of good tips on sale, stranger!

1. Fundamentals


2. Puzzle Sheet

Below you'll find a cheat sheet to help both new and returning players regardless of difficulty settings, trying to speedrun or play normally. Take a look, something's bound to catch your eye.

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3. Shortcuts
I don't always have this in stock, stranger.


4. Full Game Walkthrough Video - Hardcore S+


5. Weapon Tokens, Attache Cases & Extra Tips
See how it feels mate. Fella like yourself should notice the difference right away.


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Good luck! toast
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10 Apr 2023 21:02

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That puzzle cheat sheet is so nice to have.
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By octorok74 on 14 Apr 2023 11:34
@octorok74 Sure it is! I found the pic in r/residentevil (reddit). May come in handy from 1 year on now when replaying casually. The author (KimoForce) have similar cheat sheets for RE2 and RE3.
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By Danixpxd on 14 Apr 2023 14:52
A ‘cheese’ way of doing this is exactly as follows (works in both standard and hardcore):

Pre-requisite:
- Unlock the Chicago sweeper by completing professional mode in under 7 hours (easy on NG+ with infinite launcher, I did it in 3 hours).

New game:
- Start a NEW game.
- Advance through the game as normal, you need to be quite quick but take time to pick up treasures etc. for chapters 1-5 (do not let any chapter take longer than 20-25 minutes).
- Do the first 8 requests from the merchant (these are all very quick and easy). This step is VERY important.
- Routinely upgrade the power of your handgun where possible in chapters 1-5. This will help with the bosses you will face in the village section.
- Save at a typewriter as often as possible. If you die, QUIT THE GAME AND RELOAD THE SAVE, this will stop the countdown timer.

Cheese:
- After completing the first 8 requests from the merchant, you will have enough currency to buy an exclusive weapon upgrade ticket. This can be bought from the merchant at the very start or chapter 7 (castle). This will give the Chicago sweeper INFINITE AMMO.
- You can now rush through the rest of the game using the powerful Chicago sweeper weapon with infinite ammo (for hardcore mode you need to finish in under 5.5 hours).
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28 Mar 2023 15:01

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Thanks for the Tips :)
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By Imos Celta on 28 Mar 2023 15:04
I don't understand, you advise to save a much as possible but there's a limit of maximum 15 saves to get s+, I'm confused
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By Moowgly on 28 Mar 2023 15:30
Only on professional the saves are limited to achieve S+
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By Razzer070 on 28 Mar 2023 16:39
Spam your shit somewhere else, S+ rank cannot be obtained on NG+.
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By Raziel Cruentus on 28 Mar 2023 22:16
How about actually reading the guide next time Raziel Cruentus before attacking him. He says to unlock the Sweeper through NG+ before going back and doing the hardcore run on a NG.
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By RANGERIKE on 29 Mar 2023 00:27
Learn to read Raziel, it’s really not a hard thing to do. Something you should have learned in kindergarten.
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By Mr Busuto on 29 Mar 2023 16:47
Yikes, Raziel got owned for not reading properly lmao
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By JafethTheXtreme on 29 Mar 2023 18:14
Not true, you get a maximum of 15 saves for s+, you can't save whenever you want
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By Moowgly on 30 Mar 2023 09:13
Handy to note, you can immediately skip cutscenes and comm calls by pausing then pressing Y. Saves several minutes over a full run.
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By COSM1C JOKER on 31 Mar 2023 00:27
@Moowgly, as everyone else said that is strictly only for the Professional difficulty which you don't need to do for any achievement only if you really want the Cat Ears accessory. You can even check this yourself in the game. Main Story-->Results->press X. Will show you the requirements for all the difficulties and Professional is the only one that limits your save to 15, achievement is for Hardcore.
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By ThaDevilzHand on 31 Mar 2023 08:24
Can you use accessories that have perks like assisted aim for wearing hunks mask and Ashley's knight armor?
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By BIPOLAR NEMESIS on 01 Apr 2023 07:28
@Bipolar Nemesis: Yes, accessoires are okay.
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By Doc Chopper on 01 Apr 2023 09:31
Not sure if I've read this in amongst the crap flying at people for not reading things properly so i apologies now.
On any mode but professional you can dodge the time increasing when loading auto saves or continuing by loading a typewriter save first then your auto save. Your time should be at the point it was when you initially triggered the auto save.
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By JohnZoidberg on 01 Apr 2023 16:06
I had Hardcore S+ and Standard S+ achievements stack when I completed Professional S+. Yeah Professional S+ isn't needed for any achievement, but I used the same inf Chicago strat for it and then I used the Cat Ears inf ammo accessory to unlock the Handcannon, so I never actually played Professional without some sort of advantage.
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By MemoriesOfFinal on 02 Apr 2023 05:18
@Doc Chopper thanks
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By BIPOLAR NEMESIS on 02 Apr 2023 05:44
Fuck this lol. Not gonna do this until later this year.
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By RivieraPhantom on 04 Apr 2023 05:48
@MemoriesOfFinal just to be clear, are ya saying that if I complete Professional in Rank S+, I will get by default the two achievements for Standard S+ and Hardcore S+? just want to be sure. Thanks.
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By Pain Walking on 04 Apr 2023 23:34
Wait how does the sweeper save after a new game. Doesn't the sweeper disappear because it's a new fresh game mode ??
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By SwissKn1fe on 05 Apr 2023 05:48
I'm little above 2 hours in and just reached the castle and got the infinite ammo for the sweeper. Do i need to run like a maniac or there is some time left to spare?
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By DrakeHunter on 05 Apr 2023 06:42
Since you got infinite sweeper you don't need to farm money and treasures. Just speedrun everything now. I arrive at the castle in two hours which is kinda late.
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By SPΛΙΝΤΞRCΞΛΛ on 06 Apr 2023 20:37
So can anyone help me understand this, I completed hardcore NG in 3hrs 48 minutes. I used the Chicago sweeper as stated ,I got my S+ … and my achievement for doing the S+ for hardcore.

But never got the achievement for S+ on standard even though I did it all on hardcore?
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By I iGlaaZe I on 07 Apr 2023 23:00
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yeah they dont stack unfortunately
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By Xgenosis on 08 Apr 2023 06:07
S+ only stacks when you do Pro S+ (that will unlock HC and Standard S+). Otherwise you have to do HC and Standard separately.
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By BigTymer2047 on 08 Apr 2023 06:14
But if you do Pro S+ with the sweeper, you will NOT unlock the handcannon. You can try S+ Pro without that smg, so you can get the magnum and the ranks too. But its harder. Magnum can unlock with any rank in Pro, just dont use the primal knife and the smg.
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By SPΛΙΝΤΞRCΞΛΛ on 08 Apr 2023 06:40
S+ on Professional is kind of a joke now if you're willing to buy the exclusive upgrade tickets from the Microsoft store. You can have an infinite knife and Chicago sweeper as soon as you hit the first merchant in Chapter 2 and sell any tickets you aren't going to use for 80,000 pesetas each.
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By Vant Decuplare on 08 Apr 2023 13:31
Vant that's what I did lol I forked up $6 for two tickets and got both S+ Standard and Hardcore done.
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By J ROLL 1998 on 09 Apr 2023 05:54
@GameOverRob, i recommend doing a Pro S+ run and knocking both out of the way. You also get the cat ears. A good guide i found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiPWW0en1IY

The guy is very thorough and explains everything clearly (sometimes annoyingly so). I followed the video loosely while doing my run til i got to chapter 7, then with the infinite chicago sweeper the rest was mostly a breeze. Used my saves before a hard boss or combat segment.

Finished with 4:50h as i wasn't rushing, kept going out of the way for some treasures to fully upgrade the primal knife and chicago sweeper. It's definitely possible to do much faster.
Against Saddler i didn't want to waste much time so a bought a rocket launcher.
Definitely not as hard as i expected. The extra items trivialize a lot of the challenge.
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By Maverick Hiro on 10 Apr 2023 14:07
Might be worth adding a note that the new upgrade ticket microtransaction allows you to have unlimited ammo from Chapter 2. You can also grab the Handcannon from mercenaries and use a ticket for it to have unlimited as well.
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By Maka91 on 11 Apr 2023 18:55
Just so people know the S+ achievements don’t stack got to do them both separately.
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By WarMachine9494 on 12 Apr 2023 03:55
Can confirm since I just completed my S+ run on hardcore and only unlocked one achievement. Someone did confirm that you would need to earn an S+ in a Pro run to unlock both achievements.

Though, I honestly went for two separate runs. One on Hardcore while the other on Standard and able to meet the time requirements with the time saving strategies.
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By GTAmissions1 on 12 Apr 2023 08:29
One important thing I noticed while running, if you reload your last save after dying the game timer does NOT go back to where it was. It will continue from when you died. To prevent this, load a different save file from another play through or quit to the main menu, then reload the S+ attempt. Annoying for sure, but those times retrying hard areas will add up.
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By Silvermoon on 16 Apr 2023 03:00
When you start professional on new game plus, do the number of saves reset even though the numbers continue from new game? I’m on chapter 6 currently but have 56 saves showing (around 50 from my original play through) and just 6 on the professional run so far
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By brewton955 on 24 Apr 2023 03:14
If I do a run on pro will i get both achievments?
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By Pappa viking on 24 Apr 2023 13:30
@Pappa viking If you do Professional S+ you will get both the Hardcore S+ and Standard S+ achievements, however, if you do only hardcore S+, you WILL NOT get standard S+ achievement as well (would have to be two separate runs).
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By lmaooliviaa on 28 Apr 2023 01:34
Struggling with the start which is funny. I did S+ on standard using this easy method. The only thing I struggled with was the time since I had spent 2 hours getting to chapter 7 hunting for treasures and doing the merchant requests.

It's so cheap but I'm considering paying the €3 for the exclusive upgrade ticket just to make life easier and be done with it.

Any tips for getting by the start at the church with just the measly pistol? I'm actually struggling to kill the 15 required to progress as enemies are like bullet sponges and there's really not much ammo lying around.
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By YaIrishMick96 on 01 May 2023 21:55
@YalrishMick96 There are at least 2 fixed-spawn hand grenades hidden in the village. The first is the cabinet beside the shotgun in the two-story house, and the second is in a barrel in the house directly across from the shotgun house (note - there are at least 2 enemies inside). Very helpful to run around to pool enemies up and then lob grenades into the crowds of enemies. Also helpful to use ladders and windows to your advantage - remember it takes them a long time to climb these. My best tip/strategy - never stop running. Always keep distance where you can. Best of luck!
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By lmaooliviaa on 02 May 2023 17:00
I actually got through it eventually. Just found it hard with how little ammo I had but I totally forgot to pick up the bonus weapons at the previous typewriter so that helped me. The game is a bit challenging on hardcore in some patches but once you get to the castle and you get the Chicago sweeper infinite ammo it's a breeze.
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By YaIrishMick96 on 03 May 2023 21:49
Just got this with about 7 minutes to spare. I nearly messed up my whole playthrough by fucking up the Krauser boss fight so much. I died 9 times and thought fuck it I'll just reload the checkpoint. Left myself with 30 minutes to do chapters 15 and 16. 16 is a cakewalk with the rocket launcher to essentially skip the final boss, but chapter 15 was tough trying to just sprint through it. What a relief when I got to the boat with enough time left!
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By YaIrishMick96 on 05 May 2023 00:16
even more of a cheese... Get unlimited ammo at the first merchant,
Buy a upgrade token from the store for £2.50
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By Fresha on 17 May 2023 09:16
Just got this with 2 mins and 30 seconds to spare. Some parts are still an absolute pain in the arse, even with the unlimited Sweeper. Lots of cheap deaths. Glad to be done!
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By gogh ligadik on 19 May 2023 03:27
Didn’t pop even though the game counted it in the unlocks and gave me the chicken head! 😞
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By Dinesy on 29 Jun 2023 21:10
15 saves is only a condition for S+ in a professional run - this is not a requirement for any achievement (but it will get you the cat ears). I think people should take time to properly read achievements and guides before commenting.
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By Indigo AC on 30 Mar 2023 10:37
Can confirm that Pro S+ will unlock both standard and hardcore achievements. Honestly not hard at all if you follow the best strats up to chapter 7. Once you get the infinite chicago sweeper there the rest of the game won't be much of a challenge.
It was way easier than i thought it would be, just be patient on the first few chapters. No need to waste your hard earned cash buying the exclusive ticket with real money.
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By Maverick Hiro on 09 Apr 2023 18:57
Anyone want to weigh in on this dilemma for me? I need the following two achievements and I know that they only stack if you do an S+ run on Professional difficulty, I'm wondering if people think its better to do that with the Chicago Sweeper and the Ashley armour set or play the game twice; once on normal and once on Hardcore?

Mission Accomplished S+
Complete the main story on Standard mode with an S+ rank.
You need to finish in under 5 hours

S+ Rank Investigator
Complete the main story on Hardcore mode with an S+ rank.
You need to finish in under 5.5 hours

Or do S+ Professional and unlock both achievements + Cat Ears
You need to finish in under 5.5 hours and you can only make 15 saves with the Typewriter

Does anyone have a good guide for where to make a save on the S+ Professional run, and where to perhaps not make a save?
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By GameOverRob on 10 Apr 2023 12:59
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To do this, you’ll need to start a New Game (not New Game+) on Hardcore mode, and beat Resident Evil 4 in under five and a half hours. Even more difficult than Mission Accomplished S+ (30G), with some boss fights in particular likely to slow you down. Best attempted using the bonus weapons unlocked in previous playthroughs, especially if you use our recommended playthrough order in the Achievement Guide & Roadmap above.
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