Postgame

the original’s optimal route

Unlockables

Mercenaries · Separate Ways · Assignment Ada · Matilda · Infinite Launcher · Movie Browser · Special 1 costumes

Beat the game once (any difficulty). Special 1: Leon in his RPD uniform, Ashley as a pop star, Ada in her Assignment Ada gear

Assignment Ada

Available once you finish · completing it unlocks the Chicago Typewriter for Separate Ways

Chicago Typewriter (main game)

Complete Separate Ways · then 1,000,000pts

Mercenaries characters

4★ in Village → Ada · 4★ in Castle → Krauser · 4★ in Island → HUNK · 4★ in Water World → Wesker

Handcannon

5★ in all 4 stages with all 5 Mercenaries characters · free; its Exclusive (200,000pts) = power 99.9 + infinite ammo

PRL 412

Beat the game on Professional (itself unlocked by finishing on Normal)

Special 2 costumes (Leon as a gangster with a switchblade, Ashley in invulnerable armour)

Complete Separate Ways. Also switches the Chicago Typewriter to the drum-magazine model

Ada's Report (5 parts) and the panoramic title screen

Each Separate Ways chapter unlocks one part of the report (Extras menu); the title screen changes for good once you finish the game

1

1st playthrough on Normal

This guide. Finish with a strong arsenal and a fat wallet.
2

Assignment Ada

→ Typewriter for Separate Ways.
3

Separate Ways

Ada's campaign (~5 chapters) → Chicago Typewriter for the main game + Ashley's armor.
4

Mercenaries

Up to 5★ with everyone → Handcannon.
5

Professional

With the Typewriter/Infinite Launcher backing you up → PRL 412. Game fully squeezed dry.

cutscenes that only play if you do something specific (and what they change)

Ch.	What to do	What happens
1-1	Enter the two-storey house before the bell rings	Leon barricades the door and watches the Ganados come; Dr. Salvador appears
1-1	Check behind the tree on entering the village	Leon takes out the binoculars and you can scan the square
1-3	Return to the chief's bedroom	Mendez hits you, Ada shoots him from outside and he jumps out the window
1-3	Go up to the lake overlook	Del Lago eats the dead cop
2-1	Free the dog from the bear trap in 1-1 (with the action, not by shooting)	It howls from the cliff and distracts the quarry Gigante
2-2	Shoot Luis a few times in the cabin	Luis shoots you: death
3-2	Fire a rocket at the temple zealots before they notice you	Almost all of them die at once
3-2	Let the red-robed leader zealot in the gallery flee (the one with the Gallery Key)	He unveils a Gatling gun and fires it at you
4-1	Shoot the ballroom nest	It falls and drops red, green and blue eyes
5-1	Do not shoot the wharf spotlight	It spots you, the alarm sounds and Ganados come
5-1	Kill every Ganado on wharf B before moving on	They push a boulder: QTE to dodge it
5-3	Examine Saddler's throne	Leon sits down
Final	Backtrack towards the water vein entrance	Rocks fall and seal it

Leave Ashley on a ledge, jump down and aim up: she calls you a pervert (default costume only).
The Killer7 nods to Capcom's game of the same name; the Broken Butterfly's description quotes Dirty Harry.
"Leon", "Matilda" and "Professional" come from the film Léon: The Professional.
In the gangster suit Leon tips his hat when reloading the Chicago Typewriter; four reloads in a row and he tosses it.
After the credits, the legal notice is "protected under the laws of the Raccoon Police Department".
The "Ditman glitch": equipping the Striker and swapping weapons at the right instant speeds up everything Leon does; it is the base of speedruns and works on every version.