Lycan

The head: ×2.4 from handguns, ×2.88 from sniper rifles, ×3.0 from shotguns. The legs, ×1.5 (and it slows them). Torso and arms, ×1.0. Explosives, ×2.0 anywhere.

They hunt in packs. Unaware ones crouch on rooftops with their heads down or are eating; a shot makes one roar and alert the rest. They crouch-walk, run on all fours at a distance, climb through windows, jump onto roofs and batter through anything in the way. They duck and dodge when you aim at them.

• Counter: shoot its head before it strikes. It flinches and lunges to grab you: hold L at that moment and Ethan kicks it away. It fails if you stand higher than the Lycan or on uneven ground.
• Guard: with L held they can't grab you. Press L again right after a blocked hit to shove it back (Push Comes to Shove).
• Groups: shotgun, explosives and gunpowder barrels. Singles: handgun or shotgun. Distant or unaware: rifle.
• Archers (flaming arrows at the Stronghold ruins): snipe them, or close in and they drop the bow to fight in melee. Knocking a flaming arrow out of the air with the Knife earns Fast Reflexes.
• Flour sacks: shoot one and the dust cloud hides you.

Lei, Rusted Scrap, Chem Fluid, Gunpowder and sometimes a Crystal Skull (900). Never ammo or healing.

700 HP (the first two in the game, 1,000). The figure is the same on every difficulty: what changes is your damage. At Standard's starting rank, one un-upgraded M1897 shell to the head (840) or one F2 Rifle head shot (864) kills it; the LEMI needs 6 head shots or 10 leg shots, and the M1911 4 head shots. On Village of Shadows your damage drops to ×0.20: count on 2.5 times the shots.

Challenge: Unstoppable (30 kills during the first ambush, 20,000 CP).