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1 · Prologue · The Winters' House0/4

Old News ClippingWinters' house 2F · spare room: newspaper in the far corner. From the top of the stairs, turn round and walk to the end of the hallway behind them. **Missable:** gone once you leave the house; only a New Game or NG+ brings you back.The official story of RE7: the Dulvey "gas incident" (2017), the Baker family dead, Ethan and his wife's whereabouts unknown.
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Ethan's DiaryWinters' house 2F · study: examine the laptop in the room next to the spare room (after you put Rose to bed). **Missable:** gone once you leave the house; only a New Game or NG+ brings you back.6 February 2021: Ethan and Mia argue about Louisiana; they now live in Europe and he can't let RE7 go. Not the same as the automatic Diary in the Journal, which is not a file.
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Medical Checkup ReportWinters' house 2F · study: on the chest of drawers right of the laptop. **Missable:** gone once you leave the house; only a New Game or NG+ brings you back.Rosemary Winters' checkup: she is healthy, and the fungal pathogen tests will be provided by the BSAA.
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Fridge MemoWinters' house 1F · kitchen: stuck on the fridge door. Read it **before you talk to Mia**: talking to her starts the closing cutscenes. **Missable:** gone once you leave the house; only a New Game or NG+ brings you back.Rose's February menu: "Don't give her any sugar or honey. And NO mushrooms!" The mould is no coincidence.
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2 · The Village (1st visit) · Lycan Ambush · Luiza's House0/4

Mission BriefingVillage outskirts · crash site: on the ground next to the overturned vehicle where you wake. Turn round as soon as you get control.Chris's team's orders: eliminate the target and recover the body, secure Rosemary and Ethan Winters and move them to "site C".
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Scribbled NoteVillage · Chapel: the first house on the left after the Hag. Corner table, north-west of the main room.A villagers' prayer to the Lycan ("May they come to eat our flesh"): how far the village cult goes.
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"Goats of Warding" PlacardVillage · Graveyard: on the front of the lit wooden kiosk. Goat of Warding #1 is inside the kiosk: knife it.The villagers offer these goats to protect the village, and whoever breaks them will feel Mother Miranda's wrath. Introduces the 20 Goats of Warding (**Heretic** challenge).
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Dangerous CreaturesVillage · Luiza's House: on the armchair in the entrance hall, by the typewriter. **Read it before you follow Luiza**: the house burns afterwards and you cannot read it again.A villager to Luiza: the livestock is being taken, Ernest is missing, and everyone wonders if Mother Miranda has abandoned them.
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4 · Castle Dimitrescu0/12

5 · The Village (2nd visit) · The Red-Chimney House0/5

Craftsman's NoteRiver · Craftsman's House: table on the north side. It is the first hut on the right after the castle, the one with the typewriter.**Hint:** "deliver it to the house with the red chimney… through the caves to the ruins": the Four-Winged Key is in Eugen's House, the red-chimney house.
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Leonardo's MessageVillage · Leonardo's House 2F (the house right of the Maiden of War): table in the north-west room.**Hint:** the way to the red-chimney house is blocked; the long way round is through the hole in the stable wall.
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Church ComputerVillage · Church: laptop next to the altar. It appears after the castle; it was not there on your first visit.The log of Chris's Hound Wolf team: no sign of EW or RW, a base in the church and an "Alpha" team to infiltrate the factory.
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Note on the Luthier's HouseVillage · Luthier's Yard (West Old Town): pinned next to the Luthier's House door.**Hint:** the key is kept by Josef Simon, Beneviento's gardener. The Luthier's Key is in the Gardener's House (chapter 6) and the house opens in chapter 7.
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Eugen's DiaryVillage · Eugen's House (the red-chimney house): table in the middle. You get in through the hole in the roof, following the yellow cable.An eyewitness tells what Miranda did with the baby and why each Lord keeps a flask: it explains the flasks you are after.
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6 · House Beneviento0/2

Our Happy FamilyHouse Beneviento B1 · Study: Mia's note on the desk, only while you solve the Film projector. **It is not saved to the Journal and does not count for Bookworm.****Projector hint:** 5 lines about the family's things; the note's order is not the answer's. Strip order, left to right: plush toy → storybook → baby (Rose) → music box → wedding ring on a hand.
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Gardener's DiaryBeneviento Entry · Gardener's House: small metal shelves south-west of the bedroom, by the typewriter. You pick it up on the way back, after Donna.Donna, adopted by Miranda, and her doll Angie; the yellow flowers planted on "Miss Claudia's" grave cause visions. Ties in with the Broken Slab in the graveyard crypt.
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8 · Moreau's Reservoir0/6

Vasile's Final TestamentVillage · East Old Town Stable 1F: on a corpse behind you, after the Vârcolac throws Ethan into the house.A dying villager: "That… isn't a wolf." He wanted to reach the old water mill (Water Mill), where the GM 79 waits, and apologises to Luiza.
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The Reservoir and Giant FishMoreau's Reservoir · East Jetty: table in the small cabin by the jetty. Read it before you board the boat.Why the Boat Key was left in the shack in the mine, and the tale of Hans, eaten by a giant fish in the reservoir.
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Reservoir Gatehouse Operations InstructionsMoreau's Reservoir · Gatehouse: the instructions poster by the sluice-gate console (no power yet); the Duke is in the south room. **It is not saved to the Journal and does not count for Bookworm.****Objective:** 1, move the windmills with a crank to power the gatehouse; 2, pull the lever in the Gatehouse to open the sluice gate. Also note the coloured paper by the console: it solves the light-grid puzzle.
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Changing the CranksMoreau's Reservoir · Gatehouse Back Yard: inside the wrecked blue truck, east side.**Hint:** the old crank on the first windmill will snap; the spare is "over at Windmill Two". It is the Crank on the North Windmill.
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Moreau's Diary 1Moreau's Reservoir · Flooded House Yard: drawer of the small desk in the house (the same one with the M1911 - High-Capacity Mag. case), just before the Moreau fight.Moreau implants a Cadou in 5 villagers: 4 die and 1 becomes a Lycan.
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Moreau's Diary 2Moreau's Reservoir B1 · Moreau's Underground Study: on the stool in front of the TV, east side. It is the Six-Winged Unborn Key room, after Mutated Moreau.What Miranda told Moreau about Rose, and his fear of being abandoned by her.
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9 · The Village (4th visit) · The River0/2

Moreau's Diary of ExperimentsReservoir Entry · Moreau's Laboratory (West Building): on the table, next to the M1851 Wolfsbane chest. Use the Crank on the Windmill Yard door and crawl in through the hole in the back wall.Moreau's mountain lab: wolf blood plus a Cadou make the caged creature. A Vârcolac is waiting when you come out.
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Analysis ResultsRiver · Riverbank Cave Camp: examine the laptop on the weapons crates, north-west corner. Reached by boat from the Lone Road, downriver, across from the South Riverbank pond.Chris's team's analysis: the mould is a 99.95% match for the Dulvey sample (RE7), and the colony under the village works as a data-storage network.
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10 · The Stronghold · Otto's Mill0/3

Ernest's DiaryStronghold Entry · Otto's Mill Meat Storage: on the smaller table, behind the red door (the Uriaș Drac's; you can shoot its 3 padlocks without killing it).The Duke brings him forbidden newspapers, and a medicine company's emblem matches the symbol on the Giant's Chalice and the cave murals. He mentions "that man that stayed here years ago".
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Officer's DiaryStronghold B1 · Small Cavern: on the floor, east side, next to the typewriter (the save room before Uriaș). You squeeze through the crack opposite Goat of Warding #16.An old soldier is ordered to abandon the border stronghold; he describes the ruins: the ceremony site with 4 giant statues, the murals and the Giant's Chalice.
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Experiment NotesStronghold B1 · Dungeon (optional): table on the south side. After the boat ride, instead of climbing the pier ladder, take the corridor and stairs on the left. The Photo of a Phantom Fish is in the south-west cell.Cadou implant subjects 174 to 181; number 181 is a 44-year-old noblewoman with a hereditary blood disease and very high affinity. You know who she is.
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11 · Heisenberg's Factory0/5

Development Note 1Heisenberg's Factory MB4 · MB4 Storage: bench on the north side, in the Cog Mold room (the door with 2 lights). The Factory Map (Lower Levels) is on the south-west table. **Missable:** gone after the Heisenberg fight.**Combat hint:** Soldats are corpses with a Cadou reactor in the chest and may stop working if you destroy it. Shoot the red reactor.
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Development Note 2Heisenberg's Factory B2 · Grinder Shaft Maintenance Room: metal desk on the south side of the lower level (Chem Fluid in its drawer). The Factory Map (Upper Levels) is under the stairs. **Missable:** gone after the Heisenberg fight.**Combat hint:** introduces the Soldat Jet (jetpack) and the Soldat Panzer, whose armour shrugs off regular firearms but not strong blasts. Save explosives and magnums for it.
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SturmHeisenberg's Factory B1 · Power Room: on the fan unit, east side, behind the Heisenberg's Key door. That door locks you in with the boss: finish the rest of the factory first. **Missable:** gone after the Heisenberg fight.**Combat hint:** the Sturm prototype only charges, is invincible head on and overheats if it runs too long. Sidestep and shoot it from behind.
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Heisenberg's DiaryHeisenberg's Factory B1 · Cargo Control Room: metal desk in the north-east corner, next to the Cigar treasure. **Missable:** gone after the Heisenberg fight.Heisenberg despises Miranda and her failed Cadou experiments, and wants Rose's power and Ethan's help.
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Chris's ComputerHeisenberg's Factory B5 · Scrapheap: laptop in the middle of the room, after the scene with Chris. **Read it before you board the vehicle.** **Missable:** gone after the Heisenberg fight.Chris explains what really happened in the prologue and describes the non-metal "toy" Heisenberg can't control: the vehicle you are about to drive.
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12 · Chris: the village and the caverns · Ceremony Site0/6

Moreau's Medical ReportMiranda's Laboratory (Chris's mission): the 1st of the 4 books on the left table, straight ahead from the entrance. **Missable:** read it before you break the padlock on the barred door at the back.Low Cadou affinity, gills and a swim bladder: "unfit vessel for Eva".
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Dimitrescu's Medical ReportMiranda's Laboratory (Chris's mission): the 2nd book on the same table. **Missable:** read it before you break the padlock on the barred door at the back.The best affinity of all and fast regeneration, but she must drink blood because of her hereditary disease: another "unfit vessel".
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Heisenberg's Medical ReportMiranda's Laboratory (Chris's mission): the 3rd book on the same table. **Missable:** read it before you break the padlock on the barred door at the back.Electric organs that give him magnetism: "a splendid specimen", and still unfit.
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Donna's Medical ReportMiranda's Laboratory (Chris's mission): the 4th book on the same table. **Missable:** read it before you break the padlock on the barred door at the back.She controls infected plants and a hallucinogenic pollen, and split her Cadou among her dolls.
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Spencer's LetterMiranda's Laboratory (Chris's mission): the white table with the microscope, straight ahead as you enter. **Missable:** read it before you break the padlock on the barred door at the back.Oswell E. Spencer writes to Miranda: he stayed in the village as a student, and the symbol in the cave inspires the one for the company he is about to found, Umbrella.
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Miranda's DiaryMiranda's Laboratory (Chris's mission): on the big centre table, between 3 photos. This one makes 47 files: **Bookworm** challenge (14,000 CP). **Missable:** read it before you break the padlock on the barred door at the back.Mother Miranda's origin, what the Megamycete is, what she wants from Rose and how her mould reached Eveline (RE7). It also explains what the Giant's Chalice is for.
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SoR1 · Castle Dimitrescu · The three masks0/9

The Megamycete TheoremCastle B1 · Laboratory: on the small whiteboard next to the door; it is the room you start in.An organisation theorises that someone with mould affinity could reach the memories of the dead inside the Megamycete. That is why Rose goes in.
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How to Preserve RabbitsCastle B1 · Treatment Room: table in the east corner of the main north-west room (the Cell Key hangs in the south-east room).The Masked Duke's "art": adding to the rabbits' carcasses and making them up so they seem alive. The rabbits are his victims.
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The Liquid VoidCastle 1F · Bedchamber (off the Parlor, the typewriter room): table in the middle.**Hint:** the black liquid slows and corrals the "rabbits" and engulfs the careless. Stay off the liquid void.
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I Tried to Combine Some ThingsCastle · Northern Stairwell 2F: chest of drawers opposite the top of the stairs, with a Chem Fluid beside it.**Crafting:** Herb + Chem Fluid = First Aid Med; Gunpowder + Chem Fluid = Handgun Ammo. Scrap only turns up in the castle: if you want to craft all 4 types, do it before you leave.
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On Mutamycete DisruptionCastle RF · Workshop: workbench on the north side, next to RW-Variant Flask 1 (typewriter room).**Mechanic:** disrupting the mould makes Sclerotia disintegrate and any liquid void linked to them retreat. It is Rose's first power.
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On Movement DisruptionCastle 2F · Dressing Room: desk on the north side, with the Monocular Key. 2 Face Eaters guard it.**Mechanic:** disruption freezes mould-made beings in place and spreads to others nearby: the stun from RW-Variant Flask 2.
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The Masked Duke's DiaryCastle 1F · Salon (through the Antechamber; break the door's Sclerotia): table in the north-west corner. The Compensator case, opened with the Monocular Key, is in the same room.The Masked Duke has no memories and a broken face and lives on others' despair; his "minion with many faces", the Face Eater, hunts the rabbits.
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The Gallery of DespairCastle 2F · South East Wing: table in the north-east of the passage. Reached through the one-eye door in the Courtyard and the Southern Stairwell.A gallery of those who got "at least one mask": it foreshadows the mask statues.
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Shotgun Shells Should HelpCastle 2F · Terrace Room: east side of the central table, with a Rusted Scrap (after the Silver Mask).**Crafting:** Gunpowder + Rusted Scrap = Shotgun Ammo; Gunpowder + Rusted Scrap + Herb = Pipe Bomb. **Hint:** "I saw a shotgun in the dining room": the M1897, in the Dining Room cabinet the Triocular Key opens.
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SoR2 · House Beneviento · The Winters' memory0/4

Little Girl's DiaryHouse Beneviento B1 · Elevator Hall: small desk in the north-west (the typewriter is on the south-east cabinet).Rose as a child in her first year of school: nobody talks to her and she's mocked for her "white sweat" (the mould); Chris tells the teacher it isn't contagious, to no avail. Her classmates Lucy and Catherine name the dolls in the puzzle.
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To-do ListWinters' house memory · living room: small round table next to the couch.Mia's list: decorate, wine in the dining room and "Rose's other present in study (Hidden!)".
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Mia's LetterWinters' house memory 2F: round table at the far end of the landing, by the spare-room door.Rose's half birthday is on the 2nd: Mia will bake and wants pictures for the album.
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Rose's Half BirthdayWinters' house memory · study: the laptop.**Hint:** the special letter is in the sideboard and the key is behind the favourite photo. Look for the glowing photo of Rose in the upstairs office: the Drawer Key is behind it.
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SoR3 · Deep Stratum · Memories' Edge0/6

On This Realm and Its LawsDeep Stratum B1 · Pit Laboratory: small table in the south-west corner, left of the typewriter. It is the last safe room: use what you have here.Miranda, dead and absorbed, writes down this realm's laws; she still wants Eva, and Rose is still her only vessel.
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On the Recreation and Manipulation of MemoryDeep Stratum B1 · Pit Laboratory: east side of the main workbench. Some sources title it "On the Creation and Manipulation of Memory".Miranda built a person from mixed memories: a warped man missing part of his face. That is how the Masked Duke was born.
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Recently Written ReportDeep Stratum B1 · Pit Laboratory: east side of the main workbench, next to the previous one.Miranda notes that Eveline has intruded into the realm and rekindled Rose's will.
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On Vessel SynthesisDeep Stratum B1 · Pit Laboratory: among the collapsed furniture in the south-east corner.The failed Rose copies: terror makes them show her powers, and the Masked Duke was the first creation, used to stress-test them.
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Wearily Scrawled NoteDeep Stratum B1 · Passageway: on the ground in the north-east corner, after the Pit Laboratory.Someone on the same search saw "that blue light" but couldn't go on: you are on the right track.
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Ritual TextDeep Stratum B1 · Cavern: on the altar pedestal, before you climb the stairs to the Purifying Crystal.A prayer to the "Black God" (the Megamycete): a second chance for "the blood of the lost lamb".
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