Files · Requiem · RE Guide

1 · Wrenwood (Prologue)0/6

Investigation ReportIn Grace's inventory from the start. Examine it, turn the folder and pull out the photo sticking out: that adds it to your files. The game also asks you to read it later at the bar. Can't be missed.FBI agent Kyle Eames describes the body in the Wrenwood Hotel restroom and 4 similar deaths: all Raccoon City survivors with black bruising. One photo shows an **8** on a stall: a Final Puzzle clue.
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Wrenwood City GuideMain Street: the information board (City Map) on the right of the street as you approach the barber shop. **Missable** at the police-officer scene in the taped-off alley, and for certain once you take the Old Key (the employee entrance slams shut). IGN calls it the easiest file to miss. If you miss it, load an earlier save: read files count across saves.Tourist leaflet for the "historic" town of Wrenwood. Flavour only, but it counts for Case Closed.
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Hotel PamphletHotel Lobby (1F): on the floor next to the luggage trolley in the middle. Take it before you push the trolley towards the painting: after that you are being chased. Missable once you use the Emergency Exit Key in the Rec Room.The hotel's advert: open since 1928. Flavour.
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Notice of ClosureHotel Office (the back room behind reception): drawer of the blue metal desk. Same window as the Hotel Pamphlet: before you move the luggage trolley.Management closes the hotel for good after "the recent incident": what happened here in 2018.
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Alyssa's JournalLobby: behind the painting on the west side, after the Room 204 flashback. Push the luggage trolley aside, take the bag out of the painting, undo the clasp and turn it. Story file: can't be missed.The last days of Alyssa Ashcroft, a journalist, in October 2018: she moves from town to town with Grace and a hooded man is following her.
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Report on Victor GideonAdded automatically during Leon's opening cutscene. Can't be missed.DSO report: Victor Gideon, a former Umbrella T-Virus researcher who dodged the trials, now runs the Rhodes Hill care center, once run by the Spencer Foundation.
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2 · Care Center: Arrival0/2

Progress NotesRoom 203: on the small chest of drawers by the armchair, as soon as Grace frees herself from the machine.A timestamped log of Grace's blood extractions and of a drug ("Dexifil") while she was strapped down.
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Note on Cardboard BoxRoom 202 (the room with the toys): inside the north-west wardrobe; a lamp falls out when you open it. Equip the Lighter to see it. Get it this chapter: guides treat it as missable afterwards.Staff note: the screwdriver was put away in the Nurses' Station toolbox. It points you to the Screwdriver.
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3 · Care Center: Main Building0/23

4 · Care Center: Attic0/5

Satiety Suppression Medical RecordsAttic Lounge: south-east desk, facing the toppled cabinet. Take it before you move anything: it is easy to walk past. **Missable** when Leon's section ends: to be safe, before you climb the north-west West Wing stairs to 3F.The Chunks: brothers Thomas and Timothy Jackson had their satiety center suppressed; they eat anything.
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Basement Safe CodeAttic Stairway Warped Closet (the first on the right after leaving the attic, before you go downstairs), next to the Compensator. Only Leon opens it, with the Hatchet. Missable when his section ends. On Insanity the closet holds only this file.Basement safe code (Construction Storage, ch05): **right 60, left 40, right 80**. On Insanity: **left 70, right 50, left 20**.
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Dishwasher's NoteGallery Corridor Warped Closet (turn left out of the Chairman's Office; west corner), with Shotgun Shells ×4. Leon only, this chapter only.The Chef keeps losing the Pantry Key: he carries it. On Insanity the key is in the East Wing Closet, even though the note does not change.
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Special Directive for Raccoon CityAdded automatically during the call with Sherry in Victor's Private Office at the end of the chapter (PowerPyx: when the Basement starts as Grace). Can't be missed.A redacted level 9 memo to the White House about Raccoon City "for the sake of Elpis": the first hint that the government is involved.
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Report on Raccoon City SyndromeAdded automatically in the same scene as the Special Directive for Raccoon City. Can't be missed.Latent T-Virus syndrome: the residual virus mutates over the years, from black bruising to death within 1-2 hours, with no treatment. Explains the deaths in the Investigation Report.
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5 · Care Center: Basement0/5

Staff Member's Last WordsElevator Passage: a few steps from where you land, by the headless body in the north-east cavern. The Basement files are lost once you ride the elevator up at the end.The last survivor of a plan gone wrong: everyone else was eaten.
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Operation to Eliminate "The Girl"Security Room (the CCTV safe room): bench on the west side.The Girl has taken over the basement and cannot stand light: UV lamps were set up to corner her. It tells you her weakness.
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Unlocking the CellsHolding Cells: on the east wall, above the lever at the end of the corridor, next to the first Joint Plug.Insert the 3 Joint Plugs and pull the left lever to open the cells; the plugs are powering other areas, marked on the map.
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Technician's NoteWorkshop: south-west workbench, next to Mr. Raccoon #7. Put a Joint Plug in the slot at the west end of the Holding Cells to open the workshop.The toolbox was taken to the Boiler Room (pointing to the Square Socket Wrench) and blood quality dropped because of a separation fault.
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Security Guard's ReportConstruction Storage: desk in the north-east room (Furnace side), the same room as the Basement safe.12 infected subjects "reduced to blood" in the processing area: the center is a blood factory.
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6 · Courtyard and Research Facility0/5

Visitor RecordVIP Suite Entrance Hall (the first house after the courtyard cutscene): the drinks cabinet on the north side, by the door. **Missable** once you take the VIP Suite elevator.14 September 2026: "Z" visits Victor Gideon for a project review.
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Note Regarding Research ResultsVIP Suite: the west desk, the same one as the Hourglass. Missable once you take the VIP Suite elevator.The backers press Victor: after 20+ years it is not enough; the Raccoon City blockade is extended to 2040 and they must obtain **Elpis** before then.
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Spencer's Research IIResearch Facility Reception (safe room): desk next to the typewriter. Until the lab escape.Spencer's "memory transfer": memories are carried in blood and the T-Virus could pass them to a host who survives the mutated strain.
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Subject 170 RecordStairwell / Collection & Testing: on the blue gurney by the emergency exit (east side). Until the lab escape.Subject 170, Marie, received 2.3 ml drawn from 524.3 litres of blood from 115 infected: resilient but unstable, she escaped. It ties into the Final Puzzle (see Marie's Doll).
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Grace Ashcroft Blood Analysis ReportPrivate Lab: the computer desk, east side of the northern room. Take it before you authorise the computer.Grace's genetics match "the specified data" on every marker. It ends with **C = 4.2 ly** (Alpha Centauri: C = Star), a Final Puzzle clue.
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8 · Water Treatment Plant0/1

Roof Hatch ManualWater Treatment Plant, Storage Bay (2F; safe room): north bench, next to the typewriter. The chapter's only collectible; missable once you finish the plant.The roof hatch panel is outside the storage bay; on power errors, restart the three power distribution units in the lower area. It is the chapter's solution.
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9 · East Raccoon City0/8

Report on the Raccoon City IncidentAdded automatically during the call with Sherry when you arrive on North West Street. Can't be missed.A history recap: the September 1998 leak, the 1 October sterilization and the city still sealed off; Umbrella went bankrupt in 2004 and Spencer died in 2006.
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Raccoon City Incident NewspaperNorth West Street: a few steps from the start, on the ground on the right by some trash bags. The chapter's files are lost once you set the Detonator on the gate.The last issue of the Raccoon Times: "Run. Find somewhere safe. Survive."
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From Meryl to Mommy**Deluxe Kit only.** The Applegate Hotel: on the sofa in the south-west corner of the lobby, near the entrance and before the revolving door. Missable once you set the Detonator.First of the 5 Letters from 1998, which do not count for Case Closed. Meryl, Lt. Marvin Branagh's daughter, slips out through the fence to find her daddy. They go in order: each one appears only after you read the previous one.
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Orders for the Engineer CorpsCentral Camp: on the table in the blue BSAA tent, next to the Supply Box.The Detonator needs 3 parts: Signal Receiver at the East Point (Cedarbrook roof), Distributor at the Mid Point (Logistics Warehouse roof) and Relay at the West Point.
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Battery Storage LocationsUnderground Parking Garage (B1): on the red-lit power control panel, right of the barrier in the flooded area (by the east gate).The replacement batteries are in the sewage facility or the parking garage: the two the garage barrier needs.
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Inventory ListMain Street: after the BSAA Container Key cutscene, inside the open Container 01, on the left in front of the Cedarbrook Foyer door.What each BSAA container holds: 01 medical supplies, 02 motorcycle and repair kit, 03 sniper rifles, 04 attachments for those rifles.
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From Meryl to Mommy 2**Deluxe Kit only.** Gas Station Shop: on the middle shelves, past the zombie that lunges from the floor (the Mr. Raccoon #16 area). Needs letter 1. Missable once you set the Detonator.Monsters and fires; Mr. George, her daddy's friend, is going to drive her to the police station.
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Engineer Corps NoteCedarbrook Apartments Roof (5F): on the crate to the right of the big yellow case holding the Broken Signal Receiver (north-west building).The repair kit is in container 02 at Central Camp: it fixes the Broken Signal Receiver.
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10 · Raccoon City Center: R.P.D.0/8

R.P.D. Perimeter ReportR.P.D. Main Hall: on the stack of equipment cases in the middle, opposite the laptop. The station's files can also be picked up in ch12, before you leave through the north-east hole.Supplies in the 2F Armory, a working shotgun in the gun shop out back (the W870 Police at Gun Shop Kendo) and weapon parts in the Parking Garage.
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Top Secret OperationWest Office (1F): Marvin's desk, the first on the right (north side).Marvin Branagh's 1998 plan for a surprise welcome party for "young Kennedy".
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Record of EventsOperations Room (1F): on the chalkboard in the middle.David Ford's log from 25 to 27 September 1998: the station turned into a shelter, the mob and 12 dead on the west side.
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Scavenger Hunt - Clue 2S.T.A.R.S. Office (2F): inside the locker by the entrance door, on the right as you enter (west side; PowerPyx says "the shelf on the right"). Turn the photo over.Photo of a chalkboard under a hanging TV, with a note from Barry. With Clue 1 also read, the Locker Key appears in the Operations Room (S.T.A.R.S. Emblem Charm).
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Scavenger Hunt - Clue 1S.T.A.R.S. Office: inside the brown leather jacket hanging between the desks, opposite the door (east side). Turn it over.Photo of a TV with a US flag and "Here" circled: the Operations Room. Game8 and VGC name the two clues the other way round.
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Barry's To Do ListS.T.A.R.S. Office: the left-most desk (north-east).Barry's 1998 chores: a training plan for the new recruit, shooting practice with Jill and the library book the captain checked out. Points to the Library Card.
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Library CardS.T.A.R.S. Office: Wesker's small office (north-west). Open the desk drawer and **wait a few seconds**: the card drops from the back. One of the most missed files.The card for *Medicinal Benefits of Herbs*, borrowed by A. Wesker from 03/01 to 03/03. Per Evil Resource and VGC, reading it makes the Photograph book appear.
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PhotographLibrary, upper floor (3F): cross the walkway towards the locked wooden West Storage Room door; the botany book is on the shelf to its right. It only appears after you read the Library Card this run (Evil Resource and VGC; PowerPyx wants all 4 S.T.A.R.S. Office files): to be safe, read all four first.A photo of Rebecca Chambers from Resident Evil 2; on the back, "Rising / Rookie / Rebecca": the **R-R-R** code of the Power Shades Charm briefcase.
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11 · Orphanage0/3

Toe TagOrphanage, Crypt (B2): open the first black coffin on the right and turn the tag over. Missable once you leave the chapel.Charlotte, 7, died 14 January 1990, "discarded due to volatile symptoms".
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Series 60 ResultsOrphanage Research Lab (B1): straight ahead as you enter, on the north-east corner of the northern bench. Until the Meeting Room slides.Memory transfer with Spencer's plasma failed in Series 60; Chloe, of Series 70, is more stable.
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New Researcher's NotebookOrphanage Research Lab: the desk at the back on the right (north-west corner of the southern bench).A newly hired researcher writes that ARK lies under the Umbrella orphanage and that the children have surgical scars.
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12 · Side Street and Blackthorn Station0/4

Guide PamphletR.P.D. Main Hall, 2F balcony: after the cutscene that ends the Tyrant chase, turn around. It is on the south-east bench, by the Waiting Room door and a headless BSAA soldier. Missable once you drop down the hole in the ruined orphanage (perhaps earlier, once you leave the station).A tourist guide: the R.P.D. used to be an art museum and the Umbrella orphanage, a few blocks away, is known for its stained glass.
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From Meryl to Mommy 3**Deluxe Kit only.** Side Street (past Gun Shop Kendo): on the dashboard of the wrecked car by the south-west storage container, near the laptop. Needs letter 2.Her daddy yelled and would not let her in; they will try through the parking garage. George has a hand wound.
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From Meryl to Mommy 4**Deluxe Kit only.** R.P.D. Parking Garage: on the ground behind the first car on the left (north-east side) as you walk down the ramp. Needs letter 3: come back from the Side Street.George is bleeding badly; Meryl runs to Mr. Kendo's store and asks whoever reads it for help.
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From Meryl to Mommy 5**Deluxe Kit only.** Back Street (the alley behind Gun Shop Kendo, on the right): on the ground midway down the alley, by a pair of child's shoes. Needs letter 4. Letters 3-5 are lost once you drop down the hole in the ruined orphanage: do them before you head towards the Super Tyrant.A blank letter. Reading it makes the R.P.D. Charm appear in the south-east corner of the alley.
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13 · ARK: Arrival0/4

N0-AH Status ReportARK, Staff Room (West): the save room after the decontamination tunnel (green door on the left), wall monitor in the south-east corner. This chapter's four ARK files are lost once The Commander knocks you into the Storage.The AI N0-AH runs ARK at 82%: Lab Unit 01/02, a restricted area and **PANDORA**.
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Raccoon City Bioweapon Research - ReportGuest Lounge (green door on the right after the golden-skeleton stairs): monitor in the north-east corner.ARK uses Raccoon City's zombies to test the mutated T-Virus; it is North America's bioweapon hub.
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Product Catalog 1 (2026)Guest Lounge: monitor in the south-west corner.Prices: Garmr ($30 million), Licker β2 ($14 million), Plant 43 ($100 million), with a note about the infestation at the service entrance.
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Product Catalog 2 (2026)Guest Lounge: monitor in the north-west corner.Tyrant T-501 ($120 million) and Nemesis-γ, price "negotiable".
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14 · ARK: Lower Levels0/4

Access Log: 51st Assembly MinutesMonitor Control Room (the first green door on the left in the Lobby): computer on the east side. The whole chapter is lost once you use the central console in the Archives.Minutes of a meeting of the people who control ARK, "The State" and "Z": they talk about Grace and the product supply.
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Sterilization Chamber SafeBioweapon Repository 05: the south-east container by the entry stairway, on a crate in the first corner on the right.Sterilization Chamber safe code (past the Lab Entrance): **right 10, left 90, right 20**. On Insanity: **left 80, right 50, left 0**.
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Monitor Control Room SafeBioweapon Repository 05: the open container on the east side, under the walkway (PowerPyx: the right-most one in the middle row), with 1 Scrap.Monitor Control Room safe code: **left 50, right 60, left 80**, per VGC, PowerPyx and Game8; Evil Resource's transcript reads the other way round (right 50, left 60, right 80): if it will not open, try that. On Insanity: **right 20, left 0, right 70**.
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Access Log: First Assembly MinutesArchives (after placing both orbs in the Lobby): the east-wall console, last monitor. **Read it before you touch the big central console**: it is the last missable file.1998: "The Defense" and "K.D." order the missile strike on Raccoon City without presidential authorization and pin the blame on Spencer.
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15 · ARK: Finale0/2

Alyssa's Interview NotesAdded automatically in Grace's Archives cutscene, after the elevator defence. Can't be missed.Alyssa's notes from her interview with Ozwell Spencer: immortality, memory transfer and Elpis.
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Letter from PatrickAdded automatically in the same cutscene. If you read the other 74, **Case Closed** pops right after; if one is missing, load an earlier save.Spencer's butler writes to Alyssa about Spencer's will. A big reveal: read it after the cutscene.
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