Resident Evil 7 Trophy Guide & Roadmap

To get Ending #1 you must choose to cure Mia after the boss fight against mutant Jack Baker. This happens at roughly 66% story progress. There’s still a long way to go until the actual ending.

To get Ending #2 you must choose to cure Zoe after the boss fight against mutant Jack Baker. This happens at roughly 66% story progress. There’s still a long way to go until the actual ending.

This difficulty changes a lot of things. You have to find Cassette Tapes to save the game manually (there’s always some sitting next to the cassette recorders, in plain sight). Enemies are much more aggressive, spawn in different places, deal more damage and can take more damage. You’ll even notice some new items. Among those new items are Antique Coin Collectibles. There are 33 of them in madhouse difficulty (easy/normal had only 18). You can use them at certain cages to buy new weapons and upgrades. Do your best to find all Antique Coins. If you miss one you have to do another playthrough on madhouse! Ammo and health conservation play an important role. Don’t engage in combat if it can be avoided. Save your ammo and medkits for bosses. There are some tough sections but it’s all quite doable. The boss fights are the hardest part. Below you can find tips and strategies for every boss:

One weapon that I use a lot is the Circular Saw. When pressing L2+R2 (LT+RT) it does tremendous damage and kills some bosses within seconds. Even better: it doesn’t consume any ammo and can be used infinitely, making it the best choice of melee weapon. It is unlocked by speedrunning the game in 4 hours or less on any difficulty. The items “The Essence of Defense” (for destroying all 20 Mr. Everywheres) and “Secrets of Defense” (for completing the game on normal difficulty) cause you to take less damage from blocking. Put these items in your inventory from the item box! Some of the tactics in this guide are based on these items and it’s highly recommended you unlock them before attempting madhouse. It will make your playthrough much easier.

Mia Boss Fight Old House (0:05)
Block her attack with L1, then attack once and repeat. Always block, attack, block, attack and so on.

Mia Boss Fight Attic (1:12)
One of the trickiest fights in the game. Before this fight you should backtrack to pick up the axe where you previously fought her. Now collect all 4 ammo packs in the attic and do headshots on Mia. Ammo is very limited so don’t miss a shot. Make manual save before this fight. Use the full available space and let her cut down doors – when she does that you have a moment for easy headshots. Run in circles around the area and shoot when she slows down. Remember you can also block some of her chainsaw attacks. After blocking she will be stunned for a short period of time and you can shoot her a few times. If you run out of ammo use the axe.

Jack Baker Boss Fight Garage (3:43)
Get the Lock Pick in the garage and use it on the locked box. Get key from box, use key to start car. Run him over with the car. Easy peasy.

Jack Baker Boss Fight Morgue (7:00)
Circular Saw is your friend here. It will kill him in a few seconds. He won’t even have a chance to attack you. Press L2+R2 with saw to do more damage.

Marguerite Boss Fight Old House (8:12)
She will throw you down a hole and spawn some bugs. Shoot her quickly with a pistol (in the head) before she spawns any bugs. Some flying insects are already there when the fight starts. Repeatedly press the right stick to stand up and crouch and they won’t be able to hit you.

Marguerite Boss Fight Garden House / Greenhouse (9:57)
Use the Circular Saw again. Try to attack the thing on her belly. Hold L2+R2 with circular saw for increased damage. She will hardly ever have a chance to attack you and mostly just try to run from your attacks.

Barn Fight (12:20)
Technically not a real boss fight, but you will encounter two fat enemies here and it’s one of the hardest sections on madhouse. Use a grenade launcher with Neuro rounds to stun them. While they are stunned follow up with enhanced pistol ammo headshots. Try to down one of them as quickly as possible. Anything from the grenade launcher is good here. Attacking their body does hardly any damage so do headshots. Enhanced ammo makes a huge difference here.

Mutant Jack Baker Megaboss (15:06)
Mutated Baker has lots of weakspots all over his body. They look like orange eyes. Swing the circular saw around and block his strikes. The item unlocks “The Essence of Defense” and “The Secret of Defense” make a huge differene as you won’t take damage when blocking. They are unlocks from beating the game in under 4 hours and finding all collectibles. Just run around Jack’s body on the lower floor and press R2/RT quickly to swing the circular saw at his weakspots. This won’t consume any ammo and he can’t attack you as long as you’re behind him / to his side. After destroying all weakspots he will attack you very quickly which you must block. Then there’s a short window to get some hits in. Keep some enhanced pistol ammo or shotgun shells for this last part and attack his eye.

Mia Boss Fight Old Ship (21:50)
You only get to fight her if you chose to give the serum to Zoe. Pick up the crowbar on the floor. Now do what you did in the very first fight. Block an attack, then counter attack. Block, attack, block, attack… repeat.

Endboss (23:19)
First Part: Block her shockwaves and run towards her between shockwave attacks. Block when she’s about to do a shockwave.
Second Part: When her face comes from the wall towards you, shoot everything you’ve got at her eyes. She should moan two times and then grab you with her tentacles. Run left and right to get in a spot where she can grab you. The fight only continues if she can grab you, otherwise you die.
Third Part: Shoot everything you’ve got at her face as quickly as possible. Try to get a lot of damage done before she lifts you in the air. While in air shoot her eyes and use your strongest weapon, such as grenade launcher or .44 Magnum.

The first lock pick can be found in the main house, in the laundry room with the washing machines and stinky socks. There’s a box by the door. Open it to get the lock pick. There’s a locked drawer in the hall outside that you can open with the lock pick. This unlocks the trophy / achievement. The lock pick is only there on easy / normal difficulty!

The earliest opportunity to do this is in the main hall after fighting Jack Baker. There’s a bright light shining at a picture. Between the light and picture is a so called “shadow plinth”. Grab the pendulum from the clock to the left and put it on the shadow plinth.

Mission: Search the Old House for the Serum
In the old house you can find lots of large flying insects. Some of them are sitting quietly on walls. Run up to one of them and knife it. They die in one hit for a very easy bronze trophy.
The tiny insect swarms don’t count. Only the bigger flying insects do.

Mission: Search the Old House for the Serum
This can only be done in the “Old House” where you encounter Marguerite. When you meet her for the first time she will put spiders on the doors. You can knife those spiders so they fall off. Get real close with your knife and slash away. You can also press L2+R2 for a stab attack (has better range, spiders won’t be able to hit you).
If you miss this opportunity more spiders can be found on gun lockers in the Old House and during the Marguerite boss fight in the Garden House.

Mission: Get 3 Dog Heads and Open the Door to the Yard
This can be done during an unmissable story encounter with Jack (in the Morgue). When searching for the red dog head you will get into a fight with him. Keep attacking until he grabs some chainsaws that are shaped like scissors. Sometimes he runs towards you and strikes with the “scissors” from above. You must crouch under this specific attack for the trophy. His other attacks will hit you even when crouching.
Lure him around the room to get a better idea of his attack pattern and crouch whenever possible.

Mission: Search the Old House for the Serum
This is quite easy with the shotgun. After going to the cellar in the old house you will meet Marguerite. She will now wander around the house. Attack her and she will start to spawn insect swarms. Shoot her insects with a shotgun and you should easily get this.

You can combine this with the trophy “Back Off, Mrs. B!”.

Mission: Create the Serum
Objective: Defeat Marguerite and take her Lantern

This can only be done during the Marguerite Boss Fight in the Garden. Deal some damage to her and she’ll start to run up walls like a spider. She will then try to jump onto you. While she’s in midair you must shoot her. This works best with the shotgun.
It can take a few tries to get the timing right. She only climbs up walls 2-3 times during the boss fight. Make a manual save game before this fight (in case you kill her without obtaining the trophy). Or restart the fight immediately if you don’t get it during her fist few leap attacks.

She will stop and look at you when she’s about to do a leap attack. Shoot immediately after she has jumped off.

Mission: Pursue Eveline
Onboard the Old Ship you will meet Eveline and she wants you to watch a videotape. During the videotape you find Remote Bombs for the first time. They are in plain sight, shortly after using the elevator.
Pick up a remote bomb, let an enemy grab you, equip the bomb and press R2 / RT to stick it in the enemy’s mouth.
The enemies with a big blade-arm don’t grab you. It has to be one with two thin arms.

Herb + Chem Fluid = First Aid Med
Herb + Strong Chem Fluid = Strong First Aid Med

Gunpowder + Chem Fluid = Handgun Ammo
Gunpowder + Strong Chem Fluid = Enhanced Handgun Ammo

Solid Fuel + Chem Fluid = Burner Fuel
Solid Fuel + Strong Chem Fluid = Flame Rounds

Supplements + Chem Fluid = Psychostimulants
Supplements + Strong Chem Fluid = Neuro Rounds

Craft all of them once to unlock the trophy. You don’t have to use the crafted items (it’s okay if you throw them away immediately). These items are scattered in multiple locations throughout the game. Just pick up everything you come across and you’ll find more than enough materials.

Mission: Get out of the house
This is after fighting Jack Baker in the garage of the main house. In the garage you’ll obtain an Ox statuette which lets you open a big door. Go through the door and head upstairs. There’s a room marked on the map called “Recreation Room”. It contains the videotape. Put the tape in the nearby TV to start it.

Now you’ll be playing as Mia and have to escape Marguerite. Just stay behind cover whenever Marguerite is nearby. After finishing the tape you’ll earn the trophy.
If you are seen just wait for Marguerite to grab you. This results in a checkpoint restart and doesn’t count as “being seen”. The only way you could mess this up is by running and hiding away from Marguerite until you lose her. You’ll still earn the trophy if she grabs you.
You can also replay the tape by putting it in the video cassette recorder again.

Mission: Get the Serum Ingredients from Lucas
Objective: Find two Keycards

After escaping the old house you will have to find two keycards to open the locked gate in the yard. On the way to one of those keycards you will come to a child’s room. Up in the attic is the “Happy Birthday” videotape. You will have to go here as part of the story so the room is unmissable!
Now watch the tape via a TV. It requires you to solve a puzzle.

Steps:

1) Pick up CANDLE, walk to cake and listen to Lucas.

2) Open the code lock to get STRAW DOLL. Combination = Chainsaw Man – Raven on Hat – Baby. You can also see the combo by getting the telescope from the toilet, equipping it and running through the water in cake room, then look at screens through telescope and they will show the combination.

3) Get WINDING KEY from keg in cake room.

4) Burn STRAW DOLL at stove to get DUMMY FINGER.

5) Light CANDLE at stove. Burn the rope on the door with the candle. Enter room behind door and pick up BALLOON in the corner.

6) Put BALLOON on gas pipe to get QUILL PEN.

7) Put DUMMY FINGER, QUILL PEN and WINDING KEY on the mannequin where you got CANDLE.

8) It now writes the password “LOSER” on your arm. Enter password on lock in balloon room to get VALVE HANDLE.

9) Put VALVE HANDLE on the pipe in cake room. Light up CANDLE at stove and put it on cake.

That solves this puzzle room. The trophy should pop as soon as you put the lit candle on the cake. You can replay the tape as often as you like to retry the trophy. It may take a few tries to beat the time limit.

See Resident Evil 7 All Collectible Locations for more details.

See Resident Evil 7 All Collectible Locations for more details.

Resident Evil 7 has 33 Antique Coins on Madhouse Difficulty.

The Antique Coins on Madhouse are different from easy / normal difficulty! There are 33 of them on Madhouse (only 18 on easy) and their locations are different. There are two separate collectible trophies for them: “Mad Pelicans” for locating 33 coins on Madhouse and “Pelicans in Your Pocket” for getting 18 coins on easy/normal.

See Resident Evil 7 All Collectible Locations for their locations on easy / normal.

All of these collectibles are missable. If you progress too far you will be unable to access certain areas. There is no chapter select and you must get everything in one playthrough.
If you die or restart checkpoints you must find all unsaved collectibles again. In the game stats you can see how many collectibles of each type you have found (it tracks everything except for videotapes).

Antique Coins can also be used to purchase new items and weapons on your playthrough. Sometimes you come across cages where coins can be inserted. So they actually have some gameplay use and yield good rewards such as the .44 Magnum. You are allowed to spend the coins on cages and will receive the trophy anyway!

See Resident Evil 7 All Collectible Locations for more details.

See Resident Evil 7 All Collectible Locations for more details.

See Resident Evil 7 All Collectible Locations for more details.

The “Just Get Me Outta Here” trophy requires you to beat the game in 4 hours or less. My time was 2 hours 30 minutes 50 seconds.
Most importantly, restarting checkpoints (hitting “retry” after death) adds to your time! It won’t reset time on checkpoint restart. A workaround is to create manual save games at cassette recorders. If something goes horribly wrong quit out to the main menu (pause game, press “end”), then click “load game” and choose a manual save.

Speedruns Tips:

• Play on easy difficulty.
• You have more than enough time. I had 1,5 hours left and this was my first attempt.
• Pausing the game (pressing Options-Button) stops the timer. So you are allowed to pause and take breaks.
• Run past all enemies. Don’t spend too much time looting items, only pick up the stuff you really need.
• If you get stuck for a long time remember to reload manual save from main menu.
• After the first playthrough you unlock a more powerful pistol. Pick it up from the item box. The more playthroughs you’ve done the more special items you will unlock.

All in all it’s not a difficult game to speedrun. You just have to know what to do and where to go. After doing 1-2 playthroughs you should be able to beat the 4 hour mark easily.

TIMELINE (SPOILERS AHEAD!):

Prologue – 0:05
Mia Boss Fight in Guest House – 21:30
Escape from the Guest House – 22:33
Jack Baker Boss Fight in Garage – 31:28
Jack Baker Boss Fight in Morgue – 41:40
Escape to the Yard – 49:55
Marguerite Boss Fight in Old House – 58:52
Marguerite Boss Fight in Garden – 1:03:00
Uncovered the Secret of the Old House – 1:13:00
Lucas Baker Birthday Puzzle – 1:31:08
Jack Baker Mutated Megaboss – 1:38:00
Reached Old Ship (playing as Mia) – 1:47:25
Repairing Old Ship Elevator with Cable & Fuse – 2:04:09
Escaped Old Ship – 2:16:30
Final Boss Fight – 2:23:43

1. Before Lucas’ Happy Birthday room.
2. After Lucas’ Happy Birthday room.
3. After escaping from the old ship (you’ll need ammo + weapons for the last enemy encounters and final boss).

In the game stats you can see how often you’ve opened the item box. A nice little workaround is to use the “Manage Items” option when you die during a boss fight. For example during the Mutant Jack Baker boss or endboss. Using “Manage Items” in the death screen does not count as an item box use (Credit to Sixation for this). With this trick the third item box use is optional on easy and normal difficulty, but on madhouse you will need weapons from the third box to destroy explosives on a ladder.

Steroids do not count as meds and fully restore your health (they are from cages where you can insert Antique Coins). Feel free to use Steroids, they won’t affect the trophy.