Resident Evil 4 Guide | All Puzzle Solutions

A guide showing how to solve all the puzzles in Resident Evil 4 in different difficulty modes.

Game Guide by Sabi on Feb 07, 2025

In Resident Evil 4, there are a lot of puzzles that you will encounter while playing the game, and you need to solve every one of them to progress throughout the story; this guide will show you how to solve every puzzle available in Resident Evil 4.

Valley Emblem Puzzle

Resident Evil 4 Guide, Valley Emblem Puzzle

This puzzle is pretty simple. Simply flip and rotate the logo until the stick behind it is at the bottom right.

Mayor's House Puzzle

Resident Evil 4 Guide, Mayor's House Puzzle

For this task, you will use the cupboard lock on the floor below and place the symbols of the harvest, the pig, and the baby.

Once you've obtained the sphere, you'll go up to the upper floor, lay it on the door, and begin rotating it until you make the Los Iluminados emblem. If you can't get the shape right, simply turn it 180º.

Hexagonal Pieces Puzzle

Resident Evil 4 Guide, Hexagonal Pieces Puzzle

This puzzle is not important for the plot; it is simply for obtaining a treasure. To solve it quickly, you must arrange the three hexagonal pieces in the following order: A, B, and C.

Cave And Shrine Altars Puzzle

Resident Evil 4 Guide, Cave And Shrine Altars Puzzle

In each puzzle, you must press three symbols to get the heads you need to place to get the key to the church.

Church Puzzle

Resident Evil 4 Guide, Church Puzzle

To start the window puzzle, press the lever on the left and set the blue dial on the right side of the church.

Castle Armor Puzzle

In this puzzle, you only need to arrange the swords in the following order:

Iron Sword
Golden sword
Bloody Sword
Rusty sword

Stone Board Wall Puzzle

Resident Evil 4 Guide, Stone Board Wall Puzzle

To complete this problem, you must collect the three stone boards in the chamber, set them on the wall, and organize them as follows:

Top: orange square shield.
Left: An orange hexagonal helmet.
Right: Blue Square Sword
Down: blue hexagonal armor.
Dining Room Puzzle

To retrieve the snake head, you must sit in two chairs and ring the bell: Leon at the bottom left of the second table and Ashley at the bottom right of the first table.

Ashley's Lamp Puzzle

Resident Evil 4 Guide, Ashley's Lamp Puzzle

Ashley's second puzzle requires us to replace the blue light lamps. To do this, you'll arrange them in the following order:

You will replace the one you have had since the beginning with the one located in the back.
The one on the back will be switched to the one on the left side.
The one on the left will be positioned in the vacant space on the right.

Island Laboratory Computer

Resident Evil 4 Guide, Island Laboratory Computer

Move the square button in this sequence:

First square: Three times.
Second square: Two times.
Third square: Zero times.

Island Freezer Computer

Resident Evil 4 Guide, Island Freezer Computer

Move the square button in this sequence:

First square: Two times.
Second square: Two times.
Third square: Three times.
Fourth square: Two times.

Island Waste Area Computer

Resident Evil 4 Guide, Island Waste Area Computer

First square: Three times.
Second square: Three times.
Third square: Three times.
Fourth square: Two times.

Hexagon Pieces Puzzle Hardcore Mode

In Hardcore/Professional, rotate the right side twice, then the left side twice, and finally the upper side once.

Ashley's Lamp Puzzle Hardcore Mode

Ashley's second puzzle requires us to replace the blue light lamps. To do this, you'll arrange them in the following order:

You will replace the one you have had since the beginning with the one located in the back.
The one on the back will be switched to the one on the left side.
The one on the left will be positioned in the vacant space on the right.