We had quite a laugh in Resident Evil 3 Remake's North District, didn't we? The game took everything you knew about the original, crushed it, hit you in the face with it, and then walked away laughing. However, we are far from safe. After the brutal encounter in the prologue, it's time to escape Downtown Raccoon City.
Go up the stairs behind you and look between the newspaper dispensers to find the first Mr. Charlie.
Now follow your savior. He's a handsome guy, and handsome guys are always the ones who save the day in zombie movies. Except for the cheerleader. The cheerleader always dies. Follow him until you reach the subway car and watch the cutscene.
As soon as you leave the subway car, you will find the U.B.C.S. Ammo Crafting Guide on the bench in front of you. It teaches you how to craft ammunition by combining gunpowder. Go up the stairs and pick up the Tabloid Front Page from the kiosk on the left. After the call, at the top of the stairs, you should find Green Herb x2 and Gunpowder x2, while breaking the crate with your knife will give you a Red Herb. Before passing through the turnstiles, you will see a case with a yellow lock on the left. Remember its location, as it will appear on the map as a "Lock." The first safe room in the game is right next to it.
On the left is a "Monument," which we will return to later. There is also an item box where you should store at least one Green Herb—combine the other Green Herb with the Red Herb—and the U.B.C.S. Herb Field Manual document is on the table. You already know the basics: Green Herb = healing, Green Herb + Green Herb = twice the healing, and Green Herb + Red Herb = three times the healing. Nothing new. Crawl beneath the metal shutter at the back of the room.
After the cutscene, you will encounter your first real zombie. If you are skilled enough, you can perform a perfect dodge with the knife equipped and slice it to ribbons. Personally, we recommend using the following strategy for now: perform a perfect dodge with the handgun, shoot it in the head, finish it with the knife if it falls to the ground, and shoot it in the head again if it is still alive.
Go through the alley and collect the Handgun Ammo from the barrel next to the bloodstain. Two zombies will attack you around the corner, so get rid of them. Continue along the street until a cutscene begins and remain calm afterward. Try to get the zombies to gather around the red barrel and then shoot it to blow them up. This will kill them instantly. There was a crate containing Gunpowder next to the barrel, which will also have been destroyed by the explosion.
Now go down the stairs behind the fence that the zombies knocked over. Before going down, take note of the sparking generator. Shooting it will electrocute every nearby zombie, giving you time to approach. Before entering, you will find Gunpowder to the left of the door.
There are several items inside: Handgun Ammo on the table to your right, Gunpowder on the table with the two corpses, a locked locker, and a safe room behind the counter containing a Green Herb, a Fancy Box, and an item box. We recommend combining two containers of Gunpowder to make some extra ammunition. Examine the Fancy Box and open it to find the Red Jewel. Leave it in the item box for now. Finally, before leaving through the door at the back, destroy another Mr. Charlie.
Once outside, you should see four zombies and a red barrel. By now, you should know exactly what to do to get rid of them. Go left, watch out for the zombie that emerges from the police car, break the crate, and collect the Gunpowder. There will be some Handgun Ammo in the alley, immediately to your right as you move forward. Continue to the end, passing the padlocked door and Kite Bros. Railway on your left. Keep going and kill the two zombies beside the red barrel. To their right, inside an alcove, is a wooden crate containing Gunpowder. Watch out for the zombie that crawls out from beneath the car. You should either combine the two containers of Gunpowder you are carrying or store them in the item box.
Approach the nearby Redstone Pharmacy, but watch out for the zombie by the door, as it isn't just a corpse. There is a Green Herb on the counter and High-Grade Gunpowder on one of the shelves along the wall. At the back, next to the corpse, you will find Handgun Ammo. However, what really interests us is this advertisement.
Return to the item box and store anything you don't need, as we have several things to collect. Go up the fire escape in the alley opposite Kite Bros. Railway. In the corridor at the top, collect the Handgun Ammo and OPEN the door, DON'T PUSH IT OPEN. This will catch the zombie off guard and allow you to blow its head off. If it doesn't fall, back away and wait for it to try to follow you.
Once inside, the first thing you should do is destroy the Mr. Charlie on the shelf.
At the back, on the left, you will find Gunpowder inside a drawer and the Drugstore Owner's Journal next to it. There is also a safe nearby, and its combination is formed by the marked numbers on the pharmacy advertisement: 9 left, 1 right, 8 left. Inside, you will find the Dot Sight (Handgun), which can be combined with your Glock. Leave through the nearby door and cross the walkway without going down the stairs on the right until you reach the rooftop. There will be a crate containing a Red Herb when you arrive.
Go around the area and head all the way to the barrel, but turn around as soon as you reach it. There is a zombie around the corner, and the corpse you just walked over will also get up. Shoot the barrel and send them both to hell. Then collect the Gunpowder from the corpse that the female zombie was eating and lower the ladder to create a shortcut back to the main street.
Return to the item box once again, store the Gunpowder, and then head back to the alley beside Moon's Donuts and the entrance to Kite Bros. Railway, which we have already ignored twice. A zombie will appear at the far end when you turn the corner. Enter through the first door and you will see a Mr. Charlie beneath the tables.
You will find the Kite Bros. Railway Manual on a chair beside the machine in front of you. There is also another locked case that you cannot open yet. Go into the hallway and collect the Fire Hose. In the final room along the hallway, you will find the Subway Employee's Memo, as well as Gunpowder and a Hand Grenade inside the lockers, except for the locked one, of course. Now return to Moon's Donuts, enter the safe room, make sure you are carrying the Fire Hose, and go to the burning alley. Use the hose on the fire hydrant to clear the way.
You will reach another safe room. There is a locked locker, an item box, a typewriter, a door secured with a chain, and the Bolt Cutters.
Before moving forward, we are going to take a short detour. Make room for at least three items and return to the main street on Redstone Street. Look for the building with the red Supermarket sign. Use the Bolt Cutters to open the door. Inside, you will find a Fancy Box containing the Blue Jewel. There is also a First Aid Spray and a container of High-Grade Gunpowder. When you leave, the door of the police car to your right may open. If it does, kill the zombie and collect the Handgun Ammo from the seat. Head toward the alley beside Moon's Donuts and leave the Blue Jewel, First Aid Spray, and Gunpowder in the item box for now.
There is a chained door on the left side of the alley that you can now cut open. There are four zombies inside, but be careful because the one near the entrance to the alley will get up when you try to escape. You can kill them all with the red barrel if you manage to lure them close enough. At the back, in addition to some Handgun Ammo, there is a crate containing Shotgun Shells. The corpse the zombies were eating is carrying a Hand Grenade.
Now go to Kite Bros. Railway, enter the office at the back, and use the Bolt Cutters on the display case to obtain the Shotgun. A zombie will open the door as you try to leave the building, but you can easily dodge it. Return to the room where you found the Bolt Cutters, organize your inventory, and open the red door. A cutscene will begin when you do. You can now discard the Bolt Cutters. Collect the Shotgun Shells and the Training Log from the corpse. Leave through the door at the top of the stairs.
Turn right in the alley. You will see a corpse with some Handgun Ammo and the U.B.C.S. Suicide Note beside it. As you continue toward the other side, you will find the Electrician's Notice on the wall. While moving between the buildings, two dogs will attack you. Shoot the sparking generator on the left to stun both of them and then blow their heads off. Two shots are enough on Standard difficulty.
Continue to the end of the street, walking past the substation entrance, to find a crate containing Gunpowder. Now go back, pass through the metal gate, and enter. Two zombies will approach you as soon as you go inside, while another will come down the stairs. If you don't like fighting in such a confined space, go back outside and wait for them to open the door. In the southeast corner, you will find several lockers, one of which is padlocked, with Gunpowder inside one of the unlocked lockers. Then go upstairs, collect the Red Herb, and enter the safe room.
The first Hip Pouch, which adds two more inventory slots, is beside the item box. Collect the Substation Chief's Fax in front of the typewriter and item box. Before continuing, shoot the Mr. Charlie in the corner.
Go through the door, head down the stairs, and collect the Green Herbs: They Work! document and Green Herb x2. Reorganize your inventory using the item box if you are carrying too much. There is a padlocked door on the right. At the far end, approach the corpse to trigger a cutscene and obtain the Case.
Examine it and rotate the case until you can see the front. Open it to obtain the Lock Pick. Go around the corner to collect some Handgun Ammo. Before opening the nearby door, we are going to take a lengthy detour back toward the beginning of the game. Visit the following locations to open locks with the Lock Pick now, so you won't have to do it later when everything becomes more dangerous:
The final location needs a little more explanation because it is an entirely new room with several things to do. As soon as you enter, look to the right to see a Mr. Charlie.
Examine the shopping cart and collect Your Charlie Doll. You will find another Fancy Box on the table, which contains the Green Jewel. Now return to the subway safe room. If you have been following this guide, you should have the Red Jewel, Blue Jewel, and Green Jewel. You can now place them in the Monument in the corner. Inserting the Green Jewel will reward you with a Hand Grenade, the Red Jewel will give you the Tactical Stock (Shotgun), and the Blue Jewel will reward you with a Hip Pouch. You can't say the trip wasn't worthwhile, can you? Now return to the substation. Take one Green Herb—or preferably two—and the Shotgun from the item box. Go down the stairs from the safe room, return to where you obtained the Lock Pick, and open the padlocked door. You will find the Substation Internal Memo to its right.
After the cutscene, immediately use a Green Herb to recover. Pass through the gate, ready your Shotgun, and look at this map showing the locations of all four circuit breakers:
Proceed carefully because Deimos will attack while you are activating them. If they hit you, you will have to activate the circuit breaker again. If they infect you, remember to use a Green Herb. They should die from a single Shotgun blast, at least on Standard difficulty. After climbing the ladder, you will find a crate containing Handgun Ammo to the left and Chad's Notes on the ground. When you activate the fourth circuit breaker and turn around, the wall will "burst open" and two Deimos will emerge: one Shotgun blast should take care of both. Return to the control room and watch the cutscene.
That's exactly what we need to do. Head to Kite Bros. Railway on Redstone Street, in the alley behind Moon's Donuts, where you found the Fire Hose. The problem is that Nemesis will appear as soon as you leave. Throw a Hand Grenade at him and he will immediately fall to the ground, allowing you to collect the Supply Case. Examine it to obtain the Extended Magazine (Handgun). Don't just stand there like an idiot, as the creature won't drop anything else. Run through the alley and watch out for the two zombies at the intersection leading to the Garage.
When you return to the street, Nemesis will appear regardless of which route you take. We recommend using the stairs along the street instead of trying to cross the rooftop, as there is more room to maneuver. Remember that you can electrocute the monster using the generator opposite Moon's Donuts. Two zombies will have appeared in front of Kite Bros. Railway. Kill them and enter the building to reach the control room. Nemesis will not enter this building, so don't worry if he is pursuing you. Go through the first door and set the route that the subway will follow. If you are having trouble, this is the solution:
Press "Enter" at the bottom to finish. Now we need to return to the subway. As soon as you leave, the zombie that has been lying dead at the far end will get up and sprout a tentacle from its head. This is a Nemesis-infected variant that can strike at long range in any direction. You will need to shoot it several times with the handgun to make it "open up" and expose its weak point. Outside, immediately turn right, dodge the zombie on the left and the tentacle zombie on the right, enter Moon's Donuts, and use the safe room to prepare. We recommend taking a Hand Grenade and a loaded Shotgun. You shouldn't need to carry any spare ammunition.
A cutscene will begin as soon as you leave Moon's Donuts. You need to act quickly here. Throw a Hand Grenade at Nemesis's feet to kill the tentacle zombie and knock him to the ground. He will drop a Supply Case containing the Moderator (Handgun) for the G19. Don't waste a second: run up the stairs with your Shotgun at the ready. If a zombie gets in your way, shoot it before it can be turned into a tentacle zombie.
At the top, turn right, cross the alley, and reach the safe room where the jewel puzzle was located. You will be safe once you are inside. If you stop, Nemesis will get back up, and be warned that he is extremely troublesome inside the alley. Be careful when you reach the bloodstain beside the zombie facing away from you, as another zombie will emerge from the left. All you need to do now is go down to the train and watch the cutscene.
After the cutscene, run and listen carefully for audio cues so you can dodge before being hit. You will soon pass a damaged generator. Turn around, wait for Nemesis to approach it, and shoot the generator to stun him for a few seconds. Once inside the warehouse, look for the red barrels, wait for him to approach, and shoot them. Then interact with the vent on the wall several times until you escape.
Keep running until another cutscene begins. You have escaped Downtown, yes... but now you need to find a way out of the Sewers.
