Resident Evil 2 Remake Achievement Guide: Complete 100%

Resident Evil 2 Remake packs 44 achievements across the main campaigns and the free Ghost Survivors DLC, and Steam’s own unlock-rate data shows exactly where players give up. Story achievements clear 50-95%, but the moment achievements demand S Rank speedruns, item-free clears, or the brutally difficult No Way Out scenario, the numbers collapse into single digits. This is a short game built for repeat playthroughs, and full completion genuinely rewards that structure.

Quick Stats

• Total Achievements: 44
• Estimated Completion Time: 20-30 hours for full 100% completion across multiple playthroughs
• Difficulty: Medium overall, with a small cluster of genuinely hard challenges around S Rank speedruns and the No Way Out DLC scenario
• Online Required: No
• Missable Achievements: Yes. Ada’s segment achievement, Sherry’s segment achievement, and both boss-timer achievements are tied to specific character scenarios and can be missed if you’re not paying attention

Achievement List by Category

Story Progression (Unmissable)

• Welcome to the City of the Dead
• Path to the Goddess
• Never-Ending Rain
• A Great Need for a Shower
• A Hero Emerges
• A Heroine Emerges
• Hack Complete
• Hide and Seek
• Broken Umbrella

Combat and Interaction

• The Basics of Survival
• Eat This!
• Hip to Add Squares
• That’ll Hold ‘Em
• First Break-In
• Customizer
• A Vault-like Mind
• Vermin Extermination
• Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Gun
• Bon Appétit
• Hats Off!
• Keep Their Heads Ringin’
• Like Skeet Shooting
• Chasing Jill

Character-Specific Segment Challenges

• One Slick Super-spy
• Young Escapee
• In the Blink of an Eye
• With Time to Spare
• Gotcha!

Completion and Collection

• A Waist of Space
• Hide and Seek (Sherry)
• Master of Unlocking
• Treasure Hunter
• Zombie Roundup
• Lore Explorer
• Complete Vermin Extermination

Speedrun and Challenge Runs

• Leon “S.” Kennedy
• Sizzling Scarlet Hero
• Hardcore Rookie
• Hardcore College Student
• Frugalist
• Minimalist
• A Small Carbon Footprint

Extra Modes

• Grim Reaper
• Hell of a Sheriff
• Got ‘Em

Achievements by Category

Achievement names, unlock rates, and rarity below come directly from Steam’s own achievement data. Unlock requirements below are based on our own testing and verified trophy data.

Story Progression

Welcome to the City of the Dead

Unlock Rate: 94.8% (Common)

Requirement: Make it to the police station.

How to Unlock: Survive the opening streets of Raccoon City and reach the entrance of the R.P.D.

Tips: This is unmissable and unlocks within your first 15-20 minutes of play.

Path to the Goddess

Unlock Rate: 73.6% (Common)

Requirement: Solve the Goddess Statue puzzle.

How to Unlock: Find all three medallions hidden around the R.P.D. and place them into the Goddess Statue in the Main Hall.

Tips: This opens a secret passage once all three medallions are placed, so keep exploring the station if you’re missing one.

Never-Ending Rain

Unlock Rate: 61.9% (Common)

Requirement: Escape the police station.

How to Unlock: Progress through the parking garage and reach the “Behind the RPD” section.

Tips: Story-related and unmissable regardless of which character or scenario you play first.

A Great Need for a Shower

Unlock Rate: 57.9% (Common)

Requirement: Escape from the sewers.

How to Unlock: Defeat the Stage 2 G boss (William Birkin’s first mutation) and rescue Ada or escape the sewer section.

Tips: Story-related and unmissable, this occurs after the sewer boss encounter.

A Hero Emerges

Unlock Rate: 52.0% (Common)

Requirement: Complete Leon’s story.

How to Unlock: Finish Leon’s campaign in either the A or B scenario.

Tips: This unlocks regardless of which difficulty you choose to play on.

A Heroine Emerges

Unlock Rate: 36.6% (Uncommon)

Requirement: Complete Claire’s story.

How to Unlock: Finish Claire’s campaign in either the A or B scenario.

Tips: Completing one character’s A scenario unlocks the other character’s B scenario, which is how you’ll naturally pick this up alongside A Hero Emerges.

Hack Complete

Unlock Rate: 56.5% (Common)

Requirement: Complete Ada’s segment.

How to Unlock: During Leon’s campaign, play through and finish Ada Wong’s playable section.

Tips: This is only available in Leon’s story and is unmissable once you reach that point in the campaign.

Hide and Seek

Unlock Rate: 39.6% (Uncommon)

Requirement: Complete Sherry’s segment.

How to Unlock: During Claire’s campaign, play through and finish Sherry Birkin’s playable section.

Tips: This is only available in Claire’s story and is unmissable once you reach that point.

Broken Umbrella

Unlock Rate: 28.3% (Rare)

Requirement: Witness the true ending.

How to Unlock: Complete any character’s Campaign A, which unlocks the other character’s Campaign B, then complete that Campaign B to see the true ending.

Tips: For example, finishing Leon’s Campaign A unlocks Claire’s Campaign B. Completing that second run in sequence is what triggers the true ending and this achievement.

Combat and Interaction

The Basics of Survival

Unlock Rate: 86.5% (Common)

Requirement: Combine two items together.

How to Unlock: Combine any two compatible items in your inventory, such as two Green Herbs.

Tips: This happens naturally within your first encounters as you manage healing items.

Eat This!

Unlock Rate: 85.3% (Common)

Requirement: Counterattack with a sub-weapon.

How to Unlock: Let a zombie grab you, then use your equipped sub-weapon, such as a knife, to counterattack during the grab prompt.

Tips: This will likely happen naturally the first time a zombie grabs you in a hallway.

Hip to Add Squares

Unlock Rate: 83.2% (Common)

Requirement: Increase your inventory slots.

How to Unlock: Find and equip a Hip Pouch or similar inventory expansion item.

Tips: One hip pouch can be found in the 3F West Storage Room on the table across from the Maiden medallion.

That’ll Hold ‘Em

Unlock Rate: 83.2% (Common)

Requirement: Use Wooden Boards to board up a window.

How to Unlock: Find Wooden Boards near a zombie-banging window and use them to seal it shut.

Tips: Shortly after passing through the Reception area, you’ll encounter a zombie banging on a window with Wooden Boards nearby to use.

First Break-In

Unlock Rate: 82.9% (Common)

Requirement: Open a dial safe.

How to Unlock: Find a dial safe and enter its correct combination to open it.

Tips: There are three dial safes in the game, and opening just one is enough for this achievement.

Customizer

Unlock Rate: 80.5% (Common)

Requirement: Customize a weapon.

How to Unlock: Find a weapon customization part and combine it with a compatible weapon.

Tips: An early customization part can be found in a dial-locked chest at the West Office, with codes NED and MRG for the left and right locks.

A Vault-like Mind

Unlock Rate: 78.9% (Common)

Requirement: Open a portable safe.

How to Unlock: Find a portable safe and press its buttons in the order the lights illuminate to unlock it.

Tips: In Scenario A, portable safes can be found in the Shower Room and the Linen Room, though the button pattern is randomized per save.

Vermin Extermination

Unlock Rate: 65.9% (Common)

Requirement: Destroy a Mr. Raccoon.

How to Unlock: Find and shoot or destroy any single Mr. Raccoon collectible statue.

Tips: An early Mr. Raccoon can be found in the S.T.A.R.S. Office as a small bouncing toy.

Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Gun

Unlock Rate: 61.7% (Common)

Requirement: Defeat an enemy with a knife.

How to Unlock: Kill any enemy using only your knife.

Tips: A basic zombie is the easiest target, though this can also be done during tougher boss fights if you prefer.

Bon Appétit

Unlock Rate: 60.3% (Common)

Requirement: Shoot the grenade you fed to an enemy.

How to Unlock: Equip a grenade as your sub-weapon, let a zombie grab you, use the grenade as your counterattack to shove it into the zombie’s mouth, then shoot the grenade before it detonates.

Tips: You need a Hand Grenade specifically for this, not a Flash Grenade, since the flash type won’t trigger the achievement.

Hats Off!

Unlock Rate: 58.0% (Common)

Requirement: Shoot Tyrant’s hat off his head.

How to Unlock: When Mr. X appears in the R.P.D., aim for his hat and keep shooting until it falls off.

Tips: This works anywhere Mr. X pursues you in his classic trench coat and fedora appearance.

Keep Their Heads Ringin’

Unlock Rate: 57.0% (Common)

Requirement: Paralyze a licker’s sense of hearing.

How to Unlock: Throw a flashbang grenade at a licker enemy to disorient it.

Tips: Lickers first appear around the parking garage area, giving you an early opportunity to try this.

Like Skeet Shooting

Unlock Rate: 55.7% (Common)

Requirement: Shoot a zombie dog or a licker out of the air.

How to Unlock: Shoot a zombie dog or licker while it’s mid-leap toward you.

Tips: Zombie dogs appear in Leon’s scenario near the parking garage, while lickers appear in the equivalent area for Claire.

Chasing Jill

Unlock Rate: 50.5% (Common)

Requirement: Read a letter left behind by Jill.

How to Unlock: During Leon’s campaign, find and read Jill’s letter inside Kendo’s Gun Shop, accessible after leaving the police station through the parking garage.

Tips: This is only available in Leon’s story, and the letter sits on a table in the back corner of the shop.

Character-Specific Segment Challenges

One Slick Super-spy

Unlock Rate: 6.8% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Ada’s segment using only the EMF Visualizer.

How to Unlock: During Ada’s playable section in Leon’s campaign, avoid shooting her gun or using any grenades or flashbangs, relying entirely on the EMF Visualizer tool to progress.

Tips: Do not shoot at any Mr. Raccoon collectibles during this segment either, as doing so will fail the achievement.

Young Escapee

Unlock Rate: 7.2% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Escape the bedroom within 60 seconds during Sherry’s segment.

How to Unlock: During Sherry’s playable section in Claire’s campaign, solve the escape room puzzle and get out of the bedroom before the 60-second timer expires.

Tips: The combination is randomized per save but stays consistent if you reload, so if you fail, load your autosave and try the same solution again with better speed.

In the Blink of an Eye

Unlock Rate: 30.8% (Uncommon)

Requirement: Defeat Super Tyrant with 5+ minutes left until detonation.

How to Unlock: During Leon’s final boss fight against Super Tyrant, defeat him quickly enough that the self-destruct timer still shows 5 or more minutes remaining.

Tips: This is exclusive to Leon’s campaign. Playing on Assisted or Standard difficulty makes the fight faster and more forgiving for hitting this timer.

With Time to Spare

Unlock Rate: 24.5% (Rare)

Requirement: Defeat Stage 4 G with 4+ minutes left until detonation.

How to Unlock: During Claire’s final boss fight against Stage 4 G, defeat the monster quickly enough that 4 or more minutes remain on the timer.

Tips: This is exclusive to Claire’s campaign. You’ll receive a minigun for this fight, so keep firing at the creature’s exposed eyes rather than trying to conserve ammo.

Gotcha!

Unlock Rate: 25.9% (Rare)

Requirement: Defeat Stage 2 G using the crane only once.

How to Unlock: Weaken the Stage 2 G boss with regular attacks first, then use the sewer crane exactly once to finish it off.

Tips: If you use the crane before the boss is sufficiently weakened, or use it more than once, the achievement will not trigger, so save beforehand in case you need to retry.

Completion and Collection

A Waist of Space

Unlock Rate: 41.1% (Uncommon)

Requirement: Expand inventory slots to max.

How to Unlock: Find and equip every available inventory-expanding item to reach the maximum number of slots.

Tips: This requires collecting multiple Hip Pouches and similar items scattered throughout both campaigns.

Master of Unlocking

Unlock Rate: 39.3% (Uncommon)

Requirement: Open all of the safes and locks in the game.

How to Unlock: Find and open all 3 dial safes and 5 locks scattered throughout the game.

Tips: This will likely require multiple playthroughs since some safes and locks are exclusive to specific characters or scenarios.

Treasure Hunter

Unlock Rate: 21.9% (Rare)

Requirement: Using the photo hints, find 2 hidden items.

How to Unlock: Once you reach the sewers, retrieve the Treatment Facility key and the film roll, develop the photos back at the R.P.D., then use the photo hints to locate 2 hidden items.

Tips: Grab the Treatment Facility key before developing the film, since you’ll need it afterward to access the hidden items shown in the photos.

Zombie Roundup

Unlock Rate: 28.4% (Rare)

Requirement: Kill 3 enemies at once with a sub-weapon.

How to Unlock: Equip a Hand Grenade as your sub-weapon and throw it into a group of at least 3 zombies to kill them simultaneously.

Tips: The Jail area in the Police Station Basement is a good spot for this, since it releases half a dozen or more zombies once you progress far enough.

Lore Explorer

Unlock Rate: 6.0% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Read all of the files.

How to Unlock: Find and read all 58 collectible files scattered throughout the game.

Tips: Since Leon and Claire each have exclusive files, this genuinely requires playing through multiple campaigns and scenarios to collect them all.

Complete Vermin Extermination

Unlock Rate: 6.8% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Destroy all Mr. Raccoons.

How to Unlock: Find and destroy all 15 Mr. Raccoon collectibles across the game.

Tips: Three Mr. Raccoons are Claire-exclusive, two are Leon-exclusive, and the rest appear in both campaigns, so plan your collectible route around character-specific locations.

Speedrun and Challenge Runs

Leon “S.” Kennedy

Unlock Rate: 10.1% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Leon’s story on Standard or Hardcore with an S Rank.

How to Unlock: Finish Leon’s campaign fast enough to earn an S Rank, which requires completing the Main Scenario on Standard difficulty in under 3 hours 30 minutes, or Hardcore in under 2 hours 30 minutes.

Tips: Only your completion time matters for S Rank, not damage taken or items used. The in-game timer pauses whenever you pause the game, so take your time planning an optimal route beforehand.

Sizzling Scarlet Hero

Unlock Rate: 9.9% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Claire’s story on Standard or Hardcore with an S Rank.

How to Unlock: Finish Claire’s campaign fast enough to earn an S Rank, using the same time thresholds as Leon’s run.

Tips: Practicing on Standard difficulty first before attempting Hardcore speedruns will help you learn the optimal route without the added pressure of tougher enemies.

Hardcore Rookie

Unlock Rate: 10.4% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Leon’s story on “Hardcore” game mode.

How to Unlock: Finish Leon’s full campaign with the difficulty set to Hardcore.

Tips: Hardcore removes auto-aim and increases enemy damage significantly, so make sure you’re comfortable with manual aiming before attempting this.

Hardcore College Student

Unlock Rate: 9.7% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete Claire’s story on “Hardcore” game mode.

How to Unlock: Finish Claire’s full campaign with the difficulty set to Hardcore.

Tips: This pairs naturally with Hardcore Rookie, since both require the same difficulty setting on opposite characters.

Frugalist

Unlock Rate: 9.7% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete the game without using a recovery item.

How to Unlock: Finish a full campaign without using any herbs, First Aid Sprays, or other healing items.

Tips: Assisted difficulty helps here since your health regenerates from Danger back to Caution automatically over time without needing items.

Minimalist

Unlock Rate: 6.5% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Clear the game without opening the item box.

How to Unlock: Finish a full campaign without ever interacting with an item storage box.

Tips: This forces careful inventory management from the very start, since you can never store or retrieve items once you begin.

A Small Carbon Footprint

Unlock Rate: 7.9% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Take 14000 steps or fewer in one playthrough.

How to Unlock: Complete a full playthrough while keeping your total step count at or below 14,000.

Tips: Avoid backtracking for missed items or updates, and stick to the most direct path through each area to keep your step count low.

Extra Modes

Grim Reaper

Unlock Rate: 9.6% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete “The 4th Survivor” Extra mode.

How to Unlock: Unlock The 4th Survivor mode by completing the True Ending, then finish the mode playing as HUNK, traveling from the sewers to the front gates of the R.P.D.

Tips: You start with limited items and cannot restock, so memorizing enemy placements before attempting a real run will save you significant frustration.

Hell of a Sheriff

Unlock Rate: 6.7% (Very Rare)

Requirement: Complete the No Way Out scenario without using Training Mode.

How to Unlock: Unlock the No Way Out scenario by completing all 3 Ghost Survivors DLC scenarios, then clear it on a real attempt rather than in Training Mode.

Tips: This is widely considered one of the hardest achievements in the game. Avoid unnecessary headshots on weaker zombies since body shots often kill them just as fast with less risk of missing.

Got ‘Em

Unlock Rate: 4.0% (Ultra Rare)

Requirement: Destroy all Mr. Raccoons hidden in The Ghost Survivors mode.

How to Unlock: Find and destroy every hidden Mr. Raccoon collectible across the Ghost Survivors DLC scenarios.

Tips: In the No Way Out scenario specifically, the final Mr. Raccoon appears as a bobblehead behind a metal door that zombies eventually break through, so keep fighting until it’s revealed.

5-Phase 100% Completion Roadmap

Phase 1: First Campaign Playthrough (Leon or Claire A) Play through your first character’s A Scenario on Standard or Assisted difficulty, picking up all story achievements, most combat and interaction achievements, and either Hack Complete or Hide and Seek depending on your character.

P2: Second Run (Opposite Character B) Complete the unlocked B Scenario for the opposite character to trigger Broken Umbrella and pick up A Hero Emerges or A Heroine Emerges for whichever character you haven’t finished yet.

P3: Collectible and Completion Sweep Use additional playthroughs to gather every file for Lore Explorer, every Mr. Raccoon for Complete Vermin Extermination, and every safe and lock for Master of Unlocking, since several collectibles are character-exclusive.

P4: Challenge Runs Tackle Frugalist, Minimalist, and A Small Carbon Footprint together on a single efficient Assisted-difficulty run, since all three reward careful, minimal-interaction play. Follow with dedicated Hardcore clears for Hardcore Rookie and Hardcore College Student.

P5: Speedruns and Extra Modes Learn an optimized route and attempt S Rank speedruns for Leon “S.” Kennedy and Sizzling Scarlet Hero, then unlock and complete The 4th Survivor and No Way Out extra modes for Grim Reaper and Hell of a Sheriff, saving the hardest DLC content for last.

Conclusion

Resident Evil 2 Remake’s 44 achievements split clearly into a generous first half that rewards natural exploration and combat, and a demanding second half built around speedrunning, resource denial, and the genuinely brutal No Way Out scenario. Steam’s data confirms this: story achievements sit above 50%, while Hell of a Sheriff and Got ‘Em drop below 7%. Budget 20-30 hours across several playthroughs, and save the S Rank speedruns and No Way Out for once you’ve fully learned the game’s layout and enemy patterns.