Warning! Resident Evil Requiem spoilers comply with:
In the event you’ve spent any time in Resident Evil Requiem’s Rhodes Hill Power Care Middle, you recognize to steer completely away from “the chef.” A towering, burly, machete-wielding shambler, he’s the hardest “common” zombie Grace can face in Requiem’s terrifying first half. The one strategy to take him down is to refill on bullets, Hemolytic Injectors, and a complete lot of braveness.
Or simply get one of many noise-sensitive zombies to one-shot him.
As you’ll in all probability already know, there are a variety of various zombie sorts or “characters” in Rhodes Hill. Amongst them are audio-sensitive sufferers who will lash out at something that makes an excessive amount of noise. In the event you’ve unlocked the Inside Dispute trophy, you’ll know you possibly can exploit that quirk to get this zombie sort to assault different enemies. That’s precisely what X person @neko_sougo did, baiting the noise-hater into attacking the chef. The outcomes are unbelievable: a one-hit kill.
シェフゾンビまで、一撃で倒す「ノイジー」…#バイオレクイエム #バイオハザード pic.twitter.com/CcWmqDWoWr
— それいけジェットでやってみよう！ (@neko_sougo) March 4, 2026
It appears unattainable, and it’s… nicely, definitely on the usual problem stage. However this video clip appears to have been captured from an Madness problem run. That might not solely clarify the large quantity of injury the zombie can inflict, but additionally the placement of this one-sided brawl. Sometimes the chef hangs out within the kitchen, and later patrols the adjoining hallway of the west wing’s first flooring. The noise-hating zombie, in the meantime, is situated one flooring up, within the workplace, which is the place this clip was filmed. And so the chef has needed to be baited distant previous his typical patrol boundaries, one thing that the Madness problem permits for.
There’s one other clip to additional recommend the noise-hater is a juggernaut on Madness mode. Consumer @SparkingSushi posted a clip displaying the affected person one-shotting Chunk, Rhodes Hill’s grotesque stalker enemy. To be clear: Chunk is essentially the most formidable enemy on this part of the sport. He takes a minimum of three Hemolytic Injectors to kill on customary problem. A success to the skull with a metallic pole shouldn’t flatline him. And but right here’s the proof in full-colour.
He can one shot chunk too on Madness mode pic.twitter.com/CL64Oh295I
— Gadaven (@SparkingSushi) March 4, 2026
Whereas these clips do appear to recommend that the noise-hater is extremely highly effective at Madness problem, there are different issues to think about. Requiem has solely just lately been launched, and so hasn’t had each patch it’s more likely to get throughout its lifetime — maybe, then, it is a bug. We must also take into account the concept that the clips are rigged. In a world the place we’d all like our clips to go viral (and the chef one very a lot has, with 2 million views on @neko_sougo’s submit and an additional 2.5m views on a repost from @REBiohazardNews), we shouldn’t low cost that maybe the chef had been closely broken earlier than the digital camera began rolling, permitting for the one-shot kill.
Ought to the ability of this zombie be actual, although, then it’s not solely a really cool quirk, however doubtlessly a wildly helpful addition to Grace’s toolkit throughout an Madness run. Neglect pistols, knives, and deadly blood injections, all you want is a couple of glass bottles to bait all your foes in direction of the insta-kill I.V. drip.
Earlier this week, Capcom introduced that Resident Evil Requiem had already handed the 5 million gross sales mark — a file for the franchise’s current historical past. In the event you’re already one of many hundreds of thousands enjoying, IGN’s Resident Evil: Requiem information will allow you to each step of the best way via RE9. Pay attention to these key suggestions and tips earlier than you get began, and give attention to discovering these vital gadgets early. Plus, our complete walkthrough will ensure you do not miss a single Bobblehead or file as you attempt to survive from the Rhodes Hill Power Care Middle all the best way to Raccoon Metropolis.
Matt Purslow is IGN’s Govt Editor of Options.