When it comes to Resident Evil 4 Remake bosses, Salazar is undoubtedly the most annoying of them all. It moves fast, flies around the room, has a one-hit attack, and shoots that black ooze everywhere. In the original RE4, I always bought a rocket launcher from the merchant and downed Salazar with one shot. Resident Evil 4 Remake means it’s a bit more difficult, as the horror game’s bazooka costs a lot more now, but it turns out there’s an equally quick, but a lot more absurd method to drop Salazar in an instant.
It all goes back to the merchant and those Resident Evil 4 Remake blue medallion locations. As you may recall, in addition to tasking you with finding the precious blue discs, the merchant has a long list of requests to complete.
One of them, in the final stages of the castle, involves finding a portrait of Ramón Salazar and disfiguring it by hitting it with an egg. You may have one left in your city’s inventory. Alternatively, there is a rare golden egg locked in a drawer in the same room as the portrait. It sounds pretty innocuous, but it’s actually a great clue.
You see, if you hit Salazar with a golden egg during the boss fight, it takes 70% of his health away from him. Hit him with two golden eggs, and that’s it, he’s done for.
You do not believe me? Check out this clip from ‘Larxa’, a Twitch streamer famous for beating the Elden Ring using only voice commands. She is tasked with discovering Salazar’s egg method and thereby changing Resident Evil 4 Remake forever.
You can kill Salazar using a golden egg in Resident Evil 4 Remake One egg deals 70% damage, so one is enough pic.twitter.com/TZvy9CbTRC
—LARXAVTuber (@TheLarxa) March 30, 2023
Alright, so where can you find the golden eggs? As mentioned above, there’s one in the throne room of the castle – you can enter it in Chapter 12, just before the Clock Tower sequence that precedes the Battle of Salazar.
There’s also one in Chapter 4. When exploring the lake, head to the small area to the far east and get out of your boat. You will find a bunch of chickens and, at the very bottom, a golden egg.
Now there is a merchant quest to sell a golden egg, so if you use both to kill Ramon, you won’t be able to complete it. But especially if you’re playing Hardcore or Professional, it’s worth it, because Salazar is an absolute pain in the ass.
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