Resident Evil 2 guide: Trophies and Achievements

The Resident Evil 2 remake has 42 Trophies and Achievements to earn while playing. You’ll find them all listed below.

We’ve broken them into story-based and gameplay-based categories. You won’t be able to earn every trophy in a single game — some of them depend on starting as Leon while others require starting as Claire.

Story trophies

There are 10 Trophies and Achievements that you’ll earn just by playing the game. Our guides will help you through any section you’re struggling with.

• Raccoon City Native. Obtain all trophies.
• Welcome to the City of the Dead. Make it to the police station.
• Path to the Goddess. Solve the Goddess Statue puzzle.
• Never-Ending Rain. Escape the police station.
• Hack Complete. Complete Ada’s segment.
• Hide and Seek. Complete Sherry’s segment.
• A Great Need for a Shower. Escape from the sewers.
• A Hero Emerges. Complete Leon’s story.
• A Heroine Emerges. Complete Claire’s story.
• Broken Umbrella. Witness the true ending.

Gameplay

The remaining 32 Trophies and Achievements are earned by completing certain objects during the game. We’ll link to any of our guides that will help you out.

• The Basics of Survival. Combine two items together.
• Hip to Add Squares. Increase your inventory slots.
• Customizer. Customize a weapon.
• Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Gun. Defeat an enemy with a knife.
• Eat This! Counterattack with a sub-weapon.
• That’ll Hold ‘Em. Use wooden boards to board up a window.
• Vermin Extermination. Destroy a Mr. Raccoon.
• A Vault-like Mind. Open a portable safe.
• First Break-In. Open a dial safe.
• Bon Appétit. Shoot the grenade you fed to an enemy.
• Zombie Roundup. Kill 3 enemies at once with a sub-weapon.
• Like Skeet Shooting. Shoot a zombie dog or a licker out of the air.
• Keep Their Heads Ringin’. Paralyze a licker’s sense of hearing.
• Hats Off! Shoot Tyrant’s hat off his head.
• Gotcha! Defeat Stage 2 G using the crane only once.
• Treasure Hunter. Using the photo hints, find 2 hidden items.
• A Waist of Space. Expand inventory slots to max.
• One Slick Super-spy. Use only the EMF Visualizer to complete Ada’s gameplay segment.
• Young Escapee. Escape the bedroom within 60 seconds during Sherry’s segment.
• With Time to Spare. Defeat Stage 4 G with 4+ minutes left until detonation.
• In the Blink of an Eye. Defeat Super Tyrant with 5+ minutes left until detonation.
• Lore Explorer. Read all of the files.
• Complete Vermin Extermination. Destroy all Mr. Raccoons.
• Master of Unlocking. Open all of the safes and locks in the game.
• Leon “S.” Kennedy. Complete Leon’s story on “Standard” or “Hardcore” with an S rank.
• Sizzling Scarlet Hero. Complete Claire’s story on “Standard” or “Hardcore” with an S rank.
• Hardcore Rookie. Complete Leon’s story on “Hardcore” game mode.
• Hardcore College Student. Complete Claire’s story on “Hardcore” game mode.
• Frugalist. Complete the game without using a recovery item.
• Minimalist. Clear the game without opening the item box.
• A Small Carbon Footprint. Take 14,000 steps or fewer in one playthrough.
• Grim Reaper. Complete “The 4th Survivor” extra mode.