Knifing Battle Rooms

Discover all the locations in Resident Evil (1996) where knifing battles can occur. Learn how room entry affects these encounters in the Mansion, Courtyard, Guardhouse, Underground, and Umbrella's Secret Lab.

Some rooms in Resident Evil (1996) can trigger a knifing battle, and this encounter may depend on the specific door used to enter the room. This guide details all known locations for these intense close-quarters fights.

Mansion Knifing Battle Locations:

• The art room with the "woman drawing water" statue (map of the first floor), when entered from the blue double doors.
• The L-shaped hallway where dogs emerge from windows.
• The L-shaped hallway on the east side with multiple doors (leading to a stairwell, Study, picture gallery, and backdoor), when entered from the adjacent hallway's double doors.
• The stairwell hallway on the west side, outside the Serum Save Room, when entered from the door leading to the green hallway.
• The green hallway on the western side (leading to the tiger statue room, bedroom, greenhouse, western stairwell, and the first zombie encounter hallway), with the fight potentially occurring if entered from the western stairwell door.
• The room with the globe on the eastern half, just outside Main Hall 1F, when entered from the adjacent room with a large mirror (which requires the Special Key).

Courtyard Knifing Battle Locations:

• Main Courtyard Room, entered from either the double doors to the mansion or the gates to the pool area.
• Underground Entrance Room, entered from the gates leading to the passage to the Guardhouse.

Guardhouse Knifing Battle Locations:

• Main Hallway, entered from Dormitory 001.
• Wasp Room, entered from a corridor door.
• Dormitory 003 Room, entered from the door leading to the Wasp Room.

Underground Knifing Battle Locations:

• Power Generator Room, entered from the door leading to Enrico's Hallway.
• Pressure Plate Room.

Umbrella's Secret Lab Knifing Battle Locations:

• Hallway on B2 with a staircase, entered from the door leading to the B2 room with an item box.
• Office room on B3 with the first passcode machine, near the double doors requiring passcodes.
• Elevator Hallway, entered from the door leading to a save room.
• Power Room #1, entered from the double doors leading to the elevator hallway.