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THE MANSION: PART I
Resident Evil (1996)

THE MANSION: PART I

Resident Evil (1996) Mansion Part I: Find the Emblem, solve the music puzzle, and get the Shield Key. Includes first zombie encounter.

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Resident Evil (1996) Mansion Part I: Find the Emblem, solve the music puzzle, and get the Shield Key. Includes first zombie encounter.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Enter the Main Hall 1F. After a brief conversation, a gunshot is heard, prompting you to investigate the Dining Room.
  2. 2
    Equip your Handgun. Run to the other side of the Dining Room.
  3. 3
    Check the hollow above the fireplace for an Emblem.
  4. 4
    Open the door to the right of the fireplace.
  5. 5
    Step onto the carpet in this new room to trigger an FMV (Full Motion Video) introducing your first zombie.
  6. 6
    Aim your Handgun and kill the zombie.
  7. 7
    Check the body of Kenneth Sullivan and search him three times to obtain two clips of ammunition.
  8. 8
    Return to the Dining Room. After another zombie appears and is dealt with by Barry, open the double doors to return to the Main Hall 1F.
  9. 9
    Search for Wesker by going behind the staircase and returning, or by going up and then down the stairs.
  10. 10
    After a conversation, Barry will give you a Lockpick.
  11. 11
    Return to the Dining Room, then go to the hallway where you encountered your first zombie.
  12. 12
    Unlock the door to the left with your Lockpick and open it.
  13. 13
    In the bar area, push the shelf to the right to reveal another shelf.
  14. 14
    Take the Music Notes from this shelf and use them on the piano to reveal a hidden passage.
  15. 15
    Enter the passage and grab the Gold Emblem from the hollow.
  16. 16
    Return to the Dining Room and place the Gold Emblem in the hollow above the fireplace.
  17. 17
    The clock will chime, revealing the Shield Key. Pick it up.
  18. 18
    Return to the Main Hall 1F and open the double blue doors on the opposite side.
  19. 19
    In this room, you can optionally push the ladder to the statue to grab the 1st floor map.
  20. 20
    Unlock the next door with your Lockpick and open it.
  21. 21
    Ignore the dogs that leap from the windows and keep running forward to the door.
  22. 22
    Open the door and enter the dark hallway. Heal with a Green Herb if necessary.
  23. 23
    Kill the two zombies in the dark hallway and open the door on the left.
  24. 24
    Solve the picture puzzle by pressing the switches in the order: Newborn Baby, Infant, Lively Boy, Young Man, Tired Middle-Aged Man, Bold Looking Old Man, "The End of Life".
  25. 25
    Grab the Star Crest that is revealed.
  26. 26
    Return to the previous hallway and enter the alcove. Open the door.
  27. 27
    In this passage, kill the dog and place the Star Crest into the panel on the left.
  28. 28
    Return to the dark hallway and go to the blue door near the double doors. Unlock and open it.
  29. 29
    In the stairwell, kill the zombie and open the door below the stairs to reach a storage room.
  30. 30
    Use the item box to manage your inventory. Store the Shield Key and healing items. Combine Handgun Bullets. Take the Chemical.
  31. 31
    Go back to the stairwell, go up the stairs, and then up the small staircase to the second floor.
  32. 32
    Kill the zombie and run south. Follow the hallway to an alcove.
  33. 33
    Kill the zombie in the alcove, unlock the door it was guarding, and open it.
  34. 34
    Continue north through the hallway, killing zombies, until you reach a door. Open it to reach Main Hall 2F.
  35. 35
    After a conversation with Barry, he will give you Acid Rounds.
  36. 36
    Open the door to the right of the one you entered from.
  37. 37
    On the balcony, go to the corner and search Forest Speyer's body to obtain a Bazooka.
  38. 38
    Return to Main Hall 2F and open the double doors on the opposite side to enter Dining Room 2F.
  39. 39
    Kill the zombies in Dining Room 2F and use the passage on the right to reach the statue.
  40. 40
    Push the statue until it is in front of an open part of the railing, then push it over the ledge.
  41. 41
    Open the door on the opposite side.
Tips
  • Equip your Handgun before entering the Dining Room.
  • Search Kenneth Sullivan's body three times for ammunition.
  • Barry will provide a Lockpick after you search for Wesker.
  • The Music Notes are used on the piano to reveal a hidden passage.
  • The Shield Key is obtained by placing the Gold Emblem in the fireplace hollow.
  • The Star Crest is found after solving the picture puzzle in the dark hallway.
  • Combine ammunition at the item box in the storage room to save inventory space.
  • Barry gives you Acid Rounds on the second floor.
  • Search Forest Speyer's body on the balcony for the Bazooka.
  • Push the statue in Dining Room 2F over the railing.

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