Tips

Resident Evil 3 (Remake) tips on time management, health, and trophies. Learn how to combine herbs and manage your playthrough.

General Tips:

• Shoot crates with yellow tape for Handgun Ammo, Assault Rifle Ammo, or Green/Red Herbs.
• Use environmental hazards like explosive barrels and electrical generators to your advantage against enemies.
• Zombies may pretend to be dead; shoot them again with your handgun after you think they are defeated to confirm they are dead.
• The knife is not a useful combat tool; store it in the Item Box to save inventory space.

Time Management:

• Playthroughs are timed, so jog constantly. You jog faster at full health.
• The clock stops during cutscenes (non-interactive story moments) and radio conversations. You can move during these times but cannot interact with objects.
• If you die, reload from the main menu instead of continuing to reset the clock.

Health Management:

• Health is color-coded: Green (above 67%), Amber (30%-67%), Red (30% or below). Red health means you are one hit from death.
• A single Green Herb restores 33% health.
• Combine herbs for better healing: Green + Red fully restores health, as does Green + Green + Green.
• You switch control between Jill and Carlos four times. Each character starts with full health upon regaining control. Key points where health resets include when Carlos reaches the S.T.A.R.S. Office, after Jill's Stage 2 Nemesis fight, and when Carlos survives the hospital siege.

Trophies:

• For trophies, start with an Assisted difficulty playthrough to unlock collectible trophies (Bookworm, Goodbye, Charlie!, RE: Master of Unlocking, Kendo's Armory) and item management trophies (Minimalist, I Might Need These Later!).
• Not using healing items (Minimalist) helps with inventory management when you cannot use the Item Box.
• Clearing collectibles first makes the Sprinter trophy easier.
• The Sensational Work! trophy (S-rank) limits you to five manual saves. However, checkpointing (automatic save points) on difficulties below Inferno allows you to avoid manual saves.
• Assisted/Standard difficulty walkthroughs suggest manual saves for kill farming to prepare for harder difficulties.
• To get the Platinum trophy, you must complete playthroughs on Hardcore, Nightmare, and Inferno difficulties.