Follow our comprehensive guide to navigate the Basement in Resident Evil 9: Requiem, rescue Emily, find Joint Plugs, and uncover all secrets.
Walkthrough
- 1Turn on your torch and head up the tunnel.
- 2Read the note on the headless body to unlock the Staff Member's Last Words file (37/75).
- 3Continue to the end of the tunnel and note the Power Distributor.
- 4Head south, then west past a non-functioning elevator, locked doors, and a second Power Distributor.
- 5Grab a Green Herb if needed, then head north to the Security Room (safe room with typewriter and Item Box).
- 6Read the note on the workbench to unlock the Operation to Eliminate "The Girl" file (38/75).
- 7Examine CCTV screens to see Emily in a cell.
- 8Leave the Security Room and head west to the Furnace.
- 9Kill the three inactive zombies around the Furnace and the fourth in the Collection Pool area to the south.
- 10Head north to the Holding Cells area.
- 11Go west to a dead end with a Power Distributor and blood.
- 12Make your way through the Holding Cells. Resist killing the zombie banging on its cell door to get an Empty Injector later.
- 13Continue east to see a scene of the Girl climbing through the ceiling.
- 14Grab Scrap and blood from the cell at the end of the passage.
- 15Read the Unlocking the Cells file (39/75) on the wall.
- 16Grab the Joint Plug from the Power Distributor.
- 17As you backtrack, the Girl will appear. Hide in an open cell until she passes, then follow her east past the Security Room and north to the first Power Distributor.
- 18Place the Joint Plug in the distributor to open the door to the Boiler Room.
- 19Inside the Boiler Room, move a crate to squeeze through a fence.
- 20Collect a Green Herb, a Lockpick, an Empty Bottle, and a Square Socket Wrench from a toolbox.
- 21As you leave, the Girl will enter the Boiler Room. Sneak anti-clockwise around the boiler and exit through the fence opening.
- 22Back outside, grab the Joint Plug and run south and west.
- 23Place the Joint Plug in the Power Distributor south of the Boiler Room.
- 24The doors to the Bunkroom to the south will open. Enter and deal with two zombies.
- 25Grab Handgun Ammo x6 from a bunk and find a Mr. Raccoon Memoriam (7/25) on top of the TV.
- 26Examine the Crafting Recipes document to unlock the Molotov Cocktail recipe.
- 27Use a lockpick on the lockers to obtain Rare Metal and Scrap.
- 28Head back outside, collect the Joint Plug, and return to the Furnace.
- 29Place the Joint Plug in the Power Distributor outside the Furnace.
- 30Go through the now-open path north and west, dealing with an inactive zombie.
- 31In the office area to the north, read the paper on the desk to unlock the Security Guard's Report file (40/75).
- 32Use the dial safe with code (right 60, left 40, right 80) to get Handgun Ammo x10 and the Raccoon Roundup Map (Rhodes Hill).
- 33Grab Scrap, an Empty Bottle, and a Makeshift Knife. Note the forklift needing a key and a second Joint Plug.
- 34Leave the second Joint Plug for now. Crouch through the tunnel along the northern wall, looking for a Lockpick.
- 35Wait for the Girl to drag a zombie away before continuing through the tunnel.
- 36Emerge in the Workshop. Collect blood and the Technician's Note file (41/75).
- 37Destroy the Mr. Raccoon Memoriam (8/25) next to the file.
- 38Grab Scrap from another bench and return through the tunnel.
- 39Collect the second Joint Plug and head back outside.
- 40Head south to the Collection Pool area.
- 41Use the socket wrench on the Power Distributor cover and place both Joint Plugs inside.
- 42Collect blood and Scrap, then head through the southwest door.
Tips
- Resist killing the zombie in the Holding Cells to obtain an Empty Injector later.
- Use the CCTV in the Security Room to locate Emily.
- The Square Socket Wrench is crucial for accessing the Power Distributor in the Collection Pool area.
- Be stealthy when the Girl appears in the Boiler Room and Holding Cells.
- Save frequently at the typewriter in the Security Room.
- Staff Member's Last Words file (37/75)
- Operation to Eliminate "The Girl" file (38/75)
- Unlocking the Cells file (39/75)
- Security Guard's Report file (40/75)
- Technician's Note file (41/75)
- Mr. Raccoon Memoriam (7/25)
- Mr. Raccoon Memoriam (8/25)
- Handgun Ammo x6
- Handgun Ammo x10
- Green Herb
- Scrap (multiple)
- Empty Bottle (multiple)
- Lockpick
- Rare Metal
- Makeshift Knife
- Raccoon Roundup Map (Rhodes Hill)
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