Difficulties
| Difficulty | Available | What changes |
|---|---|---|
| Casual | From the start | Weaker, less aggressive enemies and more resources. |
| Standard | From the start | The normal balance. |
| Hardcore | From the start | Tougher, more aggressive enemies and fewer resources. Clearing it unlocks the Handcannon PZ. |
| Village of Shadows | After the first clear, or at once with the Trauma Pack | The hardest: much tougher enemies, changed enemy placement, fewer resources. Clearing it unlocks the Rocket Pistol. |
After the credits
🔁 New Game+
Save the cleared game when asked, then load that save from the main menu. Your Lei, inventory, weapons and upgrades carry over; one guide adds the permanent boosts from cooking.
🏪 Extra Content Shop
Main menu > Bonuses. Paid in CP, Completion Points, from the in-game challenges, which appear after the first clear but count what you already did.
📋 Challenges
A list in the pause menu with counters, useful for tracking runs such as knife-only. Each challenge pays CP.
🎯 The Mercenaries
An arcade mode: clear timed areas of enemies, buy from the Duke between areas, and chain kills into combos for score.
Extra Content Shop prices
| Item | CP | Note |
|---|---|---|
| The Mercenaries | 10 | Price from one guide, which also lists it as free with the Winters' Expansion. |
| Karambit Knife | 10,000 | The knife the trophy guides use for the knife-only run. |
| USM-AI | 20,000 | |
| WCX | 30,000 | |
| Dragoon | 30,000 | |
| Handcannon PZ | 60,000 | After a Hardcore clear. Price from one guide. |
| LZ Answerer | 70,000 | After SS on every Mercenaries stage. Price from one guide. |
| Infinite ammo, S.T.A.K.E. | 120,000 | Price from one guide: the most expensive infinite ammo on its list. |
| All 76 figures | 8,900 in total | Needed for Doll Collector. |
| All 120 concept art | 12,000 in total | 100 CP each. Needed for Art Collector. |
The Mercenaries stages
- Eight stages: The Village, The Castle, The Factory and The Mad Village, then a harder second version of each.
- Only The Village is open at first. An A rank opens the next of the first four stages; in the last four, a B rank is enough.
- Ranks go up to SSS. The trophy Legendary Cowboy needs S on all eight; the LZ Answerer needs SS on all eight.
- The Winters' Expansion turns the mode into The Mercenaries: Additional Orders, with Chris Redfield, Karl Heisenberg and Lady Dimitrescu as new characters and two new stages, Bloody Village and Bloody River. They open after the four base stages are beaten, and Bloody River needs an A rank on Bloody Village.
Shortcut for sale
The Extra Content Shop All Access Voucher, a paid add-on on Steam, unlocks every reward in the shop at once. It does nothing for rewards you already have.
Cross-checked
Cross-checked on 24 October 2026 against the PSNProfiles trophy guide and its Winters' Expansion guide, PowerPyx's trophy, Mercenaries and infinite ammo guides, Game8's weapon and Mercenaries pages, Capcom's official site, and the Steam pages for the Trauma Pack and the All Access Voucher. The CP prices for the Karambit, USM-AI, WCX and Dragoon are in Game8 and PSNProfiles; the Handcannon, LZ Answerer, S.T.A.K.E. ammo and Mercenaries prices in PSNProfiles alone; figures and concept art in PowerPyx and PSNProfiles. Not from a playthrough: nobody here has played it.