

Safes also have fixed contents, and you really shouldn’t skip them. Locker loot tends to be decent, and lockers locked with a simple lock can have their lock picked with the Lockpick, often leading to a First Aid Spray or Grenade. All locker contents seem fixed, so take what you get and be happy. Throughout Resident Evil 3 you’ll find various lockers – unlocked and locked. Just don’t expect a First Aid Spray or Magnum ammo – it’s not happening.

If you don’t get what you really need from a crate, you can always save scum for a different result. A handful of these crates have fixed contents most others have a tendency to drop handgun ammo, gunpowder, or an herb. Breaking a crate will drop a low-rarity item of some description. Crate contents are often random.īreakable crates return, waiting to dispense goodies in exchange for violence. But the knife really shines when combined with the perfect dodge counter – a handful of these can actually down Nemesis. If you have one zombie on the ground, you can carousel around it, stabbing to your heart’s content and saving your ammo. There are a few ways to use the knife effectively in combat in Resident Evil 3. All those wooden boxes won’t open themselves, and the knife will save you a bullet. The knife fills a very specific niche – box opening. They will pierce though, meaning you can hit multiple close floored enemies at a time. Resident Evil 2’s high FPS damage scaling is no more, meaning your individual stabs are a lot weaker. Speaking of, the knife is mostly useless. Don’t rely on the knife often – except against boxes. As a bonus, a non-perfect shoulder barge will momentarily stun a zombie or keep a grounded zombie floored if it’s trying to get up – which is very easy to abuse for knife kills. The timing feels different than Jill’s dodge, so practice with Carlos too. It’s incredibly useful and will stop you getting your throat ripped out by pesky Hunters. It’s well worth practicing the timing of a perfect dodge, especially against Nemesis and Hunters.Ĭarlos’ response to the dodge is a powerful straight punch that floors anything it hits. Time it right during an enemy attack and Jill gets a slow-motion roll, enabling precision shots on a weak point with increased critical chance. Just hit that dodge button at the right time and Jill will go stumbling away – but be careful you don’t dodge into a wall or the waiting jaws of a zombie. Returning from the original game is Jill’s dodge maneuver – although this time it’s much more useful and easy to execute.

So to help Jill (and you) survive Raccoon City and the beastly Nemesis, here are 10 tips and tricks to make Resident Evil 3 your… last escape.

Jill may be the master of unlocking, but doors aren’t the main enemy here. Resident Evil 3 is an exciting, often high-octane romp through a city collapsing under a viral pandemic.
