Resident Evil 4 Remake: All 39 Village Treasure Locations + Gem Guide
With Resident Evil 4 Remake, Capcom brought back cherished moments and elements from the original — treasure hunting included.
Like the original, there are hidden treasures aplenty to finance Leon’s expensive arsenal of weaponry. Lucky for you, this guide will show you where all these treasures are, as well as the best gem combinations to use.
This guide will only cover the 39 treasures from the base game, since they’re the ones needed for the Banditachievement — that’s not to say that they’re the only treasures you can find in the Village, though.
More on that in a sec.
So, get your file ready, follow along, and never be short on pesetas again!
Treasure Drops from Enemies and Containers
Treasures don’t always come from a hidden bell or treasure chest — some enemies always drop a treasure when they die, while others have a small chance to drop them. Barrels and crates also have a small chance for treasures.
Emerald — Emeralds are dropped by every chainsaw ganado in the village, as well as all Brutes in chapters 5 & 6.
Ruby — Rubies have a small chance to be dropped by regular ganados.
Velvet Blue — Velvet blues are dropped by brutes during chapters 1–4. They also have a small chance to be dropped by crows and smashable containers.
Spinel — Spinels have a small chance to be in smashable containers.
Those are all the extra treasures you can get for killing ganados and smashing crates in the village.
Trading Spinels for Treasure
It seems counterintuitive to buy treasures but trust me on this. The treasures that the merchant offers can get you over 20,000 extra pesetas — you just have to do a couple of merchant requests.
Yellow Diamond — Available for 3 spinels as soon as you meet the merchant in chapter 2
Elegant Mask — Available for 2 spinels upon reaching chapter 4
Red Beryl — Available for 4 spinels upon reaching chapter 4
Be sure to buy all of these when you can — You’ll figure out how to get the most money out of these at the end of the guide.
High-Value Bonus Treasures
Certain points of the village give you the opportunity for extra treasures that won’t show up on your map. Some are hidden and some are rewarded for killing bosses.
Sapphire / Quarry / Chapter 3 — After passing the church in chapter 3 and walking along the wooden plank path, you’ll reach a wide-open quarry with a murder of crows sitting in the center. Throwing a flash grenade at the group kills them all, including one crow that drops a sapphire.
Gold Chicken Egg — Lake — Chapter 4 — During chapter 4, you can find a merchant request for a gold chicken egg. To find the egg, take a boat to the northern-most island on the lake. The egg is laying on the ground at the back of the small island.
Yellow Diamond / Quarry / Chapter 4 — Dropped upon killing el gigante.
Alexandrite / Chief’s Manor & Village Square / Chapter 4 — During chapter 5, you can get the merchant request “A Savage Mutt.” Which has you pursue a high-threat version of the colmillos, which drops the alexandrite.
Sapphire / Checkpoint / Chapter 6 — Dropped by the chainsaw-wielding Bella sister who doesn’t have the checkpoint crank.
Mendez’s False Eye / Slaughterhouse / Chapter 6 — Dropped by Chief Mendez after killing him.
Grab these treasures when you can — some of them are only available for a short amount of time after they drop.
With all the unmarked treasures covered, it’s time to look at the bulk of treasures you’ll be finding throughout the village, as well as the key items needed to get them.
Chapter 1 Treasures
1.) Velvet Blue / Village Square
The first treasure is a Velvet Blue that can be found on the roof of the house where the shotgun is.
Jump through the window at the top of the stairs and turn to your right. The velvet blue is straight ahead.
2.) Ruby #1 / Village Square
The Ruby is in a chest in the first hut on the left of the path leading to the Farm area.
3.) Pearl Pendant #1 / Farm
The Pearl Pendant is hanging from the small windmill.
Shoot it down, but wait until it sways away from being over the muddy water, or else it’ll only be worth 1/10th of its normal value.
4.) Flagon / Farm
After climbing up the ladder in the windmill to gain access to the locked barn, go through the secret door in the back. Jump down to the secret path.
The Flagon is in a chest on the path.
5.) Ruby #2 / Farm
The Ruby is in the drawer that’s at the back of the locked barn.
Chapter 2 Treasures
6.) Sapphire #1 / Abandoned Factory
The Sapphire is in the right-hand furnace in the room where you learn about parrying.
7.) Ruby #3 / Valley
The Ruby is in a chest sitting on a crate.
Run up the path to where the crank that opens the gate to escape is. The chest will be right in front of you.
Key Item: Small Key #1 / Valley
The small key is in the house where the Hexagonal Emblem is found. It’s inside a small box in the small entrance room. Used to open the locked drawer for treasure #8
8.) Elegant Mask / Abandoned Factory
The Elegant Mask is inside the locked drawer in the room where you get your gear back.
9.) Sapphire #2 / Near Abandoned Factory
The Sapphire is in a chest found at the end of the hidden side path after killing the ganados past the hexagonal emblem door.
10.) Sapphire #3 / Near Chief’s Manor
The Sapphire is hanging above the area with the sacrificial altar.
11.) Pearl Pendant #2 / Near Chief’s Manor
The Pearl Pendant is hanging above a mud pit.
Shoot the wooden bar that is holding the pit open, then shoot the bell that’s hanging above it to get a clean pendant.
12.) Ruby #4 / Chief’s Manor
The Ruby is in a desk drawer on the ground floor of the chief’s manor.
Key Item: Small Key #2 / Chief’s Manor
The small key is in the corner of the dining room in the chief’s manor, sitting on a stack of papers. Use this to open the locked drawer for treasure #13.
Chapter 3 Treasures
13.) Vintage Compass / Village Square
The Vintage Compass is inside the locked drawer of the small house between the locked barn and the shotgun house.
14.) Velvet Blue / Town Hall
The Velvet Blue is hanging above the large table in the center of the Town Hall area.
15.) Elegant Headdress #1 / Church
The Elegant Headdress is in a chest around the backside of the Church.
16.) Ruby #5 / Quarry
The ruby is hanging from a wire near the door towards the lake.
Key Item: Hexagon Piece A / Near Quarry
Hexagon Piece A is in a chest, directly in front of the merchant’s shop past the Quarry.
17.) Antique Pipe / Fish Farm
The Antique Pipe is hanging from a tree on the right side of the middle of the Fish Farm.
Key Item: Hexagon Piece B / Fish Farm
Hexagon Piece B is located at the end of the Fish Farm.
Jump down from the wooden platforms at the end of the Fish Farm. Walk around the side in the water to find the chest with the piece.
Key Item: Small Key #3 / Fish Farm
The Small Key is in the small shack to the left of the room with the boat fuel. Use this to open the locked drawer for treasure #18.
18.) Brass Pocket Watch / Near Quarry
The Brass Pocket Watch is in the locked Drawer in the small shack under the merchant’s shop.
Chapter 4 Treasures
Key Item: Old Way Shrine Key / Mural Cave
The Old Way Shrine Key is in a chest right next to the boat to leave the cave.
19.) Velvet Blue / Large Cave Shrine
The Velvet Blue is hanging next to the rope bridge of the Large Cave Shrine.
After climbing the ladder, stop in the middle of the rope bridge and knife the bell hanging at eye level.
20.) Splendid Bangle / Island Past Large Cave Shrine
The splendid Bangle is Inside the old way shrine chest.
21.) Alexandrite #1 / Island Past Large Cave Shrine
The Alexandrite is hanging from the wooden structure overhead.
22.) Alexandrite #2 / Lake
The Alexandrite is inside the chest on the shipwreck in the center of the lake.
23.) Red 9 / Lake
The Red 9 is also on the shipwreck in the middle of the Lake.
Walk around to the back after looting the Alexandrite to find the chest. If you already have the Red 9, it will be replaced by a large gold bar.
24.) Velvet Blue / Lake
The Velvet Blue is sitting on a big crate on the northern-most island.
Key Item: Small Key #4 / Forest Altar
Use the insignia key to open the door to the cave in the Lakeside Settlement. Climb the ladder to the Forest Altar to find the key on a cart. Use it to retrieve treasure #25.
25.) Gold Bar / Lakeside Settlement
The Gold Bar is in a locked Drawer in the house where Luis was held captive.
26.) Red Gemstone Ring / Lakeside Settlement
The Red Gemstone Ring is sitting on a crate in the cellar where you met Luis.
27.) Pearl Bangle / Lakeside Settlement
The Pearl Bangle is in the way shrine chest next to the house where Luis was held captive.
28.) Ruby #6 / Small Cave Shrine
The Ruby is hanging in the 2nd story of the Small Cave Shrine, after climbing the ladder next to the Apostate’s Head key item.
Key Item: Hexagon Piece C / Small Cave Shrine
Hexagon Piece C is in a chest right next to the apostate’s head key item.
29.) Depraved Idol / Lake
The Depraved Idol is the reward for completing the hexagon puzzle on the island where you find the boat in chapter 3.
30.) Butterfly Lamp / Quarry
The Butterfly Lamp is in the way shrine chest in the path between the quarry and the merchant.
Key Item: Small Key #5 / Church
The Small Key is sitting to the right of the altar in the church. Used to retrieve treasure #32
Chapter 5 Treasures
31.) Yellow Diamond #1 / Church
The Yellow Diamond is hanging from the roof in the room where you met Ashley.
32.) Yellow Diamond #2 / Church
The Yellow Diamond is in the locked drawer in the shack on the side of the church.
33.) Elegant Bangle / Village Square
The Elegant Bangle is in the locked barn in the Village Square area.
Boost Ashley into the barn to have her unlock the door.
34.) Antique Camera / Chief’s Manor
The Antique Camera is on a desk in the back of the attic.
Pull the lever in the chief’s bedroom, then boost Ashley into the attic to have her kick the ladder down.
35.) Antique Pipe #2 / Farm
The Antique Pipe is inside the way shrine chest next to the windmill.
Chapter 6 Treasures
36.) Yellow Diamond #3 / Fortified Path Past the Villa
The Yellow Diamond is in a chest along the fortified path between the Villa and Checkpoint areas.
Walk up the first set of stairs on the left, then walk straight ahead to find the chest.
37.) Chalice of Atonement / Cliffside Path Before the Checkpoint
The Chalice of Atonement is in the shack on the left of the path that leads into the Checkpoint area.
There’s a Ganado hiding in the shack who will attack you as you enter, so be careful as you enter.
38.) Elegant Headdress #2 / Checkpoint
The Elegant Headdress is inside the way shrine chest on the wood platforms past the building where you encounter the Bella Sisters.
39.) Emerald / Path Between Slaughterhouse and the Castle
The Emerald is hanging from the tree on the path.
Phew. And that’s all 39 of them. Not too bad right? Plus, you should be a couple thousand pesetas richer!
The Best Gem Combinations
You’re probably going to want to sell these treasures as you find them, but sometimes it’s best to wait until you have the right gem combination to get the most money possible.
With all the treasures in this guide you should have:
- 6+ Rubies
- 5 Sapphires
- 5 Yellow Diamonds
- 6 Emeralds
- 3 Alexandrites
- 1 Red Beryl
You can always choose to save some for the rest of the game, but if you want to sell your treasures while still in the village, here’s the best way to inlay your gems.
Elegant Mask (2) / Yellow-Red-Blue / 24,700 Pesetas
Flagon / Blue-Red / 12,100 Pesetas
Butterfly Lamp / Yellow-Yellow-Yellow / 37,800 Pesetas
Elegant Bangle / Blue-Blue / 15,600 Pesetas
Splendid Bangle / Purple-Purple / 19,200 Pesetas
Chalice of Atonement / Green-Purple-Red / 35,100 Pesetas
These combinations should leave you with an abundance of leftover Emeralds and Rubies, which you can save for the treasures in the Castle.
A big improvement with the remake is that you can do any combination you want, so there technically isn’t a wrong way to do it — as long as you can afford your next tune-up that is.
