Key Highlights:
- The Resident Evil 4 remake features 19 optional Merchant Requests that reward Leon with Spinels currency to spend on exclusive items.
- These special objectives include destroying medallions, hunting animals, eliminating vermin, disgracing tombs, and defeating unique enemies.
- Merchant Requests appear across most chapters and locations, including the introductory Village, the Castle and the late-game Island and Ruins.
- Completing all favours before progressing earns Leon funds to purchase the Merchant’s powerful guns, upgrades, and gear.
The newly added Resident Evil 4 Remake Merchant Requests introduce optional challenges that reward protagonist Leon S. Kennedy with valuable Spinels for the Merchant’s unique stock. This expansive guide documents all 19 of these special favours that span the entire RE4 remake’s story campaign across every Chapter and major location.
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Chapter 1
Request #1
The inaugural Merchant favour pops up in the opening Village Farm zone. After dispatching the rumbling Brute enemy that bursts through the barn doors, investigate the area to locate the initial job:
- Location: Village Farm
- Reward: 3 Spinels
- Objective: Obliterate 5 blue medallions
Seeking out the arcane medallions scattered around the Farm and shattering the entire set of 5 finishes this first challenge.
Chapter 2
Request #2
After unlocking the tunnel gate beyond the Farm, Leon gains access to the old waste treatment Abandoned Factory. While exploring and battling Ganados, remain alert for the telltale blue request note posted along a grim hallway, which assigns the second favour:
- Location: Abandoned Factory
- Reward: 3 Spinels
- Objective: Exterminate 3 infected rats
This dilapidated facility crawling with vermin needs Leon to hunt down 3 specific disease-carrying rodents. One lurks on the upper walkway, another on the crashed minecart, and a third by some explosive barrels. Eliminating them completes the job.
Chapter 3
Request #3
Behind the Town Hall once Leon obtains the False Eye key, sharp-eyed heroes will spot the third request tacked downstairs. It initiates a familiar challenge:
- Location: Town Hall
- Reward: 4 Spinels
- Objective: Sell 3 Viper snake meats
This favour sends Leon back to the Fish Farm hut filled with snakes. Kill 3 then offer their remains to the Merchant.
Request #4
Outside the Church entrance, the next request beckons heroes to desecrate a certain tomb in the yard…
- Location: Church Graveyard
- Reward: 2 Spinels
- Objective: Destroy twin tomb emblems
Seek out the matching graves and shatter the engraved crests to disgrace the dead, per the Merchant’s wishes.
Request #5
Then when Leon reaches the Quarry, another notice greets him with a familiar task:
- Location: Quarry
- Reward: 4 Spinels
- Objective: Obliterate 5 arcane pendants
This area contains 5 more elusive emblems for Leon to locate and smash.
Chapter 4
Request #6
Beneath the small dock structure where Leon boards the motorboat on the Lake, a new contract posted underwater assigns the next challenge:
- Location: Del Lago Dock
- Reward: 3 Spinels
- Objective: Obtain and sell 1 rare Golden Egg
Now to locate the prized glowing egg somewhere nearby…
Request #7
Then after the dramatic Del Lago boss fight concludes, the merchant stall ahead issues updated orders – requesting a special catch:
- Location: Del Lago Dock
- Reward: 4 Spinels
- Objective: Harpoon the unique Lunker Bass
Utilise the fishing spear to eliminate the legendary bass from the lake.
Chapter 5
Request #8
In the rear courtyard of the Village Chief’s Residence where Leon faces his first El Gigante, the Merchant issues a contract for dealing with a particular mutated threat:
- Location: Village Chief’s House
- Reward: 8 Spinels
- Objective: Put down the infected Colmillos hound
Slay the imposing canine terrorising the vicinity to complete this objective.
Chapter 7
Request #9
Approaching the sealed Tower Gate deeper into the Castle, another familiar notice beckons heroes to destroy annoying emblems:
- Location: Tower Gate Courtyard
- Reward: 5 Spinels
- Objective: Obliterate 6 arcane pendants
Thoroughly sweep the area to pinpoint and shatter this next round of six elusive medallions.
Chapter 9
Request #10
After unlocking the path onwards from the Castle’s upper Grand Hall, check nearby for the next cryptic favour:
- Location: Grand Hall
- Reward: 5 Spinels
- Objective: Eliminate 6 magic emblems
This otherwise familiar job continues in a completely new environment compared to prior hunts.
Request #11
Later while exploring the Library and Grand Hall, be alert for a new plea regarding some persistent vermin…
- Location: Library and Grand Hall
- Reward: 3 Spinels
- Objective: Slay 3 vexing rats
These swift and stubborn Castle rats require Leon’s continued extermination services.
Chapter 10
Request #12
After the intense spike trap escape, Leon finds orders from the Merchant for dealing with a problematic Armadura:
- Location: Castle Mausoleum
- Reward: 8 Spinels
- Objective: Destroy the enhanced Armadura
Use the room’s pillars and walls as cover, then utilising the Bolt-Action sniper rifle to dismantle this formidable new armoured foe.
Chapter 11
Request #13
Behind the thundering falls into the Novistador Hive, Leon discovers strange hive growths needing removal:
- Location: Hive Mines
- Reward: 4 Spinels
- Objective: Destroy all 4 hive entrances
Keep vigilant for pulsating openings on walls/ceilings and blast them to hold back the infestation.
Chapter 12
Request #14
At the summit of the Clock Tower, Leon discovers the fourteenth Task titled “Jewel Thief,” where he is tasked with obtaining a Scratched Emerald.
- Location: Clock Tower
- Reward: 3 Spinels
- Objective: Sell a Scratched Emerald
To successfully accomplish this side quest, players need to take aim at the crow’s nest positioned above the entrance to the Courtyard and recover the green emerald.
Request #15
On the balcony preceding the showdown with Ramon Salazar, Leon finds a puzzling contract regarding the lord’s ego…
Disgrace of the Salazar Family
- Location: Ramparts Overlook
- Reward: 4 Spinels
- Objective: Throw an egg at Salazar’s portrait
Have eggs readied before entering to embarrass this proud progenitor.
Chapter 14
Request #16
Arriving at Facility 1 Storage, more dire notes await on the walls:
- Location: Facility 1 Storage
- Reward: 5 Spinels
- Objective: Break 5 blue medallions
The sixteenth Request prompts the player to destroy five hidden blue medallions near the Cargo Depot storage.
Request #17
Arriving at the Waste Disposal Facility in a region dubbed Cargo Room, another note appears on the walls:
- Location: Cargo Room
- Reward: 3 Spinels
- Objective: Exterminate 4 vexing rats
These swollen rodents demand heavier firepower to finish off.
Request #18
Later, while scouring the Incubation Lab, one final contract assigns confronting a deadly ambling corpse:
The Wandering Dead
- Location: Incubation Lab
- Reward: 8 Spinels
- Objective: Eliminate the Iron Maidon
Only by returning to this area after the initial visit can Leon complete this challenging favour.
Chapter 15
Request #19
The final favour lurks on the emerging Cliffside Ruins along the raging river, presenting a familiar final job:
Destroy the Blue Medallions 6
- Location: Cliffside Ruins
- Reward: 5 Spinels
- Objective: Obliterate 5 arcane emblems
Leon must locate and shatter elusive pendants one last time for extra wealth.
With all 19 Resident Evil 4 Remake Merchant Requests thoroughly completed over the journey, Leon Kennedy earns ample Spinels to purchase powerful weapons, expansions, and gear from the Merchant’s elite stock. This prepares him to tackle the threats ahead – as long as heroes act fast before leaving chapters permanently! Stay focused, and no favour shall go unfinished.
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