Warning! Resident Evil Requiem spoilers follow:
If you’ve spent any time in Resident Evil Requiem’s Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center, you know to steer absolutely clear of “the chef.” A towering, burly, machete-wielding shambler, he’s the toughest “regular” zombie Grace can face in Requiem’s terrifying first half. The only way to take him down is to stock up on bullets, Hemolytic Injectors, and a whole lot of courage.
Or just get one of the noise-sensitive zombies to one-shot him.
As you’ll probably already know, there are a number of different zombie types or “characters” in Rhodes Hill. Among them are audio-sensitive patients who will lash out at anything that makes too much noise. If you’ve unlocked the Internal Dispute trophy, you’ll know you can exploit that quirk to get this zombie type to attack other enemies. That’s exactly what X user @neko_sougo did, baiting the noise-hater into attacking the chef. The results are unbelievable: a one-hit kill.
シェフゾンビまで、一撃で倒す「ノイジー」…#バイオレクイエム #バイオハザード pic.twitter.com/CcWmqDWoWr
— それいけジェットでやってみよう！ (@neko_sougo) March 4, 2026
It seems impossible, and it is… well, certainly on the standard difficulty level. But this video clip seems to have been captured from an Insanity difficulty run. That would not only explain the massive amount of damage the zombie can inflict, but also the location of this one-sided brawl. Typically the chef hangs out in the kitchen, and later patrols the adjoining hallway of the west wing’s first floor. The noise-hating zombie, meanwhile, is located one floor up, in the office, which is where this clip was filmed. And so the chef has had to be baited far away past his typical patrol boundaries, something that the Insanity difficulty allows for.
There’s another clip to further suggest the noise-hater is a juggernaut on Insanity mode. User @SparkingSushi posted a clip showing the patient one-shotting Chunk, Rhodes Hill’s grotesque stalker enemy. To be clear: Chunk is the most formidable enemy in this section of the game. He takes no less than three Hemolytic Injectors to kill on standard difficulty. A hit to the cranium with a metal pole shouldn’t flatline him. And yet here’s the evidence in full-colour.
He can one shot chunk too on Insanity mode pic.twitter.com/CL64Oh295I
— Gadaven (@SparkingSushi) March 4, 2026
While these clips do seem to suggest that the noise-hater is incredibly powerful at Insanity difficulty, there are other things to consider. Requiem has only recently been released, and so hasn’t had every patch it’s likely to get across its lifetime — perhaps, then, this is a bug. We should also consider the idea that the clips are rigged. In a world where we’d all like our clips to go viral (and the chef one very much has, with 2 million views on @neko_sougo’s post and a further 2.5m views on a repost from @REBiohazardNews), we shouldn’t discount that perhaps the chef had been heavily damaged before the camera started rolling, allowing for the one-shot kill.
Should the power of this zombie be real, though, then it’s not only a very cool quirk, but potentially a wildly useful addition to Grace’s toolkit during an Insanity run. Forget pistols, knives, and lethal blood injections, all you need is a few glass bottles to bait all of your foes towards the insta-kill I.V. drip.
Earlier this week, Capcom announced that Resident Evil Requiem had already passed the 5 million sales mark — a record for the franchise’s recent history. If you’re already one of the millions playing, IGN’s Resident Evil: Requiem guide will help you every step of the way through RE9. Take note of these key tips and tricks before you get started, and focus on finding these important items early. Plus, our comprehensive walkthrough will make sure you don’t miss a single Bobblehead or file as you try to survive from the Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center all the way to Raccoon City.
Matt Purslow is IGN’s Executive Editor of Features.
