In Resident Evil 4 The Mercenaries, you’ll begin player with just one character available: Leon S. Kennedy. It won’t take long to unlock additional characters however, especially as you’re using Chit Hot’s Resident Evil 4 The Mercenaries Character Guide! Here you’ll learn everything you need to know to unlock new characters in Resident Evil 4 The Mercenaries, and exactly what you’ll get for doing so.

Resident Evil 4 The Mercenaries Character Guide

There are a total of six unlockable characters in Resident Evil 4 The Mercenaries. As stated above, you’ll start with Leon S. Kennedy in active duty. However, you can soon add Ada, Hunk, Krauser and Wesker to that list. Furthermore, below are the full details on the loadout each character comes equipped with.

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Leon S. Kennedy Guide

How to Unlock Leon S. Kennedy: Leon is the only character initially available in Resident Evil 4 The Mercenaries. He has nearly eight cells in his Health Meter.

His weapon cache includes:

  • Combat Knife
  • Blacktail
    • Firepower: 2.7
    • Firing Speed: 0.40
    • Reload Speed: 1.47
    • Capacity: 21
    • 30 Handgun Ammo
  • Riot Gun
    • Firepower: 7.0
    • Firing Speed: 1.53
    • Reload Speed: 1.67
    • Capacity: 13
    • 10 Shotgun Ammo
  • First Aid Spray
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Ada Wong Guide

How to Unlock Ada Wong: In order to unlock Ada, you must first beat Village with Leon with at least a four star ranking.

Ada Wong has 6.5 cells in her Health Meter.

  • Combat Knife
  • Punisher
    • Firepower: 1.90
    • Firing Speed: 0.33
    • Reload Speed: 1.47
    • Capacity: 20
    • 30 Handgun Ammo
  • TMP
    • Firepower: 1.0
    • Firing Speed: 0.10
    • Reload Speed: 1.93
    • Capacity: 100
    • 100 TMP Ammo
  • Rifle (semi-auto)
    • Firepower: 15.0
    • Firing Speed: 0.80
    • Reload Speed: 1.90
    • Capacity: 12
    • 5 Rifle Ammo
  • Scope (semi-auto rifle)
  • First Aid Spray
  • 3 Incediary Grenades

Hunk Guide

How to unlock Hunk: Hunk is unlocked when you’ve beaten Island with four stars.

Hunk has seven cells in his Health Meter. He also has the smallest weapons cache of all characters:

  • TMP w/ Stock (TMP)
    • Firepower: 1.0
    • Firing Speed: 0.10
    • Reload Speed: 1.17
    • Capacity: 100
    • 50 TMP Ammo
  • 3 Hand Grenades
  • First Aid Spray

Jack Krauser Guide

How to Unlock Jack Krauser: Jack Krauser is unlocked by obtaining a four star ranking on Castle.

Krauser is the strongest character in Resident Evil 4 The Mercenaries, but he has very uncommon weapons. Krauser has 10 cells in his Health Meter.

Importantly, after a certain amount of time, his arm will glow, indicating a special attack can be used. Like in the main game, his arm will change into a weapon itself and instantly kills anything it hits.

Krauser uses a bow and arrow as his only weapons:

  • Combat Knife
  • Krauser’s Bow
  • 30 Arrows
  • 3 Flash Grenades
  • First Aid Spray

Albert Wesker Guide

How to Unlock Albert Wesker: Albert Wesker is unlocked by achieving a four star ranking on the Water Island.

Wesker has nearly 8 cells in his Health Meter. Wesker also doesn’t start with ammunition for his weapons:

  • Handgun w/ Silencer
    • Firepower: 2.0
    • Firing Speed: 0.33
    • Reload Speed: 0.87
    • Capacity: 25
    • Exclusive: 5x Critical Headshots
  • Killer 7
    • Firepower: 30.0
    • Firing Speed: 0.70
    • Reload Speed: 1.53
    • Capacity: 10
  • Rifle (semi-auto)
    • Firepower: 15.0
    • Firing Speed: 0.80
    • Reload Speed: 1.90
    • Capacity: 24
  • First Aid Spray
  • 4 Hand Grenades
  • 3 Flash Grenades
  • 1 Incendiary Grenade

Resident Evil 4 The Mercenaries Guide

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