Resident Evil 4/Chapter 1-3: Difference between revisions

Follow the path and go left when you come the fork. This takes you to bluff overlooking a lake and a cutscene begins.

[[Image:Re4 13 04.jpg|300px|thumb|caption|Oh no...]] Two villagers take a motorboat to the middle of the lake and dump the body of one of the police officers. They leave in a hurry while you watch the body. Something big eats it but you don't get a good look because the field of vision in your binoculars is too small. Now you have an idea what you are up against.

There is a red herb hidden next to the tree near the ledge where the cutscene occurs. Head back and go left to follow the path that you passed previously. Get the Gold Bangle w/ Pearls from the nest in a tree on the left. Then check the shack on the right to get Handgun Ammo and a box with a Yellow Herb inside.

Continue to a cabin at the end of the path. Get a barrel and Green Herb inside, then definitely save your game at the typewriter since we're coming up on the end of Part 1 and that means it's boss fight time.  

Head to the small dock and jump into the motorboat which awaits you. You control the motorboat more or less the same way you control Leon, except for the fact that you can't equip a knife or do a turn-around. The boat is equipped with an unlimited supply of harpoons and you use them the same way you use a gun on land. Stay close to the dock and get used to the feel of things. Then head out into the middle of the lake to start a cutscene.

Del Lago spots you from under the water. It is a whale sized fish that tries to capsize your boat, but somehow your anchor gets hooked on it and it starts to drag you around the water.  

|contents=Your boat is now being dragged around the lake by a giant fish. As you might imagine, this makes the steering a bit wonky. Unfortunately for you, Del Lago will try to knock you out of your boat by dragging you through the floating tree trunks that dot the surface of the lake. Del Lago will also attempt to come directly at you from time to time. It's best to avoid being capsized, so steer around the tree trunks as best as you can. Keep an eye out for when Del Lago dives since that means it's about to charge and you should swerve out of the way. [[Image:Re4 13 boss1.jpg|thumb|caption|Swim for your life!]]

If the boat is capsized then you'll take damage and be thrown into the water. You must then swim back to your boat as quickly as possible (by repeatedly pressing the button that appears on the screen) before you are eaten. Make sure that you heal yourself when necessary since you don't swim as fast when wounded.  

If you go for enough time without being capsized then Del Lago will go underwater completely, and you will be unable to see him for a few seconds; the boss monster music stops when this happens. [[Image:Re4 13 boss2.jpg|thumb|caption|Throw harpoons at it.]] The boat will stop, and Leon will look right and left frantically. At this time, you need to equip your harpoon, because Del Lago will attempt to ram you. On-screen arrows will direct you in Del Lago's direction when it surfaces, and you must throw harpoons in it's mouth to deter it from doing so.

You can also throw harpoons into Del Lago while it's dragging you around, so try to get some shots in while your environment is relatively clear of any debris and you don't need to dodge anything.

Keep it up, and when Del Lago has had enough he starts sinking to the bottom, a big problem for you since the anchor rope he’s still attached to is tangled around your leg. Quickly press the on-screen button repeatedly to cut the rope before you are dragged under.

Once you rid yourself of that rope, this boss battle comes to an end. There is a cutscene where you land the boat and pass out in an abandoned house.