This guide is meant to help you to get a high number of points in the Nightmare mode from Resident Evil 7. I am currently at 870k points as my record. I am still working on improving this, however I could already get quite some experience during my playthroughs.
This guide will focus on having the as many scrap as possible by the end of Hour 5. It is a very minimalist way of playing, buying things on demand.
Before we start, some things that may help:
- Having a starting scrap of 1500 to 2000;
- Machine Gun and Magnum are a must;
- PSVR or a PC Mouse help a lot with aiming;
- Finishing the game at least once, or even twice;
Basic Strategy:
- Activate 3 Compactors ASAP;
- Collect scrap only at the end of an Hour from Hour 2 to 4;
- Use Machine Gun on all enemies but Fat Moldeds and Jack;
- Use Magnum on Fat Moldeds and Jack;
- Stay in the starting room for most of the time;
- Only buy items on demand, as as stated in this guide;
Combat Tips
PSVR: using this gadget will greatly help with aiming. Makes it veryhard to iss a headshot.
In addition, allows you to fire the Machine Gun in bursts without recoil.
Animation cancelling: when reloading a weapon, once the clip is green (meaning the weapon was reloaded), hit Guard button to cancel the rest of the animation.
Same thing with Healing. Press the Healing button and Guard right after.
Molded/Spiked Molded: Aim for the high end of the door, something like 80% high. When the molded goes into the room, shoot it once in the head.
He will defend its head with its arm. Wait for it to get closer.
It will lower the arm to attack. At this time, headshot it twice.
It will be stunned and sent back. Aim well and finish it off with one last headshot.
With the Spiked Molded from Hour 2, use a similar strategy but use more bursts as that one is much more dangerous and tough. Takes more bullets to kill.
Crawler (4-legged molded): Aim to the ground, use 2 small bursts of 2 bullets, or 3 and 1. Any combination of 4 bullets should put them down, as long as one bullet goes for the head. The crawler can even be killed with 3 bullets in some cases.
Fat Molded: Shoot it once with the upgraded Magnum (Upgrade 1), wait for it to roll on its side to start to get back, shoot it in the head again. End of story. Easy peasy.
Jack: Hit Jack in the head 7 times with the Magnum. You can miss once. If you miss more than once, use the Machine Gun to finish him off. You can headshot him while he is stunned and on his knee. 7 bullets to the head and that's it.
Chain Jack: Similar strategy to the first Jack, but he needs at least 14 bullets. He is more dangerous as one of his attacks can kill you outright. It's when he opens his scissor-chain saw in a wide angle. You cannot Guard that attack. Run, avoid it somehow. That's why I recommend buying the Adrenaline in case you get hit by that attack. Usually I start hitting Jack once I collect C3. Then I go the the starting room, hit him a few more, and I finish him off once he leaves the starting room.
Hour 1:
Enemies:
12 Molded (normal, non-erratic)
5 Crawler (Defeat All Enemies time)
- Buy the Machine Gun and the Corrosive.
- Don't buy ammo yet.
- Activate the Compactor from the starting room (C1).
- Go to the Workshop room.
- Open the door.
- Turn around (180º).
- Go to the larger area with the second Compactor (C2).
- Activate it.
- Go to the Workshop and activate that Compactor (C3).
- Go back to the starting room.
- Start killing the molded that spawn.
- Once the Compactor from the starting room is 200, go to C2 to collect scrap.
- On your way back to the starting room, collect the scrap from C3.
- Collect from C1.
- Upgrade the Machine Gun.
- Buy Machine Gun ammo.
- Don't buy anything else this hour.
- Kill all molded until Defeat All Enemies (DAE).
- Kill all 5 crawlers.
- Collect from C2.
- Collect from C3.
- Collect from C1.
If you can't buy both Corrosive and Machine Gun:
- Buy the Machine Gun and save up 1500.
- Activate the first Compactor in the starting room.
- Go right until the larger area with the second Compactor.
- Activate it.
- Once you get the Corrosive, go to the Workshop room.
- Activate the Compactor.
Hour 2:
8 Molded (normal, non-erratic)
1 Spiked Molded
Jack (DEA)
- Upgrade the Compactors.
- Kill enemies as the spawn.
- Once C1 is at 300, 375, collect from C2 and C3.
- You should have above 1400 scrap.
- Buy the Magnum, Magnum ammo and upgrade the Magnum.
- Reload the Magnum.
- Kill enemies until DEA is up.
- Watch out for the Spiked Molded. Kill him ASAP even if it means spending a bit more ammo than usual.
- Kill the molded that comes with Jack.
- Kill Jack.
- Collect scrap from C2 and C3.
Hour 3:
Enemies:
9 Moldeds
4 Fat Moldeds
- Upgrade the Machine Gun.
- Buy Machine ammo.
- Buy Magnum ammo.
- Reload both weapons.
- Kill enemies as they spawn.
- Kill the Fat Molded.
- Kill more moldeds.
- Kill the final Fat Molded before DAE.
- NOTE: be cautious between Fat Molded 2 and 3 as a normal molded will appear. Don't waste a Magnum shot on it.
- Kill both Fat Moldeds during DAE.
- Collect scrap from all Compactors.
Hour 4:
Enemies:
13 Moldeds
3 Crawlers
3 Spiked Moldeds (DAE)
- Buy Machine Gun ammo.
- Buy Magnum ammo.
- Reload both weapons.
- Kill the enemies as they spawn.
- Pay attention to the fast footsteps of the crawler to aim low when they enter the room.
- During DAE, a few moldeds will come and a pause will happen. Right after, 3 Spiked Moldeds will spawn. Use the Magnum to headshot them.
- Collect scrap on all Compactors.
Hour 5:
Enemies:
6 Moldeds
7 Crawlers
Saw Jack
- Buy Adrenaline.
- Upgrade the Magnum.
- Buy Machine Gun ammo.
- Buy Magnum ammo twice. You need at least 14 bullets to kill Jack with headshots.
- Same thing: kill enemies as they spawn. However, watch out as in some cases, crawlers will come into the room with a molded. Kill the crawler first.
- When the DAE phase starts, rush over C2 and collect.
- Kill the molded in the way.
- Go to C3 and collect. Kill the crawler and headshot Jack.
- Go back to the starting room.
- Kill Jack.
The final result should be something around 11 to 12k extra scrap.
Find the video below:
This guide will focus on having the as many scrap as possible by the end of Hour 5. It is a very minimalist way of playing, buying things on demand.
Before we start, some things that may help:
- Having a starting scrap of 1500 to 2000;
- Machine Gun and Magnum are a must;
- PSVR or a PC Mouse help a lot with aiming;
- Finishing the game at least once, or even twice;
Basic Strategy:
- Activate 3 Compactors ASAP;
- Collect scrap only at the end of an Hour from Hour 2 to 4;
- Use Machine Gun on all enemies but Fat Moldeds and Jack;
- Use Magnum on Fat Moldeds and Jack;
- Stay in the starting room for most of the time;
- Only buy items on demand, as as stated in this guide;
Combat Tips
PSVR: using this gadget will greatly help with aiming. Makes it veryhard to iss a headshot.
In addition, allows you to fire the Machine Gun in bursts without recoil.
Animation cancelling: when reloading a weapon, once the clip is green (meaning the weapon was reloaded), hit Guard button to cancel the rest of the animation.
Same thing with Healing. Press the Healing button and Guard right after.
Molded/Spiked Molded: Aim for the high end of the door, something like 80% high. When the molded goes into the room, shoot it once in the head.
He will defend its head with its arm. Wait for it to get closer.
It will lower the arm to attack. At this time, headshot it twice.
It will be stunned and sent back. Aim well and finish it off with one last headshot.
With the Spiked Molded from Hour 2, use a similar strategy but use more bursts as that one is much more dangerous and tough. Takes more bullets to kill.
Crawler (4-legged molded): Aim to the ground, use 2 small bursts of 2 bullets, or 3 and 1. Any combination of 4 bullets should put them down, as long as one bullet goes for the head. The crawler can even be killed with 3 bullets in some cases.
Fat Molded: Shoot it once with the upgraded Magnum (Upgrade 1), wait for it to roll on its side to start to get back, shoot it in the head again. End of story. Easy peasy.
Jack: Hit Jack in the head 7 times with the Magnum. You can miss once. If you miss more than once, use the Machine Gun to finish him off. You can headshot him while he is stunned and on his knee. 7 bullets to the head and that's it.
Chain Jack: Similar strategy to the first Jack, but he needs at least 14 bullets. He is more dangerous as one of his attacks can kill you outright. It's when he opens his scissor-chain saw in a wide angle. You cannot Guard that attack. Run, avoid it somehow. That's why I recommend buying the Adrenaline in case you get hit by that attack. Usually I start hitting Jack once I collect C3. Then I go the the starting room, hit him a few more, and I finish him off once he leaves the starting room.
Hour 1:
Enemies:
12 Molded (normal, non-erratic)
5 Crawler (Defeat All Enemies time)
- Buy the Machine Gun and the Corrosive.
- Don't buy ammo yet.
- Activate the Compactor from the starting room (C1).
- Go to the Workshop room.
- Open the door.
- Turn around (180º).
- Go to the larger area with the second Compactor (C2).
- Activate it.
- Go to the Workshop and activate that Compactor (C3).
- Go back to the starting room.
- Start killing the molded that spawn.
- Once the Compactor from the starting room is 200, go to C2 to collect scrap.
- On your way back to the starting room, collect the scrap from C3.
- Collect from C1.
- Upgrade the Machine Gun.
- Buy Machine Gun ammo.
- Don't buy anything else this hour.
- Kill all molded until Defeat All Enemies (DAE).
- Kill all 5 crawlers.
- Collect from C2.
- Collect from C3.
- Collect from C1.
If you can't buy both Corrosive and Machine Gun:
- Buy the Machine Gun and save up 1500.
- Activate the first Compactor in the starting room.
- Go right until the larger area with the second Compactor.
- Activate it.
- Once you get the Corrosive, go to the Workshop room.
- Activate the Compactor.
Hour 2:
8 Molded (normal, non-erratic)
1 Spiked Molded
Jack (DEA)
- Upgrade the Compactors.
- Kill enemies as the spawn.
- Once C1 is at 300, 375, collect from C2 and C3.
- You should have above 1400 scrap.
- Buy the Magnum, Magnum ammo and upgrade the Magnum.
- Reload the Magnum.
- Kill enemies until DEA is up.
- Watch out for the Spiked Molded. Kill him ASAP even if it means spending a bit more ammo than usual.
- Kill the molded that comes with Jack.
- Kill Jack.
- Collect scrap from C2 and C3.
Hour 3:
Enemies:
9 Moldeds
4 Fat Moldeds
- Upgrade the Machine Gun.
- Buy Machine ammo.
- Buy Magnum ammo.
- Reload both weapons.
- Kill enemies as they spawn.
- Kill the Fat Molded.
- Kill more moldeds.
- Kill the final Fat Molded before DAE.
- NOTE: be cautious between Fat Molded 2 and 3 as a normal molded will appear. Don't waste a Magnum shot on it.
- Kill both Fat Moldeds during DAE.
- Collect scrap from all Compactors.
Hour 4:
Enemies:
13 Moldeds
3 Crawlers
3 Spiked Moldeds (DAE)
- Buy Machine Gun ammo.
- Buy Magnum ammo.
- Reload both weapons.
- Kill the enemies as they spawn.
- Pay attention to the fast footsteps of the crawler to aim low when they enter the room.
- During DAE, a few moldeds will come and a pause will happen. Right after, 3 Spiked Moldeds will spawn. Use the Magnum to headshot them.
- Collect scrap on all Compactors.
Hour 5:
Enemies:
6 Moldeds
7 Crawlers
Saw Jack
- Buy Adrenaline.
- Upgrade the Magnum.
- Buy Machine Gun ammo.
- Buy Magnum ammo twice. You need at least 14 bullets to kill Jack with headshots.
- Same thing: kill enemies as they spawn. However, watch out as in some cases, crawlers will come into the room with a molded. Kill the crawler first.
- When the DAE phase starts, rush over C2 and collect.
- Kill the molded in the way.
- Go to C3 and collect. Kill the crawler and headshot Jack.
- Go back to the starting room.
- Kill Jack.
The final result should be something around 11 to 12k extra scrap.
Find the video below:
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