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Unlockables are an important part of Resident Evil’s identity and every game after the original features a multitude to uncover. Resident Evil 2 has entire B-Side playthroughs locked behind Leon and Claire’s first campaigns, for example. While Resident Evil - Code: Veronica doesn’t have as many unlockables as its predecessors, that’s perhaps fitting the nature of the game.
Code Veronica is longer, denser, and harder than the average Resident Evil, playing up then-next gen features while expanding the series' ever-growing narrative. What Resident Evil: Code Veronica lacks in unlockables, it makes up for with a Battle Mode that keeps the replay value high.
Updated on May 18, 2023: We've updated this guide on Resident Evil: Code Veronica unlockables so you can get your hands on them as soon as possible.
Battle Game
By finishing Code Veronica with any rank, you can unlock Battle Game, a 19-room gauntlet that pits you against the hardest enemies in Code Veronica in rapid succession.
While there are unlockable characters, you start out with access to either Claire or Chris.
Both characters have their own fixed inventories as well:
- Claire comes equipped with a Combat Knife, Handgun, Bow Gun with infinite Gun Powder Arrows, Infinite Handgun Bullets, and four GRB Mixed Herbs.
- Chris has a Knife, an infinite ammo Magnum, a Shotgun with infinite Shotgun Shells, and two RGB Mixed Herbs.
First Person Battle
Code Veronica features a First Person Battle Game mode. The controls aren’t as refined as the main game, of course, but the first person camera does help build tension while adding a fresh element to Battle Game.
Unlocking First Person Battle is as simple as completing Code Veronica with any rank.
Alternate Costume (Claire Redfield)
To unlock an alternate costume for Claire, you need to complete Battle Game as Claire at least once. Alternate Claire comes equipped with a(n):
- Combat Knife
- Infinite Ammo Assault Rifle
- Grenade Launcher
- Infinite Grenade Rounds
- Infinite Flame Rounds
- Infinite Acid Rounds
- Mixed Herb GRB
Alternate Claire has a much harder final boss than her counterpart as well. Where base Claire faces off against Nosferatu, Alternate Claire fights the T-078 (the infamous Plane Tyrant).
Albert Wesker (Battle)
By completing Battle Game with Chris Redfield, you can unlock Albert Wesker as a playable character.
While Wesker is supremely powerful in the canon of Resident Evil, he has the single hardest Battle Game out of the playable cast. Wesker starts with nothing but a Combat Knife and three Mixed Herb RGBs – everything else has to be found throughout Battle Game.
If you fail to acquire the Magnum during the Battle Game (which in itself is randomized), it’s all but impossible to complete it as Wesker.
His final boss is Alexia’s first form, which is just too hard to fight without high power weaponry.
Steve Burnside (Battle)
Claire and Chris Redfield are the main playable characters in Code Veronica, but control also swaps over to Steve Burnside — Claire’s fellow prisoner at the start of the game.
To unlock Steve for Battle Game, you need to find the Replica Luger in the main game as Chris and keep it in your Item Box.
After beating the game, Steve will be unlocked with the following loadout:
- Combat Knife
- Infinite ammo Gold Lugar
- Infinite ammo Sub Machine Gun
- Two RBG Mixed Herbs
- His Family Picture
Steve’s final boss is the Gulp Worm, a boss Chris fights shortly after you first gain control of him on Rockfort.
Unfortunately, Steve’s weapons aren’t too impressive, so his run can be spotty even if his final boss isn’t too difficult.
Linear Launcher
The Linear Launcher is an ultra powerful weapon Chris uses at the end of Code Veronica to defeat Alexia, and it can be unlocked for Battle Game.
To do so, Battle Game has to be completed with an A Rank for every single character – Claire, Alternate Claire, Chris, Wesker, and Steve.
To get an A Rank, you need to complete each character’s game in the following time limit:
- Claire – 6:10 minutes
- Alternate Claire – 8:00 minutes
- Chris – 6:40 minutes
- Steve – 10:00 minutes
- Wesker – 30:00 minutes
After all five characters have beaten Battle Game with an A Rank, the Linear Launcher will be available on subsequent playthroughs (of Battle Game, not Code Veronica).
Infinite Rocket Launcher
As is Resident Evil tradition, Code Veronica features an unlockable Rocket Launcher with infinite ammo for anyone who beats the main game with an A Rank.
Getting an A Rank in Code Veronica is considerably harder than other Resident Evil games, however. To get an A rank, you need to:
- Beat the game in four hours, 30 minutes.
- Beat the game without saving – the only save allowed is prompted before the disc swap.
- Never use a First Aid Spray.
- Quick rescue Steve in the Screening Room.
- Save Rodrigo.