How to Survive Resident Evil 7's Bedroom DLC

Welcome to IGN's Guide for the Resident Evil 7 Biohazard DLC - Bedroom. In Bedroom, you'll be a part of one of Clancy's VHS tapes as he tries to escape from the Master Bedroom of the Main House. This guide will also show you how to obtain the Ratcatcher achievement/trophy.

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When Clancy wakes up, you’ll be in Master Bedroom of the Main House, though things have changed slightly. You’ll have one hand tied to the bed, and Marguerite Baker will come in with food - wanting you to eat some of it to become part of the family. When presented, act enthusiastic until she leaves.

Grab the Spoon, and then free yourself from the restraint and get out of bed. Note that you can return to bed at any point and look nice for when Marguerite comes back - if you’re out of bed when she comes back...that won’t go so well. Check to the left to find a Lantern (you need its light to inspect other objects), and note that the crook is fastened with a cork. Then look at the vanity dresser by the door to the closet that’s locked - if you peer behind the dresser you can crouch down and spot a Knife taped to the wall. The left drawer has the note usually on the globe that related to the clock “the same time as the other clocks”. The right drawer comes out with a strong pull but doesn’t go back in (Trust me, it’s better if you don’t open it), and there’s a vase on top of the dresser you can inspect to find a Lighter.

Now look at the little altar across from the bed to find a space for three painting above it - but only one is present on the left, Untitled Painting C. You may be tempted to grab it and place it in the middle to match the shape on the wall - but let’s wait until you find all of them first. To the right is an unfinished grandfather clock that’s locked, so look to the left of the bed to find Untitled Painting B. Behind the painting you swiped are two bottles with a cork, but the spiders won’t let you near it, and the lighter isn’t enough to stop them.

While you’re here, look to right behind the green shutters to spot one of three Dead Rats and inspect it to be on your way to obtaining the Ratcatcher Achievement / Trophy.

Look on the bedside table to check out the clock, only to have the Broken Clock Hand fall off. Still, it makes for a pretty good lockpick, so use it to pick the lock on the Grandfather Clock to open up the inside where you can find Untitled Painting A. Doing this will trigger the clock to ring, startling Marguerite. You’ll have 60 seconds to make sure NOTHING looks out of place before getting back in bed. This means closing the Grandfather Clock and any drawers you opened (if you broke the drawer on the right you’re screwed), and making sure Painting B back in front of the bottles, and Painting C is back to the middle, and putting the Lantern back on its crook before getting in bed and closing the restraint. If all goes well you can fool Marguerite into thinking nothing is wrong, but if not, she’ll attack you causing damage before resetting everything and leaving again. She’ll also tighten the restraints, but you can still open them with the Spoon.

Back out of bed, put Untitled Painting B on the left, Untitled Painting C in the middle, and Untitled Painting A on the right, and it will open up the book in the middle to show a voodoo doll with a Sewing Needle embedded in it. Grab it, and make sure to grab the Paintings and put them back in their original positions (one less thing to worry about next time Marguerite shows up). The Sewing Needle makes a good clock hand, and you can now see the clock time by opening up the Grandfather Clock (5:00). Doing so will slide the bed across to reveal a locked door below the bed that needs the Snake Key. It will also loosen a note that now appears on the floor with a riddle. Unfortunately you’ll have 60 seconds to read it - as the noise from the bed will alert Marguerite. Here’s the riddle for reference:

First, death granted darkness to the man from the west.
As the man traveled on, he gave of his flesh to the four beasts of the earth. And when he arrived back in the east, he was charred black with arden joy.

Jump back into bed as mom comes in, only this time she has a new plate for you to try. If everything is in order she’ll leave again, letting you nab the new Fork and the Stove.

If you're looking to continue the Ratcatcher Achievement / Trophy, hold on to your stomach and poke at the stew with your Fork. Now get out of bed and inspect the stew from the side of the bed to spot the second of three Dead Rats.

The aforementioned riddle mentions three men - the men who are in each of the paintings. - and next to their slots you can see a marking for North. The man from the west, the left painting, should be Untitled Painting A (who has no eyes = darkness). The man traveling on giving his flesh means the middle painting should be Untitled Painting B (crows picking at the man’s flesh). That leaves the man in the east who is charred black to be Untitled Painting C (the man covered in flames). Place these in order and the book will open a new section, a voodoo doll holding a fork and spoon, with a leaf symbol in the middle. The Leaf symbol corresponds to one of the symbols on the lock to the Storage Closet - but what about the others? Inspect the Fork and the Spoon you have to find the other symbols, a Snake on the Fork, and an Apple on the Spoon. Set up the lock to read Snake, Leaf, Apple, and the door will unlock.

Inside the Storage Closet, you’ll find a bunch of new mysteries. The Snake Key is locked in a cage next to Shadow Puzzle with two different shadow plinths and a lightbox that doesn’t seem to be working. The back of it is taped up, and if you check a coat on a rack in the corner, you can learn that the Knife is stashed behind the dresser if you didn’t already (and also that silence might help against Marguerite). A cabinet next to it is boarded up, but your Knife can pry it loose to find Solid Fuel inside.

There last of the Dead Rats is in the Storage Closet, on top of the bookshelf next to the shadow plinths next to the upside down chair. Inspecting it should unlock the Ratcatcher Achievement / Trophy.

Before we play with the Shadow Puzzle, go back into the bedroom and combine the Solid Fuel with the Stove and place it under the spiders, and then use it with the Lighter to blaze them off. However, in the process one of the bottles breaks, alerting Marguerite and giving you just 40 seconds to grab your prize - the Corkscrew - from the bottle, take the Stove and replace it with the Painting, make sure the Storage door is closed, and hop back into bed.

Once out of bed for the last time, use the Corkscrew to unplug the cork from the Lantern holder next to the bed, and take Lantern Hook A. Now head into the Storage Closet and look for another lantern holder in the back of the room and uncork that one to where you get Lantern Hook B. Open the back of the Shadow Puzzle box with the Knife and place the Lantern inside. Now combine Lantern Hook A with Lantern Hook B to form an Iron Statuette, and use it on the plinth closest to the painting to form Medusa’s Head. Now go to the other plinth and use the Fork, and align the prongs of the fork to overlap and form the snake head. This will unlock the Snake Key - but will also alert Marguerite, and you can spy on her bursting into the room from the hole in the wall.

She's not leaving any time soon, so you'll need to think on your feet. Grab the Lantern back from the Shadow Puzzle, and equip the Knife so you are holding it out as you confront Marguerite. As long as you have the Knife out, Clancy will stab her to stun her for a brief period. That's your cue to race over to the clock and slide the bed over, and open the hatch on the floor with the Snake Key. As soon as its open, jump down and run into the basement where the tape will end.

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