Location and Function of Item

002 Key:  Underneath the giant beehive in the well-named Beehive Passage.  This key opens the Room 002 door off the Center Passage.

003 Key:  On the shelves of the Arms Storehouse, in the basement of the Guardhouse.  This key opens the Room 003 door off the Beehive Passage.

1st Floor Map:  Inside the pot of the statue in the Gallery.  This provides you with a complete view of the first floor of the Mansion.

2nd Floor Map:  In the Lesson Room Entry, above the fireplace.  Use the Lighter to reveal it.  This provides you with a complete view of the second floor of the Mansion.

Armor Key:  In the Greenhouse room behind that annoying plant.  This key opens the doors of the Mansion with armor carved into them.

Acid Rounds:  All over the place.   Ammo for the Bazooka.

Battery:  There are two Batteries in the game: in the Shed and in the Heliport Passage.  Use the first Battery at the falls in the Courtyard to activate the elevator.  Use the second Battery to activate the elevator to the Heliport.

Bazooka:  (Jill) On the Terrace.   Sometimes, Barry Burton is there to hand it over; sometimes, you have to take the Bazooka from the corpse of S.T.A.R.S. member Forest.  Ammo for the Bazooka is rare, so use the Shotgun or Colt Python to kill Zombies, saving the Bazooka for the tougher enemies.

Beretta:  (Chris)On the floor of the Hall after you investigate the gunshot from the Tea Room.  (Jill)In your inventory at the start of the game.

Blue Herb:  Several Places.   The Blue Herb heals you if you're poisoned, which several creatures in the game can do-the snake and the bees being the most obvious (and potentially fatal).

Blue Jewel:  2F Dining Room/1F Dining Room.  Put this lovely bauble into the head of the statue in the Tiger Statue Room to reveal the Wind Crest.

Botany Book:  In the Small Library.  This paper-based information storage device explains the effects of the Blue, Green, and Red Herbs, and how you can mix them together to make them stronger.

Broken Shotgun:  In the Vacant Room.  You have to swap this with the working Shotgun in the Living Room to get through the Trap Room without being squished like a grape.

Chemical:  In the corner of the Room Under Stairs.  Pour this bag of artificial death into the Greenhouse's water pump to kill the long-legged beast dwelling inside the fountain.

Clip:  All over the place.   The Clip provides 15 shots for the Beretta, your handgun of last resort.

Colt Python:  Behind the statue in the Tiger Statue Room.  Use the Red Jewel to reveal it.  The Colt Python would make Dirty Harry pound with its incredible range and power. 

Combat Knife:  In your inventory at the start of the game in the corner of the Spider Boss Room.  The Combat Knife does have one useful function:  in the Spider Boss Room, you can cut through the webs covering the south door instead of blasting through them and wasting ammo.

Control Room Key:  Inside the plugged-up bathtub of the 001 Bathroom in the Guardhouse.  This key opens the Control Room door off the Water Tank room.

Doom Book 1:  Inside the Study.   CHECK the Book in inventory to find an EAGLE MEDAL hidden inside.

Doom Book 2:  Inside the Item Passage.  CHECK the Book in inventory to find a WOLF MEDAL hidden inside.

Dormitory Map:  On the wall in Room 002 of the Guardhouse.  This provides you with a complete view of the Guardhouse.

Eagle Medal:  Inside Doom Book 1, which is inside the Study.  This is one of two medals needed to drain the Fountain and reveal stairs to the Laboratory.

Emblem:  Inside the hollow above the fireplace of the 1F Dining Room.  You have to swap this Emblem with the Gold Emblem inside the Bar's hidden room, or you can't take the Gold Emblem with you.

Empty Bottle:  There are four of these in the Drug Storehouse of the Guardhouse.  These are used to mix the various chemicals in the room to create a dose of V-Jolt.

Explosive Rounds:  (Jill) Quite a few.  Ammo for the Bazooka.  Messy but effective.

Fax:  Inside Private Room A.   A plot-thickening document on that damn paper that always curls up into a scroll.

First-Aid Spray:  Several.   The First-Aid Spray completely restores you to full health, no matter how close you are to kicking the bucket.

Flame Rounds: (Jill) In the 003 Bathroom of the Guardhouse; in the Rock Passage of the Underground; in the Lab Save Room.   More powerful than the explosive rounds, this Bazooka ammo will fry more than a few green tomatoes.  Although not as powerful as the Acid Rounds, this medium strength ammunition is most effective against the Plant Boss.

Flamethrower:  (Chris)Two locations in the Underground; the Branch Passage and the Rock Passage.  This bad-ass weapon is not only handy for flaming creatures, it's also required to unlock certain doors.  Unfortunately, the Flamethrower eats up its ammo so fast that you only get to kill a few monsters before it runs out of fuel.

Flare:  Inside a crate next to the door of the Heliport.  Use the Flare anywhere on the Heliport to signal Brad, the chopper pilot, who comes in for a landing.

Garden Map:  Stuck to the wall on the east side of the Courtyard Garden.  Displays a complete look of the Courtyard and Garden.

Gold Emblem:  Inside the hidden room of the Bar.  Use the Gold Emblem in the hollow of the 1F Dining Room to reveal the Shield Key.

Green Herb:  Dozens of places throughout the game.  The Green Herb heals damage you've taken from monster attacks.

Helmet Key:  In the Plant Boss Room of the Guardhouse.  This key opens the three doors of the Mansion with helmets carved into them.

Hex Crank:  On the floor of the Enrico Room, near the door.  The Hex Crank is used in several rooms in the Underground area to solve puzzles and open up new areas.

Ink Ribbon:  All over the place.   Use the Ink Ribbon to save your handy-dandy Memory Card.  Jill finds more then Chris.

Keeper's Diary:  On the desk of the Employee Room, guarded by a Zombie cowering in the closet.  The Diary is the journal of a poor sap who chronicled his slow transformation from scientist to flesh-eating monstrosity.

Lab Key:  In a hidden niche inside the Conference Room.  This key opens the Elevator Entry door off the the "O" Passage.

Lighter:  In the Bedroom just off the Deer Room.  The Lighter is one of the very few items in Resident Evil that gets used in two different puzzles.  Use it in the Lesson Room Entry to reveal the 2nd Floor Map above the fireplace, and use it in the Private Dining Room to light up the candelabra.

Lock Pick:  (Jill)Barry Burton gives it to you at the beginning of the game, after you search the Hall in vain for Wesker.

Magnum Rounds:  Various places.   The Magnum Rounds give you six shots of the Colt Python, a wicked handgun with the power of the  Shotgun.

MO Disk:  There are three MO Disks in the game.  The first is found in the hidden room of Library B.  The second is found in the Crank Passage.  The third is found on the desk at the Stairs in the Laboratory.  Each MO Disk is used at one of the three pass code terminals in the Laboratory to get a Pass Code.  You need all three Pass Codes to unlock the door to the Cell.

Moon Crest:  In the Attic, inside the hole populated by a giant snake.  This is one of the four Crests needed to unlock the door from the Roofed Passage into the Storeroom.

Music Notes:  Behind the shelves in the Bar.  (Chris)Use the Notes in front of the grand piano and Rebecca Chambers shows up in the Bar.  Let her practice until she can play the music and reveal a hidden room.  (Jill)Use the Notes in front of the grand piano to play the Moonlight Sonata and reveal a hidden room.

Orders:  On the table in the Trophy Room.  This paper reveals quite a bit about why the S.T.A.R.S. have ended up in this freakin' mansion.

Pass Code 01:  Obtained from the pass code machine inside Private Room A.  This is one of the three Pass Codes needed to unlock the Cell Entry door off the Double Lock room.

Pass Code 02:  Obtained from the pass code machine inside the Mortuary.  This is one of three Pass Codes needed to unlock the Cell Entry door off the Double Lock room.

Pass Code 03:  Obtained from the pass code machine in Maze B.  This is one of the three Pass Codes needed to unlock the Cell Entry door off the Double Lock room.

Pass Number:  Barry Burton gives you this number after hauling you up from the hole in the floor of the Lesson Room.   With the Pass Number, you can unlock the north door from the 2F Left Stairs.

Plant 42 Report:  On the bed in Room 002 of the Guardhouse.  This document explains the hopes, dreams, and fears of Plant 42, the unusually aggressive fauna living inside the Plant Boos Room.

Radio:  (Chris)After you defeat Plant 42 and leave the Plant Boss Room, Rebecca Chambers gives it to you or on your way back  you will pick it up in the room leading back into the mansion.  (Jill)   After you retrieve the Serum from the Mansion Save Room and bring it to Richard in the Pillar Passage, he gives it to you.  The Radio lets you hear messages from Brad, the S.T.A.R.S. helicopter pilot.  Use it whenever you hear it beeping.

Red Book:  In Room 001 of the Guardhouse.  Replace the "V-Jolt"  Report in Room 003 with the Red Book to reveal a hidden door into the Plant Boss Room.

Red Herb:  So many places that it'll make your head spin.  The Red Herb doesn't do anything by itself, but when you mix it with a Green Herb or Blue Herb, the effect of the Green or Blue Herb is three time stronger.  Obviously a very useful plant, so grab it whenever you see it.

Red Jewel:  Inside the moose head in the Trophy Room.  Turn out the lights and you can see it sparkling.  Put this shiny sapphire into the head of the statue in the Tiger Statue Room to reveal the Colt Python.

Researcher's Letter:  Inside Private Room B.  This letter has all the passwords you need to access the computer in the Small Lab, although you have to translate the symbols on the Letter by using the painting on the wall of Room B and the blue light switch hidden behind the shelves.

Researcher's Will:  On the desk of the 2F Study.  This is the last will and testament of a now-dead scientist dude.

Rocket Launcher:  Brad drops a Launcher into the middle of the Heliport after you've done sufficient damage to the Tyrant in the game's final battle.  you can also score a Rocket Launcher with unlimited ammo if you play through the game fast enough.  The Rocket  Launcher is the ultimate weapon, able to destroy any monster-even the game's final boss, the Tyrant-with a single shot.

Scrapbook:  In Library A, being guarded by a Zombie who's apparently hooked on phonics.  This book is full of scraps.   Informational scraps, that is.

Security System:  In the bookshelf of the Conference Room.  This document reveals a certain S.T.A.R.S. member's involvement with the dastardly deeds going on inside the Mansion.

Serum:  On the shelves inside the Mansion Save Room, but there's a catch:  you can't take the Serum unless you're on a "mission" to retrieve it.  The Serum cures you if you're poisoned by an otherwise-fatal snakebite.

Shells:  More places than you can shake a severed arm at.  The Shells are good for seven blasts of the Shotgun, the most useful weapon in the game, whether you're playing as Chris or Jill.

Shield Key:  Behind the grandfather clock in the 1F Dining Room, but you can't push the clock out of the way; you have to put the Gold Emblem into the hollow above the fireplace.  This key opens every door with a shield carved into it.

Shotgun:  In the Living Room, just off the Trap Room.  The Shotgun is the weapon you'll be using more than any other, thanks to its strength and surprising range.  You can even kill Zombies with a single blast if you let them get within grabbing range before you fire.

Slides:  On the floor of the Small Lab.  Use the Slides on the projector in the Conference Room for still photos of some of the monsters you encounter during the game.

Special Key:  When you beat the game and start playing through it a second time, the Special Key is in your inventory.   This is the only key that opens the door into the Wardrobe Closet, where you can don a spiffy new texture map-er, costume.

Square Crank:  On the top shelf of the Storeroom.  Push the stairs under the shelves so you can climb up to it. The Square Crank raises and lowers the Water Gate.

Star Crest:  Behind one of the paintings in the Large Gallery.  This is one of the four Crests needed to unlock the door from the Roofed Passage into the Storeroom. 

Sun Crest:  Inside an enclosed case in the Armor Room.  Push the statues over the vents and push the button to open the case.  This is one of the four Crests needed to unlock the door from the Roofed Passage into the Storeroom.

Sword Key:  (Chris)On the bed inside the Mansion Save Room.  This key opens every door with a sword carved into.

Underground Map:  One the wall at the end of the Crank Passage.  This provides you with a complete view of the Underground.

V-Jolt:  This has to be made by mixing together the chemicals in the Drug Storehouse of the Guardhouse.  Apply the V-Jolt to the roots of Plant 42, found in the Security Room beneath the Guardhouse. to weaken the plant enough so that you can kill it.

"V-Jolt" Report:  In the bookshelves of Room 003 in the Guardhouse.  This explains how to create V-Jolt.

Wind Crest:  Behind the statue in the Tiger Statue Room.  Use the Blue Jewel to reveal it.  This is one of the four Crests needed to unlock the door from the Roofed Passage into the Storeroom.

Wolf Medal:  Inside Doom Book 2, which is inside the Item Passage.  This is one of the two medals needed to drain the fountain and reveal stairs to the Laboratory.