Del Lago

Del Lago (Spanish, literally meaning Of the Lake or From the Lake) was a massive Plaga-infected amphibian that lived in a lake near a Spanish village.

The Del Lago was a massively overgrown, fattened salamander. More than twenty meters in length, it had an immense jaw with several rows of teeth, and from what seemed to be its throat, countless, writhing Plaga tentacles emerge when it swims in attack pattern. Capable of devouring human beings, it is a true leviathan residing in the lake nearby the village's church. It has no discernible eyes, but its speed is deceptively fast in water.

Role in Resident Evil 4


It is first mentioned in a file found by Leon near the church, where it is said to be "awakened" by Saddler to guard the pass across the lake. Leon then fought it in a small motorboat anchored in the lake's shores. While Leon was crossing the lake, the Del Lago got hooked on to the anchor on Leon's boat. Leon is then pulled on along behind the Del Lago at amazing speeds. After bombarding the beast with over a dozen harpoons, the Del Lago begins spewing blood in copious quantities, and it succumbs and sinks to the bottom of the Lake, killing it, nearly bringing Leon with it. Leon, who is severely fatigued by the battle, then drives the boat to shore to continue with the mission. He passes out in a cabin when the Plaga he was injected with hatches and lays on the floor for 6 hours. This monster can only be killed by using harpoons.

Trivia

 * If Leon stands on the edge of the dock and fires into the water, killing fish for example, Del Lago will appear from what seems to be the most shallow part of the whole lake and eat him, causing instant death. It is however possible to avoid death by standing back away from the shore when Del Lago emerges.
 * The Del Lago takes ten spears to defeat on Normal, and twelve on Professional.
 * It is unknown exactly how Del Lago was "resurrected" or "awakened". It was possibly put into a dormant state by a previous Illuminado leader when they were hunted by the 1st Castellan.
 * How much health the player has when knocked off determines the distance they are from the boat. For example, in the yellow "Warning" stage, Leon will get knocked further than if his health was green and if there is no health left, the player will be tossed a great distance away from the boat and will always be eaten before they get back.
 * When fighting Del Lago, the background music sounds very similar to the musical score from the movie Jaws.
 * This is the only boss of any kind where you receive no reward whatsoever, aside from not being eaten.
 * If you throw a grenade or a rocket launcher to your feet, you are thrown away and Del Lago eats only the dock, and even when you're alive (you notice it because you hear Leon getting up) the game will tell you that you died.
 * Del Lago's theme song also plays during Seperate Ways when you go into the church and when fighting one of the Bella Sisters. This can create dramatic moments.
 * Similar to the Ndesu of Resident Evil 5, Del Lago is the only boss in Resident Evil 4 that cannot be killed within two hits, while every other boss in the game can be killed with one of the rocket launchers very quickly.