Plant 42

Plant 42

Plant 42 is a large plant infused with the T-Virus, and it was part of the experiment on botanic subjects by Umbrella researcher Henry Sarton. With a massive flower-like nuclei protected by distorted petals and extremely powerful vines, Plant 42 immensely grew to invade the Residence, using its securely protected vines to feed on the T-Virus altered water of the Aqua Ring beneath it. As noted in a chemistry report lying around in the Residence, the Plant has grown singularly weak to a particular chemical, codenamed V-Jolt or UMB Nº16. Exposing the roots of the Plant to the toxin dries them up and weakens it considerably. When playing as Jill and concocting the lethal V-Jolt and throwing the vial containing it to the roots, she is trapped by the withering Plant and saved by a flamethrower-wielding Barry. In Chris' case, he cannot fabricate V-Jolt on his own, and is trapped by the vines of the Plant, and Rebecca is forced to prepare the chemical and administrator it to the roots in order to weaken the Plant enough to allow Chris to battle it.

The name, as stated in the "Plant 42 Report", found in one of the bedrooms of the Guardhouse, is because the location that the plant was growing on was the Point 42 of the Guardhouse (Plant 42 would literally mean "Plant of the Point 42").

The existence of Plant 42 pushed Umbrella scientists to further research Plant-based B.O.W. development. The result was the smaller, more mobile Ivy, also known as Plant 43.

• Appears in: Resident Evil (Deadly Silence and GameCube remake), Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles