Spinel

Spinel
jp name	スピネル
Room	(See chart)
Item Information
Item type	Treasure
Special guide
Level	Village and Salazar Castle chapters
Selling price	2,000₧
Other
Appears in	Resident Evil 4

"Although small in size, it appears to have some value." — Item examination

The Spinel is a very common jewel found many times throughout Resident Evil 4 in the village and Salazar Castle. They are not found on the island. It can be sold to the Merchant for 2,000₧, and has no other functions in the game.

The rarity and value of Spinels was increased significantly in the Resident Evil 4 Remake, as they now have a new function as a secondary currency. They can occasionally be found randomly in crates and from enemies, but are obtained primarily through completing requests for the Merchant.

Main game locations

Chapter 1

Chapter	Room	Description
Chapter 1-1	Footpath to the village	Held by a Crow at the start of the game.
	Village center	On the roof of the large house.
	Farm	Inside a cabinet in the large barn.
	Farm	Inside the box next to the large locked door.
	Deserted village	2 on the tunnel wall.
	Deserted village	In the booby-trapped shed.
Chapter 1-2	Factory ruins	Hidden within an oven.
Chapter 1-3	Village chief's house	In a birds nest on a tree branch.
	Cave	In a lantern at the back room of the house.
	Cave	2 in the chamber of the cave after shooting the lantern.
	Quarry	In the first hut.
	Quarry	On a cart filled with rocks.
	Wetlands	On the cliff side after avoiding the boulder.

Chapter 2

Chapter	Room	Description
Chapter 2-1	Arms merchant's hideout	Dropped from the torch above the right side of the platform
	Waterfall	Stuck on the cliff after rappelling
	Waterway B	In the torch by the door
	Quarry	In the first hut
	Quarry	In the third hut
Chapter 2-2	Cemetery	In first bird nest on path to cave
	Cave	Found in the lantern of the back room of the house, respawned in obtained in 1-3
	Village Center	Within the tower
Chapter 2-3	Road below the cliff	In first shed
	Road below the cliff	In second shed
	Road below the cliff	Also in second shed
	Slaughterhouse	Inside red barrel, only obtainable by destroying the barrel

Chapter 3

Chapter	Room	Description
Chapter 3-1	Castle entrance	In a barrel
	Castle wall	Inside the structure destroyed by the catapults
	Castle wall	In a torch right before the Barracks door.
	Barracks	In a box
	Temple	Stuck in the eye of one statue
Chapter 3-2	Underground waterway	In a Barrel right before the exit door
	Temple	There are ten black-robed cultist, each one of them has a Spinel. (The red-robed one has an Illuminados Pendant)
	Castle parlour	On a chair (last room)
	Western castle wall	In the wall above the door.
	〃	On the water source at the center.
	Garden	In a way with no exit (Not present on Easy.)
Chapter 3-3	〃	In the bed roof (Inside the Garden room)
	〃	In a pot near to the bed
	Western castle wall	In a barrel on the locked room entering from the Dining Hall
	Gallery	In a pot near to the Merchant
Chapter 3-4	Concourse
	Study	On the left of where you start
		In the second room
		In the room with the secret passage
	Storeroom	In a chair in the dark hall
	〃	In a shelf on the dark room

Chapter 4

Chapter	Room	Description
Chapter 4-1	Castle gondola A	In a pot at the end of the first cart ride.
〃	Castle gondola B	In a pot
〃	Lobby	On a statue
〃	〃	〃
〃	〃	In the east room - may not appear on Easy.
〃	Weapon exhibition room
〃	Exterior Clocktower	In a torch
〃		On the head of a statue near the Garradores
〃		〃
〃	Old aqueduct A	In the first section
Chapter 4-2	Area before the mine	Near the merchant
Chapter 4-3	Old castle ruins	In a bird nest
〃	〃	In a Table in the right side after the bird nest
〃	Underground ruins
〃	〃
〃	〃
Chapter 4-4	Cathedral	In the top-left area
〃	Pier (tentative)	With the merchant before the dock

Bibliography

• Hamamura, Koichi, ed (2006) (in Japanese). biohazard4 kaitaishinsho revised edition. Famitsu. ISBN 978-4-7577-2638-3.