Can You Beat Resident Evil 4 Remake Without The Merchant? 

Get 20% OFF + Free International Shipping on your order with promo code "DANTE20" at manscaped.com/dante THE KNIFE ONLY VIDEO WILL BE OUT BEFORE MAY 7, IT IS THE LONGEST SCRIPTED VIDEO I'VE EVER DONE. SEE YOU ALL THEN!

i watched every original re4 video, cant wait to see you remake your videos for the re4 remake, only mad lads will agree

Everyone always asks if you need the merchant, but no one ever asks if the merchant needs you.

Fun fact: two golden eggs thrown into salazar’s face is enough to inst-kill him. Great for a no-merchant challenge. You find the second one in salazar’s throne room.

So, I'm curious to see how many people actually know this, but almost (if not every) enemy other than the Garadors is unable to hear your footsteps, you can run whenever you want, as much as you want, and they won't ever notice because of it. Gunshots and explosions are a different story, but you really can just _run_ up behind enemies and stealth kill them with the knife. Probably a useful tip for anyone trying for S+, it certainly helped me.

Dante ravioli doing once again RE4 challenges? This Is a certified hood classic

Breakable knives in RE4 make sense since the combat knife and Krauser knife can both be upgraded to the point where they don't break often, and the game tends to throw loads of disposable knives at you. I had 4 pristine boot knives in my inventory by the end of the game 😂

The video I’ve been waiting for! Thank you dante and don’t ever feel bad for taking breaks or not making videos all the time. Your true fans don’t worry about things like that. Hope you are doing well bro. Take care man :)

DAWG TAKE YOUR TIME! For real, no rush man. I’ll always be completely patient with high quality content. Also, this challenge looked like hell

Literally a trophy for beating the game without talking to the merchant

I like the subtle 44:44 length. If you did that on purpose then props to you and if it was an accident it was a happy one. Keep up the good work❤️

been watching your old videos for a while now dante. Literally obsessed with your content and the torture you do to your self,was waiting impatiently for this one!

Almost a year ago today, Dante still has yet to give us the RE4 Remake Knife Only challenge

Always love these videos. Also I platinum re4 yesterday. Favorite game and they did this game amazingly.

Fun re4 remake video! cant wait 2 years for the next one

Dante your challenge videos are always great. Can't wait for the knife only run

I love the part at 37:25 where the guy is holding you directly facing the wrecking ball 😂😂

The commentary is just hilarious! I just completed a NG+ Hardcore w/ infinite rockets and I used probably 20-30 healing items. You made the run through look like a breeze.

Regarding the breakable knife, it’s probably to balance the new stealth kills and shit, as well as parrying and blocking mechanics. You shouldn’t be able to hold off Salvador infinitely

dante is a legend,his challenges inspired me to beat resident evil 3 and 2 and resident evil 4 on assisted and standard,even though dante doesnt post regularly i still watch his old challenge videos that never fail to amuse me, i just wanted to say you are the best youtuber i have watched yet,i just wanted to say thank you for all these resident evil tips through the years,you truly are the best dante.

"Oh you're going to KYS so I lose my job" damn, hard line by Ravioli Dante.

I have been waiting a solid month for this epic video and all I can say truly it was beautiful and magnificent can’t wait to see more challenges

yess finally.. the wait was worth it.. great video as usual

Hey Dante, you know how you were struggling with Salazar? You know if you just get 2 golden eggs you could kill him instantly

Dante, so happy your back you mad lad, there is one tip i have for you, if you want there is a unlockable infinite knife if you destroy all the Clockwork tiny Salazar trophies through out the story but depending on the ones you already destroyed first playthough they will no longer be in any other play throughs just the remaining ones you have to destroy. The knife will have to be upgraded fully to its infinite durability exclusive upgrade

when dante says video at may 7th, he really means june 7th

"knife only will come out before May 7th" *May 8th comes around* Me: well that was a fuckin lie

A return to form from Mr. Ravioli. Well done, sir. And you're right about the Krouser fight! Way harder than you'd expect. A total damage sponge! I too wasted a lot of ammo and health on him and was not happy afterwards lol

As someone who is trying knife only without primal knife, there’s a few main issues. El gigante takes a lot of resources but is possible. Same with the big cheese. However, after the water room with the Ashley protection section, you need to shoot them to protect her. There may be a glitch to get up there yourself and defend her, but I don’t know a glitch like that. The elevator section is damn near impossible. Several crossbow enemies who spam shots at you constantly. Every enemy will be plagas because you can’t kill the red guy. And they all refuse to stagger even with constant stabs to the knees. Immediately after, the Salazar fight is extremely difficult with knife only. I won’t say it is impossible, but usually he stays out of range, and when he gets close he tends to go for the 1 hit kill bite attack. It would probably take more than an hour of constant stabbing to kill him. Plus, with his health bar you would need a lot of spare knives. Otherwise, the rest of the run is… manageable. Saddler is possible, krauser is as intended. The regeneradors are as normal but you will take a lot of grabs if you don’t get behind them. That elevator section broke me tho

i dont know man, this challenge seems impossible

"Will be out before May 7th" It's May 27 and still no knife only. You're slacking Dante... Jk, it's cool because that means it's gonna be a dope video and can't wait 🤣

I love how Capcom added No Merchant as a Legitimate objective to 100% the game

25:11 Leon: you really started becoming a giant pain in my a...😂🤣

Excited for more RE4 remake content!! Question: How come you didn't get the golden egg in the throne room? Or the assault rifle from the library? I assume you left the rifle bc it's a lotta space but golden egg seems a bit weird to pass up on!

Seeing you be the legend you are in this playthrough, gave me the inspiration to take it up again lol

dante my boi did great work

Legends still waiting for knife only video Edit: still waiting😊 Edit 2 :still waiting 😊

27:31 That resigned "thank you" was adorable.

Love your stuff as always, but yeah the fact it's an achievement gives it away XD. You should try a knife/pistol run combined with the no healing run on hardcore+, that run made me sweat and rage. (Hell even on standard or assisted it's hard AF)

Was wondering when my boy was gonna drop an re4 remake vid,was just rewatching your old re4 videos ,can’t wait❤️🫡

The man, the myth, the legend, the used car salesman. Dante's back

I LOVE that there is enemy friendly fire in this game I just did a round in the double garrador room and they killed everyone in the room and each other

Not going to lie was hoping for more re4 remake videos rather than just 1

2:16 "There's no invincibility frames in this game" **axe literally flies through head with no damage**

it will be out before may 7 its may 7 and i see nothing im js hoping now

You should do a bud on trying to beat gow ragnarok using only shield bashes

Hey Dante I've been watching your videos for 3 years and I have 1 wish and that is you do a fist only challenge in G.O.W: Ascension

“Touch me and you have a lawsuit on your hands” BROOO I couldn’t stop laughing i had to stop the video and wrote this comment 🤣🤣

love how he doesnt use the merchant and is still doing better than i was on my playthrough

You should do bolt Thrower only

“Now you’re going to kill yourself so I lose my job” God, Ashley exhibiting classic Karen behaviour 😂

32:20 you can defeat Salazar with a two gold egg

I just wanted to take a moment to express my appreciation for your content. You are amazing at the resident evil series. I love Resident Evil more than any game ever and your content on it is also amazing! Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing more of your content!

@Dante Ravioli if you throw the golden egg on the Salazar he loses 70% of his health bar, I don't know how it works but like our friend Todd Howard said " it just works"

I done the challenge myself, it was 100% possible, it even has an achievement, it was super difficult!

7:00 For that one, you could have tricked him into a beartrap and kick him.

the video was great, but some constructive criticism, i feel like your classic videos had more funny takes, which this one did, but i felt that there was alot more OMG OMG or general shrieks and yelling in this one, maybe because its a longer one it feels as if theres more of that, it could just be me, but still love to see you are making videos again~

Here’s a challenge. Can you beat re4 (2005) with ONLY the punisher. The way the challenge would work is that you start off with the punisher using new game+ and nothing else (you would hopefully even have the base inventory), you couldn’t even use the knife (at all), you also wouldn’t be able to use any throwable items of any kind.

Dante. Can you beat the RE4 Remake WHILE competing against a speedrunner playing the OG RE4?

this video should be renamed "Can I beat the Silent Stranger achievement in Resident evil 4"

Why not use golden eggs on Salazar? Seemed pretty clear cut

35:23 wasn't expecting that chicken to actually do it😆

Before may 7th my ass

That's how you get the Silent Stranger achievement

Dante puts in so much work for us, we should be proud of him and happy for what he posts

Finally got to see re4 in my favorite re youtuber

I like the breakable knife. A sort of, and I mean heavily sort of, is a small, minuscule nerf for the knife system in the game. But also reminds of the Resident Evil HD remake, where you could get knives as self defense tools when zombies grabbed you, but they immediately went away upon use (if I remember correctly, you could only grab one if you shoot their heads off)

i have been so excited for this video! i loved all the originals and cant wait for all the new ones!

I haven't watched this video yet but there's literally an achievement for finishing the game without talking to the merchant so I'd have to say yes.

We spent 2 decades, almost 3 abusing the knife in multiple games 🤣🤣 They probably got sick of our knife only runs

So glad you are back, Mr. Ravioli! Re4 remake was amazing and I've eagerly awaited your challenge videos on it. I just started the video so good luck on this and future challenges!

hello dante, i love your long videos with comentary ps:aparently the golden egg reduces salazars health by the half or something like that

Where’s knife only?! You said before May 7

So glad I'm not the only one to shoot Ashley in the head while being toted off 😂 if I can't rescue her you can't have her 😂😂😂

This is a challenge in the game

I’ve watched all ur original RE4 videos, I’ve been waiting for u to play the remake!

There is actually loot in the cabin at the beginning. The red cabinet at the bottom of the stairs to the 2nd floor has a green herb.

Cant wait for your next videos!

Today is 2nd june he said 7th may 0:10 .still love your content.

For Krauser's final form after you knock him down with a melee attack, whenever he tries to get up you can rush in and start stabbing his knees and you can get another melee attack. You can loop him the entire fight if you do it right. For some reason, stabbing his face doesn't stagger him like you would expect.

so its may the 7th where is the knife only vid

Got Frugalist, Minimalist and Silent Stranger in one go. New Game Plus with chicken helmet, Ashley armor, body armor, fully upgraded knife, Red9 and Blacktail.

Im currently working on a hardcore pistol only challenge in the RE4 Remake

Like 24-30 mins of this is literally Dante dodging everyone 😂

I feel defeated am cr7ing no vid i rewatched all of your vids 😢

23:54 THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!!!! -Leon Spartan Kennedy.

Probably not most people doing a fresh new game since you don’t know the item’s layout at first but anyone who has new game plus can for sure I’ve got over a hundred first aid spray to get me through new game plus and my memory for the fresh start over. On play through #9 and still going strong this game is just a treat.

yeah before may 7...

When Dante speaks to Ashley, I don't know why but I associate with Mark Hamill's Joker 😂

Did he say the 7th of may for the knife only?? Dante you got explain to do buddy

"I don't know if it's even possible" there's an achievement/trophy for it...kind of tells you the answer.

Before May 7th it's literally June 2023????

While doing the washing up I realised these challenges are equally as funny just listening to them without context

It’s been half a year

The fact that you’re playing Resi4 and the video is exactly 44 minutes and 44 seconds long is just *chef’s kiss*

Of course you can. It’s an achievement in the game.

This is soo cool I am a big Dante ravioli fan and I love your RE4 for content

im still waiting :(

FINALLY DANTE!!! I can't wait for all the incoming RE4 Remake content. Resident Evil Dante is my favorite Dante. 😍❤

May 7th huh?