RE 8 Village Guide Part 5: A First Look With Lady Dimitrescu

In RE Village guide part 4 we assume that you have defeated one of Dimitrescu’s daughters and taken Sanguis Virginis. Now we move on to the fifth part of the guide which will take you to the Main Hall of Castle Dimitrescu. To get started, please go to the Wine Room.

Save Sanguis Virginis in the Stand and you’ll be treated to some Gunpowder and Courtyard Keys. Once you’ve got them all, now head back down the Main Hall stairs and go to the Dining Room to use the Courtyard Key on the door inside.

There’s a good chance you’ll be attacked by one of Dimitrescu’s daughters on the way, but don’t worry, don’t fight them just dodge until you get to the door.

After that you will find some flower vases that can be destroyed, in which there are some Metal Scrap and Herbs. There’s also a hanging birdcage that you can shoot to get a big bag of Lei. If so, please go to the door on the south side of the Courtyard.

As you walk through the door, you will suddenly see Lady Dimitrescu walking up the stairs. Apart from that, there is a drawer containing Chem Fluid at the bottom of the stairs. Once you get it, go up. You’ll see a vase with some Lei inside at the top.

Go through the door, where you will hear Lady Dimitrescu being grumpy. Continue following the corridor around, past the locked door on your left. Take the Castle Map from the nearby wall and then continue down the corridor.

Solving Sculpture Puzzles in the Hall of Ablution

Inside you’ll see a pool of water and four rotatable statues. At the end of the room is a plaque that reads: “Women are blind to male advances, but the poor shall take their chances to give the lord their bounty sown, so that soon the wine may flow.”

Which means: “Women are blind to the progress of men, but the poor will take their opportunity to give the master the gifts they sow, so that the wine flows quickly.”

To solve the puzzle, turn the two female statues to face each other.
Turn the man on the horse to face the woman.
Turn the beggar pair to face the man on the horse.
The pool will then flow, showing the way down.

Go to the drained pool and climb down the ladder below. Right at the bottom, you will find Goat of Warding right on your left. Slash or shoot, now go through the liquid which is definitely not water and grab the Rusted Scrap from near the hanging corpse.

If you hear a scary sound, please ignore it. It was the sound of zombies. Your focus now is to break the box, destroy the boxes in front of you that contain some Handgun bullets. After that, take the left part of the box and watch out for the zombies jumping from the liquid. Shoot until he stops moving.

If things are safe enough, then keep going straight and then turn left, towards a shelf full of barrels (there is also a small side street you can choose from, but there are other zombies and some Handgun bullets).

Shoot the zombies that appear behind and then load your weapon, because later there will be other zombies that appear ready to confront you.

Carry on. Now go to the Distillery. There you’ll find Rusted Scrap and watch the zombies jump out of the water. When you come to a more open room, some zombies will attack.

Defeat them all, and make sure you pick up the Crystal Skulls to sell to the Duke’s merchants. In addition, there are also Rusted Scrap and Handgun bullets from the room where they appear.

Keep exploring this area and you will come across another zombie. There was no other way but to face them all. So make sure that your stockpile of weapons is sufficient. Additionally there is an indestructible box that contains some Lei.

After getting Lei, now grab the pulley to go up to the balcony outside Castle Dimitrescu. If you go back upstairs, there’s a Herb on the edge of the balcony. Take it and then follow the balcony to the left. There’s a room on the left with a typewriter for storing game data, as well as some Lei. Take it all and then head back outside, straight, to the sound of the phone ringing.

Here there will be a cutscene about Mother Miranda wanting Ethan killed by Heisenberg, but Lady Dimitrescu does not accept the order. Meanwhile Lady Dimitrescu also wants Ethan killed by his own hands, and makes Lady Dimitrescu angry.

After the cutscene is over, head to the end of the balcony and destroy the vase containing some Handgun bullets, which are very useful for your supplies.

Inside Dimitrescu’s room, you will find a diary, a crib, and most importantly Dimitrescu Key hanging on a candle in the southwest corner of the room. Use the key to unlock the golden door located on the North side, near the big dress. After the cutscene ends, you will return to the dungeon.

Take a right out of the cell to get some Gunpowder and then go in the opposite direction on the only available path. Turn left into the next cell to destroy the box containing some Lei, then go outside the cell and break through the hole in the front wall.

When you’re done, pull the lever on the right and go to Dungeon. Follow the candles, pick up whatever items you see along the way and then pull the handles elsewhere.

After the cutscene ends, then run from Lady Dimitrescu down the corridor and lure her into the room, exiting through any arches she can’t enter. Run back to the lever and interact with it again.

It will take a few seconds for the gate to open, while waiting for the gate to lift, run, lure and lead Lady Dimitrescu around again before going through the door next to the lever. Keep walking and you will come to another door.

Use the Dimitrescu Key at the entrance. After you enter, take Mask of Sorrow from the statue, for more details you can read our guide on the location of the 4 Angel of Masks in Resident Evil Village, apart from that another cutscene will appear.

After the cutscene ends, you will return to the Castle Courtyard. There’s a door nearby that you can use to use the Dimitrescu Key, but first, you’ll have to face some zombies first. After that, you can only use the door key and enter.

Take the Castle Map (Attachment) from the wall and climb up the stairs. At the top of the stairs there is a glass cabinet that you can destroy to get Gunpowder and there is a drawer that contains Handgun bullets. From the drawer, turn left and go through the door to be above the Opera Hall.

Follow the balcony on the left, across the stairs, and kill the zombies ahead. There is a box in this room that contains Flower Swords Balls. After you get it, go to another place on the balcony and open the drawer there that contains some Sniper Rifle bullets.

Go down the stairs, killing all the enemies you meet along the way. There are some Rusted Scrap, Gunpowder, and a vase filled with Handgun bullets. Once you’ve got them all, interact with the piano.

Solving Piano Puzzles in RE Village

These piano puzzles are actually quite easy to solve. The player’s job is simply to match the notes on the sheet music, and the first time each key doesn’t have to be correct. You just have to press any key and see where the circle is on the sheet.

If the circle is lower than the note, you need to press a key somewhere to the right, the further away from the circle, the further away from the key. If it’s too high, you should go to the lock on the left.

After you finish the sheet music, the piano will open a secret compartment and give you an Iron Insignia Key. Now is the perfect time to head back to Duke, sell loot and buy more armor to continue with Resident Evil Village guide chapter 6.