What are you supposed to do when you run out of supplies?

[ˢʰᵉᶦᵏᵒ (Sgт.Ήєηηєѕѕу)]

I don't really understand , the game was going pretty smooth for me until I got to the point where I can go to maint and reactor , ended up getting into a bunch of fights with those floating spore balls and turrets infinitely respawning all over the place. used up about all my ammo and healing items, now I feel like my only option is to sprint around dying and respawning until I progress.

It's pretty lame, I spent so much time turning things into scrap and I've only seen one place to buy ammo, I literally have nothing, what am I expected to do?

[GepardenK]

This is normal. You get a lot of supplies in the beginning but will soon run out and you have to start thinking about survival. No worries, later in the game supplies becomes less of a problem again.

Learn to use the Sparq. You have infinite ammo for it as long as you have access to a recharge station. The best firemode is 'high' (not 'overload') if you aim for weakspots like heads. There is also a few supply closets around that have TONS of batteries, which makes energy weapons convenient to use on the go.

You can always go back to Medical deck for infinite full heal where you started. Another tip is to go to the Reactor deck and unlock the medical bay there. It is more convenient to use due to the elevator access.

Melee is strong if you combine it with shield and consumables. Be smart with how you engage: for example, get their attention then ambush them from behind a door. Try to find the laser rapier if you can.

Focus on destroying the secutiry level on each deck. As Shodan looses control of a deck she will be unable to send more minions there. The exception is Research deck which has a robot repair facility that must be disabled to stop them from coming back.

[Slick (AUT/GER)]

Originally posted by ˢʰᵉᶦᵏᵒ (Sgт.Ήєηηєѕѕу):

turrets infinitely respawning all over the place.

I don't have that problem. Have you disabled robot repair in research and broken all the cameras?

Use SparqBeam and also there should be a laser rapier in maint, or at least that was the case in the 94 original.

[LegendaryThunder]

Originally posted by ˢʰᵉᶦᵏᵒ (Sgт.Ήєηηєѕѕу):

I don't really understand , the game was going pretty smooth for me until I got to the point where I can go to maint and reactor , ended up getting into a bunch of fights with those floating spore balls and turrets infinitely respawning all over the place. used up about all my ammo and healing items, now I feel like my only option is to sprint around dying and respawning until I progress.

It's pretty lame, I spent so much time turning things into scrap and I've only seen one place to buy ammo, I literally have nothing, what am I expected to do?

Engineering complains about shutting off robot manufacturing, go find it.

[Szynek]

When it comes to ammo, use Sparq whenever you can, there is a recharge station on almost every deck. When it comes to life regeneration machines, there are less of those, but still you should see at least one overall, on first level.

Now, if you are out of both ammo and healing items, then it is going to be really rough for a while, but you can sort of work around that (though again, it is going to be painful). The key is, that every time you get low on anything, rush straight to the nearest healing station and energy recharge station (worst-case scenario - those on the 1st level). Both are free and infinite. Secondly, on every new level prioritize finding medical bay / cyborg production (you can recognize them by the doors). This will limit / stop NEW enemies production + make you a free respawn point, which should make things go smoother afterwards. When you get back on your feet, don't get over-confident, patience and resource management is a key. Also, it is really worth dying in this game sometimes. If you see some tough enemy and you are low on health, it may be worth it to charge with melee weapon (assuming you found the best one already), and after being restored, you will have ~30-40% health; if there's medical station next to it - even better.

Another thing is, keep looking for weapon upgrades. It can be really annoying, especially if you have an upgrade to the weapon that is in the locker (and you don't have space in your inventory), but remember that more effective weapon = less resource-hungry weapon.

If you are less patient - find a walktrough, look up the restoration unit on the map of the level you are on (and maybe security devices, not sure if they don't affect enemy respawn as well), and rush to it first. This really makes a huge difference, as you practically become invincible on this very level.

If that's still no good, the only advice is to start again, this time with much more conservative resource usage (+ more exploration, especially after enemies are disabled on the given level) and/or with lower difficulty level.

[Crypto Gamer]

Use the rapier along with berserk to save ammo and few hit kill those floating balls.Rapier is found in the maintaince for a reason to save ammo.

Reactor has free healing chamber and energy restore you can kill almost anything for free.
Do not enter core as it is a late area with high tier enemies and 100+ radiation.

Try to save teflon ammo for the late mid game smg which replaces the pistol.

And sparkbeam a lot early on run back to restore energy.Use high energy for general combat,low energy to kill cameras overkill when you are near a recharge station and want to kill fast.

And as above lower security % everywhere and disable robot production on reseach lvl.

There are some lvls which desgined to drain your resources to save for them eg.beta grove and boss fight most of them also bypass your ress chamber and kill you.

So also try to save batteries and such do not waste them randomly.

[Grim Sorrow]

Don't forget to loot corpse

[Ricky Icky]

Guess you cant playing on hard mode with the time limit, but i ran back to recharge my energy so many times and just kept using my energy gun just to save on ammo....also running back to medical for the full heal.

[Shortez]

Surrender, SHODAN won and begin life as her cyborg. Or just restart the game.

[solaris32]

Restart the game and do better with the knowledge you've learned. I had to do that the first time I played the OG Resident Evil 4. Got to the Island, last third of the game, had no resources and had to start over. Came back overflowing with resources.

[xelakerley]

nobody tell him about the hell that is the bio hazard dome

[DarkFenix]

Welcome to old school gaming, where failure is a very real possibility. My advice would be to restart and use the experience you've gained to be better at the game.

I've no idea how you run out of resources having only completed two decks though, one of your first weapons has effectively unlimited ammo (ie. the Sparq). I also recommend not standing in the open and letting enemies shoot you repeatedly in the face, that's bad for resource conservation too.

[DDDespair]

Having this problem as well. I've only played the Enhanced Edition twice, but I remember practically drowning in ammo, and especially batteries and medkits by the end. In the Remake however, I've continually been very low on ammo. I used the Spaq for most of Research and all of Medical and Reactor - still typically very low on ammo (like 1 gun with half a clip). I've recycled nearly everything available and am swimming in money, but there's NOTHING to spend it on. I've bought every medi, clip and modkit available. Beta grove basically wiped out all my healing supplies and batteries, and I know the next floor is rough since it can take a long time to make your way to the cyborg conversion chamber. Nobody else seems to have this problem, so it's probably due to my poor aim, but I'm only playing on Combat difficulty 2, so normal, and the same as I always played in Enhanced Edition.

Do Mutants still infinitely respawn on Medical with medi patches? Because it doesn't seem like it. I really do not want to attempt Engineering with 1 medkit and 2 medis. It will not end well. Frankly, the resource scarcity seems insane compared to my experience with Enhanced Edition, but it doesn't look like they changed the damage weapons do to the enemies.

[Coyote]

Who cares? Just hit enemies with the wrench.
Like you said, you can keep respawning forever so there is no penalty for playing badly at all.

[Phantom Mercenary]

By the time I got to the Bridge on Combat 3, I was drowning in ammo & med kits. So much so I had to drop a bunch and was using the Railgun as my Main on anything bigger than 6ft tall.

[Gray Box]

Place your shots. Enemies have weak points that one of the Cyberware devices highlights.
Saves a ton of ammo. Also use the right gun for the right job. Certain enemies have resistances.

Tbh I find this really odd, my thoughts are the exact opposite. I'm playing on Hard and have way too much sh*t. I've never got any space and keep leaving ammo behind.