How to Unlock the Cave Shrines in Resident Evil 4 Remake

Resident Evil 4 Remake features many shrines throughout the game. The most important one is the Shrine that appears after you defeat Del Lago, the boss of chapter 4. This Shrine has the key to the church which players need to progress in the story. To access the key and enter the cave, you have to solve a puzzle. This guide will help you crack the puzzle and unlock the Cave Shrines in Resident Evil 4 Remake.

How to unlock the Cave Shrines in Resident Evil 4 Remake?

When players reach the cave shrine after defeating the chapter 4 boss Del Lago. Players need to find 2 items to place on the hands located in the Shrine. Players can find the 2 items on the 2 shrines located on the 2 sides of the map.

NOTE: All the shrines in the game require the same process of finding the 3 main Symbols which are not hollow and pushing the button in the sequence as you find them.

Small Cave Shrine

For the first item, players need to go to a small cave shrine which is located on the opposite side of the lake (shown below)

After reaching the small cave shrine, players will find it locked.
In order to unlock the small cave shrine, players will need to find the symbols in a sequence.
There are 3 symbols needed to get the item (Blasphemer’s Head)- 1st symbol is located just around the corner(looking like 3 snakes or wiggle lines), 2nd second is located on the top of a ladder (looks like a letter “B”) and the 3rd symbol is located just around the corner from the 2nd symbol (looks like an “X” written with curve lines).

After that players need to go down to the statue and push the symbols in the exact ways players find them (the above order) to get the 1st item.

Large Cave Shrine

Players then need to go to the location shown below, where they will have to fight many ganados so they should get prepared and have the healing herbs and ammo ready.

Players then need to go right from the locked gate and enter the cave and go to the end until they find a ladder.
Climb the ladder and fight off a few Ganados and after that, you will find the first symbol on the wall
For the second symbol, players need to head towards the shrine and they will find the symbols on the pillars (shown below)
For the final symbol, players need to climb down the ladder and flash the light on the wall next to the ladder to see the symbol (shown below)

After going back to the locked large cave shrine and players need to push the symbol in the same order and get the second item (Apostate’s head)

After finishing both the cave, head back to the Mural cave and place both the heads on the hands and you will get the church key.

That’s all you need to know about how to unlock the cave Shrines in Resident Evil 4 Remake. If you find this guide helpful, you can check our website for more such guides and news about Resident Evil 4 remake and various other games.