Resident Evil 7: Guest House walktrough
Last update: 03 September 2020
This chapter is dedicated to the first stage of the game, the guest house, known from the demo. There is nothing interesting here, this stage is like a linear prolog. However, there are some traps and puzzles, so be careful.
Introduction and the mysterious video tape
The game opens with your arrival at the old mansion. You go to the gate but you find out that it is locked - go back a few steps and turn left. Go around the building and jump down from the ledge - among the junk you find a woman's handbag and inside of it a driving license (A-ha! trophy).
Enter the building. This is the same part of the house that was in the demo. Go to the kitchen, then go through the hallway and go up the stairs. On the cabinet you will find a VHS tape and tape recorder - the latter is used to save your progress, so you should look for them.
Go down and through the hallway. Go through the white door on the right and enter the room with the TV. Insert the tape into VHS player. During the recording, follow your coworkers and at the end of the recording you will learn about the hidden switch inside the fireplace.
As Ethan, go through the hidden passage in the wall and use the ladder to go down. Swim through the sewer and after a while you will find a closed door. Behind them there is Mia. On the workbench you can find: a sheet of paper with names (two pages, they are added in the Files section in the menu - one of the secrets in the game) and bolt cutters that can be used to cut the chain so you can get to Mia. Now, follow the girl.
You are stuck, for a while, in the last room because Mia can't find the next door. Cheer her up and go to the adjacent room and the passage to go up will be unlocked.
Go down the hallway. The brown drawer on the left has the map of the guest house (you can access it through the game's menu) - you will find maps like this in the next areas. You should also go to the bathroom (door on the left) where you can find two First Aid Meds.
Go back to the basement. You will be attacked by your girlfriend. Use the attack button (left mouse button/right trigger) when you see the on-screen information to weaken her attack. Back away after the fight, use the med on the wound and when you approach the girl you will be attacked for the second time. After a while you automatically pick up the axe - hit the girl blindly about 5-6 times.
The way to the attic
You hear a phone ringing in the hallway - pick up the phone receiver and you will learn about the exit through the attic. But first, pick up the axe that you used in the fight and then go through the opened door at the end of the hallway.
In order to get in the attic, first, you must go to the kitchen and behind it, in the hallway, open the cupboard by destroying the chain using the bolt cutters. Inside, you find the fuse that you must put into the fuse box in the room with the TV. Now, you can use the stairs to get on the upper level (in the meantime, Mia will attack you and cut off your hand - no big deal - quickly use the med) and use the button on the pole. The button opens the stairs that lead to the attic.
Go in the attic. Behind the door on the right you can find a loaded handgun, spare ammo and First Aid Med. Maybe this will make you feel safer. Reach the end of the hallway and open the door.
Here, you can find additional ammo one the left and, in a small room behind the door, another ammunition pack.
Use the ladder to reach the window. You are, again, attacked by the girl - you must use about 10 rounds to shoot her. Then, make a few steps and she will suddenly attack you (you can't do anything) and the first stage of the game will be completed.