How To Defeat Saddler In Resident Evil 4 VR - Defeat The RE4 VR Final Boss

Stuck on Resident Evil 4 VR’s final boss, Osmund Saddler? He’s quite a challenge, and fighting him is a great way to cap off the long journey that you, as Leon Kennedy, undertake in RE4 VR. This also means that, while you’re so close to the finish line, it can be really frustrating to try and figure out how to defeat Saddler in Resident Evil 4 VR. Don’t worry, since you’ve come here you’re well on your way to finally beating the game by defeating RE4 VR’s final boss. Here’s how to defeat Saddler in Resident Evil 4 VR.

Preparing for Resident Evil 4 VR’s Final Boss - Saddler

First things first, it’s time to get ready to fight Saddler. Right before you fight him you’ll find yourself on a little hill right above the elevator that leads up to his boss arena. This area is right outside of the Extraction Chamber where you removed the Los Plagas parasite from yourself and Ashley. There’s a typewriter to save with, and the merchant. Before anything else, of course, make sure to save at the typewriter.

The Final Merchant and Typewriter

Then go over to the merchant. You may as well spend whatever money you have left. There’s really no reason not to at this point. This will be the last time you meet the merchant. So spend all of your money. The one thing you should buy more than anything else, if you don’t have it already, is the Tactical Vest. Saddler hits hard (of course he does, he’s the final boss of RE4 VR) so you will want that 30% damage reduction.

The Tactical Vest. A Must Have Resident Evil 4 VR Upgrade

Spend whatever else you have on whatever you want. Since you’re at the end of Resident Evil 4 VR you should be pretty well equipped at this point, but there’s no harm in being as prepared as possible. Capacity upgrades for automatic or otherwise fast firing weapons (i.e. the TMP, Pistol, and Shotgun) are highly recommended. Damage, of course, always helps as well.

Your ability to quickly shoot a moving target is what you’ll need more than anything else when fighting Saddler. Damage is secondary in this RE4 VR final boss fight.

Upgrading The Blacktail Handgun in Resident Evil 4 VR

Defeat Saddler in Resident Evil 4 VR - Go For the Eyes

When you’re good and ready take a deep breath and walk over to the elevator. Don’t worry, you got this. This guide will see you through. Some cutscenes will play.

The Final Confrontation With Saddler Begins

When they end you’ll be confronted with Saddler in his final monstrous form, standing right in front of you!

Saddler’s Final Form

As always, stay calm, you might be tempted to just start shooting in a panic, but don’t. Just firing at Saddler indiscriminately won’t do any damage and won’t get you anywhere. Instead you want to focus on his eyes. See them? There’s one on each leg. They can be hard to notice because they spend a lot of the time being closed, but when they’re open they’re vulnerable. Those eyes are Saddler’s weakpoint.

One of Saddler’s Eyes

Shoot them with as heavy a weapon as you can. Shotgun blasts and revolver shots are very effective at first and deal great damage. Once you hit one of the eyes on Saddler’s legs he will be stunned and the eye in his mouth will open. Shoot him a few times in his mouth eye, and before Saddler gets up get close to him and hit A to climb on and stab him in the eye.

Stabbing Saddler

Do most of your damage by attacking Saddler’s front eyes as they’re the easiest to hit, because he will always try to face you by the front. Eventually you’ll have dealt so much damage that those eyes won’t open anymore and will just be empty sockets. That’s when you should try to get behind Saddler and hit the eyes on his back legs.

The easiest way to do this is just to let him hit you as you walk between his legs, and then quickly whip around and take out one of the rear leg eyes. If you time it just right you can dodge an attack, and then run behind him before he has the chance to turn around.

Also keep in mind that the eyes will open and close more rapidly the more you hit them. So if you’re having trouble landing a shot switch to a weapon that’s easier to use to hit a moving target like the shotgun or TMP. You will have to hit each eye at least once to destroy it.

Defeat Saddler in Resident Evil 4 VR - Avoiding Attacks

Saddler has a few attacks that he will try to defeat you with as you attempt to take out his eyes. If you get close to him he will try to swipe you with his head, legs, or back tentacles. If you see him wind up this attack you can try to back up to avoid it. Generally staying out of Saddler’s reach is the best way to avoid being hit.

Saddler’s Long Range Attack

Keeping Saddler stunned by attacking his eyes effectively is also a great way to avoid being hit. Though as you deal more damage to this Resident Evil 4 VR final boss, you’ll see that he starts to move faster and attack more quickly. He’ll start to do another attack where he revs himself up by shaking his head around, and then charges you while constantly swinging his head around.

Saddler Charging

You’ll notice that when he does this the eye in his mouth is open. You can easily stop this attack by shooting that eye. Oh, and if you get too far away from Saddler he will wind up, and then launch himself into the air. If you see this happen just keep walking and don’t stop, he’ll miss you when he lands as long as you’re moving.

Overall dealing damage and keeping yourself at a distance from Saddler will make it hard for this RE4 VR boss to defeat you. Make sure to keep your health topped up though. When Saddler does hit you he does a lot of damage.

Defeat Saddler in Resident Evil 4 VR - The Final Blow

Once you’ve knocked out each of Saddler’s eyes on his legs and dealt enough damage to him, a cutscene will play where Ada Wong throws an RPG down to you.

Ada Wong Throwing Leon The RPG

Where the RPG lands is unclear in the cutscene, but luckily you’re reading this guide so you’ll know exactly where. You might have noticed that there are two bridges that lead to a little strip of catwalk. Sometimes the bridges go up, and sometimes down. Well now you’ll need to cross them to get to the RPG. It’s sitting on the other little section of catwalk.

A Quick Time Event To Avoid Falling Off Of A Bridge

If the bridge drops while you’re on it, you’ll have to complete a quick time event to avoid falling down. Just move your hands rapidly like you’ve done many times before in Resident Evil 4 VR. Once you get across the bridges and next to the RPG, you’ll need to have enough inventory space to pick it up, so you might have to drop a few things from your inventory and do a little tetris.

The Bottom Right Has Enough Space To Fit the RPG

Once you’ve picked up the RPG grip it with both hands, and aim it at Saddler. If you try to fire it you might notice that it doesn’t go off, well then that’s because you’re firing with your main hand trigger. The RPG is fired using the trigger on your off hand. So if you’re right handed press the trigger on the left touch controller. If you’re left handed press the trigger on the right touch controller.

Once the rocket is on it’s way, a cutscene will play.

Defeating Saddler With High Explosives

There you go, once that rocket hits Saddler, you’ve defeated him! Congratulations on defeating the final boss of Resident Evil 4 VR.

That’s all for this guide, but if you want more Tips and Tricks for Resident Evil 4 VR then check out the article with those here.