Where to find all weapon upgrades in Resident Evil 2 Resident Evil 2 Guide and Walkthrough

In Resident Evil 2, every weapon can be upgraded, changing its parameters: clip size, accuracy, or reload speed. Both Leon and Claire can upgrade their weapons. This chapter contains the list and the locations of all available weapon upgrades in Resident Evil 2.

• Safe in the waiting room at the police station
• Parking Garage (Claire)
• Parking garage (Leon)
• West office - Leon's desk
• Kendo Gun Shop (Leon)
• Sewers - the safe next to the hideout
• Underground facility
• Roll film riddle
• Nest - Nap Room

Safe in the waiting room at the police station

The Waiting Room on the second floor of the station contains a safe hidden behind the desk. The key to the safe is 6-2-11. Inside, you'll find:

1. Claire: High Capacity Mag (JMP Hp3) (increases the clip size to 26);
2. Leon: Muzzle Brake (Matilda).

Parking Garage (Claire)

GM 79 Shoulder Stock.

Check the contents of the safe in the room with the elevator lever at the Police Garage. The safe contains a weapon upgrade: Shoulder Stock (GM 79 Grenade Launcher). The upgrade stabilizes your aim. The upgrade is available only for Claire (Leon does not have access to this area)

Parking garage (Leon)

Make your way to the Firing Range. There is a yellow box on the table. Open it - inside, you'll find car keys.

The police car at the parking lot - take a look inside the trunk after you open it using the key.

Make your way to the parking and press the button on the key - one of the cars will open its trunk (its lights will flicker). You can approach the car to pick up a Gun Stock (Matilda). The upgrade stabilizes the recoil, but the weapon will now take two slots in the inventory. During Claire's campaign, the area contains a weapon (pistolet JMB Hp3).

West office - Leon's desk

Speed Loader for SLS 60.

There is a small office next to the Main Hall. One of the desks belong to Leon, unfortunately it is locked with two padlocks (the passwords are first letters of names from neighboring desks).

1. Padlock on the left - code: NED.
2. Padlock on the right - code: MRG.

The found upgrade depends on the currently controlled hero:

1. Leon: High-Capacity Mag (Matilda) - increases the clip size,
2. Claire: Speed Loader (SLS 60) - decreases the time it takes to reload the revolver.

Kendo Gun Shop (Leon)

After leaving the police garage as Leon, you and Ada Wong will visit a gun shop first. One of the shelves contains a Long Barrel (W-870). Take notice of the fact that the barrel increases the size of the weapon by one slot.

Sewers - the safe next to the hideout

There is a safe not far from the location with chess pieces and your hideout. To access it, go past the bridge and turn right. The code is written on the right wall (2-12-8).

The safe near the hideout.

Inside the safe, you'll find:

1. Claire: Reinforced Frame (SLS 60) - unlocks a new type of ammo; make sure to get this upgrade.
2. Leon: Shotgun Stock (W-870) - Improves the stability and facilitates reloading.

Underground facility

Move the cabinet to discover a secret pathway.

In the Sewers, there is a hidden passageway to the police station. Using it, you'll access the underground section of the station. Get to the bottom floor after descending the stairs underneath the monument (medallions riddle)

There is a weapon case next to the wall right beyond the grate. To unlock it, you need a S.T.A.R.S. Badge - the same that you've used to pick-up the third weapon, to which the upgrades from this case are dedicated to. If you haven't taken the badge from the Armory, you can now return to retrieve it. Remember that you need to hide the USB Dongle from the badge (in inspection mode) to match the lock.

The case contains:

1. Leon: Long Barrel (Lightning Hawk): Decreases the recoil and increases the firepower of the weapon.
2. Claire: Suppressor (MQ-11): Improves the stability of the weapon.

If you are during your Second Run playthrough, you've picked up the badge earlier, and you don't need to wait until you've reached the sewers; during a standard playthrough the badge is picked-up only after getting past the police garage, and in that moment of the game, you cannot return to the sewers.

Roll film riddle

The photo from the roll film.

If you've found the Roll Film in the Sewers, you can return using the secret pathway to the Police Station, to develop the photographs. The roll film is found in a small room next to the switch which contains the switch with the Rook piece.

The riddle involves finding two locations shown on the photos that contain the following items: ammo for the final weapon (Chemical Flamethrower / Spark Shot) and the final weapon upgrade. You cannot access these locations without developing the roll film (you won't be able to interact where due).

After developing the photographs, visit two locations: Press Room, on the first floor of the eastern part of the station (there is a small desk by the wall with a tape recorder on it), and Armory on the second floor (desk in the smaller office - stand in front of the desk). Solving the riddle is rewarded with following upgrades:

1. Leon: Red Dot Sight (Lightning Hawk).
2. Claire: High-Capacity Magazine (50 rounds) (MQ-11).

Nest - Nap Room

Regulator.

In the first area of the Nest, there is a Nap Room in an area where you've picked up level II ID wristband (at the end of the corridor next to the reception area). One of the lockers contains:

1. Claire: High Voltage Condenser (Spark Shot) - reduces the delay between shots.
2. Leon: Regulator (Chemical Flamethrower): reduces fuel consumption.