Last updated: 29 July 2026

Resident Evil Requiem All Endings Explained

Resident Evil Requiem comes down to one decision near the end of the game, and it changes who lives, who dies, and whether the story is left open for a sequel. This is a full spoiler breakdown of both endings, the exact choice that triggers each one, and which ending Capcom treats as canon.

01Spoiler Warning

Everything past this point covers the final act of Resident Evil Requiem in full, including how the game ends. If you haven't finished the campaign yet, bookmark this and come back after the credits roll.

02How Many Endings Does Resident Evil Requiem Have?

Two. Shortly before the final confrontation, Grace Ashcroft reaches a terminal and is given a direct choice: release Elpis or destroy Elpis. That single decision — not a hidden requirement, hidden item, or a specific difficulty — determines which of the two endings you get. There's no secret third ending or additional condition layered on top.

03Release Elpis — The True Ending (Canon)

Choosing to release Elpis leads to the ending Capcom treats as canon for the series going forward:

• The antagonist entity Zeno gets hold of the released Elpis and injects himself with it. Instead of empowering him further, it strips away his powers.
• With Zeno weakened, Victor Gideon kills him.
• Grace uses Elpis to cure Leon, who has been deteriorating from an advanced infection (Raccoon City Syndrome), saving his life.
• The story moves into a final battle where Leon defeats Victor Gideon, who mutates into a Nemesis-like form for the fight.
• In the aftermath, a BSAA soldier delivers Leon a message from a "Captain Redfield" — never shown on-screen, but widely read as Chris Redfield — a direct tease toward future story threads.
• Leon and Grace escape together by helicopter, and Elpis is framed as a potential universal cure against Umbrella-derived bio-weapons going forward.

This is the ending that keeps both leads alive and explicitly sets up where the series goes next, which is why it's the one Capcom and most outlets treat as the true/canon outcome.

04Destroy Elpis — The Bad Ending

Choosing to destroy Elpis instead leads to a much darker outcome:

• Leon, still weakened by his advanced infection, is left to fight Zeno without a cure — and he fights poorly because of his condition. He manages to wound Zeno and gets Grace to safety, but the ARK facility begins collapsing around them during the fight.
• Zeno recovers and shoots Leon in the head at point-blank range, killing him. The facility then comes down, burying Zeno in the ruins.
• Grace escapes the facility alive, but the ending closes on her regret at not being able to save Leon.
• The story doesn't move forward from here — there's no BSAA arrival, no Chris Redfield tease, and no setup for what comes next.

This is the game's bad ending: it's grimmer, it removes a long-running franchise protagonist, and it deliberately doesn't advance the overarching plot, which is the clearest signal that it isn't the canon outcome.

05So Which Ending Is Canon?

The release-Elpis ending is the canon one. It's the only outcome where the story actually continues — Leon survives, a direct sequel hook is planted with the BSAA/Chris Redfield tease, and Elpis is set up as a recurring plot device. The destroy-Elpis ending exists as a genuine alternate outcome you can reach on any playthrough, but it's a dead end for the story rather than a branch Capcom is building on.

06Do You Need New Game+ or a Specific Difficulty to See Both Endings?

No. Both endings are available on a single playthrough at any difficulty — the choice is a straightforward prompt at the terminal, not something gated behind hidden requirements. If you want to see the ending you missed, the fastest route is loading your last save before the terminal choice (if the game auto-saved nearby) or starting New Game+, which lets you carry progress into a fresh run so you can reach that point again quickly.