

A maximum of 5 can be stored at any one time. In Resident Evil: Revelations, green herbs can be obtained by scanning enemies using the Genesis, with one being added to the inventory when the scanning percentage reaches 100%. They are only usable when combined with a green herb or both a green herb and red herb.
RESIDENT EVIL 4 WIKI HERBS SERIES
Resident Evil 4 was the first in the series to not include the blue herb, instead it prominently features Yellow Herbs that increases characters' maximum life. Cindy Lennox and Cindy-type characters can heal other characters with herbs. green herbs are converted into Antidotes which cures poison instead of restoring health.

These pills often have effects different from those of the herb used to make it i.e. Each kind of herb and mixed herbs can also be converted into a different kind of medicinal pill by George Hamilton and George-type characters using the Medical Set. Red herbs can be used on their own to stop the Virus Gauge temporarily. In Resident Evil Outbreak and Resident Evil Outbreak File #2, herbs have many more uses. Most games give herbs and mixtures additional or different properties. It also has Purple Herb that cures poison and heals a small amount of health. Resident Evil: Gaiden is much more atypical as it does not have herb mixing and instead has a yellow herb that heals more than green, and the red herb heals heavy damage. Some games allow herbs to used in other ways or are related to other mechanics. Some games do not feature mixing at all such as Resident Evil: Gaiden and Resident Evil Revelations. Most early games allow for three herbs to be combined and some later games only two such as Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6. They usually have the unique property of being able to be combined with other herbs to create "mixed herbs" which have additional effects or heal more. Herbs are type of health items used to recover health or heal status ailments. Most of the games up to Resident Evil 4 has them function similarly with games afterwards having reworking them each time. Herbs typically come in different colors and individual and mixed herbs usually have similar properties across different games. This led to them being used and cultivated all around the world. Herbs became popular in Raccoon City and were being used in various products and home recipes such as in Herb Pie and Herb Cream.īy 2003, these herbs were being widely used in the medical field and were recommended by botanists to be kept around to help protect individuals from the rising threat of bioterrorism. An Asian medicine doctor specifically made the discovery that mixing blue and red herbs creates an effect that "strengthen one's constitution". īy 1998, botanists had researched and documented the fact that the red herbs could in fact be mixed with other herbs in order to magnify their effects. The Umbrella Corporation created other species of the herbs that could grow on Rockfort Island and at the Antarctic Base by breeding the ones from Raccoon City. The blue herb neutralizes natural toxins, while the red herb has no effect when used on its own. The green herb recovers physical strength and heals fatigue, helping to strengthen the natural healing process so that wounds heal faster while also having an active immune function that helps fight viral infection. There are many species of herbs which are native to the Arklay Mountains, the region of the American midwest where Raccoon City was located, and each kind of herb has a distinct color and medicinal quality.
