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Biohazard’s antique coins are the most notable of the collectibles, and they can be found scattered throughout the world. Be advised that some of the coin locations might contain spoilers. Some are easier to locate and access, while others take more effort.

You can find a set of eighteen antique coins throughout the easy and normal mode, which are found in the same spots. However, the madhouse difficulty setting will change the locations with new unique places to collect them. Many of them are easy to miss and can’t be retrieved after you pass certain areas, so it’s best to follow this Resident Evil 7 Coins guide.

What You Gain from Collecting Antique Coins

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard has a host of collectibles that are aesthetically interesting and worthy of your time and effort with in-game rewards. The primary purpose of collecting these coins is to trade them for items, new powerful weapons, and achievements towards the platinum trophy.

If you’re playing madhouse difficulty, collecting them will help you by giving you some extra firepower and resources. Remember that if you get killed after collecting a coin(s), you’ll need to recollect if you didn’t save the game. The main unlockables you can trade for coins are:

Steroids(3 Antique Coins) Permanently increase your maximum health.
Stabilizer(5 Antique Coins) Permanently increases reload speed for all weapons.
.44 Magnum (9 Antique Coins) A potent classic weapon that makes quick work of bosses but is the most difficult to obtain.

Locations of Coin Unlockables

Steroids Locations

Within the trailer birdcage in the front yard after leaving the Baker house
The Drawing room within a false rock resting on the fireplace(Accessible after you discover the treasure photo located in the processing room)
The first lab room in the Salt Mines is located behind two boarded bathrooms
Next to the barn, there’s a small storage room at the bottom of a locked trapped with trip mines

Stabilizer Locations

In the birdcage inside the yard trailer
Locked chest in the yard that requires a puzzle to unlock(Attain the toy axe from the attic and arrange it to “7” to open and get the stabilizer

.44 Magnum Location

Inside the Yard trailer within an unlockable bird cage

Biohazard from Collecting Coins

Pelicans In Your Pocket(Collect all antique coins in Easy & Normal difficulty)
Mad Pelicans(Collect all antique coins in Madhouse Difficulty)

The Defense Coin

You’ll automatically be granted the defense coin if you have pre-purchased the DLC known as the “Defense Coin & Madhouse Mode Unlock” pack. It passively increases your defense and will be available in your inventory after redeeming the code and starting your playthrough.

The Iron Defense Coin

The Iron Defense coin is unique and can only be found in madhouse difficulty. It contains a passive effect whereby it activates by having it in your inventory. As the name implies, it increases Ethan’s defense and costs seven regular coins with the ox statuette to unlock.

It is located in an unlockable bird cage. Madhouse difficulty means that damage is more severe, so you’ll want to have this on hand if possible. Yes, it will cause you to lose some inventory space, but sacrifices must be made to make this journey easier.

Keep in mind that Jack is much quicker when pursuing you during madhouse mode. This is terrifying, but you’ll feel much safer when you can absorb more damage with the Iron Defense coin.

There are plenty of regular coins to pick up that will allow you to purchase this and not miss out on other needed enhancements. Trust me, you need the Iron Defense coin, and I highly advise you to sacrifice the inventory space for it at all times.

You’re already at a disadvantage when playing the dreaded madhouse mode. Expect to die a lot with or without the Iron Defense Coin, but it certainly will help the psyche if you die less. The increased defense gives you more resistance to losing your mind in the madhouse of Resident Evil 7!

The Assault Coin

The Assault Coin is another unique stat-altering coin found only in madhouse difficulty. You can increase Ethan’s base attack power for the price of one block of inventory space. Place it in your inventory to unlock the stat enhancements.

It’s found in the same spot as the iron defense coin. In a mode where the bosses and enemies are more brutal with randomized locations, you need to be ready to deal with every threat in your path aggressively.

The assault coin will make things more like normal mode when progressing, but it will still be challenging. Don’t shy away from this much-needed resource in this ridiculous game mode with limited saves and scarce checkpoints.

Defense is essential, but the attack is even more so because even regular enemies become a daunting threat. Buying this coin will ensure you don’t have to replay tedious parts often and will give you a collectible worth keeping!

Antique Coins in Easy & Normal Difficulty

The following are the locations of all 18 coins throughout the Easy & Normal settings. In my experience, it’s hard to find them all without help.

Either you’ll be too distracted by the unsightly horrors of the Baker home, or you won’t be able to figure out certain coin conundrums. Follow along in order will save you time and energy so you can get through quickly and not have it spoil your experience.

The Resident Evil series has always been known for having tricky puzzles with hidden collectibles, and the Antique coins are no exception. You don’t have to trade them in at the initial locations as you collect them because you get a final chance to trade when you reach the entrance to the salt mines.

This is your last chance to exchange antique coins and collect your spoils! It’s about personal preference regarding which unlocking method you wish to pursue. I prefer to get it over with, so you can benefit earlier from the weapons and stat upgrades.

Unlocking earlier makes more daunting boss battles before the salt mines more manageable. The last location is just there in case you forgot to use your coins earlier.

Antique Coin #1

During the Derelict house footage sequence, you must take steps backward to acquire the lockpick on the ground. You must enter the guest house and utilize the lock pick to access the kitchen drawer.

Upon completing the videotape, you’ll want to return to the kitchen. Skip making a sandwich, especially after seeing how the Bakers eat and open the same unlocked drawer from the tape to discover the first antique coin!

Antique Coin #2

When Jack starts to chase you maniacally, it can be somewhat disorienting at first, and you might overlook this antique coin if you aren’t careful. Expediently locate the hatch key in the east hallway.

You’ll notice a hatch in the pantry that leads to a secret underground passage. Look for a riding lawnmower; the second antique coin is on top of it.

Antique Coin #3

When you complete the fear-inducing garage battle, collecting coins is the last thing on your mind. Nevertheless, gain your composure and take the ox statuette that gets you into the main hall. If you trail along the wall in this location, you’ll notice a drawer in the northeastern corner to open, which reveals antique coin number three.

Antique Coin #4

When you reach the second floor, you’ll find yourself in the recreation room coming from the southern entrance, and it will be located on a shelf next to a Mr. Everything collectible in the basket. This one is hard to miss.

Antique Coin #5

If you’re in the recreation room, head west until you come across a bathroom. You guessed right. It’s time to scrounge the toilet for your filthy antique coin. If you’re a germaphobe, you’ll want to trade this one in ASAP.

Antique Coin #6

When you reach the drawing room, use the west door to access a spot right before you enter the monitoring room. There’s an ashtray on the table that contains the sixth antique coin.

Antique Coin #7

When you reach the basement processing area, you’ll want to travel west past the incinerator room door and forcefully pry open the room divider. If you look to your left, there’s a wooden pallet against the wall with a hole in the wall that screams, “Hidden collectible here!” Sure enough, you’ll discover antique coin seven inside the hole.

Antique Coin #8

The first time you stumble into the yard from the main house’s back door is a relieving feeling after being trapped with the insane Baker family. When you step off the porch, turn right, and notice a planter next to the steps with a coin eight. Note that there’s also the first repair kit in the area so remember to pick that gem up too.

Antique Coin #9

This is perhaps the most transparently located antique coin in the game. When you reach the safe trailer room, it’s conveniently located on the table next to the birdcage with the Magnum inside. See, sometimes Resident Evil 7 gives you a break from collectible complexities!

Antique Coin #10

When you reach the dining room, take the passageway that leads to the cellar. A cart with another easily accessible antique coin will be waiting for you to collect. This is right before the cellar door so snag it before you enter the horrors lurking beneath.

Antique Coin #11

When you obtain the crank key item, go to the boardwalk where you previously received the burner nozzle and set fire to the pesky insect nest. This frees you to utilize the crank that will raise the northern bridge.

Follow it until you reach an outhouse with yet another antique coin on a toilet you can’t miss. There is also a crow key you’ll want to pick up while you’re there.

Antique Coin #12

On the second floor, there is a door with a scale attached. The chest with drawers located in the corner will yield another antique coin for your growing collection.

Antique Coin #13

When on the first floor, check your map for the unique western room in the corner with a few dangerous tripwire bombs. Of course, you’ll want to disarm these first unless you’re a masochist. There is a table drawer that has your thirteenth coin. Note another “steroids” stat booster is located here as well.

Antique Coin #14

When you eradicate the bloated moldy enemy, you’ll inevitably take the elevator to the second floor again. Remember the rest area with the charming burnt corpse inside? Outside, antique coin number fourteen is located on a wall shelf.

Antique Coin #15

When you reach the wrecked ship, the sequence will start on the third floor, but the antique coin you need is on the first. When you come across the office, drop down after the cutscene through the hatch. When you reach the first fork while crawling through, take a right, and the coin will be at the end. It turns out this ship had some lost treasure after all!

Antique Coin #16

When making your way through the crawlspace, you’ll eventually emerge on the second floor of the ship. Take the ladder to the first floor, and you’ll land in a small pool. Located in the northwestern section of the water is another antique coin next to a plant.

Antique Coin #17

On the third floor, you’ll notice a locked toolbox a short distance from the elevator shaft. If you haven’t already, go PICK up the lockpick on the second floor, pun intended. Next, you’ll need to solve the painting puzzle in the second-floor lounge.

Go from the dining room into the northeastern room through the ladder access. After climbing, you’ll observe an orange box with the lockpick inside. Pick it up, head back to the third-floor control room from earlier, and use it to pick up antique coin number seventeen.

Antique Coin #18

There is a fat molded enemy you’ll battle on the second floor of the wrecked ship, and from there, you’ll enter a hallway with a box on the wall. This can only be accessed through corrosives, so use them to eat through the chest and obtain your final antique coin!

Antique Coins In Madhouse Difficulty

Madhouse difficulty in Resident Evil 7 is not for the beginner and will drive even the most experienced players insane with fresh brutal challenges.

Most games have the collectibles in the same spot for more complex difficulties, but Biohazard is different, with many of the Antique coins dispersed differently. There are also more coins to collect in this mode, with a total of thirty-three.

Resident Evil is well-known for containing occult themes. Fun fact, thirty-three is a significant occult number considered the “master number” and key to immortality and enlightenment.

So if you want to live forever, you better collect all coins for a smoother playthrough. I’m happy to give you some relief by revealing the locations of all antique coins so you can retain a semblance of sanity in this haunting madhouse!