Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
FAQ/Walkthrough
Table of Contents
I - Introduction
001.0 - Contact Info
002.0 - Legal Info
003.0 - Version History
II - Items, Gameplay, and Everything Else
001.0 - Controls
002.0 - Weapons
003.0 - Items
004.0 - Emblems
005.0 - Unlockables
006.0 - iPod Songs
III - Walkthrough
000.0 - Prologue: Ground Zero
001.0 - Act One: Liquid Sun
002.0 - Act Two: Solid Sun
003.0 - Act Three: Third Sun
004.0 - Act Four: Twin Suns
005.0 - Act Five: Old Sun
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Version History:
First Submission: Acts 1 and 2 are complete.
Second Submission: Version 1.0
Third Submission: Version 2.0 - Refined many of the strategies in the
walkthrough and added several new sections in Part II.
II - Items, Gameplay, and Everything Else
001.0 - Controls
For those who don't have the instruction manual or are too lazy to read it,
this section outlines the basic controls of MGS4.
- Start - Pauses the game and enters the menu.
- Select - Display a description of controller functions.
- Left Analog Stick - This button moves Snake and highlights options in the
various menus. If the stick is only tilted slightly, Snake will walk or crawl
slowly, which has the benefit of being much quieter. When fully tilted, Snake
will run.
- Right Analog Stick - The right stick controls the upgraded camera system.
By tilting the stick, the player can swing the camera around in any
direction. If you actually press the R3 button, the camera will automatically
position itself behind Snake. While aiming a weapon, moving the right analog
stick will move the crosshairs.
- L2 - Controls the item menu. To access the item menu, hold down L2 and
cycle through your items using the right analog stick. Tapping the button
will automatically equip or unequip whatever item you currently or last had
equipped.
- R2 - Controls the weapon menu. To access the weapon menu, hold down R2 and
cycle through your weapons using the right analog stick. Tapping the button
will automatically equip or unequip whatever weapon you currently or last had
equipped.
- L1 - Holding down the L1 button puts Snake in targeting mode, and is the
only way to fire a weapon. While aiming a weapon, use the right analog stick
to move your crosshairs.
- R1 - Instead of the square-button that was used in previous games, Guns of
the Patriots uses R1 as its attack button. While holding the L1 button down
and aiming, the button will fire whatever weapon you have equipped. When not,
R1 will cause Snake to perform a CQC attack, or simply a quick jab if tapped.
- Triangle - As always, triangle is the action button. Whenever there's an
option to perform any sort of action, a small picture will appear at the
bottom of the screen displaying what action Snake can do, which ranges from
picking up bodies, waking up sleeping soldiers, climbing ladders, and many
others. While aiming a weapon, pressing triangle also switches to the first
person point of view.
- Square - While aiming, pressing square will switch between auto and manual
aiming.
- Circle - Pressing the circle button will reload whatever weapon Snake is
currently holding. If you've expended a part of a clip and have a break in
the action, be sure to reload so you aren't left vulnerable in a gunfight.
- X - The X button controls Snake's stance, allowing him to stand, crouch, or
lie prone when held down. While running, tapping X will cause Snake to
perform a roll, which can be used to barrel through enemies or dive over
short gaps.
- Up/Down Directional - While aiming a weapon, using the Solid Eye binos, or
with the camera equipped, pressing up or down on the directional pad will
zoom in or out.
002.0 - Weapons
There are a total of seventy weapons in Metal Gear Solid 4 that can be
obtained using several different methods - looting guns from dead soldiers,
purchasing weapons from Drebin's shop, or unlocking them in a variety of
ways. Currently, only sixty-nine of these weapons can be obtained, and only
the sixty-nine currently available are required to earn the Little Gray
emblem.
Each weapon has individual stats that are ranked from "S" to "E". To simplify
things, these stats will be converted to a one to six scale, with six being
the best and one being the worst. The breakdown of each weapon's stats is as
follows:
- Damage - Straightforward, the amount of life the enemy will lose when hit.
- Shock - The higher the shock stat, the more an enemy will stagger backwards
when hit.
- Penetration - If an enemy is wearing body armor, higher penetration reduces
the effectiveness of this armor.
- Stability - Otherwise known as recoil, the lower this stat is, the more the
crosshairs will move while firing.
- Reload - Also straightforward, the higher this stat, the faster Snake can
reload the weapon.
- Lock - This refers to a weapon's range while using auto aim.
- Sleep - When a weapon knocks an enemy out, its sleep stat determines
how long they'll remain asleep.
- Stun - When a weapon stuns an enemy, this stat determines how many
stars will appear over their head.
002.1 - Handguns
- Mk2 -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 6/6
Reload: 5/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 2/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Otacon gives you this weapon in Act One when Snake meets up
with the MK.II.
Notes: The Mk2 has a built-in suppressor that never needs to be replaced.
- Operator -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 3/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 4/6
Reload: 6/6
Lock: 5/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Otacon gives you this weapon in Act One when Snake meets up
with the MK.II.
- GSR -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 3/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 4/6
Reload: 6/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: The GSR can be purchased from Drebin for 3000 DP or found
in the Middle East Militia's safe house in Act One.
- Five-Seven -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 2/6
Penetration: 4/6
Stability: 4/6
Reload: 6/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: The Five-Seven is the alternate weapon for Haven Troopers,
so if you force them to drop their weapon - either by holding them up or
knocking them out - they'll resort to using their Five-Seven afterwards. You
can also buy it from Drebin for 6000 Drebin Points.
- PMM -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 2/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 5/6
Reload: 6/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Resistance members in Act Three carry them, but you'll have
to alert them to your presence before they equip the PMM and attack you. The
PMM can also buy purchased from Drebin for 3500 DP.
- PSS -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 2/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 5/6
Reload: 6/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: The PSS is a fairly common weapon, but the easiest way to
find one is by destroying Scarabs. Many of them carry the PSS, so pick off a
few in the tank hanger in Act Four, for example, and you'll score one easily.
If that's not an option, the PSS is available at Drebin's shop for 5000 DP.
- G18C -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 2/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 3/6
Reload: 6/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Some of the rebels in Act Two carry this weapon, so your
best bet is to stick around in an area where rebels and PMCs continuously
respawn and loot the corpses for a G18C. If grave robbing isn't you thing,
Drebin will sell you one for 8000 Drebin Points.
- Mk.23 -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 3/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 4/6
Reload: 6/6
Lock: 5/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: At the Shadow Moses helipad in Act Four, find the truck
directly in front of the main entrance to the tank hanger. The Mk.23 is under
the truck.
Notes: When equipped and aimed for the first time, Snake will say, "Just like
old times..." and you'll earn one thousand Drebin Points.
- Race Gun -
Damage: 1/6
Shock: 2/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 5/6
Reload: 6/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
How It's Obtained: Complete the game once on any difficulty.
Notes: The Race Gun is similar to the Single Action Army in Snake Eater in
that it can be used to ricochet shots off of walls.
- Type 17 -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 3/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 4/6
Reload: 5/6
Lock: 5/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
How It's Obtained: Earn the Hound Emblem (see the Emblem section for
details).
Notes: The Type 17 has a fully automatic rate of fire.
- Desert Eagle -
Damage: 3/6
Shock: 5/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 2/6
Reload: 6/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Purchase this weapon from Drebin for 20000 Drebin Points.
Supposedly Scarabs can also drop it, but I've never personally found one.
- Desert Eagle (Long Barrel) -
Damage: 3/6
Shock: 5/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 2/6
Reload: 6/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
How It's Obtained: Earn the Fox emblem (see the Emblems section for details).
Notes: The long barreled Desert Eagle is identical to the regular Desert
Eagle, but this one has a built-in scope to make attacking distant enemies.
- 1911 Custom -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 3/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 5/6
Reload: 6/6
Lock: 6/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
How It's Obtained: The 1911 can only be obtained by entering a password in
the Extras section. At this time, Konami hasn't released the password and no
one has cracked it and made it public.
Notes: The 1911 Custom is not required to earn the Little Gray emblem.
- Thor .45-70 -
Damage: 5/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 5/6
Stability: 2/6
Reload: 5/6
Lock: 2/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
How It's Obtained: Earn the Fox Hound emblem (see the Emblems section for
details).
Notes: The Thor has a built-in dot sight.
- Solar Gun -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 6/6
Reload: 1/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 6/6
How It's Obtained: Defeat the Beast forms of the Beauty and Beast Corp and
complete the Advent Palace sequence with the Rat Patrol using non-lethal
tactics. Afterwards, collect the dolls left in each area to earn the Solar
Gun. Remember that even if you shoot a Haven Trooper with a tranquilizer gun
while they're hanging from a ceiling, they'll fall to their death and count
as a kill. For more information, check out the Dolls section in this guide.
Notes: The Solar Gun uses concentrated solar energy to blast away enemies.
When fully charged, the Solar Gun will instantly knock an enemy out and cause
them to drop any items they're carrying. A fully charged shot will also
defeat Vamp with one hit. The Solar Gun's energy meter can be recharged by
standing in sunlight and pressing Circle.
002.2 - Submachine Guns
- P90 -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 2/6
Penetration: 4/6
Stability: 4/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: The P90 is the weapon of choice by Haven Troopers, so you
can first pick one up in the Advent Palace while escaping with the Rat
Patrol.
- M10 -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 3/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 4/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: The rebels in Act Two carry this weapon, particularly the
ones being held in the Cove Valley Village. Alternatively, you can purchase
this from Drebin for 3000 Points.
- MP7 -
Damage: 1/6
Shock: 1/6
Penetration: 4/6
Stability: 5/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 5/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: PMCs in Act One's Downtown carry this weapon. You can also
find them in Drebin's shop for 3000 DP.
- VZ.83 -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 2/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 4/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 6/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Big Mama gives you the VZ before the motorcycle chase
sequence in Act Three
- Bizon -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 2/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 4/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 6/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Obtain this weapon from Drebin for 7000 Drebin Points.
- MP5SD2 -
Damage: 1/6
Shock: 2/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 4/6
Reload: 3/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: The MP5 can be purchased from Drebin for 15000 Drebin
Points.
- Patriot -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 4/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 3/6
Reload: 6/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
How It's Obtained: Earn the Big Boss emblem (see the Emblems section for
details).
Notes: The Patriot not only has unlimited ammo, but an unlimited magazine as
well. This means that Snake will never have to stop and reload while using
the Patriot - a great weapon to have for the motorcycle chase in Act Three.
002.3 - Rifles
- AK102 -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 1/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 3/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 2/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: This is the standard weapon for PMCs in Act One, and you
find one during the prologue sequence.
- M4 Custom -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 1/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 3/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 2/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Drebin gives you this weapon for free in Act One.
- Mk.17 -
Damage: 3/6
Shock: 3/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 3/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 2/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: A fairly common weapon in Act Three, the Mk.17 can also be
found in the Militia Headquarters in Act One or purchased from Drebin's store
for 3500 DP.
- G3A3 -
Damage: 3/6
Shock: 3/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 3/6
Reload: 3/6
Lock: 2/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Some of the rebels in Act Two carry this weapon, and it can
also be found in Drebin's shop with a 4000 DP price tag.
- FAL Carbine -
Damage: 3/6
Shock: 3/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 3/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 2/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Score this weapon from Drebin for 4500 Points.
- AN94 -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 1/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 4/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 2/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: In Act Two's Cove Valley Village, check some of the
buildings to find the AN94. You can also buy it from Drebin for 5000 DP.
- XM8 -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 2/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 3/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 2/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: In the Power Plant area of Act Two, explore the west side
of the plant to find the XM8.
Notes: The XM8 has a built-in dot sight.
- Tanegashima -
Damage: 3/6
Shock: 4/6
Penetration: 1/6
Stability: 4/6
Reload: 1/6
Lock: 2/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: This weapon is only available in Drebin's shop for a
staggering one million Drebin Points. I suggest buying it in Act Five when
Drebin cuts his prices by 50%.
Notes: Though it's a horrible weapon in itself, the Tanegashima has a 30%
chance of creating a massive tornado that sweeps away any enemies in the
area, causing them to drop any items they're carrying. This only works when
fired outside, however.
002.4 - Machine Guns
- HK21E -
Damage: 3/6
Shock: 3/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 3/6
Reload: 2/6
Lock: 1/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Purchase this weapon from Drebin's store for 6000 DP.
- M60E4 -
Damage: 3/6
Shock: 3/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 3/6
Reload: 1/6
Lock: 1/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: PMCs in Act Two carry this weapon, or it can be bought from
Drebin for 10000 Drebin Points.
- PKM -
Damage: 3/6
Shock: 2/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 2/6
Reload: 1/6
Lock: 1/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Rebel soldiers carry the PKM in the Vista Mansion area.
- MK.46 Mod 1 -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 4/6
Penetration: 3/6
Stability: 3/6
Reload: 1/6
Lock: 2/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: The weapon can be found in Drebin's store for 9000 DP.
002.5 - Shotguns
- Twin Barrel  -
Damage: 4/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 4/6
Stability: 1/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 3/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: The Twin Barrel is located in the locked building in the
southern part of Cove Valley Village, in Act Two. If Snake gets into a
firefight with the PMCs holding the rebels hostage, the PMC inside will come
out, and later on the surviving rebels will head inside and explore the
building. This is the same building that contains the South American rebel
costume.
- M870 Custom -
Damage: 4/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 4/6
Stability: 2/6
Reload: 1/6
Lock: 2/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: In the Northwest corner of the Confinement Facility in Act
Two is a small shed that contains the M870. It's also found in Drebin's shop
sporting a 30000 DP price tag.
- Saiga-12 -
Damage: 4/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 4/6
Stability: 2/6
Reload: 5/6
Lock: 2/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Snake can buy this weapon from Drebin for 40000 DP.
002.6 - Sniper Rifles
- M14EBR -
Damage: 3/6
Shock: 3/6
Penetration: 4/6
Stability: 2/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Many PMC snipers use the M14, so you can find them around
Downtown in Act One. You can also buy it from Drebin for 9000 DP.
- DSR-1 -
Damage: 4/6
Shock: 5/6
Penetration: 5/6
Stability: 2/6
Reload: 3/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: At least one of the snipers in Act One that Otacon warns
you about carries a DSR-1. Enter the building through one of the windows on
the first floor and follow the stairs up to find him.
- SVD -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 4/6
Penetration: 5/6
Stability: 1/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Besides being a weapon carried by some PMC snipers, you can
find the SVD in Cove Valley Village in Act Two. You can also buy the SVD from
Drebin for 18000 Drebin Points.
- VSS -
Damage: 2/6
Shock: 2/6
Penetration: 5/6
Stability: 2/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: In Act Two, take the west path from the Power Plant to
reach a part of the Confinement Facility that isn't in the midst of a
skirmish between the rebels and PMCs - but does have several rebel POWs.
You'll find the VSS in a large building with a partially destroyed floor.
Notes: The VSS comes equipped with a silencer that never needs to be
replaced.
- Mosin Nagant -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 4/6
Penetration: 5/6
Stability: 1/6
Reload: 2/6
Lock: 4/6
Sleep: 4/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Purchase this weapon from Drebin for 60000 DP.
002.7 - The BFG's
- M82A2 -
Damage: 6/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 6/6
Stability: 1/6
Reload: 5/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: You can buy this weapon from Drebin for 200000 Points.
- Rail Gun -
Damage: 1-6/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 6/6
Stability: 3/6
Reload: 2/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Snake automatically gains this weapon after defeating
Crying Wolf.
Notes: The Rail Gun's level of charge determines the amount of damage it
inflicts, so it's damage can range from one to six.
- XM25 -
Damage: 5/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 0/6
Stability: 1/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Purchase this weapon from Drebin for 80000 Drebin Points.
It's also occasionally dropped by Haven Troopers.
- MGL-140 -
Damage: 5/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 0/6
Stability: 1/6
Reload: 1/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Snake automatically gains this weapon after defeating
Raging Raven in Act Three.
- RPG-7 -
Damage: 6/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 0/6
Stability: 1/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: In Act One's Red Zone, you'll find two RPG's - one in a
building northwest of where Snake meets the MK.II, and another in a small
inlet right next to the entrance to the rebel's safe house. You can also find
numerous other RPG's in the safe house itself.
- M72A3 -
Damage: 5/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 0/6
Stability: 2/6
Reload: 5/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: In the Marketplace in Act Two, find a small inlet on the
left side of the main street behind the first few stalls. You can also
purchase this weapon from Drebin for 40000 Points.
- Javelin -
Damage: 6/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 0/6
Stability: 1/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: After meeting Drebin behind the Power Station in Act Two,
take the southern of the two paths in the northwest corner. Near a small
overhang in the corner is a Javelin along with some other weapons and items.
If you don't mind the steep price, Drebin will sell you one for 150000 DP.
- FIM-92A -
Damage: 6/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 0/6
Stability: 1/6
Reload: 4/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: In Act Four, jump into the back of the truck in the Nuclear
Disposal Facility in Shadow Moses to find a FIM. There's also another one
located in the northwest corner of the inner compound of the Power Plant in
Act Two - you'll need to turn off the current and use the power lines to
cross over the wall, though. Otherwise, Drebin's got them in stock for 100000
Drebin Points each.
002.8 - Explosives
- Grenade -
Damage: 5/6
Shock: 6/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Many soldiers carry standard grenades - just hold up and
search a few and you're bound to find one eventually.
- Petro Bomb -
Damage: 4/6
Shock: 4/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: The rebels in Act One use these the most, and you can find
some directly across the street from where you begin Act One, in a narrow
alley to the north. Drebin also has them in stock for 100 Drebin Points.
- White Phosphorus Grenade -
Damage: 5/6
Shock: 6/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: While escaping from the Advent Palace with the Rat Patrol
in Act One, a box of WP grenades can be found on the staircase behind the bar
leading down to the first floor. WP grenades are pretty common, however, so
you can find them in a myriad of other locations throughout the game. Drebin
also sells them for 110 Drebin Points per box.
- Stun Grenade -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 6/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 5/6
Where It's Found: As with the other grenades, stun grenades are scattered
throughout the five acts, but specifically can be found in the second floor
of the Advent Palace in Act One, just behind a claymore mine in a dead end.
- Chaff Grenade -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: On the Shadow Moses helipad in Act Four.
Notes: Chaff grenades don't have any effect on humans. Instead, they
temporarily scramble any electronic devices - Scarabs, Gekkos, surveillance
cameras - in the area, allowing Snake to walk by without being noticed.
- Smoke Grenade -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Smoke grenades are extremely common, so you can find them
just about anywhere. Specifically, check out the second floor stairs in the
Advent Palace in Act One to find some. Drebin will also sell them for 100 DP.
Notes: Even though its stats suggest that it doesn't effect enemies, smoke
grenades will cause any enemies caught in the blast to be temporarily blinded
and go into a coughing fit.
- Smoke Grenade (Yellow) -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Purchase them from Drebin for 100 Drebin Points after
completing the game once.
Notes: Any enemy in the grenades blast radius will begin laughing
uncontrollably.
- Smoke Grenade (Red) -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Purchase them from Drebin for 100 Drebin Points after
completing the game once.
Notes: Any enemy in the grenades blast radius will go into a fit of rage.
- Smoke Grenade (Blue) -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Purchase them from Drebin for 100 Drebin Points after
completing the game once.
Notes: Any enemy in the grenades blast radius will begin crying
uncontrollably.
- Smoke Grenade (Green) -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Purchase them from Drebin for 100 Drebin Points after
completing the game once.
Notes: Any enemy in the grenades blast radius will begin screaming
uncontrollably.
- Claymore Mine -
Damage: 5/6
Shock: 6/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Several claymores are planted around the Advent Palace in
Act One, but you'll have to crawl over them or use the MK.II to disarm them
before collecting one.
- Sleeping Gas Mine -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Sleep: 6/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Several are planted as traps around the Advent Palace in
Act One, but you'll have to crawl over them or use the MK.II to disarm them
before collecting one.
- C4 -
Damage: 6/6
Shock: 6/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Enter the Power Plant's inner compound in Act Two. Look
under some computers in the first room to find a box of C4 lying on the
floor. Drebin will also sell C4 for 400 DP.
- Sleeping Gas Satchel -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Sleep: 6/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Drebin sells Satchels in his shop for 400 DP.
002.9 - Miscellaneous
- Stun Knife -
Damage: 6/6
Shock: 6/6
Penetration: 6/6
Stability: 6/6
Reload: 0/6
Lock: 1/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Snake begins the game with this weapon.
Notes: To use the knife's stun capabilities, press R2 instead of R1.
- Magazine -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Penetration: 0/6
Stability: 0/6
Reload: 0/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Any time Snake picks up a weapon with extra ammo in it.
Notes: Though it doesn't cause any damage, Snake can throw an empty magazine
to temporarily distract an enemy.
- Playboy -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Penetration: 0/6
Stability: 0/6
Reload: 0/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Playboys are quite popular among the PMCs, but you can find
one lying on a couch on the first floor of the Advent Palace in Act One.
Notes: If Snake drops a Playboy magazine and an enemy spots it, he'll
immediately drop to his knees and intensely look through it, allowing Snake
to slip by unnoticed.
- Emotion Magazine -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Penetration: 0/6
Stability: 0/6
Reload: 0/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Drebin sells this item for 2000 Points.
Notes: The Emotion Magazine serves the same purpose as a Playboy.
- Psycho Mantis Doll -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Penetration: 0/6
Stability: 0/6
Reload: 0/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Shoot the Psycho Mantis doll hanging from a string on
Screaming Mantis' right side until it drops to the ground. You have to do
this anyway to defeat the boss.
Notes: The Psycho Mantis doll allows Snake to posses any living person that
has nanomachines inside them - which ends up being everyone in Guns of the
Patriots. Once possessed, Snake can shake an enemy and cause them to drop any
items they're carrying. Note that this will eventually kill the possessed
enemy, and the Mantis doll will not work on bosses.
- The Sorrow Doll -
Damage: 0/6
Shock: 0/6
Penetration: 0/6
Stability: 0/6
Reload: 0/6
Lock: 0/6
Sleep: 0/6
Stun: 0/6
Where It's Found: Shoot the Sorrow doll hanging from the string on Screaming
Mantis' left side until it drops to the ground. Unlike the Psycho Mantis
doll, this is an optional item that you do not need to use against the boss.
I recommend obtaining this doll early before attacking the Mantis doll, since
Screaming Mantis will attack you more aggressively as her Psycho Mantis doll
takes damage.
Notes: The Sorrow doll allows Snake to possess the dead, but basically works
the same way as the Psycho Mantis doll.
003.0 - Items
003.1 - Health Items
- Cigarettes - Slightly increases the rate of psyche recovery while equipped,
but also inflicts damage. Don't smoke, kids.
- Compress - Increases your rate of psyche recovery for a short period of
time.
- Instant Noodles - Recovers 100% of your life, 25% of your psyche in cold
weather, and 50% of your psyche in warm weather.
- Military Ration - Recovers 75% of your life and 5% of your psyche.
- Muna - Increases your rate of psyche recovery while equipped.
- Pentazemin - Temporarily stops your hands from shaking while looking
through a scope.
- Regain - Recovers 100% of your life, 25% of your psyche in cold weather,
and 50% of your psyche in warm weather.
- Syringe - Initially restores 100% of your psyche, but its effects are
reduces as it's used more. After ten uses Snake will throw up and lose psyche
after effects wear off, and after twenty Snake will lose life as well.
003.2 - Misc Items
- Bandana - Gives you infinite ammo while equipped. You can either earn the
bandana by playing through the game without killing a single enemy, or you
can purchase it from Drebin for five million Drebin Points.
- Camera - The camera takes photographs that can be saved and viewed in the
photo gallery from the main menu. You can find it by Sunny's desk during Act
Two's mission briefing.
- Cardboard Box - When the OctoCamo just isn't enough, hide under the box to
avoid detection by enemies. Don't move around or get in their way, though, or
they may become suspicious.
- iPod - Plays music in the background if you don't like the actual area's
soundtrack, and some of the songs even have beneficial side effects. On a
side note, I'd love to see Snake in one of those iPod commercials.
- Metal Gear MK.II/MK.III - The little robot that Otacon uses to follow you
around can be used to scout ahead and lend Snake support by disarming bombs,
activating switches, and stunning enemies.
- Oil Drum - Similar to the cardboard box, except Snake can tip the drum over
and roll around by holding the X-button. If you roll for too long, though,
Snake will stop and throw up.
- Scan Plug - The plug is a portable scanner that shows the locations of all
enemies on a map after they've been scanned, which you can do by putting them
in a CQC hold and pressing the action button. You can purchase this item from
Drebin after playing Metal Gear Online for more than ten hours.
- Signal Interceptor - While equipped, the signal interceptor allows Snake to
listen to PMC radio conversations in Act Three to locate resistance members.
Quite frankly, this is a terrible item, and even Otacon gives you other
options right after giving it to you.
- Solid Eye - Easily the most useful item in the game, the Solid Eye targets
enemies and items, making them easier to locate, and allows you to use radar.
The Solid Eye also has night vision and binoculars modes, which you can
access by highlighting the item in the item menu and pressing either Square
or Circle.
- Stealth Camouflage - When equipped, Snake becomes completely invisible to
enemy soldiers. However, the stealth camo isn't absolute - Gekkos and Scarabs
can still see Snake, and soldiers will still be able to hear him. Also, if
you run through an enemy, the camo will automatically switch off, and it also
won't completely conceal Snake while in an alert phase. You can obtain the
stealth camo by either playing through the game without going into a single
alert, or you can buy it from Drebin for five million Drebin Points.
004.0 - Emblems
Emblems are the rankings - or code names, as it's been known in previous
games - that you're awarded after completing the game. You earn different
rankings by fulfilling certain requirements, which occasionally reap rewards.
There are forty emblems in the game, and unlike in previous titles you can
earn multiple emblems in a single play-through.
004.1 - The Emblems
- Big Boss -
How It's Earned - This is the most difficult emblem to earn, as there are
several difficult requirements to fulfill. Complete the game under the
following requirements:
- Difficulty: The Boss Extreme
- Continues: Zero, so no dying and no failing missions.
- Alerts: Zero, though cautions are fine.
- Healing Items Used: Zero, including non-ration items like noodles.
- Kills: Zero, including all bosses.
- Completion Time: Under five hours.
- Special Items Used: None.
What It Unlocks - After all of that work, earning the Big Boss ranking scores
you the Patriot machine gun, the Big Boss face camo, and the Big Boss iPod
song.
- Fox Hound -
How It's Earned - This is the second most difficult emblem to earn, as it's
nearly identical to the Big Boss with a few exceptions. Complete the game
under the following requirements:
- Difficulty: Big Boss Hard or higher.
- Continues: Zero, so no dying and no failing missions.
- Alerts: Under three.
- Healing Items Used: Zero, including non-ration items like noodles.
- Kills: Zero, including all bosses.
- Completion Time: Under five hours and thirty minutes.
- Special Items Used:
What It Unlocks - For your efforts, you receive the Thor .45-70 pistol, which
is pretty much a shotgun that's the size of a pistol. It holds only a single
bullet, but that's about all you're going to need.
- Fox -
How It's Earned - I suppose this would be the third most difficult emblem to
earn then, wouldn't it? Fox is about the same as before, but with a little
more relaxed requirements.
- Difficulty: Solid Normal or higher.
- Continues: Zero, so no dying and no failing missions.
- Alerts: Five or fewer.
- Healing Items Used: Zero, including non-ration items like noodles.
- Kills: Zero, including all bosses.
- Completion Time: Under six hours.
- Special Items Used: None.
What It Unlocks - Getting the Fox ranking earns you the long-barreled Desert
Eagle, which has a long-range scope to attack from a distance. Not bad.
- Hound -
How It's Earned - Same as the others, this is nothing more than a watered-
down Big Boss run. Complete the game under the following requirements:
- Difficulty: Naked Normal or higher.
- Continues: Zero, so no dying and no failing missions.
- Alerts: Under three.
- Healing Items Used: Zero, including non-ration items like noodles.
- Kills: Zero, including all bosses.
- Completion Time: Under six hours and thirty minutes.
- Special Items Used: None.
What It Unlocks - For your efforts you get the Type 17 pistol, which has
fully automatic and semi-automatic options like a machine gun.
- Mantis -
How It's Earned - Complete the game under the following requirements:
- Continues: Zero
- Alerts: Zero
- Healing Items Used: Zero, including non-ration items like noodles.
- Completion Time: Under five hours.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Wolf -
How It's Earned - Complete the game without using any healing items like
rations, noodles, or Regain.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Raven -
How It's Earned - Finish the game in less than five hours.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Octopus -
How It's Earned - Play through the game without setting off a single alert
phase.
What It Unlocks - Stealth Camouflage
- Bear -
How It's Earned - Eliminate one hundred enemies using CQC chokeholds.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Eagle -
How It's Earned - Register 150 or more headshots.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Assassin -
How It's Earned - This one's interesting: you need to stun or kill more than
fifty enemies with the knife, have more than fifty CQC chokeholds, and have
fewer than 25 alerts.
What It Unlocks - The Altair disguise as seen in the April Fools trailer. I
don't think Kojima quite understands the concept of April Fools... Or maybe
he does all too well.
- Pigeon -
How It's Earned - Finish the game with zero kills, including bosses.
What It Unlocks - The Bandana, which gives the wearer infinite ammo.
- Blue Bird -
How It's Earned - Give fifty healing items to the rebel soldiers in Acts One
and Two. To do this, equip a healing item and press Triangle while standing
in front of a soldier. As a bonus, sometimes they'll give you something in
exchange.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Hawk -
How It's Earned - Be praised by rebel soldiers more than twenty-five times.
This will only happen if you kill a PMC near a rebel, so stand near some
rebels and pick off PMCs during one of the many gunfights you'll stumble
across.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Little Gray -
How It's Earned - Obtain all sixty-nine weapons in the game. Unfortunately,
this includes the Patriot, which you can only get your hands on by earning
the Big Boss emblem.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Ant -
How It's Earned - Hold up fifty soldiers and search them for items.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Gibbon -
How It's Earned - Simply hold up fifty soldiers.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Tortoise -
How It's Earned - Spend an hour or longer sitting in a cardboard box or oil
drum. Your best bet is to find a safe place to hide, equip the box, and
switch the TV to something and kill your hour that way.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Rabbit -
How It's Earned - Flip through one hundred or more pages in a Playboy
magazine. You pervert.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Bee -
How It's Earned - Inject fifty soldiers with the syringes, or scan them with
the scanning plug.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Gecko -
How It's Earned - Spend at least one hour hugging the walls. Only the wall
hugs where you must press Triangle first count.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Scarab -
How It's Earned - Perform one hundred sideways rolls.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Frog -
How It's Earned - Dodge or forward roll two hundred times.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Inch Worm -
How It's Earned - Crawl on the ground for at least one hour.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Lobster -
How It's Earned - Remain crouched for at least two hours and thirty minutes
in the game.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Hyena -
How It's Earned - Collect four hundred weapons or items from dead soldiers.
What It Unlocks - Nothing, but you should be doing this anyway for the ammo
and Drebin Points.
- Hog -
How It's Earned - Enter ten or more combat highs. Combat highs occur when you
fire one hundred or more rounds during an alert.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Pig -
How It's Earned - Use forty or more rations or other healing items.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Cow -
How It's Earned - Enter fewer than one hundred alert phases.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Crocodile -
How It's Earned - Rack up four hundred or more kills.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Giant Panda -
How It's Earned - Have a completion time of thirty hours or longer. This is
actually more difficult than it sounds, but you can just leave your PS3 on
overnight or something.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Scorpion -
How It's Earned - Complete the game under the following requirements:
- Continues: Twenty-five or fewer.
- Alerts: Seventy-five or fewer.
- Kills: Two hundred and fifty or fewer.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Tarantula -
How It's Earned - Complete the game under the following requirements:
- Continues: Twenty-five or fewer.
- Alerts: Seventy-five or fewer.
- Kills: Two hundred and fifty or more.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Centipede -
How It's Earned - Complete the game under the following requirements:
- Continues: Twenty-five or more.
- Alerts: Seventy-five or fewer.
- Kills: Two hundred and fifty or fewer.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Spider -
How It's Earned - Complete the game under the following requirements:
- Continues: Twenty-five or more.
- Alerts: Seventy-five or fewer.
- Kills: Two hundred and fifty or more.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Jaguar -
How It's Earned - Complete the game under the following requirements:
- Continues: Twenty-five or fewer.
- Alerts: Seventy-five or more.
- Kills: Two hundred and fifty or fewer.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Panther -
How It's Earned - Complete the game under the following requirements:
- Continues: Twenty-five or fewer.
- Alerts: Seventy-five or more.
- Kills: Two hundred and fifty or more.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Leopard -
How It's Earned - Complete the game under the following requirements:
- Continues: Twenty-five or more.
- Alerts: Seventy-five or more.
- Kills: Two hundred and fifty or fewer.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Puma -
How It's Earned - Complete the game under the following requirements:
- Continues: Twenty-five or more.
- Alerts: Seventy-five or more.
- Kills: Two hundred and fifty or more.
What It Unlocks - Nothing
- Chicken -
How It's Earned - Complete the game under the following requirements:
- Continues: Fifty or more.
- Alerts: One hundred and fifty or more.
- Healing Items Used: Fifty or more.
- Kills: Five hundred or more.
- Completion Time: Thirty-five hours or longer.
What It Unlocks - The Corpse Camo, and the satisfaction in knowing that you
managed to play the absolute worst game of Metal Gear Solid 4 imaginable.
004.2 - Emblems Runs
At first, getting all forty emblems might seem like a real pain. After all,
playing through the game forty times sounds like it would become more like
work than fun. However, you can earn multiple emblems in Guns of the
Patriots, so you actually can kill several birds with one stone if you play
your cards right and plan ahead. This section will outline how to get all the
emblems in the fewest number of games.
004.21 - The Big Boss Run
This is the run where you get all of the difficult emblems, the ones that
require you to limit your alerts, play time, et cetera. Fortunately, none of
the emblems have a save requirement, so you can save after every checkpoint
if you'd like.
What Emblems You'll Get:
- Big Boss - This is the emblem you're shooting for.
- Fox Hound - A watered down Big Boss emblem.
- Fox - Another watered down Big Boss emblem.
- Hound - A third watered down version of the Big Boss emblem.
- Mantis - Contains four of the seven requirements for Big Boss.
- Wolf - Requires no healing items, a requirement for Big Boss.
- Raven - A completion time of five hours is also a requirement for Big Boss.
- Octopus - Zero alert phases is a requirement for the Big Boss emblem.
- Pigeon - Zero kills is a requirement for Big Boss.
- Cow - This emblem requires you to have fewer than one hundred alerts, which
you should just manage to pull off with Big Boss's zero-alert requirement.
- Scorpion - Has requirements that will all be fulfilled in a Big Boss run.
004.22 - The Chicken Run
Now it's time for the complete opposite. Earning the Big Boss emblem requires
you to play the best game of Metal Gear Solid 4 possible, and the Chicken
emblem requires you to play the worst. The key here is that you must complete
the game in over thirty-five hours, which gives you plenty of time to fulfill
the requirements for many of the remaining emblems because, quite frankly,
there isn't a whole lot else to do for thirty-five hours.
Also, if you do this emblem after your Big Boss run, you'll be able to use
items like the Stealth Camo and Bandana to allow you to quickly get to where
you need to be to earn another emblem.
What Emblems You'll Get:
- Chicken - Like Big Boss, it's the emblem you're working towards.
- Puma - Contains requirements that are going to be far surpassed by Chicken.
- Crocodile - Requires four hundred kills to Chicken's five hundred.
- Pig - Requires forty healing items used to Chicken's fifty.
- Giant Panda - Chicken's game time requirement is five hours longer than
this one. Personally, I'd recommend leaving your game on overnight or
something.
- Hyena - Since you have to kill five hundred people, it shouldn't be too
difficult to collect four hundred weapons or items. In fact, if you hang
around in Acts One and Two where PMCs and rebels continuously respawn, you
should easily be able to collect four hundred weapons.
- Hog - Combat highs occur when you fire one hundred or more rounds during an
alert phase. Since you want to kill as many people as possible, want to enter
as many alerts as possible, and may have the Patriot and/or Bandana, this
shouldn't be too difficult.
- Eagle - Again, you're aiming to kill five hundred people and you shouldn't
be worried about dying, so take your time and aim for headshots. You can also
hold soldiers up for the Gibbon emblem and execute them with headshots.
- Bear - If you have the stealth camouflage from a Big Boss run, you can
easily sneak up to an enemy and put them in a CQC hold.
- Gibbon - Holding up fifty soldiers is easy if you have the Stealth Camo.
- Ant - Searching fifty soldiers is easy and time consuming, the perfect
combination when trying to get the Chicken emblem.
- Rabbit - Same as Ant, continuously flipping through the porno magazine
takes time, which you have plenty of.
- Blue Bird - Since you're going to be hanging around the rebels and are
actively trying to die anyway, take the time to give them any healing items
you may have. When you get low on health the rebels may actually give you
items like noodles that you can give right back to them. You can use health
items on yourself in Acts Three through Five when you don't need them to earn
this emblem.
- Hawk - Again, since you should be engaged in combat with the PMCs, as long
as you're near a rebel you're bound to be praised by them. I personally like
to stay just outside of Vista Mansion in Act Two before the bulldozer
destroys the gate and use the VSS to pick off PMCs as they show up. You'll
hear the rebels praise you when they shout out, "Oh yeah!", "That's how you
do it!", or "Nice shot!", among other phrases.
- Bee - My advice is to pick a soldier that's alone while tracking Naomi in
Act Two and just inject them fifty times. Easy emblem to earn.
- Scarab - To roll, lay on the ground and press X while pointing the right
analog stick to the left or right. Find a quiet, open area and just roll
around for a while.
- Frog - Similar to Scarab, just stand around dodging back and forth. If you
want, stand in front of a Stryker while it's shooting at you or something.
- Tortoise - It's boring to hide in a box for an hour, so equip it and go
find something else to do.
- Gecko - This emblem is equally as boring, but you can kill two birds with
one stone by crouching while hugging the wall. Once again, read a magazine or
take an hour-long walk while this is going on.
- Inch Worm - Same as the previous two, just lie prone and wait for the hour
to pass by.
- Lobster - This emblem seems a bit more annoying since it requires you to
remain crouched for two and a half hours, but you can earn this emblem while
getting a few others. Remember, you're crouched while under a cardboard box,
and you can crouch while hugging a wall as well.
004.23 - The Assassin Run
The Assassin run won't earn you as many emblems as the previous two, but you
can still earn multiple emblems in one run.
What Emblems You'll Get:
- Assassin - This run should be designed to get this emblem.
- Tarantula - This emblem isn't really a perfect fit with Assassin, but the