| Avoiding Stun Effect |
| After throwing a stun grenade in close quarters, hide inside the cardboard box to avoid its effect on yourself. |
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| Birthday Party |
| When first starting the game, you will be asked to enter your birthday. When the game is played on that date, there will be a birthday party thrown for you at Mother Base, with a cake and cigars. |
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| Box Knock Down |
| Stand near certain safety signs found in Mother Base and a box will fall on your head and knock you down. This only happens once per sign location. |
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| Dinging Soldiers |
| Throw an empty magazine clip at a soldier's head to hear a "ding" sound. |
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| Electrocutions |
| Shoot and down power lines while it is raining to electrocute nearby soldiers. |
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| Mission 04: Quick Completion |
| Go to the Eastern Communications Outpost before starting Mission 04 and disable all of the communication equipment. Mission 04 will immediately end when you start it, and you will hear a secret message on the radio. Note: You will not receive score for this mission by doing this. |
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| Mission 21: Easier Completion |
| Before starting the mission, visit the airport and destroy the camera posts. |
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| Mission 23: Pig Head |
| Find the a pig head near Eli's chair. Shoot the corpse and it will oink. |
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| Mission 28: Varying Candle Luminescence |
| Enter the mansion basement and walk past the candles as Navajo and they get brighter. If Big Boss is near them, they will become dimmer. |
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| Mother Base Persons |
Rescue Persons of Interest and Prisoners of War in Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes and upload that saved game file. Download that saved game file from the main menu in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain to get various rewards. The people you rescued will appear at Mother Base as one of your rewards. The people that will appear are as follows.
Assassin Harrier: Appears after two of either Missions 7, 8, or 9.
Bitter Centipede: Appears following Mission 12.
Blue Chameleon: Appears following Mission 6.
Crying Sturgeon: Appears after two of either Missions 7, 8, or 9.
Eye: Appears following Mission 6.
Finger: Appears following Mission 6.
Frigid Mongoose: Appears after two of either Missions 7, 8, or 9.
Gray Wallaby: Appears following Mission 6.
Grizzly Hedgehog: Appears following Missions 3, 4, and 5.
Hideo: Diplomat who appears following Missions 3, 4, and 5.
Hungry Crocodile: Appears following Missions 3, 4, and 5.
Hunting Stallion: Appears after two of either Missions 7, 8, or 9.
Mad Wallaby: Appears after two of either Missions 7, 8, or 9.
Midnight Mastiff: Appears following Mission 6.
Night Tree Frog: Appears following Mission 12.
Ochre Chameleon: Appears following Missions 3, 4, and 5.
Pirate Capybara: Appears following Mission 12.
Roaring Capybara: Appears following Mission 12.
Wild Harrier: Appears following Missions 3, 4, and 5.
Wild Stallion: Appears after two of either Missions 7, 8, or 9. |
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| Music Tapes |
These tapes can be played from the cassette menu in the iDroid. You can use the microphone on your binoculars to search the area and pinpoint the tapes location as you will hear the music.
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| 204863 | Kungenga Mine, SW guard post.
| | A Phantom Pain | Wakh Sind Barracks, NE huts.
| | All The Sun Touches | Munoko ya Nioka Station.
| | Behind The Drapery | Da Wialo Kallai.
| | Dancing With Tears In My Eyes | Ditadi Abandoned Village, under a canopy.
| | Dormant Stream | Smasei Fort, West guard post.
| | Friday I'm In Love | Lufwa Valley, inside mansion.
| | Gloria | Nova Bragia Airport on eastern side in a building.
| | Heaven's Divide | Near the elevator before you head up to the helipad.
| | How 'bout them zombies ey? | Bwala ya Masa, easternmost building.
| | Kids In America | Da Shago Kallai, outside main building.
| | Love Deterrance | Da Ghwandai Khar, close to where you rescue Kaz.
| | Love Will Tear Us Apart | Afghanistan Central Base Camp.
| | Maneater | Lamar Khaate Palace, tent canopy in front of palace.
| | Midnight Mirage | Bampeve Plantation, northernmost building.
| | Nitrogen | Serak Power Plant, northernmost building.
| | Only Time Will Tell | Eastern Communications Post.
| | Peace Walker Main Theme | Mission 43, in a room with soldiers saluting you.
| | Planet Scape | Sakhra Ee Village, South guard post.
| | Quiet Life | Mfinda Oilfield, Southeastern building.
| | Quiet's Theme | Mission 45, follow footprints in sand.
| | Rebel Yell | Mountain Relay Base, to the west of the bridge.
| | Ride A White Horse | Lamar Khaate Palace, North guardpost.
| | She Blinded Me With Science | Wialo Village Northeast guard post.
| | Sins Of The Father | Complete Mission 30.
| | Snake Eater | Munoko ya Nioka Station, west guard post.
| | Take On Me | Yakho Oboo Outpost, west wing of main outpost.
| | Take The DW | Da Smasei Laman, under canopy near ampitheater.
| | The Final Countdown | Qayra Sakhra Ee, east side of village in a small building.
| | The Tangerine | Spugmay Keep, East guard post.
| | Too Shy | Kiziba Camp, in a tent by the Anti-Air Radar.
| | True | Kungenga Mine.
| | You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) | Lufwa Valley, NW guard post.
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| Prequel Bonuses |
Import a saved game file from Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes to get the following rewards.
Metal Gear Solid 1 Skin; Snake appears similar to how he was featured in Metal Gear Solid on the original PlayStation version.
Ground Zeroes Sneaking Suit; available as a special upgrade through the Mother Base.
Gold Bionic Arm; only if the saved game file was created after completing Mission 5 "Over the Fence" and rescuing the Bionic Engineer. |
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| Skull Extraction |
| Complete Mission 29 to gain the ability to extract skulls. They can be found at the Mother Base Quarantine Platform. Note: After completing Side Op 144, you will get the Man on Fire's corpse. |
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| Solar Charging |
| You can recharge the night vision goggle batteries and Rocket Arm by running or sprinting when the sun is brightest. With the cardboard box, perform a dash while on fire to extinguish the flames. |
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| Uniforms/items/weapons |
Once you meet the unlock conditions for these, you can go into your Development menu of your iDroid and develop them provided that you meet the development requirements.
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| Bandana | Complete Side Op 143.
| | F-Ballista (D-Walker) | Extract 1000 enemies.
| | Furicorn Uniform (D-Horse) | Complete Side Op 144.
| | Gray Fox (1998) Uniform | Complete all MIssions (excluding the High Difficulty Missions).
| | Gray XOF Uniform (Quiet) | Watch Quiet's Interrogation Scene.
| | Hand of Jehuty | Complete Side Op 49.
| | Infinity Bandana | Complete MIssion 46.
| | Leather Jacket Uniform | Complete Mission 46.
| | Naked Gold Uniform | Obtain an S-rank on all High Difficulty Missions.
| | Naked Silver Uniform | Complete all High Difficulty MIssions.
| | Raiden Uniform | Obtain an S-rank on all main Missions (excluding High Difficulty Missions).
| | Silver Bionic Arm | Complete all High Difficulty Missions.
| | Sniper Wolf Uniform (Quiet) | Complete MIssion 40.
| | Stealth Camo | Complete Huey Emmerich's story.
| | Tactical Fulton Unifrom (D-Dog) | Find the First Aid Manual Blueprint in Masa Village in Central Africa.
| | Water Pistol | Complete Mission 18.
| | Wormhole Fulton | Complete Side Op 50.
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| Various Trophies |
Complete the following tasks to unlock PlayStation 4 trophy rewards.
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| Accomplished (Silver) | Complete all missions.
| | Achieved (Silver) | Complete all SIDE OPS.
| | Apprentice (Bronze) | Complete a mission using a Combat Unit staff member.
| | Architect (Silver) | Construct all available platforms for Mother Base.
| | Army (Silver) | Raise all Teams/Units to level 50.
| | Awakening (Bronze) | Complete "PROLOGUE: AWAKENING" mission.
| | Battalion (Bronze) | Increase Mother Base staff to 250 or more personnel.
| | Beekeeper (Bronze) | Complete "WHERE DO THE BEES SLEEP?" mission.
| | Captured (Bronze) | Capture an outpost or guard post.
| | Caravan (Bronze) | Complete "TRAITORS' CARAVAN" mission.
| | Cleared (Bronze) | Complete all "Mine Clearing" SIDE OPS.
| | Collector (Silver) | Obtain all blueprints and key items.
| | Conservation (Silver) | Extract all wild animal species.
| | Cry Havoc (Bronze) | Make D-Dog available for deployment.
| | Deployment (Silver) | Complete all key Dispatch Missions.
| | Deterrence (Bronze) | Develop a nuclear weapon.
| | Disappearance (Silver) | Complete "A QUIET EXIT" mission.
| | Disarmament (Bronze) | Dispose of a nuclear weapon.
| | Elite (Gold) | Complete all missions with an S rank.
| | Enhancement (Bronze) | Develop 50 or more development items.
| | Executed (Silver) | Complete all mission tasks.
| | Extraction (Bronze) | Fulton extract an enemy soldier.
| | Gears Turn (Bronze) | Complete "HELLBOUND" mission.
| | Hero (Silver) | Obtain the codename "Hero."
| | Immortal (Bronze) | Complete "METALLIC ARCHAEA" mission.
| | Interrogation (Bronze) | Interrogate an enemy soldier.
| | Intruder (Bronze) | Play an "Infiltration" FOB mission.
| | Legend (Platinum) | Obtain all trophies.
| | Locked and Loaded (Gold) | Develop 300 or more development items.
| | Man's Best Friend (Bronze) | Raise bond with D-Dog to the maximum.
| | Phantom Limb (Bronze) | Complete "PHANTOM LIMBS" mission.
| | Platoon (Bronze) | Increase Mother Base staff to 50 or more personnel.
| | Prosperity (Bronze) | Earn a total of 10,000,000 GMP or more.
| | Reinforcement (Silver) | Develop 100 or more development items.
| | Reminiscence (Bronze) | Obtain all memento photos.
| | Skull (Silver) | Complete "SAHELANTHROPUS" mission.
| | Speechless (Bronze) | Make Quiet available for deployment.
| | To The Rescue (Bronze) | Extract a female prisoner.
| | Trusty Steed (Bronze) | Raise bond with D-Horse to the maximum.
| | Truth (Silver) | Complete "TRUTH: THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD" mission.
| | Undertaken (Bronze) | Complete a SIDE OP.
| | Voices (Bronze) | Complete "VOICES" mission.
| | War Buddy (Bronze) | Raise bond with Quiet to the maximum.
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