Metal Gear Solid 4 Walkthrough

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  • This page is a complete game guide for the 2008 action/stealth game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Our full walkthrough contains step-by-step guidance through each of the five acts, tips for each of the boss fights and the locations of secrets items. Some of the secrets detailed in our walkthrough include the hidden dolls, the hidden iPod tunes and the face camouflage. Use the table of contents to jump to a particular section.

  • MGS4 Hidden Dolls Info

    Like previous Metal Gear titles, if you defeat bosses using all non-lethal attacks, you are awarded with secret items. In Metal Gear Solid 4, these secret items come in the form of dolls. For instance, if you defeat Raging Raven using non-lethal weapons (such as the Mk. 2 pistol or Mosin-Nagant sniper rifle), you will find the Raging Raven doll on the battlefield after the fight. All of your collected dolls can be viewed during mission briefing sequences. They are on the second floor of the Nomad on the table.

  • New Features

    1. Revamped Close Quarters Combat system
    2. Ability to interrogate guards for information and supplies
    3. New Octocamo camouflage allows the wearer to blend in with any surface within a few seconds
    4. "Solid Eye" monocular device replaces various binoculars and image intensifiers from prior titles
    5. Steel drum disguise deflects bullets. Can also be rolled to knock down enemy soldiers

  • Other MGS4 Pages

    1. Metal Gear Solid 4 Live Stream
    2. Metal Gear Solid 4 Cheats
    3. Metal Gear Solid 4 Hidden Dolls

  • Guide written by [http://www.mahalo.com/member/Markb Mark Burnham]

    Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, from GamesPress

  • Prologue

    1. Watch the opening cutscene.
    2. TIP: When you gain control of Snake, do not crawl under the truck immediately in front of you yet. Go to the right, and crawl under the second truck. You will find a hidden Ration.
    3. When you're ready, move to your left and press the X button to go underneath the other truck. This will trigger another cutscene. Continue forward and wait for another cutscene.
    4. When you regain control, head north. There will be a lot of action going on with soldiers fighting large Gekkos, but try not to get involved. Go through the first building you see and head up the stairs.
    5. Go through the door on your right, and find Ammunition in the corner.
    6. Go back out of the room, and jump out of the hole in the wall.
    7. Head left, turn right around the corner and make your way up the pathway. Turn right around the next corner, and when it's safe, head into the building across the street slightly to the right. Make your way upstairs. To the right through a door there is hidden Ammunition in the corner. When you're ready, go out of the building, and head right down the street ahead. Do so only when the patrolling Gekkos are out of the way.
    8. Follow the red marker on your compass map, to your next objective.
    9. NOTE: If you spot an enemy by himself, you can knock him out by sneaking up behind him and pressing the Triangle button. Be warned, though: you can't use their guns, as they are ID-tagged.
    10. Watch the cutscene, where Snake battles a Gekko and escapes. You'll be given access to your normal Octocamo suit finally.
    11. Once the cutscene is over, you'll be able to save your game.

  • Act 1: Liquid Sun

    1. Watch the mission briefing with Otocon. He will mention the Mk. II, which you'll be using later in the game.
    2. TIP: When you regain control over Snake, you'll have access to the Octocamo. To use it, press Triangle to press yourself against a surface, and a couple seconds later the Octocamo will automatically trigger, rendering you all but invisible. Alternatively, you can trigger the Octocamo by simply shaking the Sixaxis controller.
    3. When you're ready, follow the objective marker which is pointing you to the right of your current position.
    4. You'll need to head straight down the pathway ahead, out into the open area. Enter the building on the right. You'll find a Ration near the stairs. Head to the left out of the building, and trigger the next cutscene.
    5. When it ends, get down into a crouching position, and crawl through the vent at your feet ahead. You'll find an Compress inside. Continue through the vent, and take note of your next objective area, which is all the way up to the Northeast.
    6. When ready, head to the left towards the open area with the tank in the middle of the street. Beware, you can be spotted quickly by enemies at this point.
    7. You'll need to wait until the tank in the street to the right looks completely away, and then crawl to the destroyed car ahead. Wait until the tank has looked away, and then quickly crawl through the door into the building on the right.
    8. NOTE: If you are spotted, crouch down and get back into the crawl space and wait out the alert. Alternatively, head into the building, around the corner to the left, and hold Triangle to blend in with one of the walls. You should be able to wait out the alert in this position.
    9. Once inside the building, find a Compress on the bed in the room to the left.
    10. When ready, crouch down again and crawl through the crawl space to the left of the entrance to the building. You'll see a short animation of a citizen being shot by soldiers.
    11. Wait for the soldiers to walk away and then crouch out and hide behind the boxes ahead. The soldiers will hang around the hall ahead, making it difficult for you to progress.
    12. TIP: Head over to the left side of this area, taking cover behind the low wall. The soldiers will be down the hall to your right. In the corner ahead, you'll find Ammunition, and another crawlspace in the wall ahead. Crouch down and go through it.
    13. When you come out the other side, stop. There will be soldiers running past through the pathway on the right. When they're gone crawl to the left and find a Compress.
    14. Crouch and make a left, and crawl straight ahead through the next crawlspace in front of you.
    15. Wait for the tank in the street to be facing the other way, and then crouch/run quickly over to the doorway on the right.
    16. When you enter the next area, it will trigger the next objective. Head to the left, under the staircase, where you will find the Cardboard Box and a Compress.
    17. Sneak up the staircase (that you were just under). When you get to the top, you'll hear Otacon give you advice about jumping over the gap ahead. Do so, and head into the next room.
    18. You'll notice a soldier guarding the doorway up ahead. Sneak up behind him and dispose of him any way you see fit. To get him in a choke-hold from behind, get right up behind him, stop moving and then press and hold R1. You can't have a rifle equipped, or you will simply knock the soldier down. Press Triangle to use the knife to execute the soldier. You can hide the soldier in the nearby locker if you wish.
    19. NOTE: If you are going for a perfect playthrough, you will have to just K.O. all opponents in your way.
    20. When he's down, head through the door to the right and down the stairs. Go into the larger room ahead. In the locker straight ahead you'll find a Regain item.
    21. When ready, head out the door to the left. Stay either crouched or crawling. You will pass arches to your right.
    22. Enter the building to the left of the arches. You will find stairs leading up to an area with planks of wood leading across the area. Walk slowly across, otherwise you will fall. You will be heading east at this point. When you get to the next landing, you will find two Instant Noodle items.
    23. Drop down into the new area. When ready, head down the main street, towards your objective marker. To the right, before you make it to the objective, find a Compress to under a window, slightly off the road.
    24. Head for the objective, which will trigger a cutscene. Otacon will introduce you to the Mk. II, and give you the Snake Eye.
    25. TIP: To the left of the objective (the Militia Safehouse), you will find the RPG-7. Needless to say, this is a pretty powerful weapon.
    26. After the conversation with Otacon, head back to the wooden planks that lead you up to the Instant Noodles items. Follow the boards across the gap, and drop down to get the extra RPG-7 ammo on the ledge.
    27. When this is accomplished, your next goal is to destroy the Stryker tank out to the north on the main road. Right when you come out of the building, you'll see it to the left out on the road. Take it out with the RPG-7. It's a sitting duck.
    28. Next head to the main objective marker in the northeast. Before leaving, you'll need to head back and eliminate the other tank in the area to the southwest. Crawl through the small passageway on the far east side of the map, all the way north, towards the objective marker.
    29. After you have the extra RPG-7, make a point of taking out each of the PMC soldiers with the Operator Pistol one by one. The cluster of them near the (destroyed) tank can be taken out rather quickly if you hit the explosive barrels near their barricade.
    30. When that's done, head west down the main stretch, and you'll eventually discover the tank on the right. Take it out, and the rebels will thank you for it. You'll then be free to explore the area at your leisure.

  • Act 1: Militia Safehouse

    1. NOTE: If you helped the rebels in the earlier section, you will able to cruise through this entire section fearlessly.
    2. Once inside, head straight, and make a left.
    3. You'll need to equip your Night Vision.
    4. Hit L2 to bring up the Solid Eye, and then hit Square to switch it to Night Vision.
    5. Head straight ahead past the guard. You'll find a Ration in the corner at the turn.
    6. Turn left and head down the path. You'll come to a room. Find a Regain in the corner of the room.
    7. Go past the room and head up the stairs. In an offshoot room to the left, you'll find a bunch of items: Ammunition, a Grenade, a Pistol, etc. Stock up on all you find.
    8. When you're stocked head out and to the left, into a larger room where a rebel soldier is kneeling over a wounded other soldier. Find the Pentazemin on a box on the other side of the room. Also, there is a compress further along on the left.
    9. TIP: Find an iPod tune on the left as you leave the room.
    10. Head around the curve, into another large room. There's nothing of value in there, so keep going.
    11. There is nothing of use in the room off to the right, either. Keep going.
    12. Explore the many rooms of the Militia Safehouse at your leisure. You'll find a ton of ammunition, including RPG-7 ammo, a Playboy (in the northeast room), and other useful items. When you leave the northeast room, head out and make a right. Make another right, and then a left into a large room.
    13. Go straight through the large room you come to, and turn right up the hall.
    14. Turn left and go south down the hall, to the blocked passage. You'll find RPG-7 ammo.
    15. Turn back around and head up the pathway, into the room straight ahead. Collect the items in the room (including a Petro Bomb) and head to the next objective on the left.

  • Act 1: Urban Ruins

    1. A cutscene occurs in which you meet Drebin, your shopkeeper throughout the remainder of the game. He can sell you new IDs for firearms, so you can use enemy firearms.
    2. After the cutscene you'll walk out into the street, and get a call from Otacon. He'll give you more information about the nature of the war.
    3. After the cutscene ends, you'll have an M4 Custom gun.
    4. Make a U-turn out the way you came, go down the short alley, and find Instant Noodles, Ammunition and a Playboy. Then head left down to the end of the main path, and find an RPG-7 ammo.
    5. Facing the stairs you came in from, head left up a separate flight of stairs. Go up the stairs in the building, and find Ammunition and a Petro Bomb.
    6. Go back down into the main area. Head into the next building through a hole in the wall, and then another hole. Up on a cement block you'll find more Ammunition.
    7. Continue forward and head to the left through the crawlspace. You'll find a ration on the left up on a block. Continue forward through the next crawlspace and find a Compress.
    8. Continue forward through the main crawlpace in this area, and you'll come to a window overlooking the street ahead.
    9. Turn to your immediate left, and find more ammunition.
    10. From the vantage point near the window, you can help a group of rebels eliminate some PMCs. They are hiding behind cars in the street. However, there is no real reason to do this.
    11. When you're ready, head back through the crawlspace area. Make a right up onto the slab (where you found the Ration), and continue ahead through the path.
    12. Take the platforms up ahead, onto the second floor. The floor is damaged in this section, so you'll need to shimmy Snake over to the next area.
    13. Drop down back to the first floor. Go straight, where you will come out of the building. Crawl to the right (partially under the building), and find a corpse with a Petro Bomb.
    14. Find the items back to the left of the building exit, mainly the iPod tune "Zanzibar Breeze."
    15. When you're ready, continue straight ahead and drop down into a room. Continue down the hall to the left, which triggers a cutscene.

  • Act 1: Downtown

    1. When the cutscene ends you'll have acquired the Oil Drum for cover.
    2. Find a Handgun Light in a room to the left of the exit.
    3. Continue straight ahead down the main street. Loot the bodies in the street if you feel the need, as they hold supplies and Ammunition.
    4. You'll come a section where rebels are pinned down behind some cars ahead. The PMCs are ahead to the right behind a barricade. Throw a Grenade at them (if you want), then move in to mop up any remaining.
    5. Otacon will speak to you, and recommend that you avoid the street up ahead. Take his advice, since the PMCs have a tank and many soldiers.
    6. TIP: Alternatively, you can take an alley off to the right of your former position, head up the stairs on the building on the left, and find the Mortar launcher. Use it to make quick work of the soldiers ahead in the street, including the tank (!). Don't do this if you're going for a perfect playthrough.
    7. TIP: To take the passive route, make a right off the main road, and head through the short system of alleyways to go around the warfare. If you take this path, you'll come to a section with heavy warfare up ahead. If you want to get back to the main road, you'll need to shimmy through a small space between two buildings on the left. This will take you back to the main road (where you potentially blew up the tank).
    8. The safest route, however, is to hug the rightmost wall on the map, taking the alley towards the objective marker.
    9. Take a moment to shoot off the main path and get items in the building on the left.
    10. Avoid any intense firefights, and crawl a lot, using the Octocamo to blend in. The soldiers will be mostly blind to you, unless you get way too close.
    11. Get to the objective marker. When you enter the door, a cutscene occurs.

  • Act 1: Advent Palace

    1. Take a moment to explore the first floor, and find several items scattered around: a Playboy, a Claymore, Noodles, etc.
    2. TIP: don't bother with being stealthy in the palace, but do watch out for traps.
    3. Go up to the second floor. Shoot out any traps in your way. Bear right down the pathway, and go through the new door. In the bathroom find a Smoke Grenade.
    4. Continue into the second bathroom area, and then go through a hole in the wall. To your right, you will a laser-trap. Do not go that way. You'll need to find a way around the sensors.
    5. To the left on top of some rubble, find the Instant Noodles.
    6. Head up to the third floor. Go straight and into a room on the right. It's a kitchen. Make your way through the kitchen, and out into the next area. Shoot out and traps you encounter with the Pistol.
    7. Find an iPod tune in the next room over, in the southwest of the map.
    8. When you're ready continue along the south wall, past a set of pay phones. When you exit out into the hall, make sure you shoot out the mine near the stairs.
    9. Go up to the fourth floor.
    10. Head left and into a bar area (shoot out the trap).
    11. Head right over the top of the bar, and near the far wall find Instant Noodles and more Ammunition.
    12. Head out into the hall and trigger a cutscene.
    13. The battle will now start.
    14. IMPORTANT: Do your best to use non-lethal bullets only on the Haven Troopers. If you do so, later you'll be awarded the Frog Soldier Doll. Use the Mk. 2 Pistol.
    15. During the cutscene, where the soldier is on his knees feeling sick, follow the on-screen prompt and push X rapidly to trigger as many secret flashbacks as possible.
    16. When the first encounter begins, start by shooting the Haven Troopers immediately, aiming for headshots every single time if possible. This first battle with them shouldn't be too tough.
    17. Head straight forward down the path. When you come to the next area, the Haven Troopers will be swinging from the roof. This part can be become pretty overwhelming. If you focus on headshots and are systematic, you'll come out on top.
    18. Follow the team down the stairs to the third floor.
    19. They will shoot at you from the ledge across the gap. Take cover behind the low wall, and pop out momentarily to pick them off. Don't ignore the soldiers up on the higher floor, they'll shoot down at you. Remember to aim straight for their heads. That is the only way the Mk 2 is effective.
    20. Keep moving through the rooms on the second floor. The area is flooded with Haven Soldiers. Follow your teammates when you're ready to proceed.
    21. When they jump down the hole (where the laser trap previous was), don't jump down with them yet. Instead, jump over the hole using X, and on the other side you'll find a few items: a GP30 (lets you add a grenade launcher onto the AK, do so when you have a second), and some Ammunition.
    22. When ready, jump down into the hole to follow your teammates. You'll be in a bathroom, where you'll find a Stun Grenade.
    23. Head into the next room and find some Instant Noodles. When ready head into the main room, where the battle continues. Take down all of the Haven Troopers. There are only a few of them. You should be accustomed to using the Mk. 2 at this point.
    24. Head towards the elevator to trigger the next cutscene. Your teammates jump down the elevator shaft. Before doing so yourself, make sure you search the area for items. You'll find a Smoke Grenade, a Grenade and some Ammunition.
    25. When you're ready jump down and watch the cutscene. You've finally defeated all of the Haven Troopers.
    26. TIP: Before you leave make sure you grab the Frog Soldier Doll! It's in the B1/garage area, right next to a tire against the wall behind Snake (if you managed to eliminate all of the soldiers using non-lethal rounds).

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