Metal Gear Solid 4 Hints & Cheats
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Metal Gear Solid 4 Cheat Codes
Otacon's extra passwords
Put these in instead of the code Otacon tells you to at Shadow Moses. You will get the Access Denied scene but afterwards you will get the bonus.
Cheat | Effect |
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14893 | 100,000 DP |
78925 | iPod song |
13462 | iPod song |
Metal Gear Solid 4 Passwords
Extras Screen Passwords
These passwords are entered at the Extras screen under Password after beating the game once on any difficulty. The items will be made available upon loading your save game or starting a new game (in which case you will gain access to them when you meet up with Metal Gear Mk. II; iPod songs are immediately available.)
Password | Effect |
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george | Unlocks "Gekko" iPod Song |
thomas | Unlocks "Desperate Chase" iPod Song |
theodore | Unlocks "Midnight Shadow" iPod Song |
abraham | Unlocks "Mobs Alive" iPod Song |
mekakorkkk | Unlock Mk. 23 handgun (SOCOM from MGS1) |
mnsoymsyhn | Unlocks "Mosin Nagant" |
deskyhstyl | Unlocks the Desert Eagle Long Barrel |
1aytmmymhk | Unlocks 1911 Pistol |
jmsotsynrn | Type 17 Pistol |
aottrykmyn | Altair Costume |
dntkkhktmm | Drebin Facecamo |
mgo2play | Unlocks "Subsistence Action" iPod Song |
tshsniammr | Unlocks Thor .45-70 |
pkhhnwhsjt | Unlocks Patriot |
skynytktjp | Unlocks Scanning Plug S |
Metal Gear Solid 4 Unlockables
Facepaint
Different face paint unlocked for in game use.
Unlockable | How to Unlock |
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FaceCamo | Defeat the Battle Beauty Laughing Octopus (the overall battle, no specifics involved). |
Laughing Octopus | Defeat the Battle Beauty (human form) Laughing Octopus by non-lethal means. |
Raging Raven | Defeat the Battle Beauty (human form) Raging Raven by non-lethal means. |
Crying Wolf | Defeat the Battle Beauty (human form) Crying Wolf by non-lethal means. |
Screaming Mantis | Defeat the Battle Beauty (human form) Screaming Mantis by non-lethal means. |
Roy Campbell | Ram Colonel Campbell using the Metal Gear II during the intermission scene. |
Otacon | Ram Dr. Emmerich using the Metal Gear II during the intermission scene. |
Raiden Mask A | Ram Sunny using the Metal Gear II during the intermission scene. |
Raiden Mask B | Ram Dr. Naomi Hunter using the Metal Gear II during the intermission scene. |
Drebin | Purchase and keep more than 60 different weapons. |
Big Boss's | Earn the Big Boss emblem on a single-player session |
Young Snake | Beat Act 2 |
Young Snake with Bandana | Beat Act 2 |
Classic MGS Snake | Beat Act 3 |
iPod Tunes
Snake's iPod can download specific tunes throughout the course of the game. Some songs have an additional "secret" effect when it is played in the game.
Unlockable | How to Unlock |
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Beyond the Bounds (increases stun damage done by Snake from non-lethal weapons) | Stage 4 Shadow Moses, Tank Hangar. After power is restored, backtrack to the upper catwalk and explore all rooms |
Big Boss (increase stun damage and increases Snake's accuracy when played) | Earn the Big Boss emblem |
Bio-hazard (cause soldiers held by Snake to scream in terror) | Stage 3 Europe, Midtown |
Destiny's Call (cause soldiers held by Snake to go enraged) | A random gift from a militia or rebel soldier if Snake gives them a healing item |
Flowing Destiny (cause soldiers held by Snake to weep like a little girl) | Stage 4 Shadow Moses, Canyon. Before leaving the canyon area, examine the rocky walls for a hole hiding this item |
Fury, The (cause soldiers held by Snake to go enraged) | Stage 2 South America, Cove Valley Village. Inside the fire ravaged house |
MGS 4 Love Theme / Action (cause soldiers held by Snake to weep like a little girl) | A random gift from a militia or rebel soldier if Snake gives them a healing item |
Opening - Old L.A. 2040 (increase Snake's accuracy) | Stage 4 Shadow Moses, Nuclear Warhead Storage B2. Input 78925 into Otacon's lab computer |
Policenaughts Ending (cause soldiers held by Snake to fall asleep on touch) | Stage 4 Shadow Moses, Nuclear Warhead Storage B2. Input 13462 into Otacon's lab computer |
Rock Me (increases Snake's amount of life recovered from items and other means) | Stage 2 South America, Confinement Facility. Island in the south-eastern quadrant |
Sailor (increases Snake's amount of life recovered from items and other means) | Stage 2 South America, Vista Mansion. Between the east wall and a cargo container |
Show Time (cause soldiers held by Snake to scream in terror) | A random gift from a militia or rebel soldier if Snake gives them a healing item |
Snake Eater (increase the life recovery rate of Snake through items and other actions) | Unlocked by earning all 40 game clear emblems |
Subsistence (increase Snake's accuracy) | Play at least one game of Metal Gear Online. You must start the match with at least two players |
Boktai 2 Theme | Act 2, Mission Briefing, upstairs in the Nomad |
Bon Dance | Act 2, Marketplace |
Inorino Uta | Act 1, Mission Briefing |
Level 3 Warning | Act 1, Advent Palace |
Lunar Knights Main Theme | Act 4, Mission Briefing, upstairs in the Nomad |
Metal Gear 20 Years History: Part 2 | Act 4, Warhead Storage Building B2 |
Metal Gear 20 Years History: Part 3 | Act 2, South America Confinement Facility. In room with beds inside the house |
Metal Gear Solid Main Theme (The Document Remix) | Act 5, Under hatch to the left at the beginning of area |
On Alert | Act 3, Midtown N Sector |
One Night in Neo Kobe City (Causes soldiers held by Snake to laugh) | Act 3, Midtown, hold-up PMC. |
Shin Bokura no Taiyou Theme | Act 3, Mission Briefing, upstairs in the Nomad |
Test Subject's Duality | Act 3, Midtown S Sector |
The Best Is Yet To Come | Act 4, Snow Field. Just before the "Disc Change" Codec scene. |
The Essence of Vince | Act 3, Echo's Beacon |
The Fury | Act 2, in the Cave Valley Village in badly burned building |
Theme of Solid Snake | Act 1, Millennium Park |
Theme Of Tara | Act 1, Militia Safehouse. Just before seeing the unmanned flying-bomber on the table |
Warhead Storage | Act 4, Tank Hanger. Upper floor ventilation shaft. |
Yell (Dead Cell) | Act 4, Casting Facility North |
Zanzibarland Breeze | Act 1, Urban Ruins before cutscene |
Bio Hazard | Frisk the restance fighter in Easter Europe. |
Bonus Weapons
Unlockable | How to Unlock |
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Rail Gun | Beat Crying Wolf |
MGL-140 Grenade Launcer | Beat Raging Raven |
Mantis and Sorrow Dolls | Beat Screaming Mantis |
Mk. 23 Handgun | Found in the first area of Act 4 |
Patriot Future Assault Weapon | Earn the Big Boss emblem on a single-player session |
Thor 45-70 | Earn the Fox Hound emblem on a single-player session |
Desert Eagle, Long Barrel | Earn the Fox emblem on a single-player session |
World War I Pistol | Earn the Hound emblem on a single-player session |
Race (Ricochet) Gun | Clear the single-player game once |
Solar Gun | Collect the five statues (those of the four Battle Beauties and the Frog Soldier/Haven Troopers in stage 1) using non-lethal means on their respective idols |
Scanning Plug S | Log more than 10 hours of Metal Gear Online play time on the same profile as your Metal Gear 4 game. You purchase this from Drebin |
Digital Camera | In the Nomad vehicle during the mission intermission; you can unlock a special photo by picking up this item in stage 4 instead of earlier |
Stealth Item | Complete a single-player session without instigating a single alert (caution is okay, but not alert). You can do this on any difficulty |
Bandanna | Complete a single-player session without killing anyone (including bosses). You can do this on any difficulty |
Completion Unlockables
Unlockable | How to Unlock |
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New combat vests | Clear the single-player game once |
The Boss Extreme difficulty | Complete the single-player mode once (and saving the cleared data). |
Costumes
Unlockable | How to Unlock |
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Corpse Camo | Get 51 continues or more in a single playthrough to unlock this octocamo. |
Middle East Militia Disguise | Middle East in the Militia Safe House |
South American Rebel Disguise | South America (Cove Valley Village) |
Altair | Obtain the Assassin emblem |
Suit | Clear the game once |
Civilian Disguise | Start Eastern Europe level |
New Ammo
After finishing the game once, and getting back to drebin you can buy:
Unlockable | How to Unlock |
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Emotive ammo (laughter) | Finish game once |
Emotive ammo (scream) | Finish game once |
Emotive ammo (rage) | Finish game once |
Emotive ammo (cry) | Finish game once |
Smoke Grenade (red) | Finish game once |
Smoke Grenade (yellow) | Finish game once |
Smoke Grenade (green) | Finish game once |
Smoke Grenade (blue) | Finish game once |
Unlockable Emblems
Unlocking emblems gives you various bonus content.
Unlockable | How to Unlock |
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Ant Emblem | Shake 50 enemies for items |
Assassin's Emblem | Beat the game with 50+ knife kills, 50+ CQC holds, and 25 or less alerts. |
Bear Emblem | Choke 100 enemies to death |
Bee Emblem | Use the Scanning Plug S or Syringe on 50 enemies |
Big Boss Emblem | Beat the game on the highest difficulty with no deaths, no alerts, no kills, no recovery items, no stealth suit, no bandanna items, in under 5 hours. |
Blue Bird Emblem | Give friendly soldiers 50 items |
Centipede | Get less than 75 alert phases, less than 250 kills, and over 25 continues. |
Chicken | Get over 150 alert phases, over 500 kills, over 50 continues, use over 50 recovery items and finish the game in over 35 hours. |
Cow | Activate over 100 alerts |
Crocodile | Have over 400 kills |
Eagle Emblem | Get 150 headshots |
Fox Emblem | Beat the game on normal or higher w/ no deaths, 5 or less alerts, no kills, no recovery items, no stealth suit, no bandanna items, in under 6 hours. |
Fox Hound Emblem | Beat the game on hard or higher w/ no deaths, 3 or less alerts, no kills, no recovery items, no stealth suit, no bandanna items, in under 5.5 hours. |
Frog Emblem | Roll forward 200 times |
Gecko Emblem | Press against walls for a total of 1 hour |
Giant Panda Emblem | Complete the game after 30 cumulative hours of play |
Gibbon Emblem | Hold up 50 enemies |
Hawk Emblem | Be admired by 25 friendly soldiers |
Hog Emblem | Get 10 combat highs |
Hound Emblem | Beat the game on hard or higher w/ no deaths, 3 or less alerts, no kills, no recovery items, no stealth suit, no bandanna items, in under 6.5 hours. |
Hyena Emblem | Pick up 400 dropped weapons |
Inch Worm Emblem | Crawl on the ground for a total of 1 hour |
Jaguar | Get over 75 alert phases, less than 250 kills, and less than 25 continues. |
Leopard | Get over 75 alert phases, less than 250 kills, and over 25 continues. |
Little Gray Emblem | Collect all 69 weapons |
Lobster Emblem | Spend a total of 2.5 hours crouching |
Mantis | Finish the game with no alerts activated, no continues, no rations, noodles or regains used and in under 5 hours |
Octopus | Beat the game without activating any alert phases. |
Panther | Get over 75 alert phases, over 250 kills, and less than 25 coninues. |
Pig | Use more than 50 recovery items |
Pigeon | Beat the game without killing asingle person (Gekkos and Dwarf Gekkos dont count). |
Puma | Get over 75 alert phases, over 250 kills, and over 25 continues. |
Rabbit | Flick through 100 Playboy pages |
Raven | Beat the game in under 5 hours |
Scarab | Perform over 200 prone side rolls |
Scorpion | Get less than 75 alert Phases, less than 250 kills, and less than 25 continues. |
Spider | Get less than 75 alert phases, over 250 kills, and over 25 continues. |
Tarantula | Get less than 75 alert phases, over 250 kills, and less than 25 continues. |
Tortoise | Spend more than 60 minutes inside the drum can or card board box (this can be done throughout the game, not all at once) |
Wolf | Beat the game with no continues and no rations, regains, or noodles used |
Dolls/Statues
You need to unlock 5 dolls before you can adquire the solar gun.
Defeat the Frog Soldiers, Laughing Octopus, Raging Raven, Crying Wolf and Screaming Matis with Non-Lethal weapons. (During their beast form, not beauty). After defeating them grab the doll before killing their beauty form. Except on the frogs because they don't have a beauty form.
Unlockable | How to Unlock |
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Frog Soldier Doll/Statue | At the garage at the end of the battle |
Laughing Beast Doll/Statue | On a bed in a little room |
Raging Raven Doll/Statue | On the upper floor on a corner |
Crying Wolf Doll/Statue | In a side of a bulding just where you start after killing her beast form |
Screaming Mantis Doll/Statue | On the corridor where you started |
Metal Gear Solid 4 Easter Eggs
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Beauty and the Beast Photoshoot
While fighting the second form of any B&B unit stall for 3 minutes. After that the whole area around Snake and the beast will go white. If you have obtained the camera already once you pull it out the Beast will pose for you.
Metal Gear Solid 4 Secrets
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No More Camo
Shake the Sixaxis controller to return Snake's Octocamo to its neutral (black and blue) pigmentation.
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Inheritence
You carry over your Drebin points, weapons, ammunition, items, and special items from a previous game upon game clear. However, Snake will need to encounter Metal Gear II in the first stage to get his stuff back.
Be sure to save your cleared data upon game completion to track your items. Load the cleared data to reap your benefits. -
Show Me Your Motions
When a character is introduced for the first time, press R2 to view that characters motion capture person instead of that person's voice actor.
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Refill Psyche During Cut-scenes
If during a cut-scene something causes Snakes psyche gauge to decrease just press X rapidly to replenish it.
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Cheaper Prices In Drebin's Store
Set the PS3 system date to a Wednesday or Sunday, and Drebin will have cheaper prices. Also, in Act 5 all prices are halfed.
Metal Gear Solid 4 FAQs & Walk-Throughs
FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by Billy Fountaine | 75K |
FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by Axel7174 | 360K |
FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by ChaosDemon | 418K |
FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by Rincat | 54K |
Other | Unlockable Guide by jivesukka | 13K |
Other | Ghost Guide by BIackWaltz | 22K |
Other | Big Boss Emblem Guide by Hellcar | 96K |
FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by Tarrun | 188K |
FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by Sanctuary Remix | 367K |
Other | Metal Gear Database by elendraug | 81K |
FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by Subject_17 | 125K |
Other | Weapon Guide by Malinthebeast | 38K |
Other | Boss Guide by Dauragon C Mikado88 | 42K |
FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by Probester | 109K |
Other | Game Script by SamuraiX- | 434K |
Other | Secret/Easter Egg Guide by RMcGregor | 54K |
FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by TheGum | 158K |
FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by arkbishop42 | 67K |
FAQ/Walkthrough | FAQ/Walkthrough by winnie the poop 2 | 63K |
Other | Emblem FAQ by bfscr | 22K |
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