Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots All Emblems Guide

In Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, there are 40 Emblems. All of them are needed to unlock the Sounds of the Battlefield trophy for obtaining all iPod tracks. The reason being that the song “Snake Eater” is a reward for obtaining all 40 Emblems. This is still the same in the PS5 Master Collection version.

You will need at least 8 playthroughs to unlock all Emblems. Refer to the Metal Gear Solid 4 Roadmap for how to best combine them. Emblems related to combat, alerts, CQC, hold-ups can be farmed. Ideally, you should farm kills in Act 1 Downtown. Shortly after the cutscene with Johnny you can find a spot on the left where militia will jump down from a wall. They will spawn infinitely here for you to farm kills and alerts. Another spot is right after you crawl to the next area. You will see some militia behind a barricade and they will keep coming to that barricade from the alley to the right. It’s also a great spot if you want to combine farming kills, rations, alerts and weapon pickups at the same time. You can grab defeated enemies to have another chance for a Ration drop as well.

The emblems that require a full playthrough completion are marked as “(Completion)” below, and the ones you can do any time are marked as “(Miscellaneous)”.

All 40 Emblems

1. Big Boss Emblem (Completion) – Beat the game on the highest difficulty (The Boss Extreme) with no deaths, no alerts, no kills, no recovery items, no stealth suit, no bandana items, in under 5 hours.
2. Fox Hound Emblem (Completion) – Beat the game on Big Boss Hard or higher with no deaths, 3 or less alerts, no kills, no recovery items, no stealth suit, no bandana items, in under 5.5 hours.
3. Fox Emblem (Completion) – Beat the game on Solid Normal or higher with no deaths, 5 or less alerts, no kills, no recovery items, no stealth suit, no bandana items, in under 6 hours.
4. Hound Emblem (Completion) – Beat the game on Naked Normal or higher with no deaths, 3 or less alerts, no kills, no recovery items, no stealth suit, no bandana items, in under 6.5 hours.
5. Mantis Emblem (Completion) – Finish the game with no alerts activated, no continues, no rations, noodles or regains used and in under 5 hours.
6. Wolf Emblem (Completion) – Beat the game with no continues and no rations, regains, or noodles used.
7. Raven Emblem (Completion) – Beat the game in under 5 hours.
8. Octopus Emblem (Completion) – Beat the game without activating any alert phases. Try and take the safest routes through the game and save frequently. If you activate an alert phase, simply load and retry.
9. Bear Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Grab 100 enemies with CQC. Simply grab 100 enemies with CQC ( with no weapon equipped or a CQC-enabled weapon equipped). This can be farmed on a single enemy by grabbing them, letting go and repeating.
10. Eagle Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Get 150 headshots. Always aim for the head when taking down enemies. Can be earned via lethal and non-lethal weapons.
11. Assassin Emblem (Completion) – Beat the game with 50+ knife kills/stuns, 50+ CQC holds, and 25 or less alerts. Simply press near an enemy to grab them with CQC, and kill enemies with your knife by holding pressing while holding them. Alternatively, you can press + with your Stun Knife equipped to stab them, or + to stun them.
12. Pigeon Emblem (Completion) – Beat the game without killing a single person (Gekkos and Dwarf Gekkos don’t count). Use non-lethal means for every encounter throughout the game. Weapons that are blue are non-lethal.
13. Blue Bird Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Give friendly soldiers 50 items. Approach a Militia/Rebel in Act 1 or Act 2 and press to give them a Ration, Noodles or Regain.
14. Hawk Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Be praised by 25 friendly soldiers. To be praised by friendly soldiers, you must take out enemies non-lethally with an allied militia or rebel nearby. For every enemy you take out non-lethally with at least one ally nearby, they’ll praise you with a compliment. Easily farmable at the Vista Mansion Act 2, due to the infinite spawns.
15. Little Gray Emblem (Collection) – Collect all 69 weapons. Collect all of the weapons, except for the M1911 Custom.
16. Ant Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Body search 50 enemies for items. Body search 50 enemies in total. Body search by pressing , and when near the enemy. The body search will be initiated.
17. Gibbon Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Hold up 50 enemies. Walk up to an enemy from behind and press with a gun equipped to hold them up. You can then press to initiate a body search for the Ant Emblem.
18. Tortoise Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Spend more than 60 minutes inside the drum can or cardboard box (this can be done throughout the game, not all at once). Equip either item through the Item menu and simply spend an hour inside. Both items count towards the total.
19. Rabbit Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Flick through 100 Playboy pages. Equip Playboy as your weapon, hold and go into First Person view. Then, hold and press to flick through the pages.
20. Bee Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Use the Syringe on 50 enemies. Equip the Syringe in the Item menu and use it on an enemy by grabbing them with and pressing .
21. Gecko Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Press against walls for a total of 1 hour. Simply approach a wall and press throughout the game for a total of 60 minutes.
22. Scarab Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Perform over 100 prone side rolls. To perform a prone side roll, you must first lie prone (hold ), then aim your weapon with . Lastly, you must press while holding l-left: or . Do note that holding and rolling repeatedly will only count as a single roll, so you’ll have to roll once, return to the prone position, and then repeat for 100 prone side rolls.
23. Frog Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Roll forward 200 times. This should come naturally, just make sure to roll ( while running) whenever you remember.
24. Inch Worm Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Remain prone for a total of 1 hour. To go prone, simply hold . Time will count regardless of whether you’re moving or not. Do so for a total of 60 minutes.
25. Lobster Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Spend a total of 2.5 hours crouching. Crouch by pressing while standing. Remain crouched for 150 minutes.
26. Hyena Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Pick up 400 weapons/items. Simply pick up everything you see. Very easy to obtain.
27. Hog Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Get 10 combat highs. Fire your weapon 100 times during an alert phase to trigger a combat high – you will know when you trigger a combat high when it appears in red text near your Health/Psyche bars.
28. Pig Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Use more than 50 recovery items. Recovery items include Rations, Regains and Noodles.
29. Cow Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Activate over 100 alerts. Don’t hide whatsoever, simply show yourself to the enemy as frequently possible.
30. Crocodile Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Have over 400 kills. Confront and kill enemy soldiers every opportunity you get.
31. Giant Panda Emblem (Miscellaneous) – Complete the game after 30 hours of play.
32. Scorpion Emblem (Completion) – Get less than 75 alert Phases, less than 250 kills, and less than 25 continues.
33. Tarantula Emblem (Completion) – Get less than 75 alert phases, over 250 kills, and less than 25 continues.
34. Centipede Emblem (Completion) – Get less than 75 alert phases, less than 250 kills, and over 25 continues.
35. Spider Emblem (Completion) – Get less than 75 alert phases, over 250 kills, and over 25 continues.
36. Jaguar Emblem (Completion) – Get over 75 alert phases, less than 250 kills, and less than 25 continues.
37. Panther Emblem (Completion) – Get over 75 alert phases, over 250 kills, and less than 25 continues.
38. Leopard Emblem (Completion) – Get over 75 alert phases, less than 250 kills, and over 25 continues.
39. Puma Emblem (Completion) – Get over 75 alert phases, over 250 kills, and over 25 continues.
40. Chicken Emblem (Completion) – Get over 150 alert phases, over 500 kills, over 50 continues, use over 50 recovery items and finish the game in over 35 hours.