Metal Gear Solid 4 Trophy Guide & Roadmap

Will most likely unlock while going for the Chicken emblem. At some point after defeating too many enemies in one area, Snake will throw up and the trophy will unlock. Since you will be farming kills for some of the emblems, it is guaranteed to unlock.

Defeat the first, armored phase of Laughing Octopus non-lethally. After the fight you can pick up a doll that looks like the boss. You will find it on a bed in the boss area.

While fighting the Frog Unit with Meryl and the boys in Act 1, only use non-lethal ammo. After Meryl leaves, you grab the doll from the garage you are standing in.

Defeat the first, armored phase of Raging Raven non-lethally. After the fight you can pick up a doll that looks like the boss. You will find it at the top of the tower.

Defeat the first, armored phase of Crying Wolf non-lethally. After the fight you can pick up a doll that looks like the boss. You will find it right behind you after the Beauty phase starts.

Defeat the first armored phase of Screaming Mantis non-lethally. After the fight you can pick up a doll that looks like the boss. You will find it at the end of the long narrow corridor that leads to the middle section of the boss arena. There is no way of beating her first phase lethally since the boss’ mechanics always force you to end the fight in the same way.

In Act 1 when you enter the area called Red Zone you will see a pedestal with 2 statues in front of you. Get on the pedestal and press to blend in. Snake will then accidentally break the statue’s best part and you will unlock the trophy.

During many of the game’s cutscene you can press multiple times to trigger flashbacks from previous games. You have to find all of them. This is best done during your Chicken Emblem run since watching the cutscenes adds time to your total count and the game has many, many cutscenes, during which you will have to pay attention to not miss any of the flashbacks.

At the end of the prologue:
– When Snake is saluting at the graveyard
– When Snake mentions FOXDIE
– When Otacon mentions Naomi.
– During the helicopter taking off when Otacon says “We found him”

ACT 1:

– When you first get your Mk 2 and it gets compared to Metal Gear Rex when you first meet the Rat Patrol
– When Snake talks about Akiba not taking off the safety of his gun
– When Meryl reveals her face
– When Akiba/Johnny gets stomach pain and drops down to his knees when seeing Liquid
– When Liquid gets introduced with a name card
– When Naomi appears and injects herself with a needle

ACT 2:

During Mission Briefing:
– When Otacon says Meryl and the boys will be fine
– When Otacon says some guys’ hearts just stopped beating
– When Naomi mentions Shadow Moses nine years ago
– While watching the radar data from Shadow Moses
– When Otacon mentions Mei Ling

First cutscene of the act:
– While Snake crawls and Solidus is mentioned
– When Vamp gets introduced

When talking to Drebin:
– When Drebin mentions the BB corps by names
– When Snake remembers the bosses from MGS1
– When Drebin talks about Patriots keeping the world in check

When meeting Naomi:
– After Naomi mentions Shadow Moses

After saving the game:
– When Snake mentions FOXDIE killing Darpa Chief and Liquid
– When Snake mentions Drebin injecting him

After Laughing Octopus fight, outdoors:
– When Snake inspects the footprints

After the van crashes:
– When Naomi and Snake hold the monkey’s Hand
– When Raiden is introduced and takes down the Gekkos

ACT 3:

During Mission Briefing:
– When Olga gets mentioned
– When Snake says “So that’s what Liquid was talking about.”
– When Naomi looks at a blue screen
– When Naomi kneels next to Raiden
– When Naomi asks Otacon about Emma

After meeting Big Mama, after asking to save the game and a few more cutscenes later:
– After Eva shoots the last Gekko
– When Eva talks about combat training

After the bike section when Eva gets injured:
– After Eva pulls herself out of the metal debris that impaled her
– After Snake gives Eva a gun to protect herself

After defeating Raven and meeting with Eva again:
– After Eva looks at her broken bike

ACT 4:

During Mission Briefing:
– When Sunny is coming down the stairs, Snake will talk about Patriots’ AI
– When Snake stands up and talks about Liquid’s plan

After inputting the password at Otacon’s office:
– When Snake looks at the closet where Otacon hid in MGS1
– When Otacon talks about Naomi betraying you
– When Otacon mentions Rex’s underground hangar
– When Snake talks about doors requiring keycards in the past

After defeating Wolf:
– When a Wolf comes to take away Crying Wolf’s body
– When entering the hangar and looking around

After beating Vamp and destroying the Gekkos:
– When Otacon cries about this always ending this way when Naomi is staying behind

Hidden Flashbacks: After defeating Ray when Raiden mentions Rose just keeps mashing until the end of chapter. There are many hidden flashbacks which have no prompt and this is the safest way to get them all.

ACT 5:

During Mission Briefing:
– When Otacon is speaking about Naomi
– When Otacon tells Snake about Naomi handing the program to Sunny
– When Otacon mentions Emma

When meeting Mantis:
– When Screaming and Psycho Mantis are introduced

-After defeating Screaming Mantis when Mantis tries to read your Memory Card
– When Psycho Mantis vibrates your controller or not
– When Psycho Mantis starts exploding, this will show Hideo Kojima
– After Mantis is gone, you will get a Flashback of the Sorrow

During Merly and Akiba’s last stand:
– When Akiba mentions not having any nanomachines
– When they talk about Johnny’s stomach pain
– After Johnny confesses his love to Merly

During the Ocelot Boss fight:

– You will receive all the Flashbacks during the fight automatically.

During the Epilogue, in the final cutscene where Drebin and Otacon are talking:
– When Drebin talks about his family

DEBRIEFING:

During the Debriefing at the graveyard, the flashback will start appearing during the third cutscene:
-When Big Boss says, “Under certain conditions, someone can be made to play a specific role.”

Two cutscenes later:
– When Big Boss mentions Para-Medic, Sigint, Ocelot and Eva passing on
– After Big Boss turns off Zero’s oxygen and grabs his shoulders
– When Big Boss says, “The FOXDIE Zero planted in you…”
– When Big Boss says, “Truth is… The FOXDIE in you…” a few seconds later- When Big Boss gets a last look at his gun while getting carried- When Big Boss salutes at the Boss’ grave

In order to obtain the Solar Gun, finish the game after getting all the 5 dolls that are needed for trophies:  Laughing Octopus Doll,  Frog Soldier Doll,  Raging Raven Doll,  Crying Wolf Doll,  Screaming Mantis Doll.

So defeat the Frog Unit in Act 1 and all 4 BB corps non-lethally.

Most likely your final trophy in the game. You will have to unlock every single iPod song in the game. Many of them are pickups in the world itself but a few are connected to the emblems in the game. One song will only be unlocked once you obtain all 40 emblems which means at least 8 playthroughs of the game. Here’s the list of all available songs:

ACT 1:

1. Destiny’s Call: Rebels / Militia will gift it to you in exchange for recovery items in Act 1 or 2.
2. Love Theme (Action):  Rebels / Militia will gift it to you in exchange for recovery items in Act 1 or 2.
3. MPO+ Theme:  Rebels / Militia will gift it to you in exchange for recovery items in Act 1 or 2.
4. Show Time:  Rebels / Militia will gift it to you in exchange for recovery items in Act 1 or 2.
5. Theme of Tara: Can be found inside the Militia Safehouse right after the hospital.
6. Zanzibarland Breeze: Urban Ruins – just before the cutscene with Akiba and the barrel you can find it in a small alcove inside the ruins. Before dropping down for the final time.
7. Level 3 Warning: Advent Palace – in the kitchen on the third floor.
8. Theme of Solid Snake: Millenium Park- When you see a guard on a humvee with a turret, crawl behind the crates into the building on your left and find it there.

ACT 2: 

1. Boktai 2 Theme: During the Act 2 Briefing you can pick it up with Mk 2 in the kitchen upstairs.
2. The Fury: at the beginning of Act 2 you can find it inside the burnt building in Cave Valley Village.
3. Rock me Baby: During the skirmish at the Confinement Facility you can find it on a small island in the southeast of the middle section of the water area.
4. Metal Gear 20 Years History Part 3: In the Confinement Facility area as well, inside the main building in the room with the beds.
5. Sailor: Outside Vista Mansion between the outer wall and a container.
6. Bon Dance: At the marketplace at the end of Act  2 wait until the Gekko destroys the first stall in front of you and pick it up afterwards.

ACT 3: 

1. Shin Bokura no Taiyou Theme: During Act 3 briefing upstairs in the kitchen.
2. Test Subject’s Duality: Midtown S Sector – on the road to the east of your starting location.
3. One Night in Keo Kobe City: Hold up the soldier that is outside the park you will visit while tailing the resistance member. You can find the soldier in the east area of the outside of the park. If he does not drop the song while being searched you can also shoot him with the Solar Gun in NG+ to have him disappear and drop everything he holds, including the song.
4. Bio Hazard: You will need to hold up and search the Resistance Member you are tailing after he changes into the soldier outfit.
5. On Alert: When the disguised Resistance member joins a group of 3 other soldiers. Follow them until the final one splits from the Resistance member and follow the soldier into a dead end alley where the song is.
6. The Essence of Vince: In the Raging Raven boss fight location at the top of the tower.

ACT 4:

1. Lunar Knights Main Theme: During Act 4 Briefing upstairs in the Kitchen.
2. Warhead Storage: At the heliport go upstairs to the second floor and enter the hangar through the vent there. Follow the vent to the end to find the song inside.
3. Flowing Destiny: At the Canyon with the 2 “sleeping” Gekkos you can find a tiny cave on the left just before transitioning to the next area.
4. Old L.A. 2040: In Otacon’s Lab enter the code 78925 into the computer instead of the code Otacon gave you earlier.
5. Policenauts End Title: In Otacon’t Lab enter the code 13462 into the computer instead of the code Otacon gave you earlier.
6. Metal Gear 20 Years History Part 2: When heading back from Otacon’s Lab you will get surprised by a Gekko. You can use an alternative route by crawling under a table behind where the Gekko first appeared. There you will find the song.
7. Beyond the Bounds: After opening the door with Mk 2 instead of heading out directly, head back to the Tank Hangar since one of the doors on the second floor will now be open and there you will find the song.
8. The Best is Yet to Come: Right after Crying Wolf fight and just before the “switch to disc 2” conversation.
9. Yell Dead Cell: In the room with the conveyor belts. Just before the exit on the right side at the end of the conveyor belt.

ACT 5:

1. Metal Gear Solid Main Theme (Document Remix): Right next to your starting location of Act 5 you can find a hatch on the floor. Open it and follow it to the song.

MISCELLANEOUS:

1. Inorino Uta: Found upstairs during Act 1 Briefing (Act 1 Briefing can only be accessed in the main menu)
2. Big Boss: Reward for obtaining the Big Boss emblem.
3. Snake Eater: Reward for obtaining all 40 emblems in the game.

There are 69 weapons in the game. 65 of which are needed for this trophy. You will, however, need all 69 for the Little Gray emblem anyway. Most of the weapons can be bought from Drebin Shop and only a few are either picked up or unlocked. 

1. XM8 – Act 2 – After meeting Drebin at the Power Plant, you can either walk a forested path to the left or a sandy route to the right. Take the left and you can find the XM8 there at the end next to a wooden shelter.
2. VSS – Act 2 – Can be found in a worn-down house at the end of the left path from the Confinement Facility or in an unguarded storage while tracking Naomi’s footprints. The storage house will have a lot of Guinea Pigs.
3. Chaff Grenades – Act 4 – can be picked up in the middle of the Helipad in Act 4
4. Mk 23 – Act 4 – At the heliport crawl underneath the track in the north part of the heliport.
5. Mantis Doll and Sorrow Doll – Act 5 – Shoot both of Screaming Mantis’ Dolls and pick them up when she drops them.
6. Solar Gun – defeat Frog Unit and all 4 BB Corps non-lethally and pick up their respective dolls.

Every other weapon can be bought from Drebin or will be unlocked as a reward for emblems. Make sure to buy every type of Smoke Grenade (every color) in NG+ as well.

Finish the game without killing anyone. You can kill Gekkos, small robots and Raven’s gliders. Those do not count as human enemies.

Finish the game without triggering a single alert. 

During Act 4 of the game in Shadow Moses, you can equip your camera and take pictures of ghost in specific spots of the facility. In order to get the camera during any briefing take the Mk 2 upstairs and pick it up in the kitchen. To do so switch to full screen during the briefing press and then to take control of Mk 2. There are way more than 5 spots for ghost pictures but you do not need all of them. Below is a list of some of the known ghost sightings (not all available locations but more than enough):

1. Heliport – Look above the Chaff grenades.
2. Heliport – To the left of the cargo elevator in the south of the Heliport.
3. Heliport – Southernmost hangar on the west side of the heliport. Inside you can find it between 2 crates on your left.
4. Heliport – Northeast of the Heliport next to the surveillance camera that watches the stairs.
5. Heliport – to the west of the main door above a vent.
6. Tank Hangar – enter the west vent at the Heliport and while reaching a fork in your path you can find the ghost there.
7. Tank Hangar – inside the hangar check the left side of the tank there.
8. Tank Hangar – above the elevator door on the first floor of the hangar.
9. Tank Hangar – enter the half-closed hangar door in the northeast and once inside turn around and check the left corner.
10. Canyon – Once outside it is above the second stone on the left.

This trophy seems to be positively glitched and may unlock before obtaining all the Face Camo available in the game. In my case it unlocked while 3 Face Camo were still missing. Here is the list of all available camos:

1. Regular FaceCamo – obtained as reward for defeating Laughing Octopus in the story
2. Laughing Beauty – defeat Laughing Octopus non-lethally
3. Otacon – during Mission Briefing in Act 3 take control of Mk 2 during the briefing and bump into Otacon at any point (you can replay every single Mission Briefing from the Main Menu and overwite your current save file to save the Camo obtained)
4. Raiden without Vizor – same as above, but bump into Naomi instead
5. Young Snake – obtained automatically at the start of Act 3
6. Young Snake with Bandana – same as above
7. Raging Beauty – defeat Raging Rave non-lethally
8. Raiden Vizor Down – during Act 4 Briefing bump into Sunny
9. MGS1 Snake – unlocked at the beginning of Act 4 automatically
10. Crying Beauty – defeat Crying Wolf non-lethally
11. Drebin – obtain at least 60 different weapons
12. Screaming Beauty- defeat Screaming Mantis (only one way to defeat her)
13. Roy Campbell – bump into Campbell during Act 1 Briefing (you can only access Act 1 Briefing in the Main Menu of the game, there is no Briefing in the story itself)
14. Big Boss – obtain the Big Boss emblem

Emotive Magazines are just like Playboy but they show pictures of the BB corps instead. Additionally, they will not only distract the enemies but also cause an emotion in them corresponding to one of the 4 BBs. You can buy Emotive Magazine from Drebin’s Shop cheaply.

Equip Mk II or MK III, drive toward an enemy and electrify him by aiming with and pressing .

Equip the drum can and roll into an enemy soldier.

At the End of Act 2 while following Naomi’s footsteps. When you reach a small river. Instead of crossing it directly, head to the left side of this area before the river and find the crop circle there.

For this you will have to find 4 posters of Akina and view them in first person mode. The trophy stretches over Acts 2 & 3. Once you find a poster aim at it with and switch to first person mode with . Wait until you hear Snake say “Akina” to make sure it counted each time. The locations of the posters are:

1. In Act 2, South America – Inside the Vista Mansion follow the story path upstairs and inside the master bedroom, lie down on the big bed and look towards the ceiling there.
2. In Act 2, South America – from the previous head back downstairs and turn left. Go towards the narrow hallway in front of you and you will see 2 paintings on the wall to your left. Shoot down the bigger painting to reveal Akina.
3. In Act 3, Eastern Europe – in Midtown S Sector when you reach the park while following the Resistance Member, follow the park’s wall on the outside to the east and once you reach the northeast area of the walls you can find it behind some columns on your right.
4. In Act 3, Eastern Europe – in Midtown Central Sector. You will not come here automatically when following the Resistance Member on Liquid Easy difficulty. Head to the Central Sector of the map and at one end of the bridges you can find the poster on the wall there. The Resistance member will come through here on Boss Extreme difficulty.

At the end of Act 5 during the fight against Liquid/Ocelot you will go through 4 phases of the fight. Each represented by lifebars from different games from MGS1 to MGS4. During the 3rd phase of the fight when the lifebars look like in MGS3 and say “Ocelot” and “Naked Snake” respectively and Snake Eater theme song plays, let Ocelot grab you. Instead of using your analog stick to get out of his grab simply wait a bit and Ocelot you will kiss you for the trophy.

After defeating one of the 4 BB Corps bosses you will have to keep avoiding them during their second phase for 3 minutes. This will teleport you and the beauty into a white void with a timer. In there equip your iPod and play the song “Oishii Two-han Seikatsu” for a dancing easter egg.

Shortly after beginning of Act 4 when you reach Shadow Moses heliport, use your right analog stick to tilt the camera until it is above you for an overhead view.

At the end of Act 4 during the boss fight against Metal Gear Ray while you’re piloting Metal Gear Rex hold to roar.