Secret - Easily cross minefields. | |
| If you don't have the mine dector, but would like to cross a minefield with receiving damage, just go over to the area where you believe mines are and crawl over the area. Not only will you be unharmed, but you'll also obtain any claymore mines that you crawl over! | |
Secret - Hostages in Shell 1 Core B1 Hold | |
| During the Ames search mission, the hostages change depending on the time Raiden meets Ninja after the Fatman battle and the internal clock of the PS2 console. 0:00AM ~ 0:59AM -> all Jennifer 1:00PM ~ 1:59PM -> all old man 10:00PM ~ 10:59PM -> all old lady | |
Secret - Strengthen Yourself | |
| Do 100 pull-ups while hanging from a ledge (press the R2 and L2 buttons to do a pull-up) and your grip strength meter will increase. | |
Secret - Happy Birthday! | |
| At the first node you log into in the Plant Episode, you're given a chance to input your name, birthday, bloodtype and nationality. If your birthday matches with the same date thats set in your PS2 (most likely you set it to the correct day) you'll be greeted by a Happy Birthday logo with a matching Birthday cake. | |
Secret - Radar Girl on the Big Shell | |
| As you wait for snake in the Arsenal Gear corridor, a video will start playing on your radar- DO NOT answer your codec to see the whole video. | |
Secret - Snake's Dogtag | |
| After Snake Gives you the High Frequency Blade and Equipment, knock him out and shake him to get his dogtag. | |
Secret - Transportation With Boxes | |
| Take a cardboard box to Strut E: Parcel Room. Get in the box, and jump onto the conveyor belt, in the top right-hand corner of the room. You will be transported to a different area, based on the box you used. Try them all, and see where you go! | |
Secret - Revenge of the Seagulls | |
| If you shot enough seagulls with any gun, they'll come and either crap on you or come right up and peck you! Similer to the chickens in Zelda. | |
Secret - Useless Secret: L2 Start Menu | |
| On the title menu hit L2 and the screen flashes now. | |
Secret - Halt timer in tanker mission | |
| During the tanker mission, while the timer is running, you can temporarily stop it by knocking out one of the two guards running the cameras on the platforms in Hold No. 3. | |
Secret - dog tag information | |
| use the BINOCULARS to identify the names of the person on the dog tag.the name will appear above the enemy. | |
Secret - Taking Vamp's best attack away from him | |
| When Vamp's health gets low, he begins to periodically unleash a shadow attack that will prevent you from being able to move; however, if you shoot out the four lights in the room, Vamp will be unable to use the attack. | |
Secret - Dazing a guard | |
| When a guard spots you, either an '!' or '?' will appear above his head, depending on the distance between you and him. If you shoot this before it dissappears (It's really tricky), the the guard will become dazed for a while and some white bubbles float around his head, giving you a chance to run. | |
Unlockable - Extreme Difficulty Mode | |
| Beat the game once and the Extreme difficulty level will be unlocked. | |
Unlockable - Alternate title screen. | |
| Beat the game once and the title screen will change. | |
Unlockable - Digital Camera | |
| Beat the game and load the same game. you should have the camera in your inventory | |
Unlockable - Special Unlockables | |
| Bandana (gives you infinite ammo) | Beat the game. Select Tanker. Get over 30 dog tags. |
| Stealth Camo | Beat the game. Select "Tanker". Get more than 60 dog tags. |
| Stealth Camo #2 | Beat the game with 120 dog tags. |
| Shaver | Grip yourself over behind the caged fence when you start with Raiden. |
| Orange Wig (infinite grip) | Beat the game with 150 dog tags. |
| Blue Wig (gives you infinite 02) | Collect all the dog tags. |
| Brown Wig (unlimited ammo for Raiden) | Beat normal mode with more than 100 dog tags |
Unlockable - Unlocking grip levels | |
| Grip Gauge Level 3 | Do 100 Pull-ups after unlocking Grip Gauge Level 2 |
| Grip Gauge Level 2 | Do 100 Pull-ups |
Unlockable - Unlockable Ending Rankings | |
| Swallow - Very Easy/Easy Difficulty | Tanker: 18 minutes or less, Plant: 2hrs 45 min or less, 3hrs or less |
| Falcon - Normal Difficulty | Tanker: 18 minutes or less, Plant: 2hrs 45 min or less, Tanker-Plant: 3hrs or less |
| Hawk - Hard Difficulty | Tanker: 18 minutes or less, Plant: 2hrs 45 min or less, Tanker-Plant: 3hrs or less |
| Eagle - Extreme Difficulty | Tanker: 18 minutes or less, Plant: 2hrs 45 min or less, Tanker-Plant: 3hrs or less |
| Koala - Very Easy/Easy Difficulty | Tanker: 5+ hours, Plant: 25+ Hours, Tanker-Plant: 30+ Hours |
| Capybara - Normal Difficulty | Tanker: 5+ hours, Plant: 25+ Hours, Tanker-Plant: 30+ Hours |
| Sloth - Hard Difficulty | Tanker: 5+ hours, Plant: 25+ Hours, Tanker-Plant: 30+ Hours |
| Giant Panda - Extreme Difficulty | Tanker: 5+ hours, Plant: 25+ Hours, Tanker-Plant: 30+ Hours |
| Flying Squirrel - Very Easy/Easy Difficulty | Tanker: 1 alert, Plant: 2 alerts, Tanker-Plant: 3 alerts |
| Bat - Normal Difficulty | Tanker: 1 alert, Plant: 2 alerts, Tanker-Plant: 3 alerts |
| Flying Fox - Hard Difficulty | Tanker: 1 alert, Plant: 2 alerts, Tanker-Plant: 3 alerts |
| Night Owl - Extreme Difficulty | Tanker: 1 alert, Plant: 2 alerts, Tanker-Plant: 3 alerts |
| Cow - All Difficulty Levels | Tanker: 50+ Alerts, Plant: 200+ alerts, Tanker-Plant: 250+ alerts |
| Gazelle - All Difficulty Levels | Tanker: 50+ Clearing Escapes, Plant: 100+ clearing escapes, Tanker-Plant: 150+ Clearing Escapes |
| Pigeon - All Difficulty Levels | No Enemies Killed |
| Piranha - Very Easy/Easy Difficulty | Tanker: 50+ Enemies killed, Plant: 200+ Enemies killed, Tanker-Plant: 250+ Enemies killed |
| Shark - Normal Difficulty | Tanker: 50+ Enemies killed, Plant: 200+ Enemies killed, Tanker-Plant: 250+ Enemies killed |
| Jaws - Hard Difficulty | Tanker: 50+ Enemies killed, Plant: 200+ Enemies killed, Tanker-Plant: 250+ Enemies killed |
| Orca - Extreme Difficulty | Tanker: 50+ Enemies killed, Plant: 200+ Enemies killed, Tanker-Plant: 250+ Enemies killed |
| Pig - Very Easy/Easy Difficulty | 31 Rations used |
| Elephant - Normal Difficulty | 31 Rations used |
| Mammoth - Hard Difficulty | 31 Rations used |
| Whale - Extreme Difficulty | 31 Rations used |
| Cat - Very Easy/Easy Difficulty | Tanker: 25+ saves, Plant: 75+ saves, Tanker-Plant: 100 + saves |
| Deer - Normal Difficulty | Tanker: 25+ saves, Plant: 75+ saves, Tanker-Plant: 100 + saves |
| Zebra - Hard Difficulty | Tanker: 25+ saves, Plant: 75+ saves, Tanker-Plant: 100 + saves |
| Hippopotamus - Extreme Difficulty | Tanker: 25+ saves, Plant: 75+ saves, Tanker-Plant: 100 + saves |
| Sea Louce - All Difficulty Levels | Beat the game with a Sea Louce in your inventory |
| Chicken - Very Easy/Easy Difficulty | Radar: off, 250+ alerts, 250+ kills, 60+ continues, 31+ rations used, 100+ saves |
| Mouse - Normal Difficulty | Radar: off, 250+ alerts, 250+ kills, 60+ continues, 31+ rations used, 100+ saves |
| Rabbit - Hard Difficulty | Radar: off, 250+ alerts, 250+ kills, 60+ continues, 31+ rations used, 100+ saves |
| Ostrich - Extreme Difficulty | Radar: off, 250+ alerts, 250+ kills, 60+ continues, 31+ rations used, 100+ saves |
| Big Boss - Extreme Difficulty (Tanker-Plant) | Radar off, under 3hr clear, Damage: under 10.5, Shots Fired: under 700, under 3 alerts, 0 kills, 0 continues, 0 rations, 0-8 saves, no special items |
| Fox - Hard Difficulty (Tanker-Plant) | Radar off, under 3hr clear, Damage: under 10.5, Shots Fired: under 700, under 3 alerts, 0 kills, 0 continues, 0 rations, 0-8 saves, no special items |
| Doberman - Normal Difficulty (Tanker-Plant) | Radar off, under 3hr clear, Damage: under 10.5, Shots Fired: under 700, under 3 alerts, 0 kills, 0 continues, 0 rations, 0-8 saves, no special items |
| Hound - Easy Difficulty (Tanker-Plant) | Radar off, under 3hr clear, Damage: under 10.5, Shots Fired: under 700, under 3 alerts, 0 kills, 0 continues, 0 rations, 0-8 saves, no special items |
| Fox - Extreme Difficulty (Tanker-Plant) | Under 3hr clear, under 3 alerts, 0 kills, 0 escapes, 0 continues, 0-3 rations, no special items |
| Doberman - Hard Difficulty (Tanker-Plant) | Under 3hr clear, under 3 alerts, 0 kills, 0 escapes, 0 continues, 0-3 rations, no special items |
| Hound - Normal Difficulty (Tanker-Plant) | Under 3hr clear, under 3 alerts, 0 kills, 0 escapes, 0 continues, 0-3 rations, no special items |
Easter Egg - Camera Control in Cut-Scenes | |
| During a cut-scene, you can press R1 to zoom in, and use the right analog stick to move the camera around. | |
Easter Egg - Codec Craziness | |
| While watching any Codec conversation, move the left & right analog sticks and the character's faces will move. Press on one of the sticks, and the faces will zoom in close. Press the R1 or R2 button while Snake or Raiden is listening to someone, and you can hear their thoughts! Some of the guys' secret attitudes toward the other characters are quite funny! | |
Easter Egg - Pants-less Marines | |
| Enter Hold 1 or 2 on the ship (right after the first boss fight...the Hold rooms are where the Marines are listening to the Commander give his speech). Once inside of either one of the first 2 Hold rooms, creep past the Marines, and look back at them from the north end of the room, so you can see their faces. In each Hold room (or at least one of them), you should spot a few Marines without any pants on (don't worry, they still have some white boxer shorts, though). Not really a trick, but a cool Easter Egg nonetheless. =) | |
Easter Egg - Hideo Kojima Dog Tag Information | |
| When first playing as Raiden, enter the name ''Hideo Kojima'' into the first node. It will automatically put in Hideo Kojima's blood type, birthday, sex, and nationality. | |
Easter Egg - Konami Code Solid | |
| At the clear code screen, quickly press Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, X, O. You will then hear Snake yell to confirm the code. It does nothing, it's just funny. | |
Easter Egg - Metal Gear Posters | |
| In the shell 1 core, go to B2. In the main computer area, there are posters of previous Metal Gear games and other games by Hideo Kojima. | |
Easter Egg - Control Projector | |
| In Tanker Hold #2, press the button by the projector in the back to change the screen that the image is on. Do it enough and a picture of a woman will appear. | |
Easter Egg - Yoji Shinkawa Dog Tag Info | |
| When first playing as Raiden in the plant chapter, enter the name Yoji Shinkawa into the first node. It will automatically put in all of his statistics. | |
Easter Egg - Toy of Raven | |
| You remember Raven from MGS. well in tanker when you first enter you see a shadow of Raven but you find its just a toy. shoot the toy and it will fire balls at you. | |
Easter Egg - The Shaver | |
| If you get the shaver at the beginning of the plant chapter (by jumping over the rail and going into the enclosed area with the space suit within) you will give it to pliskin when you first meet him. Doing this will have Snake clean shaven at the end of the game. This is vice versa as well if you want a "rugged" Snake do not pick up the shaver! | |
Easter Egg - Computer Room Cameo | |
| While in the Computer Room, look at the walls in First Person mode. You'll see the photo of Charlie's Angels that happened to appear on the cover of FHM magazine. | |
Easter Egg - Faster pull-ups | |
| You can do pull-ups a lot faster by doing a drop catch. A drop catch is when you are hanging from a ledge, and then drop down, catching the ledge below. A drop catch is a total of 10 pull-ups! | |
Easter Egg - Control the title screen background. | |
| All you have to do is move the right analog stick and the background will move in the direction that the analog stick was moved. It also will change the color of the background. It is useless but it is fun. | |
