Metal Gear Solid 3 Guide Version 1.2 By Mike Brandon This is my Metal Gear Solid 3 guide. Essentially it’s everything I discovered without referring to any on-line guides and such. If you have anything to add to it please email at brandon@ogc.org.uk . This is by no means a complete guide, but it’s a heart felt one by a real fan Read my review: http://groups.msn.com/OGC/metalgearsolid3.msnw  Version History 1 – 7-3-05 1.2 – 14-4-05   completed walkthrough section Guide Contents Weapon List  (wpnlst) Item List (itmlst) Food List (fdlst) Healing Radio (hlrad) Call off Alert (clrad) Fire Support Request (fsreq) Frogs! (frgs) Metal Gear Ape (mtlgape) Walkthrough (wkthr) Legal Stuff (lglstf) Weapon List (wpnlst) Weapon          Weight (kg) Type Power Notes Value Location AK 47 2.5 Rifle/Assault Medium 2 fire types, inaccurate Medium Bolshaya Past Base C3 1.6 Explosive  NA Can only be used on Shagohod High Tikhogornyj:Behind Waterfall Chaff Grenade .8 Grenade NA Disrupts electronic equipment Medium All over Cigar gas Spray .5 Close NA Blow knock out gas on target Low Graniny Gorky Lab B1 West Claymore  1.6 Explosive  High Lay on ground to kill enemy Low All over  Directional Mic 1.5 Tool NA Picks up sound where pointed High Default Fork .1 Close Low Use to eat animals instantly Low Groznyj Grad Torture Room Grenade .3 Grenade High Small sized blast Medium All over Handkerchief .1 Close NA Knock out enemies in CQC Low Graniny Gorky Lab B1 West M1911A1 1.0 Pistol Medium Short range, CQC Medium Default M37 2.9 Shotgun/Assault High Short range but hit wide area Medium Chyoranaya Peschera Cave M63 4.5 Rifle/Assault High Machine gun with box clip Medium Svyatogornyj East Mk 22 .8 Pistol/Stealth NA Tranquilliser gun,  High Default Mousetrap .4 Tool NA Use to catch small animals Low All over Patriot 1.5 Rifle/Assault High The Boss’ weapon NA Finish Game RPG-7 6.3 Projectile Explosive High Fires a rocket propelled grenadeLow Krasnagorje Mountainside SAA 1.0 Pistol High 6 chamber western style Low Groznyj Grad Torture Room Scorpion 1.3 Rifle/Assault High Two rates of fire with laser Medium Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab Smoke Grenade .5 Grenade NA Provides a screen and chokes Low All over Stun Grenade .5 Grenade NA Knocks enemy unconscious Low All over Survival Knife .5 Close So-so Standard CQC weapon Low Default SVD 4.6 Rifle/Sniper High Long range sniping weapon Medium Ponizovje West TNT 1.6 Explosive  High Lay and detonate from distance Low All over  XM16E1 2.9 Rifle/Assault High Experimental, 3 fire types Medium Graniny Gorky Lab Exterior WP Grenade .8 Grenade Medium Ignite enemy with phosphorus Low All over Item List (itmlst) Weapon          Weight (kg) Notes Value Location Active Sonar 3.2 Gives out a pulse locating nearby animals for food High Default Anti-personnel Sensor1.5 Vibrates when enemy close by (you’ll know by then!)Low Default Binoculars 1.0 Use for surveying area and plotting routes High Default Book .1 Distracts guards Low Ten in various places Bug Juice .7 Used to repel unwanted attention from wildlife Low All over Camera .7 Take pictures and save to memory card Low Groznyj Grad Torture Room Cardboard Box A .6 Fool enemies. Use it to catch ride to Weapons Lab Low Rassvet Cardboard Box B .6 Fool enemies.  Low Groznyj Grad Southeast Cardboard Box C .6 Fool enemies. Low Tikhogornyj:Behind Waterfall Cigar .1 Depletes energy but has innovative uses Medium Default Fake Death Pill .1 Use to fake death and confuse enemy Medium Default Key A/B/C .1 Use on key doors, don’t have to be equipped High Key scenes (Auto) Life Medicine .2 Gives small boost to life, quite rare High All over Mine Detector 3.0 Beeps when near mines High Rassvet Motion Detector 1.8 Picks up movement in surrounding area, SR equivalentHigh Default Night Vision Goggles1.0 Amplifies light, useful for sections of low visibility Medium Chyoranaya Peschera Cave Branch Revival Pill .0 Use on Game over screen to revive (after FDP) Medium Default Thermal Goggles 1.0 Picks up heat signatures, useful for spotting enemy Medium Rassvet Food List (fdlst) Food is integral in order to progress through the game, its very important to keep your stamina up. The better a food tastes then the more stamina you’ll recover. Use this guide to work out what items to stock and which are not worth keeping on you.  Processed These foods wont perish, so look out for them! Calorie Mate Unbelievably Tasty! Instant Noodles Unbelievably Tasty! Russian Ration Tasted Terrible Organic These foods are obtained through hunting and come in three quick hunting categories, land animals, plants, fish and birds. These foods are easy to come by but will perish so watch out! Ground Animals Cobalt Blue Tarantula   Tasted Bad Coral Snake Pretty Tasty Emperor Scorpion  Tasted Terrible  European Rabbit Not too bad Flying Squirrel Not so Great Giant Anaconda Tastes Great Green Tree Python  Pretty Tasty Indian Gavial Was Tasty Kenyan Mangrove crab   Pretty Tasty King Cobra Pretty Tasty Markhor  Tasted Great Milk Snake Tasted Bad Otton Frog Pretty Tasty Rat Was not bad Reticulated Python   Was pretty tasty Taiwanese Cobra  Not so Great Thai Cobra Not half bad Tree Frog Tasted Bad Plants Baikal Scaly Tooth   Tasted bad Fly Agaric Poison Golova Pretty Tasty Russian False Mango  Pretty Tasty  Russian Glowcap Recharges battery Siberian Inkcap Tasted Bad Spatsa Induces sleep Yabloko Moloko Pretty Tasty Fish Arowana Pretty Tasty Big Eye Trevally Maroon Shark Was not bad Birds Magpie Tasted bad Parrot Tasted bad Sunda Whistling Thrush Was not bad White-rumped Vulture   Not half bad Vampire Bat Tasted Bad HEALING RADIO (hlrad) I assume that your healing rate goes up when tuning into these stations. There are eight frequencies with a different piece of music on. 1- 148.39 Surfing Guitar/66Boys         5- 1- 6 2- 7 3- 8 – 141.85 Don’t be afraid / Rika Muranaka Call off Alert (clrad) 141.45 146.67 Fire Support Request (fsreq) 147.90 Frogs! (frgs) I’m not sure what these little frog dolls do, but here’s where I found them. Rassvet Under the stairwell in the abandoned factory Bolshaya Past South  Next to tree on eastern side of most northern fence Krasnagorje Tunnel Halfway on left Krasnagorje Mountainside On top of east most building at end of section (upper) Bolshaya Past Base Bottom Right of billet room under the desk Ponizovje West At the northern centre of the dock area, there’ll be an underwater pipe, look through the grate Ponizovje Warehouse Exterior  On western side of loch, on the left of the gate Graniny Gorky South On a branch on the northern most tree just before you exit the area Graniny Gorky Lab Exterior 1F In window of building opposite were you first enter area. Window is on opposite side Graniny Gorky Lab Exterior B1 In the most southwestern cell Graniny Gorky Lab B1 West In western room with large table, sitting on a desk on the central western side of the room Sokrovenno South Right behind the armoury on the hill on the mid-western side of this region Svyatogornyj West Half way up on the western side, sitting above the long log Svyatogornyj East In western room of building on shelf in southern part of room, visible through outside window Krasnagorje Tunnel Two thirds of the way up the tunnel turn around, it’ll be on your right (Western side) Krasnagorje Mountain Base On top of the rocks in the north west corner of the land formation. Quite annoying to spot! Krasnagorje Mountainside At the end of the path, on top of the South East building Groznyj Grad North East In underground drain on upper eastern side (behind bars on dead end of T junction) Groznyj Grad Weapon Lab East Wing In 1st floor locker room on northern end on top of bookcase Groznyj Grad Torture Room Under desk in room where you get the camera Tikhogornyj Under the log across the southern most part of the river (Visible from start location) Groznyj Grad Hangar On western side of Shagohad, behind barrier across from fuel tank Lazorevo North On top of a rock at the very beginning of this section…very hard to hit! Metal Gear Ape (mtlgape) The Snake VS Monkey missions are just a bit of extra fun so I wont bother by going in to detail. However, you can pick up a few extra’s. You can obtain the Monkey Mask by simply passing all of the missions. Walkthrough (wkthr) Note, I’ll only explain what items are to be gotten in each area and roughly what to do, its up to you to work out how to sneak your way past the patrols and other obstacles! Content order Part One – Operation Virtuous Mission (p1vrt) Part Two – Operation Naked Snake (p2opnsk) Dremuchij East Dremuchij North Dolinovodno Rassvet Part Three – (p3) Rassvet Chyornyj Prud Bolshaya Past South Bolshaya Past Base Bolshaya Past Crevice Boss – Ocelot Chyoranaya Peschera Cave Branch Chyoranaya Peschera Cave Boss – The Pain Chyoranaya Peschera Cave Entrance Ponizovje South Ponizovje West Ponizovje Warehouse Exterior Ponizovje Warehouse Graniny Gorky South Graniny Gorky Exterior Outside Walls Graniny Gorky Lab Exterior Inside Walls Graniny Gorky Lab 1F Graniny Gorky Lab B1 West Graniny Gorky South Boss – The Fear Ponizovje Warehouse Svyatogornyj South Svyatogornyj West Svyatogornyj East Sokrovenno South Boss – The End Krasnogorje Tunnel Krasnogorje Mountain Base Krasnogorje Mountainside Krasnogorje Mountaintop Krasnogorje Ruins Groznyj Grad Underground Tunnel Boss – The Fury Groznyj Grad Southwest Groznyj Grad Southeast Groznyj Grad Northeast Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab: East Wing Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab: Main Wing Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab: West Wing Corridor Groznyj Grad Torture Room Groznyj Grad Southeast Groznyj Grad Northeast Groznyj Grad Northwest Groznyj Grad Sewers Boss – The Sorrow Tikhogornyj Tikhogornyj: Behind Waterfall Groznyj Grad Northwest Boss – Volgin Groznyj Grad Groznyj Grad Runway Groznyj Grad Rail Bridge Boss – Shagohod Groznyj Grad Rail Bridge North Lazorevo South Lazorevo North Zaozyorje West Zaozyorje East Rokovoj Bereg Boss – The Boss Part One – Operation Virtuous Mission (p1vrt) This section is essentially the training section of the game, you should handle it yourself to familiarise yourself with the system. Its also cut scene heavy so but stick with it, later you’ll get to play around more without constant interruptions. You’ll begin again after this short section so anything you pick up will be lost. Your stamina will barely deplete, and you will only suffer light damage in this section. Also the enemies are pretty dumb and you can easily sneak up on them or escape. Be prepared though, when the game begins proper things wont be so easy! Once you reach a somewhat horrible Bond parody into, you’ll be into the game proper! Part Two – Operation Naked Snake (p2opnsk) You being with the basic kit that you had previously, also if you’ve finished the game before be sure to check your back pack for some items! Dremuchij East Just head north to the next section. You may as well pick up some food for later while you have the chance, there’s no enemies nearby so you can get away with using the pistol. Dremuchij North Head north again and you’ll reach a cut scene. Take cover after this, an enemy patrol will come and investigate the clearing. You’ll need to get past them and continue heading north. Note that you know have no firearm so keep out the way of any enemies, Dolinovodno You need to get across the bridge and continue heading North. You’ll need to dispose of the guard to not get spotted. Unless you wish to test Snake’s strength by hanging off the side of the bridge. Once on the Northern side of the bridge head to the left and double back, there is a guard here so remove him and then follow the path under the bridge to pick up the Raindrop Uniform. Be sure to stick up against the wall or you’ll fall into the river below. Rassvet There aren’t any guards here so just head towards the room in the North East of the ruined factory. Be sure to grab the Cardboard Box A from the room left of this on top of the pile of boxes. Once in the NE room, leave again and a cut scene will occur. Part Three –  (p3) Rassvet You’ll be back in possession of a M1911A1 with optional suppressor. Be sure to get the Thermal Goggles from the locker in the corner. You’ll now have to kill the eight attacking enemies. After the first four or so who are checking the rooms, the rest can be picked off as they are patrolling outside. Instead of taking them on directly though you can sneak down the trapdoor next to the bed and take them out by stealth, otherwise take the quicker alternative and fight them directly. The key is to let them run into your fields of fire, just keep moving to disorientate them and watch out for both Stun and normal grenades. You can escape through the trap door, but your best just taking them on now, it’ll make picking off the others easier. As you exit the first room pick up the Mine Detector sitting in the bottom right corner of the next room, though watch out for the enemy on the roof. Also if you follow the building around the outside to the north, you’ll find the Face: Zombie in the dead end behind the barrels. And don’t miss out on the opportunity to roll barrels at guards, especially from the top of the stairs! With these enemies beaten head North East for a cut scene. After that head North East again. Chyornyj Prud Head North across the swamp. Its best to swim under water, its quicker and you can avoid the crocodiles quicker. Also when you get out of the water, burn off any leeches with your cigar. Look out for the trip wire trap just before you exit the area. Bolshaya Past South Head north and crawl under the right side of the fence. Now get out your mine detector and advance to the western side of the long electrical fence in front of your position, and make sure that enemies on the other side of the fence do not see you. You can also use the thermal goggles to spot the mines, or just look extra closely with plain old eyesight. Once at the fence corner you can climb the tree and over to the other side. However before climbing the tree makes sure you can get a clear run up ahead, ensure that no guards will see you jump down from the tree and that there are no dogs nearby. You’ll need to head north until you come to another fence, find the hole in it and dive through, Now notice the sentries, around the middle of the next fence, their guarding a gap which you need to get through. Before this though head east and on top of a little outlet is an item. Follow the rock face to the right and climb up onto the ledge and follow it round to pick up the useful Chocolate Chip Uniform. Now get through the fence and continue north. Bolshaya Past Base Here you’ll come across a small base. There are a few guards knocking around but they are easy enough to avoid. You can play with the turrets if you want just be ready for a fight if you do. In the North West corner you’ll first find a building containing medical supplies and then further on a building containing an AK47. On the roof of the main building in the centre you can find the Water Uniform, in the North West corner. After this you can head through the pass in the North. Bolshaya Past Crevice After the scene you will be confronted by your first boss fight against Ocelot. Boss – Ocelot This is a fairly simple battle and is generally a test of your pistol skills. Immediately take cover, though deal with the venomous snakes before they bite you, and then use the first person view to gun down ocelot. As long as you are quick Ocelot should provide you with no problems, just watch where he goes and shoot him before he shoots you. Quickly press R2 twice to reload faster. Also observe Ocelots obvious weaknesses, he spends a while reloading so get into a position where you can hit him and then return to cover once he starts moving. Also make use of the beehives up in the trees, they will cause Ocelot to thrash a round giving you the chance of a shot. Keep in cover and be quick and Ocelot will soon fall. If he defeats you then simply think of this as pistol accuracy training, once your skills improve you’ll beat him in style! Once Ocelot falls, watch the cut scene, you’ll automatically be transported to the next section. Chyoranaya Peschera Cave Branch You’ll face the problem of utter darkness so take out your cigar to give you a little bit of light. Also be prepared to switch to the thermal goggles now and then to pick up the locations of any items you pass. Now immediately head east into the next room and then turn immediately north and follow the western wall all the north until you reach a small gap. Once inside follow the eastern wall all the way around, you’ll have to crawl through the last bit. You’ll then be in a small open space, head east across this and crawl through the other side. Follow this passage around until you reach an opening with a hole leading to some water in it. Walk carefully around this hole to pick up the Night Vision Goggles on the other side. You can now use these to navigate the caves. Now leap into the hole and swim through the underwater passage until you reach a large open space of water. Head west and onto some solid ground and follow the passage round, you’ll be in the first room you started in again. Head east into the room you were in earlier and you’’ notice a small crawl space at the base of the Northern wall in the centre. Head into this. And crawl north until you reach the top of a small waterfall. Follow the path North here and continue heading in this direction until you reach the next section. Chyoranaya Peschera Cave You are immediately confronted with two different paths. First follow the one on the right until you reach a large room containing an M37. Head back to the fork and go left, follow this around until you reach a cut scene. Boss – The Pain First things first take note of the rocky outcrop you are standing on, there is also one in a symmetrical position on the other side.. This is central to winning this battle. Now take out an automatic weapon and begin firing at the pain. After taking some damage he’ll attract his bees to give him some armour. Simply remove this with a grenade or three hits with the M37. Once his armour is removed begin peppering him with automatic fire again. Whenever he sends bees after you dive into the water immediately, don’t bother trying to get some more hits in, the bees will stop you. After taking cover underwater, the bees will quit their pursuit so climb back onto the outcrop and begin using the same tactics as before, after losing about half of his life bar, a cut scene will occur. When the fight restarts the Pain will have added a few new tactics, he’ll send grenades towards you carried by bees, note this also applies to grenades you throw but you can gun these out of the air though. He’ll also shoot sting bees towards you but you can avoid these by dying into the water. Watch out also for when he uses bees to create a replica of himself, try and observe which one the Pain is to get some extra hits in but otherwise just hit one of them and hope for the best, if you take out the wrong one dive for cover as the ain uses the opportunity to retaliate. Essentially though, just use the same tactics as before. If you run out of necessary ammo head to some of the areas dotted around containing ammo. Soon enough the Pain will fall. After this battle head north to the next section. Chyoranaya Peschera Cave Entrance This is simply a case of following the path out of the cave. Just head northwards but be careful of a pair of claymores in a small area with some items. At the end be careful not to fall of the edge and to an inevitable death! Ponizovje South The goal here is to simply advance upriver undetected, so swim underwater and come up for air every now and again. Watch out for the strange skimmer things flying around. Towards the end of this section you’ll reach a fork. Head first down the western one. Note that this fork is not obvious unless you look at your map! Ponizovje West This is a small harbour area. The two guards re easy to take out from the water, you can then open the door on the north west side of the platform to pick up an SVD sniper rifle. Now head back to the previous section and go north. Ponizovje Warehouse Exterior After the cut scene finishes head up to the dock and on through the North East entrance to the warehouse. Ponizovje Warehouse This is another simple case of head north. Just avoid the guards and head all the way of the stairs at the north end of the warehouse. You can get the item on top of the creates by leaping over the balcony above when advancing up the stairs. Graniny Gorky South Just keep heading north! Use the thermal goggles here though as the place is loaded with traps. You’ll pick them all out with the thermals on. Graniny Gorky Exterior Outside Walls There’s a suppressor hidden away on the east side of the fence, use the opportunity to take out the sentries and the dog from outside the fence. You’ll then need to get through a gap on the western side of the fence. With the sentries out just run to the northwest corner. You’ll find the door locked, so lean against it and knock, then wait for the soldier to come out, when he does deal with him in any way you see fit and then sneak inside. Graniny Gorky Lab Exterior Inside Walls IN the North East corner is a building containing a XM16E1. After that avoid the guards and enter the lab through the side door in the South centre opf the main building. Graniny Gorky Lab 1F First equip the scientist uniform and remove any face paint. The trick here is to avoid scientists and don’t bump into any guards. If the stop you just stand still until they either walk away or whack you on just give you a whack. First head to the eastern side and just before the stairs going down enter the door on the left. You’ll enter into a garden area. Look for the vent in the North west corner. Crawl through this until you find Oyama Face. Now backtrack to the stairs. You can down to the cells to find one of those frog figurines. The head upstairs here to the toilets in the Northwest. Makes sure no one is around and then beat down the door of the toilet on the right to find the Fly Uniform. Your next destination is to head to the western side of the building and then through the door into the big hall, you could be adventurous and jump down from the floor above but going around is much safer. Head downstairs from here. Graniny Gorky Lab B1 West Head around the corridor and enter the first room you come past, you should see a guard leaving it. In here is the Cig gas- spray. Now head along the corridor to the western room with the big table in it. Deal with the scientist in the here and then check the northwestern locker for the Handkerchief. Now head round to the northwest room and watch the cut scene.Now simply back track all the way to the next section. Graniny Gorky South Boss – The Fear First thing to do here is heal your wounds. This boss is ridiculously simple. Without you ‘high-techery’ it might have provided a problem but instead equip your thermal goggles straight away and look up. You’ll immediately see hem. The thing to do now is follow him from jumping from tree to tree in first person view and as soon as he stops to shoot you, shoot him. He’ll begin leaping again so follow the same process. Occasionally he may attack you on the ground but at worse hell knock you over before ascending to the trees again so just follow the same tactics. This should take you no more than say, 30 seconds and you need never take a single footstep! After the battle head south back into the warehouse. Ponizovje Warehouse In here descend the stairs, just dive over them, you’ll probably avoid detection and only get a broken bone. Then head towards the single flight of stairs leading up towards the entrance but head straight through the red door here and into the next section. Svyatogornyj South Simply head north, utilise the plants all over here for medical materials. Svyatogornyj West This is a fairly lengthy section to test your stealth skills in, stick to the grass and you should be okay. Aim to head out the exit to the northeast part of this area. Svyatogornyj East Make your way to the building in the northwest. In the most northern room behind a pile of crates you’ll find an M63. Note the hatch on the floor here; you can use it as an escape aide. There’s some supply of calorie mate in a hut northwest of the main building and there’s a book in the southeast corner of the area. The best approach to the building is probably the north western route that leads to the roof of the supply shed. Once done with this area head back to the previous and head up the northern path. Sokrovenno South You’ll face a cut scene followed by a very cool boss.  Boss – The End I had some trouble winning this battle so here’s my advice on how to win it. Firstly there is an armoury on the Western Side of the southern region of the forest, go there first and pick up a Sniper Rifle, I imagine this will make the battle easier, annoyingly I dint know about it until after Id beaten the end! So as you can probably guess, I had to use some hot sneaking technique to win this one. Note if you picked up the sniper rifle earlier it wont be in the armoury. This boss took me well over three hours to beat, but with these tips you should be able to halve that time. First thing to do is to get used to what’s happening here, there are multiple sniping points and The End will be waiting in one of them, Id recommend going for a run and actually getting spotted first, once you’ve made contact you can relax a little, all you'll need to do is hide when he starts firing, he'll move after spotting you anyway. Once you’ve got used to the layout then the sneaking can begin. First choose which area of the forest you want to fight him in, I found the western side best by the river as the majority of sniping points are above the waterfall and so have easy approaches in complete cover even if standing up. Also there is more light here so its easier to catch the light reflecting out of his scope. The Directional Microphone will be your most important spotting tool, when you are close to The End you'll either here him snoring or breathing, its very obvious so don’t get caught up on a suspicion. In the western region there are only a few points near the base of the river at the southern side of the map, and it takes just a minute or so to dash through the foliage and over all of these positions, just keep a low profile when in vision of any of the waterfalls, once you know The End is not in one of tjhese positions then he must be on the waterfall area so approach up the ravine to the west. Once you reach the top go to ground and whip out the D-Mic, The End could be in one of the positions overlooking the river, if so then slowly produce a weapon, put on the thermal goggles for enhanced accuracy and let rip. If he’s not here, then he'll likely be in one of the positions on the bigger waterfall up ahead so advance carefully up to those points and use your D-Mic. Note if the End is not here then stand up and run around, he'll eventually spot you and move position, which is likely to be one of these points. After taking off a chunk of his he'll throw a stun grenade so all you can do is wait for to get your sight and hearing back, however take note of where he runs before the grenade goes off. After this head in the direction that The End was running, you should be able to catch him breathing heavily and he'll be in a position nearby so apply the same principles as before, he'll likely then return to the top of the waterfall area so you can soon establish a rhythm to beat him. I found this area best as all of the sniping positions bar just one, are reachable on foot, in the other areas some of the positions are on top of cliffs, and as I didn’t have a sniper rifle I had to resort to this, but you may prefer to use the same tactics, but instead of the approach, pick him off from afar. Other points to note are that The End is running around the map the same as you are, if your quick you can track him to the point that you can deduce where his next position will be. Also if your getting shot at just run, you wont beat The End in a sniper fight! Also keep an eye on your stamina and keep cutting out those tranquilliser darts if you get hit, there’s also plenty of wildlife around, in particular the Great Anaconda provides an filling meal. Do not bother with poison frogs for obvious reasons. I’m not sure if you can eat the mountain goat, I never tried. If you approach it though it'll attack! Once you have a rhythm and system going in the battle it shouldn’t be too long, its that initial fear of sighting the end, he looks like he did in the cut scene, he so get over the initial fear of sniping at suspicious plants etc, he doesn’t actually change his appearance. After about ten rounds of firing at him he'll eventually drop, so watch the short cut scene and head north East to continue with your mission. Krasnogorje Tunnel Head straight north and up the very long ladder (be warned, the ultra cheesy song lyrics will play!). At the top of the ladder head north through the door and out into the daylight. Krasnogorje Mountain Base Make your way west to the open rocky area. Be warned this place is full of natural trenches and ravines and there are many guards in this area that you simply cant see from your current position, so approach with caution. Watch out also for the rocket equipped troops! You need to get through the north west part of this mountain area. Note you’ll use more stamina here as the air is thinner. Krasnogorje Mountainside The first part of this sections follows a type of stairway route up the mountainside, its littered with various caves and crevices to make use of when ascending the mountainside. At the end of this path there’ll be a route heading up and one continuing on the same level, all the one going up does is provide you with a n observation point of the next area, you may wish to use it. The other route is much quicker though. Also watch out for the patrolling helicopter, with the right camouflage on though its shouldn’t have any chance of spotting you even when your running. You need to just get past the sentries here guarding the buildings. Note in the southern building (the one on the right side of your approach), you can find an RPG-7. Krasnogorje Mountaintop As ever, your destination is in the northwest. You can follow the trench system around to reach the door you need to get to. The barrels are set to a chain reaction in this part, so it could be an idea to destroy them, killing the sentries, and then hide until a clean-up team declares the area normal. Also on your way up take note of a red door in the side of the mountain, you’ll be coming back here soon. If you really must take on the helicopters use the turrets, you’ll have to destroy about half a dozen before they cease to be reinforced. Krasnogorje Ruins Watch the scene describing the next section of your mission, and look out for a familiar figure, you may be anticipating some revenge! Then head back to the previous section and make your way to the red door on the lower eastern side. Watch out for the flamethrower equipped troops that now inhabit this area! Groznyj Grad Underground Tunnel Descend the stairs and then head north up the tunnel. Once you reach the balcony type area, head to the north-western side and then leap over the balcony and onto the section below. Boss – The Fury The Fury is fairly simple as long as you don’t take him head on. In effect your best treating this fight like the against the End except adopt the End’s role. Wait in the shadows with a sniper rifle and as soon as you get a clear shoot take it, he’ll be knocked to the ground giving you time to escape. You can also use any other weapons and again keep to the shadows but you’ll be freer to move and if you keep your wits about you you’ll be able to stalk the Fury and then ambush him. Avoid waiting near the ledge in the south part f the battleground, if you get hit by the flames you’ll most likely be knocked over the edge. You should be able to win this battle without taking any damage, as long as your quick enough to take him down when given the opportunity and you don’t wait around for him to flame an area. After finishing him you’ll escape into a collapsed tunnel and from this point on be cut off from heading back to any of the previous sections. Head north and up the ladder. Groznyj Grad Southwest Your safest bet here is to head up the crate. Nest to the gates on your right on the bottom left of these is a small hole in the wall that you can crawl through. Be aware that whilst running in this area, your footsteps will make a lot of noise. Groznyj Grad Southeast In this section head along the eastern wall to pick up Cardboard Box B. When you reach the end of the building on your left, head along its northern edge, you’ll see a hole in the floor, g down here and crawl along and turn right, this will take you north. Groznyj Grad Northeast Crawl all the way north along this tunnel until you make a right turn east. You’ll eventually come to a place were you can climb up. The building just south of this exit contains some food supplies. If you then stick to the wall of the main building, heading south and then west, you’ll quickly come to the door that leads inside. Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab: East Wing Your goal here is to dispose of Raikov, the major you need to steal the uniform off, without being spotted. There’s only one place to achieve this and that’s on the top floor 9n the locker room, he’ll eventually walk through here so its all a game of patience. You can identify your target by the person who looks like what your mask represents, MGS2 fans will feel all their resentment rise up here. So donning your scientist disguise there’s a few things to look out for first, note also to keep away from the actual scientists as they’ll give the game away. Also if you come to a locked door you’ll have interrogate a guard for the frequency to gain access, it changes every time you reset the game, however its much easier to just wait for a guard to enter and follow them in, there is one room locked this way, and you’ll want to gain access. It’s the mist northern room in the centre of the main block of rooms, opposite the toilet and library, if you manage to get in you’ll be rewarded with a Scorpion, note its easier to actually just do this once you have Raikov’s uniform as the door will open automatically then.. You can also find a book in the top left corner of the library. There’s also plenty of stuff lying around the other rooms. Once your satisfied with the takings its time to make the hit. Your target will usually visit the toilet and library before making his advance upstairs, so merely wait for this opportunity and follow him up to the next floor. Don’t be tempted to take him out in the toilet as his body will be discovered and your disguise will be compromised. Once you’ve taken him out, drag him toward the lockers to automatically steal his clothes, but whatever you do…do not open the locker! You can however pick up a few items from the other lockers. If you want a bit of fun, try punching a guard or saluting a scientist (use triangle). Now head through he door in the southwest corner of the locker room. Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab: Main Wing As you head along the corridor take note of the unresponsive door, you’ll be coming back here later. Also take a look through one of the windows into the hangar, its your mission target, the Shagohod! Now head through the western door. Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab: West Wing Corridor Head west again for a lengthy cut scene and some character revelations for series fans. Groznyj Grad Torture Room When you regain control of Snake you’ll be in a cell, and not in great shape. You’ll automatically have the SAA with no bullets. Pick up the fork in the corner of the room. Periodically a guard will throw some food into the room, though its not pleasant, however if your low on supplies at this stage you may wish to wait a while and collect what he throws in, though this is a tedious and unrewarding exercise. The way to escape is simple, use the fork to remove a transmitter and fake death pill from the bullets you got hit with in the torture room. Now use the fake death pill from the L2 menu, the guard will come rushing in on the game over screen so press the L2 and then as you revive, beat the crap out of the guard. Now head to the north end of the corridor and enter the room in the northwest corner, you’ll find a camera in here. Head through the southern door, where the corridor head west is your next destination but first pick up some medicals supplies from the south-western room. Groznyj Grad Southeast From here head straight west, if your quick about it, the guard wont spot you. Once you reach the dead end, crawl through the hole in the wall in the north-western corner. Groznyj Grad Northeast Again just head straight west and head through the door. Look out for the guard in the main yard though, time your run well. Groznyj Grad Northwest The manhole you need to get through is in the north-eastern corner of this area, so you’ll need to traverse the guards and dogs that patrol this area. Once you reach there you’ll need to crawl under some pipe to access the manhole. In al honesty its best to just run for it here, you can if you wish pick up some ammunition form a hut in the north-western corner of the area. Groznyj Grad Sewers Head down the stairs until you reach the lowest level of the sewers and head north up the tunnel. When you reach the first gate, climb up the platform on the left and crawl through the hole and head north again, before crawling through another hole on the right. Now there are few items to be found and routes to take, you’ll also have to contend with dogs. Keep heading north until you reach the light at the end of the tunnel and watch the cut scene. Boss – The Sorrow This is something if a fairly cool and surreal experience, you’ll meet every one of the enemies that you’ve killed in the game so if you’ve not been sticking to stealth and instead been blasting away, this can be a lengthy and even lethal experience. The main thing to know here is to dodge what coming for you and the sorrows psychic attack; you can’t do anything else except walk so follow the river north. Notice how the dead are responding and calling out to the way you’ve actually killed them, if you’ve snapped anyone neck for example, once you reach them they’ll shout how their heads coming off. After suffering your own actions you’ll reach the end where you’ll be killed. Now use the revival pill like before and you’ll have survived this bizarre encounter. Tikhogornyj Cross the river to the eastern bank then head north until you can cross back to the western bank, carefully over the fallen tree. Now head north all the way up the river until you reach the waterfall, walk around the edge of the pool to access the next section. Tikhogornyj: Behind Waterfall After the cut scene you’ll find your equipment restored and you’ll automatically have the C3 and Key C. Now head north all the way up the tunnel and pick up Cardboard Box C at the end. Then go through the red door on the left. Now head up the ladder. Groznyj Grad Northwest Your aim is to get back into the weapons lab. So follow the same steps as you did before, the target area is in the corridor, through the door you entered after obtaining the major’s uniform. There are more guards than before as well so watch out. Once you reach the hangar door, snake will automatically open the door. Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab: Main Wing Now you have access to the Shagohad’s hangar. Your aim is to plant C3 in four positions around the vehicle. You cant afford to mess around here so take out anyone you come across with lethal force, provided you are confident that the body will not be discovered. Your are looking for the fuel tanks and they are located in the northern half of the hangar, two on either side of the Shagohod, with one of the being on the raised area on each side. Your best bet is to place the C3 after crawling underneath the tanks, this way the enemy wont discover it and compromise your mission. Once you’ve planted all of the C3 a cut scene will start. Boss – Volgin Despite what Volgin says you can’t hit him with your bare hands so just keep moving and get behind him and fire. Keep dodging his attacks and look for an opening. You can stave off his powerful lightning attack by laying down chaff grenades. Don’t worry about the timer; you should be able to knock him down before that, it just means that you have to be more aggressive than in previous boss fights. Volgin may seem a little weird but once he gets to less than half his health a cut scene will start. After that the battle will begin again, and the lightning man will have a few more moves, so be a little more cautious but follow the same principles as before, remember you have life medicine if you really need it. Also watch out for him hugging the corners, he becomes much more of a difficult opponent if he does that so try and wheedle him out with a grenade. Volgin is probably the most un-fun and difficult boss to fight in the entire game, so you’ll be satisfied when he falls. Groznyj Grad After the next cut scenes you’ll soon find yourself in a chase scene similar to that of the first MGS only this time on a grander scale. The only strategy here is to keep your aim sharp and take out the enemies as soon as possible. Note you’ll be using your own weapons here. Don’t worry about the Shagohod’s advances; the driving isn’t down to you. After an insane about of death the chase will be taken up by enemy bikes. Groznyj Grad Runway This high speed chase section is actually easier than the crazier carnage from before. Go for the bike drivers, as when they die the bike will go out of control and crash. After a few waves you’ll be interrupted by a cut scene before your back in the action again. You can let the Shagohod do the work for you here as it’ll plough over any pursuing bikes. After this you’ll have to fight off the Shagohod itself, basically you can’t hurt it but you can destroy its missile clusters when it launches them so get on the case. Groznyj Grad Rail Bridge Soon enough you’ll reach the bridge. After the scene, you’ll have to use the sniper rifle to destroy the C3 planted on the bridge. Straight away take out the charge on the right, this is more tricky to destroy as it has a girder swinging in front of it. Then line up with the other C3 charge, obvious by the blinking red light and wait for here to call, “Its here” before pulling the trigger. Boss – Shagohod There’s no rest for the wicked however. Note all of you ammunition is now infinite for all weapons. Your principle concern here is to stop the Shagohod’s missiles when it fires them. The RPG cant do any damage to the Shagohod itself at this stage but it can be used to stop its attacks, particularly the rapid fire thing, the hatch will close with a successful hit. Now after you’ve settled in, you can begin concentrating on how to stop the Shagohod. If you hit its tracks, the things with the big drills on, it will temporarily stall the thing. Now make sure you rearm the RPG (the tap R2 trick is sufficient) as EVA will drive round the back, fire at the smoking part at the rear (at its head) of the Shagohod to cause it some damage, beware though you only get a moment to do this before it reactivates and starts moving again. Stick to this method and you’ll soon empty its health bar. Soon enough though the thing will be moving again and this time Snake’s on foot whilst EVA drives the bike in the attempt at making a distraction. However it isn’t very good as soon Volgin turns the machines attentions solely on you. The trick is the same as before, immobilise the vehicle by hitting the tracks, repel any missile and gunfire attacks, but this time use a sniper rifle to damage Volgin, he’ll go down with just a couple of shots. Now laugh as he burns to death and watch the following cut scenes. Groznyj Grad Rail Bridge North You’ll be under pursuit by bikes and strange hover shield things now as you make the last push for freedom. The same principles as before apply; though watch it, the thunderstorm reducing visibility drastically. You’ll occasionally run into blockades so keep aware of enemies to the front now as well. Lazorevo South The chase continues with the hover things now, aim to the top of the them to catch the rider in the head and send it crashing into a tree. Also whip out the RPG if EVA warns you of a log, so you can clear the path up ahead. Lazorevo North You’ll be pursued by bikes again here. Try and hit the lead bikes when they attack on the flanks as when this goes out of control the rest will collide with it. Zaozyorje West Watch the scene as the bike crashes. Now you’ll have to treat EVA for some wounds. The next section is quite tricky and annoying. EVA will only move if her stamina is up so you’ll have to keep finding food for her. Don’t bother laying traps for the enemy that are coming, as EVA will probably ending walking into them herself, and you need to move quickly anyway. Press Triangle to call EVA, as long as your quick on the trigger you should keep EVA close to you, though watch out for grenades. After grabbing the supplies from the bike tat are scattered around the place head through the narrow pass to the east, this will then lead south.  Eventually you’ll come to a scene showing the enemy advancing on you. They’ll come form the north now, later on they’ll be all over but for now get ready to defend that position. Don’t bother with laying explosives, if you get caught you’ll probably have one going off in your face. Head up the bank to the right of the pool of water and get on your belt buckle and dispose of the first squad of enemies. Now head east, applying the belt buckle tactic whenever you come into contact with the enemy, this improves EVA’s survival rate more than anything. When you reach the cliff wall follow it south and then west and then south again. When you reach the clearing head east again and climb up the ridges. Zaozyorje East This is the final furlong, head northeast from your starting position. There is a group of enemies here so take them out with a sniper rifle. When you reach a split take the closest one east and don’t forget to make use of any animals as food in the area. When you come to the large open clearing take out some detection equipment like the thermal goggles, there are snipers lying in prone positions around here, and you can walk over them without them reacting so watch out. Again you need to head northeast. Rokovoj Bereg Before you get to make your bid for freedom there’s some unfinished business to take care off, get ready for the final boss in the game. Boss – The Boss Your on a ten minute timer for this battle, you can judge this by that awful bond style tune that kicks in after a few minutes, though if your quick about it, you can end the battle before that even starts. Be prepared too make use of cover, the snow camouflage finally comes in handy here. The Boss is armed with a custom machine gun called the Patriot, and it can do some serious damage so remaining in the open is a bad idea. The way this battle works is to try and sneak up on the boss or lie low until she spots you up close, this begins a CQC fight which requires some quick use of the circle button, if you win knock her down and then blast her when she’s on the floor before running off., if she wins the skirmish though she’ll shoot you but if your quick enough you can follow up and knock her down. Repeat this until the battle is over. There are other methods, all out gunfire for example, but I wouldn’t recommend it, also you can lay explosives but this can be deadly if you get caught. Also note that it’s the bosses health you need to deplete to win the battle not her stamina so just attacking her hand to hand will not work , though you can tire her out with a bit of fisticuffs, leaving her more vulnerable in the later stages. Hiding in sniping is also effective, though it can take some time to pull it off which could cost you the battle, that said moving and sniping is quite effective. Once her health bar is diminished the final battle of the game will be over. Just watch the cut scenes as the games ending pans out. Legal Stuff (lglstf) This guide is copyright 2005 Mike Brandon Metal Gear Solid 3 and all affiliated characters are copyright 2004 Konami Under no circumstances may this guide be obtained through means of monetary exchange. If you wish to use this guide on your site, please contact me: brandon@ogc.org.uk