Metal Gear Solid 2 All Dog Tags

Welcome to the Metal Gear Solid 2 dog tags guide!

The guide below will detail where every dog tag can be found on every difficulty.

Most of the guards are wearing dog tags in the game. In order to get them, you need to sneak up to a guard and point your weapon at them to hold them up. Once they’re held up, get in front of them if you aren’t already, and point the weapon at their head. They’ll shake and drop their dog tags.

Some guards will refuse to give you their dog tag. If you point your weapon at their head and they don’t give the tag, you need to shoot them once in the arm or leg with a lethal weapon and then aim at their head again. Make sure you do this with a suppressed weapon, otherwise you’ll end up getting spotted via gunshot noise.

If you’re unsure if you’ve gotten an enemy’s tags, you look at their chest in first person to see a glint appear. You can also use thermal goggles to see of they’re wearing any as well. Look at their chest with thermal goggles on to check.

Alert team enemies do not have dog tags.

Some bosses do have dog tags as well.

You can use stealth on the harder difficulties to collect dog tags. Using stealth will cancel out the Big Boss codename, however.

• Beat Olga non lethally. Pick up and drop her body after the fight to get her tags.
• Fatman has Stillman’s tags. Beat Fatman non lethally and then pick up and drop his body to get the tags.
• Snake has different tag depending on what difficulty you’re on. Knock him out unconscious when he gives you the HF Blade. Pick him up and drop him to get the tags.

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• Tanker
  • Very Easy
  • Easy
  • Normal
  • Hard
  • Extreme
• Plant

Tanker – Very Easy

There are 24 dog tags to collect on the Tanker on Very Easy.

• One guard in Deck D, Crew’s Quarters will only appear after you go into the room that has the cardboard box and a lot of food. The guard will come up the stairs and then turn around to leave. You have to get him quick before he leaves.
• Beat Olga non lethally. Pick up and drop her body after the fight to get her tags.
• If you’re short a dog tag in Deck A, Crew’s Lounge, exit the and re-enter through the door to the southeast. That should spawn the enemy. This is after the Olga fight.
• The guard by the entrance to the doorway of the Engine Room will leave if you aren’t fast enough
• The guard that enters the Engine Room after fixing the broken door will leave if you are not fast enough. You have to pass him as part of the story path.
• The first Hold No. 1 tag is next to the projector. Get it and then go back up the first ladder.
• One of the marines in Hold No. 1 requires increased grip strength to level 3. You will need to hang from the middle level on the right and shimmy over the end of the room. Pull yourself up and get the tag.
• The first Hold No. 3 tag is on the second floor on the right. You will need to have entered this area via the top floor which is where you got the tag in Hold No. 1. Pass through the second Hold on the top floor and enter the third.
• The marine on the right falling asleep in Hold No. 3 has the other tag.

Tanker – Easy

There are 26 dog tags to collect on Easy.

• One guard in Deck D, Crew’s Quarters will only appear after you go into the room that has the cardboard box and a lot of food. The guard will come up the stairs and then turn around to leave. You have to get him quick before he leaves.
• Beat Olga non lethally. Pick up and drop her body after the fight to get her tags.
• If you’re short a dog tag in Deck A, Crew’s Lounge, exit the and re-enter through the door to the southeast. That should spawn the enemy. This is after the Olga fight.
• The guard by the entrance to the doorway of the Engine Room will leave if you aren’t fast enough
• The guard that enters the Engine Room after fixing the broken door will leave if you are not fast enough. You have to pass him as part of the story path.
• There is a marine at the front of the group that has a dog tag. This can be hard to get without the stealth camo. He is the marine wearing underwear. You’ll need to tranquilize every marine and then drag this one over to the side and wake him up.
• One of the marines in Hold No. 1 requires increased grip strength to level 3. You will need to hang from the middle level on the right and shimmy over the end of the room. Pull yourself up and get the tag.
• The first Hold No. 3 tag is on the second floor on the right. You will need to have entered this area via the top floor which is where you got the tag in Hold No. 1. Pass through the second Hold on the top floor and enter the third.
• The marine on the right falling asleep in Hold No. 3 has the other tag.
• The last marine is in the front row. Look at them in first person to see the glint of the tag. This is best done with stealth camo. If not, you’ll need to tranquilize every marine and then drag this one over to the side and wake him up.

Tanker – Normal

There are 33 dog tags to collect on Normal.

• One guard in Deck D, Crew’s Quarters will only appear after you go into the room that has the cardboard box and a lot of food. The guard will come up the stairs and then turn around to leave. You have to get him quick before he leaves.
• Beat Olga non lethally. Pick up and drop her body after the fight to get her tags.
• If you’re short a dog tag in Deck A, Crew’s Lounge, exit the and re-enter through the door to the southeast. That should spawn the enemy. This is after the Olga fight.
• One of the guards in Deck C, Crew’s Quarters only spawns after fighting Olga.
• The guard by the entrance to the doorway of the Engine Room will leave if you aren’t fast enough
• The guard that enters the Engine Room after fixing the broken door will leave if you are not fast enough. You have to pass him as part of the story path.
• The first Hold No. 1 tag is next to the projector. Get it and then go back up the first ladder.
• One of the marines in Hold No. 1 is not part of the main group of marines. He is on the southwest side of the room.
• One of the marines in Hold No. 1 requires increased grip strength to level 3. You will need to hang from the middle level on the right and shimmy over the end of the room. Pull yourself up and get the tag.
• The first Hold No. 3 tag is on the second floor on the right. You will need to have entered this area via the top floor which is where you got the tag in Hold No. 1. Pass through the second Hold on the top floor and enter the third.
• The marine on the right falling asleep in Hold No. 3 has the other tag.
• The final marine in Hold No. 3 is on the left side of the room near the big camera. Backtrack to Hold No. 2.
• One of the tags in Hold No. 2 is next to the projectors.
• The other tag in Hold No. 2 is on the left side of the room patrolling.

Tanker – Hard

There are 35 dog tags to collect on hard.

• One guard in Deck D, Crew’s Quarters will only appear after you go into the room that has the cardboard box and a lot of food. The guard will come up the stairs and then turn around to leave. You have to get him quick before he leaves.
• Beat Olga non lethally. Pick up and drop her body after the fight to get her tags.
• If you’re short a dog tag in Deck A, Crew’s Lounge, exit the and re-enter through the door to the southeast. That should spawn the enemy. This is after the Olga fight.
• One of the guards in Deck C, Crew’s Quarters only spawns after fighting Olga.
• The guard by the entrance to the doorway of the Engine Room will leave if you aren’t fast enough
• The guard that enters the Engine Room after fixing the broken door will leave if you are not fast enough. You have to pass him as part of the story path.
• One of the marines in Hold No. 1 is not part of the main group of marines. He is on the southwest side of the room.
• Another marine tag is patrolling the northwest side of Hold No. 1
• One of the marines in Hold No. 1 requires increased grip strength to level 3. You will need to hang from the middle level on the right and shimmy over the end of the room. Pull yourself up and get the tag.
• The first Hold No. 3 tag is on the second floor on the right. You will need to have entered this area via the top floor which is where you got the tag in Hold No. 1. Pass through the second Hold on the top floor and enter the third.
• The second marine in Hold No. 3 is patrolling on the upper right side of Ray.
• The third marine in Hold No. 3 is patrolling across the room in the front of the group.
• The fourth marine in Hold No. 3 is on the left side of the room near the big camera. Backtrack to Hold No. 2.
• Both marines in Hold No. 2 are patrolling at the front of the group. One is on the left and the other on the right.

Tanker – Extreme

There are 34 ddog tags to collect on extreme.

• One guard in Deck D, Crew’s Quarters will only appear after you go into the room that has the cardboard box and a lot of food. The guard will come up the stairs and then turn around to leave. You have to get him quick before he leaves.
• Beat Olga non lethally. Pick up and drop her body after the fight to get her tags.
• If you’re short a dog tag in Deck A, Crew’s Lounge, exit the and re-enter through the door to the southeast. That should spawn the enemy. This is after the Olga fight.
• One of the guards in Deck C, Crew’s Quarters only spawns after fighting Olga.
• The guard by the entrance to the doorway of the Engine Room will leave if you aren’t fast enough
• The guard that enters the Engine Room after fixing the broken door will leave if you are not fast enough. You have to pass him as part of the story path.
• Another marine tag is patrolling the northwest side of Hold No. 1
• One of the marines in Hold No. 1 requires increased grip strength to level 3. You will need to hang from the middle level on the right and shimmy over the end of the room. Pull yourself up and get the tag.
• The first Hold No. 3 tag is on the second floor on the right. You will need to have entered this area via the top floor which is where you got the tag in Hold No. 1. Pass through the second Hold on the top floor and enter the third.
• The second marine in Hold No. 3 is patrolling on the upper right side of Ray.
• The third marine in Hold No. 3 is patrolling across the room in the front of the group.
• The fourth marine in Hold No. 3 is on the left side of the room near the big camera. Backtrack to Hold No. 2.
• Both marines in Hold No. 2 are patrolling at the front of the group. One is on the left and the other on the right.