Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Trophy Guide & Roadmap (PS5)

Welcome to our Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Trophy Guide & Roadmap!

• 7/10 – Estimated Difficulty
• 65 – 80 – Estimated Hours to Completion
• Multiple Mission Replays – Minimum Play-Throughs
• 0 – Missable Trophies
• 0 – Difficulty Related Trophy
• 0 – Online Multiplayer Trophies

The Peace Walker trophy list is made up of miscellaneous and grindy trophies. The game is broken up into shorter missions. It is not a traditional Metal Gear game in terms of one continuous story. The main story takes place in the Main Ops and the side missions take place in the Extra Ops. The missions are mostly short and easy to get through. There are some challenges in the Extra Ops, but as you unlock stronger gear, they will become easier.

Step 1 – Main Ops and Base Building

Start off by working through the main story via Main Ops. You’ll also be building Mother Base as you progress through the story. You’ll recruit soldiers to Mother Base by extracting them during missions. You’ll do this by using the fulton system. Different soldiers will have different specialties. So, you’re going to want to assign them to the departments at Mother Base that they are best suited for. Don’t worry about achieving S Ranks on your first playthrough unless you are already comfortable with the missions. As you start to make your way through the game,

• Recruiting soldiers whenever possible.
• Fulton POWs in missions.
• Develop new weapons and equipment.
• Improve your Mother Base staff and facilities.

The resources and personnel you acquire during the story will make the later trophy cleanup much easier.

Step 2 – Extra Ops and Miscellaneous Trophies

After completing the story, it’ll be time to take on the Extra Ops. A lot of the trophy list will be completed through these missions. These missions are also where you can get the best weapons/gear found in the game. As you start to make your way through the Extra Ops, you’ll find that the difficulty can ramp up in some of them. Some of them may seem pretty hard at first, but don’t worry. As you complete these and recruit better soldiers, you’ll start to acquire gear that will bring the difficulty of these missions down. It’ll be slow at first, but you’ll chip away at unlocking weapons and gear which will then lead to getting through some of the tougher missions more efficiently and effectively. Eventually, you’ll have everything you need to run through them all and start going for S ranks.

Step 3 – S Ranks

In order to get this platinum, you’re going to need to clear all 32 Main Ops and 128 EXTRA OPS missions with an S rank. As previously mentioned, it will be tough at first, but will become much easier over time with the gear you unlock. If you’re familiar with the MGS games, you’ll know that getting the best score means you need to be fast, play non-lethally and avoid detection. That is still generally true here in Peace Walker, but some missions are considerably easier when approached with the correct loadout and strategy instead of trying to complete them as quickly as possible.

Something very important to know here is that you can actually use the bandana to help get S ranks. It’s a special item, but it does not negatively effect your score. The stealth camo on the other hand cannot be used for S ranks. That’s okay though, it really will not be needed. Once you have the bandana, things will get easier. Especially with the boss battle missions.

More Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Guides:

• Metal Gear MSX Trophy Guide & Walkthrough (Master Collection)
• Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake MSX Trophy Guide & Walkthrough (Master Collection)
• Metal Gear Solid Trophy Guide (Master Collection)
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty Trophy Guide (Master Collection)
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater Trophy Guide (Master Collection)
• Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater Trophy Guide
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Trophy Guide
• Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker S Ranks Guide

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Vic Boss

Obtained every trophy.

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An Army Without Borders

Cleared Prologue: An Army Without Borders.

This is an unmissable story related Trophy.

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A Country Without An Army

Cleared Chapter 1: A Country Without An Army.

This is an unmissable story related Trophy.

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The Phantom Hero

Cleared Chapter 2: The Phantom Hero.

This is an unmissable story related Trophy.

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A Nation Reborn

Cleared Chapter 3: A Nation Reborn.

This is an unmissable story related Trophy.

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The Illusion of Peace

Cleared Chapter 4: The Illusion of Peace.

This is an unmissable story related Trophy.

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Outer Heaven

Cleared Chapter 5: Outer Heaven.

This is an unmissable story related Trophy.

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I feel… safe

Wearing a cardboard box gives you that feeling of inner peace.

All you have to do here is equip a cardboard box and then use it. So simply just sit inside of it. The first box can be found in the main op, Opening / Investigate the Supply Facility. It will be found along the left wall of the Puerto Del Alba section of the map. Northwest corner of the map.

 

 

 

 

 

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You’re pretty good

Shot enemy with a sleep-inducing weapon right in the middle of their behind.

Get behind an enemy and aim the MK. 22 in the center of an enemy’s butt and then shoot them. They’ll be instantly knocked out if you hit the right spot.

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Indirect Attack

Attacked enemy soldiers by blowing up an oil drum or truck (single player only).

This can be earned during the, “Pursue Amanda,” main op at the very beginning. When the mission starts, a group of enemies will enter the area. There will be a barrel straight ahead of you and the enemies will walk right next to that barrel. When they are close enough to the barrel, shoot it with a lethal weapon to get it to explode. One of the enemies will stop and crouch down right next to it.

 

 

 

 

 

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  CQC Six Shot

Performed CQC six times in a row.

This needs to be six enemies near each other grabbing one enemy right after the next in a single chain. You’ll know you’re doing it correctly when Snake says, “next,” and the hand icon on screen will get another hand next to it for each one you perform. This can be earned during the, Infiltrate the Underground Base, main op at the very beginning. When the mission starts, run straight out of the hallway and turn right. There will be a group of six enemies straight ahead of you on the floor below. Throw a smoke grenade into that group of enemies, I was able to get this done with a level 3 smoke grenade. Use the forward roll to over the railing and drop down to the lower floor. Run to the enemies and CQC each one of them in a single chain. If you mess up, you restart the mission and try again immediately.

 

 

 

 

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Remember some of the basics of CQC

Knock out 50 enemies with CQC

For this, you just need to knock out enemies with CQC. Grab them and then throw them down to knock them out. You will need to knock out 50 enemies over the course of the entire game.

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You have far too many Game Overs

Reached 50 or more game overs.

All you need here is to die 50 times over the course of the entire game.

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Don’t you have anything else to do?

Rolled 100 times or more in a single mission.

This can be earned in during any mission. All you have to do is start a mission and just keep rolling until the trophy pops. This has to be done in a single mission. You cannot split the total up across multiple missions.

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Kuwabara, Kuwabara

Heard a ghost on the radio.

This can be done on the following missions:

• Extra Ops 60
• Extra Ops 61
• Extra Ops 62

During theses missions, there will be guards laying down that you need to revive. There will also be ghosts floating around them nearby. For this trophy, you need to get near one of the floating ghosts and use your codec. It might not be the right call right away, but keep calling on your codec and you will eventually hear from a dead character. You can’t be seen by the floating ghosts, so you may want to wear camo that will raise your camo rating while trying this. Although, it shouldn’t be too long for one of the right calls to come through.

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I’m dead serious

Threw chaff grenade at ZEKE, leading Paz to ask, “What are you trying to do?” (single player only)

This is earned on the main op, ZEKE Battle. Before you can earn this trophy, you will need to first unlock the Radome for ZEKE. The Radome is obtained by defeating Chrysalis. Once you have the Radom part, you will need to attach it to Zeke from Mother Base > Metal Gear > Customize Parts > Optional Parts > Radome.

With the Radome equipped to ZEKE, you can then attempt the trophy. Start, the mission and bring chaff grenades with you. During the battle, throw a chaff grenade to earn this.

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Gives me infinite ammo

Acquired Infinity Bandana. Never worry about running out of bullets ever again.

There are multiple steps to unlocking the bandana. First, you’re going to need to unlock Extra Ops 119. This can be done by beating Chapter 5 and the missions Extra Ops 113 > Extra Ops 115 > Extra Ops 117 > Extra Ops 119. Once you have Extra Ops 119 unlocked, you’ll then need to S rank Extra Ops 119.

S ranking 119 is going to be all about finishing it as quickly as you can.

• Wear the Battle Dress with Helmet uniform
• Bring the highest ranked rocket launcher that you can. Research them and increase them to 5 preferably.
• Bring two rocket launchers. One of them should be the M47. The RPG or Carl Gustav M2 are good choices for the second choice
• Bring your highest ranked LMG for the EMP field
• Bring Support Supply Markers
• Use the Support Supply Marker before you actually need them so that ammo is ready to go when needed to reduce waiting time.
• Always aim for the for AI Pod
• Don’t stand still for too long

Once you get the S rank, you’ll get the Bandana Design Specs. You’ll then need to research the Bandana completely in order to acquire it.

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Stealth camouflage

Acquired stealth camouflage. Never worry about being detected ever again.

There are multiple steps to unlocking the stealth camo. First, you’re going to need to unlock Extra Ops 50. This can be done by beating Chapter 5 and the missions Extra Ops 045 > Extra Ops 046 > Extra Ops 102 > Extra Ops 47 > Extra Ops 048 > Extra Ops 091 > Extra Ops 049 > Extra Ops 075 > Extra Ops 050. Once you have Extra Ops 050 unlocked, you’ll then need to S rank Extra Ops 050.

S ranking Extra Ops 050 is all about being quick and not being spotted by anyone.

• Wear the Sneaking Suit
• Bring Tranq Weapons
• Don’t waste time on guards that are not directly in your way. You do not need to knock everyone. You won’t have time.
• Instead of wasting ammo, you can hold enemies up and run off. Just exit the area quickly.
• Throw a sleep grenade at the two enemies blocking your path at to the exit in the final section.

Once you get the S rank, you’ll get the Stealth Camo design specs. You’ll then need to research the Stealth camo completely in order to acquire it.

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Kotodama

Use a CO-OPS Comms battle cry

Battle cries are short messages that you can use during missions. Some of them will even give a buff when used. Pause the game during a mission and then go to the, Co-ops Communication, tab. From there select what battle cry you want to use. Select it and then you’ll hear Snake say it. You can change what battle cries you have equipped before a mission by going to Mission Prep > Co-ops Comm. > pick a battle cry to change. If there is a buff attached, it will tell you what it does when used at the bottom of the screen. For example, the, “They’ll never hear me coming!,” battle cry will increase your camo index. All you have to do is one of these one time.

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Divine Wind

Collected a soldier using a divine wind.

In order to earn this, you’re going to have to use the Tanegashima Musket. When shot, it will sometimes create a big whirlwind that will automatically extract an enemy and send them to Mother Base. The difficult part of this trophy is getting the musket, not so much using it. In order to get the weapon, you’re going to have to do some grinding.

In order to get started, you’re going to need to get a Rathalos Wing. This is a random reward for completing Extra Ops 121 or 122. The drop rate for this is pretty low, but there are a few things you can do to increase your chances at getting it.

• Farm Extra Op 122.
• Destroy Rathalos’ breakable parts:
  • Head
  • Right Wing
  • Left Wing
  • Tail
• Defeat Rathalos non-lethally.

Once you finally have the Rathalos Wing, you will then need to find an R&D specialist that has the Japanese Patriot skill. One of the POWs on the Extra Op 049 has this skill. In addition to that, you will also need your R&D team to be at level 89 or higher.

With all that completed, you can then research and build the Tanegashima Musket. When it’s ready, equip it and bring it with you on a mission. During the mission, shoot it at an enemy. The whirlwind effect is random, so you may need to shoot it multiple times to get the special effect to trigger. Once it does, the whirlwind will automatically fulton the enemy.

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OUTER OPS Sortie

Carried out a mission in OUTER OPS.

Outer Ops are missions that you will send a team of your staff to carry out. These are missions that will auto complete in the background while you play main or extra ops. Choose, Outer Ops from the Mother Base menu, choose an available Outer Ops mission and then dispatch a team to complete it. When it’s completed, you’ll need to return to the mission and view the debrief to get the results of the mission.

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Elite Forces

Cleared “Capture the Enemy Base 06” in OUTER OPS using only soldiers.

This will be the very last mission in the list of Outer Ops. In order to earn the Trophy, you need to win the mission by only using soldiers. You cannot use ZEKE or any mechs. You’re going to want to use your best soldiers for this. Make sure that they are S or A ranked at minimum. You want their health and psyche to be at 9999. In addition to that, you will also want to have your weapons leveled up very highly. The soldiers will automatically use whichever weapons are the most ranked up. So, you want to research the M47 and the K. Pistol and rank them up. The soldiers you assign should take those and they will really help complete this mission.

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Mech Catcher

Captured a mech.

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Basilisk Eater

Defeated Pupa, Chrysalis, Cocoon, Peace Walker.

This is an unmissable story related Trophy. These are the bosses that you’ll face during the main ops.

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Steel Eater

Defeated all AI weapons.

In order to earn this trophy, you’re going to need to defeat all of the AI bosses and their custom variants in the extra ops.

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Launched ZEKE

Complete Metal Gear ZEKE.

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Completed ZEKE

Customized ZEKE’s head parts and foot parts with special AI weapon parts.

This trophy can be earned after you have already launched ZEKE. In order to get it, you’re going to have to get a head and foot parts from any of the custom AI weapons. These would be Extra Ops 113, 115, 117 and 119. Just like with the other parts required for ZEKE, do not damage the head when trying to get one. Focus your damage on the AI pods of the bosses.

As for the foot parts, you’ll need to fight Peace Walker Type II to get it to drop its legs. Same thing applies here as before, do not damage the legs when trying to get them. Focus your damage on the AI pod.

Once you have a head and foot parts, equip them both to ZEKE at Mother Base to pop this trophy.

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Huey’s Thoughts

Read Huey’s love letter.

You will automatically recruit Huey during the story as you complete main ops. When he joins you, he’ll give you his letter. You can read it by going to the Mother Base menu > R&D > Other > Letter. Press twice to read it.

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Strangelove’s Thoughts

Read all of Strangelove’s memoirs.

There are three memoirs that you’re going to need to collect and read. First, you will need to have completed at least chapter 5. Then, these can be collected when facing the bosses. Fight any of the bosses and beat them until you are inside of the AI pod. While in the pod, you will see a prompt when moving between the boards you are pulling out. Make sure to press when you see that prompt inside of the AI pods. These are Strangelove’s memoirs. You can get one per battle and it can be done against any of the bosses. You can even run the same boss three times.

Once you have all three of them, start up any mission and then select, Briefing Files > File Library > Data Files > Strangelove’s Memories. Open and listen to all three of them to earn the trophy.

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Paz’s Thoughts

Read all of Paz’s diary.

Paz’s diaries are collected the same way as Strangelove’s memoirs. The 10 diary tapes are hidden inside the AI Pods of the Type II and Custom AI Weapon battles in the extra ops. While in the pod, you will see a prompt when moving between the boards you are pulling out. Make sure to press when you see that prompt inside of the AI pods. These are the diaries. You can get one per battle and it can be done against any of the Type II and Custom AI Weapon battles. You can even run the same boss ten times.

Once you have all 10 of them, start up any mission and then select, Briefing Files > File Library > Data Files > Paz’s Diary. Open and listen to all 10 of them to earn the trophy.

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Paz Mania

Obtained Rank S on a date with Paz.

The date with Paz will actually be Extra Op 067. This will become available near the end of Chapter 5. In order to get an S rank on this mission, you’re going to have to raise her affinity level. When the mission starts, it will be at 0. You need to finish the mission with her affinity level at 200.

Wear the Tuxedo. You’ll unlock that by beating the final Peace Walker story battle. In addition to that, you’re going to need bring the Love Box with you. You will also need to change your Co-ops Comms. You need to take all of the positive ones with you. Take the following:

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Kaz Mania

Obtained Rank S on a date with Kaz.

The date with Kaz will be Extra Op 068. This mission will become available after beating Extra Op 119. Just like with Paz’s date, you’re going to need to do the same here for the S rank. Kaz’s affinity will start at 0 and you need to raise it to 100. Unlike Paz, Kaz will not react to the same co-op comms, but he will react to some of them. Although, they are really not needed here. That’s because you can actually raise Kaz’s affinity by hitting him with CQC. You can stand in front of him and throw a punch at him. A heart icon will pop up. You can just punch him all the way to 100 affinity. Each punch should raise his Affinity by 10. Once you’re at 100, equip the Love Box and Kaz will join Snake inside to end the mission.

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Headshot Hero

Take down 50 enemies with a headshot.

This is a pretty straight forward trophy that you will likely get naturally while making your way through the game. Aim for the head anytime you shoot an enemy.

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Hold-Up Artist

Reached 100 hold-ups.

For this trophy, you will need to sneak up behind enemies and point your weapon at them (don’t shoot, just aim it) in order to hold them up. What you do from there, does not matter. You just need to have held them up. In order for the enemies to count toward the trophy, you will need to complete the mission. If you fail or abort a mission, any enemy you held up will not count toward the trophy. This is a cumulative trophy that will track across the entire game.

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Stun Specialist

Reached at least 100 stun attacks or sleep-inducing attacks.

For this, you will just need to use weapons or attacks that will put an enemy to sleep, or knock them unconscious. You’ll naturally earn this Trophy as you work toward the, “Fulton Recovery Veteran,” trophy. That will require 300 enemies to be extracted, and the enemies need to be asleep or unconscious in order to be extracted. In order for the enemies to count toward the trophy, you will need to complete the mission. If you fail or abort a mission, any enemy you stunned/put to sleep will not count toward the trophy. This is a cumulative trophy that will track across the entire game.

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Lethal Enforcer

Reached 100 kills.

All you have to do here is kill at least 100 enemies. In order for the enemies to count toward the trophy, you will need to complete the mission. If you fail or abort a mission, any enemies that you killed will not count toward the trophy. This is a cumulative trophy that will track across the entire game.

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Fulton Recovery Veteran

Reached 300 Fulton recoveries.

Fulton recoveries are how you’ll be extracting enemy soldiers during missions to build up your base. An enemy can only be recovered via Fulton if they are asleep/unconscious/in the process of being held up. There are multiple ways to Fulton enemies:

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Metal Stealer

Capture all vehicles.

You’ll need to capture every type of vehicle for this Trophy. This is done during the boss fights against vehicles. During the fight against a vehicle there will be enemy soldiers on foot around the vehicle. Take them out stealthily, once the enemies are killed/knocked out, there will be a few waves of enemies that replace them. Take them out as well. If you do put them to sleep, you’ll need to fulton them out. Otherwise they will still be counted as “active” and the driver won’t come out. When all of the on foot enemies are gone, the driver will then come out of the vehicle, as long as you have not been spotted. Once he does, knock out or kill him without destroying the vehicle. When the driver is dealt with, the vehicle will be sent to Mother Base.

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Costume Collector

Obtained every costume.

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Special Staff Recruiter

Assembled all special staff members.

In order to earn this trophy, you’re going to have to recruit four unique characters. There are characters that will be labeled as, “UNQ” (Unique), but those are not the characters that are needed for this trophy. Those characters are the actual characters of the game’s story. There are four other characters with special jobs that are needed for this. You’ll need to fulton each of the four staff members in order to recruit them. After they’ve been recovered, you will also need to finish the mission.

• Hideo Kojima

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Hideo Kojima

Recruited Hideo Kojima.

See the, “Special Staff Recruiter,” trophy above for more details.

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Leap of Faith

Performed a Leap of Faith.

This can be done in the Main Op, Travel to the Mine Base. Where you start, head straight down the dirt path. Stay on it and keep going until you see a bale of hay on your left. You need to get on the roof of the building next to that bale of hay. You can take a ladder to the roof of the building to the southwest. Climb up and then roll forward over the gap between roofs. Once you roll over, climb up to the higher portion of the roof and you should see hay on the roof near the ledge. Stand on that hay then press to jump off and perform a leap of faith.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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That looks tasty!

Nicely cooked a ration.

This is best earned in Extra Op 64. Shoot down all of the balloons. Kaz will tell you that you’re done and to head for the goal. Instead of doing that, go to the fire spit directly behind the goal. Press with a Ration equipped at the fire spit. Snake will sit down and rotate the Ration over the fire. You need to let the Ration rotate until it turns brown. As soon as it turns brown, press again to take the Ration off of the fire. If you leave it on for too long, it will burn. So grab it as soon as it turns brown. If done correctly, you should end up with a Well Done Ration. Only a Well Done Ration will pop the Trophy. Burnt or Rare will not work. There is just enough time to cook a Ration when the mission starts, but the mission will quickly fail when two balloons get by. If you wait until the end, the mission will not end until you step into the goal.

There is a fire spit in the Monster Hunter missions, but you’ll need to cook the Ration with the monsters trying to get you. So, Extra Op 64 is stress free and easy.

 

 

 

 

 

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Monster Hunter

Cleared all hunting quests.

The hunting quests are Extra Ops 121 through 128. All you have to do for this trophy is beat the missions. Your rank does not matter for this trophy.

In order to unlock them, you will need to follow several steps.

Listen to all of Chico’s tapes that relate to Monsters. Unlike the other tapes, these will only be listed under Briefing Files for certain missions. So, you’ll need to choose the mission >Briefing Files > About this Mission > Chico > the required tapes. The tapes will become automatically as you complete missions in the Main Ops. The missions are listed below.

Main Op – Destroy the Barricade

• The Real Basilisco

Main Op – Infiltrate The Crater Base

• The Loch Ness Monster
• Nahuelito
• Mokele Mbembe
• Ogopogo

Main Op – Travel to the Cloud Forest

• Bigfoot
• Mono Grande

Main Op – Locate the ID Card

• Kongamato

Main Op – Travel to the Mine Base

• UFOs
• Abductions
• Elbakki

Once you listened to every one of the tapes listed above, you will then need to play Extra Ops 029. Blow up the objective box. Instead of heading for the goal, leave this area and go to Playa del Alba to the south. Once there, go to the end of the dock where you will see an animal sitting in a boat. Approach the cat and speak to it. Doing so will unlock the first Monster Hunter mission. Each time you complete one, the next will become available.

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MAIN OPS All Rank A

Cleared all MAIN OPS missions at Rank A or higher.

See the, “Big Boss,” Trophy below for more details.

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MAIN OPS All Rank S

Cleared all MAIN OPS missions at Rank S.

See the, “Big Boss,” Trophy below for more details.

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EXTRA OPS All Cleared

Cleared all EXTRA OPS missions.

See the, “Big Boss,” Trophy below for more details.

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EXTRA OPS All Rank A

Cleared all EXTRA OPS missions at Rank A or higher.

See the, “Big Boss,” Trophy below for more details.

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EXTRA OPS All Rank S

Cleared all EXTRA OPS missions at Rank S.

See the, “Big Boss,” Trophy below for more details.

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Big Boss

Cleared all MAIN OPS and EXTRA OPS missions at Rank S.

In order to earn this, you’re going to need to clear all 32 Main Ops and 128 EXTRA OPS missions with an S rank. This will be something that you’ll want to focus on much later in the game when you have unlocked and upgraded most gear. Doing so will make things much easier to get through which will make for better ranks. Some of the missions will vary as to what will earn you S ranks, but they will generally focus on the conditions listed below.

• No Kills
• No Alerts
• Minimal damage taken
• No Retries
• Fast Completion Time

Missions can be replayed as many times as you need. The better the gear you have, the easier the missions will become to S rank. In fact, you can even use the Bandana here to get S ranks. Once you have that and few other weapons, the majority of the missions become very easy to S rank. Unfortunately, the Stealth Camo cannot be used to get S ranks. As you play through the game, make sure that you are researching weapons and gear as well as recruiting high level soldiers. You’ll be able to S rank some of the missions here and there on your initial run through the missions, but you really need to just focus on improving Mother Base and your gear. Overtime, you’ll accumulate the best gear in the game and you’ll start to be able to knock the S ranks out fairly quickly. A few things to focus on are listed below.

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Cover-to-Cover Solid: Peace Walker

Read all the pages in the Screenplay Book.

The Master Collection comes with Screenplay books for each of the games. These can be accessed from the menu when starting the game up. Open the Screenplay Book for Peace Walker and tab through all of the pages to the end and this will pop.

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