Overview
- Estimate difficulty: 7.57/10 (243 votes) (Personal estimation 8/10)
- Trophy Breakdown: 34
- Offline: 34 (19 9 5 1 )
- Online: 0
- Approximate time to : 70-80+ Hours
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 8
- Missable trophies: 18 – Laughing Octopus Doll Frog Soldier Doll Raging Raven Doll Crying Wolf Doll Screaming Mantis Doll SUNLIGHT! Ghost Photography Addict I am THE expert on weapons Sounds of the Battlefield Flashback Mania Can you feel my power now!!!? Infinite Ammo Stealth Camouflage Crop Circle Are you an Otaku too? You’re pretty Good Overhead view — just like old times… LIQUID (See note below)
- Glitched trophies: None
- Cheats disable trophies: No
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Difficulty affects trophies: Yes – Some emblems need to be done on a certain difficulty
Useful links
Emblem's Guide
Chicken Walkthrough
Big Boss Walkthrough
Big Boss Video Walkthrough (by Asphyx1ateD)
Collectibles Walkthrough
FAQ
Emblem Guide (by MsFuruba and Dark_Raven666)
Collectibles Guide (by MsFuruba and Dark_Raven666)
Welcome to Metal Gear Solid 4. It is back. One of the best games in the video game history has finally obtained a trophy patch after nearly 4 years since its release. This is one of the most awaited trophy lists amongst all PS3 games. The game puts you in the role of Solid Snake, who is in his final days while he is trying to finally settle the score with his brother Liquid and defeat the corrupted system off the Patriots. The game is a fountain of memories, as with every cutscene and area, you will find something related to the previous games of the series.
The trophies are not for the faint-hearted. Deceiving as it may seem in the beginning, the platinum trophy actually requires you to collect all 40 badges. This includes the infamous Big Boss emblem, which is said to be obtained only by really skillful players. Getting all the trophies will take approximately 80 hours since you will have to do at least 8 playthroughs. If you are up for the challenge, get yourself ready and dive into the world of this magnificent game.
: Crouch whilst standing stationary or prone / Roll when moving whilst standing
: Action button / Turn over while being prone
: Reload your weapon
: Enable Auto-Aim
: Move Character / Choose item or weapon from the menu
: Move Camera
: Aim weapon
: CQC / Fire weapon while aiming
: Toggle item equip
: Toggle Weapon equip
: Center Camera
: Pause game
: View control scheme.
Holding : Prone while standing or crouched / Stand Up while being prone
Holding : Play dead while being prone
Holding : Show Item Menu
Holding : Show Weapon Menu
While aiming with a weapon with
: Toggle between Over the Shoulder view and First Person view.
: Switch shoulder when in Over the Shoulder view
: Zoom In while using a Sniper Rifle
: Zoom Out while using a Sniper Rifle
CQC:
- Slam: Run to an opponent, press and move the in any direction will make the enemy unconscious.
- Grab: Hold to capture the enemy. Hold the button firmly to suffocate the enemy.
- Disarm: Grab an enemy and immediately press the again to take his weapon. This needs timing.
- Throw: Grab an enemy and then press with the in any direction.
- Ground Choke: Press while grabbing an enemy to make him kneel. Then press the with forward.
- Slit throat: Press while grabbing an enemy to kill him
- Human shield: - Press quickly while grabbing an enemy to aim a gun and use the enemy as a shield.
- Search/Crotch Grab: Hold up a target by aiming your weapon at his back with , move in front of him and lower your weapon. Press to pat the enemy down for items. When you see an exclamation mark, press again to get an item and knock off the enemy.
Before I begin with the roadmap, I would like to make a short note regarding the missable trophies. I have posted that there are 18 missable trophies in the overview above. Some of them could and could not be called missable since you will be doing eight playthroughs for this platinum. Since the trophies above can be acquired at a specific part of the story and if you miss them, you will have to do another run, they will be marked as missable. However, technically, you have so many chances to get them, that they can be missed only if you really want to. Additionally, most of the trophies’ progress is transferred across playthroughs supposing you save each time at the same file when you complete a playthrough. The only missable trophy that you should watch out is the Flashback Mania one.
**NOTE** If you want to enjoy the game, you are advised to aim for an emblem like Centipede for your first run as this emblem requires a more stealthy playthrough. For the sake of trophy hunting, the Chicken emblem has been posted up first. HOWEVER, if you want to aim for your first run to get 0 kills and 0 alerts, you are free to do so as you can also unlock the Bandana and the Stealth Camo which will be invaluable to the next runs. You may also want to approach the game differently anyway. So we will have two paths.
A) Trophy Wise - For veteran players
B) Story Wise - For new players
Step 1: 1st Playthrough - Chicken, Flashbacks & Misc Trophies
To start with, the trophies are not retroactive, meaning that you will have to start a brand new game to get the trophies. You do not have to delete your old save, but you can't load that one to get trophies on it. You must start your game on a brand new save data created after the patch. Your first playthrough should be the one where you should get off the most time-consuming part of the game. Start the game on Liquid Snake difficulty. The Chicken emblem is your aim here. Among its many requirements, it needs you to have a total play time of 35 hours at least. You are going to take advantage of all these hours and get almost all of the trophies as well as more than half of the emblems. Kill almost every enemy you come across with, run around like a maniac to get easily spotted and die more than 50 times. Even when you complete most of the emblems' requirements, you will probably need a lot of hours to complete 35 hours of playtime. Take advantage of it and let Snake inside a barrel or a box, standing against a wall, prone for a necessary amount of time to get the rest time-related emblems. You can leave your PS3 on overnight or when you leave your house to do this faster. It is also the time that you will see all the cutscenes and enjoy the thrilling story of this game. The cutscenes add a total of 8 hours in your gameplay so it will lessen the pain of this run a bit. Your other aim in this run is to get the Flashback Mania trophy. Finally, apart from the cutscenes, aim to get as many weapons, iPod tracks, defeating the five bosses non-lethally needed for the SUNLIGHT trophy, getting most of the FaceCamos (especially during the Mission Briefings) and photographing the ghosts in Shadow Moses island. You can also get most miscellaneous trophies out of the way in this run.
Trophies earned in this step:
Liquid Sun
Solid Sun
Third Sun
Twin Suns
Old Sun
You enjoy all the killing, that’s why.
Laughing Octopus Doll (Missable)
Frog Soldier Doll (Missable)
Raging Raven Doll (Missable)
Crying Wolf Doll (Missable)
Screaming Mantis Doll (Missable)
Handle with Caution (Missable)
Hands Up!
Flashback Mania (Missable)
SUNLIGHT! (Missable)
Ghost Photography Addict (Missable)
FaceCamo Addict
Can you feel my power now!!!? (Missable)
Emotion Control
Hurt me more!
Drum Can Addict
Crop Circle (Missable)
Are you an Otaku too? (Missable)
You’re pretty good. (Missable)
That Tune Is His Mind Control Music
Overhead view — just like old times… (Missable)
LIQUID (Missable)
Emblems earned in this step: 22/40
- Lobster
- Inch Worm
- Hyena
- Hog
- Hawk
- Gecko
- Giant Panda
- Frog
- Eagle
- Blue Bird
- Ant
- Gibbon
- Bee
- Bear
- Scarab
- Pig
- Puma
- Crocodile
- Cow
- Chicken
- Tortoise
- Rabbit
Follow this Chicken Walkthrough to help you with the emblems in this run.
STEP 2: 2nd Playthrough – Tarantula & Assassin
Now that we got rid of the most boring part and you have remembered the game, it’s time we knock off the remaining emblems. The emblems you will aim is the Assassin and Tarantula one. See the Emblem's Guide on how to get all emblems. Since you got the Chicken emblem in your previous run, you will now have the Corpse Camo needed for the I Just Don’t Fear Death trophy. If you have enough points, you can buy the Tanegashima in Act 5 for half a million points.
Trophies earned in this step:
Divine Wind
I Just Don’t Fear Death
Emblems earned in this step: 24/40
- Tarantula
- Assassin
Step 3: 3rd - 6th Playthrough – Getting some easy emblems
This step will be a long one since you will have to play the game four more times to acquire the remaining easy emblems. These are the emblems that all require a different combination of alerts, kills and continues until the end of the game. There’s really no difference in choosing which to get first or last, but the point is that you will have to play four times to get these emblems. In these playthroughs, you should get everything you may have missed, want it to be a specific trophy or weapons and iPod tracks. Finally, at this step you want to stock up on chaff grenades, and make sure you have obtained weapons like the Solar Gun. All of these are extremely important for the next step. Start by getting the Centipede one, if you haven't obtained it already and try to get 0 kills and 0 alerts. This way you will earn the Bandana and the Stealth Camo, two items that are extremely valuable to the next runs and will make them much easier. Make sure to get the rest of the weapons as well.
Trophies earned in this step:
Infinite ammo (Missable)
Stealth Camouflage (Missable)
I am THE expert on weapons (Missable)
Emblems earned in this step: 28/40
- Spider
- Centipede
- Leopard
- Jaguar
STEP 4: 7th Playthrough – Big Boss
For some people obtaining the Big Boss emblem will not be a big problem since they may have achieved it in the past, but for the majority this will be separating them from the platinum trophy. By obtaining the Big Boss Emblem you will also unlock at least 10 more emblems, so that's why all the remaining emblems were posted in this step. There's nothing more to say in this step other than to post a link of my walkthrough for the Big Boss emblem. Do not leave this step for the end. In order to get the Little Gray emblem, you need all 69 weapons. Unless you put some passwords to unlock the weapons, you must get Big Boss first in order to unlock the last four weapons. Little Gray won't unlock in this run because the weapons appear AFTER the emblem's screen. So you need to play the game one more time for that emblem.
Big Boss Walkthrough
Emblems earned in this step: 38/40
- Hound
- FoxHound
- Fox
- Big Boss
- Raven
- Pigeon
- Octopus
- Mantis
- Wolf
- Scorpion
STEP 5: 8th Playthrough
The tough part is done so go and get the last two emblems you need. This will be very very easy and it won't take more than 3 hours. When you unlock all the trophies, you will get this prestigious platinum. Conratulations!!
Trophies earned in this step:
Sounds of the Battlefield (Missable)
The Legendary Hero
Emblems earned in this step: 40/40
- Panther
- Little Gray
STEP 1: 1st Playthrough – Cutscenes and Centipede emblem
To start with, the trophies are not retroactive, meaning that you will have to start a brand new game to get the trophies. You do not have to delete your old save, but you can't load that one to get trophies on it. You must start your game on a brand new save data created after the patch. Your first playthrough should be the one where you should enjoy the game. Start the game on any difficulty you want. It is highly advised that you will see all the cutscenes and enjoy the thrilling story of this game if you haven’t played the game. Your main aim in this run is to get the Flashback Mania trophy. As far as the emblems are concerned, you shouldn’t worry for any of them except the Centipede one. Centipede was chosen, as the requirements for it is more of a stealth run, instead of a shooting one. You want to die 26 times or more to get this emblem out of the way. Don’t worry for the rest emblems as you have plenty more runs to get them all. Finally, apart from the cutscenes, aim to get as many weapons, iPod tracks defeat the five bosses non-lethally needed for the SUNLIGHT trophy, getting most of the FaceCamos and photographing the ghosts in Shadow Moses. You can also get most miscellaneous trophies out of the way in this run but since this is a playthrough to get familiarised with game, you better do them in another playthrough. Also make sure to get Screaming Mantis' two dolls.
Trophies earned in this step:
Liquid Sun
Solid Sun
Third Sun
Twin Suns
Old Sun
Laughing Octopus Doll (Missable)
Frog Soldier Doll (Missable)
Raging Raven Doll (Missable)
Crying Wolf Doll (Missable)
Screaming Mantis Doll (Missable)
Flashback Mania (Missable)
SUNLIGHT! (Missable)
Hurt me more!
FaceCamo Addict
Crop Circle (Missable)
That Tune Is His Mind Control Music
Overhead view — just like old times… (Missable)
LIQUID (Missable)
Infinite ammo. (Missable)
Stealth Camouflage (Missable)
Emblems earned in this step: 1/40
- Centipede
You will most likely get some other emblems in the way but since the playthrough's aim was this emblem alone, only this will be posted in this step.
STEP 2: 2nd Playthrough - Chicken & Misc Trophies
Now that you have completed the game once, you are going to do the most boring part of the game. The Chicken emblem. Among its many requirements, it wants you to have a total play time of 35 hours at least. You are going to take advantage of all these hours and get almost all of the trophies as well as most miscellaneous and combat trophies. Kill almost every enemy you come across with, get easily spotted and die more than 50 times. At this point, you will probably have enough money to buy off some weapons that can only be purchased via the Drebin store. Even when you complete most of the emblems' requirements, you will probably need a lot of hours to complete 35 hours of playtime. Take advantage of it and get the rest time-related emblems. You can leave your PS3 on overnight or when you leave your house to do this faster.
Trophies earned in this step:
You enjoy all the killing, that’s why.
Handle with Caution (Missable)
Hands Up!
Ghost Photography Addict (Missable)
Emotion Control
Drum Can Addict
Can you feel my power now!!!? (Missable)
Are you an Otaku too? (Missable)
You’re pretty good. (Missable)
Emblems earned in this step: 23/40
- Lobster
- Inch Worm
- Hyena
- Hog
- Hawk
- Gecko
- Giant Panda
- Frog
- Eagle
- Blue Bird
- Gibbon
- Bee
- Bear
- Ant
- Scarab
- Pig
- Puma
- Crocodile
- Cow
- Chicken
- Tortoise
- Rabbit
Follow this Chicken Walkthrough to help you with the emblems in this run.
STEP 3: 3rd Playthrough – Tarantula & CQC
Now that we got rid of the most boring part, it’s time we knock off another two emblems. The Tarantula has been chosen as it is a perfect combination with the Assassin emblem. Since you got the Chicken emblem in your previous run, you will now have the Corpse Camo needed for the I Just Don’t Fear Death trophy.
Trophies earned in this step:
Divine Wind
I Just Don’t Fear Death
I am THE expert on weapons (Missable)
Emblems earned in this step: 25/40
- Tarantula
- Assassin's
STEP 4: 4th - 6th Playthrough – Getting some easy emblems
This step will be a long one since you will have to play the game three more times to acquire the remaining easy emblems. These are the emblems that all require a different combination of alerts, kills and continues until the end of the game. There’s really no difference in choosing which to get first or last, but the point is that you will have to play three times to get these emblems. In these playthroughs, you should get everything you may have missed, want it to be a specific trophy or weapons and iPod tracks. Finally, at this step you want to stock up on chaff grenades and make sure you have obtained weapons like the Solar Gun. All of these are extremely important for the next step.
Emblems earned in this step: 29/40
- Spider
- Leopard
- Jaguar
STEP 5: 7th Playthrough – Big Boss
For some people obtaining the Big Boss emblem will not be a big problem since they may have achieved it in the past, but for the majority this will be separating them from the platinum trophy. By obtaining the Big Boss Emblem you will also unlock at least 10 more emblems, so that's why all the remaining emblems were posted in this step. There's nothing more to say in this step other than to post a link of my walkthrough for the Big Boss emblem. Do not leave this step for the end. In order to get the Little Gray emblem, you need all 69 weapons. Unless you put some passwords to unlock the weapons, you must get Big Boss in order to unlock the last four weapons. Little Gray won't unlock in this run because the weapons appear AFTER the emblem's screen. So you need to play another playthrough for that emblem.
Big Boss Walkthrough
Emblems earned in this step: 38/40
- Hound
- FoxHound
- Fox
- Big Boss
- Raven
- Pigeon
- Octopus
- Mantis
- Wolf
- Scorpion
STEP 6: 8th Playthrough
The tough part is done, so go and get the last two emblems you need. This will be very very easy and it won't take more than 3 hours. When you unlock all the trophies, you will get this prestigious platinum. Conratulations!!
Trophies earned in this step:
Sounds of the Battlefield (Missable)
The Legendary Hero
Emblems earned in this step: 40/40
- Panther
- Little Gray
[PST Would like to Thank ZOLANTON for this Roadmap]