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Part 7
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Part 7

Learn how to earn all 40 emblems in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, including Big Boss, Hawk, Little Gray, and more. Master the requirements for each emblem.

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Learn how to earn all 40 emblems in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, including Big Boss, Hawk, Little Gray, and more. Master the requirements for each emblem.

Emblems:

  1. Hawk — Earned by being praised by rebel soldiers more than 25 times. This occurs when you kill a PMC near a rebel.
  2. Little Gray — Earned by obtaining all 69 weapons in the game, including the Patriot (which requires the Big Boss emblem).
  3. Ant — Earned by holding up 50 soldiers and searching them for items.
  4. Gibbon — Earned by holding up 50 soldiers.
  5. Tortoise — Earned by spending an hour or longer sitting in a cardboard box or oil drum.
  6. Rabbit — Earned by flipping through 100 or more pages in a Playboy magazine.
  7. Bee — Earned by injecting 50 soldiers with syringes or scanning them with the scanning plug.
  8. Gecko — Earned by spending at least one hour hugging walls where you must press Triangle first.
  9. Scarab — Earned by performing 100 sideways rolls.
  10. Frog — Earned by dodging or forward rolling 200 times.
  11. Inch Worm — Earned by crawling on the ground for at least one hour.
  12. Lobster — Earned by remaining crouched for at least 2 hours and 30 minutes.
  13. Hyena — Earned by collecting 400 weapons or items from dead soldiers.
  14. Hog — Earned by entering 10 or more combat highs (firing 100+ rounds during an alert).
  15. Pig — Earned by using 40 or more rations or other healing items.
  16. Cow — Earned by entering more than 100 alert phases.
  17. Crocodile — Earned by getting 400 or more kills.
  18. Giant Panda — Earned by having a completion time of 30 hours or longer.
  19. Scorpion — Complete the game with 25 or fewer continues, 75 or fewer alerts, and 250 or fewer kills.
  20. Tarantula — Complete the game with 25 or fewer continues, 75 or fewer alerts, and 250 or more kills.
  21. Centipede — Complete the game with 25 or more continues, 75 or fewer alerts, and 250 or fewer kills.
  22. Spider — Complete the game with 25 or more continues, 75 or fewer alerts, and 250 or more kills.
  23. Jaguar — Complete the game with 25 or fewer continues, 75 or more alerts, and 250 or fewer kills.
  24. Panther — Complete the game with 25 or fewer continues, 75 or more alerts, and 250 or more kills.
  25. Leopard — Complete the game with 25 or more continues, 75 or more alerts, and 250 or fewer kills.
  26. Puma — Complete the game with 25 or more continues, 75 or more alerts, and 250 or more kills.
  27. Chicken — Complete the game with 50 or more continues, 150 or more alerts, 50 or more healing items used, 500 or more kills, and a completion time of 35 hours or longer. Unlocks the Corpse Camo.

Emblem Runs:

Earning all 40 emblems may seem daunting, but multiple emblems can be earned in a single playthrough. Planning your runs can significantly reduce the number of times you need to complete the game.

The Big Boss Run:

This run focuses on obtaining difficult emblems that require limitations on alerts, playtime, etc. You can save after every checkpoint. Emblems earned during this run include:

  • Big Boss
  • Fox Hound
  • Fox
  • Hound
  • Mantis (contains four of the seven required)

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