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Part 4
Metal Gear Solid

Part 4

Guide to Metal Gear Solid Part 4: Learn how to get captured, rescue Grey Fox, and defeat the first boss, Shoot Gunner, with no weapons. Includes item locations and strategies.

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Guide to Metal Gear Solid Part 4: Learn how to get captured, rescue Grey Fox, and defeat the first boss, Shoot Gunner, with no weapons. Includes item locations and strategies.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Exit the room and head south. Take out the two patrolling guards behind the tanks. Head left.
  2. 2
    In the next screen, a guard will tell you you are captured. Snake is taken to a secret cell.
  3. 3
    After capture, Big Boss calls (F4) and instructs you to find Grey Fox's cell. Punch the north part of the west wall until you hear a tap, then break through.
  4. 4
    Enter the cell and find Grey Fox. He reveals Metal Gear's nuclear armament and the need to find its designer, Dr. Pettrovich Madnar.
  5. 5
    Punch the south wall until you hear a tap, then break through to exit the cell.
  6. 6
    You are now in the first floor basement of Building One with no equipment. Head right.
  7. 7
    The boss Shoot Gunner appears. Hide behind crates on the right. Call Big Boss (F4) (120.85) to learn your weapons are in a south wall room.
  8. 8
    Break the door on the right to retrieve your weapons and equipment.
  9. 9
    Exit that room, break the door on the left, and enter to find CARD 3 and AMMO.
  10. 10
    Return to the crates. Equip REMOTE-CONTROLLED MISSLES (F3) and hit Shoot Gunner 3-4 times to defeat him.
  11. 11
    After the battle, you receive the TRANSMITTER. Press Space Bar on it to discard it.
  12. 12
    Use CARD 3 (F3) to exit via the east door.
  13. 13
    In the spiral area, kill the dog and punch the wall across from the north door. Use a PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE (F2) to destroy it. Head east.
  14. 14
    Follow the path until you can't go further. Go back one screen, punch the south wall, and use another PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE (F2) to break through.
  15. 15
    Follow the path to a door. Use CARD 3 (F3) to open it and take the BOMB BLAST SUIT from the desk.
  16. 16
    Return to the spiral area and head north. Tap the center of the west wall until you hear a tap, then use a PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE (F2) to blow it up. Enter to find the UNIFORM.
  17. 17
    Head back down and follow the spiral path. Tap the left-center of the south wall until you hear a tap, then use a PLASTIC EXPLOSIVE (F2) to blow it up. Take the AMMO and PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES inside.
  18. 18
    Follow the path north to an elevator. Take it to the second floor.
  19. 19
    On the second floor, use crates to avoid cameras and head south. Take out the sleeping guard and go left.
  20. 20
    Emerge and take out the three guards. Use CARD 3 (F3) to enter the west door.
  21. 21
    Proceed through the next room and quickly through the room with the rolling pin, exiting via the south door.
  22. 22
    Avoid the guard behind the crates and head south.
  23. 23
    Take out or avoid the three guards in the south part of the room with the large wall.
  24. 24
    Enter the open door on the left to find MINES surrounded by sleeping guards. Take the MINES and exit.
  25. 25
    Avoid guards and use CARD 3 (F3) to enter the closed door on the right. Rescue the POW, who mentions reaching the courtyard by parachute.
  26. 26
    Exit the room, avoid guards, and head south.

Tips:

  • Allowing yourself to be captured is the intended way to access the secret cell.
  • Punching walls until you hear a

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