Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater - PS2/Walkthrough
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Prolouge
Dremuchji South
There are no enemies here, so it's a good place to practice hunting snakes and using the game controls. Just south of the exit is a tree you should climb to retrieve your equipment.
Dremuchji Swampland
Much of this area has quicksand. If you enter it, you'll start sinking. If you sink to your chest, you'll die.
You can kill the crocodiles here with either your knife or gun. You may want to kill one or two to get some food, or to practice with your weapons.
You can also kill them when they open their mouths, by throwing a grenade, of any type, into it. It takes a little practice to get right, but it's quite humorous when you get it.
Dremuchji North
From the starting point, head to the east and you'll find a sniper rifle.
Head back to the starting point and go north. You'll encounter guards here for the first time. To avoid detection, equip your leaf camouflage. Instead of running, crouch or crawl until you see your first guard. You can shoot him with either the sniper rifle or the MK-22. Either way you'll want to aim for the head.
A common technique in the MGS games is to shoot someone with a tranquilizer, then drag them into a hiding spot and kill them with your knife. Not only is this a silent way to kill, but it hides the body and allows you to search it for items.
To the north, inside a tree trunk, are some thermal goggles. The exit is at the north center edge of the map.
Dolinovodno
As you enter this area, you'll see a guard on a bridge down the slope from you. Instead of attacking him, look above him and you'll see a hornets' nest. Shoot the nest with your MK-22 to clear out the guards from this area.
If you want to attack the guards directly, you can use the sniper rifle or the MK-22. Once you've shot the guards, drag them on to the bridge and slice the ropes on one side of the bridge. The bodies will fall into the water. If they weren’t dead already, this will kill them. It will also hide their bodies from other patrolling guards.
Just past the bridge and to the west is a small tunnel. Go through it and you'll end up under the bridge. Here you'll find an XM-16E1.
Head north to the exit. There is another hornets' nest if there are still more guards in the area.
Rassvet
As you enter the level, there will be a guard to your north. Take him out, and nearby is a shotgun. Head east and take out another guard.
Head up the ladder to your north. On this second level, take out any guards you think may cause trouble. To your northeast is a suppressor for the XM-16E1.
Go to Sokolov's room on the second level and speak to him. Head back to the starting point of the level to complete it.
Dolinovodno Riverbank
This level is a cutscene and a tutorial about how to heal wounds.
Chapter One
Dremuchji East
There are some animals here that you can kill or catch, but no enemies.
Dremuchji North
There are more animals here that you can kill or catch. You will see a cut scene where The Boss will take your handgun away and you'll have to flee.
After this, guards will come and investigate. You'll have to hide, and crawl to the west to avoid them. Be sure you have appropriate camouflage. If you are seen, throw a stun grenade and run away. Make your way north to the level exit.
Dolinovodno
On the bridge you can sneak up and knife the guard, or throw him over the side of the bridge. In the cave where you found the XM-16E1 last time you were here are some items you can pick up, but there is a guard patrolling the path down to the cave.
Head north to the area exit.
Rassvet
There are no enemies here, but there are plenty of items. Be sure to get the:
- AK-47
- Cardboard Box
- Bug Juice
- Zombie Face Paint
- Mine Detector
- Thermal Goggles
Ocelot Battle
When you try to leave Sokolov's room (where you find the Thermal Goggles), a cut scenes starts. You'll now have to defeat eight guards. There are several ways to do this, depending on your style:
- Use the cardboard box and hide there. Wait for the guards to start walking away and shoot them with the AK-47.
- Hide under the bed and throw a stun grenade at the guards. Use the MK-22 to take care of any guards still standing.
- Use the trapdoor to escape the room. Crawl south to the grate and take out the guard outside. You can now pick off the guards from the outside.
Once outside, kill or tranq the two guards. One of them is on the roof.
You must neutralize all the guards to trigger the cut scene.
Chapter Two
Chyornyj Prud
There are no guards here. You will, however, encounter leeches and crocodiles. If you have bug juice on, you won't get leeches. If you do pick up some leeches, remove them using the cure option in the survival menu. For the crocs, use the thermal goggles underwater to spot them.
You may want to take some time to stock up on food.
Swim under the submerged log. Climb the vine covered tree to find a rope. Cross the rope to find a Crocodile Cap.
At the north end is a tripwire trap. If you set it off, spikes will swing at you. You can crawl under the wire, shoot it, or
Be sure to check for leeches before you move on to the next area.
Bolshaya Past South
The fence is electrified. There is a space where you can crawl under it. You can also shoot the control box to shut it off.
There are claymore mines in the area. You can spot them easier with your thermal goggles. You can crawl up to these and disable them, but if you walk over them, they'll go off.
You'll also see guard dogs. Shoot them from a distance. Dogs and have far better senses than the guards, and alert them to your presence.
In the northwest corner is a vine covered tree. You can climb it to get over the next fence.
Bolshaya Past Base
Be sure to pick up the Snow Face Paint in the trench, under a board. You'll want to have this for the boss battle at the end of the game.
The armory has TNT and ammunition.
There are several mounted machine guns in this area. If you're the kind of person who likes to shoot rather than sneak, feel free to use these. Be warned, however, that these will attract a huge amount of attention.
The first building has a suppressor for the M1911A1 and a mouse trap.
You can find the Water Camouflage on the roof of the building.
You can use TNT or the mounted machine guns to destroy the helicopter. This will bring you a lot of attention, but the helicopter won't show up later on. If you like to use stealth, pass on blowing up the helicopter.
Near the level exit is the Choco Chip camouflage.
Boss: Ocelot
Ocelot takes cover behind some rocks, you should do the same.
Ocelot has two revolvers, and you have an on-screen icon that tells you how much ammunition he has in each. When he runs out, you can attack him while he's reloading.
There is a hornets' nest near Ocelot. You can shoot it down to distract him. This will only last a second, so do as much damage as you can in that time. Be aware that he may respond by shooting a nest near you; if he does you can repel the hornets by using bug juice.
If you shoot off his hat, he'll expose himself to get it back. Use this opportunity to shoot him.
Chapter Three
Chyornaya Pescheva Cave Branch
To get some light in the cave, light your cigar.
Move forward until you reach a forking path. Right leads to grenades and ammo, left to a torch. You'll want both.
Farther down the left passage you'll find the Night Vision Goggles. Keep going to the level exit.
Chyornaya Pescheva Cave
The M37 is in one of the passages.
Boss: The Pain
As the battle opens you can shoot him, but after a few hits he puts on his hornet armor. While the armor is on, he's impervious to attack. You can use a hand grenade to blow the armor off.
He usually stands in the same place.
His attacks include:
- Hornet sting: he sends a swarm of hornets after you. Jump into the water to get away from them.
- Hornet Suit: hornets swarm you, holding you and preventing you from moving.
- Tommy gun: Before he uses this weapon, he yells out "Tommy Gun." You can dodge this attack by diving into the water.
- Decoy
- Grenade: He'll yell "Grenade" and have his hornets carry a grenade to you.
- Bullet bee: When he's down to about half health, he starts shooting hornets out of his mouth. If one of them hit you, it continues doing damage until you cure it, using the same procedure as a bullet wound.
There is ammo at the bottom of the water.
If you took him out non-lethally (Tranquilizers/Stun Grenades), head to the exit, but before you leave, climb up the ledge to the right of the cave exit. Follow the path around until you reach an area that overlooks the little island that The Pain was standing on. Get a running start and roll onto the island.
Here you'll find The Pain's "Hornet Camo", which will protect you from hornets/bees ( If you shoot down a Hornet's Nest, while standing near it..the Hornets will gather around you, rather than sting you. They will then attack guards if you get close enough to them. )
Chapter Four
Chyornaya Pescheva Entrance
There are some claymore mines here, but nothing else dangerous.
Ponizovje South
Use the Croc hat here, and swim across the river. Watch out for the hovercraft.
Ponizovje West
At the pier, there is a building. Outside are two guards. Inside is the SVD. This sniper rifle will be useful for an upcoming boss fight. Head back south, then to the warehouse.
Ponizovje Warehouse: Exterior
Snipe the three men on the dock. Go inside the warehouse.
There is also a way to skip a later boss battle at this point. You can kill one of the bosses here, but it's not recommended because fighting him later is a fun fight. If you want to take him out now however, here's how: The old man in the cut scene you saw is a sniper named The End. As soon as the scene ends, equip your sniper rifle and check out the dock. You'll see some guards that you should snipe. After they're dead, you should see an old man in a wheelchair being pushed around. Shoot the guy pushing the wheelchair, then shoot the wheelchair repeatedly until it explodes.
Ponizovje Warehouse: Interior
If one of the guards here spots you, he'll call shielded guards.
Look around and you can find the Desert Facepaint on the first floor.
The exit is on the third floor.
Graniny Gorki South
This area has no enemies, but does have all sorts of traps. Move slowly so that you can see them before you step on them.
On the east side of the map is Life Medicine.
Graniny Gorki Lab Exterior: Outside Walls
There are two guards and a dog. Dogs don't attack, but they will alert the guards. On the west side is a hole in the fence.
There is an M1911 suppressor inside the fence and to the north.
Go to the door. If you knock on it the guard will open it. Once he does, either knife him, or back off a bit and shoot him.
Graniny Gorki Lab Interior
There is a guard quite close to the entrance, near the weapon storage room.
There are two guards patrolling between the two trucks.
In the vent is the Oyama Face Paint.
Put on the Scientist outfit, loot the weapon storage room, and go in the side door of the main building.
Graniny Gorki Lab 1F
The guards will be fooled by your disguise, but stay away from the scientists. If one of the scientists see you, they'll sound the alarm.
Graniny Gorki Lab B1 West
Head down the stairs. There is a Cigar Gas Spray you can pick up.
Sneak up behind the scientist in this room, and use the Cigar Gas Spray. Stuff him in the cabinet. There are more scientists in the next room. Take them out the same way.
In the next room you'll see a cut scene where you'll get a key. Leave the same way you came in.
Graniny Gorki Lab 1F
There is only one guard in this area, in the guard post.
Graniny Gorki Lab B1 East
In the middle jail cell, under the bed, is a Life Medicine.
Graniny Gorki Lab 2F
The guards on the first floor might be able to see you.
Go to the bathroom. The third stall is locked. Kick the door to open it, you'll get the fly camouflage.
Grab the book. Make your way to the exit.
Graniny Gorki Lab Exterior: Inside Walls
You're exiting out the same way you came in, so the area should be familiar to you.
Graniny Gorki Lab Exterior: Outside Walls
Again, retrace your steps and exit the area.
Boss: The Fear
You'll see a cut scene where snake get hits with a dart. The first thing you'll want to do after the scene is cure the dart wound.
The Fear moves through the treetops, almost invisible. To see him, use your thermal goggles. Use an assault rifle (AK-47 or XM-16E1) or a shotgun against him.
From time to time, look at your medical menu to see if he's hit you with a poison arrow.
After a while you'll hear him say that he's going to look for food. You can try to throw out poison or spoiled food and try to get him to eat it. You can also try to gather or destroy as much food as you can to keep him from getting it.
Chapter Five
Ponizovje Warehouse
There is a single guard here.
Ponizovje Warehouse: Exterior
There are no enemies here.
Ponizovje South
As long as you are careful you the guards is this area won't notice you.
Svyatogornyj East
There are two guards near where you enter the level. One of them is the radio operator. Take him out first, the rest can't call for help if he's been neutralized.
Go to the cabin, take out the guards and take the items inside.
Svyatogornyj West
There is an M63 in the first room of the building. In the next there is some TNT and a guard. There is a trapdoor you can use to exit the building.
Boss: The End
This is a wide ranging sniper battle. The End uses a tranq sniper rifle, so start off with plenty of food to counteract its effects.
If it should happen to rain, he'll fall asleep. You can then walk around and look and listen for his snoring.
To get The End's moss camouflage, you need to mug him. Sneak up to him and point a gun at him. After you do this three times, he'll give you his camouflage.
You can also save your game and set your Playstation clock ahead one week (or wait a week). This will, for whatever reason, kill The End.
If you killed The End back at the Ponizovje Warehouse, you won't have to face him here. You will, however, have to get past multiple Ocelot soldiers.
Chapter Six
Krasnogorje Tunnel
This is an infamously long ladder. Set your controller down, upside down with the analog stick jammed forward to climb up automatically.
Krasnogorje Mountain Base
When you get to the hills there are a lot of guards that you can take out with the sniper rifle. There are a total of five guards.
This area has vultures. Each time you kill a guard, the vultures will go to the body. You can kill, then eat the vultures if you're low on food.
Krasnogorje Mountainside
This area is patrolled by a helicopter, but if you destroyed it in Bolshaya Past Base, a hovercraft will patrol here. If either one sees you, you'll have more guards than you want show up, so try not to get spotted. The nearby caves make good hiding places.
There is a guard with RPG in the center of the map.
Krasnogorje Mountaintop
- The helicopter also patrols here.
- The huts contain ammo.
- Use the trench for cover.
Krasnogorje Mountaintop: Behind Ruins
You'll get a key here. You can also find noodles and ammunition.
Krasnogorje Mountaintop
Some of the guards here are armed with flamethrowers. Try not to engage them.
Boss: The Fury
Stay away from the pit on the south side. He has a charge attack that can push you into it.
The Fury fights with a flamethrower. It does a lot of damage, but has limited range. If you use long range weapons against him you'll take little or no damage.
In the first part of the fight, use your sniper rifle against him. You can get several hits against him before he gets close to you.
Chapter Seven
Groznyj Grad Southwest
You'll start off near some crates, and there is a guard nearby.
There are sleeping dogs in this area. You can sneak by them.
Shack on the north side has TNT.
Groznyj Grad Northeast
Before exiting this level, remove your face paint and put on the scientist uniform.
Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab: East Wing
You can walk freely here, thanks to your scientist uniform. When you see Major Raikov, follow him. When he walks into a room, stop; don't go inside. There's a scientist in there; he'll alert the guards if he sees you. Instead, wait for Raikov to come back out. Follow him up the stairs.
When he gets next to a row of lockers, unequip your scientist uniform and knife Raikov. You'll see a cut scene showing Snake taking his uniform and stuffing him in a locker. Put on his uniform and the Raikov mask you should have. Stuff his body inside one of the lockers.
Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab: Main Wing
Salute the two guards guarding the door (triangle button) and they'll let you in.
A cut scene will happen.
Groznyj Grad Torture Room
The way to escape your cell is to trick the guard into coming in. Once he's inside, kill him with your bare hands, or your fork. There are many ways to get the guard to enter your cell:
- Hide under the bed. The guard will come in to look for you.
- If you have a Fake Death Pill, use it to get the guard into your cell. Use the revive pill when he's inside.
- During the torture scene, you may have spotted a radio frequency:144.75. Listen to that on your radio and the door will open. The guard will come in to investigate. This frequency also appears on the back of a photograph that the guard shows to you in one cutscene with him. You have to press the "R1" button when the prompt comes up to see it.
- Head into the Cure menu. Press "R1" to go into Viewer mode, and spin Snake around for a little while. At least 10 seconds. When you leave the Cure menu, Snake will vomit on the floor in front of him. If the guard sees it, he will come in to investigate.
Exit the building and head to the Sewers.
Groznyj Grad Sewers
Here you'll see a cut scene where you'll end up having to fight The Sorrow.
Boss: The Sorrow
The Sorrow doesn't fight directly. Instead you have to fight everyone that you've killed in the game. If you've sunk by most of your enemies, you'll only encounter a few ghosts to fight. If you've been killing a lot, you get to kill some more.
Make your way up the river.
At the end of the river Snake appears to die. You'll have the option to continue and start the battle over, but don't do it. Use your revival pill, and you'll have won the fight.
If you don't feel like walking up the full length of the river, you can drown yourself in the river at the very beginning, followed by the Revival Pill to bypass the entire fight. however, if you do it this way, you will not receive one of the best Camos in the game: The Spirit Camo, which will silence your footsteps, and allow you to drain stamina from enemies simply by choking them.
Chapter Eight
Tikhogornyj
Go north and enter the cave.
Tikhogornyj: Behind Waterfall
Collect everything in the cave and take the ladder up.
Groznyj Grad Northwest
You've been here before, so the route should be familiar.
When you get near the lab, put on your scientist uniform and remove your face paint.
Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab: East Wing
Head upstairs to the lockers. Inside them you'll find Sneaking Camouflage and a maintenance uniform. Put on the uniform and exit.
Groznyj Grad Weapons Lab: Main Wing
Enter Shagohod's hangar. Avoid the maintenance workers here. Plant the explosives on the fuel tanks.
Boss: Volgin
There is a five minute time limit to this battle.
He has a shield that prevents you from hitting him if you attack him from the front. You must sneak around behind him and shoot him in the back.
His lighting attack is actually conducted by the metal weapon you're holding. If you unequip your weapon and have your hands bare, this attack will do no damage. The lighting is also attracted by Glowcap mushrooms, so throw one in front of him, and the lightning will hit it rather than you. Chaff grenades will do the same thing.
Just after he shoots or uses his lightening attack, he's vulnerable. You have just a moment, so attack with your knife or an assault rifle.
When he reaches half health, he uses electric attacks.
You can shoot the pipes above him and water will shoot out at him and damage him.
Groznyj Grad
You're on a motorcycle and trying to make a get away. You'll stop at certain points to take out guards. An assault rifle works well.
Groznyj Grad Runway South
You must take out the motorcycles that are chasing you. The RPG works well, just be sure to lead them properly. You can also use an assault rifle or shotgun to take out the drivers of the vehicles.
Groznyj Grad Bridge
Shoot the explosives on the bridge with your sniper rifle.
Boss: Shagohod and Volgin
Eva will take off on the motorcycle and get Volgin's attention. When you shoot him, he'll turn back to you. If you don't shoot him for a while, he'll once again focus on Eva.
In this area are some anti-aircraft guns and some turrets that you can use.
Use the RPG to shoot the treads. Use a chaff grenade when it fires missiles. You can also shoot down the missiles. This works well if you're on one of the anti-aircraft guns.
If you're careful, a good place to be is close to, but just off to the side of the Shagohod. If you're close enough, he won't be able to hit you with his beam weapons or missiles, so all you have to do is make sure you don't get run over.
Chapter Nine
Groznyj Grad Rail Bridge North
Similar to the earlier level, use the RPG against the motorcycles and an assault rifle or shotgun against the guards on foot.
Lazorevo South
The motorcycle chase continues.
Lazorevo North
More motorcycle chase.
The level ends with a cut scene where Snake and Eva crash into a log. After the scene, bandage Eva using the cure menu.
Zaozyorje West
Don't gather any items in this area. You have to get Snake and a wounded Eva out of here before the guards chasing you catch up. Use any claymores you have, they will slow down the guards.
Zaozyorje East
Have Eva stay put. Kill the guards in front of the cave entrance. Some of them are hidden snipers. When you've gotten all of them, tell Eva come to you.
Boss: The Boss
There is a 10 minute time limit to this battle. She starts off with CQC, and she's good at it. Do your best to try to break free before you take too much damage.
Run to and hide in the white flowers. Use your snow cammo and snow face paint. You can then use your sniper rifle, or whatever weapons you like.
The other way to fight this battle is an up-close knife fight. If you're good a CQC, you might want to try going toe to toe with her.
She always hides behind trees, so you can plant TNT on them and detonate it if she gets too close.
In this area you'll find Snake Liquid, Snake Solid, and Snake Solidus. If you eat any of these you'll gain full stamina.
The Fake Death pill doesn't work on her, so don't bother trying it.
After this battle, there is a scene that is approximately a half hour long, so make sure you have enough time to watch it.
