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:
- Hawk — Earned by being praised by rebel soldiers more than 25 times. This occurs when you kill a PMC near a rebel.
- Little Gray — Earned by obtaining all 69 weapons in the game, including the Patriot (which requires the Big Boss emblem).
- Ant — Earned by holding up 50 soldiers and searching them for items.
- Gibbon — Earned by holding up 50 soldiers.
- Tortoise — Earned by spending an hour or longer sitting in a cardboard box or oil drum.
- Rabbit — Earned by flipping through 100 or more pages in a Playboy magazine.
- Bee — Earned by injecting 50 soldiers with syringes or scanning them with the scanning plug.
- Gecko — Earned by spending at least one hour hugging walls where you must press Triangle first.
- Scarab — Earned by performing 100 sideways rolls.
- Frog — Earned by dodging or forward rolling 200 times.
- Inch Worm — Earned by crawling on the ground for at least one hour.
- Lobster — Earned by remaining crouched for at least 2 hours and 30 minutes.
- Hyena — Earned by collecting 400 weapons or items from dead soldiers.
- Hog — Earned by entering 10 or more combat highs (firing 100+ rounds during an alert).
- Pig — Earned by using 40 or more rations or other healing items.
- Cow — Earned by entering more than 100 alert phases.
- Crocodile — Earned by getting 400 or more kills.
- Giant Panda — Earned by having a completion time of 30 hours or longer.
- Scorpion — Complete the game with 25 or fewer continues, 75 or fewer alerts, and 250 or fewer kills.
- Tarantula — Complete the game with 25 or fewer continues, 75 or fewer alerts, and 250 or more kills.
- Centipede — Complete the game with 25 or more continues, 75 or fewer alerts, and 250 or fewer kills.
- Spider — Complete the game with 25 or more continues, 75 or fewer alerts, and 250 or more kills.
- Jaguar — Complete the game with 25 or fewer continues, 75 or more alerts, and 250 or fewer kills.
- Panther — Complete the game with 25 or fewer continues, 75 or more alerts, and 250 or more kills.
- Leopard — Complete the game with 25 or more continues, 75 or more alerts, and 250 or fewer kills.
- Puma — Complete the game with 25 or more continues, 75 or more alerts, and 250 or more kills.
- 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)
100% Human-Written. AI Fact-Checked. Community Verified. Learn how AntMag verifies content