Complete guide for Mission 8: "It Ain't No Picnic" in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Learn how to secure deployment plans, eliminate the colonel, and extract tanks.
Walkthrough
- 1Head to Sakhra Ee Village using the eastern LZ to approach from the hill. Be mindful of spotlights at night.
- 2Locate the prisoner inside the first building straight ahead and rescue them once it's safe.
- 3Find the deployment papers in the building marked by the yellow objective marker (requires interrogating an enemy if not already known).
- 4Upon retrieving the plans, the tanks will deploy, and the colonel will appear, escorted by them.
- 5If you planted C4 on the southeast road, detonate the first batch as the first tank passes over it.
- 6The colonel's truck will speed towards Smasei Fort, while the second tank may search before following.
- 7Detonate the second batch of C4 as the second tank reaches it.
- 8If tanks survive, use more C4 or sneak up to destroy them.
- 9Proceed to Smasei Fort to locate and eliminate or extract the colonel.
- 10Use the same path to the ledge overlooking the fort to mark enemies.
- 11Lure the colonel close with empty magazines, shoot with a tranq dart, and extract him.
- 12Leave the hot zone to complete the mission.
Tips
- To extract the prisoner in Sakhra Ee Village, use D-Dog or interrogate an enemy to pinpoint their location.
- Extracting tanks is possible with the Cargo 2 Fulton upgrade. This is also a good opportunity to extract the colonel and tanks before they reach Smasei Fort.
- If you don't mind killing the colonel, you can plant additional C4 on the road between the two sets of explosives.
- Intel Team's markings will show red circles indicating enemy locations, helping you track them.
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