Complete the M9 mission in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain with our guide. Learn strategies to destroy armored vehicles, extract prisoners, and secure optional objectives.
Walkthrough
- 1Use the northernmost landing zone. Lay C4 on the predicted path of the seven armored vehicles.
- 2After destroying the first two armored vehicles, equip the Cardboard Box. Quick Dive out of it on the road to create a decoy. Repeat once.
- 3When the prisoner escort vehicle arrives, it will stop to inspect the boxes. Put the enemies to sleep and extract the prisoner and escort soldiers.
- 4The third armored vehicle will approach. Destroy it.
- 5After the fourth armored vehicle is destroyed, a cargo truck carrying a prisoner will arrive from the north. If the previous prisoner escort vehicle is still on the road, the truck will stop. Put the driver to sleep, then destroy the approaching armored vehicle.
- 6Climb onto the back of the cargo truck and extract the weapon to fulfill an optional mission task.
- 7Destroy the remaining armored vehicles. If all seven are destroyed, the timer disappears and you will be told to exfiltrate.
- 8Optional: If you choose to stay, three tanks and a gunship will appear. You can extract them for bonus points.
- 9To extract prisoners (Mission Task 7), start at the southwest landing zone. The first prisoner is north of the LZ.
- 10Head west of Guardpost #15 to find four soldiers searching for a prisoner. Extract these soldiers (Mission Task 6) and the prisoner.
- 11If a four-wheeled vehicle carrying a prisoner appears from the north, deal with it. Otherwise, head north along the westernmost road until the eyeball-shaped split. The next prisoner is in the river.
- 12The final prisoner can be found in the basement of Wakh Sind Barracks.
- 13To extract armored vehicles (Mission Task 3) and tanks (Mission Task 8), use the northern landing zone. If you have the Cargo 2 upgrade for the Fulton Device, you can create a roadblock with D-Horse and extract them.
- 14If you capture/destroy all seven armored vehicles, three tanks and a gunship will appear. Use D-Horse to quickly get around the map and extract the tanks.
Tips
- This mission is timed for 15 minutes. You will pass if you destroy at least one vehicle.
- The mission involves a lot of waiting. Be patient as vehicles follow a highlighted route on your map.
- Developing the cheapest rocket launcher can be done by extracting enemies via Fulton.
- D-Dog can help pinpoint prisoner locations if you have him.
- You may need multiple playthroughs to complete all mission tasks.
- You can leave the mission area to end the mission.
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