Metal Gear Solid PC Cheats
Easy camera useGet the camera and the stealth suit to easily take photos. Wear the stealth suit, go near an enemy, then use the camera close-up in his face. He may see you, so use stealth again. |
The Enchantman, Rico, and Chau Marcus-Keep calling her and selecting "Do Not Save". She will tell you not to call her for no reason, and also give you funny faces if you continue. Also, call her from the woman's bathroom. |
Annoy Vulcan RavenShoot the ravens outside of the second elevator, then move on to fight Vulcan. A second sequence about why the birds should not be killed will play. |
Melting guardsEquip the "stealth" item when you start disc two, then go to the cat walk over the liquid metal. Get in between the guard and the railing and use the "flip" technique to throw the guard over the railing into the metal. |
Getting upstairs in the first communications tower-Equip the Bandanna and stun grenades prior to the soldier arriving. Run up the stairs and keep throwing grenades to keep them down. |
Raven strategyKeep planting Claymores and C4. When you can, track him with the Nikita. Beware his range and never approach him from the front. |
Vulcan Raven strategies-Use the Stinger when facing those opponents. It will track them even when out-of-sight. When facing Vulcan Raven, get in an outer corner and wait until he comes into sight. Fire, then run to another outer corner and repeat. |
Cheat CodesStart the game with the mgsi.exe -cheatenable command line, then activate the following cheats by entering the corresponding codes: |
MP5-SD weaponHold ALT + CTRL at the skill level menu. A MP5-SD will appear in a weapon slot. Note: You cannot get the Famas during game play if this weapon is present. |
Technical demonstration modeComplete the following modes in order "Training", "Time Trial", "Gun Shooting", "Survival". Note: Completing each mode will unlock the next mode in the sequence. "Technical demonstration" mode will now be unlocked. Use it to watch the CPU demonstrate its best time with the gun. |
Alternate costumesComplete the game, wait until the credits end, and save the game. Load the saved game file and play through the game again. After completing the game a second time, wait until the credits end, and save the game. Load the saved game and play through the game again. Snake will change into a tuxedo in the elevator during this game. |
Alternate ending and musicComplete the game with the Tuxedo costume. |
Stealth gearComplete the game under the easy difficulty level after submitting during the torture. Otacon will give your character the stealth gear after being saved. After the credits, save the game. Load the saved game to begin with the stealth gear. |
BandanaComplete the game without submitting to the torture. Your character will save Meryl and receive the Bandana. When equipped, the bandana will allow unlimited ammo on any weapon. |
Stealth gear and BandanaTo get both the Stealth Gear and Bandana, when you complete the game by not submitting to the torture, you will only get the bandana. Just submit to the torture to get both items. |
Development team photosUse a camera to take pictures at the corresponding locations: |
CameraReach area B2 of the tank hanger. At the end of the hallway, to the right of the door where you fight revolver, is a secret room that is entered after using C4 explosive. In the room are card 4 and card 6 doors. The camera is in the room behind the card 4 door. Use the camera to take pictures to see various extras, such as the faces of the development team. |
Camera tricksAfter getting the digital camera, go back to where the DARPA chief (Decoy Octopus) died. If his body is still there, take a picture of it then save the game. Restart the PlayStation and select "Special" at the main menu. Select "Photos" and play around with the red, green, and blue. Eventually, you will reveal Decoy Octopus. This also works with Meryl. Take a picture of her just before you enter the room to fight Psycho Mantis, and immediately after she starts to act strange. Then use the same steps done to reveal Decoy Octopus and you will reveal Psycho Mantis, Meryl's possessor. Note: If the DARPA chief's (Decoy Octopus') body is not in the cell when you return with the camera, do not worry. Play through the game then begin a new game from the same save file. The camera will now already be in your inventory. |
Using boxes to save timeEquip a box in the various game areas to travel to the destination on the boxes and easily skip areas. The boxes are located as follows: |
Use a box to return to the heliportOnce in the Tank Hanger, after going to the DARPA Chief, you will receive a level one keycard. Go into the Tank Hanger and climb up the stairs by the surveillance camera. There should be a door by the camera. Use the level one keycard to get inside, then find the cardboard box marked with "To Heliport". You can use the box in the missile hanger by getting into the back of the truck in back of the hanger. It will take you back to the heliport. |
When to avoid boxesIf you have been spotted, avoid hiding in a box because the guard will think that you are inside it. |
Box tricks-Hit Meryl and retreat into your box. She will say something and kick you while in the box. |
Codec numbersUse all these frequencies to contact people in the Codec: |
Cold MedicineIn B1 of the nuclear warhead storage, go to the office (down) and to the left walkway. The second door down requires a Level 6 security card and has the cold medicine. Note: You only get a cold if you submit to Ocelot's torture. |
Body ArmorOn the Disc 1 after escaping through the cell by hiding under the bed after Otacon gives you some items, return to the room where you had to use the Nikita Missiles and the Gasmask. Use the Level 6 Card to search around to get the Body Armor and many other items. Watch out for surveillance cameras and search all the rooms that you have not visited yet. |
Early SOCOMAfter crawling through the vent and enter the tank room, go past the elevator. Go up the stairs, take a left, and follow it all the way until you reach a door. Go through it and you will find a SOCOM in that room. |
Thermal GogglesAfter sneaking onto the cargo elevator, you will see a helicopter pad. Behind that is a truck. Get in the back of the truck and you will pick up a pistol. Go to the Tank Hangar, and you can get thermal goggles at the location that you would normally find a pistol. |
Items through Level 6 CardWhen you obtain the Level 6 Card, head towards the Comms. Tower (directly next to the caves) as you are supposed to. However, when you are on B1, go to the room just in front of the elevator. Use the Level 6 Card to get extra items. You can also use it in the Armory. |
Extra rations-Before facing Sniper Wolf the second time, over the right side of the wall is a ration. Then go out to the blizzard. When the battle begins there will be another ration at that same location. |
Thawed rations-If your rations are frozen, walk up to the hand dryer in the bathrooms to thaw. Avoid letting the guard hear you. If you can, shoot him with a SOCOM (supressor is required) to earn a ration. |
Annoy CambellSnipe the rats above where you first face Wolf or snipe the ravens when at your second encounter with Raven. |
Avoid DARPA Chief rescueWhile inside the building and you reach the elevator, go to the second basement floor first and fight Ocelot. You will not have to rescue the DARPA Chief or fight the guards with Meryl. |
Find Gray Fox in the labGray Fox in the Lab while he is using his stealth camouflage by using the thermal goggles. It is located in the room in the Tank Hangar. |
Red Grey FoxReach Grey Fox while dressed in the tuxedo. |
Pantless Meryl-When you find Meryl on patrol in the office, she runs to the women's bathroom. Follow Meryl into the Women's bathroom and reach the final stall in under five seconds. Meryl will be caught with her pants down during an FMV sequence. |
Finding Liquid Snake after the Hind fightHead up to the right wall in the snowfield. Without Wolf seeing you, press against the wall. Snake will notice a parachute and then receive some calls. Call Master Miller; it's funny because he is Liquid. |
See how Liquid Snake escaped the Hind crashDon't start the fight with Sniper Wolf the second time yet. Make your way to the left all the way when outside and you will see a ration and a wall. Put your back to it and you should see a parachute in the tree. |
Stats when fighting LiquidWhen fighting hand to hand with Liquid at the end of the game, press CIRCLE on controller two to display the stats of the fight. |
Master Miller missing in actionWhen fighting the Hind atop of the communications tower, call Master Miller. You will get no response. |
Master Miller talks to you instead of OcelotAfter entering the room where Metal Gear is stored, go up the ladders until you are on the very top. Look at Liquid talking to Ocelot. Then call Master Miller on the Codec. Even though he is talking to Ocelot, Master Miller will talk with you. |
Annoy Mei LingAfter completing the first scenario or at the time when the game can be saved, keep calling Mei Ling. After a while she will make funny faces and may even begin to fight. |
See Mei Ling in her underwearWhen you crawl into the ventilator, go find Mei Ling's cell. Look down and go back out. Come back in and look down again. Repeat this ten times and she will be in her underwear. |
Get hit by MerylPrior to fighting Mantis, you will find yourself leading Meryl to the commander's room. On the way, punch, kick, and/or shoot Meryl. She will smack you, costing a small part of your energy. Avoiding her is easy. Shoot her from a far distance, then run. You will get away with it. Be careful because if you overdo it, you will kill her. |
Annoy Meryl-Punch Meryl prior to fighting Psycho Mantis. She will chase and punch you. |
Fight Meryl without her losing healthWhen facing Meryl, run up to her and throw her instead of punching her. She will not lose health. |
Annoy NastassiaCall her from the woman's bathroom to annoy her. |
Annoy Otacon-Shoot the Super Computers while battling Ninja in Otacon's lab. |
Smoking support from NastassiaCall her after hearing Naomi's long lecture about smoking. She will say thatsmoking is not so bad. |
Naomi's smoking warningEnter the inventory and start smoking a cigarette, then call Naomi to hear a long lecture on why bad smoking is bad. |
Ninja rescue-Keep going through Ocelot's torture after Otacon gives you food. Do not hide under the bed but wait until the guard is done vomiting. He will vomit five or six times. The ninja will now help break you out. |
Annoy NinjaWhen fighting the Ninja in the computer room, toss chaff grenades. The Ninja will insult you for using weapons. |
Guard on the toiletWhile crawling in the air duct to save the DARPA Chief (Decoy Octopus), turn left on the first turn where the SOCOM bullets are found. Look through the first vent to see the guard of the cell on the toilet talking about Meryl. |
Sick guardWhen being held prisoner, keep watching the patrolling guard. After a short time, he will bolt for the bathroom and an FMV sequence will start. After it ends, lay down and crawl under the bed. The guard will cannot see you, and will enter the cell thinking you escaped. Crawl out (you might get shot once in doing this), use the ketchup to heal, and choke out the guard. You are now free and will find your equipment nearby. Note: Reveler Ocelot planned on you escaping, and put a bomb in your equipment. Search through your things, find it, and throw it away. |
Guard killed by guardsWhen Otacon gives you the ketchup, escape without using it. Go anywhere outside where there are guards. Lay down in the snow and select the ketchup. Solid Snake will immediately spill the ketchup. Wait until a guard walks by and sees you. He will freak out and go for help. Hide somewhere where you can still see the ketchup stain. Eventually the guard return with some friends. He will show them the ketchup. One of them will get mad and shoot him. |
Flying guardLook for an area with plenty of space in front of you and a reasonable space behind you, such as under the stairs in the tank hangar. Face the door at the other end (the room with the SOCOM suppresser) and choke a guard until he is knocked out. Place a Claymore once he drops to the floor and run a short distance back. Take out your FA-MAS and point it at the guard (this is easier with Bandana) and fire, even if he is not up. When he gets up, he will fly across the screen so fast it is funny to see. To make it funnier, look at him in first person view or at the radar. |
Confusing guardsEquip the Stealth Gear and run through a guard. He will look in the direction you came from and say "Hmm. What was that?", with a question mark over his head. When he looks that way, get in front of him and take off the stealth gear. He will be alerted of your presence. When he has seen you, put the stealth gear back on right away, before he shoots. He will then be confused and start looking for you. You can do this as many times as needed. This also works with the search light area in the beginning of the game. |
Kill less guardsAfter the DARPA chief dies, Meryl will open the cell door. After the FMV sequence three will appear guards. Shoot them and Snake will tell Meryl to shoot. She will kill the next set of guards. Simply keep running around and Meryl will kill all the guards. This is helpful if you want to get a higher ranking at the end of the game. |
Faster and easier game-When you first find Meryl and she runs into the elevator, avoid chasing after her. Instead, run into the door to the left of the elevator. You will only have to fight Raven in the cold room next to the furnace room and Sniper Wolf in the cleared snowy area. |
Open Level 5 hangar doorAfter you defeat Revolver and the brief talk with the arms tech president, leave that area and return to the armory (B2 of Tank Hanger). Dial 140.15 on the codec to reach Meryl. By the time you return to the first floor of the tank hanger, she will have the level 5 hanger door open for you. |
Opening certain doors without a keyUse the guards to open doors. Simply get them close enough to the door and they will open it. |
Secret rooms in the ArmoryGet some C-4 from a room in the Armory, then go to the wall on the left side of the elevator. Look for the different colored wall section, then put some C-4 down and blow it up. There should be some ammo inside. Do the same on the right side of the elevator, but watch out for the trap doors inside. |
Exploding restroomGet the Bandana and some C-4 explosives, then go to the bathrooms on the floor where Psycho Mantis is fought. Wait for a man to go to the restroom, then equip the Bandana, place a some of the C-4s on his back, then detonate. You can place the C-4 anywhere on their body. |
Get past the blast furnaceGo to the west wall to walk on the ledge by pressing UP/LEFT. |
Items in the blast furnaceWhile in the blast furnace, go into the room with the steam coming out of the walls. Look around on the floor for a hole, then crawl through it. There will be two surveillance cameras and what appears to be six lockers (front to back ). There should be two boxes that contain stinger missiles and a box of chaff grenades. Look behind the six lockers to find the body armor. |
Diving off the dockAt the dock at the start of the game, get detected by the enemy and move towards the right side of the dock. When you reach the edge, Snake will dive off the dock and into the water. This is also shown in the FMV sequence. |
Destroy the gas electric floorTake out your Nikita Launcher and shoot the missile directly across that room. Press Triangle (PlayStation version) after you shoot to guide it where needed. Take a right down the room and then a right around the corner across the room through that doorway (which appears to be difficult to get through), right in the room in the doorway, then left at the generator. Note: Watch out for shooting cameras. You can repeat this until you are successful. Go back and forth when air gets low out of the room. |
Heliport items and weaponsTo get three items and three weapons in the Heliport, do the following. You will start with the Scope and Cigarettes. To get the Rations at the Docks, kill a guard. When you start, go in the water and behind the barrel. Go up until you see the elevator and then go straight right. Go up until you find a wall (not very much) then go right until reaching a passage where you can go down. Go down, and then right. At the Heliport, kill a guard, then go right until you are in the snow. After that, go up. The Socom Pistol is in the cargo truck. The Chaff Grenades are in the searchlight area. The Stun Grenades can be found by going around the Searchlight area and then down until reaching a little room past the surveillance camera. |
Shoot tracer bullets from the Fa-MasAcquire the Bandana and the Fa-Mas. Shoot the Fa-Mas until you only have three bullets left. The bullet gauge will be in the red zone. At that point, equip the Bandana and fire. Snake should be shooting yellow tracer bullets that appear to be lasers. |
Auto-aimed Fa-MasThe shots that are fired when the "Shoot tracer bullets from the Fa-Mas" trick is used will automatically be aimed. This is mostly useful when Snake is jumped on elevators, or is being chased after being spotted. |
Finding the pistolWhen beginningthe level that has the search lights, go to the closest entrance for the search lights. Get ready when the search lights stop. When they begin moving again, enter the search light area, quickly go to the left, and get out of the search light area. After that, move straight and to see a truck with two cameras and guards. Go to the truck and get in the back. The pistol should be there. There should also be a box that may be used for hiding. Note: If enemies see your character entering the truck they will throw grenades. |
Using weapons in the nuclear warhead storage roomYou cannot use weapons in the nuclear warhead storage room but they can be used from the outside. Use the PSG-1 to sniper the guards from under the door before you go back inside. |
Shoot SOCOM or Fa-Mas across roomsYou can accurately shoot your SOCOM or Fa-Mas across entire rooms. Equip either Night Vision Goggles or Thermal Goggles, then look at the targeted guard in first person view mode. The view will be broken up by a y-axis line and a x-axis line, forming crosshairs not unlike the those from the PSG-1. Line the intersection of the crosshairs on the guard's body, like you would if you were shooting the PSG-1. Release the first person view mode, the shoot the guard. |
Improved PSG-1 sniper rifle controlIf you are out of Diazepam, switch to Snake's cigarettes in the item screen. Your aim will instantly steady, but your health will slowly deteriorate until there is almost nothing left. You will not die, but you will be incredibly vulnerable. Note: Switching away from the cigarettes will instantly cause your aim to shift again, unlike the longer-lasting effects of Diazepam. |
Killing without any weaponsGo on a balcony or another high location and start punching an opponent, but keep him close to the edge so that he can fall when Solid Snake does his last kick. He should fall off the balcony, and instead of getting knocked out, he will die. |
Increase damage while fightingDuring a fist fight, go in a flight of stairs. When Solid Snake does the last kick, your opponent will fall down the stairs will be knocked out for longer than normal. |
Extra time fighting Liquid Snake hand to handWhen facing liquid snake hand to hand on top of the destroyed Metal Gear Rex, the time limit is usually 2:30. However if you die once, skip the intermission sequence to get 3:00 as your time limit. |
Gray Fox strategyInstead of using weapons, punch him. When he starts to get tired and is "slow fighting", use your chaff grenade. Then use any desired weapon against him. |
Ninja strategyThrow some Chaff Grenades then hit him with the FA-MAS. Towards the end, when he is crouching, roll into him. |
Ocelot strategyUse the M9 or SOCOM and shoot him in the head whenever possible. C4 can also be used. |
Wolf strategyUse the Pentazem and zoom out to find her, then assail her with head shots. |
Hind-D strategyUse Stinger missiles and fire whenever it locks on. |
Revolver Ocelot strategies-Use the shoot while running trick and follow him around the arena. Continue shooting him in the back until he is down. |
Metal Gear-Rex strategies-Use the Stinger missiles and run when it is about to attack. |
M1 Tank strategies-With chaff grenade, get close and repeatedly toss grenades. |
Psycho Mantis strategies-Plug the controller into port two and press any button before fighting Psycho Mantis. The word "Hideo" will appear in the corner of a black screen. Use controller two to fight against Mantis to prevent him from knowing your moves. Alternatively, shoot the statues in the top corners with the fa-mas to render Psycho Mantis without his psychic abilities. |
Always see Psycho MantisYou can see Psycho Mantis no matter where he goes if you use the thermal goggles. It can be found in the room in the Tank Hangar. |
Sniper Wolf strategiesTo kill Sniper Wolf easily in the Snow Field area, use the stinger missiles. They not only reveal her location, but also home in and deliver a lot of damage. It will take about six stinger missiles to kill her, and you will probably never get hit. |
Bosses strategyWhen fighting a transparent Boss such as Ninja or Mantis, use your Thermal Goggles to see his location and kill him faster. |
Stealth enemies in the cargo elevator hintRather than using your FAMAS, just snap their necks. By doing this, it is much faster and you will not lose as much health. |
Attack teams strategyAim for the top of their head or their legs. These areas are unprotected by their shields and thus are their vulnerable points. |
Low blow attackWhile using the Stealth Camouflage, crouch down and plant a C-4 on a guard's crotch. Detonate and the guard will say shout and hold himself. |
PlayStation easter eggs-Go to one of the lab tables after defeating the Cyber Ninja inside the Otacon's lab, and the FMV sequence. A PlayStation and controller are near the televisions and computers. |
Naomi Cambell easter egg-You may have noticed that Naomi and Cambell are on the same frequency. Together, their names form that of Naomi Cambell, the runway model. |
Annoy Naomi or the ChiefShoot the rats or birds to have Naomi or the Chief call and reprimand you. |
Hiding from guards-Places to crawl under include the two tanks in the tank hangar, desks in various rooms, shipping trucks, and a little hole in the canyon. Crawling will prevent the guard from finding you but do not allow the guard see you crawl under something or they will throw grenades at you. |
Double claymore minesSet a claymore mine, then walk over it to pick up two mines. |
Ninja strategies-Put away your weapon and punch him instead. He will jump away from you and put away his weapon. Throw more punches at him and he will turn invisible and hide. Toss a chaff grenade to stun him and then use your Fa-Mas/SOCOM to hurt him. Keep doing this until he is dead. Note strategy: He may take out his weapon again if you use yours. When his health is gone, a force field will surround him. Aim at him and shoot. You will have to do this three times. |