Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
34 Achievements
30-36h
I am THE expert on weapons
Obtained all weapons (excluding weapons obtained via password).
2.3%
How to unlock the I am THE expert on weapons achievement in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Definitive Guide
Missable There are 69 weapons in total in the game. They do not have to be acquired in the same playthrough, but you must save over the same file after you complete each playthrough. For this trophy, you will need to get 65 weapons. The four remaining weapons can be acquired by getting some emblems and since they can also be acquired via passwords, they are not needed for the trophy. Most weapons can be found as you play the game in certain parts. Almost all of the weapons can be purchased via the Drebin Store. Below is a list of all the weapons and their locations. Note that the prices posted in the Drebin Store are the standard prices, not including the 20% discount on Wednesdays and Sundays and the 50% discount during Act 5. It is advised to set your PS3 clock system to Sunday to get discounts and/or wait until Act 5 to buy the weapons in half the price.
Handguns
- MK. 2 Pistol: Story based, when you meet with Mk. II in Act 1
- SA 1911 Operator: Story based, when you meet with Mk. II in Act 1
- Five-seveN: This weapon is bought off Drebin Store for 6,000 Points. Can also be found by getting it off the FROG unit.
- GSR: This weapon is bought off Drebin Store for 3,000 Points. Can also be found by killing some PMCs. The rebels in Act 2 can have this weapon as well.
- PMM: This weapon is bought off Drebin Store for 3,500 Points. Can also be dropped by the resistance fighter during Act 3 if he sees you and tries to shoot you.
- G18c: This weapon is bought off Drebin Store for 8,000 Points. Can also be acquired by getting it from the Dwarf Geckos.
- Desert Eagle: This weapon is bought off Drebin Store for 20,000 Points. Can also be acquired by getting it from the Dwarf Geckos.
- Mk. 23: It can be found during Act 4, underneath the truck north of the Helipad.
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PSS: This weapon is bought off Drebin Store for 5,000 Points. It can also be found in various locations.
- In a ventilation shaft in the Advent Palace during Act 1, just before you reach Rat Patrol 01 team.
- In a fireplace inside the Vista mansion during Act 2 in the back room of the 1st floor.
- At the end of Act 2, it can be found in the marketplace near a stall.
- At the Midtown S Sector in Act 3, when you see the Resistance member turning left into an alley way, you can find it in a building down the alley.
- At the start of Act 5, take a right and climb a ladder of one of the arches. Climb ladders until you reach the top.
- To the left of the small room with the water tight door at the beginning of Act 5.
Submachine guns
- P90: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 5,000 Points. Also acquired from FROG Unit.
- M10: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 3,000 Points. Also acquired from Rebels in Act 2. If you help the Rebels at the beginning of the Act, they will unlock a special room that has this weapon inside.
- MP7: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 3,000 Points. Also acquired from certain PMCs.
- Vz.83: You obtain it as part of the story when you meet with Big Mama in Act 3.
- Bizon: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 7,000 Points
- MP5SD2: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 15,000 Points.
Rifles
- AK 102: Obtained automatically as part of the story during Act 1
- M4 Custom: Obtained automatically as part of the story during Act 1
- Mk. 17: It can be found during Act 1 by picking it off various PMCs. Also can be purchased from Drebin Store for 3,500 Points.
- G3A3: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 4,000 Points or picked up by Rebels during Act 2
- FAL carbine: Can only be bought off Drebin Store for 4,500 Points
- AN94: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 5,000 Points or found in the south east shack of Cove Valley Village during Act 2.
- XM8: This can be found at the left side of Power Plant Part 2 where you found the PSS during Act 2. It’s under a shelter.
- M14 EBR: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 9,000 Points or acquired by some PMC snipers. First found in Act 1
- DSR-1: Obtained automatically as part of the story at the end of Act 2
- SVD: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 18,000 Points or found in a shack of Cove Valley Village during Act 2. It can also be acquired by some PMC snipers.
- VSS: Can only be found in the Confinement Facility during Act 2. It’s located in a far West base area inside a small building connected to other buildings.
- Mosin-Nagant: Can only be bought off Drebin Store for 60,000 Points
- M82A2: Can only be bought off Drebin Store for 200,000 Points
- Rail Gun: Obtained automatically as part of the story during Act 4 after you defeat the Crying Beauty.
Other firearms
- HK21E: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 6,000 Points or found in the Militia Safe House during Act 1. Knock out the rebel talking about getting an enemy gun and get the weapon.
- M60E4: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 10,000 Points or acquired by the PMCs near the Vista Mansion during Act 2.
- PKM: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 9,000 Points or acquired by the Rebels during Act 2.
- Mk.46 MOD1: Can only be bought off Drebin Store for 9,000 Points
- Twin Barrel: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 25,000 Points or acquired by getting it from Rebels in Act 2. If you help the Rebels at the beginning of the Act, they will unlock a special room that has this weapon inside.
- M870 custom: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 30,000 Points or found in the Confinement Facility during Act 2. There is a PMC base North of this area. In a shed north west of this base.
- SAIGA12: Can only be bought off Drebin Store for 40,000 Points
- XM25: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 80,000 Points or acquired by the FROGs that are in the roof in Advent Palace during Act 1. There is one on top of a communication tower in Act 4 after defeating Crying Wolf.
- MGL-140: Obtained automatically as part of the story during Act 3 after you defeat the Raging Beauty.
- RPG-7: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 60,000 Points or found in the Militia Safehouse during Act 1 at the same place where you find the disguise and generally in various places in that area.
- M72A3: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 40,000 Points or found in the Market Place during Act 2. From your starting location, go to the right wall and follow it all the way in the alley.
- FGM-148 Javelin: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 150,000 Points. Can be found in Act 1 in the area where the militiamen bring in the tank. It's on the roof of the building that you can access by climbing the tall ladder in the back alley. (Credits to OldJimiDini)
- FIM-92A Stinger: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 100,000 Points. Can be found in Act 2 at the power station. You have to make your way to the back and climb the substation ladder and then shimmy across on a wire extending to the adjacent substation that is otherwise inaccessible from the ground. (Credits to OldJimiDini)
Explosives
- Grenade: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 120 Points or acquired by various PMCs
- Petrol Bomb: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 100 Points
- M34 White Phosphorus Grenade: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 110 Points
- Stun Grenade: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 120 Points
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Chaff Grenade: These are rare to find. There are 8 during the whole game, two per package.
- Can be found in the Containment Facility in South America during Act 2
- Can be found in the Marketplace during Act 2
- Can be found in Eastern Europe's sewer area during Act 3
- Can be found on the helipad of Shadow Moses Island during Act 4.
- They can also be obtained from Akiba in Advent Palace after one playthrough.
- Smoke Grenade: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 100 Points
- Claymore: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 300 Points
- Sleep Gas mine: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 300 Points
- C4: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 400 Points
- Sleep Gas Satchel: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 400 Points
Miscellaneous
- Stun Knife: You have this from the start of the game
- Magazine: Shoot all the ammo for one weapon and you will get it.
- Playboy: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 200 Points
- Emotion Mag: Can be bought off Drebin Store for 2,000 Points
- Mantis Doll: Can be acquired during the fight with Screaming Mantis at Act 5
- Sorrow Doll: Can be acquired during the fight with Screaming Mantis at Act 5
Special Weapons
- Solar Gun: See the SUNLIGHT trophy for more information.
- Desert Eagle (Long Barrel): Achieve the Fox emblem. (Not needed for trophy, but needed for Little Gray emblem)
- Thor .45-70: Achieve the FoxHound emblem. (Not needed for trophy, but needed for Little Gray emblem)
- Race Gun: Complete the game once on any difficulty
- Type 17: Achieve the Hound emblem. (Not needed for trophy, but needed for Little Gray emblem)
- Patriot: It can be acquired by getting the Big Boss Emblem. (Not needed for trophy, but needed for Little Gray emblem)
- Tanegashima: Can only be bought off Drebin Store for 1,000,000 Points
- Smoke Grenade (Yellow): Complete the game once on any difficulty and buy it off Drebin Store for 100 Points.
- Smoke Grenade (Red): Complete the game once on any difficulty and buy it off Drebin Store for 100 Points.
- Smoke Grenade (Blue): Complete the game once on any difficulty and buy it off Drebin Store for 100 Points.
- Smoke Grenade (Green):Complete the game once on any difficulty and buy it off Drebin Store for 100 Points.
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Also check the Collectibles Walkthrough
1. VSS (Vintorez) - can be found in Act 2. After the video with Drebin, choose the narrow path to the left of the road, go through a small canyon and in the next location you will come across an RMS outpost, where rebels are still being held hostage. So in one of the buildings lies this magnificent cannon.
2. XM8 (assault rifle) - in Act 2. After the video with Drebin, go to the canyon to the left of the main road, there is this machine gun.
3. Chaff (a grenade that creates electrical interference) - an extremely rare item, unlike previous games, which will be very useful when advancing to the Big Boss rank. The easiest way is to take it from the helipad in Act 4. Also available in Act 2, at the end in the market to the left of the last Gekko. In Act 3 in the far corner of the canal.
4. Solar Gun (HEX) - collect 5 boss figurines (Frogs, Octopus, Rayvan, Wulf and Mantis).
5. Race gun (a pistol with ricochet cartridges) and various types of smoke grenades you will receive simply by completing the game 1 time.
Special weapons such as Patriot (Boss weapon), Thor (Ocelot weapon), Desert with a long barrel (Meryl weapon), Chinese Mauser (Eva weapon), etc. you will receive at once for the assigned Big Boss rank. These trunks are not needed for the trophy.
pkhhnwhsjt - Patriot
tshsniammr - Thor.45
jmsotsynrn - Type 17 Mauser
1aytmmymhk - M1911 Custom
deskyhstyl - Desert Eagle Long Barrel
mekakorkkk - Mk 23 SOCOM
mnsoymsyhn - Mosin Nagant
All types of weapons
Pistols/Handguns
- MK. 2 Pistol: It turns out plot-wise, after meeting with Mk. II in Act 1
- SA 1911 Operator: It turns out plot-wise, after meeting with the Mk. II in Act 1
- Five-seveN: Can be purchased from Drebin for 6,000 Points. You can also take away the FROG unit, after the P90 is taken from some fighter, she will take up the pistol
- GSR: Can be purchased from Drebin for 3,000 Points. You can also pick up those left without Mk from PMC fighters. 17 in Act 1, Act 2 and Act 3.
- PMM: Can be purchased from Drebin for 3,500 Points. Can also be taken from a rebel in Act 3 after he spots you and pulls out a psitolet.
- G18c: Can be purchased from Drebin for 8,000 Points. You can also get this weapon from some Dwarf Geckos in Act 4.
- Desert Eagle: Can be purchased from Drebin for 20,000 Points. You can also get this weapon from some Dwarf Geckos in Act 4.
- Mk. 23: Found at the very beginning of Act 4 under the truck north of the helipad (this truck had the same weapon in MGS1)
- PSS: Can be purchased from Drebin for 5,000 Points. Can also be found in various locations throughout the game. One of these places is the fireplace on the first floor in the Vista Mansion, in Act 2.
- P90: Can be purchased from Drebin for 5,000 Points. You can also pick it up from FROG Unit fighters.
- M10: Can be purchased from Drebin for 3,000 Points. You can also get it from the rebels in Act 2 Naal itself, after you help them, they will open the shed for you where this weapon is located.
- MP7: Can be purchased from Drebin for 3,000 Points. You can also get it from some PMC fighters in Act 2.
- Vz.83: Turns out to be a plot point from Big Mama before the chase in Act 3.
- Bizon: Can be purchased from Drebin for 7,000 Points
- MP5SD2: Can be purchased from Drebin for 15,000 Points.
- AK 102: It turns out plot-wise at the very beginning of Act 1
- M4 Custom: Obtained as a story item after meeting Drebin in Act 1
- Mk. 17: Can be collected from PMC soldiers during Act 1, Act 2 and Act 3. Can be purchased from Drebin for 3,500 Points
- G3A3: Can be bought from Drebin for 4,000 Points or taken from the rebels in Act 2
- FAL carbine: Can only be purchased from Drebin for 4,500 Points
- AN94: Can be purchased from Drebin for 5,000 Points or found at the very beginning of Act 2 in one of the barns.
- XM8: Found in Act 2, after meeting Drebin at the Power Station location, you need to turn left from the road, go deep into barrels, crates and similar trash and look for weapons under the curtain
- M14 EBR: Can be purchased from Drebin for 9,000 Points or picked up from PMC snipers in Act 1
- DSR-1: Turns out plot-wise at the end of Act 2
- SVD: Can be bought from Drebin for 18,000 Points or found at the very beginning of Act 2 in one of the barns on the second floor, you will have to jump on these planks to pick up the weapon.
- VSS: Found only in the Confinement Facility in Act 2. Located in the farthest western base where there are two captured rebels
- Mosin-Nagant: Can only be purchased from Drebin for 60,000 Points
- M82A2: Can only be purchased from Drebin for 200,000 Points
- Rail Gun: Obtained story-wise after defeating Crying Beauty.
- HK21E: Can be purchased from Drebin for 6,000 Points or found in the Militia Safe House in Act 1. Tranquilize the two rebels talking about weapons and pick up the weapons.
- M60E4: Can be purchased from Drebin for 10,000 Points or taken from PMC fighters in Vista Mansion in Act 2.
- PKM: Can be purchased from Drebin for 9,000 Points or taken from the rebels in Act 2.
- Mk.46 MOD1: Can only be purchased from Drebin for 9,000 Points
- Twin Barrel: Can only be purchased from Drebin for 25,000 Points or obtained from the rebels at the very beginning of Act 2. They will open the room where the weapon is if you help them.
- M870 custom: Can only be purchased from Drebin for 30,000 Points or found in the Confinement Facility, in Act 2. Found at the second base, located in the north of the location.
- SAIGA12: Can only be purchased from Drebin for 40,000 Points
- XM25: Can be purchased from Drebin for 80,000 Points or obtained from the FROG Unit fighters located on the veranda roof in Act 1, in the Advet Palace. Also, the weapon is on top of one of the communication towers after defeating Crying Wolf.
- MGL-140: Obtained story-wise after defeating Raging Beauty.
- RPG-7: Can be purchased from Drebin for 60,000 Points or found near/in the Militia Safehouse in Act 1.
- M72A3: Can be purchased from Drebin for 40,000 Points or found at the end of Act 2 in the Market Place. As soon as control is transferred to you, go to the right and leave through the narrow alley between the buildings, there will be a weapon in this alley.
- FGM-148 Javelin: Can only be purchased from Drebin for 150,000 Points. Can be found in Act 1 in the location with the rebel tank. You need to climb the stairs onto the roof and run along them in search of weapons
- FIM-92A Stinger: Can be purchased from Drebin for 100,000 Points. Can be found in Act 2 at the Power Station location. You need to climb onto the support using the stairs, climb over the wire into the closed part of the substation, go down from the support and there will be a weapon on its base
- Grenade: Can be purchased from Drebin for 120 Points
- Petrol Bomb: Can be purchased from Drebin for 100 Points
- M34 White Phosphorus Grenade: Can be purchased from Drebin for 110 Points
- Stun Grenade: Can be purchased from Drebin for 120 Points
- Chaff Grenade : A rare grenade worth its weight in gold. Throughout the entire game you can only find 8 pieces, two in a case.
In the Containment Facility in Act 2
In the Marketplace in Act 2
In Eastern Europe's sewer area in Act 3
At the helipad helipad, on Shadow Moses Island in Act 4. - Smoke Grenade: Can be purchased from Drebin for 100 Points
- Claymore: Can be purchased from Drebin for 300 Points
- Sleep Gas mine: Can be bought from Drebin for 300 Points or collected throughout the Advent Palace in Act 1. Spot the bomb, lie down on your stomach and crawl towards it to pick it up
- C4: Can be purchased from Drebin for 400 Points
- Sleep Gas Satchel: Can be purchased from Drebin for 400 Points
- Stun Knife: Possessed from the very beginning
- Magazine: Shoot and reload weapons to get
- Playboy: Can be purchased from Drebin for 200 Points and can be found throughout the game.
- Emotion Mag: Can only be purchased from Drebin for 2,000 Points
- Mantis Doll: Obtained from the Screaming Mantis fight in Act 5
- Sorrow Doll: Obtained from the Screaming Mantis fight in Act 5
- Solar Gun: See SUNLIGHT trophy.
- Desert Eagle (Long Barrel): Knock out the Fox emblem (see walkthrough on Big Boss emblem)
- Thor.45-70: Knock out the FoxHound emblem. (see walkthrough on Big Boss emblem)
- Race Gun: Finish the game 1 time on any difficulty
- Type 17: Knock out the Hound emblem. (see walkthrough on Big Boss emblem)
- Patriot: Can only be obtained by completing the Big Boss emblem.
- Tanegashima: Can only be purchased from Drebin for 1,000,000 Points
- Smoke Grenade (Yellow): Finish the game 1 time and buy from Drebin on replay for 100 Points.
- Smoke Grenade (Red): Finish the game 1 time and buy from Drebin on replay for 100 Points.
- Smoke Grenade (Blue): Finish the game 1 time and buy from Drebin on replay for 100 Points.
- Smoke Grenade (Green): Finish the game 1 time and buy from Drebin on replay for 100 Points.
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