METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN
42 Achievements
1,000
150-200h
War Buddy
Raised bond with Quiet to the maximum. Details for this achievement will be revealed once unlocked
15
10.16%
How to unlock the War Buddy achievement in METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN - Definitive Guide
You are only able to acquire Quiet during Mission 11.
Once you have her as a buddy, simply take her with you on every mission, side op, or free roam you do. As with the other buddies, using her will increase her bond with you. Once you max her bond rating, the achievement will unlock.
You can check your bond level with your buddies by highlighting them on the Select Buddy option in the Mission Prep screen, or upon completing a Mission on the bottom left of the ranking screen.
To use Quiet's scouting and overwatch abilities, go to the map screen on your iDroid and press up/down on the d-pad until the "Scout" or "Attack" option is chosen. It works similar to the helicopter extraction points, as you can only have her go to predetermined points on the map. As you increase her bond, you will unlock more commands and equipment to use with her. To use her commands, hold and use the to choose a command. Click the to issue that command.
Now this is quite an easy achievement to get, it just takes some time to do. Please note that this is a similar solution that I'm posting in the other two bond achievements as well.
Now how do you increase the bond of a buddy (sans D-Walker as it is a robot)? Well you do main missions with them as well as side-ops running around the overworld of Afghanistan and Africa. Now you can see their progress at the end of main missions as well as at the sortie screen. IF in fact you do have the meter all filled up but the achievement didn't pop because you got all your buddy progress (or got the last bit needed by doing a side-op) you need to redeploy and then extract yourself inside of freeroam via helicopter, do not just return to ACC after you hit a checkpoint because the achievement will not unlock. Once the game gets back to the loading screen the achievement should unlock.
Do note that you can decrease the bond if you get your buddies "killed", as they will be extracted, by either enemy fire or friendly fire primarily from explosives.
EDIT: If you get 100% bond rating by the time you reach mission 44
I recommend bringing her with you wherever you go. If you tend to go for a stealthy, no-kill approach, start by just using her to Scout out areas for you. Eventually, you can develop new snipers for her as your bond increases that tranq instead of kill and that have suppressors. The more you Scout and Attack with her, the faster your bond will increase.
NOTE: At time of writing this, taking her with you on missions 29 and 42 can result in a game breaking bug, so be sure not do that.
The trophies will pop at the ends of missions where you increased their bonds to 10/10. Of note is that Side Ops and free roam seem to count less when attempting to develop bonds, so if you need to increase it with a particular buddy, repeatedly play missions where you would use them often. Also, when a buddy is harmed, their bond with you decreases, so don't send them into unnecessary danger.
You will gain access to Quiet as a buddy after choosing to spare her life at the end of mission 11, "Cloaked in Silence." Then, she will be deployable a short time after Mission 14. Quiet acts as one of the most versatile buddies in the game, supplying you with ammo drops and providing cover fire from tactical sniping points.
In order to increase bonds with your buddies to the maximum level, you will need to use them constantly during main missions and side ops. After a main mission, you will notice on the bottom left-hand side of the post-mission stat screen your buddy’s progress bars, indicated by ten Diamond Dog logos. As you increase your bonds with each buddy, you will unlock special commands for them that will further improve their usefulness out on the field. For example, D-Horse can defecate on command as a means of applying a “booby trap” on roads for patrolling vehicles, D-Dog can kill, stun, or wound enemies nearby on command, and Quiet can be told to fire at will and essentially clear out an entire enemy encampment on her own without you ever being spotted.
Take note of two specifics concerning this achievement. First, if your buddies get injured out on the field by the enemy or by your own actions, your bond level will slightly decrease. Secondly, if you notice their progress bar in the pre-mission sortie prep screen is at 10/10 but you have not unlocked their achievement, you will need to deploy in free-roam with them, then extract via chopper as you probably previously choose the option to “Return to ACC” which doesn’t register their bond level properly.
Remember; simply keep using your buddies during missions and their bond will slowly increase over time. Once a buddy’s bond is maxed out at 10/10, their achievement will unlock.
You will gain access to Quiet as a buddy after choosing to spare her life at the end of mission 11, "Cloaked in Silence." Then, she will be deployable a short time after Mission 14. Quiet acts as one of the most versatile buddies in the game, supplying you with ammo drops and providing cover fire from tactical sniping points.
In order to increase bonds with your buddies to the maximum level, you will need to use them constantly during main missions and side ops. After a main mission, you will notice on the bottom left-hand side of the post-mission stat screen your buddy’s progress bars, indicated by ten Diamond Dog logos. As you increase your bonds with each buddy, you will unlock special commands for them that will further improve their usefulness out on the field. For example, D-Horse can defecate on command as a means of applying a “booby trap” on roads for patrolling vehicles, D-Dog can kill, stun, or wound enemies nearby on command, and Quiet can be told to fire at will and essentially clear out an entire enemy encampment on her own without you ever being spotted.
Take note of two specifics concerning this achievement. First, if your buddies get injured out on the field by the enemy or by your own actions, your bond level will slightly decrease. Secondly, if you notice their progress bar in the pre-mission sortie prep screen is at 10/10 but you have not unlocked their achievement, you will need to deploy in free-roam with them, then extract via chopper as you probably previously choose the option to “Return to ACC” which doesn’t register their bond level properly.
Remember; simply keep using your buddies during missions and their bond will slowly increase over time. Once a buddy’s bond is maxed out at 10/10, their achievement will unlock.
We visit her at the base in a cage (the connection will go up a couple of times, and then stop),
We design things and clothes for her,
We give her orders in battle more often.
And yes, we stare at her in the helicopter, pressing , in ACC and in landing on the map (there will be literally a couple of seconds to have time to stare, she must nod).