Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain Cheats

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Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain Cheats

Unlockable Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain DLC

Future DLC #1: Future unlockable DLC for the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain includes content carried over from Ground Zeroes, such as: Bonus resources for the “Mother Base”, your HQ that “plays a pivotal role” in The Phantom Pain and is introduced in Ground Zeroes, carries over to The Phantom Pain. – This will give you: Extra Mother Base staff, the ability to transfer POWs and VIPs rescued during Ground Zeroes’ campaign to the Mother Base, and character skins will also be carried across.

SAVE TRANSFER INSTRUCTIONS: You can carry over save data from METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES to METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN.

Step 1: To carry over save data, first start up METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES and select [UPLOAD MGSV:GZ SAVE DATA] from the Title Menu.
The data is then uploaded to the game server.
Step 2: Next, select [DOWNLOAD MGSV:GZ SAVE DATA] from the METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN Title Menu to apply the save data that was carried over.

• Save data to be carried over includes the Sneaking Suit from METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES as well as certain prisoners and soldiers you extracted. – These soldiers will join Diamond Dogs as volunteers at certain points in the game.
• To obtain these save data carry over bonuses, you need to be able to play METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES (have the access to the console hardware, game software, and save data), have online access, and install an online update for the game.
• You can carry over save data from either the PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 3 versions of METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES to the PlayStation 4 version of METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN.
• Your METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES and METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN data must be associated with the same Sony Entertainment Network account.

Ground Zeroes to The Phantom Pain Unlockable Transfer video guide:

If you perform a Data Transfer on the same system account — by uploading the save file from the Ground Zeroes main menu and then download it from the The Phantom Pain main menu — here’s what items carry over to the main game…

• Ground Zeroes’ Sneaking Suit becomes a wearable item in The Phantom Pain.
• Ground Zeroes’ Mother Base Staff members become available. Both prisoners, soldiers and unique characters that you rescued can be used as Mother Base Staff in The Phantom Pain. – Note that you’ll have to complete The Phantom Pain main story missions up to Episode 12 to unlock them all.

Future DLC #2: Register your purchase of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes on the Konami Core Vault website to be rewarded with future unlockable DLC for the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain game. After registration, this will be confirmed with the following message: “Come back in 2015 to claim your Downloadable Content!”

How To Unlock Hideo Kojima as a Mother Base Worker

Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima himself makes a comeback in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.

You’ll only be able to get Hideo Kojima into The Phantom Pain if you rescued him in Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes. After completing the “Ground Zeroes” Main Mission, you’ll unlock Side Ops missions. Go play the “Intel Operative Rescue” Side Ops and upon completion Big Boss finds out the Intel Team agent VIP he rescued is actually the Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima!

After getting him, you’ll have to exported your Ground Zeroes save file from that game’s main menu, and then imported that save file into The Phantom Pain via this game’s main menu as well. (Detailed instructions can be read above in the “Future DLC #1” section or watching the video.)

He then — after completing Episode 3, 4 or 5 in the campaign — eventually arrives at Mother Base in The Phantom Pain as a “special volunteer” and can be recruited as worker with a specialty in Intel (S-Rank rating) and further skills in Research & Development (A+ rank).

How To Get Extra Ammo

Here’s a handy Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain tip if you’re not going for an S-Rank in the mission you’re on. In that case feel free to reload a Checkpoint to get extra ammo!

There are no other Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain cheats on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 & PC yet. So until more are discovered, we made the handy Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain guides listed above to help you with tips and tricks for the game!

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