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--- mgs2_difficulty_differences [2020/06/11 15:14] – Lucky Rapidflower
+++ mgs2_difficulty_differences [2025/06/03 12:27] (current) – [Enemy range of vision] Lucky Rapidflower
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 =====Difficulty Differences=====
 ====Enemy range of vision====
-Note that enemies have the same range of vision on Hard and regular Extreme.
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 From right to left: Very Easy, Easy, Normal, Hard/Extreme and E-Extreme.
+Note that in some areas the enemy range of vision is the same on all difficulties.
 ====Health values====
 ^Difficulty^Very Easy^Easy^Normal^Hard^Extreme^E-Extreme^
 ^Health|200|120|100|75|50|30^
-^Ration heal|200|60|50|37|25|-^
-Note that E-Extreme has no rations at all.
-Damage dealt by attacks:
+  * On Very Easy, rations are a full heal
+  * On other difficulties, rations heal half of max health (37 points on Hard)
+  * E-Extreme has no rations at all
+General damage table:
   * Guard Shot: 10
   * Guard Melee: 5
   * Explosion (Further): 20
   * Explosion (Closer) / Shotgun: 40
-  * Bleeding: 1 / 3s
+  * Bleeding: 1 / 3s at 1/3 health (rounded down if necessary)
   * Smoking: 1 / s
   * Choking: 1 / 0.25s
   * Chaff/Stun explodes in player's hand: 10
-Damage dealt by bosses varies by difficulty.
+Damage dealt by bosses often varies by difficulty.
 ====Weapon & item capacity====
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 ^Socom|121|73|61|61|37|+12^
 ^M4/AK-74u|301|241|211|151|91|+30^
-^PSG1(-T)|101|81|61|41|41|+20(/+5)^
+^PSG1(-T)|101|81|61|41|41|+20(+10/+5)^
 ^RGB6|60|42|30|24|18|+6^
 ^Stinger/Nikita|100|50|40|30|20|+10^
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 *Planted claymores picked from the ground give +1
-====Enemy strength====
+====Guard strength====
 ^Difficulty^Very Easy^Easy^Normal^Hard^Extreme^E-Extreme^
+^Health|3000|3000|3000|4000|6000|10000^
+^Stun stamina|3|7|9|14|19|24^
 ^Sleep time|9 min|9 min|5 min|3 min|3 min|40s^
-^KO Time|60s|60s|30s|30s|30s|30s^
-^Tranquilizer, limb|0s|14s|22s|22s|22s|22s^
-^Tranquilizer, body|0s|6s|9s|9s|9s|9s^
-^Punch|4|8|10|15|20|25^
-^Roll|1|3|3|5|7|7^
-^HF Blade (Stun)|1|2|2|3|3|3^
-^Body shot|3|3|3|4|6|10^
-^HF Blade (Lethal)|1|1|2|2|3|3^
-  * Chokes = Punches - 1 (e.g. Normal guards take 9 chokes)
+  * The tengus fought in Arsenal Gear have 3000 health on all difficulties.
-  * Pistol punch = 2 punches (only the second punch has increased damage)
-  * Rifle punch = 3 punches
-  * Roll = 3-4 punches (varies)
-  * Kick = 4 punches (Raiden's double kick still equals 4)
-  * Nikita punch = 10 punches
-  * Limb shot = 0.5 body shot
-  * Explosion = 3 body shots
-A rifle punch to the head immediately knocks an enemy out.
-Additional tranquilizers halve the time to go to sleep.
+Lethal damage table:
+  * Torso shot on any guard / limb shot on attack team guard or tengu: 1000
+  * Limb shot on regular guard: 500
+  * Explosion: 3000 (6000 in VR/alt missions)
+  * Lethal HF Blade: 1500 (note that a single attack can hit several times)
-Waking guards up: shooting > coolant spray > pick up & drop
+Enemy armor mechanics:
+  * Regular attack team guards have body armor with 1280 health that protects from lethal bullet-based weapons.
+  * Each shot to this armor deals 256 damage.
+  * On Very Easy, the armor offers no protection.
+Stun stamina damage table:
+  * Punch: 1
+  * Choke: 1
+  * Kick (including Raiden's double kicks combined):  4
+  * 2nd punch w/ weapon equipped: 2
+  * Roll: 3
+  * Throw: 5
+  * Rifle punch: 3
+  * Nikita punch: 10
+  * Non-lethal HF Blade: 6
+  * Close to stun grenade explosion during Guard Rush and Tengu fights: 3 (outside of these fights it is an instant KO)
+Stun mechanics:
+  * For a guard to get knocked out, they either need their stun stamina to be reduced to -1 or have it reduced to 0 while getting knocked down or choked.
+  * On Very Easy and Easy, guards stay knocked out for 60s.
+  * On Normal and harder, guards stay knocked out for 30s.
+  * A punch to the head with a weapon or a punch to the crotch is an instant KO.
+Tranquilizer mechanics:
+  * Guards have 3000 tranq stamina on all difficulties.
+  * A tranq to the torso will deal 1000 tranq damage.
+  * A tranq to a limb will deal 500 tranq damage.
+  * On Very Easy, a single tranq will immediately put a guard to sleep.
+  * On Easy, every tranq to a limb and the torso will deal 3 and 6 tranq damage respectively each frame (=180/s and 360/s).
+  * On higher difficulties, they deal 2 and 4 tranq damage respectively every frame (=120/s and 240/s).
+Guard sleep/KO time reduction table:
+  * Attacking: 30s
+  * Drag and drop: 20s
+  * Coolant spray: 100 frames every other frame = 50s every second
+Note that time in MGS2 is based on frames, meaning 1s = 60 frames.
 ====Bosses====
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 ^Difficulty^Very Easy^Easy^Normal^Hard^(E-)Extreme^Snake Tales^
 ^Attack - USP|5|5|8|15|30|45^
-^Head|32|32|32|32|32|24^
+^Headshot|32|32|32|32|32|24^
-^Body|24|20|20|20|25|15^
+^Body shot|24|20|20|20|25|15^
   * Olga has 128 health on all difficulties
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 ^Difficulty^Very Easy^Others^
-^Head|60|40^
+^Headshot|60|40^
-^Body|14|1^
+^Body shot|14|1^
 ^Punch|14|2^
 ^Kick|21|3^
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 ^Missile Barrage|17|22|26|30|50^
-  * The Stinger deals at base 175 damage regardless of difficulty
+  * The Stinger deals at base 175 damage to the Harrier regardless of difficulty
   * On Extremes, the cluster bomb always leaves the player on 1 HP and on fire
   * Also on Extremes, the vulcan cannon attack includes a missile
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 ^Knife throw|5|10|18|22|24^
 ^Melee knife|4|12|24|26|30^
-^Head Wound|48|40|32|24|16^
+^Head wound shot|48|40|32|24|16^
-^Head|21|17|14|10|7^
+^Headshot|21|17|14|10|7^
-^Limb|9|8|6|4|3^
+^Limb shot|9|8|6|4|3^
 ^Explosive|24|20|14|12|8^
 ^Explosive in water (Stamina)|16|8|4|2|2^
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 Normal and below (The player goes to the south end of the room)
+----
 {{:mgs2:mgs2strutabomb.png?nolink&600}}
 Hard (The player goes to the space with the scuba gear by hanging)
+----
 {{:mgs2:strutaextr.jpg?nolink&600|}}
-Extreme (On the west wall)
+Extremes (On the west wall)
+----
 === Added on Hard & Extreme ===
 {{:mgs2:mgs2strutaaddbomb.png?nolink&600|}}
 Roof of strut A. The red dot. Sprayed through the fence
+----
 {{:mgs2:struteconvbomb.jpg?nolink&600|}}
-Strut E. Moving around with the box.
+Strut E. Attached to the northern part (Extreme) or eastern part (Hard) of a moving box.
+----
 {{:mgs2:mgs2hardadditionalbomb.jpg?nolink&600|}}
 Strut D. Under the hatch at the northern part of the room.
+----
 === Extreme bombs ===
 {{:mgs2:mgs2strutdextraddbomb.jpg?nolink&600|}}
 Strut D. Eastern part of the room under the platform. NG and NG++
+----
 {{:mgs2:strutdextrbombng_.jpg?nolink&600|}}
 Strut D. Northern part of the room under the platform. NG+
+----
 {{:mgs2:strutfbomb.jpg?nolink&600|}}
 On Hard and below, the strut F bomb is against the wall.
+----
 {{:mgs2:strutfbombextrm.jpg?nolink&600|}}
 On Extreme, the bomb is attached to a box making it possible to spray it from the ground.
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   * Strut E contains extra cameras.
   * The president is sleeping and he has to be woken up with explosives.
+  *
 ====Misc.====
   * On Very Easy, the player doesn't have to log on to a node for the radar.
   * The M9 can be obtained at strut A on Very Easy and Easy.
-  * On Very Easy, the Shell 1 core caution ends after changing floors with the elevator.
+  * On Very Easy, alert/evasion/caution goes away after entering another room.
   * Guards don't come to check the situation after the Harrier fight on Very Easy.
-  * The Nikita is slightly easier to obtain on lower difficulties.
+  * The Nikita's locations varies slightly by difficulty.
   * The time Snake appears to help Raiden during the sniping section varies by difficulty.
   * On easier difficulties, the floor boards on the EF connecting bridge respawn for when Shell 1 is re-entered.
-  * Ranks and how to get them also vary by difficulty and very easy has no ultimate rank.
-  * The top ranks in the game by difficulty are Hound (Easy), Doberman (Normal), Fox (Hard) and Big Boss (Extreme)
+====Ranks====
+The following table shows the maximum stats you could have for the top ranks from the difficulties Easy to European Extreme on Tanker-Plant only (Very Easy does NOT have a Rank 1). These were taken by bmn from the PC Port of Substance:
+^Difficulty^Easy^Normal^Hard^Extreme^E-Extreme^
+^Rank Name|Hound|Doberman|Fox|Big Boss|Big Boss^
+^Time |3:00:00|3:00:00|3:00:00|3:00:00|3:00:00^
+^Saves|8|8|8|8|8^
+^Continue |0|0|0|0|0^
+^Alerts|3|3|3|3|3^
+^Kills|0|0|0|0|0^
+^Rations|0|0|0|0|0^
+^Special Items|Unused|Unused|Unused|Unused|Unused^
+^Max damage taken (DMGA MMOUNT)|1270 (~10.6 bars)|1050 (10.5 bars)|775 (~10.33 bars)|500 (10 bars)|280 (~9.33 bars)^
+^Shots Fired|700|700|700|700|700^
+^Radar|Off|Off|Off|Off|Off^
+[[metal_gear_solid_2:|Return to Metal Gear Solid 2]]