• You can use a grenade or a stun grenade to incapacitate the alert guards. Be aware that mistakes along the way can allow the guards to catch up.

• Using more stun grenades for the tower climb can potentially save time over using the M9.

• Tranquilize Floor 6, 11, and 15 Guards

• Hold B after shooting if you want to keep moving and easily press A again to hold the gun up. Press A THEN B to hold up the gun, so you do not punch.

• Keep your Stun Grenades equipped as you climb the ladder.

• Easier version of Tower Climb that doesn't use as many Stun Grenades

• You can save frames by rolling onto the roof, but it is precise to do so. If you fail you lose frames.

• You just need a tap to the right as you move up to the Satellite stairs.

• Roll as you pass the vent on the left to save up to 24 frames. As you roll, L ◄ or ► 1 for Rope.

• Do not mash Start and B during the fadeout to the rope scene, you may accidentally pause.

• Remember, to jump you need to press A. To stop on the wall, press B.

• After the helicopter flies by, two down jumps followed by B.

• Run downleft along the girder. The steam is random.

• Once Snake is at the corner, downleft jump.

• Down jump once you hit the girder.

• Downright jump once you hit the next girder.

• Press B when Snake gets underneath the girder to do the girder glitch.

• IF you opted to pick up 3 C4 in Armory, now is the time to pick up the C4.

• For PSG1-T strat - swap to Stun grenades R ▲ 1, L ▲ 1 to Pentaz, use one.

• You can save up to 4 frames rolling into the Tower B door.

• Roll into the “Damn!” trigger after you turn the corner.

• Roll up the staircases.¹⁾

• Roll into the Otacon cutscene when you turn the corner.

• Before Hind from nothing, L ▼ 1 Ration, from Pentaz L ▼ 2

• Turn the corner, and aim at the pillar

• From Nothing, R ▲ 2, ◄ or ► 1 for Stinger

• The Hind's invincibility frames last 4 seconds.

• Start Phase 2 on top of the ammo box on the right side.

• During phase 2, the two corners of the map he's guaranteed to shoot more bullets. In those corners you will get hit if you don't move.

• If Hind's anywhere else, shoot quickly to avoid damage.

• You may need a ration for this fight if things go poorly!

• End the fight with the Stinger out.

• From Stinger, R ▲ 1 for Grenades [At the top of the tower, press up)

• If you do not destroy all turrets, roll down the stairs when you hit the first step. You can choose to do this instead of cooking grenades.

• After calling the elevator, from stinger, R ▼ 1 for C4

• After the elevator moves, hold Start+A to answer Otacon's call as soon as possible.

• Press A, then mash B to explode the guards quickly.

• Pick up the SOCOM ammo if you want, swap to Stinger out before Snake sighs in relief.

Wolf 2 Positions

• Move onto the PSG-1 T ammo. Swap to Stinger to see where Wolf is.

• From nothing or Ration, L ▲ 1 or 2 to Pentaz, finish off the Pentaz (not necessary if you used PSG1-T for the Walkway)

• From Stinger, R ▲ 2 for PSG1-T

• As you roll into the Wolf cutscene, equip the socom or nikita. Rolling into the cutscene trigger saves up to 22 frames. Plywood's visual cue is the shadow from the tree.

• From nothing, R ▼ 1, ◄ or ► 1 for M9 OR From nothing, R ▲ 1 for Nikita.

• After entering the door to the Blast Furnace, go left and press Y to hang over the rail. Press X to drop.

• We trade health to avoid going against the ledge with the crane.

• Pick up the stinger ammo, roll into the gap to go into the pipe room. You can set yourself up with the line going through the lockers.

• You can avoid the steam damage by running along the bottom wall.

• Roll at this line to save 23 frames compared to running forward.

• You don't need to face the panel to interact with it. Just run forward and press Y.

• The slow but easy strategy is to knock out all three guards with the nikita whack.

• The faster strategy is to headshot all guards. Shoot the guard diagonally across. Lock on with B. TPV and punch to lock onto the final guard behind you.

• Rolling into the Warehouse door saves up to 2 frames.

• Go prone around this spot, along the edge of the final box on the bottom row.

• Make sure to pace out your shots. Don't fire too quickly, or you will hit his i-frames or deal too much DPS, forcing you to do a backup.

• In a backup situation, go to the opposite side to the edge of the first box on the bottom row.

• On dpad, hold upright then right to run along the horizontal line, hold upright at the vertical tile line to roll into the opening door. This saves up to 15 frames.

• Hold upleft during the camera change to save 4 frames.

• Roll once you get past the lights on the wall to save up to 12 frames.

• After skipping the cutscene, call Otacon 3 times. This is around a second faster than taking each call on their own.

• Roll once you see Snake's head go above the final step.

• To save up to ~8 frames, you need to flick down then roll as Snake is turning to the stairs. This is fairly precise. The first step is the load zone trigger.

• There is an 8 frame window to grab the rope, the final frame is so late that “it looks like Snake's feet are touching the ground.”

• At 60FPS, you have 0.13 seconds to input or hold Y

• If you press or hold Y on the frame previous to the 8 frame window, Snake will die.

• This is thought to be a countermeasure for autofire.

• Wallguy's “Rope Drop of Shame” backup can be found below

• When rolling up the final set of stairs, ration to PAL card

• Shoot the camera in the computer room. There is an audio cue for its destruction and a visual cue of the green light turning red.

• You will have to kill yourself if you run into the computer room without destroying the camera.

• Mash Y as you approach the first laptop.

• Run around the top catwalk to the opposite side.

• Drop here for the Liquid Nitrogen Pipe (Blue Card/Freeze the Key) to do a TPV shot.

• Run back to the computer room to use the second laptop.

• Drop here for the Steam Pipe (Red Card/Warm the Key) to do a TPV shot.

• Run back to the computer room to use the third laptop.

• Hold Start+A after the Liquid codec. Press down to open the codec call list.

• If you didn't get the Nuke Building 1F call, press up and left for Otacon.

• If you did get the Nuke Building 1F call, press up for Otacon.

• Press B to exit the call, hold left on Dpad and start. Quick change to ration. Once Snake's back is leaning against the Door, Press A.

• At minimum, you need 14 stinger missiles to defeat Rex

• From nothing, R ▲ 1, ◄ or ► 1 for Stinger

• From whiteout to ending of invincibility frames is about 5 seconds long²⁾

• The Radome's invincibility frames are 2 seconds long (120 frames) without lag.

• Fire after 1 second³⁾.

• This is the magic spot where you will only get hurt by the machine gun, not the missiles.

• If you are unsure you got the magic spot, creep a bit forward after the first set of missiles.

• STAND STILL, DO NOT MOVE

• Don't forget to re-equip the ration!

• You should only move if you hit another part of Rex.

• The Cockpit's invincibility frames are 2 seconds long (120 frames).

• If in the rear, fire after 1 second.

• If in the front, fire after 1.5 seconds.

• This fight requires a lot of practice to understand Liquid's AI. With enough practice and knowledge, 2:00 flat is an achievable time floor.

JMChunk initial roll for quick damage, can be followed up by the lottery roll afterwards

• Once Snake steps on the stairs, roll forward.

• When using the Machine Gun, 6 shots will destroy a barrel

• You can not instakill a guard with a headshot or groinshot

• Shoot immediately at start, you’ll hit him with a right tap.

• Aim along the outside of his jeep, fan in once he aims the FAMAS at Snake.

• There’s a low chance that when he crashes into your jeep, his car will become slower and lag behind. This changes the tunnel phase, as he won’t drive into your jeep.

• Ply does a Third Person Shot during transition, seems to make the shot more consistent

• Depending on when you do the transition shot, Liquid's i-frames will affect the tunnel phase.

• Aim for the head after he bumps his car into yours.

• On final bump, shoot him once you get out of the tunnel.

• Repeat the fanning motion.

• Again, go for Third person shot on the transition

• Shoot him in the pants/abdomen on side by side

• Aim at his back or his far shoulder (right shoulder)

• Aim far to the left

• Choose TPV, FPV, or a mixture of two. It's essentially personal preference.

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