mgs2_glitches

Speedrun Relevant
All Glitches

This page is a list of glitches currently known in Metal Gear Solid 2:

Speedrun Relevant

The following is a list of glitches that are currently useful for the speedrun itself.

MGS2 Emma Zip

MGS2 Ladder Glitch

MGS2 SOL Elevator Glitch

MGS2 Swim Glitch

MGS2 Tengu 1 Skip

MGS2 Tengu 2 Skips

MGS2 MC Cutscene Glitch

All Glitches

The following is a list of all known (by the community) glitches in the game that do not necessarily have a usecase in the speedrun.

Camera/Scope/Box into Ladder/Railing Glitches

The following are a list of know out of bounds glitches that involve equipping a camera/scope prior to entering the animation for hanging onto a railing or ladder:

Hold No.1, please refer to Ladder Glitch for more information on this.

Navigational Dock found by magnum66

Strut A Deep Sea Swim Glitch found by magnum66 and TheThrillness

Door Glitches

It was first found by KikujiroChan. Door Glitches allows for Raiden to hit the load trigger behind a locked door. In most cases, this leads to a softlock as the game can't open the door on the other side after the load transition. Currently, this is only useful for Tengu 1 (and Bomb Disposal 05 in VR Missions). Refer to Tengu 1 Skip for more information on this. Here are the steps on how to perform this:

Press against a locked door (with a load trigger behind it).
Go into First Person View and let go of door.
Perform a punch-punch-kick combo while still in FPV.
When Raiden begins kicking, let go of FPV.

Door Glitch can also be done with the HF. Blade

Strut D Sediment Pool found by KikujiroChan

Strut E Parcel Room, 1F found by KikujiroChan

Strut E Parcel Room, 2F found by KikujiroChan

Strut F Warehouse found by KikujiroChan

Arsenal Gear-Ileum found by KikujiroChan

Raiden Bomb Disposal 05 found by Stealth_Edge

Using the HF. Blade found by PurpleStuffedWorm

Prozac Skip

An alternative Door glitch that can be performed with either Snake or Raiden. Based on extending your hitbox
after throwing an object like a magazine or grenade, you can turn into a closed door to touch the load zone behind it.
This trick finds particular use in any% runs where we play in the Tanker chapter, after having beaten Olga and going into
the engine room to move on. With this trick we can enter the engine room from the left door and skip having to walk through
the entire engine room.

Elevator Out Of Bounds

It was first found by KikujiroChan. This glitch is exclusive to Sons of Liberty and was patched out of Substance and the HD Edition. It allows for Raiden to fall out of bounds. Refer to Elevator Glitch for more information on this. Here are the steps on how to perform this:

Go next to the elevator button from the outside.
Crouch and press the elevator button.

Shell 1 Core, 1F

Shell 1 Core, B1

Shell 1 Core, B2 Computer Room

Shell 2 Core, 1F

Shell 2 Core, B1 found by KikujiroChan

Phone Glitch

Originally discovered by magnum66, here are the steps on how to perform it:

Go near an area that causes the phone to ring, such as fire or the bugs in Shell 2 Core B1 with Emma.
Equip the phone and hold select to bring up the codec.
Tap select to leave the codec and then hold select again to bring it back up.

Note: On the PC port of Substance, this can cause the game to crash. To avoid this, spam the pause button in between entering and exit the final set of codecs.

Calling the Colonel found by magnum66

Demonstration of Glitch found by magnum66

Glitchy Interface found by magnum66

Partially-Invisible Start Menu found by magnum66

Using menus in the Codec found by magnum66

Vent Out Of Bounds

It was first found by the MGS2 VR runner 131913055. The Vent Out Of Bounds applies to many areas in the game where you alternate between two weapons (for Raiden, it needs to be two throw-able weapons like grenades, magazines, etc.) and move in the opposite direction of a vent.