Chyornaya Peschera Cave
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Chyornaya Peschera, which roughly translates from Russian as "black cave," is a location in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. A pitch-black cave where Naked Snake falls after his battle with Ocelot. It is flooded in several chambers and many people have gotten lost forever in the cave and died of starvation. Due to this, there are quite a few items for Snake to pick up inside the cave, including the powerful M37 Shotgun. After navigating through the dark cave, he encounters and does battle with the Hornet Soldier of the Cobra Unit, The Pain.
The challenge in this area is that it is so dark that Snake cannot see. However, both the Torch and the Night Vision Goggles can be found in this area. The player mustn't panic if they can't find those items, though, as Snake's eyes will gradually adjust to the darkness of the cave, making it easier to see as time goes on.
This area is notable for being one of the few areas in the game to have no guards in it.
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[edit] Gameplay
The inside of the cave is a giant maze; use the torch, found under the waterfall, to work your way through.
[edit] Boss: The Pain
The Pain will always begin this battle by throwing pheromones. It may be an idea to shoot him whilst he does this, as he is unprotected. There is no real need to avoid the pheromones, provided you jump into the water and wash them off when they hit you, to avoid attracting bees. If The Pain encases himself in his hornets to protect himself, he is invincible to normal weapons - the only way to penetrate the armour of bees is to either shoot it a few times with the M37, or to blow it up with a Grenade. When he is unprotected, shoot him as much as you can with any weapon. If you are ever out of bullets, you will find ammo for the M37 and the two pistols between the two ledges to the south and east, and extra Grenades can be found in the water directly in front of your starting position.
The Pain generally use his bees for attacking. Most notably, he uses them to summon either grenades or a Tommy Gun. The latter is rarer, and also almost impossible to avoid - if he summons a Tommy Gun, jump in the water and swim low, as he can still hit you through the water, or better, take cover behind the rock you're standing in. The former can be easily avoided by changing position, or, alternatively, can be shot out. If you shoot his grenades whilst they are near him, they may fall near him and inflict damage (or clear any bee armour if he has it). Occasionally, he may simply throw a grenade, in which case avoid it quickly by either jumping in the water or remaining on the ledge (whereever the grenade does not land). The Pain's originally final attack consists of encasing you in his hornets, preventing you from moving. This is hard to predict so if you see the beginnings of this attack, jump in the water quickly. If you are not quick enough, you will not be able to get out of it and, although it does not actually do any damage, The Pain will occasionally use it combination with other attacks, such as grenades.
The second stage of the battle is essentially the same as the first, the only main difference being the presence of the highly dangerous bullet bees (the first wave of which will occur instantly after the cutscene). They are easy to predict, as The Pain will crouch and shift around, usually exclaiming a summoning command of some sort. They are also easy to avoid, being unable to penetrate the water. They are however, highly dangerous, and will knock you off the ledge if they hit you, borrowing into your body. Remove them in the "Cure" menu if this happens. For this reason, take no risks with them - if you see a bullet bee attack coming, dive straight underwater and stay there.
A stamina defeat is arguably easier (although taking longer) than a kill, as hitting him with the Mk. 22 is simple, and you can still use the M37 and Grenades to disperse his hornet shields. If you manage a stamina defeat, the reward is the hornet camo (use the ledge to the north-east and then roll to the central platform to obtain it) which will prevent attack by insects.
[edit] Equipment
- WP Grenades - go immediately right to secondary starting area. Take the left path. Under the waterfall;
- Torch - under the waterfall;
- Cold Medicine - go immediately right to secondary starting area. Take the left path. In the area with the waterfall, take the path off to the left and follow it to a wide section. They are in there, south;
- Serum - go immediately right to secondary starting area. Take the left path. In the area with the waterfall, take the path off to the left and follow it to a wide section. They are in there, south;
- Grenades - go immediately right to the secondary starting area. Take the rightmost path and follow it to the end;
- M1911A1 bullets - go immediately right to the secondary starting area. Take the rightmost path and follow it to the end;
- M37 - near the end of the area, take the side path. It will be under the large rock
- Night Vision Goggles
- Battery - immediately take the left path. Swim across the pool, surface at the other side, and follow to the end;
- AK-47 - immediately take the left path. Swim across the pool, surface at the other side, and follow to the end;
- AK-47 bullets - immediately take the left path. Under the water;
- M1911A1 bullets - immediately take the left path. Under the water;
- Russian Ration - immediately take the left path. Under the water, take the small path and swim through to the end. Surface in the small pool;
- AK-47 bullets - immediately take the left path. Under the water, take the small path and swim through to the end. Surface in the small pool;
- AK-47 bullets - go immediately right to secondary starting area. Take the left path. In the area with the waterfall, take the path off to the left and follow it to a wide section. Use the crawlspace to crawl to the end;
- Night Vision Goggles - go immediately right to secondary starting area. Take the left path. In the area with the waterfall, take the path off to the left and follow it to a wide section. Use the crawlspace to crawl to the end;
- MK22 bullets - just to the right before the exit to second section;
- AK-47 bullets - just to the right before the exit to second section;
- Bug Juice - immediately before the exit to second section;
- AK-47 bullets - once in the second section, take the left path;
- M1911A1 bullets - once in the second section, take the left path;
- Smoke Grenades bullets - once in the second section, take the left path;
- MK22 bullets - once in the second section, take the right path;
- M37 - once in the second section, take the right path;
- Snow camouflage - once in the second section, take the right path;
- Life medicine - immediately after entering where you fight The Pain.
[edit] During the battle
- Grenades - underwater, directly ahead of your starting point;
- M37 - on the east island;
- MK22 - on the east island;
- AK-47 bullets - on the south island;
- M1911A1 bullets - underwater, south of your starting point.
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