Emblem

Emblems are decals that can be created in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain for Mother Base.

Back

Normal

To unlock normal back emblems, the player needs to complete all tasks for non-story-related missions.

Special

To unlock the special back emblems, the player must complete tasks for story-related missions only, and/or other special tasks.

Front

Normal

To unlock the normal front emblem parts, the player must complete all non-story-related missions with an S-rank (except Mission 31, which only requires that they complete the mission), collecting a certain amount of Heroism throughout missions, and/or certain Side Ops. Six of them are also directly procurable via Mother Base.

Animals

In order to unlock the various animal emblems, the player must first rescue the respective animals beforehand, either via knocking out and fultoning them, or otherwise with a capture cage.

Codenames

In order to unlock these emblems, the player needs to unlock the respective codenames beforehand. Codenames in The Phantom Pain represent the player's play style for the past three missions. They will only receive one codename at the end of a mission so as such they are given based on priority. Chicken has top priority, followed by stealth codenames and then neutralization methods. For example, if the player wants the Wolf codename, they would have to trigger a combat alert at least once every three missions and keep their amount of headshots below 90%, to prevent getting Fox or Eagle codenames instead. Codenames aside from Chick are only earned after finishing Mission 6.

Special

To unlock these emblem parts, the player is required to either complete all story-related missions with an S-Rank (or in the case of Chapter 2, any mission that's not a repeat), complete certain Side Ops, or watch certain cutscenes. In the case of Venom Snake, it can only be procured either by getting the collector's edition of MGSV, or otherwise purchasing it as DLC.

Special (Event Points/Event FOBs)

Note: The emblems require the acquisition of 9200 Event Points each. Also, any names placed in italics indicate that it is a placeholder name for use until the emblems are released.

For release date details put cursor over the emblem's title.

*Although the emblem(s) was technically present since the Event Points and the rewards earned via exchanges were installed on December 2015, it was hidden via a placeholder image during datamining that resembled a big black spark, a big red spark, a small red spark, and a small black spark, and it wasn't until the May 10 update that the emblem(s) was fully unveiled via datamining).

Word

With the exception of Normal and Codenames, all word-type emblems on here are unlocked by default.

Numerical

0-9
00-99

Lettering

A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Normal

Unlocking these emblems require completing various tasks, including merely completing missions, completing dispatch missions, completing Side Ops, collecting S-Ranks, watching cutscenes, and capturing various guard posts and outposts

ADAM
AIRBORNE
ALIVE
ANTI
AREA
ARMAMENTS
ARMOR
ARMY
ARSENAL
AVIATION
BATTALION
BATTLE
BEAST
BEAUTY
BIG
BLACK
BLASTER
BLUE
BOLT
BOSS
BOX
BOY
BRIGADE
BRONZE
BROWN
CAMOUFLAGE
CAMP
CELL
CHEMICAL
CHRYSALIS
CIPHER
CLAWING
COBRA
COCOON
CODE
COLD
COLOR
COMMAND
COMMANDOS
COMPANY
CONCEALMENT
CONTRACT
CORPS
COWARD
COYOTE
CRYING
CYBORG
DEAD
DECOY
DETACHMENT
DIAMOND
DIE
DIVISION
DOG
DOGS
DREBIN
DUCK
EASTERN
EATER
ELEMENTS
EMERGENCY
END
ENGINEER
ESCAPE
EVA
EVASION
FACE
FAT
FEAR
FIRE
FLIGHT
FORCES
FORTUNE
FURY
GEAR
GECKO
GIRL
GOLD
GRAY
GREEN
GROUND
GROUP
GROZNYJGRAD
GUNNER
GUNS OF
HAVEN
HEAVEN
HELL
HORSE
HOT
INFANTRY
INTELLIGENCE
ISLAND
JOY
KID
KING
LAND
LAUGHING
LIBERTY
LIQUID
LITTLE
LOST
LOVE
MACHINEGUN
MAMA
MAN
MASTER
MEDICAL
METAL
MILITAIRES
MILLER
MOSES
NAKED
NEW
NIGHT
NINJA
NORTHERN
NUCLEAR
OCELOT
OLD
OMEGA
OPERATIONS
ORANGE
OTAKU
OUTER
PAIN
PARADISE
PATRIOTS
PATROL
PEACE
PHANTOM
PHILANTHROPY
PINK
PLATINUM
PLATOON
POLICE
PRAYING
PREDATOR
PSYCHO
PUNISHED
PUPA
PURPLE
QUEEN
QUIET
RADIO
RAGING
RAIDEN
RANGER
RAT
RAY
RECON
RED
REGIMENT
RESCUE
RESISTANCE
REVOLVER
REX
RIOT
RISK
ROGUE
ROSE
RUNNING
SCOUT
SCREAMING
SECURITY
SENTINEL
SERVICE
SHADOW
SHAGOHOD
SHALASHASKA
SHELL
SHOOT
SIGHT
SIGNAL
SILVER
SKULL
SKULLS
SMALL
SNAKE
SNATCHER
SNIPER
SOLIDUS
SONS OF
SORROW
SOUTHERN
SPECIAL
SQUAD
STRANGE
SURVIVAL
SWORD
TACTICAL
TALKER
TASK
TEAM
TECHNICAL
TENGU
THE
THUNDER
TROOPER
ULTRA
UNIT
VAMP
VENOM
VULCAN
WALKER
WARFARE
WEREWOLF
WESTERN
WHITE
WOMAN
XOF
YELLOW
ZANZIBAR
ZEKE
ZERO
ZEROES
.INC
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Phonetic Codes

ALFA
BRAVO
CHARLIE
DELTA
ECHO
FOXTROT
GOLF
HOTEL
INDIA
JULIETT
KILO
LIMA
MIKE
NOVEMBER
OSCAR
PAPA
QUEBEC
ROMEO
SIERRA
TANGO
UNIFORM
VICTOR
WHISKEY
X-RAY
YANKEE
ZULU

Codenames

To unlock the words for the codenames, the player is required to unlock the corresponding codename beforehand (exempting Chick, which is unlocked by default due to it taking three missions before accessing the ACC for the first time and earning the codename only requires completing missions before Mission 6).