Fake Death Pill

From the Metal Gear Wiki

"You can use the fake death pill to send yourself into a death-like state for a limited period of time."

— Major Zero to Naked Snake.

The fake death pill is a potassium cyanide capsule that makes the taker of the pill act as if they are dead. This is used if the person needs to act dead to avoid being killed by the enemy. The revival pill is used to counter-act the effects of the Fake Death Pill. If the pill is used for too long then it will cause actual death to the user. The Revival pill is located in the tooth of the user.

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Naked Snake is capable of using the fake death pill during the Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater. When used, it will send him into a state of false death for a short time. To come out of it, he must use the revival pill. However, if Snake does not use the revival pill in time, he will not be able to wake up and ultimately will die. Although it can fool enemy soldiers, dogs and even bosses, it does not have any effect on The Boss, who would just mock the player and knock him out of his senses and urge to continue the fight. It does have a temporary effect on EVA, who first gets surprised if the player does it for the first time though would only remark him to stop fooling around if done more.

When he was taken prisoner in Groznyj Grad, The Boss shot a fake death pill into him with a SAA to help him escape the facility's prison.