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 in a specific mission.

Special[]

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

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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.

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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 (and in the case of small animals, directly acquiring them by picking them up when prompted), 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.

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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

Word	Requirement
ADAM	Capture Africa guard post 04
AIRBORNE	Dispatch Mission 05
ALIVE	Capture Africa guard post 14
ANTI	Dispatch Mission 11
AREA	Capture Africa guard post 15
ARMAMENTS	Story Mission 12
ARMOR	Dispatch Mission 18
ARMY	Capture Africa guard post 12
ARSENAL	Capture Afghanistan Central Base Camp
ASSAULT	Dispatch Mission 18
AVIATION	Dispatch Mission 18
BATTALION	Dispatch Mission 16
BATTLE	N/A
BEAST	Story Mission 45
BEAUTY	Story Mission 45
BIG	Story Mission 46
BLACK	Capture Afghanistan guard post 11
BLASTER	Capture Afghanistan guard post 09
BLUE	N/A
BOLT	Side Op 144
BOSS	Story Mission 46
BOX	Capture Afghanistan guard post 17
BOY	N/A
BRIGADE	Dispatch Mission 16
BRONZE	N/A
BROWN	N/A
CAMOUFLAGE	Dispatch Mission 09
CAMP	N/A
CELL	Capture Afghanistan guard post 15
CHEMICAL	Dispatch Mission 07
CHRYSALIS	Side Op 143
CIPHER	Story Mission 30
CLAWING	Capture Africa guard post 13
COBRA	150,000+ Heroism
COCOON	Side Op 143
CODE	Story Mission 29
COLD	Capture Africa guard post 18
COLOR	Capture Afghanistan guard post 12
COMMAND	Dispatch Mission 11
COMMANDOS	Capture Africa guard post 02
COMPANY	Dispatch Mission 17
CONCEALMENT	Dispatch Mission 09
CONTRACT	Story Mission 21
CORPS	Dispatch Mission 14
COWARD	Capture Afghanistan guard post 07
COYOTE	Story Mission 19
CRYING	Story Mission 45
CYBORG	All main story missions
DEAD	Capture Afghanistan guard post 25
DECOY	Capture Qarya Sakhra Ee
DETACHMENT	Dispatch Mission 14
DIAMOND	N/A
DIE	Capture Afghanistan guard post 21
DIVISION	Dispatch Mission 16
DOG	Fulton DD
DOGS	N/A
DREBIN	Capture Bampeve Plantation
DUCK	Capture Afghanistan guard post 08
DWARF	Capture Kungenga Mine
EASTERN	N/A
EATER	Capture Munoko ya Nioka Station
ELEMENTS	Dispatch Mission 14
EMERGENCY	Dispatch Mission 05
END	150,000+ Heroism
ENGINEER	Dispatch Mission 07
ESCAPE	Dispatch Mission 09
EVA	Capture Africa guard post 05
EVASION	Dispatch Mission 08
FACE	Story Mission 30
FAT	Capture Afghanistan guard post 23
FEAR	150,000+ Heroism
FIRE	Capture Afghanistan guard post 05
FLIGHT	Dispatch Mission 05
FORCES	Story Mission 21
FORTUNE	Capture Mountain Relay Base
FURY	150,000+ Heroism
GEAR	Side Op 82
GECKO	Capture Africa guard post 07
GIRL	N/A
GOLD	N/A
GRAY	All main story missions
GREEN	N/A
GROUND	N/A
GROUP	Dispatch Mission 14
GROZNYJGRAD	Side Op 144
GUNNER	Capture Afghanistan guard post 02
GUNS OF	Capture Kiziba Camp
HAVEN	Story Mission 46
HEAVEN	Story Mission 46
HELL	Capture Africa guard post 21
HORSE	N/A
HOT	Capture Africa guard post 16
INFANTRY	Dispatch Mission 17
INTELLIGENCE	Dispatch Mission 03
ISLAND	Capture Afghanistan guard post 22
JOY	150,000+ Heroism
KID	Capture Afghanistan guard post 04
KING	Capture Lamar Khaate Palace
LAND	Story Mission 46
LAUGHING	Story Mission 16
LIBERTY	Capture Afghanistan guard post 24
LIQUID	Trigger Eli Escape cutscene
LITTLE	Capture Africa guard post 23
LOST	Capture Africa guard post 11
LOVE	Side Op 143
MACHINEGUN	Capture Afghanistan guard post 03
MAMA	Capture Africa guard post 06
MAMBA	Story Mission 23
MAN	Capture Da Shago Kallai
MASTER	N/A
MEDICAL	Dispatch Mission 07
METAL	Side Op 82
MILITAIRES	Capture Africa guard post 19
MILLER	N/A
MOSES	Capture Ghwandai Town (Da Ghwandai Khar)
NAKED	N/A
NEW	N/A
NIGHT	Capture Afghanistan guard post 19
NINJA	All main Story Missions
NORTHERN	N/A
NUCLEAR	Story Mission 31
OCELOT	N/A
OLD	Capture Ditadi Abandoned Village
OMEGA	N/A
OPERATIONS	Dispatch Mission 11
ORANGE	N/A
OTAKU	Trigger Huey's Exile cutscene
OUTER	Story Mission 46
PAIN	150,000+ Heroism
PARADISE	Capture Masa Village (Bwala ya Masa)
PATRIOTS	Capture Lufwa Valley
PATROL	Capture Africa guard post 09
PEACE	Trigger Huey's Exile cutscene
PHANTOM	Capture Africa guard post 17
PHILANTHROPY	Capture Yakho Oboo Supply Outpost
PINK	N/A
PLATINUM	N/A
PLATOON	Dispatch Mission 17
POLICE	Dispatch Mission 19
PRAYING	Trigger Eli Escape cutscene
PREDATOR	Capture Afghanistan guard post 18
PSYCHO	Trigger Eli Escape cutscene
PUNISHED	N/A
PUPA	Side Op 143
PURPLE	N/A
QUEEN	Capture Da Smasei Laman
QUIET	Story Mission 11
RADIO	Dispatch Mission 18
RAGING	Story Mission 31
RAIDEN	All main Story Missions
RANGER	Dispatch Mission 19
RAT	Capture Africa guard post 08
RAY	Capture Serak Power Plant
RECON	Dispatch Mission 19
RED	Capture Afghanistan guard post 14
REGIMENT	Dispatch Mission 16
RESCUE	Dispatch Mission 07
RESISTANCE	Dispatch Mission 09
REVOLVER	N/A
REX	Side Op 82
RIOT	Dispatch Mission 03
RISK	Story Mission 28
ROGUE	Story Mission 19
ROSE	S-rank all main Story Missions
RUNNING	Capture Afghanistan guard post 13
SCOUT	Dispatch Mission 19
SCREAMING	Trigger Eli Escape cutscene
SECURITY	Story Mission 28
SENTINEL	Capture Africa guard post 20
SERVICE	Dispatch Mission 05
SHADOW	Capture OKB Zero
SHAGOHOD	Side Op 144
SHALASHASKA	N/A
SHELL	Capture Africa guard post 03
SHOOT	Capture Afghanistan guard post 01
SIGHT	Capture Afghanistan guard post 20
SIGNAL	Dispatch Mission 08
SILVER	N/A
SKULL	Story Mission 30
SKULLS	Story Mission 29
SMALL	Capture Africa guard post 22
SNAKE	N/A
SNATCHER	Capture Mfinda Oilfield
SNIPER	Story Mission 11
SOLID	Trigger Eli Escape cutscene
SOLIDUS	Trigger Eli Escape cutscene
SONS OF	Capture Wialo Village (Da Wialo Kallai)
SORROW	150,000+ Heroism
SOUTHERN	N/A
SPECIAL	N/A
SQUAD	Dispatch Mission 17
STRANGE	Side Op 143
SURVIVAL	Dispatch Mission 08
SWORD	Story Mission 31
TACTICAL	Dispatch Mission 03
TALKER	Story Mission 29
TASK	Dispatch Mission 11
TEAM	Capture Africa guard post 10
TECHNICAL	Dispatch Mission 03
TENGU	Capture Africa guard post 01
THE	150,000+ Heroism
THUNDER	Side Op 144
TROOPER	Capture Afghanistan guard post 06
ULTRA	Capture Afghanistan guard post 16
UNIT	150,000+ Heroism
VAMP	Capture Eastern Communications Post
VENOM	N/A
VULCAN	Capture Wakh Sind Barracks
WALKER	Trigger Emmerich's Exile cutscene
WARFARE	Dispatch Mission 08
WEREWOLF	Story Mission 45
WESTERN	N/A
WHITE	Capture Afghanistan guard post 10
WOMAN	N/A
XOF	Story Mission 30
YELLOW	N/A
ZANZIBAR	Story Mission 46
ZEKE	Trigger Emmerich's Exile cutscene
ZERO	N/A
ZEROES	N/A
.INC	Story Mission 28
893	Capture Nova Braga Airport

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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).