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.
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 (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.
- 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 |
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).
- CHICK
- CHICKEN
- FOXHOUND
- FOX
- EAGLE
- PUMA
- BEAR
- OCTOPUS
- MANTIS
- BEE
- SCORPION
- PIRANHA
- DOBERMAN
- RAVEN
- WOLF
- SHARK
- ORCA
- SPIDER
- BUTTERFLY
- HOUND
- HOG
- OSTRICH
- TORTOISE
- HAWK
- WHALE
- BAT
Unused[]
Emblems that are present within The Phantom Pain's game files but are not used by it. Some of these may be used by Metal Gear Online 3.