Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is finally in stores and MGSV might very well be the only game that can compete with The Witcher 3 for Most Dense Game of 2015. So we’re putting together a series of guides to help you find every blueprint, cassette tape and memento photo spread throughout Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.
Here, we’ve got details on how you can obtain each of the 27 blueprints scattered throughout the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain campaign. Many will require you to reach certain milestones, either in the game’s story or with your base/character progression, but we’ve tried to list qualifications where applicable. And feel free to let us know if you find an alternate way to recover any of these.
But that’s enough chatter. Here’s how to find every blueprint in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain!
AM MRS-71 Rifle
- This sniper rifle blueprint is one of several potential rewards for the “Destroy the New Fighter Aircraft” dispatch mission
Antitheft Device
- To recover this blueprint, you’ll need to have built your first Forward Operating Base (FOB). Once you’ve done so, Side Op 8, “Secure the Antitheft Device Blueprint”, will be added to your Side Ops list. Complete the mission to claim the blueprint for your collection.
Bambetov SV
- This blueprint can be recovered during Mission 12. Once you reach the Afghanistan Central Base Camp, players will need to sneak into the easternmost bunker without raising a single alarm. If the guards see you, the buildings go into lockdown and you’ll have to restart the mission.
Brennan LRS-46
- This blueprint can be recovered during Mission 23. Players will find the blueprint in Lufwa Valley,
Bullhorn SG
- This shotgun blueprint is one of the potential rewards for the “Prevent the Coup d’etat” dispatch mission.
FB MR R-LAUNCHER
- This rocket launcher blueprint is one of the potential rewards for the “Liberate the Tanker” dispatch mission.
Flamethrower
- This blueprint can be found in Munoko ya Nioka Station. Players must complete Mission 31 first. Alternately, it can be recovered from the gunship in Mission 41.
G44
- This blueprint can be found during Mission 15, at the tent on the east side of Ditadi Abandoned Village. If you’re having trouble finding the tent, look for the chalkboard with maps and photographs taped to it.
Geist P3
- This handgun blueprint is one of the potential rewards for the “Break Through The Blockade” dispatch mission.
Gun-CAM Defender
- This blueprint can be recovered during the “Secure the Gun-CAM Defender Blueprint” Side Op. Complete the mission to add the submachine gun schematics to your collection.
Hail MGR-4
- This grenade launcher blueprint is one of the potential rewards for the “Destroy the Uranium Centrifuges” dispatch mission. Players will need to have Fultoned a tank back to Mother Base to qualify.
IR-Sensor
- To recover this blueprint, you’ll need to have built your first Forward Operating Base (FOB). Once you’ve done so, Side Op 7, “Secure The IR-Sensor Blueprint”, will be added to your Side Ops list. Complete the mission to claim the blueprint for your collection.
Isando RGL-220
- This grenade launcher blueprint can be found in a yellow house, near the guard outpost north of Munoko ya Nioka Station. The blueprint will be on a table in the same room as prisoner.
Kabarga-83
- This shotgun blueprint can be recovered during Mission 13. Once you get to Mfinda Oilfields, check the building that sits farthest northeast. You should find the blueprint on a shelf next to some resources.
LPG-61
- This machine gun blueprint is one of the potential rewards for the “Recapture the Port Facilities” dispatch mission. Players will need to have Fultoned a tank back to Mother Base to qualify.
Macht 37
- This machine gun blueprint can be recovered during Mission 23. After leaving Kungenga, follow the trail out back until you see a tent on your left. Head inside to find the blueprint next to some resources.
PB Shield
- This blueprint can be recovered during Mission 7. Find the small village, east of the Aabe Shifap Ruins, and the PB Shield schematics will be waiting inside the house nearest the road.
Riot SMG
- This blueprint can be recovered during the “Secure the Riot SMG Blueprint” Side Op. Complete the mission to add the submachine gun schematics to your collection.
Stun Arm
- This blueprint can be recovered during the “Secure the Stun Arm Blueprint” Side Op. Complete the mission to add the submachine gun schematics to your collection.
Stun Grenade
- This blueprint can be recovered during Mission 14. Head to Kiziba Camp, situated between Ditadi Abandoned Village and Mfinda Oilfields, and find the large building near the center of the site. You’ll find the Stun Grenade schematics inside near a radio.
UA-Drone
- This blueprint can be recovered during the “Secure the UA-Drone Blueprint” Side Op. Complete the mission to add the submachine gun schematics to your collection.
UN-AAM
- This machine gune blueprint can be recovered during Mission 16. Once you reach Nova Braga Airport, head to the west side of the airport and find the largest terminal building. Head inside and you’ll find the UN-AAM schematics waiting for you behind the counter.
UN-ARC
- This assault rifle blueprint can be recovered during Mission 5. Once you reach Wakh Sind Barracks, find the six small shacks east of the barracks and collect the UN-ARC schematics from inside the top-left one.
Uragan-5
- This handgun blueprint can be recovered during Mission 18. Once you reach the Bampeve Plantation, find the rectangular military tent near the guard tower – the one in the middle of camp, just off the road – and grab the Uragan-5 schematics off the desk inside.b
WU S333
- This handgun blueprint is one of the potential rewards for the “Restore the DMZ” dispatch mission.
Ze’ev
- This machine gun blueprint is one of the potential rewards for the “Search and Destroy Remaining Forces” dispatch mission.
ZORK-KP
- This blueprint is one of the potential rewards for the “Defend the Pipeline” dispatch mission.
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