This section offers a compilation of secrets, Easter eggs, and other hidden goodies in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
Camouflage Downloads
If you have a network adapter for your PS2, you can download additional
camouflage for use during the game. At the time of this writing there
were two new camouflage uniforms for download.
| Camouflage | Description |
| Grenade | A grenade pattern camo uniform. Wearing it allows you to use grenades limitlessly. |
| Mummy | A bandage pattern camo uniform. Wearing it prevents you from being seriously injured. |
Boss Camouflage
You can recover special boss camouflage by defeating each boss using the
mk22 or, if acquired, the mosin nagant. Using the mk22 reduces the
boss’ stamina to zero instead of reducing their health to zero. The
exception is The End’s special moss camouflage. Acquire it by "holding
up" The End after sneaking up on his position. The following chart
reveals the special camouflages, their description and use, and
location.
| Camouflage | Description | Location |
| Animals | An animal skin camo uniform. Wearing it removes any hand-shaking while aiming a gun. | Defeat Ocelot by reducing his stamina to zero. |
| Cold War | Volgin’s camo uniform. Enemies from the Soviet side will hesitate to attack. | Defeat Volgin the first time by reducing his stamina to zero. |
| Fire | The Fury’s camo uniform. Reduces damage from flames and explosions by half. | Defeat The Fury by reducing his stamina to zero. |
| Hornet Stripe | The Pain’s camo uniform. Wards off
hornets, spiders, and leeches. Also allows wearer to tame hornets. Shoot
down a nest while wearing the camouflage. | Defeat The Pain by reducing his stamina to zero. |
| Moss | The End’s camo uniform. Gives wearer photosynthetic
capabilities. Extremely effective in Svyatogornyj and Sokrovenno areas.
Essentially restores stamina while in sunlight and 100% camo when
crawling in certain areas. | Sneak up on The End during the boss battle and hold him up with a weapon. |
| Snake | Snake pattern camo uniform. Provides the ultimate cover in any environment. | Defeat The Boss by reducing her stamina to zero. |
| Spider | The Fear’s camo uniform. Gives wearer stealth capability at the cost of stamina. | Defeat The Fear by reducing his stamina to zero. |
| Spirit | The Sorrow’s camo uniform. Eliminates footstep noise. Also allows wearer to drain stamina by choking enemies in CQC. | Defeat The Sorrow. |
Fun with EVA
During the many cut scenes with Snake and EVA, look for opportunities to
press "R1" to see a first-person view of Snake’s viewpoint. He’s often
looking where he shouldn’t be looking.
After you escape the torture room, don’t remove the transmitter (you’d
open the cure menu to do so). As you make the escape to the waterfall
rendezvous point with EVA, you will come under more attack from pursuing
guards because of the transmitter but once you reach EVA, your efforts
will be worth it. With the transmitter in, there’s a hilarious bonus cut
scene where EVA "removes" the transmitter.
Late in the game you work with EVA side by side as you escort her
through the jungle and past hostile guards. After completing the first
area, open the survival viewer up again and check her out. Apparently
she’s donned different attire for the second leg of your journey. Open
up her cure menu too and check out the x-ray for several seconds. Read
her food and medical history for some amusing tidbits.
As you escort EVA, there are several humorous things you can do. Try
shooting her in the leg with the Mk22. She’ll fall asleep and begin
mumbling about certain activities with Snake...and the Boss? Grab EVA in
a close-quarters combat move and interrogate her--she’ll describe some
of her misguided youth. Equip binoculars and zoom in on EVA’s various
body parts. She doesn’t seem to appreciate your stalker behavior. Wear
the scientist’s uniform and stand near EVA. She doesn’t approve of your
lack of stealth. And if you’re completely off your rocker, you can even
kill EVA. Listen to the radio chatter after doing so but realize you’ll
have to load a saved game after your crazy actions.
Snake’s Dream
After you are captured by Volgin and tossed into the Grozny Grad Torture
Room, save your game immediately. Reload that save later and take part
in Snake’s unusual dream. You control a different looking character and
battle a horde of creatures inside, what looks like, the prison. Press
the "X" button to jump and the square and circle buttons to attack. Kill
everything in your path and Snake will wake up from the weird dream.
After waking up, speak with the various contacts on your radio for
conversations pertaining to the dream. Speak with para-medic and
discover Snake links the weird dream to para-medic’s incessant movie
talk...specifically about a certain vampire.
I Like MGS2!!
At the start of a new game, select that you prefer Metal Gear Solid 2.
The intro is slightly different as Snake uses the "mask" in his
inventory.
Snake’s Hidden Viewpoints
During many cut scenes you’re told to press "R1" (a symbol appears in
the upper right corner) so you can view the scene from Snake’s eyes. On
some cut scenes, though, you can still press R1 to see Snake’s viewpoint
but there’s no indication to do so. For instance, press R1 during the
final cut scene as Snake shakes the President’s hand.
A Quick End to The End
When you reach Ponizovje Warehouse: Exterior, you spot The End being
pushed around in his wheelchair. If you act quickly when you regain
control after the cut scene, you can equip your sniper rifle, zoom in on
The End’s head, and shoot him a few times to eliminate him. You won’t
have to contend with him later in the game. Instead, The End’s boss
battle is replaced with a fight against Ocelot’s soldiers.
Radio Frequencies
Try entering these frequencies into your radio! Note that these may
differ between games and difficulties. Try these on normal difficulty.
If you’re playing other difficulty levels, these radio frequencies
probably won’t work. Obtain radio frequencies by interrogating guards in
close-quarters combat mode.
These frequencies are part of "Healing Radio". Listen to the music and watch your life and stamina bar.
141.85 - DON’T BE AFRAID / RIKA MURANAKA
142.09 - SEA BREEZE / SERGEI MANTIS
143.32 - SAILOR / STARRY.K
144.86 - JUMPIN’ JOHNNY / CHUNK RASPBERRY
145.83 - SALTY CATFISH / 66 BOYS
146.65 - ROCK ME BABY / 66 BOYS
148.39 - SURFING GUITAR / 66 BOYS
148.96 - PILLOW TALK / STARRY.K
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