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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Guide: All Mission Tasks Detailed

Mission 41: Proxy War WIthout End

Eliminate the gunship (Mandatory)
Eliminate two tanks (Mandatory)
Eliminate two armored vehicles (Mandatory)
Extract two tanks and two armored vehicles
Extract the armored column's commander
Secure the rough diamond hidden by the armored column's commander
Secure teh blueprint carried by the gunship

Mission 42: [Extreme] Metallic Archaea

Eliminate the Skulls (Mandatory)
Extract Code Talker (Mandatory)
Complete the mission without being grabbed by a puppet soldier
Extract the Skulls

Mission 43: Shining Lights, Even in Death

Identify the person who sent the transmission (Mandatory)
Eliminate the infected (Mandatory)

Mission 44: [Total Stealth] Pitch Dark

Shut down the oil transfer pump (Mandatory)
Destroy the oily water separator tank (Mandatory)
Extract four child soldiers being trained as Masa Village
Exfiltrate the hot zone before Mfinda Oilfield is sealed off
Extract the lappet-faced vulture that wandered into the burned-down village
Extract four Walker Gears sealing off Mfinda Oilfield

Mission 45: A Quiet Exit

Make contact with Quiet (Mandatory)
Eliminate the Soviet mechanized unit (Mandatory)
Obtain Quiet's cassette tape
Extract seven tanks and seven armored vehicles
Complete the mission without Quiet taking damage

Mission 46 (Truth: The Man Who Sold the World) requires specific conditions be met before this "secret" episode is unlocked. Click here for the guide on how to access it.

Mission 47: [Total Stealth] The War Economy

Eliminate the CFA official (Mandatory)
Identify the arms dealer
Identify the CFA official
Extract the CFA official
Extract the arms dealer
Listen to all conversations between teh arms dealer and the CFA official
Secure the blueprint carried by the gunship
Extract the materials container inside the Nova Braga Airport hangar

Mission 48: [Extreme] Code Talker

Make contact with Code Talker (Mandatory)
Extract Code Talker (Mandatory)
Extract Code Talker without him taking damage
Eliminate the Skulls
Extract the Skulls
Extract hte armored vehicle sealing off Lufwa Valley

Mission 49: [Subsistence] Occupation Forces

Eliminate the colonel (Mandatory)
Eliminate all tanks (Mandatory)
Secure teh deployment plans
Extract the colonel
Eliminate the colonel and all tanks before tehy reach Smasei Fort
Extract the prisoner held at Sakhra Ee Village
Extract all tanks

Mission 50: [Extreme] Sahelanthropus

Destroy Sahelanthropus (Mandatory)
Destroy the head of Sahelanthropus
Successfully hit the floating boy with an attack

Mission 31: Sahelanthropus

Destroy Sahelanthropus (Mandatory)
Destroy the head of Sahelanthropus
Successfully hit the floating boy with an attack

Mission 32: To Know Too Much

Extract the CIA agent (Mandatory)
Extract the CIA agent before his discovery by the research team
Extract fours earch team soldiers
Extract the driver of the transport vehicle
Extract two prisoners held in Shago Village and Lamar Khaate Palace
Extract the Soviet soldier planning to execute the CIA agent

Mission 33: [Subsistence] C2W

Destroy the comms equipment at the Eastern Communications Post (Mandatory)
Destroy the transmitter at the Eastern Communications Post (Mandatory)
Identify the comms equipment at the Eastern Communications Post
Secure the rough diamonds hidden near the Eastern Communications Post
Extract two prisoners held at Wialo Village
Extract the materials container from the Eastern Communications Post

Mission 34: [Extreme] Backup, Back Down

Eliminate an armored vehicle (Mandatory)
Eliminate multiple fighting vehicles or gunships
Eliminate all armored vehicles without receiving a resupply or fire support
Secure a weapon carried by a transport truck
Extract an armored vehicle
Extract the four soldiers searching for the escaped prisoner
Extract six prisoners
Extract three tanks

Mission 35: Cursed Legacy

Extract two containers (Mandatory)
Complete the mission by riding a Fulton extracted container out of the hot zone
Complete the mission without the enemy discovering that a container is missing
Pinpoint the soldier's location from an intel file
Extract the commander of the Zero Risk Security force guarding the mansion
Recover the rough diamonds snatched by the common raven near Lufwa Valley, NW Guard Post

Mission 36: [Total Stealth] Footprints of Phantoms

Eliminate all Walker Gears (Mandatory)
Extract two prisoners held at Ditadi Abandoned Village
Extract all Walker Gears
Pick a Digitalis (Lutea) plant at Ditadi Abandoned Village
Extract a truck at Ditadi Abandoned Village

Mission 37: [Extreme] Traitors' Caravan

Extract the transport truck (Mandatory)
Identify the armored escort unit
Identify the transport truck
Eliminate the Skulls
Extract the transport truck driver
Pinpoint the escort uni's estimated route by recovering an intel file
Listen to all conversations between the transport truck driver and outpost/guard post soldiers
Extract three Zero Risk Security soldiers

Mission 38: Extraordinary

Secure the film canister (Mandatory)
Capture Spgumay Keep
Secure the film canister before reinforcements arrives
Extract the prisoner held at Spugmay Keep, East Guard Post
Extract a griffon vulture near Spugmay Keep

Mission 39: [Total Stealth] Over the Fence

Extract the captive engineer (Mandatory)
Fulton extract the engineer through the hole in the facility's basement ceiling
Extract the prisoner plotting to escape from Wakh Sind Barracks
Extract the four-wheel drive patrolling between outposts
Secure the blueprint at Wakh Sind Barracks

Mission 40: [Extreme] Cloaked in Silence

Eliminate Quiet (Mandatory)
Determine what to do with Quiet (Mandatory)
Neutralize Quiet without hitting her with lethal weapons
Neutralize Quiet with non-firearm attacks

Mission 21: The War Economy

Eliminate the CFA official (Mandatory)
Identify the arms dealer
Identify the CFA official
Extract the CFA official
Extract the arms dealer
Listen to all conversations between the arms dealer and the CFA official
Secure the blueprint carried by the gunship
Extract the materials container inside the Nova Braga Airport hangar

Mission 22: Retake the Platform

Eliminate the enemy commander (Mandatory)

Mission 23: The White Mamba

Extract the White Mamba (Mandatory)
Extract the prisoner held at Masa Village
Extract the White Mamba without giving him the opportunity to resist
Secure the rough diamonds near Masa Village
Extract 20 child soldiers

Mission 24: Close Contact

Extract the male engineer (Mandatory)
Extract the female engineer (Mandatory)
Extract six Nubian goats near Ngumba Industrial Zone, SW Guard Post
Extract two four-wheel drives
Extract four container from Munoko ya Nioka Station, NE Guard Post
Pick an African Peach near Munoko ya Nioka Station
Extract a Martial Eagle near Munoko ya Nioka Station

Mission 25: Aim True, Ye Vengeful

Extract the militant XO (Mandatory)
Extract the commander of the child soldiers (Mandatory)
Extract the prisoner who escapes from Munoko ya Nioka Station, NE guard post
Extract 12 child soldiers
Use a vehicle to extract the commander of the child soldiers and the militant XO simultaneously
Pick a Digitalis (Purpurea) plant at Munoko ya Nioka Station, NE Guard Post

Mission 26: Hunting Down

Eliminate the trafficker (Mandatory)
Pinpoint the trafficker's escape route from an intel file
Eliminate the trafficker before he reaches Kiziba Camp
Extract the trafficker and five escort soldiers
Extract four prisoners held at Ditadi Abandoned Village
Extract a side-striped jackal near Kiziba Camp

Mission 27: Root Cause

Extract the Intel Team member (Mandatory)
Extract the Intel Team member before he is involved in an accident
Exfiltrate the hot zone with the Intel Team member by land

Mission 28: Code Talker

Make contact with Code Talker (Mandatory)
Extract Code Talker (Mandatory)
Extract Code Talker without him taking damage
Eliminate the Skulls
Extract the Skulls
Extract the armored vehicle sealing off Lufwa Valley

Mission 29: Metallic Arhaea

Eliminate the Skulls (Mandatory)
Extract Code Talker (Mandatory)
Complete the mission without being grabbed by a puppet soldier
Extract the Skulls

Mission 30: Skull Face

Make contact with Skull Face (Mandatory)
Acquire information from Skull Face (Mandatory)
Extract four Walker Gears
Obtain the cassette tape at OKB Zero
Extract seven red containers from OKB Zero
Extract three tanks from OKB Zero

Mission 11: Cloaked in Silence

Eliminate Quiet (Mandatory)
Determine what to do with Quiet (Mandatory)
Neutralize Quiet without hitting her with lethal weapons
Neutralize Quiet with non-firearm attacks

Mission 12: Hellbound

Make contact with Dr. Emmerich (Mandatory)
Extract Dr. Emmerich (Mandatory)
Extract three Walker Gears from Central Base Camp
Extract Dr. Emmerich without him taking damage
Secure the Glamor Model (Vertical) poster at Central Base Camp
Secure the blueprint at Central Base Camp

Mission 13: Pitch Dark

Shut down the oil transfer pump (Mandatory)
Destroy the oily water separator tank (Mandatory)
Extract four child soldiers being trained at Masa Village
Exfiltrate the hot zone before Mfinda Oilfield is sealed off
Extract the lappet-faced vulture that wandered into the burned-down village
Extract four Walker Gears sealing off Mfinda Oilfield

Mission 14: Lingua Franca

Extract the Viscount (Mandatory)
Identify the Afrikaans interpeter
Identify the Viscount
Pinpoint the locations of the four prisoners from an intel file
Extract three prisoners held at Kiziba Camp
Extract a materials container at Kiziba Camp
Listen to all four prisoner interrogations

Mission 15: Footprints of Phantoms

Eliminated All Walker Gears (Mandatory)
Extract two prisoners held at Ditadi Abandoned Village
Extract all Walker Gears
Pick a "Digitalis (Lutea)" plant at Ditadi Abandoned Village
Extract a truck at Ditadi Abandoned Village

Mission 16: Traitors' Caravan

Extract the transport truck (Mandatory)
Identify the armored escort unit
Identify the transport truck
Eliminate the Skulls
Extract the transport truck driver
Pinpoint the escort unit's estimated route by recovering an intel file
Listen to all conversations between the transport truck driver and outpost/guard post soldiers
Extract three Zero Risk Security Soldiers

Mission 17: Rescue the Intel Agents

Extract the Intel Team member escaping through the forest north of the camp (Mandatory)
Extract the Intel Team member being held at Kiziba Camp (Mandatory)
Extract two CFA officials
Extract the prisoner held at Kiziba Camp
Extract four search team reinforcements
Extract the transport truck driver

Mission 18: Blood Runs Deep

Eliminate the former rebel Mbele soldier (Mandatory)
Eliminate the five prisoners held at Kungenga Mine (Mandatory)
Extract a child prisoner (Mandatory)
Extract the former rebel Mbele soldier
Complete the mission by extracting five child soldiers without the enemy disovering their escape
Eliminate the Gunship
Extract five snipers from areas near Kungenga Mine, and the NE and SW guard posts
Extract three armored vehicles

Mission 19: On the Trail

Eliminated the Major (Mandatory)
Extract the Major (Mandatory)
Identify the subordinate of the PF commander, the Major
Identify the PF commander, the Major
Extract the Major's subordinate
Extract the prisoner held at Munoko ya Nioka Station, NE Guard Post
Listen to the conversation between the Major and his subordinate

Mission 20: Voices

Extract Shabani (Mandatory)
Successfully hit the floating boy with an attack
Fight off the Man on Fire
Pinpoint the route to Ngumba Industrial Zone, West Guard Post from an intel file
Extract an African wild dog near Ngumba Industrial Zone, West Guard Post
Listen to the conversation about the "bodies at Munoko ya Nioka Station"

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain includes 50 main story missions, all which include a primary missions, but also a slew of secondary, and mostly optional missions.

The secondary missions are not revealed until after you beat the mission the first time. While you can still complete the secondary objectives without at first knowing what they are, you're bound to miss some objectives, simply because some of them are rather ludicrous.

Here is a fully detailed list of the Mission Tasks for every single mission in the game. Beware, spoilers ahead.

Prologue: Awakening

Complete the mission without triggering Reflex Mode
Complete the mission without allowing the Man on Fire to attack even once after meeting up with Ocelot

Mission 01: Phantom Limbs

Extract Kazuhira Miller (Mandatory)
Pinpoint Kazuhira Miller's whereabouts
Extract the commander from Wakh Sind Barracks
Complete the mission without being discovered by the Skulls
Secure the rough diamonds hidden in Spugmay Keep
Extract the transport truck driver

Mission 02: Diamond Dogs

Complete the Fulton extraction training (Mandatory)
Extract staff, raising your R&D Team's level (Mandatory)
Develop the cardboard box and complete basic training (Mandatory)
Complete restrain training
Complete strike training

Mission 03: A Hero's Way

Eliminate the Spetsnaz Commander (Mandatory)
Neturalize the Spetsnaz Commander from a distance of over 100m
Extract the Spetsnaz Commander
Pick a haoma in the desert between Shago Village and Spugmay Keep
Secure the processed materials hidden in Shago Village

Mission 04: C2W

Destroy the comms equipment at the Eastern Communications Post (Mandatory)
Destroy the transmitter at the Eastern Communications Post (Mandatory)
Identify the comms equipment at the Easter Communications Post
Secure the rough diamonds hidden near the Easter Communications Post
Extract two prisoners held at Wialo Village
Extract the materials container from the Eastern Communications Post

Mission 05: Over the Fence

Extract the captive engineer (Mandatory)
Fulton extract the engineer through the hole in the facility's basement cieling
Extract the prisoner plotting to escape from Wakh Sind Barracks
Extract the four-wheel drive patrolling between outposts
Secure the blueprint at Wakh Sind Barracks

Mission 06: Where do the Bees Sleep?

Secure the Honey Bee (Mandatory)
Eliminate the Skulls
Secure the Honey Bee with its ammunition intact
Extract the prisoner who cannot speak
Extract two snipers at the Mountain Relay Base
Eliminate the Gunship

Mission 07: Red Brass

Eliminate the commander of the company stationed at Wialo Village (Mandatory)
Eliminate the commander of the platoon stationed at Shago Village (Mandatory)
Eliminate the commander of the platoon stationed at Wakh Sind Barracks (Mandatory)
Extract the commander and all soldiers riding in his vehicle
Extract all three commanders
Listen to th e end of the commanders' conversation
Extract two prisoners held at Ghwandai Town

Mission 08: Occupation Forces