Pyrrhic Victory Challenges

1 Kill 15 enemies with a machete. The machete is given to Mason Senior at the
outset.
2 Destroy all MPLA armor. During the gunship run, use the rockets to destroy all
the marked tanks.
3 Kill 5 enemies with one mortar round. Mortar rounds are found at the start of the
killing fields, near the overturned armored vehicle where the first piece of intel.

4 Sink 5 enemy wet-navy vessels. At the barge-on-the-river sequence, use the

barge's mounted machineguns to destroy enemy ships.
5 Dive to prone on an enemy grenade and survive. Going prone requires you to hold
the crouch button.
6 Kill 10 enemies with animal traps. The access kit lets Mason Sr. enter the tool
shed near the radio tower to get animal traps.
7 Kill 4 enemies with a mortar primed animal trap. After setting an animal trap, a
mortar round can be placed in it to make it an improvised landmine.
8 Kill 20 enemies from makeshift watchtowers. There are five makeshift watchtowers
during Mason's, Woods', and Hudson's escape downriver. Stay in one and rack up
kills.
9 Collect all Intel.
10 Do not die.

Celerium Challenges
1 Eliminate the enemy aerial drone before it lifts off. Using the Tituts explosive
rounds just shoot the drone once or twice and it will destroy it.
2 Destroy 2 enemy sentry turrets when they are disabled by EMP. EMP first. Shoot
next.
3 Kill 4 enemies at once with the Titus explosive rounds. Easiest is in the
elevator in the basement where there 4 enemies. As soon as the doors begin to open
shoot the floor between all the enemies and they should get hit.
4 Kill 10 enemies with the drone's turret gun. Hack and slash. You find the aerial
drone on the helipad outside the super secret Malaysian base.
5 Kill 30 enemies while using optical camauflage. Metal Gear never had it this
lenient. With the Access Kit, find the Optical Camouflage Suit in the base's
entrance, and the proceed to personally shoot enemies in the face, in the back, in
the gut - whatever it takes to get 30 kills.
6 Destroy 2 enemy ASDs by detonating nitrogen tanks. Nitrogen tanks will "freeze
over" the micro-tanks (turns them icy white).
7 Kill 10 enemies with the assault shield. The assault shield (riot shield)
protects against bullets, and you melee enemies to kill them.
8 Protect ASD resource from destruction. After Mason Junior hacks an ASD, keep it
alive until the mission clears.
9 Collect all Intels.
10 Do not die.

Old Wounds Challenges

1 Kill 15 enemies with Pulwar sword. The sword is found once you have control over
Mason Sr. at the beginning where you meet Zhao Tian. Go past the marked horse, and
with the Access Kit, pry the sword from the skeleton.
2 Destroy enemy chopper with mortar round. The Access Kit lets you find the mortar
rounds at the entrance to the mujahideen leader's building. From the base's front
gate, race your horse straight ahead (after it rears once from the Russian
choppers) and you should be able to just throw a mortar round on a chopper that's
taking off. Failing that, you can try throwing a mortar round from the rope bridges
near the ammo cache.
3 Destroy tank with anti-tank mine. The AT mines are from the Access Kit container
at the western stopping point's weapon cache. The valid "tanks" are the BTR armored
cars or the T-62 tanks. If you stand next to a tank holding the mines,wait to get
killed and you will complete the challenge.
4 Run down 10 enemies on horseback. Sprinting while mounted isn't needed to run
down an enemy, but it helps.
5 Destroy enemy chopper with truck mounted machinegun. The technical you need for
the challenge is on an overlook to the left of the base's front gate. A red flag
and ammo box are right next to it.
6 Destroy 4 enemy choppers at the North Pass (before they reach the base).
7 Destroy an enemy chopper without using the Stinger's lock-on mode (use dumbfire).
Any low flying chopper is vulnerable to this. Try the one that stops at the ammo
cache to fast-rope soldiers in. You should have a Stinger by then.
8 Kill 25 enemies with the Stinger's dumbfire mode.
9 Collect all Intels.
10 Do not die.

Time and Fate Challenges

1 Kill 7 PDF enemies with a shotgun in 10 seconds.
2 Kill 8 PDF enemies with a mounted machinegun as Menendez (found aboard truck that
crashes through the estate's gate).
3 Get to Josefina's room under 2 minutes 20 seconds (140 seconds). Best done on a
replay (no story consequences) and on Recruit difficulty.
4 Kill 12 Cartel enemies with Molotov cocktails. As Mason, use the Access Kit to
pick up some Molotovs in the village, then proceed to set people on fire. Note
Cartel enemies are also in the Cocaine Bunker.
5 Crash an enemy truck. As Mason, shoot the driver of the Technical as you approach
the Menendez estate.
6 Kill 10 Cartel enemies with mortar rounds.
7 Kill 10 Cartel enemies with machete. A machete is in the Cocaine Bunker, using
the access kit. Ten enemies need to die from being melee'ed by it.
8 Locate evidence of CIA presence. See the giant red box at the top of this page.
9 Collect all Intels.
10 Do not die

Fallen Angel Challenges

1 Avoid damage from large debris in streets. Simple and straight forward. Avoid
being crushed.
2 Direct CLAWS to eliminate 8 enemies in flooded street. Easily done if you stand
up and direct fire.
3 Record 400 TB data from Menendez surveillance. You need to do this anyway to
unlock Dispatch.
4 Incinerate 10 enemies with flamethrower attachment.
5 Protect two CLAWS from being destroyed. Considering the machines are tougher than
you are, they can take quite a beating. At the end, draw them back if they look
like they are smoking heavily.
6 Deploy SOC-T boost to find both alternate paths
7 Destroy 20 vehicles with drone missile. Switch to the aerial drone during the
escape and go nuts with the guns and rockets. Friendly fire is off for the most
part here.
8 Destroy 8 vehicles with SOC-T.
9 Collect all Intels.
10 Do not die.

Karma Challenges
1 Obtain retina scan in less than 60 seconds. Your driving of Ziggy needs to be
top-notch here. Alternatively, you can commit suicide with the drone at the pipe
section, which will reset the 60 second timer to 0.
2 Reclaim Ziggy before leaving the area. Find the spider bot in the same room where
you use the Minority Report panel.
3 Kill 5 enemies with headshots at Club Solar. Easier said than done since Mason
only has a brief window with each enemy. Your weapon is a default KAP-40 handgun.
4 Inflict no civilian casualties. Easily done, especially if you have Farid hack
and highlight the enemies from the CRC room.
5 Kill 5 rappeling enemies.
6 Kill 25 enemies in outdoor area. Easier than it sounds. Doing this will slow
Mason down during his pursuit of DeFalco though.
7 Use the Combatant Suppression Knuckles to knock out 20 enemies. Easily done, but
you need to get the item using the Access Kit from the security room. Afterwards,
punchy-punchy.
8 Protect the ASD resource from being destroyed. You will have one ASD before
opening the shutter to the large plaza. Farid will hack it, if you open the garage
with the Access Kit.
9 Collect all Intels.
10 Do not die.

Suffer with Me Challenges

1 Perform a knife throw against the guard at the post. Simply spam the FIRE button
when Woods climbs to the first guard post.
2 Survive an enemy RPG blast which causes collateral damage (to buildings).
3 Destroy Noriega's private jet. A launcher is required. Enemies with RPGs can also
destroy the plane, but you will not be credited with its destruction.
4 Kill 10 enemies with a truck mounted machinegun. The Technical that swerves into
the game at Noriega's jet is what you need.
5 Destroy enemy ZPU. There is a park with a dome that gets destroyed by an MH-6.
Sitting on a building to the Northwest of that dome is the ZPU.
6 Distract 8 enemies at once with a single Nightingale. Noisemakers are earned just
outside the warehouse. You need an Access Kit to break into the locker.
7 Kill 15 enemies with the IR strobe's mark. The IR strobe is on a dead soldier
past a gated off area; use the Access Kit to get this item. Where the strobe lands,
death soon follows.
8 Kill 8 enemies in the clinic.
9 Collect all Intels.
10 Do not die.

Achilles Veil Challenges

1 Destroy 20 enemy quad drones. Quad drones spawn in both marketplaces to support
the U.S. forces. Shoot down enough to complete the challenge.
2 Kill 20 enemies with sword. The sword is a weapon unlocked by the Access Kit by
Farid at the start of the first marketplace.
3 Melee 20 enemies while using optical camo. Optical camouflage is in the room just
past the first piece of intel; access kit required.
4 Destroy 8 quad drones with turret. A turret is in the second marketplace; an
access kit is needed to enter this area. Control the turret and shoot down the
needed number of drones.
5 Kill 5 enemies with exploding vehicles.
6 Destroy 4 enemy ASDs while disabled by an EMP. Shock and shoot. ASDs will be
prevalent in the second marketplace.
7 Kill 5 enemies as VTOL gunner. For this challenge, you need to get Farid killed.
Once that occurs, the player (as Mason) will have the chance to shoot a VTOL gun
for a short while. Use this opportunity to kill the stated number of enemies.
8 Direct quad drones to kill 25 enemies. When Mason has a flight of quad drones,
have them attack and kill enemies in the area past the city.
9 Collect all Intels.
10 Do not die.

Odysseus Challenges
1 Locate gift in Mason's state room. Mason's room is outside the brig area, the
first usable door to your right. You may need to go past a bulkhead to see the door
(there's a prompt).
2 Takedown 20 enemies with Combatant Suppression Knuckles. The knuckles are
accessed in the brig.
3 Provide sniper overwatch for SEAL team on flight deck. There will be a sniper
rifle laying against the wall in the direction you are coming from. The spot is on
the long walkway just after trying the console on the bridge. It will come as an
objective.
4 Kill 10 enemies with a turret. Take over the turret in the bridge and again in
the ship's hold to attempt this challenge.
5 Destroy 3 turrets while they are disabled by EMP. EMP spikes or EMP grenades are
required.
6 Kill 8 airborne enemies before they land. You can attempt this challenge
immediately after Mason and Salazar split up. The balcony looks over the flight
deck which has infinite PMCs gliding in.
7 Direct a CLAW to kill 5 enemies.
8 Get to the extraction in 90 seconds. After Mason deals with Salazar, he goes up
to the Obama's flight deck on an aircraft lift. Head right and make for the escape
VTOL as quickly as possible.
9 Collect all Intels.
10 Do not die.

Cordis Die Challenges

1 100% Impact ratio with the SAM system on the wrecked highway. For this, Mason has
to wait for all the circles to turn solid before firing ... and not missing with a
single missile.
2 Do 10 headshot sniper kills from the upper freeway. This requires Mason to start
the mission with a marksman weapon.
3 Direct quad drones to kill 8 enemies. There's a locker of quad drones in the
truck trailer past the first enemy CLAW.
4 Rescue trapped SSA in the damaged vehicle. This requires the Access Kit; the
truck with the SSA soldiers is just before entering the shopping plaza.
5 Destroy 30 enemy drones with the SAM on roof. This requires the Access Kit.
Inside the shopping mall, there are stairs that lead to a SAM turret where you can
engage enemy drones.
6 Protect the G20 Cougar at the intersection. The G20 vehicle needs to survive
until the building collaspses and ends the section. The RPG soldiers on the nearby
roof make excellent priority targets.
7 Destroy 3 drones with one shot. Destroy three aerial drones with one salvo fired
from the SAM turret (roof, highway or on Anderson's fighter press L2 or LT 2 for
star buster)
8 Protect all G20 vehicles from destruction. All G20 vehicles include the vehicle
at the start (where you rappel down with the president), the Cougar at the
intersection, and the three vehicles in the presidential convoy when Mason is
flying the FA-38.
9 Collect all Intels.
10 Do not die.

Judgment Day Challenges

1 Avoid all anti-air missile explosions during free fall.
2 Destroy all laser turrets at the facility.
3 Destroy 3 enemy quad drones when they are disabled by EMP.
4 Do 10 sniper kills from more than 40 game-meters. Sniper rifle required.
5 Melee 3 optically camouflaged enemies.
6 Direct quad drones to destroy an enemy CLAW
7 Kill 5 enemies with one hit from the kinetic projectile weapon.
8 Protect the ASD resource to the objective marker.
9 Collect all Intels.
10 Do not die.