The Ultimate Guide to Collecting Dog Tags in Metal Gear Solid 2

The Metal Gear Solid 2 comes with various collectibles and resources for the players. You will come across enemies and various locations where you will need help. While exploring the two sections of the game, Tanker and the Big Shell, you will need to have extra resources to combat against enemies. One of those collectibles is the Dog Tags. This guide on Metal Gear Solid 2 on how to get dog tags will help you to know what dog tags are and what are they used for.

Metal Gear Solid 2: Dog Tags

Dog tags are a bonus collectible that you can get from your foes or opponents. These in-game dog tags are the same as the ones in real life. A silver necklace with a name tag on it. This is like taking over them. All the guards have dog tags and can be taken for various difficulty levels. This means if you have all the dog tags you can beat any difficulty level in the game.

Apart from this, these tags can help you unlock special items in-game. But this isn’t easy at all. There are a total of 361 dog tags with five difficulty levels (Very Easy, Easy, Medium, Hard, Extreme)To get all the dog tags, you have to play the entire game at least five times. As Raiden and Solid Snake players, you need to know how can get these dog tags.

How to get Dog Tags from Enemies

To get the Dog tags from enemies, you have to shake them up. But first, you need to be sure that they have a dog tag. You can see it visibly around the neck. Or if you have thermal goggles, you can see through it.

Once you are sure that they are wearing a dog tag, you need to approach them. Tiptoe to them silently to make them surrender. Point your gun from the back side to make them still. Now you can walk up to them to the front with a gun stuck to their head while holding the L1 button. This will scare them and they might drop their tag.

In case of difficult enemies, you have to shoot on their hands or legs. The pain will make sure that you are not bluffing around. If you want to scare them but not shoot, then use a heavy weapon like RGB6 or a Stinger.

Benefits of Dog Tags

You can use these dog tags for various collectibles. Here is the list of the collectibles with the number of dog tags required and their location to unlock them.

Plant Section

• Brown Wig (Raiden, Infinite Ammo) for 73 Dog Tags
• Orange Wig (Raiden, Infinite Grip Gauge) for 170 Dog Tags
• Stealth Camo #2 (Raiden) for 121 Dog Tags
• Blue Wig (Raiden, Infinite O2 Gauge)for 218 Dog Tags

Tanker Section

• Stealth Camo (Snake) for 76 Dog Tags
• Bandana (Snake, Infinite Ammo) for 46 Dog Tags

This Metal Gear Solid 2 How to Get Dog Tags guide will help you get the best of dog tags. All you need to know and how to get them in the easiest way is explained. You can also check the Guides section of Kaizen’s Den for more descriptive details.