Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - S-Rank Walkthrough - Mission 3: A Hero's Way

Mission 3: A Hero's Way
Very simple and short: Use a sniper rifle to eliminate the target from far away. Start at the eastern landing zone. The commander will always spawn in or around the same building and wears a red hat. From the landing zone you ride to the mountain top near the village and shoot him. Leave the area on horseback.

There are two golden rules for getting S-ranks:
1. Don't try it on your first playthrough (a lot of strategies only work when replaying missions and you will unlock better gear over the course of the game).
2. Skip all cutscenes to save time (yes, cutscenes add to your time and will greatly reduce your points!)

S-Rank Strategies, basic tips and things you should know:
- Getting 130,000 points in a mission unlocks the S-rank (same score requirement for all missions)
- Only main missions have a ranking system, side ops don't. Main missions 02, 22, 43 are an exception, they don't have any ranks. There are 50 main missions in total.
- Completing the missions as quickly as possible without being seen is usually good enough. Skip the bonus objectives, they take too long and will complicate things.
- Equipping the Invisibility Camo, Parasite Suit, Raiden Suit, Cyborg Ninja Suit, Chicken-Hat, Infinity Bandana, using D-Walkers Fulton Ballista or calling in air strikes / helicopter support will void the S-rank. With these items you are limited to A-rank at best. So don't use them!
- On your first playthrough of the missions, always try to take out the enemy radar stations. This gives you a huge tactical advantage because you can call the extraction helicopter directly to the enemy base (or start the mission there).
- S-Ranks earn you a lot more money and heroism than lower ranks

With these tips in mind you should have very little trouble following these video guides and obtaining all S-ranks. Be warned, however, that the game uses a variable difficulty system. If you use a lot of headshots, enemies will get helmets. If you always infiltrate at night, enemies will get night vision goggles. If you always use sleeping grenades, enemies will wear gas masks etc.
In this walkthrough series I stick to the basics to make it as easy to replicate as possible. These guides are fairly spoiler free as I skip the cutscenes to save time.

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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Trophies and Achievements:

Apprentice
Completed a mission using a Combat Unit staff member.

Accomplished
Completed all missions.

Executed
Completed all mission tasks.

Elite
Completed all missions with an S rank.

Undertaken
Completed a SIDE OP.

Cleared
Completed all "Mine Clearing" SIDE OPS.

Achieved
Completed all SIDE OPS.

Captured
Captured an outpost or guard post.

Search-and-Destroy
Captured all outposts and guard posts in Northern Kabul, Afghanistan.

Sweep-and-Clear
Captured all outposts and guard posts in the Angola-Zaire Border Region.

Deployment
Completed all key Dispatch Missions.

Intruder
Played an "Infiltration" FOB mission.

Cry Havoc
Made D-Dog available for deployment.

Speechless
Made Quiet available for deployment.

Trusty Steed
Raised bond with D-Horse to the maximum.

Man's Best Friend
Raised bond with D-Dog to the maximum.

War Buddy
Raised bond with Quiet to the maximum.

Extraction
Fulton extracted an enemy soldier.

Interrogation
Interrogated an enemy soldier.

To The Rescue
Extracted a female prisoner.

Platoon
Increased Mother Base staff to 50 or more personnel.

Battalion
Increased Mother Base staff to 250 or more personnel.

Army
Raised all Teams/Units to level 99.

Enhancement
Developed 50 or more development items.

Reinforcement
Developed 100 or more development items.

Locked and Loaded
Developed 300 or more development items.

Architect
Constructed all available platforms for Mother Base.

Deterrence
Developed a nuclear weapon.

Disarmament
Disposed of a nuclear weapon.

Prosperity
Earned a total of 10,000,000 GMP or more.

Conservation
Extracted all wild animal species.

Collector
Obtained all blueprints and key items.

Reminiscence
Obtained all memento photos.

Hero
Obtained the codename "Hero."

[forrevenge]

I got E on my first try. I was so proud.

[DJScrimWithDat]

I usually complete the mission then after I beat it, I go to these videos to give me the S ranking.

[lipeferreira]

So far, seems that getting the S rank is easier than most of other scores...

[decaf]

The Brennan sniper basically voided his existence, God I love that thing.

[emotionalintelligence]

If the objective is not to have a bad ass militia yep kill everything in sight. But you SHOULD be capturing everyone as early as possible to open up the R&D for your weapons and equipment as fast as possible. Thankfully you can replay the mission and finish anyway you like, capture everyone on this run and kill the target on the next or vice versa. Now if only they'd release a next-gen update this game would be even better than the greatness it already is.

[leonleon]

They caught me while I wounder whole the place to find that guy... -_- That forced me to unleash the hour of frustrating and the demon inside and I Rambo-ed everyone with my assault rifle, THEN THE MISSION COMPLETED -_-!

[beastboy]

If you want to get prefect stealth no kills, follow everything he did but get a more powerful sniper rifle. Shoot him once an he'll be on the ground, get near the edge of the mission area an wait like 35 seconds. He'll die and you get a 20k bonus to your score.

[CapemanProductins]

And this is when all your hours of effort on trying to get perfect stealth get dunked on the trash bin.

[spectralspectra]

If you're not feeling like killing the guy you can use the Fulton rocket launcher, but you'll need pentazemin

[dangerbeans]

These are great guides for grinding out GMP gotta say.

[danielfarkas]

You can S rank this mission without leaving a helicopter like C2W, except that instead of the gatling gun you can bombard the place with the grenade launcher and shoulder mounted rockets until the officer's caught in the blasts

[presidentdwayneelizondomou]

Youre doin it WRONG! Get dropped off NE side of the base at 1800 hrs come in through the fields on the North side of the compound. Crawl in until you get to a low wall that leads directly towards the overhead light. Wait here until the guard goes by then head through the double doors directly ahead of you take a right another right and hop through the window all this in the crouched position. Once through the window cqc the spetsnaz leader pick him up and in the crouched position begin exfiltration of the compound head through the door slowly there will be a guard strolling through this area periodically. (I had to loop behind the crates to avoid the guard at this point, your timing may differ.) head back through the double doors along the low wall through the fields until you hit the tree line then fulton recover an A+ combat soldier, and call in your chopper for an S rating. I finished the mission using this method in 10m 54s on my first play through. Remember you get most of your staff through the fulton and this game is a stealth simulator not a combat simulator. The thrill of riding up and shooting a guy in the head from a mile away pales in comparison to sneaking into a well fortified base full of heavily armed men and disappearing their boss like the boogeyman in the middle of the night, without anyone ever knowing when.

[christophecavanna]

Dunno if you guys had some problems with this ones, but i have done this mission 10 or 11 times to find the fucking haoma plant. In the french version, they said you can find it BETWEEN the palace and the city -_-

[Blacknmyles]

I started the mission, the game glitches and said I killed the guy.. left with No Kills, No Traces, No reflex bonus. ended with a S Rank and score of 283, 598😂😂 Can't beat that

[DrunkGnu]

Do you need to get S-rank on first time? Or can you go back and S-rank them

[andrewnguyen]

How do people find out how to beat these missions so fast? First time i did this i spent near 2 hours.

[seanrogers]

it's been an hour and you've already done 20 damn missions

[denyifei]

Getting black screen at this mission after pressing "Resume Game"

[CosmmiKOfficial]

im glad im not the only one with that sniper rifle :p

[NexTheCorrupt]

Mission complete Pyx, target eliminated!