Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is coming tomorrow, and it’s got many people rather excited. Thanks to stellar, week-early reviews, even those who aren’t caught up in Kojima’s convoluted narrative are keen to see what the fuss is all about. There’s no better way to see that, in my opinion, than by playing through Ground Zeroes; the game that serves as a prologue to the events that unfold in Phantom Pain.
That prologue was derided by many as a paid demo, which took just two hours to finish, but there was more to it than you’d imagine. Here’s the thing though – while it was certainly possible to run through and see the credits in minutes, there were many missions to do, many voice recordings to collect and many people to save.
That game’s just been updated, allowing you to import your Ground Zeroes save file in to Phantom Pain. Doing so will add a few costumes to the game, but also bring extra people to your game as volunteers to your Mother Base, each with their own stats (via Gearnuke). The more people you have, the better your overall equipment and experience will be.
Here’s a list of the stupidly named people you’ll get in The Phantom Pain through importing a Ground Zeroes save. The missions you’ll need to complete are ones within The Phantom Pain, and it seems you may need a 100% Ground Zeroes Save to get everybody.
Mother Base Recruits
Recruit Name | Recruiting Condition |
---|---|
Ochre Chamelon | Complete One Mission from 03, 04 and 05 |
Grizzly Hedgehog | Complete One Mission from 03, 04 and 05 |
Hungry Crocodile | Complete One Mission from 03, 04 and 05 |
Wild Harrier | Complete One Mission from 03, 04 and 05 |
Gray Wallaby | Complete Mission 06 |
Blue Chamelon | Complete Mission 06 |
Midnight Mastiff | Complete Mission 06 |
Eye | Complete Mission 06 |
Finger | Complete Mission 06 |
Frigid Mongoose | Complete two missions from 07, 08, 09 and 10 |
Hunting Stallion | Complete two missions from 07, 08, 09 and 10 |
Assassin Harrier | Complete two missions from 07, 08, 09 and 10 |
Mad Wallaby | Complete two missions from 07, 08, 09 and 10 |
Wild Stallion | Complete two missions from 07, 08, 09 and 10 |
Night Tree Frog | Complete mission 12 |
Pirate Capybara | Complete mission 12 |
Roaring Capybara | Complete mission 12 |
Bitter Centipede | Complete mission 12 |
Crying Sturgeon | Complete mission 12 |
Wondering how to transfer your save data?
How to Transfer Save Data?
- Download the latest update for Ground Zeroes on your choice of platform.
- Go to the main menu screen. Select “Upload Save Data” from the menu.
- Download the latest update of The Phantom Pain on your platform.
- Go to main menu screen of The Phantom Pain. Select “Download Save Data” from the menu.
This apparently will allow you to transfer across platforms within the same platform family – so you’ll be able to move your PS3 Ground Zeroes save to your brand new PlayStation 4 that you bought specifically to play The Phantom Pain on.
Last Updated: August 31, 2015
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 31, 2015 at 12:43
But what about Delinquent Meerkat & Ravishing Warthog?
RinceThis
August 31, 2015 at 13:00
On the Kirstenbosch lunch menu.
Hammersteyn
August 31, 2015 at 14:14
HAHAHAHAHA
Admiral Chief Returns
August 31, 2015 at 13:07
Or Alien Emperor?
Jonah Cash
August 31, 2015 at 13:17
Replayed Ground Zeroes and really tried to do it as stealthily as possible… Only got a C, 1 alert till I entered the base then things just went pear shaped and I killed almost all of the guards in there with my guns… Ended with 5 alerts… I haven’t done any missions in there though, just the main story part. And I remember why I got so excited after playing it the first time.
Hammersteyn
August 31, 2015 at 14:14
Still need to play Ground Zeros. And MGSV is out tomorrow O_o
Captain JJ Fantasticus
August 31, 2015 at 14:19
Get to it!
Hammersteyn
August 31, 2015 at 14:51
Says the guy that has to start every other single game we’ve already finished. Including Witcher 3 😛
Captain JJ Fantasticus
August 31, 2015 at 14:57
I’m 94 hours into Witcher 3 brudda!
And my damn ROM wouldn’t open this weekend when I wanted to install ME1! I have excuses!! XD
Hammersteyn
August 31, 2015 at 15:22
lol!
William
August 31, 2015 at 14:45
“Complete Mission 12” – anybody know what missions they’re referring to?
Chunky_2336
August 31, 2015 at 21:45
I think it’s referring to missions done in Hard mode. I only count 6 missions(excluding déjà vu and body snatchers). So having mission 10 could be A previous mission but on hard.
Christopher J. Rada
September 1, 2015 at 02:15
It is referring to ttp missions. Apparently the recruits unlock over time
GreatWhiteRuffalo
September 16, 2015 at 04:24
It’s a good way to reward people for playing GZ without making the early game of Phantom Pain way too easy with all the bonuses.
Jack.Rayner
April 8, 2016 at 02:48
Glad I waiting ’til I got 100% (and even ’til I unlocked all of the bonuses) in GZ to start TPP. 😀