Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker/Pursue Amanda

The Sandinistas have escaped from the boathouse where the CIA mercs and the unmanned weapon had them cornered, but they and their leader Amanda have ran toward one of the enemy's outposts. Follow her and her men there to obtain the intel needed to stop the nukes from reaching their destination.


 * Locate and rendezvous with Amanda, the Sandinista leader.

Mission Prep
This is the first mission to have Prisoners of War that you can rescue, and it is always worth it to rescue Prisoners, as they tend to have high skills and doing so adds to your Heroism score. To that end, bring the ★1 Fulton Recovery System. You won't need to neutralize any enemy soldiers, and no S-Rank strategies require ★1 Empty Magazines so you can put them away to boost your Camo Index.

Río del Jade
The mission starts with a shot of the assault team on their way to clear the boathouse. You start crouched behind this stack of boxes. These soldiers appear to behave like a clearing team, but all their behavior is scripted and can be disrupted like any other patrol route. They will fan out into two teams, Soldier A and Soldier B take positions to the north and will set in place first. Soldier C and Soldier D will keep moving before splitting up themselves. C will set just south of the central building and D will make a slow approach between the last two points on his route before setting behind the stack of boxes where you start. As soon as D sets, A will sweep south through the cabin in a straight line.

This could be a dangerous situation, so you need to be quick to escape it. It would be easy to go south, but you actually want to go north, where the soldiers are coming from.

Move to point 1 before the soldiers reach the end of their routes below.



Move northwest, keeping the central building between you and the enemy. Get to the point in front of the lumber stack and watch Soldiers C and D move past you. Once they've passed, get on the trail and move north to the next area.
 * 1. Escape the Assault Team

You can ignore Soldiers A and B entirely.

El Cenegal: Swamp, South
You may safely follow the path west to the next map. There is nothing here of interest. You can ignore Soldier E on the water's edge, you can ignore the soldier on the other side of the river, you can ignore the Rations, you can ignore the dinosaur footprints...

Just follow the road west to the next area.

El Cenegal: Ravine
The north path to the ravine is now open. There is a soldier in the clearing and a soldier on the bridge up north. Soldier F will walk north along a tunnel that exits at the south end of the bridge across the ravine. There's no waiting for him to get out of your way and there aren't any nooks to hide in. You'll have to stalk behind him as he walks north.





Soldier F will be moving as soon as you reach point 1. Follow him by gently tilting the Analog Stick. You'll notice that if you stalk while upright, you can close the gap between you and walking soldiers. If you crouch-stalk, you'll have an easier time keeping up with him, but at a distance.
 * 1. Stalk Behind Soldier F Through the Tunnel:

Follow Soldier F to point 2 while keeping some space between you and him.

After following Soldier F through the tunnel, get to the left side of the outlet, preferably at some foliage. Try and keep Soldier G visible in your camera, but stay out of his range of sight. At this point, hold to lie down and maximize your Camo Index. If you're quick, you can see the Kidnapper drone up above the bridge before it moves away. Wait for both soldiers to turn around, then release and run to point 3.
 * 2. Wait for Them to Turn Around.

Follow Kaz's advice. Face one of the rails while standing and press the to vault over the rail and hang off the side of the bridge. Do not press at this time, or you'll fall to your death. Move north past the Soldiers. They cannot see you while you are hanging. Move to the end of the bridge and wait for the nearest soldier to turn around and press to get back over the rail onto the bridge. You don't make sound while you do this.
 * 3. Hang off the Bridge and Move North.:

Proceed north.

El Cenegal: Swamp, North
You are now on the north bank of the river. Your destination is the northeast exit but there are two soldiers patrolling the narrow path, one of whom, Soldier I, is facing your direction. Soldier J is hidden by a tree and could easily surprise you.



Hugging the north wall, run to this tree and press yourself against it with the Action Button. Press the Aim Button and zoom in on Soldier I as he descends the hill and stay on him until he's hidden by the tree. In the time it takes for you to get off the wall, Soldier I will be far enough away for you to start running to point 2.
 * 1. Wait for Soldier I

Run to this tree, trying to keep it between you and Soldier J. Once you get to the tree, use the Shift Camera to put Soldier J in view. He should patrol along the southeast side of the tree; stalk around the northwest side of the tree on the other side. Count one-one-thousand before you start running to the next area.
 * 2. Wait for Soldier J

Bananal Fruta de Oro: Sorting Shed
This is the last area in this mission. There are five enemy Soldiers. To the west is the sorting shed with tight corridors while the east is a large open area with little cover in the middle. A chainlink fence divides the large open southern area and the exit to the north. There are two Prisoners of War, a third Confidential Document, and the Tiger Stripe camouflage to be found here, which will make your path long.



Stay low and move to point 1.

You can simply run to him. Stay low and keep terrain between you and the enemy. Have the Fulton Recovery equipped. If you didn't bring the Fulton, you may divert to the Fulton System pickup nearby. The POW is often a E or D ranked soldier with a random aptitude. Hopefully he's got skill in the Mess Hall. Low ranked though he may be, rescuing POWs yields a not-insignificant amount of Heroism. Pick up the Confidential Document in the same room and quickly move on.
 * 1. Rescue the First Prisoner

Immediately move out and turn north. Soldier L should be at the north endpoint of his patrol. Turn east around the red Barrel. Ahead of you should be a stack of boxes and well beyond that should be Soldier M making his way south in the distance. At the stack of boxes agead, turn northeast and move to the shack at the north next to the chain link fence, where you'll find the second prisoner of war. As you're extracting him, angle the camera west. Move to point 3, with Soldier N's back turned to you, hopefully.
 * 2. Rescue the Second Prisoner

Press yourself against these containers and watch Soldier N's line of sight. Once he turns his head away from you, move around the south side of the container and along the south side of the tub ahead to Point 4.
 * 3. Observe Soldier N.

Soldier N's patrol is quick. Once he turns his back to you, move around the tub and enter the northern part of the map. Be sure to hug the north wall so that Soldier N doesn't hear the sounds of your footsteps as you move to point 5.
 * 4. Observe and Slip Past Soldier N.



Hide behind these boxes and watch Soldier O move from the chainlink fence to the other side of the nearby container. Once he's out of sight, move to the next point.
 * 5. Wait for Soldier O



Press yourself to the southeast corner of the container by holding. Angle the camera to the east so that the edge of the container forms a plane. Once Soldier O crosses the plane, get off the wall and move around the container into the shed and secure the Tiger Stripe camo. Soldier O will be far enough away that you can move at full speed, but you should remain crouched.
 * 6. Wait for Soldier O Again; Secure the Tiger Stripe Camo

The new camouflage cannot be equipped at this time.

Once you grab the Tiger Stripe camo, don't stop moving. Immediately get out of the shed and go to the goal before Soldier O turns around.

Completion
Miller will establish the Mess Hall Team in Mother Base. You should move any Supply Soldiers such as Coypu and Moon Wrasse from the Combat Unit along with any others you might have extracted into the Mess Hall Team and raise your FOOD% higher than 100%.