How to escape the skulls (mist unit)
I'm spending my first days with the Metal Gear Solid V : Phantom Pain and, although I escaped alive from them, I'm still wondering if there is a smart way to escape from the mist unit (skulls) in the first encounters with them.
I have just run away and eventually it worked out.
Best Answer
The Skulls can be avoided in their first appearance (Resucing Miller / Phantom Limbs) with a little bit of patience.
First, use your IntScan to mark all 4 Skulls -- two at the top of the bridge, and 2 along the slope to the left of it.
Now, you wait. The skulls will slowly shamble forwards, with the left skulls going down the slope, and the right skulls approaching and then beginning to go down the slope on the far side of the bridge. Your approach should be straight across. Once the right-pair has started down the slope, make your move. You have a rather narrow window where the Right skulls are far enough down the slope to break line of sight before they come back up the hill and camp the edge of the bridge.
Once you're a good 100m on the far side of the skulls, feel free to whistle up D-Horse, fling Miller over his back, and casually ride the rest of the way to the extraction site.
Edit:
Alternatively, change the helicopter's landing zone. If you take out the radar dish, you can have your chopper land right outside the prison. (Just make sure the guards are unavailable/incapacitated!)
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How do you beat the Skulls in Mission 1 MGSV?
If you dismount D-Horse and leave Miller behind to fight the Skulls, they do a few melee attacks and then teleport straight to Miller's location and shoot him dead. But if you insist on still fighting them, remain on horseback and shoot the Skulls with a grenade launcher or Brennan Sniper Rifle.How do you beat the Skulls in Code Talker?
Extract Code TalkerOnce all four Skulls are down, the mist will lift and the targets will leave the area. Return to your chopper, extracting any unconscious soldiers on the way. Next, hoist Code Talker onto your shoulders and carry him to the nearby Landing Zone to complete the mission.Easy way to take down all Mist Skulls - Metal Gear Solid V
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Answer 2
First encounter (Extraction):
I marked the Skulls, headed down the hill towards the valley/bridge, went under the bridge (left to right), and then waited until the two Skulls on the bridge had crossed half way.
After that, I happily galloped off to the LZ.
Second Encounter (Honey):
After the cutscene, circled the compound counter-clockwise at the edge until I came to the area you can climb up. Climbed up, the end of the mist was extremely close. Didn't encounter any Skulls closer than 20m.
Answer 3
Skulls react to noise just like any other enemy. I went up top so that I was on the opposite end of the bridge from them and starting creeping forward. I then threw some empty magazines to their left (my right... since that was the side of the bridge they favored) so that they'd turn away. They seem to have terrible sight lines and I crouch-walked right past them. No waiting required.
Answer 4
With the Skulls’ first encounter, my luck (Welp technically it was my fault) had it so that the two on the bridge split up, one went down the right slope whilst the other went on the bridge. Luckily for me, I had been waiting on the far side of the bridge (and they have terrible sight lines) so once the two who go down the left slope had gone under the bridge, I managed to sprint past all of them without being noticed. Took me a few tries though gotta admit.
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