Buddy

The Buddy system is a system of allies for Venom Snake available in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Venom Snake can recruit four possible buddies throughout the story, and can have one Buddy accompany him when deploying on a mission. These buddies each have their own equipment, and each have skills that can be developed as Venom Snake grows his bond level with them.

Bond level
Venom Snake can grow a bond level with each of the Buddies, aside from D-Walker, to learn new skills. Each Buddy has individual ways their bond level can grow, though Snake can grow his bond with all of them using the following methods: