Emblem

Emblems are decals that can be created in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain for Mother Base.

Normal
To unlock normal back emblems, the player needs to complete all tasks for non-story-related missions.

Special
To unlock the special back emblems, the player must complete tasks for story-related missions only, and/or other special tasks.

Normal
To unlock the normal front emblem parts, the player must complete all non-story-related missions with an S-rank (except Mission 31, which only requires that you complete the mission), collecting a certain amount of Heroism throughout missions, and/or certain Side Ops. Six of them are also directly procurable via Mother Base.

Animals
In order to unlock the various animal emblems, the player must first rescue the respective animals beforehand, either via knocking out and fultoning them, or otherwise with a capture cage.

Codenames
In order to unlock these emblems, the player needs to unlock the respective codenames beforehand. Codenames in Phantom Pain represent your play-style for the past three missions. You will only receive one codename at the end of a mission so as such they are given based on priority. Chicken has top priority, followed by stealth codenames and then neutralization methods. For example, if you wanted the Wolf codename you would have to trigger a combat alert at least once every three missions and keep your amount of headshots below 90%, to prevent getting Fox or Eagle codenames instead. Codenames aside from Chick are only earned after finishing Mission 6.

Special
To unlock these emblem parts, the player is required to either complete all story-related missions with an S-Rank (or in the case of Chapter 2, any mission that's not a repeat), complete certain Side Ops, or watch certain cutscenes. In the case of Venom Snake, it can only be procured either by getting the collector's edition of MGSV, or otherwise purchasing it as DLC.

* Although the emblem(s) was technically present since the Event Points and the rewards earned via exchanges were installed on December 2015, it was hidden via a placeholder image during datamining that resembled a big black spark, a big red spark, a small red spark, and a small black spark, and it wasn't until the May 10 update that the emblem(s) was fully unveiled via datamining).

Word
With the exception of Normal and Codenames, all word-type emblems on here are unlocked by default.

Numerical

 * 0-9
 * 00-99

Lettering

 * A
 * B
 * C
 * D
 * E
 * F
 * G
 * H
 * I
 * J
 * K
 * L
 * M
 * N
 * O
 * P
 * Q
 * R
 * S
 * T
 * U
 * V
 * W
 * X
 * Y
 * Z

Normal
Unlocking these emblems require completing various tasks, including merely completing missions, completing dispatch missions, completing Side Ops, collecting S-Ranks, watching cutscenes, and capturing various guard posts and outposts
 * ADAM
 * AIRBORNE
 * ALIVE
 * ANTI
 * AREA
 * ARMAMENTS
 * ARMOR
 * ARMY
 * ARSENAL
 * AVIATION
 * BATTALION
 * BATTLE
 * BEAST
 * BEAUTY
 * BIG
 * BLACK
 * BLASTER
 * BLUE
 * BOLT
 * BOSS
 * BOX
 * BOY
 * BRIGADE
 * BRONZE
 * BROWN
 * CAMOUFLAGE
 * CAMP
 * CELL
 * CHEMICAL
 * CHRYSALIS
 * CIPHER
 * CLAWING
 * COBRA
 * COCOON
 * CODE
 * COLD
 * COLOR
 * COMMAND
 * COMMANDOS
 * COMPANY
 * CONCEALMENT
 * CONTRACT
 * CORPS
 * COWARD
 * COYOTE
 * CRYING
 * CYBORG
 * DEAD
 * DECOY
 * DETACHMENT
 * DIAMOND
 * DIE
 * DIVISION
 * DOG
 * DOGS
 * DREBIN
 * DUCK
 * EASTERN
 * EATER
 * ELEMENTS
 * EMERGENCY
 * END
 * ENGINEER
 * ESCAPE
 * EVA
 * EVASION
 * FACE
 * FAT
 * FEAR
 * FIRE
 * FLIGHT
 * FORCES
 * FORTUNE
 * FURY
 * GEAR
 * GECKO
 * GIRL
 * GOLD
 * GRAY
 * GREEN
 * GROUND
 * GROUP
 * GROZNYJGRAD
 * GUNNER
 * GUNS OF
 * HAVEN
 * HEAVEN
 * HELL
 * HORSE
 * HOT
 * INFANTRY
 * INTELLIGENCE
 * ISLAND
 * JOY
 * KID
 * KING
 * LAND
 * LAUGHING
 * LIBERTY
 * LIQUID
 * LITTLE
 * LOST
 * LOVE
 * MACHINEGUN
 * MAMA
 * MAN
 * MASTER
 * MEDICAL
 * METAL
 * MILITAIRES
 * MILLER
 * MOSES
 * NAKED
 * NEW
 * NIGHT
 * NINJA
 * NORTHERN
 * NUCLEAR
 * OCELOT
 * OLD
 * OMEGA
 * OPERATIONS
 * ORANGE
 * OTAKU
 * OUTER
 * PAIN
 * PARADISE
 * PATRIOTS
 * PATROL
 * PEACE
 * PHANTOM
 * PHILANTHROPY
 * PINK
 * PLATINUM
 * PLATOON
 * POLICE
 * PRAYING
 * PREDATOR
 * PSYCHO
 * PUNISHED
 * PUPA
 * PURPLE
 * QUEEN
 * QUIET
 * RADIO
 * RAGING
 * RAIDEN
 * RANGER
 * RAT
 * RAY
 * RECON
 * RED
 * REGIMENT
 * RESCUE
 * RESISTANCE
 * REVOLVER
 * REX
 * RIOT
 * RISK
 * ROGUE
 * ROSE
 * RUNNING
 * SCOUT
 * SCREAMING
 * SECURITY
 * SENTINEL
 * SERVICE
 * SHADOW
 * SHAGOHOD
 * SHALASHASKA
 * SHELL
 * SHOOT
 * SIGHT
 * SIGNAL
 * SILVER
 * SKULL
 * SKULLS
 * SMALL
 * SNAKE
 * SNATCHER
 * SNIPER
 * SOLIDUS
 * SONS OF
 * SORROW
 * SOUTHERN
 * SPECIAL
 * SQUAD
 * STRANGE
 * SURVIVAL
 * SWORD
 * TACTICAL
 * TALKER
 * TASK
 * TEAM
 * TECHNICAL
 * TENGU
 * THE
 * THUNDER
 * TROOPER
 * ULTRA
 * UNIT
 * VAMP
 * VENOM
 * VULCAN
 * WALKER
 * WARFARE
 * WEREWOLF
 * WESTERN
 * WHITE
 * WOMAN
 * XOF
 * YELLOW
 * ZANZIBAR
 * ZEKE
 * ZERO
 * ZEROES
 * .INC
 * 893

Phonetic Codes

 * ALFA
 * BRAVO
 * CHARLIE
 * DELTA
 * ECHO
 * FOXTROT
 * GOLF
 * HOTEL
 * INDIA
 * JULIETT
 * KILO
 * LIMA
 * MIKE
 * NOVEMBER
 * OSCAR
 * PAPA
 * QUEBEC
 * ROMEO
 * SIERRA
 * TANGO
 * UNIFORM
 * VICTOR
 * WHISKEY
 * X-RAY
 * YANKEE
 * ZULU

Codenames
To unlock the words for the codenames, the player is required to unlock the corresponding codename beforehand (exempting Chick, which is unlocked by default due to it taking three missions before accessing the ACC for the first time and earning the codename only requires completing missions before Mission 6).
 * CHICK
 * CHICKEN
 * FOXHOUND
 * FOX
 * EAGLE
 * PUMA
 * BEAR
 * OCTOPUS
 * MANTIS
 * BEE
 * SCORPION
 * PIRANHA
 * DOBERMAN
 * RAVEN
 * WOLF
 * SHARK
 * ORCA
 * SPIDER
 * BUTTERFLY
 * HOUND
 * HOG
 * OSTRICH
 * TORTOISE
 * HAWK
 * WHALE
 * BAT

Unused
Emblems that are present within The Phantom Pain's game files but are not used by it. Some of these may be used by Metal Gear Online 3.