Metal Gear Solid 3 Walkthrough/Kerotan Frogs

This is a listing of the locations of kerotan frogs in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Hitting all 64 kerotans on one save file unlocks the Stealth Camouflage.

General tips
Kerotans must be hit with a bullet, tranq dart, explosive, or punch/kick to be triggered. Stun grenades and white phosphorous grenades won't do the trick. Most kerotans can be hit with weapons like the M1911A1 and the Mk22, but a few kerotans can only be reliably hit with the SVD, RPG-7, or an automatic weapon.

Any kerotans that you've hit thus far will be remembered on your save file. If you hit 63 of the 64 kerotans on a completed save file, if you load up that save for a new game, you'll only need to hit the one remaining kerotan to get the Stealth Camo.

The Thermal Goggles and the GA-KO camouflage uniform can help you find the kerotans. When you exit the menu screen after donning the GA-KO camo, you will hear the kerotan's "cry", which makes a "waka" noise. A kerotan that has been hit makes a "waka-waka" noise; if the kerotan is far away, you might need to use the Directional Microphone to conform that it was hit.

Virtuous Mission

 * Dremuchij South: From the ledge overlooking the tree where your backpack was hanging, look south with FPV to see it sitting on the edge of the . You can also use FPV from spot it by looking up and to the east from southwest of the tree, although it's a harder target to hit from here.
 * Dremuchij Swampland: On the "wall" to the southeast of the fruit tree past the swamp.
 * Dremuchij North: On top of a hollowed-out tree stump in the easternmost part of the large clearing to the northeast.
 * Dolinovodno: On top of the western post of the southern side of the bridge. Use FPV from your starting position to spot it.
 * Rassvet: In the inaccessible area to the northwest. You can see it with FPV by looking through the crack in the wall next to the stairs, or by looking west/northwest through the fence next to the nearby barrels.

Although you will be returning to these areas for Operation Snake Eater, the Virtuous Mission kerotans will be replaced by new kerotans for Operation Snake Eater. If you missed any kerotans in the Virtuous Mission, you'll want to double back for them before meeting with Sokolov.

Operation Snake Eater

 * Dremuchij East: Under the logs on the western side of the northern clearing. Use FPV to look down at it from the north. Note: You will not be able to return here after you drop down into Dremuchij North. Shortly after that, you'll lose your M1911A1 until you meet up with EVA in Rassvet. If you don't have the Patriot, the Single Action Army, or the EZ Gun, you'll either have to double back to get the other Dremuchij and Dolinovodno kerotans after the Ocelot Unit fight, or you'll have to collect grenades and learn how to throw them very accurately in order to hit the kerotans. I recommend waiting, unless you're really confident in your ability to land grenades on small ledges.
 * Dremuchij North: On a ledge near the middle of the northern half of the map. Climb the one climbable tree and look to the west. Alternately, stand on the northern edge of the patch of grass with birds in it under the golova tree, and look up to the northeast.
 * Dremuchij Swampland: On the northwestern bank of the swamp, behind the cluster of trees on the northern part of the bank. It looks like it's close enough that you could kick it, but it's not.
 * Dremuchij South: In the area to the southwest that's blocked off by a fallen log, on a ledge on the northwestern "wall".
 * Dolinovodno: In the original NTSC release (Japan and North America), it's where it was in the Virtuous Mission, but on the north of the bridge instead of the south. In later releases (the PAL/European release and in Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence), it's on the "wall" to the east of the northern side of the rope bridge.
 * Rassvet: Under the stairs. Use FPV to look under the stairs from the east.
 * Chyornyj Prud: Underwater next to a tree between the northeastern exit from the area and the ledge holding the Crocodile Cap. Either throw a grenade at the base of the tree from the shore, or just shoot it while diving underwater. Note: The GA-KO camo is in this area, in the water to the southeast of the northeastern exit. Watch out for the nearby gavial.
 * Bolshaya Past South: At the base of several trees immediately next to the eastern portion of the northernmost electric fence.
 * Bolshaya Past Base: Under the table in the bedroom in the main building. Note: Before leaving this area, make sure that you have all kerotans and other items up to this point; you won't be coming back.
 * Bolshaya Past Crevice: On a ledge to the southeast. You might want to use FPV to look for it while Ocelot is reloading. You'll only be able to hit this kerotan during the fight with Ocelot.
 * Chyornaya Peschera Branch: In the hidden room with the Night Vision Goggles. To get here, go northeast from your starting location into the next part of the cave, go northwest to enter the flooded cave with the waterfall, enter the branch that leads northwest, avoid falling off of the (admittedly short) cliff here, crawl through the small cave to the northeast, crawl through another crawlspace directly in front of you leading to the southeast, then follow the passage into the cave with the kerotan and the NVG. Watch out for the pit between you and your quarry. If you can't see the frog, it's on the wall on the far side of the pit (that is, the south side); you might need to pick up and equip the NVG, light the Torch, or throw down one or more Russian glowcap mushrooms in order to see where it is. Once you have the NVG and the kerotan, it's much quicker to drop down the pit than to go back through the crawlspaces.
 * Chyornaya Peschera Cave: In the hole in the cave ceiling over where [The Pain]] appears. You can see it from where you start the fight, or from The Pain's platform once he's beaten; hitting it from the shore before the fight is possible, but difficult, and you'll need to use the Directional Mic to make sure that you did actually hit it. Note: Once you slide down the incline at the start of the next area, you won't be able to come back to either of the first two Chyornaya Peschera areas.
 * Chyornaya Peschera Entrance