METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN

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Medicinal Plants Maps
By chocolatekake
Individual maps of each Outpost, Guard Post and surrounding areas with all plant locations marked.
   
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About This Guide
General Plants Info
There are 8 different medicinal plants to be found throughout the world. Besides allowing development and deployment of weapons, having a large stock of plants in reserve will also increase your PF score. With a good enough Intel team, they can notify you of any nearby plants and they will be temporarily marked on your map. Selecting DD as your buddy will also allow him to help you discover plants. Leaving the area will remove the icon from your map, but picking the plant will save it permanently on your map. The plants regrow after you complete a few missions, so you can farm plants while attempting other goals.

Unfortunately the detection systems aren't all that great and even at plant surveying rank S (Intel level 99+) the updates don't appear until you're within 35m of any given plant. And DD will infrequently discover plants 120m away, but sometimes they're behind you as you're running away from them. Also, you'll even be notified by your Intel team or DD finding plants you've already located and marked on your map, but fortunately they will not notify you of the same plant twice with DD and the Intel team. So I thought these maps would be useful to anyone looking to have a map with all markers or anyone looking to farm specific plants.



Reading the Maps


The maps use the topographical image, facing North, since it's the default view.
If multiple plants of the same kind are in one spot, they are marked with "x2" or however many plants are there, directly to the right of that plant icon. For multiple different plants in one spot, they're marked with a generic plant icon and a letter, with an additional key denoting the species and number of all plants at that location.



What Do They Actually Look Like?
This is what all the plants look like in the field. Because the icons don't always appear in a timely enough manner to use markers, if you're having trouble spotting plants in the midst of all the other greenery, you can use your NVG to make them stand out a bit more.

Golden Crescent


Tarragon


Haoma


Black Carrot


Wormwood


African Peach


Digitalis (Purpurea)


Digitalis (Lutea)
Plant Search / Totals and Best Locations
Plant Search
Each map will be accompanied by an index of what plants are available and in what quantities in that area to confirm parity with the maps, and if you're looking for something specific you can CTRL+F search.

Generally, it's easier to farm in the Angola-Zaire region as there are a good deal more plants overall and it's easier to navigate as it's mostly open instead of having to walk around all the mountains and cliffs in Afghanistan.

Plant
Search Term
Qty. in Afghanistan
Qty. in Angola-Zaire
Golden Crescent
GC
164
N/A
Tarragon
TG
94
N/A
Haoma
HM
11
N/A
Black Carrot
BC
125
177 (+ 1)*
Wormwood
WW
153
176 (+ 1)*
African Peach
AFP
N/A
89
Digitalis (Purpurea)
DGP
N/A
116 (+ 1)*
Digitalis (Lutea)
DGL
N/A
12

*There are 3 plants located out of bounds at Munoko ya Nioka Station, more details are included with the map.



Best Locations for...(Afghanistan)
Golden Crescent
Yakho Oboo Supply Outpost / Qarya Sakhra Ee / Da Shago Kallai
Tarragon
Serak Power Plant / Da Wialo Kallai / Guard Post 04
Haoma
Guard Post 04 / Guard Post 19 / Guard Post 25
Black Carrot
Da Ghwandai Khar / Da Wialo Kallai / Eastern Communications Post
Wormwood
Qarya Sakhra Ee / Eastern Communications Post / Da Shago Kallai



Best Locations for...(Angola-Zaire)
Black Carrot
Bwala ya Masa / Guard Post 13 / Guard Post 14
Wormwood
Bwala ya Masa / Nova Braga Airport / Guard Post 06
African Peach
Kungenga Mine / Ditadi Abandoned Village / Nova Braga Airport
Digitalis (Purpurea)
Bwala ya Masa / Ditadi Abandoned Village / Nova Braga Airport
Digitalis (Lutea)
Ditadi Abandoned Village / Guard Post 13 / Guard Post 23
Afghanistan Outposts
OKB Zero


GC x3
TG x2
BC x1
WW x4



Afghanistan Central Base Camp


GC x3
TG x5
BC x8
WW x7



Serak Power Plant


GC x5
TG x10
HM x1
BC x6
WW x2



Aabe Shifap Ruins


GC x4
TG x3
WW x2



Yakho Oboo Supply Outpost


GC x9
TG x4
HM x1
BC x8
WW x6



Qarya Sakhra Ee


GC x8
TG x1
BC x5
WW x9



Wakh Sind Barracks


GC x3
TG x2
BC x4
WW x8



Da Smasei Laman


GC x2
TG x1
BC x1



Da Ghwandai Khar


GC x5
TG x4
BC x10
WW x4



Lamar Khaate Palace


GC x8
TG x1
HM x1



Mountain Relay Base


GC x5
BC x7
WW x8



Da Wialo Kallai


GC x8
TG x6
HM x1
BC x9
WW x8



Eastern Communications Post


GC x6
TG x2
BC x8
WW x9



Da Shago Kallai


GC x8
TG x4
HM x1
BC x4
WW x15



Spugmay Keep


GC x2
TG x3
BC x4
WW x8
Afghanistan Guard Posts 01-05
Guard Post 01


GC x8
TG x3
BC x2



Guard Post 02


GC x1
BC x1
WW x2



Guard Post 03


TG x2
BC x2
WW x1



Guard Post 04


GC x8
TG x13
HM x1
WW x3



Guard Post 05


GC x1
WW x5
Afghanistan Guard Posts 06-10
Guard Post 06


GC x1
TG x5
HM x1
BC x4
WW x2



Guard Post 07


GC x1
TG x2
WW x3



Guard Post 08


GC x3
TG x1
BC x4
WW x1



Guard Post 09


GC x5
TG x2
WW x2



Guard Post 10


GC x1
BC x2
WW x1
Afghanistan Guard Posts 11-15
Guard Post 11


GC x2
TG x4
BC x1
WW x4



Guard Post 12


GC x5
HM x1
BC x2
WW x5



Guard Post 13


GC x7
BC x1
WW x2



Guard Post 14


GC x3
TG x4
WW x3



Guard Post 15


GC x6
TG x2
BC x3
WW x3
Afghanistan Guard Posts 16-20
Guard Post 16


GC x1
TG x3
BC x1
WW x3



Guard Post 17


GC x3
TG x1
BC x7
WW x4



Guard Post 18


GC x2
TG x1
BC x3
WW x2



Guard Post 19


GC x5
HM x1
BC x4
WW x4



Guard Post 20


GC x4
BC x2
WW x2
Afghanistan Guard Posts 21-25
Guard Post 21


GC x3
TG x1
BC x5
WW x2



Guard Post 22


GC x2
WW x2



Guard Post 23


GC x6
TG x2
BC x3
WW x2



Guard Post 24


GC x1
BC x2
WW x3



Guard Post 25


GC x6
HM x2
BC x1
WW x2
Angola-Zaire Outposts
Mfinda Oilfield


BC x3
WW x3
AFP x3
DGP x3



Bampeve Plantation


BC x8
WW x3
AFP x2
DGP x4



Kungenga Mine


BC x5
WW x4
AFP x6
DGP x4



Kiziba Camp


BC x7
WW x10
AFP x3
DGP x6



Bwala ya Masa


BC x14
WW x19
AFP x4
DGP x8



Lufwa Valley


BC x7
WW x11
AFP x6
DGP x4
DGL x1



Ditadi Abandoned Village


BC x8
WW x5
AFP x7
DGP x10
DGL x1



Nova Braga Airport


BC x10
WW x14
AFP x6
DGP x18



Munoko ya Nioka Station


BC x9
WW x10
AFP x5
DGP x5

Out of Bounds
BC x1
WW x1
DGP x1


The plants outlined in red are located out of bounds and are impossible to get to without exploits. I looked around online and found out how to get them, so I recorded a demonstration of how to acquire these plants if you would like to complete your map.
https://youtu.be/EaWXx7RsaJs
Angola-Zaire Guard Posts 01-05
Guard Post 01


BC x6
WW x9
AFP x3
DGP x6



Guard Post 02


BC x1
WW x2
AFP x1
DGL x1



Guard Post 03


BC x2
AFP x1
DGP x5



Guard Post 04


BC x5
WW x6
AFP x5
DGP x2



Guard Post 05


BC x4
WW x4
AFP x1
DGP x5
Angola-Zaire Guard Posts 06-10
Guard Post 06


BC x4
WW x15
AFP x2
DGP x2



Guard Post 07


BC x4
WW x3
DGP x1



Guard Post 08


BC x3
WW x3
AFP x1
DGP x4



Guard Post 09


BC x5
WW x3



Guard Post 10


BC x2
WW x7
DGL x1
Angola-Zaire Guard Posts 11-15
Guard Post 11


BC x9
WW x3
AFP x1
DGP x1



Guard Post 12


BC x3
WW x3
AFP x3
DGP x6



Guard Post 13


BC x15
WW x6
AFP x4
DGP x7
DGL x3



Guard Post 14


BC x12
WW x4
AFP x2
DGP x1



Guard Post 15


BC x2
WW x7
AFP x3
DGP x1
Angola-Zaire Guard Posts 16-20
Guard Post 16


BC x2
WW x1
AFP x1
DGP x3
DGL x1



Guard Post 17


BC x8
WW x6
AFP x3
DGP x2
DGL x1



Guard Post 18


BC x4
WW x1
AFP x3
DGP x1



Guard Post 19


BC x5
WW x5
AFP x4



Guard Post 20


BC x5
WW x4
DGP x1
DGL x1
Angola-Zaire Guard Posts 21-23
Guard Post 21


BC x1
WW x3
AFP x3
DGP x4



Guard Post 22


BC x1
WW x1
AFP x1
DGP x1



Guard Post 23


BC x3
WW x1
AFP x5
DGP x1
DGL x2
Closing and Thanks
I scoured each area 4-5 times to try and ensure I got all plants to show up. But due to the nature of the less than great surveying mechanics, even after walking around inside and outside one outpost for 10 minutes, I would sometimes still find new plants the next day when I revisited. So, if I missed any plants, please let me know and I'll do my best to get it updated quickly.

Hopefully this guide will be of some use for somebody!

Thanks to Atvaark on GitHub for GzsTool and FtexTool which allowed me to make these maps in the first place.
Thanks also to DrEdArgon and AK Honeybee 907 on YouTube for tips about Munoko ya Nioka Station.
Thanks to RIKO/S/ in the comments on this guide for letting me know about the Haoma near Lamar Khaate Palace, and a Terragon plant at Afghanistan Guard Post 16 I missed while making the maps.
3 Comments
chocolatekake  [author] 4 Aug @ 7:01am 
@RIKO/S/ Hey, thanks for the heads up on those two, I've updated those two locations.

I already had the terragon at GP16 on my map in-game, but didn't put it on the map here for some reason. And I had no idea about the haoma at LKP, it's nice to have another spot to farm.
RIKO/S/ 29 Jul @ 5:51am 
Lamar Khaate Palace:Haoma west of 4 GC
RIKO/S/ 28 Jul @ 4:10pm 
Guard Post 16:Terragon east turn