There are 48 Food Locations in Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta Snake Eater (2025 Remake). Getting 100% Completion on the Food Collection unlocks the trophy/achievement Gastronome and the EZ Gun special weapon.
This guide is updated for the 2025 Delta Remake of MGS3 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S & PC. The food is in the same place as previous versions of the game. However, the Delta version also requires The Pain Hornets’ Nest which wasn’t mandatory in previous versions.
All collectibles are missable in MGS3 Delta. There is no chapter select. However, you can work around this by keeping a manual save every 2-3 areas. There are 31 manual save slots and roughly 70 areas. If you missed something you can load the nearest save and collect it from there, it will count retroactively. This allows you to use manual saves like a chapter select. Progress is stored in your profile save and is shared across all your manual saves and carries over between playthroughs.
You can track your progress under Main Menu > Extras > Food Collection. The counter must reach 100% for the trophy to unlock.
It’s highly recommended to go for all collectibles on Very Easy difficulty. This gives you access to the EZ Gun with infinite ammo, which allows you to stun animals to capture them alive. You can combine this with the “no kills” playthrough.
IMPORTANT: You have to eat one of every food, not just find the food! Eating increases the % counter in the Food Collection menu and is mandatory for the Gastronome trophy/achievement.
To unlock the Infinity Face Paint, you need to finish the game with a Tsuchinoko alive in your food inventory. You can make a manual save, eat it, reload save and keep it with you until the end of the game. To get The Pain Hornets’ Nest you must keep one Hornets’ Nest in your inventory until reaching The Pain boss fight.
To get all collectible types and trophies in one playthrough, follow our chronological guide by area:
- Metal Gear Solid 3 Delta (2025 Remake) Collectible Guide
Dremuchij South
Frog B (Tree Frog) – After getting your backpack, return to the area where you started. There it’s hopping around in a patch of grass to the right of the log you crawl under. On Very Easy difficulty, you can use the Sonar item (hold 
to equip and pin mit 
) to mark animals. It can be hard to see, try crawling on the ground through the grass, and watch out for rustling in the grass.
Mushroom C (Siberian Inkcap) – In the area where you started, at the base of the trees to the left and right of the log you had to crawl under to reach the backpack.
Mushroom A (Russian Oyster Mushroom) – In the area where you started, on a tree stump on the left.
Snake H (Reticulated Python) – In the area where you got your backpack in the grass.
Snake G (Giant Anaconda) – In the area where you got your backpack near the exit.
Fruit B (Russian False Mango) – Hanging on a tree to the left of the one where you collected your backpack. A big green fruit.
Dremuchij Swampland
Indian Gavial (Food) – Crocodiles are found in the swamp area, kill one with the knife to collect its meat and eat it from food menu.
Hornet’s Nest (Food) – On the island in the middle of the swamp, hanging from a tree. Eat it.
Dremuchij North
Fruit C (Golova) – This is hanging off a tree to the right of the first patrolling guard ahead of you when you enter this area. Looks like small greenish/yellowish pear.
Bird E (Sunda Whistling-Thrush) – Directly below Fruit C in the patch of grass, can be difficult to see and shoot from a distance, you can shake down guards for grenades and use those, just make sure you have knocked out all guards in the area first and moved them away first. Looks like a black raven. Will fly away if disturbed. Respawns when re-entering the area.
Fruit A (Yabloko Moloko) – Go directly north from where you entered the area to the very end, past fruit C. You will see these red colored fruit hanging from a tree above, looks like big red apples. Where the second guards patrols.
Bird D (Magpie) – From facing the north exit, go right and down to an area with a large patch of grass by a log, throw a grenade into this patch and collect the bird. Respawns when re-entering the area.
Rassvet
Rat – Go around to the back of the main building where you meet Sokolov, there is a crawl space by some crates leading under the building, you can find rats here.
Dremuchij East
Medicinal Plant (C Med) – Along the right edge of the area you find this plant between two patches of grass against a wall. Looks like a purple flower on the ground.
Medicinal Plant (Disinfect) – Roughly in the middle of the area, between the two logs that lay sideways on the ground, is a tiny yellow flower at the base of a tree.
Flying Squirrel – In the middle of this area, look at the trees, every so often a flying squirrel will glide between and climb up the trees here. Check each tree and keep an eye out for it gliding between them.
Dremuchij North
Snake F (Green Tree Python) – After dropping down the ledge at the start of the area, just ahead of you hanging off of a tree in plain sight. Make sure to not go past as you will trigger a cutscene and lose your weapon and will have to come back to get this after you meet EVA in Rassvet.
Important: From this point if you didn’t start on very easy and therefore don’t have the EZ Gun, you won’t have any weapons until you meet EVA in Rassvet, so you can’t get some of the below collectibles. After you have a weapon, return to this area (and point in the guide) then follow on from here. This guide has been written on the assumption that you have the EZ Gun, if you do then disregard this advice.
Snake A (King Cobra) – Go directly ahead to find this snake in the first patch of grass you come across, where the two guards are coming from right after the cutscene.
After collecting everything here backtrack to Dremuchij Swamp by taking the southwest exit and from there go to Dremuchij South.
Dremuchij South
Medicinal Plant (Splint) – Just before the log you crawl under after entering the area, at the base of a tree on the left. Little purple flower.
Markhor (Food) – Right where you started this area in the Virtuous Mission, after moving under the log. Looks like a big goat. Knife it to collect its meat and eat it.
European Rabbit (Food) – In the same area as the Markhor, where the game started.
Medicinal Plant (Styptic) – In the area where the game started, climb over the log to a side area. There you find this at the base of some trees in the back right corner. Looks like a small green plant (not a flower), blends in with the other plants.
Now backtrack to Dremuchij North and then take the northern exit to proceed with the story.
Dolinovodno
IMPORTANT: Hornet’s Nest (needed for later) – As soon as you enter the area look directly ahead to see a guard stood by the bridge, above him will be a hornets’ nest, shoot it to scare the guard away and collect it, you will earn 
Beekeeper by doing this. Make sure to keep this Hornets’ Nest. It’s needed for an additional food time that can only be obtained during The Pain boss fight! You must have it in your inventory during The Pain boss. Don’t discard/eat it (we already ate one Hornets’ Nest earlier in the Swamp area).
Rassvet
Bonus: Thermal Goggles (not food) – Grab the Thermal Goggles from the locker in the room you meet EVA in, this will make animals and other collectibles much easier to see!
Chyornyj Prud
Snake D (Coral Snake) – Upon entering the area you can find this moving around the right side just before the water. This looks almost identical to Snake E. A red pattern snake.
Snake E (Milk Snake) – Upon entering the area you can find this moving around the left side just before the water. This looks almost identical to Snake D. A red pattern snake.
Frog A (Otton Frog) – Swimming around in the shallow water near the shore on the left. Looks like a gray frog.
Frog C (Poison Dart Frog) – Swimming around in the shallow water near the shore in the middle. Looks like a red frog with blue legs. (you can also find Frog B “Tree Frog” here which we already collected at start of the game, don’t confuse it with the other frogs)
Fish C (Arowana) – In the central and west side of the area, in the deeper water. Must kill it so it turns into an item pickup, eat its meat.
Bolshaya Past Base
Russian Ration (Food) + Calorie Mate (Food) – Inside the same storage hut as the second moustrap. Be sure to eat both of these from the inventory, they are needed for 100% food collection.
Chyornaya Peschera Cave Branch
Kenyan Mangrove Crab – At the start of the cave where you spawn, you will find several of these. Use Thermal goggles to spot them more easily (if you collected them from the locker in Rassvet).
Snake B (Taiwanese Cobra) – From the starting room, take the exit in front of the Animals Camo, take the next right to reach a dead-end. The snake will be there at a skeleton and a green glowing mushroom.
Mushroom E (Russian Glow Cap) – In the same spot as the snake. Looks like a neon green glowing mushroom.
Vampire Bat – Go through the large room that’s filled with water, then go up the path and crawl through a tunnel. You will reach a room with bats on the ceiling.
Where to go next: backtrack to the start of the cave, to the room before the waterfalls. Just before the corridor leading to Snake B/Mushroom E, there’s a crawlspace at the bottom of the cave wall. Crawl through there and follow the linear path to the end of the cave.
Chyornaya Peschera Cave
The Pain Hornets’ Nest – This is the food item you saved your Hornets’ Nest for, it can only be obtained here. During The Pain boss fight, equip the nest as a weapon from your backpack. With it equipped, allow The Pain to use his attack where bees swarm you and stick to your body for 5-10 seconds, after this the nest will be removed and converted into The Pain Hornet’s Nest in your food menu. Eat it. This is highly missable.
Ponizovje South
Fish B (Maroon Shark) – As soon as you enter the area it’s swimming around in front of you. Before going to the trees. Note that fish don’t show up in thermal goggles, you must look for them carefully yourself. Can shoot the water where they swim.
Fish A (Bigeye Trevally) – A smaller fish swimming around in front of you as soon as you enter the area, together with Fish B.
Ponizovje Warehouse: Exterior
Cobalt Blue Tarantula (Food) – On the wall near the big red door that The End went through (if you reloaded save and then don’t kill him). Remember to eat it.
Ponizovje Warehouse
Instant Noodles (Food) – In the warehouse go up one floor and enter the door on the left.
Graniny Gorki South
Mushroom D (Fly Agaric) – Once you drop down, go straight ahead to find a few of these at the base of a tree. Looks like brown triple mushrooms.
Graniny Gorki Exterior: Outside Walls
Bird C (Red Avadavat) – In the grass ahead right as you enter this area, it’s very small so use your Thermal Goggles to see it.
Graniny Gorki South
Tsuchinoko (Food) – Place your mousetraps around the entrance to Ponizovje Warehouse (just before entering the warehouse where you get black bars at the top and bottom of screen). Enter the warehouse and go back and forth to check if you have captured one in any of the traps. If you catch something else (snakes etc) crawl over your mousetraps to recollect them and place your traps again until you get one, it may take several tries. If you didn’t collect any mousetraps so far, you can find one inside Ponizovje Warehouse in the little storage room halfway down the stairs. You’ll need to eat it for food collection menu progress, save first, eat it, then reload your save to get it back as you must keep until you finish the game to unlock the Infinity Face Paint. You will unlock 
Believe It or Not here.
Svyatogornyj South
Mushroom F (Spatsa) – At the base of the first tree in the area. Looks like a gray mushroom.
R. Vegetable (Vine Melon) – Hanging off the vine in the middle of the area before going up the slope, left of the Ga-Ko. Looks like long green vegetable. Can use Thermal Goggles to see it.
Mushroom G (Baikal Scaly Tooth) – At the base of the trees in this area, looks like multiple mushrooms growing out of the tree.
Svyatogornyj West
Mushroom B (Ural Lumnescent Mushroom) – After entering the area take the left path, after going through the first patch of grass it’s at the base of the second tree on the left, behind a fallen log. Use your Thermal Goggles as it’s very small and hard to spot.
Sokrovenno South
Bird A (Parrot) – This will be on a tree stump right in front of you when the The End boss fight starts, make sure to collect it immediately before it flies away.
Krasnogorje Mountain Base
Snake C (Thai Cobra) – After entering the area, drop down a small ledge (this is a point of no return), proceed forward and then right into the main area, you should see the snake immediately on the ground moving around here.
Bird B (Vulture) – On the left side cliff edge throughout this area. Rarely they might not spawn here, if they don’t go to the next area and you should see some on the cliff edges there instead.
Emperor Scorpion (Food) – In the same general area as the previous two animals, they are quite small so use the Thermal Goggles.
Tikhogornyj
Tsuchinoko – Important: After The Sorrow boss and reaching the Waterfall where you get a cutscene with EVA, you will get your equipment back. Afterward go back outside the waterfall. On the immediate left you can find the Tsuchinoko you caught earlier in the game slithering around. It looks like a fat short snake, on the mossy uphill path by the water. Make sure to capture it alive again here after you get your gear back from EVA. Use the Mk22 or EZ Gun to stun it and capture it alive.
Rokovoj Bereg
Snake K (Snake Solidus) – Can be found on the ground near one of the logs, use the Thermal Goggles.
Snake I (Snake Liquid) – Can be found on the ground near one of the logs, use the Thermal Goggles.
Snake J (Snake Solid) – Can be found on the ground near one of the logs, use the Thermal Goggles.
All Food Checklist
After eating one of each food, go to Main Menu > Extras > Food Collection to unlock the trophy 
Gastronome. It must show 100% progress and you can scroll over each item to see which ones you ate. If you missed one, reload the nearest save and eat it. This will retroactively count as all food progress is shared across all saves.
Below is a checklist in the same order as the Food Collection Menu. Use CTRL+F on Computer or ‘Find on Page’ on mobile to jump to the specific food names here on the page.
Snake
- King Cobra
- Taiwanese Cobra
- Thai Cobra
- Coral Snake
- Milk Snake
- Green Tree Python
- Giant Anaconda
- Reticulated Python
- Snake Liquid
- Snake Solid
- Snake Solidus
- Tsuchinoko
Land-Based Animal
- Cobalt Blue Tarantula
- Emperor Scorpion
- Parrot
- White-Rumped Vulture
- Red Adavat
- Magpie
- Sunda Whistling-Trush
- Rat
- European Rabbit
- Flying Squirrel
- Markhor
- Vampire Bat
Water-Based Animal
- Kenyan Mangrove Grab
- Bigeye Trevally
- Maroon Shark
- Arowana
- Indian Gavial
- Otton Frog
- Tree Frog
- Poison Dart Frog
Mushroom
- Russian Oyster Mushroom
- Ural Lumnescent Murhsroom
- Siberian Inkcap
- Fly Agaric
- Russian Glowcap
- Spatsa
- Baikal Scaly Tooth
Other
- Yabloko Moloko
- Russian False Mango
- Golova
- Vine Melon
- Hornets’ Nest
- The Pain Hornets’ Nest
- Russian Ration
- Instant Noodles
- Calorie Mate
