Operation Virtuous Mission

You land alone in Soviet jungle. Your backpack got caught in a tree during the drop — climb up to retrieve it before moving on.

• Take this area slowly to get used to the camouflage and crouch/crawl controls; there's no real threat here yet.
• Head north through the swamp (Dremuchij Swampland), avoiding the local wildlife, and continue into Dremuchij North where the first Soviet patrollers show up.

Your objective is the suspension bridge at Dolinovodno, heavily watched by patrolling guards.

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• Shoot the beehives along the approach to bait guards into getting swarmed — a clean distraction that clears the way without firing a shot at anyone.

• Before crossing, check the slopes beneath the bridge for a hidden weapon cache.

  Bee Hive Distraction

  Damaging a beehive near a patrol route sends the swarm after whichever guard is closest, giving you a free window to move.

Crossing the bridge leads to the abandoned Rassvet factory. Your objective is to reach Sokolov, held somewhere inside the derelict complex — work through it in stealth to get to him.

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• Move quietly through the factory and extract Sokolov — this is the mission's primary objective.
• After the rescue, a scripted encounter introduces a young Major Ocelot. His soldiers spot you and a firefight breaks out — thin them out with CQC throws and grenades while Ocelot hangs back, until the scene moves on.

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Back at the Dolinovodno bridge to extract, Snake finds The Boss waiting — she has defected, switching sides to Volgin. What follows is a story beat, not a failure state: you fight her and you are meant to lose. She overpowers Snake in CQC, leaves him badly wounded, and throws him off the bridge into the river far below. There's nothing to prevent here — let the scene play out.