Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater might be primarily a stealth game, but there are also some survival mechanics at play here, too. Healing yourself is going to take quite a bit more than simply pressing a button and forgetting about it, and the same goes for your stamina, too.

To maintain your stamina, you're going to need to have a constant supply of food. (Unless you're playing on the easiest difficulty.) You'll be responsible for obtaining your own food, and different kinds of food are going to restore different amounts of stamina, as well as elicit different reactions out of Snake.

How To Collect Food

There are a couple of different varieties of food in Snake Eater: there's the food you simply find lying around, which is usually packaged and processed food like Ramen and Rations. Then, there's the fresh food that you'll need to catch yourself, which is either going to be animals or plants.

To catch animals or grab plants, you'll need to hit them in some way. This would usually be done by shooting it. If you shoot an animal with a lethal weapon you'll obtain its meat. If you shoot an animal with a non-lethal weapon, it'll allow you to trap it in a cage.

You have three cages on you at one time. You can throw animals in cages at enemies, or you can eat them. If you have dead animal meat on you, it will eventually spoil, and eating it will make Snake sick.

Where To Collect Each Type Of Food

There are five food categories in MGS Delta: Snake Eater, with 48 different types of food across them. These foods range from very common to extremely rare.

Where To Find Every Snake

There are 12 different snakes in Snake Eater.

Name

Where To Find

King Cobra

Found commonly throughout the game.

Taiwanese Cobra

Found in the Chyornaya cave.

Thai Cobra

Found in mountainous areas.

Coral Snake

Found in grassy areas.

Milk Snake

Found in grassy areas.

Green Tree Python

Found hanging in trees in Dremuchij North.

Giant Anaconda

Found in forest areas.

Reticulated Python

Found in forest areas.

Snake Liquid/Solid/Solidus

All three of these are found near the logs during the fight with The Boss.

Tsuchinoko

This is a rare catch found in multiple places, including Bolshaya Past South, Chyornyj Prud, and Graniny Gorki South, as well as others. This must be caught with a mousetrap, and you can only catch one per playthrough.

Where To Find Every Land-Based Animal

There are 12 Land-Based Animals in the game.

Name

Where To Find

Cobalt Blue Tarantula

Found inside buildings.

Emperor Scorpion

Found in mountainous areas.

Parrot

Found while fighting The End.

White-Rumped Vulture

Found in mountainous areas.

Red Avadavat

Found on trees outside the Graniny Gorki Lab.

Magpie

Found in forest areas.

Sunda Whistling Thrush

Found in forest areas.

Rat

Found in areas near buildings, or in small sheds.

European Rabbit

Found in larger forested areas, like Graniny Gorki South.

Flying Squirrel

Found in trees in Dremuchij East.

Markhor

Found while fighting The End.

Vampire Bat

Found inside caves.

Where To Find Every Water-Based Animal

There are eight Water-Based Animals to find.

Name

Where To Find

Kenyan Mangrove Crab

Found in caves.

Bigeye Trevally

Found in Ponizovje South.

Maroon Shark

Found in Ponizovje South.

Arowana

Found in Chyornyj Prud.

Indian Gavial

Found in swampy areas.

Otton Frog

Found in Chyornyj Prud.

Tree Frog

Found in Chyornyj Prud.

Poison Dart Frog

Found in Chyornyj Prud.

Where To Find Every Mushroom

There are seven different mushrooms for you to gather.

Name

Where To Find

Russian Oyster Mushroom

Found in forest areas.

Ural Luminescent

Found in forest areas.

Siberian Inkcap

Found in forest areas.

Fly Agaric

Found in forest areas.

Russian Glowcap

Found in caves.

Spatsa

Found in forest areas.

Baikal Scaly Tooth

Found in forest areas.

Where To Find All Other Food Items

There are nine Other Food items to find.

Name

Where To Find

Yabloko Moloko

Found in Dremuchij North.

Russian False Mango

Found in Dremuchij North.

Golova

Found in Dremuchij North.

Vine Melon

Found in Svyatogornyj South.

Hornets' Nest

Found in forest areas.

The Pain Hornets' Nest

Found while fighting The Pain. Allow The Pain to cover you with hornets while you're actively holding a Hornets' Nest.

Russian Ration

Found in buildings.

Instant Noodles

Found in buildings.

Calorie Mate

Found in buildings.