Motherbase Recruitment Drive (IH Side-Ops)
⚪ Last updated 2020Preview

🔍 Analysis
- 👍 4.6% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #52 of 277 Gameplay mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Recruit the finest men and women with a wide range of skills for only the Units you need. Comes with both Male and Female missions into two Snakebite files which can be installed simultaneously.
Update 06/05/2020:
Added a separate side-op in Afghanistan to let you recruit gunsmiths and a master gunsmith.
All missions take place in Afghanistan and have or appended to the mission name.
The missions are:
Medical Rescue - Gives you medical staff with Counselor, Physician and Surgeon abilities
Intel Team Rendezvous - Gives you intel staff
Support SOS - Gives you support staff with Russian, Pashto, Afrikaans and Kikongo interpretation abilities
Base Development Blues - Gives you BDU Staff and 4 combat staff.
R&D Acquisition - Gives you staff with various weapon construction specialities.
For Side-Op creators:
These missions use quest numbers 30400 to 30409.
XML files of the missions for use with the Side-Op Companion is included.
This gameplay mod for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain adds separate male and female side-ops missions to recruit personnel with a wide range of skills, allowing players to target specific units. It's a niche but popular tool for players who want more control over their Mother Base staffing, with 299 endorsements and last updated in May 2020.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Community-approved with 299 endorsements and over 6,500 downloads.
- Gives you targeted recruitment options—no more hoping for the right stats.
- Separate male/female missions add a layer of strategy to base building.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated in 2020—may not be fully compatible with the latest game patches.
- Niche appeal: only useful if you're deep into Mother Base min-maxing.
For MGSV players who are tired of RNG recruitment and want to build a specialized Mother Base team. If you're a completionist or love optimizing your FOB staff, this is a must-try. Skip if you're just playing through the story and don't care about unit stats.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Make sure you have the latest version of the game and mod loader installed before adding this mod.
- Back up your save file before installing any mod, just in case.
- Check the mod's comments section on Nexus for user reports on compatibility with other mods.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Metalgearsolidvtpp Mods
- Author
- Count_Fuzzball
- Version
- 1.0
- Downloads
- 6,540
- Endorsements
- 299
- Category
- Gameplay
- Created
- 1/12/2020
- Updated
- 5/6/2020
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