MGSV: D-Walker - A User's Guide 

“Nice legs, but they give you no tactical advantage whatsoever.”

I have to admit, a D-Walker that could use a revolver for it's secondary fire, and twirl it, would have been very fitting for this game.

400 hours in, still haven’t deployed with D-Walker. This video changed my mind

"Whether that gun is lethal, non-lethal, loud or Quiet..." Am I the only one who imagined D-Walker holding Quiet as a weapon? She does have a handgun she never uses.

4:18 damn that was brutal.

If legs have no tactical advantage, then why vehicle suffer from falling damange but D.walker dont?

He made a bad first impression but after getting accustomed to the controls, D-Walker was my favorite buddy. Still expensive to deploy though.

Honestly, it's kinda funny, in that D-Walker is probably the closest to the 'Walking Tank' that Metal Gears should actually be. It's bipedal legs allow it to move over terrain that jeeps or tanks would have difficulty moving through (swamps, mountainous terrain, etc), alongside being small and stealthy enough to move in an urban environment without getting bogged down by general anti-tank actions. That, combined with it's ability to carry heavy weaponry and the ammunition required, that would require multiple troopers to carry and prepare to utilize, basically allow it to fulfill a role many consider Power Armour would fill today. It effectively allows a soldier to be faster, carry more and still operate in a general urban environment. So honestly, D-Walker should actually be more widely used in MGS, simply because it's actually a really handy design.

Y'know what was REALLY missing from D-Walker? An option for a cannon, or better yet, a large-bore mortar. Imagine this: You're attacking a heavily-armed outpost where you not only need to take out some armor, but make enough of a bang on the other side of the compound to divert the guards away so you can sneak in unnoticed. Enter D-Walker's 120mm mortar. Just put it on the other side of a big rock formation, then designate your target. Using the iDroid's navigation data as a reference, D-Walker can rapidly make ballistics calculations to put rounds within an inch of your requested impact point. And the fun doesn't end there? There's also the option to select the round type on the fly. Need some visual cover? Smoke round. Need to distract the enemy in the dead of night? Fireworks shells. Want to knock out power to an outpost permanently? EMP round. Want to take out a main battle tank? EFP round. Want to see a bunch of Russians all high AF at once while simultaneously pissing off the CIA for depleting their LSD stockpile from MKULTRA? Psychochemical round.

Giving a tank legs is definitely useful in the Metal Gear Universe. Have you not seen those things hop about? Sahelehropus can literally hop OOB and hit you with a rail gun.

I'm still upset that the last D-Walker head upgrade doesn't make it fully autonomous, but just a turret. Imagine if it could actually follow you around?

"Legs... give no tactical advantage whatsoever."

12:13 fun fact you can equip or steal a shield on your back and ride a Walker and you'll have increased armor. You'd still incur damage though

Wow these videos are very well presented and detailed.

iF dWaLkEr Is sO gReAt tHen WHy cAn'T iT DeFAcAte?

*Solid Snake stares at Otakon* "You could've built me this..."

at first I hated the d walker but it grew on me. It's good for doing a blitzkrieg on the enemy.

I dunno about you guys but I have 3 loadouts for my D-walker. 1: Non lethal, with a search head, tranq pistols, a Fulton ballista, and a machete arm, just in case. 2: Lethal, uses an intercept head, a Gatling gun, smgs, and a machete arm 3: Anti Vehicle: Stealth head, rocket launchers, smgs, and a skulls machete

While aiming, D-Walker becomes much more controlled while its wheels are out.

One of the reasons I love this game is that even though I've owned it since day one I still discover new little things in the game

Damn I can only imagine the horror of accumulated loading time that went into this video

The Fulton Ballista makes those pesky 'deal with a tank unit' side ops a synch though - Nothing quite like shoving a tank through a wormhole from 100m away.

great for the extreme skull armor troopers on the extreme mission

d walker is the best buddy but is annoying using it cuz d horse is slower but it can be steered easily d dog marking enemys is more efficient and quiet is a good scout too and can help u if u get discover and can draw the enemy attention too, and d walker has all of it but less efficient but still being for me the best buddy

I did not know about the fulton ballista. If you can hit a helicopter, can you fulton it?

"It just stands there, like a lemon."

4:17 Flawless accuracy

I wanted one with a rocket launcher and a minigun.....But nooooooo. You gotta have a stupid arm.

I adore how indepth these videos are. Incredibly informative and still accessible to those who are just starting out. Also a little bit of humor. All four of these videos in this series are gold.

Soldier: *crushed by tank* I live Also soldier: *touches fire* *dies*

D-Walker is also crazy expensive to deploy.

Hey as long as my face is the seat and Quiet is the driver, I dont need no guide, I can take it from here,

Very articulate, very informative, and all around an excellent presentation. Thank you for the video, I just started playing MGSV and so far, this one of the best games I've ever played. I hope you have more video like this, subbed.

there's a trick with turns that I don't think I saw you mention; when you are going high speed and need to change direction, aiming will let you strafe, but turn the camera/aim direction while you strafe to the left or right can be used to effectively turn a little quicker.

The one advantage to legs would be the increased elevation. That's what made it so hard to hide from Sahelantropus. It'd also let you shoot over walls. The problem is that having legs is also a massive downside for various reasons.

Bup-Bup-Bip Driver engaged!

4:17 lmfao that was violent

I saw D-walker as having another DD. One has more fire power then the other but seeing D walker runing towards you made me smile, as i would have if it was DD.

Got around to playing it again and I'm enjoying even more than years back. I've been looking for guides to get things fast and have fun with all the game mechanics that are locked behind the progression you have. This video is definitely one of the best guides I've seen for MGSV!. Thanks for this, man, I subscribed.

hey man I just wanted to point out that your wide range of vocabulary and your fluency in speaking really makes your videos informative and entertaining at the same time. So thanks for all the work you put in.

That tank bit at the beginning,is considered a war crime by the United Nations, flamethrowers too

Legs on a tank would certainly be an advantage if they were able to change direction, squat, kneel, jump, and run on the pilot's whim.

Thanks for making this guide! It really helped me learn how to use D Walker properly. Usually I would just never use him.

This is quality content

D-walker is great for Sustained Combat. The extra armor is incredibly welcome (especially with a riot shield to literally cover your flank), its main weapons are perfect for anti armor, side weapons for infantry, melee for armed target exfil. Its speed will get you in and out of heavy resistance pretty well. D-dog is primarily for "perfect runs" & target extraction. D-horse......... **flips through notes** yeah I got nothing. Moving on. Quiet is best for flanking & protecting you on those corners you may have forgotten to check.

DUDE, you are so helpful-thank you. Your videos are top-shelf.

The opening scene: A man getting crushed by a tank. Brilliance.

d-walker, to me, seems to be the most practical metal gear. a small, personal one. maybe to walk cargo up a mountain or something

you basically get the same tactical advantages of an organic being, but with more armor, if you put legs on a tank. ability to shift its weight as it moves can allow greater mobility, using terrain as cover. however it would absolutely need to have a tread type mode like the dwalker for higher speed transportation. reagardless it has a lot of advantages, giving mation a organic being's range of motion.

For a person that hasn't yet reached the stage in the game to use D-Walker, nor D-Dog, these vids are awesome, and give a lot to look forward to

I agree, a Sniper rifle or Shield, or even Grenade launcher would have been GREAT weapons for D-walker. You could use the 50 cal sniper as a primary weapon. The shield could be a head upgrade (probably a more useful one at that)

The idea of a bipedal tank would be beneficial to a certain degree the dexterity of a human soldier but the fire power and armor of a tank basically mech warrior.

The game says fighting a gunship head on is reckless. D-walker ignored them and became my mobile AA gun.

this may sound weird but when you first get d Walker does anyone else think it/he looks like bastion (overwatch)

Fabulous job giving someone a head start

D-Walker design is exactly what its supposed to be. a versitile hybrid that can be what you need it to be. D-Dog is the best scout/support as he's passive and will never give away your there (enemies will just shoo him off if they see him) alongside his attack command which will injure/distract/kill/stun/fulton whatever your looking at depending on what gear you give him. but he seriously lacks in a firefight making him almost exclusively a stealth buddy. Quiet is the best at attacking and arguably is just as good as d-dog in stealth because, for loud missions, you can equip her with a .50 cal rifle that will instakill any enemies, armored/shielded, or not. and for stealth missions you can equip her with a less powerful suppressed rifle for either tranq or damage, she cannot hit enemies with helmets from the back (but she CAN if they're facing her) but hitting the helmet will knock it off with either of her 2 suppressed rifles. however riot helmets and shields give her a hard time. especially if they know she's there. but probably her best quirk is her "2nd chance" mechanic. where if an enemy spots snake, and she has line of sight to him, she'll instantly fire off a shot at him even if you miss. she wont. her scout mechanic is a bit iffy and really should only be used when you have some time before you get to where your going as it frequently will miss multiple enemies. but her scout combined with the INTEL team's Field of Movement info is good enough for me at least. D-Horse is litteraly just transportation, the defecate mechanic is hilarious but its not really practical it is worth noting that D-Horse's speed increases as his bond does. D-Walker takes all 3 of them and combiens them into one. if you dont like switching your buddys then Walker will probably be the best for you. otherwise DD or quiet tend to be my go-to's depending on the situation.

This is the most fun thing in the game, being able to zoom around guns blazing

Ahhh, the D-Walker, the most useful piece of equipment, but youre only aware of that when you finished the game and Quiet is no longer available.

9:33 Legs... give you no tactical advantage whatsoever. But that was some fancy machinery... pretty good.

That's a great video. Instructions are very clear. Thank you

175m search mode, that's Pretty Good!

Thanks mate, high quality video here and you have a really grate locution 👌

a d walker with 0 upgrades makes skulls fights extremely easy with the machine gun

D-walker is great for long missions that involve distance and killing tanks it's an apc you can call with a whistle

Oh my god! The tank at the beginning is gold!

I can tell you, tanks may be scary, but if you make a tank walk on two legs and give it a sword that creates explosive rocks out of the floor? Thats a surrender from anyone

Actually, aiming while going as fast as possible helps a lot to maneuver around, almost as good as D Horse, it's very effective for sharp turns and improves movement a lot without feeling like you're ice skating all over the place

this is why i like peace walkers justification: its not supposed to fight hide it in the wilderness, and when you need it to, walk it into the nearest city.

I love it just because of the mobility

the fact that d-walker can't have all upgrades on the heads or at least the last two upgrades on the last head as well it doesn't use the primary weapons during intercept mode was kind of a deal breaker for me. especially when i can have quiet wreck people or d-dog fulton an infinite amount of people while marking them. i don't usually need transport since vehicles are littering the AO. though i do commend d-walker for being a jack of all trades, performing the abilities of all buddies at sub-par functionality.

Little did everybody know about D walker is that you can deploy him during a mission for free and you can change his load out for free during a mission and most importantly doing this refills all of D walkers ammo. No more Fulton costs for ever and ever.

My favorite companion in the game. As versatile as it is efficient, like a good machine should be.

If D-Walker was able to use other weapons besides it's pistol then there would be no reason to use quiet.

Thank you, Dickle Dangling!

this game is ahead of its time

Awesome video I f’in LOVE this game

Great job - very informative...Thanks!

5:25 It's basically a lightweight, mobile anti-air emplacement. Just fire 4 or 3 times at the helis and they are gone without a fight (if they didn't spot you before)

Fall damage: Thats where the Leg Parts come in, they can dampen or even help you Jump. If you build your tank Correctly it can have both legs (4 or 6) and Treads (Like a Modern Tank Does). The Legs are there for more Precise movements you cant realy do with Treads like getting just the little extra Angle for you Main Cannon or Climbing up hillsides you couldnt normaly with Treads. In case of the Smaller Vehicles legs can be used as Additional Suspension allowing for a even longer way of Deacceleration meaning less likely to hurt the Driver. So Natural Suspension in the Feet + Legs is pretty noice, then add just the little extra in rotation of the Driving Cab and you could get another Meter or two of Deacceleration out of it instead of a 50cm Crumple Zone or 1m Pile of Bones and Flesh. Okay yes usualy Legs on a Tank or Vehicle by that matter is bad, but in some cases it can be pretty good. Just never take just 2 go always atleast with 3 for more Stability or 6 if you want some very good smoothness.

Engravings give no tactical advantage to guns whatsoever either, but that doesn't stop the user from engraving his/her weapons anyways

I think for much of my play over the years, I only used D-Walker for 2 missions: Traitor's Caravan and Root Cause(and driving to Quiet in A Quiet Exit). But once DD has marked every item on both maps, DW with the Fulton Ballista became my farming champ. Call in an infinite sandstorm, collect everything I need, move to the next map. Do a few missions to reset items, repeat.

using the Camo and intercept mode at the same time would've been so fun!

Thanks for this. I pretty much only used d dog for the whole game but now im gonna give d walker a try

Great Video and Edit

Don't have to worry about your bond lowering when it gets into a fight, just expense if it's destroyed

The tight turns can be managed by aiming. Just aim and spam Sprint button

Late comment, I know, but at 13:14 you actually CAN maneuver much tighter with D-Walker. All you have to do is hold your aiming button while you hold the acceleration button. You can also drive D-Walker omni-directionally, by opening your iDroid and clicking Toggle Map/Nav, and then driving like normal. Opening the iDroid while mobile will also immediately stop D-Walker in his tracks; even midair! Useful to keep yourself from over-shooting a jump, or preventing an unwanted fall.

Extra tip: Having a shield in your sortie will make an extra defence on your back.

Scout Head, H-Discharger, CQC SKULL's Machete, badass personal 80s Mech i'd say

I loved d walker, before I had quite as buddy, I used dwalker all the time. It used to help alot in the missions

In my recent sortie with D-Walker, I fitted D-Walker with anti-tank missiles (max upgraded) to compensate me not packing a missile launcher myself. Then I started an eliminate armoured vehicle mission. After unloading all 12 missile the D-walker has onto that blasted gunship, the gunship is still active. I was left with no choice but to retreat. Then I called mother based to drop me an APC and finished the gunship with its autocannon. Needless to say that I was left speechless with D-Walker's performance.

This reminds me to Peace walker , also the high voltage discharger is the same from the pupa

I like the running bionic punch matrixy sound

You forget to mention that if D-Walker is to ever run out of ammo it becomes worthless, you can resupply it with care packages you drop for yourself, but having to keep an eye on ammo volume of D-Walkers as well a your own may rack your brain somewhat more than you'd like as you have to gauge whether you'll need more ammo before you go in or risk it and see what happens

you forgot one more pro to add, D-walker is the most fun to drive around wether it be impacting a guard at mach 10 or cutting a tank in half whilst you drift circles around it

The only gripe that I have with D-walker is that his appetite be doesn’t change as you upgrade it’s chassis.

I know this comment is late but with d walker if you aim and drive his drive mode goes into different movement process and allows for tighter maneuvers then d horse

never really use D-Walker last 3years ago when I first play the MGS5. but now I'm replaying the game from the scratch I'm thinking of using D-Walker that's why I came here, and with its accurate enemy tagging, can ride, and can fight. it looks like it will be my favorite buddy now.

Neat. Thank you. I never use D-Walker. Looks like I've been missing out.

D walkers ammo/fulton/supressor all reset on checkpoint reload :D if you run low, just get a checkpoint save and reload for full replenish.