SOCOM US NAVY SEALS Hard to reach places FAQ(multiplayer) Version 2.3 I updated a few things. Added two buidings on Night stalker and added the more rocks for DG. I also fixed some minor spelling and grammer errors. Version 2.0 I updated a lot of stuff. I have been gettin a lot of useful emails. Thank you every one who contributed. I updated some stuff on Blizzard and got the night stalker hill up. Version 1.0 Well I hope that you like the FAQ. The ones labeled (must see) are very good tactics and could help dramatically! I. Table of contents II. Intro III. Sea Snipers Maps IV. Maps A. Abandoned (map) 1.Nonsuicdal jump from west platform(must see) 2.Get on top of The Ridge 3.Drop into MNT. Window(must see) B. The Ruins(map coming soon) 1.Get onto ledge near Terrorist base 2.Jump to ruin from sniper spot by seal base(must see) C. Blizzard(map) 1.Get on top of K2(must see) 2.Get on top of Pikes Peak 3.Get on top of The Cliff 4.Get on top of Snake Hill 5.Get on top of hill next to Snake Hill 6.Get on top of hill next to lions back D. Frostfire(map) 1.Get on top of Building 5 E. Bitter jungle 1.Get into trees F. Blood Lake(next map on list) 1.Get into trees 2.Climb up wall near Hostages 3.Jump to ledge Behind Hostages G. Death Trap 1.Get on top of awning near Hostages H. Rats Nest I. Desert Glory(map) 1.Hide inside bed of Truck 2.Jump to rock next to Prison 3.Jump to rock next to Strip Tower 4.Jump to rock next to Guest House 5.Get on top of rocks south of Cafe J. Night Stalker(map) 1.Get on top of huge Mountain Near seals base 2.Get on top of Building C 3.Get on top of Building G or Bomb House V.FAQS VI. Links VII. Legal Crap and thanks II. Intro: Hello. SOCOM is the most addicting game ever made. If you don’t have it, go get it!!!!!!! Single player is OK. but this FAQ is about The Multiplayer. The whole reason to get this game. I will Explain how to get to the hard to reach places. I have discovered some of these my self but most I have found while playing with other people. These secret spots are great because normally no one will expect you to be there. I use these every day and they hardly ever fail. It would be a good Idea to try these in glitch rooms where no body kills you before actually using them in a real game. NO THESE ARE NOT GLITHCES BUT IT IS JUST A GOOD IDEA TO TEST THEM OUT TO SEE HOW HARD THEY ARE BEFORE ACTUALLY DOING THEM IN A REAL GAME AND RISK GETTING KILLED. My name on the game is (x_x)BLACK CAT and I am in clan Road Kill and I play in eu east. If you ever see me playin tell me that you have seen the FAQ. I would like to know how many people have seen the FAQ. BTW all the ratings are based on 0-5. III. Sea Snipers Maps The Sea Snipers is a clan that is very devoted to the game. The clan leader owns a company named Generator Studios and Is very good at Image designing. I will refer to their maps frequently in this FAQ so it would be a good Idea to go check out their maps. They have devoted many hours and lots of money into each and every map which will be easy to see when you check one out. I have no relation at all in the creation of these maps. I suggest donating to the sea snipers so that they can get out all of the maps. I would donate but I am only fourteen, broke and I don’t have a credit card so I have no way of giving them the money. I would give 20 bucks if I could but my parents already think that I am crazy for playing SOCOM so much and I think that they would put me in a Crazies facility if I told them that I had to donate money to some random website. Sorry Sea Snipers. www.generatorstudios.com/ss is the site address. Go to briefing and then tactical. All of the maps should be there. If the maps are too small to read then put your cursor on the lower right hand corner and an icon should pop up. Click on it and the map will magically expand. Once again I will refer to these maps a lot so don’t Email me asking me what I am talking about when I say K2 or something like that. IV. A. Abandoned 1.Nonsuicidal jump from west platform(must see) Difficulty rating: 2 Possible Death Rating: 4 When you start out as a terrorist run down the valley on the right side. You encounter a ramp. Jump or climb on top of it and run to the top. A tunnel is right in front of you. Lots of times seals will be throwing grenades through the tunnel. This helps a lot with this scenario taking place. If you look to your left you will see a drop that is normally fatal if jumped off of. Well if you jump while running at the left corner towards the seal base then you can slide down the side of the hill. This enables you to go and sneak behind the seals and kill them. It is very useful because you don’t have to run down the middle and risk getting shot in an open area and you can still sneak behind the tunnel. 2.Get on top of the Ridge Difficulty rating: 3 Possible death rating: 4 Follow the directions to get to the West platform except when you get there face north instead of south. You should see that there is a wall that prevents you from running off of the side of the mountain. What you are going to have to do is get on top of that wall. Run semi diagonally at where the ridge begins and then jump so that you get on top of the wall and next to the ridge. Then once you get on the wall back up and run strait at the ridge and jump so you land on top. Once you get up there you can run for about 3/4 of the ridge before it stops. 3.Drop in to MNT. Window(must see) Difficulty rating: 3 Possible death rating: 3 This is probably one of the most useful things in this FAQ. This is very difficult when you first try it but once you get the hang of it, it is the easiest thing ever. Start off by getting on top of the cave or pond hill what ever you want to call it. Any who all you do is go on the mountain above it (the mountain is inbetween the watterfall and the broken bridge kinda) and walk on the mountain until you get to the very end and on the right side. Walk sideways with your gun pointed toward the Pagoda. It isv ery imporatant that you keep yourcross hairs pointed away form the window. Walk slowly off the side and pull back on the analog stick and you should enter the window backwards. It works really well when someone is campin there with a claymore. Plant them there own claymore give em a taunt and detonate it. B. The Ruins 1.Get to a ledge near terrorist base Start out by running out of the terrorist starting spot and take a right. You should see the spot where the seals can bomb the terrorist (terrorist base). Take another right and you should be between the terrorist spawn point and the terrorist base. If you look to your right one more time you should see a wall that you can climb. Climb up that and turn right(haha four rights) and walk across the ledge until you reach the end. On the left side you should see another ledge that is very skinny. Get on to that by walking off the ledge. Walk on that ledge until you reach the end of that. Take a left on the ledge and travel about one foot and then go on the ledge to your right. Congrats that one was a tuffy. I found this one not to long ago so not to many people know about it. You can also jump to you left and get to the other ledge but it is pretty much the same thing. 2.Jump to ruin from sniper spot Difficulty rating: 2 Possible death rating: 4 If you are starting off as a seal then jump off the big cliff and keep on going strait. Another ledge should be right in front of you. Climb up it and about ten feet in front of you should be a collapsed pillar. Run up it and climb up the very end of it. You are now in the sniper spot. If you look towards the opening you should see a ruin. Align yourself up with the ruin and and jump to it. This spot is much better as a seal because you really blend in. C. Blizzard 1.Get on top of K2(must see) Difficulty rating: 4 Possible death rating: 2 This is one of the most useful secrets in the game. Run to the bomb house and when you get there veer to your right until you get to the hill. You should see a fork in the path. Keep on going right and you will get to a spot where you can no longer run. Back up and run on the very edge like you are almost falling off. Then when you reach that point where you can’t walk any more jump strait. As soon as your feet leave the ground go left with the joystick. You should run up the wall and be able to kill people easily because no body ever suspects it. I think that it is the most useful tactic in the FAQ. This one may take a few tries to get used to but once you get the hang of it, its simple. 2.Get on top of pikes peak Difficulty rating: 2 Possible death rating: 1 This a very good place to camp and watch the bomb. When you are running up the middle you should be able to see it on your right side. If you look at the corner where it turns towards the bomb you should kind of see an upside down triangle in the snow. By triangle I mean it turns and the corners are the sides of the triangle. If you just jump and get your feet anywhere inside of this triangle then you should be able to run up it. 3.Get on top of The Cliff Difficulty rating: 1 Possible death rating: 1 This actually isn’t a secret. It is made to get on top of. I just thought I should put it in here because I have never seen any body up there and it is a fairly good spot. All you do is go to the southern most side of the rock and it will give you the climb option. Press x and your there. 4.Get on top of Snake Hill Difficulty rating: 4 Possible death rating: 2 I just found this out today. I had wanted to get up there for some time but I had tried it so many times I just gave up. Today I decided to try it because I just had this feeling that it had to be possible. Run up the northern part of snake hill next to the lamp post. As you approach the southern peak, run up the left hand side, almost pushing up the hill, and jump before the point where you would normally slip off. You almost have to turn upwards to the right and jump aiming for the front southern edge running as fast as you can. It almost seems like you have to jump before where you would think you would have to get it to work. Crouching seems to help, but maybe not. Better directions submited by: Lakshimi 5.Get on top of hill next to Snake Hill. Difficulty rating: 4 Possible death rating: 1 Start running up snake hill and turn around as soon as you get past the light pole. YOu should be facing east/northeast. A little hil is in front of you. Run towards it and jump very early aiming at the lowest part of the ledge. This takes some practice but is a good place to camp if you are a terrorist and the last one left. 6. Get on top of hill next to LionsBack This is another one that isn't too much of a secrent but it is so I will put it up here. It's a hard jump but you aim for the part where the hill starts to curve upward toward the bomb base jumping at kinda an angle. There is almost a little tip on Lion's Back ridge pointing that way. Run to the right of that tip, and jump aiming leftward. Try to jump a little early so you don't just jump strait up and fall straight down. The place where it looks easiest to jump isn't and you will probably fall and die. Submitted by: Lakshimi D. Frostfire 1.Get on top of building 5 Difficulty rating: 5 Possible death rating: 5 This is just a coincidence that the building is called building 5 and the ratings are 5. I gave this a 5 difficulty rating because you have to make 2 very very difficult jumps. I gave it a 5 for possible death because it takes a while to do and people will usually see you and shoot you. I have never done it in a regular game but that doesn’t mean that it is not possible. I have only done it in a glitch room where no body kills you. Start off climbing the water towers and going to the part of the upper level that is next to building 5. You can also climb the ladder from the tunnels and you are there. First you need to jump on top of the thick railing next to the ladder right where the railing begins. Once you make it up there then turn facing the wall with the railing on top. Here is the hard part. You have to jump onto the railing on top of the wall. This is very hard because you have no running room. once you get on top of that then turn right and walk on the railing until you get to the roof. Congrats, if you have done this then you have succeeded in getting to the most difficult hiding spot in SOCOM that I know of. E. Bitter jungle 1.Getting into trees Difficulty rating: 3 Possible death rating: 1 There is one tree that is reachable in bitter jungle that I know of. If you are starting from the seals spawn point all you do is as soon as you start go right. There should be a dirt path. You will approach a tree on your right. You need to climb up the wall to the right of the tree and jump to it. Once again I really can’t explain it too much. I will as soon as the map is made though. F. Blood Lake 1. Get into trees Difficulty rating: 3 Possible death rating: 2 Some trees you can die trying to get in so be careful. I really can’t explain which trees to try and get into until the map comes out. But it should be noticeable. Just look for trees low to the ground or trees next to rocks and hills. 2.Climb up wall near hostages Difficulty rating: 3 Possible death rating: 2 If you start out in the same direction that the hostages are looking in and go left of the big rock. There should be a sniper tower right in front of you. Make a 90 degree turn when you reach the corner in front off the sniper tower. You should see a corner that is really shaded. If you jump just right on the wall then you should be able to climb up the wall. You have to jump in the very corner and as soon as you jump steer you guy to the left really hard and walk up the mountain. 3.Jump to ledge behind Hostages Difficulty rating: 3 Possible death rating: 4 This is not too much of a secret but I thought that I would put it in here any way because it seems like a lot of people have a problem with it. What you want to do is get to the big mountain thing by the hostages. Run around to the back of it and you should see a ledge on the wall to your left. Turn strait towards it and run and jump. The trick to not dying on this is jumping a little bit early. If you jump to late for some reason you will jump strait up an dgo about 3 feet and fall to your death right in the middle of the 5-foot wide ditch. This is a great spot to snipe and watch the hostages. I rarely get shot when I am up there. G. Death Trap 1.Get on top of awning near hostages Difficulty rating: 1 Possible death rating: 1 This is another one that is not a secret but I don’t see many people up there and it is an OK spot. Starting off next to the hostages. If you are facing the same way as the hostages go left. You should see a small ramp on you right . It is very dark that is why most people don’t know about it. Just walk up the ramp and you are there. Just like magic. H. Rats nest I currently don’t know of any hard to reach places in Rats nest. It is my least favorite level and I hate playing it. If you know of any hard to reach/secret places please email me and tell me about them. I. Desert Glory 1.Hide inside bed of truck Difficulty rating: 1 Possible death rating: 1 This is a very easy yet very useful tacic. All you do is go to the strip and there should be three rock in the direction of the truck. You can squeeze through the crevice of the rock and there should be a rock that kind of stretches out. As soon as you fit through jump. You will land in the truck bed. You can then go into prone position and look around. When someone comes pop out and shoot them. 2.Jump to rock next to prison Difficulty rating: 2 Possible death rating: 2 This looks like it would have a high death rating because if you miss then you would die. But the thing is you can’t miss. All you do is get on top of prison by climbing on the boards and then the roof. Then jump off the east side of the prison. Look where your jumping before you do it or you could just be daring and estimate. Once you land I would consider going into prone position and sniping. That is pretty much all you can do on these rocks. 3.Jump to rock next to Strip tower Difficulty rating: 3 Possible death rating: 3 This is almost exactly the same as the prison rock except this rock is more out in the open. All you do is get on top of the strip tower and jump north to the rock in the middle. It is fairly easy to spot you up there but I have gotten kills with a sniper up there before. So it does work. 4.Jump to rock next to Guest House. Difficulty rating: 4 maybe 5 Possible death rating: 2 This is a very hard jump to do. I couldn’t decide between 4 and 5. You have to get the timing just right but it doesn’t require 2 jumps like building 5 on Frostfire. You have to run and jump off the south side of the guest house. I have a high death rate because it is an easy place to spot. They might not expect you there once or twice but then they will know and look there a lot. The key is timing. You have to kind of jump at the last second or you will fall short. 5.Get on top of rocks south of Cafe Difficulty rating: 4 Possible death rating: 3 One of my clan members showed me this today. Thanks Zippo. Anywho, as you start out as a seal go down the middle path and you should see a big rock on your right. You should see that it gets pretty low right before it turns in into a ledge and gets ten feet tall. It is just low enough to jump to. Get yourself on an imaginary line parrele to the cafe door and the lowest part of the rock. Run towards it and jump. If you jump at the right time it is just enough to get up the rock and from there you can walk around abit. This is another one that is all about timing. J. Night Stalker 1.Get on top of huge mountain by the seals base. Difficulty rating: 3 Possible death rating: 1 This is one of the best place to snipe from. As you start out as a seal run and jsump over the wall> you should be in the middle section of the leve. Keep on going until you rach the first staircase on your right. It should only be a four or five stair I think. Turn around once you are at the top of the stair case and face south. You should see a ledge hanging off from the side of the huge mountain. A big rock is in the way. YOu have to jump to that ledge. Run off of the ledge next to the stairs and try to land on the ledge. It may take a few tries but it is well worth it. Submitted by: Josh H and Supasportfan21 2.Get on top of building C Difficluty rating: 2 Possible death rating: 2 If you walk out of the noth door in C and go up the stairs you should see some rocks on your right. About 3/4 of the way down the rocks (going away from the building) the rocks become very short. It is short enough to jump onto. Jump on to the rocks and turn right until you reach the building. There is that slight chance that you might fall off and die so it gets a very small death rating. 3.Get on top of Building G or Bomb House You should notice that you can walk on to the lower part of the bomb house roof and not have to do anything too special. Well if you look east when you are up there you will wee it gets higger. IT is possible to jump on top of. There is really no directions just jump. Once again timing is everything. V. FAQs This is the FAQs portion of the FAQ. That sounds kinda funny. Any who don’t Email on any thing answered in this part of the FAQ or any other part for that matter. Q. Are these Glitches? A. NO. You are not passing through any solid objects or breaking any pixels in any of these hard to reach places. They are just hard to reach. I do suggest going into glitch rooms to practice them though. It is just easier to do them and get used to doing them in a place where you don’t get killed. VI. Links www.socomclans.net is the best SOCOM site in the world. www.generatorstudios.com/ss is the sea snipers site. It has all of the maps. Just go to briefing and then tactical. Here are the direct links to the maps. http://www.generatorstudios.com/ss/frostfire.jpg http://www.generatorstudios.com/ss/nightstalker.jpg http://www.generatorstudios.com/ss/desertgloryPUBLIC.jpg http://www.generatorstudios.com/ss/Blizzard.jpg http://www.generatorstudios.com/ss/SSabandonedUP_DOWN.jpg VII. Legal crap and Thanks. Copyright 2003 David Haefele Thank you to my parents for buying me my PS2 and this great game. Thank you supasportfan21, Josh H and Lakshmi for submitting new hard to reach places. This map is only to be shown at gamefaqs.com. This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. 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