Metro 2033 Redux
49 Achievements
1,000
15-20h
Fire in the hole
Killed 20 lurkers.
15
15.47%
How to unlock the Fire in the hole achievement in Metro 2033 Redux - Definitive Guide
Lurkers are small dog-like creatures that tend to travel in packs. You will come across plenty of these mutants in level “Defense." Given their size and persistent savagery when attacking in packs, you may find yourself easily surrounded and disoriented by their attacks. They will usually spawn from the medium-sized holes in the walls and on the ground, so be prepared to take them out during the aforementioned level. Once you have pulverized at least twenty of these little Lurkers, the achievement will unlock.
Lurkers are small, fast creatures encountered mainly in the Defense Chapter and they will rush out of the holes you see on the walls/floor around the level. Simply kill 20 of these little critters for the trophy, shotguns tend to work best due to how fast they are.
In the section of chapter 4 where you have to wear your gas mask, I recommend sprinting up to the high ground (there should be a staircase up out of the gas on the right) and removing the mask, this serves two purposes - One, if a sneaky Lurker gets a suckerpunch, you're less likely to get your mask fractured/broken, and two, it's the high ground! there are no lurker holes up there, and you can hold the staircase nicely. Patience will net you several kills here. (I infact sat here until the lurkers ran out, and reloaded my checkpoint to do it again. Got it on the second run.)
Edit: I'd also like to point out - reloading your checkpoint is absolutely not necessary. You'll encounter a lot of these guys.
Lurkers are small dog-like creatures that tend to travel in packs. You will come across plenty of these mutants in level “Defense." Given their size and persistent savagery when attacking in packs, you may find yourself easily surrounded and disoriented by their attacks. They will usually spawn from the medium-sized holes in the walls and on the ground, so be prepared to take them out during the aforementioned level. Once you have pulverized at least twenty of these little Lurkers, the achievement will unlock.
You can farm them in the chapter "Abandoned Tunnels".
We go into the very first side passage on the left (where the weapons and minks of these same kikimors are located).
We kill two, reboot and repeat until the trophy.
The checkpoint is set perfectly, so it will take a couple of minutes to get the trophy.