Metro 2033

Just got to Biomass and hasn't unlocked yet. Doubt I'll get it this run through :(

No wonder why I missed this the first time round, missed the entire underside of Fronline :/

I got this by simply exploring on my own initiative. It unlocked on Chapter 4 Black Station on my very first play through. I killed all the guards and was snooping around in some toilets a bit before where you reach the car at the end. Be inquisitive, explore as much as you can and it should pop up.

Guide is great up until a point and the author got lazy and his descriptions are pointless.

Minutes ago I received Explorer. I got it in Outpost. I went through the backyard area with the digger in it then it popped as I jumped through a window onto the wooden ruins/scaffolding.

I can safetly say this completely works i started a new game and followed the guide completely and it popped on outpost when i got into the first building after picking up some random revolver ammo.

One thing i would like to point out is on the level frontline what i did is stealthed the level completly to the end and before i went through the door to finish the level i turned around and went back and killed everyone and looted everything i could find(also I didnt save the red guy who is linked to the achievement.)

I also popped this with the guide during a new game on easy.
For me, it popped upon opening the crate on top of the Subway in Black Station.

*I did not stay hidden on most of the levels (don't think this matters).
*Killed all the Nazi's and Saved the Red's on Frontline.
*Counted 50 discovery points up until the cheese mint popped (I think I missed one).
*Grabbed a bit of ammo in places the guide missed (not much).

All in all it's pretty good and mostly accurate. It would be hard to follow on a first play through as some familiarity with the levels definitely helped.

The window (mentioned in the guide where HWNDarkside got the achievement) is on the top floor where the 3 tripwires "guard" a door, in that room there is a window and a hole in the wall. Jump through it on the wooden walkway... That's where I got it! Good luck all!!!!
Cheers Glas

Excellent guide, I followed it to the letter apart from accidently missing the bullets behind the pillow at the end of “Khan”. It unlocked on Outpost, not by jumping out of the window that DirtyGlashoop mentions but shortly after, where the guide tells you to drop through the hole where six alerted enemies are waiting. I ran into the first room on the left to chase down a Nazi soldier and Explorer popped. Just as well, I’d only got 4 minutes of filter time left :-)

Awesome Guide!!!!! This was my 4th try, and even followed a different walkthru, no dice, but this worked like a charm, unlocked on Outpost like most of the others!!!! Thnx mate!!!! Wish I could give more than 1 thumbs up:)

Awesome guide. finally popped as I was wandering around outpost.

That is a FANTASTIC guide. I got this achievement long before the game ended. Thanks!

thanks, finally got it, popped it on outpost. for anyone following the guide you are probably looking at 6-7hours. could be a lot faster but I was not taking the chance of having to run through it again.

Got this halfway through my second playthrough in Outpost, almost exactly at the same point where the chievo popped for you, after following the guide strictly. The guide is awesome, thank you very much for the link!

Got it my third play-through in Caves. Right after the part where the door wont open all the way and you crawl under then it slams shut behind you. Follow the path to your right and there was a door to the left you have to shoot open and as soon as the first shot went into the door it popped.

Followed the guide to perfection and I got the achievement during Black Station. Thanks for the link to that fantastic guide.

thanks for the guide, am working my way through now. i did however took another aproach in chapter 3.1 (Dry) since a stealth aproach just didn't work for me. I killed all enemies and looted most ammo (i also ran into the maze to kill that hidden bandit and smoke a sisha :) ). Does anybody know id this affects the achievement in some way?

Update: I just got the achievement in Outpost like most people who follow this guide. Seems the non-stealth approach in chapter 3.1 doesn't affect the achievement. Thanks for posting this great guide, I finally have 1240/1240 on this game :)

I followed the guide and am now on 6.2 Dungeon. Still no achievement. Has anyone popped the achievement this late into the game, or is it best for me to start over?

I followed the guide but the achievement finally popped while climbing a ladder to the top of a subway car. this location was not in any of the guides. I can not remember what level is was on though. Like the guide says, you have to do a lot of EXTRA exploring.

Thank you. Gave up after 3 tries. Came back after finally starting the DLC. Missed 3 or 4 but still got it once I got to caves.

First, you do not need to delete your save file. Just start a "New Game" and choose "Easy" difficulty. My achievement popped on Outpost when I picked up an arrow (on the middle stair inside the building). This pops up at different times depending on how you play. Rule of thumb, go EVERYWHERE to seek out AMMO pickups (including grenades and health packs). Look in every corner of every room/area. If you can't pick something up due to your inventory being full, (like knives, grenades, and health packs), waste them. Toss grenades, hurt yourself by standing on fire (or throwing a grenade close enough to you to harm you), toss knives, etc. so you can pick those items up. By the way, stealth has nothing to do with it. I killed everyone in my path. If you miss some ammo pickups, don't worry about. I did not play with a guide, but this was my 4th run thru the game, so I knew the secret areas well.

Things I did which may or may not effect the achievement:
There are red crates sitting on floors, and small red cabinets mounted to walls. Open all of them. This means you need to always scan walls in rooms/tunnels.

I interacted with as many objects as possible, like turning off lights, shooting teddy bears, strumming guitars, etc.

I agreed to go with the prostitute (she takes your gold ammo, but with all the ammo you will be collecting, it's negligible). I believe donating a bullet to one bum, and a bullet to the child, shows that you are wealthy, and the prostitute will make herself available. If you don't donate those 2 bullets, she will not appear. After she leaves, I entered her room and interacted with all objects (like the lights and record player.)

At Dead City 1, don't forget to drop down into the broken elevator shaft which leads to an ammo cache.

At Defense level, take the tape from the injured Captain after the battle, he'll try to hand it to you, and if you're not fast enough in taking it, he will set it down next to him. Grab it, and then go to the rooftop in Outpost and place the tape in the radio next to a satellite dish. This also unlocks the "DJ Artyom" achievement.

I forgot thank everyone in this comment section, and especially HWNDarkside for your posts!

THEN, THE NOSALISES COME. But in seriousness, great guide, and props for posting it. Got it on Outpost after picking up some revolver ammo in the building with the broadcasting station on top.

excellent guide.definitelty works.got it on outpost.i would say its mostly about picking up ammo,didnt do conversations or flashpoints that much.

Excellent guide, followed the guide exactly and it popped at Outpost going out a window onto a wooden railing/thingy. Like most people's did, thanks you VERY much!

Third attempt after using the walk-thru on here for 2nd attempt with no luck. I followed the gamefaq text based guide verbatim and unlocked in outpost like many others...

I didn't do exactly the same like it's in this guide, but I got the achievement. It popped in Library, in the room when there is a chandelier.

Didn't get this on my first playthrough, so I followed the linked guide and it also popped in the building on 'Outpost' for me! Thanks OP!

How I popped the achievement (in hopes it helps others): I followed the TA walkthrough, but would always loot enemies, and would always do some extra exploration myself even into dead-ends. I knocked on every door I saw, turned off every lamp I saw, and opened every red fusebox I saw. I would even climb every ladder I came across. It popped for me during 'Black Station', after looking at the ammo pack that's in the room right of the drunk Nazi who talks to himself sat down. This was my first ever playthrough, and I had attempted every achievement possible up until that point, and also used the Moral Points article of the Metro Wiki to discover extra 'flashpoints' that the walkthrough had missed. I suggest that if you're using the walkthrough, you look at the same article (http://metrovideogame.wikia.com/wiki/Moral_Points). Hoped this helps!!

Just got this achievement, thank you for this guide. Followed the gamefaqs one and got it on Outpost in a hole with a body.

Thank you. WARNING for anyone who decides to use the achievement walkthrough on this site instead: If you follow it exactly you will miss out on both the explorer and ranger achievements.

The guide is now over-cluttered with Redux versions and stuff. Makes for painful reading to be honest.

I've found the archived original version: http://web.archive.org/web/20111220083821/http://www.gamefaq...

The current version is too cluttered and is borderline unreadable.

great guide, unlocked slightly earlier for me in 4.5 "CHILD" while collecting shotgun shells, just before the long climb to return the boy to his mother

@Paul Zap Thanks for that link, guide was too clustered to use with all that Redux collectable stuff cluttering everything up.

So I got this after the normal point people unlock Explorer on Outpost and it popped as I picked up some Military grade ammo on the lower level of the building.

Glad it helped someone out. :D

Mine just unlock in the library, while looting a corpse, on my first playtrough. Just explore everywhere and try to loot everything.

It popped on my first playthrough in the "secret" room in Black Station. I was pretty thorough up to that point.
On Frontline, I fought my way through, but I dropped down into the tunnels for the "stealth" playthrough, although I didn't go the entire route. I only had my gas mask on for a short time, and then turned around.

I got it at black station, after the train roof box I searched the guy under the stairs nearby and got it then. However I did not touch the toy in the box or pay for the hooker back near the start so I guess that was why it popped after outpost. So all I can say is just keep going and searching and you will get it even if you missed a couple.

BTW to go from hunter to black station in one sitting takes about 4 hours, and I got all the ranger caches on dead city and all the golden bullets and listened to people and did the doors and lamps just to be sure

this just unlocked by picking up BULLETS on outpost after going down and heading towards the scattered cars area, so i guess its a combination of discoveries since om my 1st playthough i never looked for BULLETS that much

I just popped this achievement. I started a new game and followed the guide. I even missed a few pickups but the achievement popped nicely on Outpost.

FINALLY!!!!!! Got mine at Outpost........I DID NOT start a brand new game, I actually (re)started from Exhibition......

Where I got mine in Outpost : the guide stated, "If you go back towards the building, there are some holes in the surface. There is one set of three holes surrounded by cars. Go down there to find a body with a "Bastard with silencer".", as soon as I picked up some ammo, it popped!!!! +1 for the great guide!!!

Thank you! Got this on outpost when I dropped into the lower section of the building

So helpful solution! Thank you very much!
Just popped right here
"Sneak across to the other room and loot the body. There's some revolver ammo in
the left corner by the windows. Sneak out of the room to the hallway and go
into the next room on the left. Hop up on the crate by the window and loot the
+4 BULLETS. Go out the window onto the wooden boards."

What a weird achievement, but this guide is spot on ! I went all guns blazing in Dry, Frontline and Outpost, so I didn't follow the guide exactly in these parts, but I looted all I could. I got the achievement by approaching a dead guy in Outpost, but before I could loot him.

I... Hate... This... Achievement...
It has not pooped, im at the start of black station. If it does not pop this time, I might put my controller through my tv. I have been to a lot of new places I have not been before. It didn't pop like in quickdraws video nor out the window as in this guide. Fuck this achievement

I seriously hoping this pops. I hate games l that end up being like this. It ruins the game for me and I end up not liking the game.

Awful achievement, my thanks to the comment section! I completed the game with the walkthrough from TA. Obviously, no Explorer achievement. Then I did Frontlines for the Hedge-hopper achievement and made sure I looked everywhere. After that I did Outpost and Black Station and continued until Library. And whaddaya know, got the cheevo exactly where Cellar Attic got it as well: In the big room where the demon attacks your teammate. Just looted the body that's lying on top of the first set of stairs. So happy to get this s***ty cheevo out of the way! :)

Also just want to point out I to followed this guide and did everything stealthy. Even on frontline I did the stealth approach. I did not go back to kill everyone or search for everything just followed the invisible part of the guide and the explorer achievement unlocked for me on outpost just after I jumped out the window onto the wooden boards. I did start a new game and followed guide from the beginning. Great guide.

I just got this on Outpost but nowhere near doing anything anyone has posted or anything I hadn't done in the past.

Mind you, I had already won every achievement minus this one. I bounced around every level after completing it trying to get achievements. So finally I decided to follow the archived guide word for word. It was a pain in the ass and very slow going.

I will say that out of all the playthroughs, I still managed to miss a few locations that the guide had highlighted which helped, for sure.

I remember I even landed at Riga station and I had already got the sherlock achievement so I skipped it by loading up the next chapter. Then I continued playing like normal.

I got to outpost and grabbed ammo off a dead body that I had already looted in the past several times over on different playthroughs and it popped there. My eyes went wide because I hadn't done anything special in this level I hadn't done before and when it popped I didn't know what the catalyst was.

Anyone stuck on this achievement I would suggest following the archived guide. Honestly it helps. You might run into a wall box or two (like I did) or find a subway car you didn't know you could loot or even gain access too.

Thank you for the archived guide! +1 Hope my comment helps someone out there.

followed the gamefaqs wt and it didn't pop.

Didn't follow any guides instead I just played the game.

Unlocked the explorer achievement when I was in the library looking for the D6 documents. Right after you when you use the chandelier to break open a door, then there was a fight and against a flying monster and one in the team gets wounded. I'm on my own as Miller is going to take home the wounded ranger for medical attention. Went upstairs to a body next to a window and there the achievement popped for me.

Probably helped that I have played this game twice before on my computer. And that I'm always looking around for ammo and supplies when I'm playing games. Most probably didn't find everything there is to loot but I guess I found a lot and it was enough for me to get the achievement during my first playthrough.

I have completed the Redux version twice before starting this one. So I already knew where to look for a lot of the stuff. To be honest, I did miss some stuff before reading up on some walkthroughs. Like this guide that mentioned there are two sides to the Alley level. There are three bodies down in the sewer area I never knew about before. Also I started killing all the Librarians so I could look around. I found two or three bodies right at the beginning of the two Librarian levels.

My achievement ended up popping on one of the last opportunities I believe. That is, when you are traveling to D6 and get separated from your squad and are locked in with the really tough mutant. I unlocked my achievement right at the start on the first body in the bathroom. I was very much relieved.

I had trouble getting this achievement as well. Took me nearly 2 days of troubleshooting but I finally got it after basically memorizing most of the game and figuring out how the game tallies progress for achievements. I think a more specific description for this achievement would have been:

"Explore the Metro by earning many Moral Points and picking up as many items as you can".

The game words it as "exploring" but in reality they want you to pick up most of the ammo sprawled throughout the game and also earn the majority of the moral points. This is why everyone seems to unlock the achievement at different points: because not everyone is obtaining the same amount of item pickups or moral points at the same point of the story as others. It does appear that the achievement accumulates these things before unlocking and the latest you can get it to unlock is during the 'Caves' mission. The exact amount of ammo pickups and moral points you need is unknown, so you should just try to get as many as you can until the achievement unlocks.

I'm quite convinced that if you want the Explorer achievement, simply follow these core principles:

1. Do it all within one continuous playthrough
You'll want to go for the Explorer achievement after starting a New Game save file. Do NOT load previous chapters! Select New Game from the main menu and then choose Easy difficulty. Now only play forward through the entire game while also accumulating as many item pickups and moral points as possible.

2. Grab all ammo pickups
Pick up every single bullet and ammunition cache you can find. Check every single corpse you come across and take the time to search every nook, cranny, and deviating path. This includes shelves, containers, alcoves, and anywhere else as I've found some ammo pickups hidden just out of plain sight but at the right angle, were clearly visible to see. You should also be picking up all the gold ammo found throughout the stations from the Sherlock achievement.

3. Trigger Every Moral Flashpoint
Perform as many good deeds as possible and trigger those flashes to get moral points. This shouldn't be too difficult if you've already obtained the Enlightened ending. The requirements for triggering the moral points should still be fresh in your mind now just perform the appropriate actions of obtaining them while also picking up every piece of ammo you can find. You don't need all of them, but try to trigger as many as possible.

After reading through the entirety of the comments, I've deduced that both ammo pick ups and moral points count toward the Explorer achievement. So you'll want to obtain as many of both as possible. After starting a new playthrough, I played through the game all in one sitting up to Chapter 4 which is where my achievement unlocked. It popped during the 'Black Station' mission after triggering the Moral Point for accessing the hidden room behind some crates that contains a Charles Darwin book.

I know people above said they got it using Chapter Select, but judging by the fact that other "cumulative" achievements seem to only unlock after playing multiple stages forward in sequence, I think it's safer to go for this achievement all in one continuous playthrough. You don't have to do it all in one sitting like me; you can do it in multiple sessions so long as you resume by selecting 'Continue' from the main menu. Loading previous checkpoints is totally fine though.

I missed a couple flashpoints during a chapter, but looted every body (including my 'teammates') and scoured every level like a hawk for ammo caches. Got it on level 4.6 after grabbing some ammo off a shelf. This proves 3 things: bad karma from team-looting doesn't spoil the achievement, you don't need every flashpoint, and scattered ammo does contribute to the achievement

Followed the archived Gamefaqs guide and got it while looting the big building on the left near the start of Outpost.

I did the kill everyone path on Frontlines and deviated somewhat during that and other levels with human enemies, in that I went in guns blazing rather than stealthy.

followed the guide and the achievement unlocked in chapter 4-2
when I carried the boy, after choosing the right path and going through the water at the end. before going up on the platforms, I got some ammo from the guy on the left near a "pool"...
only thing I did different from the guide was playing frontiline killing everyone and taking all possible trucks and ammunition
I also started a new save from scratch.

I got it on level outpost in my 2nd play. I just searched everywhere and also use a guide for the hidden ammo(sherlock achievement). If u enter in a room run to each corner and pick up everyhing u can. It takes like 5-6 hours to do.

Got mine in the middle of Chapter 6 "D6". So don't worry if You didn't get one earlier.

this popped at the beginning of caves for me, but i missed a bunch of early on flashes

here's the ones i can't confirm that i got, or don't remember getting. i know for a fact that every one that's not listen here i've obtained.

0.2 Hunter
4) Stand under the light on the right side of the first room of hospital


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1.1 Exhibition
4) Annoy the trader at the circular table by the ammo exchange booth (IMMORAL)
7) Take the BULLETS by the guitar player (IMMORAL)

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2.2 Lost Tunnels
1) Follow Bourbon and listen to his comment about singing pipes, then crouch
down next to the pipe along the right wall of the tunnel

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2.3. The Bridge
1) Click on squeaky dolls in the crate in the subway car
2) Avoid/Attack the Hanza military trolley (ETHICAL)

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2.5 Market
1) Smoke from the hookah at the bar
2) Give a bullet to the beggar in the room between the bar and the weapon
trader

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2.6 Dead City 1
1) Look out the second story window of the terminal building
2) Locate the cache by going through the access panel of the elevator
3) Watch/Attack the vision in the playground (ETHICAL)
4) Locate the cache in the back room of the ruined supermarket
5) Find the body on the ledge near the water outside the supermarket
6) Play the tape recorder

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3.2 Ghosts
1) Listen to the pipes
2) Get around the defenders and follow Khan
3) Find the body in the room with cart

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3.3 Anomaly
1) Watch the anomaly when it approaches you
2a) Watch the anomaly going down the other tunnel (MORAL)
2b) Walk ahead of Khan before encountering the second anomaly (IMMORAL)
3) Find the humain remains by the glowing stalagtites

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3.4 Cursed
1) Listen to Khan at the beginning of the level (ETHICAL)
2) Shoot out a lamp in the shrine (IMMORAL)

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4.1.2 Frontline
7) Kill the Red Army prisoners (IMMORAL)
8) Killing all the enemies (IMMORAL)
9) Complete the level without killing any soldiers

using this guide: http://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox360/935091-metro-2033/faqs/59869

some of those i probably got but the rest of them in the guide i got. most of them are easy, the only tough ones are the ones you have to go stealth and listen to the people talk for (frontlines, black station)

i started following that guide around armory, but following sherlock along the way so i got to most of the hidden areas. i listened to everyone talk in the beginning of the game.

hope that helps, i know how tough this one can be to pop

If you didn't pop this, try Cellar Addict's solution (second solution) along with this FAQ. It popped for me right where he said it would. Honestly, it might be a bug. You just load up Black Station and follow the guide. It unlocks in Library.

For anyone who reads this now - probably you have some troubles with this achievement and played through the game at least once (me - three times), and this one is really elusive and not clearly understandable cheevo. Follow the guide, no need in extra exploring, no need in sneaking and playing stealthy. Just got it before the mentioned spot by Darkside, but still inside the building in Outpost. Go step by step according to the guide and you'll get it for sure!

I just unlocked this after starting new game and it popped on Outpost when looting ammo from dead stalker underneath the place where you go to second floor. I didn't knock any doors or talked with random NPCs. I collected all Sherlock ammo and almost all dead city loot. Maybe I missed few things but I totally explored every inch of maps like Frontline and Hole station. Last one is full of loot so be careful to loot it. And I suggest that you start new game with easy because that way you have plenty of time with gas mask and you can just kill everything easily and focus on loot and exploration.

I got this at caves at the start picking up some ammo. I played multiple levels couple times to remember where bodies and stashes were and started a new game remembering the locations of it this is a pain cause you have to get majority of the stuff discovered I was getting worried if it didn’t unlock as I was nearing the end of the game but thank god it did. Would recommend getting all dead city stashes I got a few and didn’t bother with all and the chest on the train at black station because I didn’t get that one either or I’m sure it would’ve popped earlier. Once you play through a few times you get an idea of the items and hopefully it helps because that’s what I can say worked for me mostly.

I just got the achievement. I got it by following the guide to the letter (the archived, original version I've linked above). I got it at what appears to be the same spot as many others here; in Outpost, in the building, on the second floor, when going outside on the wooden boards. Specifically, in the guide, when it says:

"Sneak across to the other room and loot the body. There's some revolver ammo in
the left corner by the windows. Sneak out of the room to the hallway and go
into the next room on the left. Hop up on the crate by the window and loot the
+4 BULLETS. Go out the window onto the wooden boards."

I got it at the part in bold in the above quote.

Also, if anyone is like me, and can't stand the font used in the guide, I copied and pasted it into Word and changed the font to something easy on the eyes (Calibri).

Good luck to everyone else who still needs this achievement!

got it on "outpost" on my third pt using chapter select. During my first pt I didn't care about scavenging and exploring, the 2nd pt was aimed mostly at getting morality points (for "enlightened"), plus some deeper exploration, but I still missed tons of stuff. I started my 3rd pt from the chapter "dead city": I followed the guide for the "ranger" achievement, and then continued from there. I tried to explore every corner of each map (didn't follow any guide), while still missing some discovery points (for instance, the deserter being executed on "frontline").

Finally the achievement popped on outpost while checking out the small "shrine" on the stairs in the main building (there are a few candles IIRC, plus some ammo). Because I selected chapters, instead of restarting a fresh pt, this confirms that canceling your save doesn't guarantee any benefit, in case you've missed the achievement the first (or second) time. Quite the contrary, I'd say. I've noticed that the game saved a few times - when I was exploring new areas - even though that wasn't a checkpoint (I know for sure because I've died shortly after and respawned in a previous area). I guess that there is some sort of (additional in respect to checkpoints) save system that updates the "checklist" for the exploration %.

That would make sense, considering that the game seems to use 3 different saves: one for "preferences", one for each individual level, and one for the purpose of continuing from the last checkpoint. Long story short, if you're sure that you've been diligent up until a certain point, feel free to restart from there (as many other players have already suggested and confirmed). The game will keep track of your exploration % in previous (and probably subsequent) levels.

Deleting the save files from any console menu doesn't seem necessary. I used level select to go to Chapter 1 - Exhibition after finishing my first playthrough and just combed and combed my way through every level. Reading guides seemed exhausting so I just went on without them (except for Sherlock achievement ammo and Dead City Ranger achievement guides) on and on checking every corner, every small container on the walls, every footlocker I could find, checked every ladder, jumped down every survivable hole (that are not lurker holes) to check for anything.

On Ghosts and Anomaly, I checked the ends of the tunnels in the spots where there weren't any immediate threat from the ghosts or anomalies. On Frontlines, I killed everyone first, then went down to the glowy smoky areas to check every corner there, then climbed up the ladders next to the hostages to jump around on the pipes that seemed to go to nowhere, just twisting around on themselves.

Just be very hard on the lookout for any ways to find bodies that have ammo. The achievement may not be only about pickups but those absolutely do count as well.

Eventually on the Outpost level, after trying to comb through each room and corner of the main building, I reached the final bit before the end, killed the enemies and combed through the area with all the junk cars. I jumped down each small hole in the asphalt ( not the huge open-air-ones, but the ones that are like tiny tunnels between the cars) and one of them had a corpse with a few bullets on it. Grabbed those and got the achievement. So it seems the game does save your exploring across playthroughs, so don't delete your saves from any console menu or whatever, just load Chapter 1 - Exhibition, and start going through the game, checking everywhere. If you finish even the second playthrough without the achievement, maybe start loading up big levels ( Frontline, Outpost, Black Station, Library, Dead City 1) and just comb and comb your way through each small corner, hole, window, ladder, ramp, etc etc.

Also I'm pretty sure I found at least one gun or ammo pickup that wasn't in the ranger achievement in Dead City so check every corner, every room. My experience was that this is tough but doesn't require anything superhumanly impossible to be found.

This is a weird and cryptic one but it is doable. Believe in yourself!

Glad to help. Thank you for the positive feedback!

I did the exact same thing but it did not unlock. However, I decided to play a bit more to see if I can save myself from another playthrough ... It finally unlocked in the underground caves fighting Nosalies.

Same here with black station thanks man.

Glad this is helping people out! This is why checkable in-game counters are a good thing.

After reading this and the other solution, i went back and did frontline again (this time killing everyone, and exploring everywhere but the sneaky underside), then explored all of black station (first run thru i went for the merciful, ) , then played on and got everything onwards, then got to the cave and took the items from the first box on my right as you spawn, and the achievement popped. Praise the lord.

OMG it worked!!! Thank you thank you thank you! I honestly wonder if this is some sort of glitch, as it unlocked right where you said it would. Who cares, I'm done with this game!

Just to clarify exactly what I did, I had been very careful to explore everything the whole game, but it didn't unlock (2nd playthrough). So I loaded Black Station and followed this guide: http://www.gamefaqs.com/xbox360/935091-metro-2033/faqs/59427

The achievement unlocked right after the demon attacks the NPC in Library.

Glad this still works, for whatever reason.

Following this guide (including the gamefaqs guide too) I got this on my 2nd attempt during Chapter 4: Outpost. I followed the walkthrough from TA (owned by Jayour) on 1st attempt and missed out on the "Explorer" and "Ranger" achievements but got both of them using this guide, thanks, +1

Unfortunately did not work for me. Time to do another playthrough.

I'm sorry it didn't work, Big Halo. Just be sure to be really thorough with your explorations on the second playthrough and you should be golden. Good luck!

Not working! Play from frontline till the end :(
I guess I need to play a new game

Sorry to hear that. I think whether this achievement works for people or not in a partial playthrough is dependent on how thorough they explored prior to whatever level the "restart" the game from.

Did your way, had to play all the way up to the point in the Caves mission where you go into the manhole, glad I didn't have to replay the whole thing

You finished the story, then reloaded black stattion?

Yes, that's right.

Would it be wise to reload Outpost? As I just finished that level

If this is your first playthrough, I would finish the game first. You might trigger the achievement this way. If not, then I would reload the game to Black Station. The achievement is highly contingent upon how thoroughly you've investigated the various levels up to that point, however.

Glad it worked!

Got it, and at the exactly same spot as you did. :) Thanks, thumbs up!

Great! Again, I'm not sure why this works, but I'm glad it does!

Thanks for sharing. THOROUGH exploration is definitely the key. You cannot rush through the levels and hope to earn this achievement.

Followed the TA walkthrough basically line by line, unlocking everything except this.
Went back and started at Black Station, killed everyone and took casual strolls through the whole map ... eventually got through library, no achievement. Took about an hour so definitely worth the attempt if you also missed this upon campaign completion.

Continued playing to "Cave" like Law Violation. This took an extra half hour on top of playing to the library.
Unlocked as soon as I picked up the ammo in the ammo box in the caged area to the right of spawning.

Good to know that, while this achievement is finicky, it's still obtainable with some extra care.

on my third run of the game, at polis and it isn't looking good. I have searched every nook and cranny but I have 2 places left that have been commented on as possible locations. Looks like it is just glitched for me.


LMFAO OMG I GOT IT!!! I GOT IT!!! YES!!!!

You make me happy!!!! I've got the same situation about Black Station! Tried your advise and BLEEP! Explorer in the library right after you leave you mates in the same room!
THANK YOU!!!

Dude, I gamelove you. Worked! I did the same thing with Black Station, Alley (didnt even know you could go to the other side), and Library. I got it just after the demon attack once I looted a dead body. As a note, I had not gotten Sherlock when I got this, so clearly that it is not necessary. It must be a counter of a certain amount of pickups.

I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So yes this game does track exploration progress. I finished outpost, but wanting to be extra sure, I reloaded outpost was more dilligent than before but got nothing. Reading people saying its popped later had me hoping. I continuted on to black station. Killing and searching as usual. I was on the upper part of the station, went into a dead end room. Looked at a health pack that I could not pick up and POP!!

My previous comment hold true. You can reload if you have not finished the story. But as everyone has noted, it had to be on the same save file. Thank you Cellar. 100 positives for you!

Popped mine at the beginning of 'Cave'. Just at the start there's a caged room on the left. I feel as if this Achievement is tracked by Explored %. Certain areas increase this % significantly where as other areas not as much.

I know that i have likely missed some places and areas just by reading through these guides and suggestions.

Its odd how some have popped this in Outpost compared ro where I am in the game now which brings my conclusion to explored %.

Definitley take your time and search in all areas possible, i even restarted a checkpoint if I thought i missed an area.

I realize this is old. I did almost three entire playthroughs just trying to get this achievement. I have completed the Redux version twice so I already have a good idea of where to look. My achievement unlocked in one of the last possible places I believe it could. That is, after you get separated from your team and are locked in with a really tough mutant. I got my achievement on the body in the bathroom just as you enter. This is one of the last bodies you come to I believe. There is one other body after this in the same little section and that may be the last.

Just wanted to let you know that this method worked for me too. I followed the TA walkthrough and got all but Explorer and the mop-up achievements. Played through Front Line a couple of times to get those, but still didn't have Explorer. Replayed and explored Black Station based on another guide, still no luck.

Decided to give your method a try as I was confident the game was reloading the chapters and keeping the stats from my original playthrough. Played from Riga in Ch. 2, closely following the Gamefaqs guide from HWNDarkside's solution above. Achievement unlocked as I picked up ammo in a back room on the second floor of the main building in Outpost. Will give you a positive vote when I'm next online and TA picks up the game, thanks!