Metro 2033

Metro 2033

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Survivor

Survivor

Complete the game in Ranger Mode Easy.

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How to unlock the Survivor achievement in Metro 2033 - Definitive Guide

This is how I managed to get both endings and the Ranger Easy / Ranger Hardcore achievements in one playthrough. Not 100% sure you have to do all this, but this is what I did.

1. Download the DLC before playing the game or starting another playthrough.

2. You can choose Easy difficulty (doesn't have to be Ranger Easy).

3. Trigger the Enlightened ending. See edit below.

4. At the end of the game decide which ending you want. You'll either get "If it's hostile, you kill it" or "Enlightened" depending on what you decided to do.

5. After the credits, back at the title screen, choose to continue.

6. Go to options and change the difficulty to Ranger Easy, make sure you save and exit and then quit to the title screen.

7. Choose to continue again (go to options and make sure you're on Ranger Easy) and play the last part of the game again but trigger the opposite ending you did in step 4. You should now get the other ending achievement AND "Survivor" for completing the game on Ranger Easy.

8. Repeat from step 5 but choose Ranger Hardcore this time. Make sure you trigger the first ending you did again. It doesn't work if you use the same ending twice in a row.

EDIT: If it doesn't work the way I've described you may have to dashboard to get it to work as mentioned in various comments below.

EDIT: Some people haven't needed the enlightened ending and were able to use the bad ending twice in a row. Originally when I tried this, it didn't work for me that way. I had to switch endings to get the other achievement but there may have been a game update or some other variable in your playthrough that changes this.

If you have the original 1000G and just need the DLC achievements, you'll need to start a new game with the DLC installed. It means another playthrough but you'll still be able to get Ranger Easy / Hardcore achievements in the same game.
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04 Nov 2010 13:35

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Thanks for this, works just as described.
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By Park Diesel on 17 Dec 2010 09:38
It didn't work for me and I did the the thing word from word and I had an enlightened ending saved before i got the DLC then i did the steps you said to do but it hasn't worked. I don't know if this is the cause but everytime i change the difficulty it says in need the latest tittle update to play recent saved games but i already did the update it asked for when i started the game with DLC so maybe you can help
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By BMS Spartan on 05 Jan 2011 23:44
Thank you I got them and your a big time saver so thanks again
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By BMS Spartan on 11 Jan 2011 01:44
No, if you fulfil the requirements for the enlightened ending you can take control of your character in the last scene and shoot the console for the good ending. Or just stand there and do nothing for the bad.
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By Ibanez V7 on 13 Jul 2011 09:37
pretty sure you have to do the same ending twice in a row
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By Tony Starc on 24 Sep 2011 14:07
Nice one worked perfectley for me know hopefully i wont have to do more than 3 playthrough
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By oO maur1c1o Oo on 23 Jan 2012 23:06
Zero problems, why the neg votes?
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By sonnyforple on 07 Oct 2012 06:09
Some people are just assholes sonnyforple.

I've had a person vote down one of my solutions, just because their phone couldn't view the Youtube video I embed, as if that's my fault, and something I can solve. We live in a very entitled world.
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By EarthboundX on 11 Oct 2012 08:07
Just an extra comment verifying that this still works. A small note though, you can't change the difficultly from the main menu, you have to continue first, then change it ingame.

Thanks again Ibanez V7.
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By EarthboundX on 12 Oct 2012 02:44
I've done exactly what was written and didn't get it. I tried doing each ending twice in a row and didn't get it. I did get Survivor, but that's all.
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By DcupsOfJustice on 09 Nov 2012 23:27
The reason I didn't get it is because I had to go back to dashboard. Found this out on Xbox360Achievements.org, where this was also posted. 11 people had mentioned they had to do this before it unlocked. Should probably add the dashboard bit to this solution.
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By DcupsOfJustice on 09 Nov 2012 23:44
Thanks for the heads up. It's in there now. I added the dashboard part to the 'Last Man Standing' solution but forgot to do it here.
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By Ibanez V7 on 10 Nov 2012 02:12
You're a beauty, worked perfect... just saved me another two playthroughs... fantastic!
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By Calebz18 on 08 Dec 2012 08:50
I confirm that, if you didn't triggered the enlightment ending, you need to continue, set difficult to ranger easy. Save.2 quit to main menu, quit to daahboard, load the game, continue and trigger again the bad ending, it should unlock as did for me
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By Sc4rLeT WolF on 04 Mar 2016 00:34
Solution worked great! Thank you!
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By TouchingVermin on 03 Feb 2017 22:49
Solution still perfectly works! clap
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By Chriiistophe on 03 Feb 2018 17:05
this still works, but I can confirm that you don't need different endings to get the achievements. I got both achievements with the "If it's hostile, you kill it" ending.
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By Davvvide 3 on 10 Feb 2021 11:23
Confirm that this still works. Only had the one ending option and had to quit to dashboard for both Easy and Hardcore for achievements to unlock.
Great solution, Thanks.
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By Falcon Eye 22 on 26 Feb 2023 01:45
This method still works. Also I can confirm that You don't need to change the ending. Just dashboard after receiving an achievement.
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By Lukasz730 on 25 Apr 2024 19:18
I think in this case you need to start a new game. You can play on easy, as long as you have the DLC before you start it and the DLC weapons will appear in your game. From there, you should be able to get ranger easy and hardcore in the same game.
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By Ibanez V7 on 07 Jan 2011 03:04
How are you supposed to trigger the two different endings from the same game? I thought each ending was dependent on what you did throughout the game? If you're using the same game and changing difficulties, then all that you did before that certain point will always be the same, right?
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By iammatticusx on 13 Jul 2011 00:55
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Firstly, I completed Ranger Hardcore Mode, so i thought i will have no problem in Easy Ranger Mode, but i was wrong :(
This mode has just few slightly differences comparing to Hardcore, ammo is not that scarce, enemies may deal less damage(but still its not cakewalk), and everything is the same.

My main advices would be to use knife with mutants, mainly to conserve ammo at the first chapters of the game.Throwing knifes will come in handy in those levels with human enemies, stealth is the best way complete the level, because few bullets hit you and youre dead:(

AND MOST IMPORTANT THING- dont forget to buy lots of gas masks filters , because they deplete very fast in Ranger mode!

P.S. this is the link to youtube videos, where show you how to complete human levels stealthy( i know this is a hardcore, but still really helps you for this mode, too):

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=E97A8BE487A3B6C2
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31 Oct 2010 10:28

See "Last Man Standing" for more information.

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A very interesting point, I beat the game right away on the “HardcoreStalker” difficulty, but this achievement was not given. Maybe I have some kind of glitch... But nevertheless, get ready to go through the game again.)))
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07 Oct 2014 21:19

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If you started the game with the dlc installed, then you don’t need to go through on this difficulty, load the last checkpoint, change the difficulty to “Stalker Hardcore” or just “Stalker”.
If you started the game without dlc, then you will have to play through it completely.
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By AndrewGahanGore on 11 Feb 2018 22:13