Metro Exodus
68 Achievements
1,500
PC
Iron Mode
Completed the game in Iron Mode.
50
0.12%
How to unlock the Iron Mode achievement in Metro Exodus - Definitive Guide
You can unlock this achievement pretty easily. Beat the game once, then play through it a second time in New Game + mode, and set the difficulty to reader mode. If you play with the My Weapons preset its a cake-walk.
Just a note, you should probably do this achievement last, as once you've entered iron mode, all chapter select and other activities take the game settings of your last save. You can get around this by starting and beating a new new playthrough.
Just a note, you should probably do this achievement last, as once you've entered iron mode, all chapter select and other activities take the game settings of your last save. You can get around this by starting and beating a new new playthrough.
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Xbox One X. I had 1 freeze on Caspian Sea today.
By BRETT 57642 on 02 Feb 2020 14:45
Right at the bloody end of Caspian it freezes! That’s not fair at all! No seriously I did 2 hours and it’s all for nothing now!
Is there no way around this?
Is there no way around this?
By PlusATHEY on 12 May 2019 18:17
EASY METHOD! Did this on 17/01/23 on the Series X fyi, this method may not work on PC or PS4/5
After reading a comment in the prior guide about unlocking ironman after a save corrupt message, i managed to duplicate how he stumbled onto it with great success! Take note this will not earn you the 3 toys in ng+ achievement.
Steps
1- You must have a save file with the finale available, load it so it auto-saves then back to the main menu.
2- Create a new save file in a new save slot and play the 1st level until it auto-saves, double check it saved then quit to main menu.
3- Load save file 1 which loads the finale and force quit the game from the home page/dashboard as soon as the finale starts to play.
4- Boot the game up again and load save file 2 in Moscow and quit to main menu as soon as you can, go to chapter select and finale should be selectable, select finale and again quit to main menu as soon as it starts to play.
5- New game plus should be selectable on save file 2 now! toggle ironman on, quit to main menu as soon as Moscow starts.
6- Select load game, your finale save should be there, load it and you should get a save corrupted notification, it will boot you to main menu now.
7- Select continue and finale should load up here. Watch it all, both achievements unlocked right as the credits started.
Please comment and let me know if you were successful in duplicating this method.
After reading a comment in the prior guide about unlocking ironman after a save corrupt message, i managed to duplicate how he stumbled onto it with great success! Take note this will not earn you the 3 toys in ng+ achievement.
Steps
1- You must have a save file with the finale available, load it so it auto-saves then back to the main menu.
2- Create a new save file in a new save slot and play the 1st level until it auto-saves, double check it saved then quit to main menu.
3- Load save file 1 which loads the finale and force quit the game from the home page/dashboard as soon as the finale starts to play.
4- Boot the game up again and load save file 2 in Moscow and quit to main menu as soon as you can, go to chapter select and finale should be selectable, select finale and again quit to main menu as soon as it starts to play.
5- New game plus should be selectable on save file 2 now! toggle ironman on, quit to main menu as soon as Moscow starts.
6- Select load game, your finale save should be there, load it and you should get a save corrupted notification, it will boot you to main menu now.
7- Select continue and finale should load up here. Watch it all, both achievements unlocked right as the credits started.
Please comment and let me know if you were successful in duplicating this method.
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Additionally it for some reason you don't have a save file with finale ready to load, you can create a new save file and from chapter select, an option to unlock all chapters is there, ignore the warning message. Load finale and do steps 1-4 twice so your ironman save is save file 3 then do steps 5-7 on that save. Speaking from my hour or so's experience here messing around to unlock this.
By Jobber on 17 Jan 2023 22:42
7. Should I overwrite my save or cancel? 8. I choose to continue the game save is Moscow instead of the final chapter
By xiaotudo1015 on 15 Apr 2023 18:58
'Iron Mode' is a modifier that makes it so you can't use the quick save feature at all and will have to instead rely on the level checkpoints. The levels can take upwards of two hours, if not more, so you may want to consider doing this as a speed-run, of sorts. The game is prone to crashing too, so be aware of this when playing as you can lose a few hours if you take your time going through a level.
This achievement should be attempted along with "Mutation" and can be done on the eaisest difficulty, 'Reader'. After choosing New Game +, go into the modifiers and choose 'Iron mode' then scroll to the bottom and select 'My Weapons' which will give you access to all of the weapons you had on each level during your initial playthrough, just to make it that much easier.
This achievement should be attempted along with "Mutation" and can be done on the eaisest difficulty, 'Reader'. After choosing New Game +, go into the modifiers and choose 'Iron mode' then scroll to the bottom and select 'My Weapons' which will give you access to all of the weapons you had on each level during your initial playthrough, just to make it that much easier.
Iron Mode is not a difficulty but a mode you can select in the modifications menu during NG+ start-up. Iron Mode fully disables the save system so you progress is only saved between Chapters but on Reader difficulty this shouldn't be a problem, however because of glitches, cheap deaths and even the car getting stuck in the CAPSIAN Chapter, this can be a real pain. This is made worse by the fact that none of the cutscenes are skippable. Be careful, drive slow and don't walk over bonfires. A cheap death towards the end of any Chapter will be rage inducing, therefore I don't recommend playing it on anything other than Reader.
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I received it today with the current game patch 1.09 on digital.
I will describe my actions:
1. Started the game ng+ in hard mode (save slot #2), difficulty level normal.
2. After loading, go to 1 mob -> kill (most likely this is not necessary).
3. Went to the main menu.
4. I loaded the last auto-save through the “load” button (save slot #1), where the conclusion was.
#drop# during the cutscene.
I didn’t leave the game, all within 1 session. (it is possible that there was 1 save slot in 1 point).
Slot 1 simple walkthrough completely completed.
Slot 2 ranger hardcore completely completed.
I will describe my actions:
1. Started the game ng+ in hard mode (save slot #2), difficulty level normal.
2. After loading, go to 1 mob -> kill (most likely this is not necessary).
3. Went to the main menu.
4. I loaded the last auto-save through the “load” button (save slot #1), where the conclusion was.
#drop# during the cutscene.
I didn’t leave the game, all within 1 session. (it is possible that there was 1 save slot in 1 point).
Slot 1 simple walkthrough completely completed.
Slot 2 ranger hardcore completely completed.
2 Comments
This method worked on PS5.
By DiMMMkA on 15 Jun 2022 13:09
Xbox series X. The method works the same way
By Spyman on 24 May 2024 19:25
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I got it in numbers (1.06) as follows. I started NG+ in hard mode. Immediately went to the menu and then restarted the game. A conclusion appeared in the list of levels, but I ignored it and clicked “continue”. After control was given, I went back to the menu and chose conclusion. Thus he received an iron regime and a mutation.
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Version 1.08 - does not work, unfortunately. You'll have to do it by hand.
By Asmodeus_SPB on 28 Feb 2020 03:24
I used this trick from StrangePassenger to clear several trophies: Iron Mode, Mutation, Hardcore and Endless Journey (the game generated my playthrough as if I was bad). Made on 02/02/2020. As we wrote earlier, it’s better to do this before the new DLC comes out. Special thanks to StrangePassenger.
By Mob on 02 Feb 2020 00:12
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