Metro: Last Light Redux
49 Achievements
1,000
15-20h
Commando
Rescued the Women and Children on the BANDITS level without raising alarm.
30
11.5%
How to unlock the Commando achievement in Metro: Last Light Redux - Definitive Guide
The opportunity for this comes once you reach a wooden tunnel with fire and skeletons hanging from it. Just past this tunnel, you will see a small door on the right hand side which you will need to enter and rescue the women and children without raising an alarm. This is the only part of the level that matters towards this achievement.
View the best path through this section of the chapter below:
Check out the video below for a full playthrough of the game showing all collectibles, miscellaneous achievements like this one, and the Moral Points I obtained (I skipped a lot of them) in order to get the Redemption achievement. The Bandits mission starts at timestamp 53:16.
In total, there are five victims you must rescue for this achievement. The first woman is alone while the remaining four are grouped together. Be aware that if you mess up at any point during your attempt at this achievement, you can reload your checkpoint in order to try again. With that said, the first woman can be heard begging for her children’s lives as you walk down the main path of the torch-lit tunnel. As soon as you hear her, head through the door on your right and deal with the two guards in this area using stealth tactics.
Once the enemies here are dealt with, head down the next main hallway from this room and sneak into the ventilation cubbyhole on your right. Exit this cubbyhole on the other end and head through the kitchen area. Knock out the guard who is seated just beyond the kitchen, and head into the next room on your left. Here, open the door in the back of the room and be ready to deal with a surprised guard through a QTE. Upon his death (or knockout), the women and children in this room will scurry out the back and the achievement will unlock right away.
In total, there are five victims you must rescue for this achievement. The first woman is alone while the remaining four are grouped together. Be aware that if you mess up at any point during your attempt at this achievement, you can reload your checkpoint in order to try again. With that said, the first woman can be heard begging for her children’s lives as you walk down the main path of the torch-lit tunnel. As soon as you hear her, head through the door on your right and deal with the two guards in this area using stealth tactics.
Once the enemies here are dealt with, head down the next main hallway from this room and sneak into the ventilation cubbyhole on your right. Exit this cubbyhole on the other end and head through the kitchen area. Knock out the guard who is seated just beyond the kitchen, and head into the next room on your left. Here, open the door in the back of the room and be ready to deal with a surprised guard through a QTE. Upon his death (or knockout), the women and children in this room will scurry out the back and the achievement will unlock right away.
If you treat this like the other Chapters where you had to use stealth like SEPARATION, FACILITY and REVOLUTION then you shouldn't have a problem but if you're having trouble, here's a video guide by ne1082:
1. A woman who is wanted to be raped by two bandits in a carriage must have time to kill or stun them before they give her bream.
2. After passing the fire tunnel, there is a room on the right where they are shouting about saving the children. Find the room and kill or stun the pest.
PS^ I also simultaneously freed a man who called himself a woman =) perhaps he also needs to be freed in time, but since the description of the trophy says “women and children”, I’m not sure that he is needed.