Metro Last Light
70 Achievements
1,380
25-30h
Arachnophobia
Kill 20 spiders with your flame thrower.
15
How to unlock the Arachnophobia achievement in Metro Last Light - Definitive Guide
Instead of burning as you go, WAIT until you reach the end of the level. Use the shotgun, out run the spiders and collect as many gas units as you can (don't forget to look up, some are up high on shelves). I had 600 units total at the last checkpoint. Once you turn on the power and turn the switch to open the door at the top the of missile is where you get the checkpoint. Hit the lever on the blue-lit console and STAY IN THAT ROOM. Find yourself a nice corner and start burning. If you go out to the missile, the burning spiders will drop down to the level below and won't count. As far as I can tell, the only spiders that count are the one's that explode into flames. The spiders ARE NOT unending, they will stop after a while, but it should be enough to get the achievement. If you don't get it, simply reload the checkpoint. Now you don't have to replay the level.
TL;DR version: Wait until the last checkpoint before using any gas. Hit the switch for the elevator, stay in the room, turn off the headlamp and burn away. If you don't get the achievement, reload checkpoint.
Only female spiders count. These are the ones without the tail; thy have round bodies no tail and are harder to burn.
Use shotgun for males, flamethrower for females.
There is a section while climbing silo, just after you flick a switch to lower gates but have to burn webs to lower gates, you can kill 4-5 females easy here. Climb ladder to next section where females don't engage you but are on the walls. They only require a short burst from flamethrower to die unlike when they agro you.
This is before the room you can enter where you jump over a fallen cabinet.
Also, if you don't get it, once you reach the end there will be an unending swarm of them. They will continuously swarm until you step into the elevator. This is your chance to smoke the remainder if you missed any.
To make sure that you have plenty of fuel enough to kill 20 spiders, be sure to scavenge thoroughly for white plastic jugs and white gas cans that contain fuel. Combining the Flame Thrower and your headlamp seems to be the quickest way of killing them though it does also cause them to run away from you. All 20 spiders must be killed on one playthrough.
Apparently, only the spiders with a round abdomen count toward the achievement. The ones with the spiked tails similar to a scorpion’s do not count, so don’t waste fuel on them. The best strategy is to simply keep gathering fuel and not use the flame thrower at all until the ending sequence of the level when you are waiting for the escape elevator to arrive. You will only be attacked by spiders with round abdomens, and they constantly re-spawn, so there will be no shortage of them to kill. Get 20 kills here before leaving and the achievement is yours. But be careful to stay away from the door of the elevator once it arrives as getting close will trigger the escape animation, ending the level.