Metro Redux (EP)
50 Achievements
20-25h
Marksman
Kill 15 human enemies with Headshots from at least 30 meters' distance.
10.1%
How to unlock the Marksman achievement in Metro Redux - Definitive Guide
Load up Frontline, and as soon as you roll off from the cart. Take out your pneumatic weapon, CRANK it up fully (Hold LB + Press D-RIGHT) - Then use RT to crank. One fully cranked, turn to the front of the tunnel.
Your target is the guy standing on the rail car. He doesn't have a helmet. Line up the dot sight with his head and BANG. Don't take more than a couple steps towards him (enough to line up a shot). That's more than 30 meters. I never missed from here. Reload checkpoint. (I found the targeting of this gun the best at long range).
I hope this has helped some people out :)
Update for people who were confused on who to shoot, I have made a small clip of the method at work :)
You can always view the achievement tracker to check if your progress towards the achievement is increasing.
For me, it was a lot easier to try and farm this at the very beginning of the Depot level, where you can get the Raider achievement
The guy seems to spawn in slightly different areas each time but the turnaround with the checkpoint reload is extremely quick, which helps!
As long as you're firing approx. head-height down the centre of the tracks, it shouldn't take too long.
Tip: Have the Marksman achievement snapped to the side so you can see your progress! Will help you zero in on the right timing and area to aim for.
When you begin Dry, you're in a vent. Stay quiet, drop down, snuff the blue light in front of you, go around to the right and wait for guards. You're in the middle shaft. One guard will approach from along the length of the tunnel and move to the right shaft (far side from where you dropped down), past the yellow lamp. If you sneak quickly, you can snuff the lamp and follow him into the right shaft without being seen. As he faces away, take him down and snuff the light above the table.
This should take around 30-60 seconds.
Now turn around. There are three guards at the far end of the shaft. You will probably only see two. Line the middle up in your sights and take him down, then the others if you can. More will appear from the left side entrances. Not all of these will be far enough, but 1-2 might be.
After a few kills, you can reload the checkpoint and hop down again.
If you want to, you can try shooting the guards in the middle shaft, but I found them harder to line up before the guards swarmed me and I had to fight them off. Obviously close kills don't count.
Rather than including my weapon kills video though I've included my 'full Enlightened playthrough' video, as it actually points out the specific spot I stand/shoot from. Unfortunately I'd already unlocked the achievement so you don't see it pop in the video but this is where I did it. You can see it at the 14:04 mark in the video.
You can pair this with Sniper if you wish. Use a weapon with a scope attachment, like a Revolver or Hellbreath to ensure you are more accurate from range. I got this trophy by reloading checkpoint on the Dry Chapter.
This achievement is slightly similar to "Sniper", with the only difference being in the distance of which headshots must be performed. You will probably want to arm yourself with a decent medium-to-long range weapon such as the Tilhar (pneumatic), Kalash (assault rifle), or VSV (assault rifle). Additionally, it is highly recommended to have a scope attached to the Tilhar or Kalash when working on this achievement.
Overall, this will most likely come naturally to players who are attempting to stealthily take down enemies from afar with silenced, ranged weapons. There are plenty of levels that offer straight sightlines for the required distance, however "Frontline" is one of the very best levels to grind this out on. Once you manage to get fifteen headshots from a thirty meters' distance, the achievement will finally unlock.
This achievement is slightly similar to "Sniper", with the only difference being in the distance of which headshots must be performed. You will probably want to arm yourself with a decent medium-to-long range weapon such as the Tilhar (pneumatic), Kalash (assault rifle), or VSV (assault rifle). Additionally, it is highly recommended to have a scope attached to the Tilhar or Kalash when working on this achievement.
Overall, this will most likely come naturally to players who are attempting to stealthily take down enemies from afar with silenced, ranged weapons. There are plenty of levels that offer straight sightlines for the required distance, however "Frontline" is one of the very best levels to grind this out on. Once you manage to get fifteen headshots from a thirty meters' distance, the achievement will finally unlock.
We turn 180 degrees and shoot at 2 soldiers
Tried other places
Doesn't count or every other time