"Enlightened" Ending (2)

Learn how to get the best ending in Metro 2033 Redux. This guide explains the crucial choice you need to make to save the Dark Ones and achieve the Enlightened ending.

Alright, so you're aiming for the best ending in Metro 2033 Redux, huh? The 'Enlightened' ending. This one's a bit special and depends entirely on a choice you make right at the very end, after all the chaos. You'll know you're in the right spot when you hear Khan's voice again, echoing what he told you back at Sparta base.

He'll say something like:

"You reap what you sow, Artyom: force answers force, war answers war, and death only brings death. To break this vicious circle one must do more than just act without any thought or doubt."

At this point, the guidance system is counting down. This is your big moment. If you just let that timer run out without doing anything, you'll get the 'If It's Hostile, You Kill It' ending. Not the one we're going for.

To get the Enlightened ending: You need to interact with the guidance system. You can either shoot it with a weapon to knock it off the tower, or you can just run right up to it and push it off yourself. Doing this saves the Dark Ones, and that's the key to unlocking this ending.

After you make your choice, you'll hear a narration that reflects your decision:

"H.G. Wells once wrote, 'If we don't end wars, wars will end us.' And somehow, I stopped my war. At the time, I couldn't say what had made me spare the Dark Ones. But, I came to realize that the strange visions that haunted my journey were their attempts to reach out to us. I don't know if I was the first to communicate with them, but I will not be the last...

And the future -- our future -- stretches before us like an endless Metro tunnel."

So, remember: shoot or push the guidance system. That's all it takes to get the best outcome for Artyom and the world.