Complete Metro 2033 Black Station without killing enemies for the Merciful Achievement. Includes safe locations and notes.
Walkthrough
- 1From the starting platform, drop down and run along the subway tracks on the right.
- 2Enter the doorway on the left with the lamp and go down the stairs into a storage room. An Automatic Shotgun is on crates in the center, and a Medkit is in the corner by the broken wall.
- 3Go through the broken wall into a sewer tunnel. Put on your gas mask (a mask used to filter out toxic air) and go left.
- 4Enter the room on the right with the sparking electrical cable. A filter (a component for your gas mask) is in the wall locker.
- 5Sneak up the staircase. Shoot out the light at the top.
- 6A mumbling guard is a couple of rooms ahead by a lamp. Listen to his conversation for a Moral Point (a point awarded for specific actions or choices).
- 7Sneak through the first doorway on the left, where Ulman previously met you. Check lockers for sniper ammo.
- 8Exit the room carefully. Shoot the helmet in the room before the enemy by the lamp. The enemy will stand up and walk away.
- 9Enter the room with the lamp and extinguish the light.
- 10Go into the bathroom on the right for revolver ammo on a backpack.
- 11Sneak into the large room. Shoot out the light on the left as you enter.
- 12Listen to the story about Metro 2 for a Moral Point.
- 13Sneak right, following the wall. Wait by the scaffolding.
- 14When the patroller walks into the tunnel, sneak forward and go through the doorway on the right.
- 15Go down the steps and drop into the sewer tunnel. Put on your gas mask.
- 16Navigate past traps and follow the path until you reach Pavel. Get in the railcar.
- 17During the vision, stand still or walk towards the Dark One for a Moral Point. Run away from the Dark One if you do not want a Moral Point.
- 18Take off your gas mask and turn off your flashlight or lighter. Approach Ulman.
- 19Warning: Do not fire a weapon while Ulman is talking to you at the very beginning of the level, as this results in a Moral Loss.
- 20Ulman leaves you a VSV with a Silencer. The newly dead soldier has a Kalash with a laser sight. Nightvision goggles are on a backpack to the left, along with an incendiary grenade.
- 21Go left. Do not disturb the cans. Disarm the two wire traps (a type of explosive device).
- 22Moral Gain: Listen to the entire conversation of the two soldiers sitting around the campfire.
- 23Sneak past the two soldiers. Go into the lit hallway and blow out the lamp.
- 24Wait by the sandbags. One soldier leaves the campsite and walks away.
- 25Follow behind the guard and knock him out or kill him when he stops. Sneak back to the campsite and knock out or kill the guard by the campfire.
- 26Look left and grab the NOTE (a collectible item). A Throwing Knife is by the campfire.
- 27Sneak down the passage to the right. Stop at the box. A soldier should walk past.
- 28Sneak behind the soldier and go into the passage to the right.
- 29Sneak up and hide in the alcove on the right, getting as close to the soldiers as possible.
- 30Moral Gain: Listen to the two soldiers talk about order.
- 31One soldier walks in from the hallway on the left. A second soldier walks from the right, stops with his back turned to the alcove, then walks back to the lamp.
- 32When only the soldier has his back turned, go right and sneak up to the lamp. Turn off the lamp and continue through the doorway.
- 33Sneak down the steps on the right. Go left and drop down the hole in the floor to get underneath the subway platform.
- 34Find the door with the candle on a barrel next to it. Turn around so your back is to the door and go straight to the corner. Turn right.
- 35Sneak forward, but do not exit the underground area yet.
- 36One guard patrols this section of the platform. Wait until he walks away to the right.
- 37Sneak up out of the underground area and go straight. There is a cage on the right. Loot the KEY (a quest item) inside the cage.
- 38Keep sneaking straight ahead and go down the steps. Go through the doorway on the right.
- 39Go down the stairs and blow out the lamp. Open the door at the bottom of the stairs.
- 40Go left into the room full of crates. Turn off the lamp.
- 41Use the key from the cage to unlock the top SAFE (a container). Inside are sticky grenades and +23 BULLETS (ammunition).
- 42Go through the hole in the wall. Go left in the tunnel. Grab the KEY from the corpse in the tunnel.
- 43Return to the room. Unlock the SAFE on the lower left for filters and +16 BULLETS.
- 44Go back down into the tunnel. Go left. Run down the tunnel and go into the room on the right.
- 45You can get arrows (ammunition) from the dead nosalis (a type of enemy) and a filter from the red wall locker.
- 46Sneak up the stairs.
- 47Moral Point: Sneak up to the hole in the wall. You get a Moral Point for listening to the man sitting by the lamp.
- 48If you want steel bearing ammo (ammunition), go into the room on the left and check the lockers.
- 49Sneak past the man sitting by the lamp. Go out the doorway to the left and take an immediate right and sneak along the tunnel.
Tips
- To get the Merciful Achievement, do not kill or knock out any enemies.
- This walkthrough allows you to sneak through the level, unlock both safes, and get both NOTES.
- You will not get all possible Moral Points, but they are not strictly necessary for the Enlightened ending.
- Listen to all conversations and observe enemy patrols carefully to avoid detection.
- Use distractions like shooting out lights to create opportunities for stealth.
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