• Ranger Elite ➜ Complete the game in "Ranger Mode".
  
• Survivalist ➜ Complete the game in "Ranger Hardcore".
  
• Published ➜ Complete all 43 of Artyom's hidden Diary pages. (progression can be trace when load into game)
  
• Musician ➜ Find & interact all the music instruments through out the campaign. They are laying at many hidden places, and the progression cannot be trace. Which I think not enjoyable finding them.
  
• Redemption ➜ Save D6. It is alternative Ending that require trigger event in the entire campaign.
  https://www.thegamer.com/metro-last-light-how-to-get-all-endings/
  
• Shadow Ranger ➜ Complete the game without killing any Humans unless forced to. Rumor say it is possible to be done in real quick with file changes in Hard-disk. Not sure about it.

• First Draft ➜ Write 10 of Artyom's hidden Diary pages.
  
• Antibiotic ➜ Kill 100 Mutants.
  
• Soldier ➜ Kill 100 Human Enemies.
  
• Hom o Homini Lupus Est ➜ Kill 100 enemies with heavy weapons.
  
• Businessman ➜ Make 100 Purchases. We can repeatedly buy and sell a throwing knife. Doing this 100 times can be done within 1 minute.
  
• Walking Bank ➜ Collect 1000 Military Rounds. Those are the "money" as well

• Edison ➜ Turn off 40 Lights without breaking them.
  
• Tesla ➜ Break 50 Lights = We can break the lamp that cannot be turn off. I recommended to do it before starting DLC, the progression will broke. That's why I cannot earn this achievement.
  
• No shooting allowed ➜ Kill enemies with Throwing Knives in a total of 10 times.
  
• Shadow ➜ Silently kill 15 enemies in a row at any chapter, but not Throwing Knives or Silencer. Can be done in "Contagion" chapter.
  
• Gunslinger ➜ Kill at least one Enemy with each Weapon available in the game.
  
• Inferno ➜ Set 2 Enemies on fire at once. Here is a sample:
  https://youtu.be/H4lBP3mkFsg However, I still not able to earn this after trying & trying. Good Luck.

Chapter 1 - Sparta

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 2

• Rabbit ➜ Complete training sequence. Cannot miss this
  
• Diary ➜ On the chair, next to elevator with companion
  
• Instruments ➜ Both located on the chairs

Chapter 2 - Ashes

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Not a Rabbit ➜ Do not get hurt while fighting of enemies
  
• Diary ➜ One reach the ladder, keep walk into the tunnel, it is located behind the spider web

Chapter 3 - Pavel

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Diary ➜ Nearby where picks up throwing knives from the dead man
  
• Freedom! ➜ Open prison cells before exit level

Chapter 4 - Reich

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Clean Escape ➜ Escape the chasing Nazis without being caught once
  
• Diary ➜ Nearby where picks up throwing knives from the dead man

Chapter 5 - Separation

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 2
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Diary ➜ The first is right up the stairs in a control room, it is perfectly safe to grab it while playing stealth. The second is placed where the surrender man on the bed.
  
• Invisible Intruder ➜ Complete the chapter without killing or raising alarm.

Chapter 6 - Facility

# of Achievements: 2
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 1

• Invisible Savior ➜ Complete the chapter without killing or raising alarm.
  
• A Present ➜ Take the Custom Pistol from the Locked Box. Stalk the beginning foe
  
• Diary ➜ It located at the last area in a bright room, next to the door switch.
  
• Instruments ➜ Located at the first area in a big bright room.

Chapter 7 - Torchlight

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 2
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Tortoise ➜ Make 10 Spiders flip belly-up. (Can be done later)
  
• Diary ➜ The first is right after help Pavel. The second is located at a small room, when enter the doorway to your right.

Chapter 8 - Echoes

# of Achievements: 2
# of Diary: 2
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Mouse ➜ Complete the chapter undetected by the Monster.
  
• First Draft ➜ Write 10 of Artyom's hidden Diary pages. (Can be done later)
  
• Diary ➜ The first is on the desk when the mission start. The second is next to a skeleton, when after the hallucination.

Chapter 9 - Bolshoi (Theater)

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 2
# of Musical Instruments: 4

• Patron of the Arts ➜ Watch the "entire" Theater Show.
  
• Diary ➜ The first is located after walk past these guards, you easily see it on the shelf. The second located at the Theater, right next to a man sitting on a bench.
  
• Instruments 1-4
  
  • 1: Located before past these guards, just laying in front of them
    
  • 2: A guitar lay next to the chair, where a lot of NPC everywhere
    
  • 3: Vendor that sell cloths
    
  • 4: Next to the guys who sleep on the dinning table

Chapter 10 - Korbut (Betrayal)

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 0
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Within a Hair of Death ➜ Escape from the Red Line. Unmissable.

Chapter 11 - Revolution

# of Achievements: 2
# of Diary: 4
# of Musical Instruments: 3

• Derailed ➜ Kill all armed enemies, including all hidden rooms.
  
• Invisible Soldier ➜ Complete this chapter without killing and raising an alarm. (Replay)
  
• Diary 1-4
  
  • Leave storage room, then walk down the stairs to bottom, search the room on your left.
    
  • Enter the opposite side, move forward until the last room, search the board.
    
  • On the desk, in the control center room
    
  • After get through the big fan, search the table next to the ladder.
• Instruments 1-3
  
  • Area 1: Near by the door before exit
    
  • Area 2: Piano
    
  • Area 3: It hide inside the locker, which next to the door lead to last area

Chapter 12 - Regina

# of Achievements: 2
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 1

• Tortoise ➜ Make 10 Spiders flip belly-up. (ignore if already earned)
  
• Scram ➜ Kill all Watchmen before they reach the Railcar.
  
• Diary ➜ While pushing the train with a Railcar. Stop at the entrance which can see flood in there, it located at the end of the tunnel.
  
• Instruments ➜ Hidden one of the entrance, which found a blood stain next the bed.

Chapter 13 - Bandits

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 2
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Commando ➜ Rescue the Women and Children without raising alarm. Only need to start stealth while entering into Bandit gate way.
  
• Diary ➜ First, it located at toilet before stealth mission; Second is located where the dead man on the chair during stealth mission.

Chapter 14 - Dark Water

# of Achievements: 0
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Diary ➜ At the very beginning area on the boat

Chapter 15 - Venice

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 2

• Diary ➜ First, it located at 2nd floor near to the big stair; Second is located in the sex shop
  
• Reunion ➜ Find and return the crying child's Teddy Bear. (win 3 rounds in rat shooting game)

Chapter 16: Sundown

# of Achievements: 2.5
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Diver ➜ Fall in the Swamp 10 times. (Have chance to one hit kill by shrimp)
  
• Soup ➜ Kill 5 shrimp with Grenades. We can done this separately, but remember there are 4 size of shrimp: "Giant / Adult / Teen / Baby" We only need to kill Teen size. Those Teen are not easily to be seen because they are rare and shorter than the grass.
  
• Equipped ➜ Find all Equipment Stashes in the swamp. 50% must be done in this chapter (9 Equipment Stashes)
  
• Diary ➜ Located on the wooden table, somewhere nearby the oil truck

Chapter 17 - Nightfall

# of Achievements: 1.5
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Equipped ➜ Final 50% found in this chapter (7 Equipment Stashes)
  
• Antibiotic ➜ Kill 100 Mutants. (Any monster is also counted)
  
• Diary ➜ Hidden in a dark room at destroyed house at the first area

Chapter 18 - Undercity

# of Achievements: 2
# of Diary: 0
# of Musical Instruments: 1

• Weapon Smith ➜ Install all possible Customizations for a Weapon. Need no unlock further new weapon can still earn this achievement.
  
• Big Momma ➜ Kill the Rhino. Unmissable
  
• Instruments ➜ Play the Balalaika near the bed, right after Anna finish talking

Chapter 19 - Contagion

# of Achievements: 2
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 3

• Soldier ➜ Kill 100 Human Enemies. (Can be done early if not playing stealth)
  
• Savior ➜ Remove your mask when Lesnitsky demands it.
  
• Diary ➜ Located at 1st floor metro car room, ground floor was on fire
  
• Instruments 1-3 Guitars:
  
  • Nearby the dead man who kill knive stab on the wall
    
  • Located under the counter where fire burning nearby
    
  • Next room where found the Diary note.

Chapter 20 - Quarantine

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 2
# of Musical Instruments: 1

• Forgotten ➜ Find the Hidden Ammo in the abandoned part of the station. There are total 4 of them located at the section when the vault door closed.
  
• Diary ➜ After exit airlock, look for the desk to get the first diary. After leaving, get the another diary on the desk, right next to the locked gate, when meeting Khan.
  
• Instruments ➜ Soon after pick up the 2nd diary note, wait for the door to open. Enter the room and look to the left—you'll find a guitar next to a person sitting on a chair.

Chapter 21 - Khan

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Nobody's Home ➜ Ignore the Phone Call in the Anomaly = Nothing happen
  
• Diary ➜ Located at beginning section when start using head-light

Chapter 22 - The Chase

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Bloodlust ➜ Kill all the Reds on this chapter.
  
• Diary ➜ Placed on a blue box once player enter the train

Chapter 23 - The Crossing

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 2
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Van Helsing ➜ Kill a the Flying Demon with the Helsing, but we require to get the Helsing weapon from the place where first Diary located. If you missed this, we can redo this at "The Dead City" chapter.
  
• Diary ➜ After walking across the ice, underneath the highway bridge, turn right, nearby a dead man. The second diary will placed at the head of the ship.

Chapter 24 - Bridge

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Rain Man ➜ Complete this chapter without a kill.
  
• Diary ➜ Placed at in a small room near a fire barrel in a dark place

Chapter 25 - Depot

# of Achievements: 2
# of Diary: 1
# of Musical Instruments: 0

• Ever Vigilant ➜ Disarm 10 Traps (Cut wiring)
  
• Secret ➜ Find out about the Reds' plans. Unmissable.
  
• Diary ➜ It placed behind the bars, unmissable.

Chapter 26 - The Dead City

# of Achievements: 2
# of Diary: 2
# of Musical Instruments: 1

• Musician ➜ Use all Musical Instruments in the game. This is the last chapter to earn all instruments.
  
• Instruments ➜ Play the piano
  
• Back to the Past ➜ See all Visions in the Dead City. There will be a total of 7 visions you must see.
  
  • Playground - Unmissable
    
  • Piano Room - Miss-able, after exit the playground hole, go up stair, enter a small room.
    
  • Car Hit - Jump down to the street to see the car vision.
    
  • TV room - Miss-able, explore around will find it after the car vision.
    
  • Family at Window - Unmissable. Next, exit window, find a ladder go to the roof top.
    
  • Child on Floor - Miss-able, before going downstairs to bottom from the roof, check the room.
    
  • Subway - Unmissable
• Diary ➜ The first one is unmissable, it is placed next to the red table. The second placed on the roof top.

Chapter 27 - Red Square (Boss Fight)

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 2

• Revenge ➜ Kill Pavel. At the end of mission, we can choose to walk near to save him; or do nothing to let him die.
  
• Diary ➜ The first located at the beginning next to a skeleton in a dark place. The second is another area when going opposite direction from the compass, a narrow long tunnel lead to a glass sealed coffin.

Chapter 28 - The Garden

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 2

• Forest Guardian ➜ Save the Bear from the Watchmen after the fight. Achievement will earn when you kill the monsters when the Bear is resting.
  
• Diary ➜ The first is placed at where first meet the bears. The second is easily missed, because it located at the stair before entering the building.

Chapter 29 - Polis

# of Achievements: 1
# of Diary: 1

• Revelation ➜ Make Moskvin tell the truth with help from the Dark One. Unmissable
  
• Diary ➜ It is on a couch after the airlock.

Chapter 30 - D6 (C'est la vie)

# of Achievements: 6
# of Diary: 2

• Diary ➜ Both of them are placed very near. Unmissable with the boxes after each battle.
  
• True Spartan ➜ Finish the "final" chapter without dying. Lower down difficulty still works.
  
• 5 more Achievements ➜ Please refer section "New Game / 2nd Play-thru Achievements"

Heavy Squad

# of Achievements: 2
Play Rule: Defense the Base
Mission Duration: Approx. 10 min

• H o m o Homini Lupus Est ➜ Kill 100 enemies with heavy weapons.
  
• Hail Reich! ➜ Complete the DLC chapter.

Kshatriya

# of Achievements: 2
Play Rule: Salvage + Maze
Mission Duration: Approx. 2+ hours

• Kshatriya ➜ Complete this DLC chapter.
  
• Artifact ➜ Find 30 artifacts.

Sniper Team

# of Achievements: 2
Play Rule: Stealth + Linear Target
Mission Duration: Approx. 15+ min

• Sniper ➜ Kill 10 enemies with headshots using your sniper rifle in this DLC chapter.
  
• Saboteur ➜ Complete this DLC chapter.

The Tower Pack

# of Achievements: 2
Play Rule: Survive waves of enemies + Score / Time Attack
Mission Duration: Approx. 60+ min

• Willpower ➜ Сomplete at least one HUGE mission. (The huge zone)
  
• Test Сomplete ➜ Complete this DLC chapter.

Spider Lair

# of Achievements: 2
Play Rule: Fresh Start + Repel Spiders to stay alive
Mission Duration: Approx. 40+ min

• Through the Fire ➜ Complete this DLC chapter.
  
• Arachnophobia ➜ Kill 20 spiders with your flame thrower.

Developer Pack

# of Achievements: 2
Play Rule: Moving Target Challenges + Survive waves of enemies
Mission Duration: Approx. 180+ min

• Specialist ➜ Complete the SHOOTING RANGE and ARENA. Must complete 10 challenges on both section. My side is have problem with the "save". I recommend you make sure it work for you then continue.
  
• Developer ➜ Spend 3 hours on this chapter. Timer is cumulative, but the timer will not count when the game is pause. Means, if user minimize the game, or leave it as inactive window, that will not help to earn this achievement.

Pavel

# of Achievements: 2
Play Rule: Linear Progress as Pavel perspective
Mission Duration: Approx. 35+ min

• Safe Cracker ➜ Find 8 keys to open 8 safe boxes.
  
• Heads Up! ➜ Complete this DLC chapter.

Khan

# of Achievements: 2
Play Rule: Linear Progress + Khan Story
Mission Duration: Approx. 30+ min

• Hunting ➜ Kill 20 Nosalises on this chapter. Easily to earn this.
  
• No Way Out ➜ Complete this DLC chapter.

Anna

# of Achievements: 2
Play Rule: Linear Progress + Anna Timeline conflict with Artyom
Mission Duration: Approx. 15+ min

• Eagle Eye ➜ Kill more Watchmen that Artyom does.
  
• The Sunset of Hope ➜ Complete this DLC chapter.

Veteran - Choose three primary weapons that use different ammo.
Engineer - Use 10 Lever Switches.
Air! - Spend 30 minutes' worth of Filters.
Pyromaniac - Burn 50 Cobwebs.
Survivor 2034 - Complete the game in Survival Mode.
Spartan 2034 - Complete the game in Spartan Mode.
Cheers! - Drink at every occasion.
Master Thief - Open 10 locked safe boxes.