Moscow (Metro Exodus Level)

Moscow
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Information
Game:	Metro Exodus
Place:	Moscow
Walkthrough
	A walkhrough for this level is available on Metro Wiki. See walkthrough.

“	My wife, my comrades from the order, my friends, people from my station... Nobody believes me	„
— Artyom

Moscow is the second level of Metro Exodus. It serves, in part, as a tutorial for the game.

Overview

The level begins with Artyom on the surface, having just killed several watchmen. He opens a lid and goes underground. After making his way through some tunnels and traincars, Artyom is attacked by a watchman, which he quickly kills. After fighting off several more watchmen, Artyom reaches a heavy door and proceeds to open it, only to be attacked from all sides by even more watchmen. Though he tries to fight them off, he is ultimately overwhelmed, but is saved by his fellow rangers Duke and Damir before he is mauled to death. With Artyom in critical condition, they carry him to a nearby station, where he is given a blood transfusion. Artyom wakes up to find his wife Anna sitting by his side. They are interrupted by Miller, who scolds Artyom for going outside and getting irradiated for what he believes to be a silly dream. After Miller and Anna leave, the doctor warns Artyom that he might not be able to bring him back next time. Artyom eventually makes his way to the canteen, where he is joined by the rest of his brothers-in-arms. They proceed to celebrate Artyom's recovery.

The story then cuts to Artyom and Anna on the surface, one week later. Artyom is unable to capture the radio signal he heard, much to Anna's frustration, who thinks he is chasing a fantasy. They leave the building and kill several watchmen on the way. Anna wonders why Hanza cordoned off this section of the surface, since it isn't especially more dangerous than any other part of Moscow. She speculates that it might be the giant watchmen packs. The pair climb up to an overpass and are forced to walk through a blizzard, when they hear a strange noise. They soon see the source; a large train on the surface. Anna is shocked by this discovery, but before the pair can follow the train, a vehicle arrives, driven by what Artyom and Anna presume to be Spartan soldiers. As soon as the pair get into the jeep, however, Artyom is knocked out. When he wakes up, Anna informs him that the soldiers are Hanza. They are also joined by two other passengers; an old woman and a young man. The strangers reveal that they come from a village 200 km outside of Moscow, much to Anna's amazement. Before she can ask any questions, the jeep pulls over and the soldiers order the old woman and the young man to come out. They line them up at the side of the road and prepare to execute them. Artyom attacks one of the soldiers and is forced to fight off their dog, but is shot for his trouble and falls into the pit. the old woman and the boy are executed shortly after, and fall on top of him.

Artyom survives and grabs a gas mask from a nearby corpse. The pit is revealed to be a mass grave from all the people Hanza has executed. Artyom sneaks into the Hanza facility through a drainage pipe. After evading the guards, he overhears an old man protesting Hanza's killing of civilians. For this, the man is thrown into a room to cool off. Artyom enters the room through the floorboards, and is nearly attacked by the old man, but helped up when the man realizes he is not a mutant. The old man, Yermak, quickly agrees to help Artyom. They sneak out of the room together, and Yermak distracts the guards while Artyom sneaks past them. Eventually, Artyom reaches the room where Anna is being interrogated. He knocks out the guards and is embraced by his wife, who discovers that the bullet was stopped by Hunter's badge that Artyom was wearing. They are soon attacked by a third guard, which results in the control panel being shot. This is revealed to be a radio jammer that was preventing any signals from getting in or out of Moscow. The guard reveals that they're still at war, before raising the alarm and getting knocked out by Anna. The pair are soon joined by Yermak, who tells them that he will be waiting by the Aurora, on which they will escape. When they exit to the courtyard, Anna climbs to the roof and provides cover for Artyom, who either sneaks or fights his way past the guards. Once inside, they discover that Yermak has been captured, but manage to free him. As Yermak prepares the Aurora, Anna and Artyom go to the control room to re-position the rails. After fighting off more guards and causing several explosions, they jump aboard the Aurora and depart. Their triumph is short-lived, however, as they are soon disabled by a flashbang thrown into the cabin.

They wake up to find themselves held at gunpoint. Before they can be executed, Miller arrives and questions the Hanza guards. He and the Rangers turn on the guards and overpower them. Once the Aurora is back in motion, Miller reveals that he was part of the conspiracy, though not fully in the loop. He says that they have to get Artyom and Anna out of Moscow until the situation blows over. The rest of the Rangers unanimously agree to join them. Anna goes outside and confides in Artyom how angry she is at her father for lying. The Aurora is soon intercepted by the "cruiser", a large armored train operated by Hanza. The Aurora comes under fire from the cruiser and the officer aboard orders the Rangers to stop. Miller instructs Artyom to climb aboard the cruiser and disable it by placing a plastic explosive in its boiler. Artyom does so, jumps back on board the Aurora, and proceeds to blow up the cruiser.

Weapon Upgrades

The Moscow level is before the backpack system is introduced to the character and, as such, few upgrades are present. However, upgrades over the standard Kalash and Revolver are present in the level which can carry over to the rest of the game.

• Before players are ambushed by Watchmen, they can find the 10 round box magazine for the Shambler on a corpse. This upgrade does not carry over to the rest of the game
• When exploring with Anna, players are given a Kalash with a medium barrel, wooden furniture and reflex sight. These upgrades do not carry over to the rest of the game
• The revolver given to the player by Yermak comes equiped with a silencer
• In the room immediately after the courtyard, a silenced revolver with a reflex sight can be found
• On the bodies of one of the guards fought while attempting to rotate the railway tracks, players can find a Kalash with a reflex sight

Collectables

In the Moscow level, a number of Diary entries and postcards can be found

Trivia

• The Moscow level is one of the most linear of all levels in Metro: Exodus
• Sam is unaware of what Aurora's name alludes to. This makes sense, as the Russian Revolution is taught little in American schools and Sam would have had no reason to learn its importance.