Find fuel for the ferry winch | Chapter 16: Sundown Metro: LL Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

The swamp is a vast and dangerous area so, it is a good idea to learn several facts about it before you set out to find fuel. First of all, avoid water. Otherwise, Artyom will start to drown and take damage or(if he's already been wounded) he'll die. A similar type of traps are tripwires. Try to walk around them or jump over them, or disarm them.

Another very important issue, connected with the swamps, is that they are inhabited by monsters. Definitely, the type of monsters you are going to see most frequently, is the shrimp that comes here in two sizes. I recommend against eliminating all shrimps at all cost, or else you will simply run out of resources to secure this area. The monsters are best eliminated with a shotgun, or the double barreled shotgun, by shooting at them when they are exposed, instead of when they hide in their armor. Just like in the case of the ferry cross, incendiary and frag grenades are a good asset here.

While crossing the swamps, you will also encounter, at least, two demons. Also here, you need to decide whether you want to try and kill the monsters (a good scoped type of weapon is recommended here), or just to avoid them. If you chose the latter, remember not to stay out in the open for too long. Otherwise you may be caught by the demon and sustain heavy damage as a result.

Since this area is really vast, you are not required o explore the entire area to push the plot forward. I recommend, of course, to explore the area in a more detailed way to find, among others, an abandoned encampment, secret stashes and corpses that you can search (for supplies, new weapon types - among others a sniper rifle in the booth in the camp and an assault rifle in the overgrown ruins). Remember though about frequent attacks by the shrimps, as well as about the time limit (the gas mask). Try and don't lead to a situation in which you almost entirely run out of supplies when surrounded by monsters.

Your current destination is the plane wreck shown in the above screenshot. It is located to the right of the starting point, quite far away from the ladder that you took to get to the surface. To find your directions, you can of course use the compass attached to Artyom's diary.

Enter the plane wreck and explore it thoroughly to find some supplies (Claymore mines among others, which will come in handy in the next chapter). The last thing to do here is to check out the gas canisters, to find out that they are empty.

Do not worry about the attacking large green monster, because you do not need to fight it yet. Instead, wait inside the plane until the beast loses its interest in you and walk away to return to the swamps. You now need to set out towards the fuel station. For the next time, it is a good idea to use Artyom's compass to figure out the best route to get there.

After you reach the gas station, explore the are thoroughly as, on the counter shown in screenshot 1, there is an Artyom's diary page. Only after you collect it, approach the gas canisters shown in screenshot 2. In one of them, Artyom will find fuel and take the canister (fortunately, this is not going to make him any slower).