How to Save Duke

[Papa Todd]

Okay so if you're like me and had to replay the entire Volga chapter because Duke died then heres a guide

[Papa Todd]

So first off as you probably already know Metro runs on a morality system but it's super fidgety. To start you have to be as peaceful as possible. Here's some rules to get your morality points up to save Duke
-You cannot kill any fanatics under and circumstances
-Bandits are okay to kill but when one surrenders it's best to knock them out

Main Story:
-In the church it's important to get through it completely unnoticed. That means not starting any alarms and no bodies being found by other fanatics. If you leave the church with the fanatics alerted the game will still count it against you!(you know if you did it correctly if Duke comments on your stealth when you get ashore)
-Be sure to not kill any traders on the boats. To best ensure that you don't mess with your karma try your best to not kill or knock out any traders. (I know its a ♥♥♥♥♥ because they put so many of them close together but it's doable)
-On the bridge do not kill or alert any fanatics. I was able to get through it without killing or knocking out a single fanatic so don't worry you can do it.

Side Missions:
So along the way you can do various things to increase your karma.
-Saving the fanatic from the cage in the tower
-Saving the three fanatics in the building in the center of the map(they will also give you a key so you can unlock the night vision goggles earlier aswell!)
-Dont shine your light on any of the fanatics and also keep your gun holstered(they will comment on it and thank you)
-Recover the teddy bear for the little girl(found in the circular tower on the far right of the map)
-Recover the guitar found on the tower near the tracks
-You can also gauge how well you are doing when you talk to a villager or fanatic. Some of their voicelines may remark how you acted in the church. Even if you didn't kill anyone but still alerted a guard then they may say something like how you "killed almost everyone in the church"
-Give both of the items to the people who wanted them after you bring the passenger car to the Aurora
Now most of this stuff you can do pretty easily and also manage to find more loot so it's not so much of a pain. The things under the main story section are by far the most important. If you ♥♥♥♥ those up then you may as well reload a save or two. I have heard of people who slip one or two things and still get Duke but for me it hasn't gone that way.
In the end if Duke still dies it's very possible your save may be bugged or you may have missed a thing or two without noticing. That's it for this guide. If anyone has something to add please put it below. Hope this helps!

[dis0nored]

Worthy to create a guide if you can

[dis0nored]

I had to knock out the guy in the church by the big barrel fire just by the outside exit

[Bukkacracy]

Thanks for the huge spoiler in the thread title

[Mr. Wiggles]

Dont be a ♥♥♥♥

[Mr. Wiggles]

Knocking enemies out does not count as bad karma. I farmed 4-5 fanatics in the church level without any problem.
The karma system in exodus is actually quite good and striaghtforward compared to the other titles. No more bad ending because you missed to interact with a guitar hidden under a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bed in some godforsaken room.

1) Do not kill fanatics and slaves. The game tells you more than once that fanatics do not deserve to be killed.
2) Anna/Miller/whatever will explicitly tell you when not to kill and be stealthy before going on missions.
3) Do not kill bandits who surrendered, knock them out instead.
4) Free slaves and fanatics held captives.
5) Do side quests. Give Giul her photo, pay attention when she asks you that because this will not be listed as quest
6) Knocking out guards or fanatics is fine, but do not get caught or alert the others.

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

i don't need good ending. I always do what i feel is right.
For example, i always kill every bandits even if they surrendered. Because they tried to kill me and THEY CALLED ME *B*ITCH.

[Wasabi(cz)]

For first game, i not kil fanatics but kill all traders on boat, bandits too, duke alive. For second time, i dont kill anybody(except bandits), duke dies. WTH!!! this game is really broken.

[captainpatch]

Because of a Load glitch, I had to go back from Caspian-1 to start the game from scratch. [Hint: Do NOT ever Load the "Slot 1" Saved game. It starts the game all over again and IMMEDIATELY creates a new Autosave which supersedes all previous Quick Saves.] In my first play through, Duke died. But in the second, I avoided killing anyone on the second level of the bridge. (Killed three in a firefight on Level One, but they fired first.) Getting to Silentius w/o killing anyone ends the scenario peacefully... and Duke lives. That's because in the running battle to get through, Duke decides to be Aurora's rear guard... and left behind. Peacefully, there's no reason for anyone to stay behind.

[Macrophage]

I have killed many of the militant fanatics on 3 runs and I've never got Duke killed. I think you really need to be playing like a full on psychopath to get the bad ending in this one, such as killing people who surrender to you and unarmed fanatics and prisoners.

[KAWUH]

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO !
The only thing u have to do is dont kill surrendering fighters only knock down
and u have to get good karma for saving civiliants form bandits
Thats all

Publicado originalmente por Macrophage:

I have killed many of the militant fanatics on 3 runs and I've never got Duke killed. I think you really need to be playing like a full on psychopath to get the bad ending in this one, such as killing people who surrender to you and unarmed fanatics and prisoners.

YOU RE DAMM RIGHT