A tripwire in Metro: Last Light

A piece of wire in Metro: Last Light which is strung up between doorways and stairwells, and which is connected to a trap.

Breaking the wire's connection to either of the walls will initiate the trap and deal damage to Artyom.

Deactivating the Tripwire

Artyom can deactivate the trap if he is careful enough.

This is done by slowly approaching until the symbol of wire cutters shown in the image to the right appears. When this symbol appears onscreen, hit the Action Button to snip the wires.