Guide by: Darth Odan, The Pants Party, HnC Cacky There are 49 achievements with a total of 1200 points. | |||
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![]() | Medal of Honor | 100 | |
| Complete 1 Mass Effect Playthrough on any setting | |||
Finish the main quest. Now, I recommend you start out at Casual. No, Normal is NOT Hardcore, and Veteran is NOT Insane. So, go easy, find out where everything is at. Save your money for the next play through. Make sure: You use two allies always! Do ALL side quests with them. Don't worry, those unlock later on, some times different times in the game. | |||
![]() | Medal of Heroism | 25 | |
| Complete Feros | |||
Feros is the planet that has the colonists and is not covered in snow. Now, all you have to do is: Talk with the leader, kill the Geth, now this is important: Talk with him again, then talk with the people in charge of: Food, water, and power, and do their side quests! After that, move up the bridge, go to ExoGeni, find Lizbeth, return to the colony. Now, either upgrade your grenades with the Thorian gas or kill them all. Now, if you kill them and didn't do the side quests, you will NEVER complete them. | |||
![]() | Distinguished Service Medal | 25 | |
| Complete Eden Prime | |||
This is your first mission. This is important: If you want Insane or Hardcore, you can change the difficulties in-game, but do it BEFORE landing on Eden Prime! This was confirmed in the Bioware Forums. Now, just kill the Geth then de-activate the bombs by standing near them and holding A. After that, approach the Beacon and you're done. | |||
![]() | Council Legion of Merit | 25 | |
| Complete Virmire | |||
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![]() | Honorarium of Corporate Service | 25 | |
| Complete Noveria | |||
Noveria is the planet covered in Snow, and has Matriach Benezia. In order to get the garage pass you need to help Lorik. Go to the garage, kill the Geth, and drive up. Once in the facility, you'll need to activate the VI's core. Either doing the Tower of Hanoi puzzle[search in the site or google for how to do it] or sacrifice 100 omni gel. Then, activate the power and landlines. Once in the tram, you must kill the Rachni, but first go down the elevator to where the survivors are at, get the pass, and to the hot labs. Activate the Purge and get out. Return to the survivors, [SPOILER] Kill them. Go to the end of the place, and go to the tunnels. Find the Matriarch. To kill her, you MUST kill the Geth and Asari Commandos. DO NOT FIGHT HER. Start off, kill the Asari Command rushing you, then RUN TO THE RIGHT and kill the Geth and Commandos after talking with her, she'll go berserk again. Kill ALL enemies, then kill her. | |||
![]() | Long Service Medal | 25 | |
| Complete 2 Mass Effect Playthroughs on any setting | |||
After finishing your Casual, or any play through, select new career and existing ID. Make sure to change the settings in the main menu, difficulty to Hardcore. WARNING: Whe you start the game in the Normandy, check the setting again and make sure it is set to Hardcore to get these at the same time! If you land on Eden Prime and it wasn't set right, you will not get the achievement for Hardcore. | |||
![]() | Distinguished Combat Medal | 25 | |
| Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on the Hardcore difficulty setting. Do not change the setting. | |||
ALL organic enemies have immune. They are very accurate and WILL cut you to shreds. Take cover often, but watch out for rockets. Use the Spectre Master Gear and a lot of Biotic powers. Lastly, all enemies are the same level as you. | |||
![]() | Medal of Valor | 50 | |
| Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on the Insanity difficulty setting. Do not change the setting. | |||
Refer to Distinguished Combat Medal and Long Service Medal. Note: ALL organic enemies have immune. They are very accurate and WILL cut you to shreds. Take cover often, but watch out for rockets. Use the Spectre Master Gear and a lot of Biotic powers. Oh, and for fun, enemies and bosses are higher levels than you. | |||
![]() | Pistol Expert | 10 | |
| Register 150 Pistol Kills | |||
Alright, start with the pistol, since it's the hardest weapon to get kills and the weakest. Register 150 kills, do side quests, for more enemies. Don't worry, kills carry one through careers. Also, YOU must make the kills, your allies can't help you here. Make sure you level the weapon up for more damage. Also, be realistic, if you haven't leveled your gun up and you're facing a Krogan, switch weapons. | |||
![]() | Shotgun Expert | 15 | |
| Register 150 Shotgun Kills | |||
Leave the shotgun for last, or third, if you want. Upgrade the weapon for more damage. Now you ask, why for last? In the last missions, enemies will be close together, and with a high level shotgun, you can basically snipe them. IF you don't get the 150 kills, don't worry, they carry on to the next career. YOU MUST do the kills, ally kills will NOT count. | |||
![]() | Assault Rifle Expert | 15 | |
| Register 150 Assault Rifle Kills | |||
This should be the weapon you use the most in the game. Once it is fully powered, you can destroy Geth Colossus and Gun turrets with the over kill power up. Again, they carry on to the next play through. YOU must make the kills, ally kills will NOT count. | |||
![]() | Sniper Expert | 15 | |
| Register 150 Sniper Rifle Kills | |||
This is the most annoying weapon in the game. If you're not leveled up, it will be hard to get kills with this. Make sure this is your first or second weapon you use, since it's hard. YOU must make the kills, ally kills will NOT count. | |||
![]() | Lift Mastery | 15 | |
| Use biotic Lift 75 times | |||
Create an Adept character or any character with biotic powers Use the power on something that can be selected with a target marker. The Citadel Rapid Transport stations are a great place to do this. Also, make sure you have adrenaline rush. Use all the powers, adrenaline rush, repeat all powers, and wait for them to recharge. YOU must do them, allies don't count. | |||
![]() | Throw Mastery | 15 | |
| Use biotic Throw 75 times | |||
| Refer to lift mastery. | |||
![]() | Warp Mastery | 15 | |
| Use biotic Warp 75 times | |||
| Refer to lift mastery. | |||
![]() | Singularity Mastery | 15 | |
| Use biotic Singularity 75 times | |||
Refer to lift mastery. | |||
![]() | Barrier Mastery | 15 | |
| Use biotic Barrier 75 times | |||
| Refer to lift mastery. | |||
![]() | Stasis Mastery | 15 | |
| Use biotic Stasis 75 times | |||
| Refer to lift mastery. | |||
![]() | Damping Specialist | 15 | |
| Use Damping Field 75 times | |||
For these achievements, you'll need to be an engineer class character. To use these: Press RB and highlight the power you want, then press A. You can map it by pressing X, then all you have to do is hit RB to use the power. Only do that if you're working on one at a time. To make this faster, use the manual cast for every power you have, then use adrenaline rush. you'll get a second use of every power with that. Now everything will recharge, rinse and repeat. YOU must do these, ally casts don't count. | |||
![]() | AI Hacking Specialist | 15 | |
| Use AI Hacking 75 times | |||
Must be an engineer. The only one of these achievements that MUST be done on an enemy. First, level up to a level 10 and then use all your points on the AI Hacking power. Then you can hack any of the enemies you come across. You will know when an enemy is hacked cause it will attack other foes of yours and will indicate to you it is hacked instead of having an energy bar. Just find a turret to use it on... Use it, hide, recharge, rinse and repeat. People have recommended the fight with Fist as a great time to do this with the two turrets in his office. Make a save just before this point, hack them both and reload the save. The hacks will go toward the achievement even though you didn't save your game after doing them. | |||
![]() | Overload Specialist | 15 | |
| Use Shield Overload 75 times | |||
| Refer to Damping Specialist. | |||
![]() | Sabotage Specialist | 15 | |
| Use Sabotage 75 times | |||
| Refer to Damping Specialist. | |||
![]() | First Aid Specialist | 15 | |
| Use medi-gel 150 times | |||
For this achievement, all you will need to do is press the Y button. Make sure you're damaged, or else it won't allow you to use the medi-gel. This carries over play any through. It is likely you'll get it after finishing Hard Core. | |||
![]() | Neural Shock Specialist | 15 | |
| Use Neural Shock 75 times | |||
| Refer to Damping Specialist. | |||
![]() | Scholar | 25 | |
| Find all primary Alien: Council Races, Extinct Races and Non-Council Races codex entries | |||
Note: You only get ONE chance to get MOST of these. | |||
![]() | Completionist | 25 | |
| Complete the majority of the game | |||
By majority of the game, they mean an undefined amount of the game. I recommend that you choose two characters and go with them till the end. Try to not start a side quest without the characters you want. There around 70 side quests including the main quest ones. So, make sure you do around 60 of them before Ilos. IF you haven't gotten the achievement after that, then you should try exploring the galaxy and doing more quests. Remember to talk with allies in order to generate more side quests. NOTE! Completing the DLC makes a noticeable contribution toward this achievement. You should be able to earn all of the ally achievements before you get to Ilos if you complete the DLC. The following is a list of missions in the game: | |||
![]() | Tactician | 25 | |
| Complete playthrough with shield damage greater than health damage | |||
Simply complete the game with YOU having more shield damage than health damage. Take cover often. This is easiest with a soldier class since they can wear heavy armo. Get a good armor with 4 bars of shield early and this will be simple. Also try to get it on your first play as you will take more damage during your Hardcore/Insane runs. | |||
![]() | Medal of Exploration | 50 | |
| Land on an uncharted world | |||
Explore the galaxy! I believe I got this when I landed on the moon/planet that has Major Kyle. Don't worry, you'll eventually land on a planet that you need to do a side quest on. | |||
![]() | Rich | 25 | |
| Exceed 1,000,000 Credits | |||
Yes, credits carry on to the next game. Do all side quests. You get more money being Renegade, push for more credits, sell stuff. You can either save the money in your first play through in order to buy the Spectre Master gear quickly or save it for the second play through. Up to you. | |||
![]() | Dog of War | 25 | |
| Register 150 organic enemy kills | |||
Add the Shredder bullet upgrade to your weapon and allied weapons. Kill anything that is NOT Geth/mechanical. You'll get it eventually. Yes, they carry over to new games. Do side quests. The Cerberus missions have a lot of mercenaries. | |||
![]() | Geth Hunter | 25 | |
| Register 250 synthetic enemy kills | |||
Add the Tungsten upgrade to your weapon. By Synthetic, they mean Geth or turrets or anything mechanical. If you don't get this by Virmire, don't worry. The last mission has A LOT of enemies. Do side quests, there are plenty of Geth Ambushes in the beacons. | |||
![]() | Soldier Ally | 20 | |
| Complete the majority of the game with the Alliance soldier squad member | |||
See completionist achievement for extra info. This achievement is for Ashley. Do A LOT of side quests. Don't worry if you get one ally first and later the other. You can get two per playthrough only. It is possible to get these achievements even before going to Ilos if you complete every possible side quest and all main missions. Bring Down the Sky DLC will also help. Refer to this thread for some insight to these achievements. Basic plan of attack for ally achievements:
From here, you will have all the allies. Pick the two you want to use and use them for EVERYTHING. If you don't have an ally with decryption and need them to unlock a quest by hacking a computer, switch them in to receive the quest, then immediately go back and switch them out. Now with your two allies:
You should have the achievements by now, but if you don't, head to Ilos and finish out the game. Many people got a few of the achievements (mainly Liara) at the very last mission. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANY COLLECTION ASSIGNMENTS FOR THESE ACHIEVEMENTS! -- These missions take forever, and they will help, but they are 100% not required to get ANY of the achievements, even Liara. | |||
![]() | Sentinel Ally | 20 | |
| Complete the majority of the game with the Alliance sentinel squad member | |||
| See Soldier Ally for info. This achievement is for Kaiden. | |||
![]() | Krogan Ally | 20 | |
| Complete the majority of the game with the krogan squad member | |||
| See Soldier Ally. This achievement is for Wrex. | |||
![]() | Turian Ally | 20 | |
| Complete the majority of the game with the turian squad member | |||
| See Soldier Ally. This achievement is for Garrus. | |||
![]() | Quarian Ally | 20 | |
| Complete the majority of the game with the quarian squad member | |||
| See Soldier Ally. This achievement is for Tali. | |||
![]() | Asari Ally | 20 | |
| Complete the majority of the game with the asari squad member | |||
| See Soldier Ally. This achievement is for Liara. | |||
![]() | Power Gamer | 20 | |
| Reach 50th level with one character | |||
Do a lot of side quests. If you do them all, by the first play through you'll probably get to level 40. There is a glitch that only gives you 300xp every time, but to do it: Find Liara when SHE IS TRAPPED IN THE BLUE FIELD! Kill the enemies, save, then load the save. Congrats, you got 300 points! I would only recommend that in the early levels. Also, make sure that when on the Mako to kill enemies on foot, not with the Mako, you'll get more experience that way. | |||
![]() | Extreme Power Gamer | 50 | |
| Reach 60th level with one character | |||
You must finish the game once in order to unlock levels 51-60. In total, you will need 862,100 experience points to reach level 60. Do ALL side quests, and it is most likely that you will get this at the end of your second way through or third. Also, make sure that when on the Mako to kill enemies on foot, not with the Mako, you'll get more experience that way. | |||
![]() | Renegade | 15 | |
| Accumulate 75% of total Renegade points | |||
| See Paragon. | |||
![]() | Paragon | 15 | |
| Accumulate 75% of total Paragon points | |||
On Noveria, when you are given the oppurtunity to accept the assignment from Lorik Qui'in to get the evidence to catch the Salarian (Anoleis, the administrator guy who has his own office) in his rend-based scandal, agree to it. He will open up the shut-down elevator, go down there and get the evidence. Upon exiting to go back to him you will run into Gianna (receptionist lady), so talk to her then go meet her in the hotel/bar. She will ask you to get him to agree into turning Anoleis in, agree and go talk to Lorik Qui'in. Talk to him, and do the following: Step 1:
Step 2:
Repeat these two steps for whichever one you want until the achievement unlocks, then switch to the other for that achievement. Remember to do whichever way you DON'T want your character to be first so when you finish with the second achievement, you are high in either Paragon or Renegade, depending on your preference. | |||
![]() | Paramour | 10 | |
| Complete any romance subplot | |||
You can do this with: Kaidan, Ashley, and Liara. Talk with them after every main plot event. Choose the top dialog. Don't worry if you try to get Ashley and Liara at the same time, they will confront you and you have to choose. Once you finish the three planets, and reach the Citadel, you will be close to kissing, and when heading to Ilos, you seal the deal. | |||
![]() | Spectre Inductee | 15 | |
| Become a Spectre | |||
This is a main quest achievement. Prove that Saren is evil. Talk with Harkin, find Garus, then bring down Fist. After that, you need to save Tali, and with her evidence, you become a Spectre. | |||
![]() | Charismatic | 10 | |
| Use Charm or Intimidate to resolve an impossible situation | |||
You get two chances to do this. The first is on Virmire, where you either intimidate or charm Wrex into calming down and NOT taking action. The other chance is in the end where you intimidate or charm Saren into suicide. | |||
![]() | Search and Rescue | 10 | |
| Locate Dr. T'soni in the Artemis Tau cluster | |||
She's in the Artemis Tau Cluster. Knossos system, and on the only planet you can land on. Drive the Mako till you reach the tunnels. Go down the elevator, and you'll find her, trapped in a force field. Kill the enemies, and activate the laser. Enter the newly made hole, use the elevator, and kill the Krogan. | |||
![]() | Colonial Savior | 50 | |
| Complete the Bring Down the Sky mission. | |||
Finish the "Bring Down the Sky" DLC missions. You must have access to the Normandy and the Galaxy Map. Head to the Asgard System in the Exodus Cluster, then land on Asteroid X57. There are three assignments here that will help toward your completionist and ally achievements.
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![]() | Undisputed | 50 | |
| Complete Ahern's survival mission | |||
| After beating the record on the 12 combat scenarios, Admiral Ahern will invite you to participate in a final scenario. Accept his offer and the scenario will begin. As soon as you start, head towards the middle of the area and retrieve the data from the large object. Then, head to the stairs where you started and activate the turret. Now, you'll need to hold out for five minutes. Make use of your teamates and the biotic powers, they'll come in very handy. Once the five minutes is up, the achievement will unlock. | |||
![]() | New Sheriff in Town | 50 | |
| Take first place in any combat scenario on Pinnacle Station | |||
| After speaking to the Salarian, he will offer you a choice of combat scenarios. Decide which one you want to do and tell him. Complete the scenario by beating the high score and the achievement will unlock. | |||
![]() | Best of the Best | 50 | |
| Take first place in 12 combat scenarios on Pinnacle Station | |||
| After beating the high score in the eight combat scenarios, a Turian will give you a choice of weapons, take one and talk to Ahern. Once you have finished talking, return to the Salarian and he will have four more scenarios for you. Beat the high score on all four and the achievement will unlock. | |||

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| Developed By: Bioware Published By: Microsoft Game Studios Genre: RPG Release Date: US: November 20, 2007 Europe: November 23, 2007 Japan: | ![]() | ||
| Resolution: 720p | |||
| Sound: Dolby 5.1 Surround | |||
| Players: 1 | |||
| ESRB: Mature | |||
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