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Achievements for Mass Effect require you to play through the game at least three times to get them all. Your progress on the Achievements is carried over between careers. There are 46 achievements worth 1050 Gamerscore points(achievement points are in parenthesis):

Contents

[edit] Game Progress/Completion

[edit] Entire Game

  • Medal of Honor (100) – Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on any difficulty.
    • Unlocks Hardcore difficulty setting and unlocks character levels 51-60.
  • Long Service Medal (25) – Complete 2 Mass Effect playthroughs on any difficulty.
    • Weapon damage increased by 5%
  • Completionist (25) – Complete the majority of the game. (Note: You need to do many side quests, (about 30) such as traveling to most uncharted worlds and other side quests, to make it consider you completing a majority of the game)
    • Experience rewards increase by 5%
  • Tactician (25) – Complete playthrough with shield damage greater than health damage.
    • Shield strength increases by 10%

[edit] By Planet

  • Distinguished Service Medal (25) – Complete Eden Prime.
  • Medal of Heroism (25) – Complete Feros.
  • Council Legion of Merit (25) – Complete Virmire.
  • Honorarium of Corporate Service (25) – Complete Noveria.

[edit] By Difficulty

Saren
Saren
  • Distinguished Combat Medal (25) – Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on the Hardcore difficulty setting. Do not change the setting.
    • Unlocks a gamer pic of Saren for use in your profile and unlocks Insanity difficulty setting.
      • You do not need to start a new career to receive this achievement, just change the difficulty before the end of Eden Prime and don't touch it again.
N7
N7
  • Medal of Valor (50) – Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on the Insanity difficulty setting. Do not change the setting.
    • Unlocks a "N7" gamer pic for use on your profile.
      • You do not need to start a new career to receive this achievement, just change the difficulty before the end of Eden Prime and don't touch it again.

[edit] By Experience

  • Power Gamer (20) – Reach 50th level with one character (Requires 238,100 xp.)
    • All experience rewards increase by 10%
  • Extreme Power Gamer (50) – Reach 60th level with one character (Requires 862,100 xp.)
    • All experience rewards increase by 5%

[edit] By Story Event

  • Paramour (10) – Complete any romance subplot.
  • Spectre Inductee (15) – Become a Spectre.
  • Search and Rescue (10) – Locate Dr. T'soni in the Artemis Tau cluster.
  • Charismatic (10) – Use Charm or Intimidate to resolve an impossible situation.

[edit] By Alignment

  • Renegade (15) – Accumulate 75% of total Renegade points.
  • Paragon (15) – Accumulate 75% of total Paragon points.

[edit] By Registered Kills

  • Dog of War (25) – Register 150 organic enemy kills.
    • Increase health by 10%
  • Geth Hunter (25) – Register 250 synthetic enemy kills.
    • Increase shield strength by 10%

[edit] By Party Member

  • Soldier Ally (20) – Complete the majority of the game with the Alliance soldier squad member Ashley Williams.
    • Damage Reduction improves by 10%
      • Tied to Completionist achievement, must complete 75% of the game with said character.
        • Complete 15 Missions and 50 Assignments to complete.
  • Sentinel Ally (20) – Complete the majority of the game with the Alliance sentinel squad member Kaidan Alenko.
    • Lift and Throw recharge time improve by 10%
      • Tied to Completionist achievement, must complete 75% of the game with said character.
        • Complete 15 Missions and 42 Assignments to complete.
  • Krogan Ally (20) – Complete the majority of the game with the krogan squad member Urdnot Wrex.
    • Regenerate 1 hp per second (main character only)
      • Tied to Completionist achievement, must complete 75% of the game with said character.
        • Complete 15 Missions and 41 Assignments to complete.
  • Turian Ally (20) – Complete the majority of the game with the turian squad member Garrus Vakarian.
    • Damping and Overload recharge time improve by 10%
      • Tied to Completionist achievement, must complete 75% of the game with said character.
        • Complete 15 Missions and 48 Assignments to complete.
  • Quarian Ally (20) – Complete the majority of the game with the quarian squad member Tali'Zorah nar Rayya.
    • Sabotage and AI Hacking recharge time improve by 10%
      • Tied to Completionist achievement, must complete 75% of the game with said character.
        • Complete 15 Missions and 46 Assignments to complete.
  • Asari Ally (20) – Complete the majority of the game with the asari squad member Liara T'Soni.
    • Barrier and Singularity recharge time improve by 10%
      • Tied to Completionist achievement, must complete 75% of the game with said character.
        • Complete 13 Missions and 54 Assignments to complete.

TIP: when going for the Ally Achievements, complete the first three planets (I suggested you go to Therum, then Feros and lastly Noveria. Finally, complete every assignment you can find until you get the achievement) go to the Assignments page for finding them all.

[edit] Miscellaneous

  • Scholar (25) – Find all primary Alien: Council Races, Extinct Races and Non-Council Races Codex entries
  • Medal of Exploration (50) – Land on an uncharted world.
  • Rich (25) – Exceed 1,000,000 Credits.
    • Unlocks Spectre weapons at the store within the Normandy and C-Sec Academy; here is a suggested method.

[edit] Downloadable Content Achievement(s)

  • Colonial Savior (50) – Complete the Bring Down the Sky Mission.

[edit] Talent Use

[edit] By Weapon

  • Pistol Expert (10) – Register 150 Pistol Kills.
  • Shotgun Expert (15) – Register 150 Shotgun Kills.
    • Unlocks Shotgun for use as a bonus talent
  • Assault Rifle Expert (15) – Register 150 Assault Rifle Kills.
  • Sniper Expert (15) – Register 150 Sniper Rifle Kills.

[edit] By Biotic Talents

  • Lift Mastery (15) – Use biotic Lift 75 times
    • Unlocks Lift for use as a bonus talent
  • Throw Mastery (15) – Use biotic Throw 75 times
    • Unlocks Throw for use as a bonus talent
  • Warp Mastery (15) – Use biotic Warp 75 times
    • Unlocks Warp for use as a bonus talent
  • Singularity Mastery (15) – Use biotic Singularity 75 times
  • Barrier Mastery (15) – Use biotic Barrier 75 times
    • Unlocks Barrier for use as a bonus talent
  • Stasis Mastery (15) – Use biotic Stasis 75 times
    • Unlocks Stasis for use as a bonus talent

[edit] By Tech Talents

  • AI Hacking Specialist (15) – Use AI Hacking 75 times
    • Unlocks Hacking for use as a bonus talent
  • Damping Specialist (15) – Use Damping Field 75 times
    • Unlocks Damping for use as a bonus talent
  • Overload Specialist (15) – Use Shield Overload 75 times
  • Sabotage Specialist (15) – Use Sabotage 75 times
  • First Aid Specialist (15) – Use medi-gel 150 times
    • Unlocks First Aid for use as a bonus talent
  • Neural Shock Specialist (15) – Use Neural Shock 75 times
    • Unlocks Medicine for use as a bonus talent

[edit] See Also

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