Mass Effect 3 Walkthrough

Kurtis Seid
By Kurtis Seid, Game Guides Editor

This is my favorite guide on the Citadel. Our Mass Effect 3 Walkthrough covers the entire spectrum of the single player story, multiplayer tips, and how to build a powerful army.

Mass Effect 3 Walkthrough

What's New:

  • April 1 2012: Version 1.6 finished the remaining missions and added more about squad members.
  • March 28 2012: Version 1.5 new missions have been added.
  • March 26 2012: Version 1.4 includes more missions and a completed planet scanning list.
  • March 22 2012: Version 1.3 added multiplayer section and added info about the missing Shepard classes.
  • March 20 2012: Version 1.2 added the class and squad section, fixed some screenshots, and added more scanning info.
  • March 14 2012: Version 1.1 now with more missions, side quests, scanning information, screenshots, and videos.
  • March 6 2012: Version 1.0 will go live at midnight with info on Priority Missions, Side Quests, and War Assets for the first half of the game. Bookmark this page until then!

Note: Our first time through was as a Paragon Engineer with no imported save game. Your Personal Mass Effect 3 experience may differ.

Kurtis Seid
By Kurtis Seid, Game Guides Editor

Kurtis Seid is a sadomasochist for games. He’s clocked over 200 days in a Final Fantasy entry but isn’t sure if he’s actually a fan of the series. His ideal game would somehow involve the harshest elements of King’s Quest, Team Fortress, River City Ransom, Ogre Battle, and Dark Souls.

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khatibi22 47 pts

@ Verne: Well the Rannoch end level boss of course. The giant laser beaming one. It was really hard to defeat it and this certain walkthrough was not a big help, so I checked wiki and found some useful tips. There was no chance that I could beat the boss without tips from wiki.

Verne 5 pts

 khatibi22 Hmph ... I replied to this but don't know where my reply went.

 

Go to the left of the chasm and target the the boss with the designator.

 

As I recall, he shoots low and raises his aim point until he hits you. Before the laser gets high enough to hit you, cartwheel to the right and continue targeting him. He should get slammed from space before his laser gets you.

 

For the next round, go to the right side of the chasm and target him. Target him with the designator and cartwheel to the left when his laser gets close to you and continue targeting him. Again he should get stomped before his laser toasts you.

 

Go back to the left and repeat.

 

As  I recall, once you get a hang of the pattern to use it's not terribly difficult.

khatibi22 47 pts

I have tried several times but  somehow I can't figure out the right way to defeat this boss:| any tips?

jdevlin 5 pts

to many battles to get to the end of a level.

LatinproX 101 pts

 The main, of many,  problems  with this guide is the label on the titles. Yes, it`s Canada. But, where in Canada? Vancouver!  What a surprise!! Seriously, more attention to detail and a lot less sloppyness, Mr. Seid. For Example, Cerberus base mission...ok, well ,um which of hundreds of planets was that?

ShaenMO 10 pts

I just watched two of the new ending cinematics, there are now four major endings. Apparently it is now possible to choose badly enough to lose the entire war against the Reapers. Try it, choose all Renegade responses at the end and watch what happens.

LatinproX 101 pts

how do you get the Eden Prime achievement, genius?

Verne 5 pts

Hey ... where's the .pdf guide we were promised when joining?

jimmy_rj 6 pts

table of contents rearranged, good job! now the guide makes more sense!

thanks!

wavelength121 213 pts

Great guide, fail to see everyone's problem with the ending, you defeat the Reapers and get a life, the end

LatinproX 101 pts

 wavelength121 DUH, there are no  clear details, just generalized findings. Completely unprofessional.

crazyintheface 14 pts

This is the worst walk through I've ever seen. Where's the end?

rcboothman 5 pts

its there anyway to hide these commens, they are longer than the guide pages. It makes the pages load alot slower with extra stuff i dont even want

Dead_Locked795 5 pts

When dealing with the 2 brutes and the marauders just before finding General Victus on Menae (Palaven's moon), there is a reaper blackstar heavy weapon located on the right hand side of the map for you to use. So use it!! On insanity, it becomes a necessity!

LatinproX 101 pts

 Dead_Locked795 this was, by far, the most helpful suggestion. Thanks!  Too bad this guide was not even close to that. What a waste of space, and this fool gets paid to give mediocre advice.

LatinproX 101 pts

 havocmerc that`s like saying good job Bush.

mightywillg 10 pts

How come the Table of Contents only goes up to Geth Dreadnaught? That's the exact point I'm at in the game, and the only reason I looked at this guide was to see how many missions I have left to get to this terrible terrible ending I keep hearing about!

VictorDenvel 13 pts

Useless walkthrough in every way!!!

jacyp 26 pts

@ali0918: Are you mad? The ME series is one of the few true eletronic roleplaying games we have. Yes, RPG stands for roleplaying game. In Mass Effect series: - Roleplaying? Check. I don't know much games that gives me so many choices about what kind of character I want to be with so many ways to demonstrate it. - Does your choices make difference? While most eletronic "RPG" we see out there gives you choices but they simply doesn't matter at the end, in ME your choices actually shapes and changes the world around you, and also what you'll have to do to accomplish some objectives. So this game is not rpg? You either have got to be kidding me or you simply doesn't know the meaning of the acronym.

ali0918 5 pts

this game is best but itsnot rpg

jimmy_rj 6 pts

please, rearrange the table of contents so we can navigate easily through the guide.

Trooper1023 6 pts

NEW ITEM PICKUP: after entering the broken airlock and taking out the Cerb punks, turn around to the left and look around the sink to find a SMG Scope upgrade.

Lionsfan1986 5 pts

Your After Geth Dreadnought scans are the same as your After Sur'Kesh. You should really take a look at that!

pipeline3104 17 pts

Looks like Gamespot gave up on this guide just like they gave up on the Skyrim guide

Fakespy 8 pts

@kiopta1 I vote for "embracing eternity".

DanielAssassin 5 pts

not good enough as real RPG we paid for.

Zerosumgame 35 pts

Mass Effect actually is part of a sentence, Mass effect on the unconscious youth of today.

AceCometh 33 pts

@tex242 Yeah, some having to be completed before you embark on your next big mission ot they'll be gone. A shame the strategy guide didn't tell me that in the first few pages....

AceCometh 33 pts

"This is Commander Shepard. And this is my favorite store on the Citadel!"

Spartan765 16 pts

@Kurtis seid COMPLETE IT ALREADY

brian376 5 pts

also for the record people who are saying they didnt get the special ending yet who did multi you need to have between 4-5k war assets forget which it is

Temperedelm 104 pts

I got the green splosion w/o MP, but I didnt get the part where shepard gasped.

italiano72 35 pts

in case GS forgot to mention it in their walk through... make sure you do multiplayer and get 100% war readiness... that will allow you to CHOSE the GREEN light which is BY FAR the Prettiest of the 3

guildclaws 65 pts

[spoiler] Renegade Interrupt: kill Kai Leng, Don't press Renegade Interrupt: Kill Kai Leng. CHOICE! [/spoiler]

ex_shadi 7 pts

OKK ME MY SELF DONT CARE IF IT WAS GOOD OR BAD ENDING BUT I WISH FOR BIOWARE TO GET US NEXT TIME A ONE DECIDED ENDING, AT LEAST THE ENDING, SO WE COULD REST IN PEACE

Gravelord_Nito 149 pts

if you are colorblind...this game has just 1 ending :D

Darkeus 64 pts

Lol, there is no "Best" ending. Just different colors.....

deathmerchant36 5 pts

Everyone complains about the ending saying that is wreaks the game completely. I think that yes, the ending was quite disappointing, but it didn't erase the fun I had getting up to that point. It is still a good, fun and powerful game I had a really good time with. In my opinion it's the journey not the destination.

Temperedelm 104 pts

@djforlife84 You are so right, god forbid we ask for quality for the price they demand. It is also so unreasonable and selfish to ask them to live upto the promises they made pre-launch. You have made me realize the error of my ways and from now on I will accept the pile of crap they give me, and will even smile and thank them, because we all know we got where we are today by accepting everything as-is.

kiopta1 43 pts

Just for laughs...what will ending a beloved series the way Bioware did in future be called? Pulling a Bioware? Pulling a Hudson? Embracing Enternity? ?

Alves_19 99 pts

i don't want that Bioware alters the end! but i would like one "that what happens now" add-on! ( spoiler) i don't know the oders ends yet, but on my end after the scene of normandy crew in that planet, it gets back to the remainings part of the cidadel, to shepard body! Appears only his chest, and suddenly he breathes!! so shepard is alive!!

Caffeine__Fiend 27 pts

Let me see... -Blue explosion or -Green explosion or -Red explosion decisions...decisions...decisions

ag_04 13 pts

@djforlife84 100% agree with you. I hope bioware doesn't alter the ending in the slightest. Sometimes gamers look like 3 year old kids who enrage for a bag of crisps or candy.

LatinproX 101 pts

 ag_04  djforlife84 you sound like retirees being told what to accept and having no choice but to accept it. `Off to the retirement home for you sailor, and no, you have no say in the matter because we know what`s right! for you`... LMFAO, I rather be a child that fights for his rights than a fool that gets herded to nowhere. Really, think about. They`re abusing your rights as a consumer and you just take it. WEAK.

CornelMosneag 20 pts

P.S. I played all 3 games with same character. With all DLC installed. I actually played them in a roe... in the month before ME3... so do not dare telling me i don't understand what ME is. Thank you.

CornelMosneag 20 pts

@djforlife84 i totally agree with you. Some opinions are so puerile. I actually loved the ending. Seeing Joker and EDI made Shepard's sacrifice (if he really did die) worthy. I hate the ending because it doesn't give me more details. What happened next. What happened to Shepard and the others... But there are ways to explain all these later... just keep the hope burning. These Stop Koni, Stop Acta kids now want to change a game ending!? What next... petition Tolkien to bring Boromir back to life?

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