Mass Effect Cheats

There are 46 achievements with a total of 1050 gamerscore.

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:

* (Top Right) Testify against Anoleis
* (Top Left) {Paragon} You'd be a hero
* OR
* (Bottom Left) {Renegade} Damn right I will

Step 2:

* Talk to him again
* (Left) Matriarch Benezia
* (Bottom Right) Another Question
* *Repeat step 1*

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.

MAIN QUEST:

Prologue: Find the Beacon

Citadel: Expose Saren
Citadel: Garrus
Citadel: Wrex

Feros: Save the colony

Noveria: Matriarch Benezia
Noveria: Lorik Qui'n
Noveria: Peak 15
Noveria: Reactor Repair
Noveria: Reconnect Landlines
Noveria: Contamination
Noveria: The Hot Labs
Noveria: Rift Station

Find Liara T'Soni

Ilos: Find the Conduit

Race Against Time


SIDE QUESTS:

Citadel: Scan the Keepers
Citadel: Presidium Prophet
Citadel: Reporter's Request
Citadel: The Fan
Citadel: Rita's Sister
Citadel: Signal Tracking
Citadel: Jahleed and Chorban
Citadel: Homecoming
Citadel: The Fourth Estate
Citadel: Family Matter
Citadel: Asari Consort
Citadel: Old Friends
Citadel: Xeltan Convinced
Citadel: Planting a Bug
Citadel: Schells and his Data
Citadel: Negotiator's Request

UNC: Missing Survey Team
UNC: Rogue VI
UNC: Hostage
UNC: Major Kyle
UNC: Distress Call
UNC: Missing Marines
UNC: Privateers
UNC: Hostile Takeover
UNC: Matriach Writings
UNC: Missing Scientist
UNC: Turian Emblems
UNC: Minerals
UNC: Signs of Battle
UNC: Negotiations
UNC: Cerberus
UNC: Prothean Discs
UNC: Lost Freighter
UNC: Espionage Probe
UNC: Hade's Dogs
UNC: Lost Module
UNC: Geth Incursions
UNC: ExoGeni Facility
UNC: Colonists
UNC: Derelict Freighter
UNC: Listening Post Alpha
UNC: Listening Post Theta
UNC: Depot Sigma-23

Virmire: Wrex
Virmire: Kirrahe's Team

NOTE: DO ALL FEROS BEFORE LEAVING TO THE SKY BRIDGE!!!

Feros: Recover Data
Feros: Power Cells
Feros: Varren Meat
Feros: Feth in the Tunels
Feros: Water Restoration


Noveria: Espionage

Asari Diplomacy


ALLIES:

Garrus: Dr Saleon
Wrex: Family Armor
Tali: Tali's Pilgrimage

Note: You only get ONE chance to get MOST of these.

The Council consists of: Asari, Turians, and Salarians.
The extinct Races are: Protheans, Rachni
The Non-Council races are:Batarians, Elcor, Geth, Hanar, Keepers, Krogan, Quarians, Volus

Turians:
At the very beginning of the game, talk to people about the Spectres and Saren.

Asari:
Either talk with Captain Anderson, or with Avina[The VI about the council races].

Salarians:
Talk to Captain Anderson after the first meeting with the council.

Protheans:
CAN ONLY GET WITH TALKING WITH CAPTAIN ANDERSON!

Rachni:
Talking with Avina the VI near the Krogan Statue about the Krogans, the rebellion, and the war.

Batarians:
After acquiring the Normandy, talk with Captain Anderson. Ask him about him becoming a Specter.

Elcor
Talk to the Elcor diplomat Calyn in the embassy. The embassy is to the right of the Human Embassy.

Geth:
Ask Ashley AFTER finding her on Eden Prime.
.
Hanar
Either with the Preaching Hanar, or with the Shop Keeper that is Hanar. Ask him about his speech.

Keepers:
Ask Avina the VI near the Citadel Tower light.

Krogan:
Automatic by watching the confrontation between Wrex and the Krogan bouncer in Chora's Den.

Quarians:
Talk to Garrus in medical center.

Volus:
Talk with Avina outside the embassies.

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.


Basic plan of attack for ally achievements:

* Complete Eden Prime
* Go to Citadel, talk to Council
* Find Harkin (Chora's Den), Garrus (Med Clinic) and Wrex (C-Sec)
* Take care of Fist (do not pick up his OSD!)
* Rescue Tali in the Wards Access
* Talk to Council, become Spectre
* Head to Therum and rescue Liara

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:

* Complete any possible Citadel assignment
* Complete any random space assignments
* Complete Noveria (do all assignments BEFORE leaving the arrival site)
* Complete Feros (do all assignments BEFORE leaving the arrival site)
* Go back to the Citadel and complete any assignments you started on Noveria/Feros
* Complete Virmire (do not kill Wrex!)
* Back to the Citadel once more

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.

First find a turret to use it on... Use it, hide, recharge, 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.

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.

* Bring Down the Sky
* Avoid the Blasting Caps
* Missing Engineers

Complete the game on Normal to unlock the secrets