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Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (ME1)

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (ME1)

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Welcome to Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Commander! You're stepping into the boots of Shepard, a human Spectre tasked with saving the galaxy from the ancient, synthetic threat of the Reapers. This epic space opera blends third-person shooting with deep RPG elements, letting you explore alien worlds, build relationships with your diverse crew, and make galaxy-altering choices. Whether you're a Spacer, Colonist, or Earthborn, your journey begins now.

This guide is your trusted co-pilot for navigating the original Mass Effect. We'll help you make the most of your first playthrough, covering everything from tracking down those elusive collectibles and mastering challenging boss encounters like Saren Arterius, to understanding the nuances of achieving different galactic outcomes and unlocking all the achievements. Get ready to shape your legend.

Guide

Your friendly guide to Mass Effect: Legendary Edition. Get started with the basics, understand the controls, and prepare for your journey as Commander Shepard. Let's go!

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Guide

Your friendly guide to Mass Effect: Legendary Edition. Get started with the basics, understand the controls, and prepare for your journey as Commander Shepard. Let's go!

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Pre-Service History: Introduction
Explore the three pre-service history origins for your Commander Shepard in Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (ME1): Spacer, Colonist, and Earthborn. Learn their unique impacts.

Pre-Service History: Introduction

Explore the three pre-service history origins for your Commander Shepard in Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (ME1): Spacer, Colonist, and Earthborn. Learn their unique impacts.

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Pre-Service History: Introduction

Explore the three pre-service history origins for your Commander Shepard in Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (ME1): Spacer, Colonist, and Earthborn. Learn their unique impacts.

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Version History
Track ME1 Legendary content additions from May 20th to June 26th, including Asteroid X57, talent pages, and recruitment guides.

Version History

Track ME1 Legendary content additions from May 20th to June 26th, including Asteroid X57, talent pages, and recruitment guides.

Walkthrough
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    June 26th: Added Asteroid X57 page.
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    June 22-25th: Added Achievement Roadmap and Achievement List pages.
  3. 3
    June 21st: Added Soldier, Engineer, Adept, Infiltrator, Sentinel, and Vanguard Talent pages.
  4. 4
    June 19th: Added Infinite Paragon Points (Eletania), Infinite Paragon and Renegade Points (Noveria), How to Recruit Liara, Best Garrus Build, Best Wrex Build, Best Kaiden Build, and Best Liara Build pages.
  5. 5
    June 18th: Added Best Ashley Build, How to Recruit Garrus, How to Recruit Tali, Best Tali Build, and How to Recruit Wrex pages.
  6. 6
    June 17th: Added X57: Bring Down the Sky, X57: Avoid the Blasting Caps, and X57: Missing Engineers pages.
  7. 7
    June 16th: Added Amazon, Columbia, and Yangtze pages.
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    June 15th: Added Refuge, Acheron, and Erebus pages.
  9. 9
    June 14th: Added Caspian, Matano, Vostok, and Century pages.
  10. 10
    June 12th: Added Herschel, Newton, Sol, Han, and Ming pages.
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    June 11th: Added Race Against Time: Escape the Citadel, Race Against Time: Ilos, Race Against Time: Final Battle, and Fortuna pages.
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    June 10th: Added Pax, Strenuus, Antaeus, Cacus, Dis, Farinata, and Plutus pages.
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    June 9th: Added UNC: Listening Post Alpha, UNC: Listening Post Theta, UNC: Depot-Sigma-23, UNC: The Negotiation, Our Own Worst Enemy, Negotiator’s Request, and Virmire: Base Main Level pages.
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    June 8th: Added Virmire: Base Entry and Labs, Wrex and the Genophage, Assisting Kirrahe’s Team, UNC: Derelict Freighter, Noveria: Smuggling, and Noveria: Espionage pages.
  15. 15
    June 7th: Added Feros: Water Restoration, Feros: Varren Meat, Power Cells, UNC: Colony of the Dead, UNC: ExoGeni Facility, and Virmire: Base Approach pages.
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    June 6th: Added Virmire: Landing Zone page.
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    June 5th: Added Hercules, Theseus, Utopia, and Hoc pages.
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    June 4th: Added UNC: Valuable Materials, UNC: Besieged Base, Garrus: Find Dr. Saleon, Wrex: Family Armor, Feros: Geth in the Tunnels, Vamshi, Athens, Knossos, Macedon, and Sparta pages.
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    June 3rd: Added UNC: Missing Survey Team, UNC: Prothean Data Discs, UNC: Asari Writings, UNC: Locate Signs of Battle, UNC: Turian Insignias, Grissom, Hong, and Tereshkova pages.
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    June 2nd: Added UNC: Geth Incursions, Tali and the Geth, UNC: Espionage Probe, UNC: Lost Freighter, Hydra, Phoenix, and Gagarin pages.
  21. 21
    June 1st: Added UNC: Cerberus, Hades’ Dogs, and UNC: Dead Scientists pages.
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    May 29th: Added Noveria: Rift Station and Normandy After Noveria pages.
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    May 28th: Added Best Sentinel Build, UNC: Hostile Takeover, Unusual Readings - UNC: Distress Signal, Strange Transmission - UNC: Major Kyle, Noveria: Port Hanshan, and Noveria: Peak 15 pages.
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    May 27th: Added Best Engineer Build, Best Adept Build, UNC: Hostage, and The Fan pages.
  25. 25
    May 26th: Added UNC: Asari Diplomacy, UNC: Rogue VI, Feros: Data Recovery, Nemesis, Bastion, Commando, Medlic, and Operative pages.
  26. 26
    May 25th: Added UNC: Lost Module, Missing Person - UNC: Privateers, UNC: Missing Marines, Feros: The Thorian, and Normandy After Feros pages.
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    May 24th: Added Best Vanguard Build, Vanguard, Spectre Training, Shock Trooper, Asari Scientist, Krogan Battlemaster, Quarian Machinist, Turian Agent, and Best Infiltrator Build pages.
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    May 22nd: Added Feros: Zhu’s Hope and Feros: ExoGeni Headquarters pages.
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    May 21st: Added Citadel Exploration, Therum: Refinery, Therum: Liara’s Dig Site, Normandy After Therum, Citadel After Therum, Inspection, Family Matter, I Remember Me, Old Friends, The Fourth Estate, and Planting a Bug pages.
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    May 20th: Added Signal Tracking, Rita’s Sister, Schells the Gambler, Citadel: Expose Fist, and Normandy After the Citadel pages.

Achievements

Your friendly guide to unlocking all achievements in Mass Effect: Legendary Edition. Learn how to get those sweet in-game rewards and bragging rights!

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Achievements

Your friendly guide to unlocking all achievements in Mass Effect: Legendary Edition. Learn how to get those sweet in-game rewards and bragging rights!

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Trophy Guide

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