Decryption

Learn how to master the Decryption skill in Mass Effect: Legendary Edition (ME1), covering Sabotage power levels, talent progression, and the Sabotage Specialist achievement.

Decryption is a Tech talent in Mass Effect: Legendary Edition that allows players to interact with and disable various objects, as well as damage and debuff enemies. The effectiveness of Decryption is tied to its power level, which can be increased through talent points.

Sabotage Power Levels

Sabotage

At its base level, Sabotage can be used on easy objects. It deals 50 damage in a 6m radius, overheats enemy weapons, and applies a burn effect for 2 damage per second. The ability lasts for 15 seconds and has a recharge time of 60 seconds, with an accuracy cost of 60%.

Advanced Sabotage

With higher talent investment, Advanced Sabotage can be used on average objects. This upgrade increases the damage to 100 in an 8m radius, and the burn damage to 3 per second. The duration is extended to 20 seconds, and the recharge time is reduced to 50 seconds, maintaining the 60% accuracy cost.

Master Sabotage

The highest tier, Master Sabotage, allows the use of the decryption skill on hard objects. It deals 150 damage in a 10m radius, with the burn effect dealing 4 damage per second. The duration is 25 seconds, and the recharge time is further reduced to 40 seconds, with the accuracy cost remaining at 60%.

Talent Levels

Investing in the Decryption talent provides various benefits as you level it up:

• Level 1: Unlocks Sabotage, allowing use on easy objects.
• Level 2: Increases tech mine explosion damage by 10%.
• Level 3: Increases tech explosion damage by 14%.
• Level 4: Increases tech explosion damage by 18%. Unlocks Electronics (Sentinel) and Damping (Garrus).
• Level 5: Unlocks Advanced Sabotage, allowing use on average objects.
• Level 6: Increases tech explosion damage by 20%.
• Level 7: Increases tech explosion damage by 22%. Unlocks First Aid (Infiltrator) and Hacking (Engineer, Tali).
• Level 8: Increases tech explosion damage by 24%.
• Level 9: Unlocks Master Sabotage, allowing use on hard objects.
• Level 10: Increases tech explosion damage by 26%.
• Level 11: Increases tech explosion damage by 28%.
• Level 12: Increases tech explosion damage by 30%.

Achievements

Using the Sabotage ability 25 times will unlock the Sabotage Specialist achievement, which awards 10 points.