Navigate Mass Effect 3's Part 4 with our comprehensive walkthrough. Discover mission steps, character recruitment, item locations, and strategies for Priority: Palaven.
Walkthrough
- 1After leaving the lobby, head to the embassies and take a right. Go up the steps to the C-Sec office to speak with an old friend.
- 2Proceed to Udina's office across the hall to be brought before the Council.
- 3After talking with the Council, you will return to Udina's office.
- 4Check the Spectre office across the hall. Here you can access two terminals: one for new information and requests, and another to purchase missed items, weapons, and armor. A shooting range is also available.
- 5Return to the main embassy lobby and speak with the reporter. You'll have opportunities for Paragon and Renegade interrupts; use the Paragon interrupt to recruit her as a War Asset. You can also speak with James by the window.
- 6Optionally, visit C-Sec and Udina again.
- 7Return to the Hospital and speak with Dr. Chakwas to recruit her for the Normandy. Then, speak with Dr. Michel, who will discuss a comrade's condition.
- 8Head to the Normandy Dock and find Diana Allers in the Lounge area. She can join your ship as a non-combatant.
- 9As you attempt to board the Normandy, you will experience a dream sequence involving a boy in a white sweater. Follow him until the dream ends.
- 10Normandy:
- 11Automatically speak with Liara and meet your new Comms Specialist, Traynor.
- 12Recap with Admiral Hackett.
- 13In the War Room, check your Galactic Readiness on the terminal.
- 14Use the Galaxy map. Speak with Traynor (romance option for FemSheps) and check messages.
- 15Go to the bridge and speak with Joker.
- 16In your room (one floor up), you can change armor and casual wear in the Shuttle Bay.
- 17In the Shuttle Bay, check the work bench, terminals, and armor station. Speak with Cortez (romance option for ManSheps) and James.
- 18Go to Engineering and speak with Engineer Adams and Diana the reporter.
- 19On the third level, speak with Chakwas. In the med bay, you can equip extra abilities (costs money per change) and reset skill points.
- 20Visit Liara to meet Glyph. Find upgrades on a terminal to the left of the door and additional information on a terminal near the screens.
- 21When ready, visit the Galaxy Map and travel to Apien Crest, then Menae (near Palaven) to rescue the Primarch.
- 22Priority: Palaven
- 23Cortez will warn you about a hostile landing area. Clear out the Husks upon arrival.
- 24Use Singularity to control enemy groups and create choke points.
- 25Talk to the Turian guard to be directed to the base.
- 26Collect Salvage next to the guard's building.
- 27Inside the base, find a med kit in the first building on the left.
- 28Locate a Datapad and the M-97 Sniper Rifle on a pile of boxes in the middle of the path.
- 29Find another Datapad in the first building on the right.
- 30Speak with the _Commanding Officer_ in the second building on the right to learn about the base's situation and receive the objective to repair the Comm tower.
- 31Find the Pistol Magazine Upgrade and a Datapad just past the Commanding Officer's building on the right.
- 32In the next building, find the Armax Arsenal Shoulder Guards and the Pistol Piercing Mod.
- 33At the far end of the base, left of the main barricade, find a building with a Med Kit, Datapad, and Hahne-Kedar Greaves.
- 34Near the gate to the Comm Tower, find the M-27 Scimitar leaning against a wall and the Assault Rifle Piercing Mod on the ground.
- 35Follow the waypoint to the gate leading to the Comm Tower and climb up to reach it.
Tips:
- New Systems are available for exploration. Refer to the Galactic Exploration section.
- _N7: Cerberus Lab_ is now available.
- _Priority: Eden Prime_ is now available if you have the DLC
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