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Part 4
Mass Effect 3

Part 4

Navigate Mass Effect 3's Part 4 with our comprehensive walkthrough. Discover mission steps, character recruitment, item locations, and strategies for Priority: Palaven.

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Navigate Mass Effect 3's Part 4 with our comprehensive walkthrough. Discover mission steps, character recruitment, item locations, and strategies for Priority: Palaven.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    After 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.
  2. 2
    Proceed to Udina's office across the hall to be brought before the Council.
  3. 3
    After talking with the Council, you will return to Udina's office.
  4. 4
    Check 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.
  5. 5
    Return 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.
  6. 6
    Optionally, visit C-Sec and Udina again.
  7. 7
    Return 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.
  8. 8
    Head to the Normandy Dock and find Diana Allers in the Lounge area. She can join your ship as a non-combatant.
  9. 9
    As 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.
  10. 10
    Normandy:
  11. 11
    Automatically speak with Liara and meet your new Comms Specialist, Traynor.
  12. 12
    Recap with Admiral Hackett.
  13. 13
    In the War Room, check your Galactic Readiness on the terminal.
  14. 14
    Use the Galaxy map. Speak with Traynor (romance option for FemSheps) and check messages.
  15. 15
    Go to the bridge and speak with Joker.
  16. 16
    In your room (one floor up), you can change armor and casual wear in the Shuttle Bay.
  17. 17
    In the Shuttle Bay, check the work bench, terminals, and armor station. Speak with Cortez (romance option for ManSheps) and James.
  18. 18
    Go to Engineering and speak with Engineer Adams and Diana the reporter.
  19. 19
    On the third level, speak with Chakwas. In the med bay, you can equip extra abilities (costs money per change) and reset skill points.
  20. 20
    Visit Liara to meet Glyph. Find upgrades on a terminal to the left of the door and additional information on a terminal near the screens.
  21. 21
    When ready, visit the Galaxy Map and travel to Apien Crest, then Menae (near Palaven) to rescue the Primarch.
  22. 22
    Priority: Palaven
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    Cortez will warn you about a hostile landing area. Clear out the Husks upon arrival.
  24. 24
    Use Singularity to control enemy groups and create choke points.
  25. 25
    Talk to the Turian guard to be directed to the base.
  26. 26
    Collect Salvage next to the guard's building.
  27. 27
    Inside the base, find a med kit in the first building on the left.
  28. 28
    Locate a Datapad and the M-97 Sniper Rifle on a pile of boxes in the middle of the path.
  29. 29
    Find another Datapad in the first building on the right.
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    Speak 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.
  31. 31
    Find the Pistol Magazine Upgrade and a Datapad just past the Commanding Officer's building on the right.
  32. 32
    In the next building, find the Armax Arsenal Shoulder Guards and the Pistol Piercing Mod.
  33. 33
    At the far end of the base, left of the main barricade, find a building with a Med Kit, Datapad, and Hahne-Kedar Greaves.
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    Near the gate to the Comm Tower, find the M-27 Scimitar leaning against a wall and the Assault Rifle Piercing Mod on the ground.
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    Follow 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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