Xbox 360 : Mass Effect Cheats

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Saving weapon points
If you are a Soldier, level up weapons so you can use their bonuses and no further. For example, carnage is the shotgun's bonus. By doing this you will have extra points for a desired weapon and points to level everything else completely out. You do not need the damage and accuracy bonus from the points, because when you become a Spectre the best of every weapon becomes unlocked for you in the Normandy or at the C-SEC requisitions office.

Colonial Savior (50 points)
Complete the Bring Down the Sky mission.

Adepts
Adepts are biotic specialists. Starting out equipped with pistols and light armor, the true strength of the adept is through the upgradeable implants that give them their biotic powers. These powers can be used to lift or throw objects, shield the party and disable or destroy enemies.

Saving weapon points
If you are a Soldier, level up weapons so you can use their bonuses and no further. For example, carnage is the shotgun's bonus. By doing this you will have extra points for a desired weapon and points to level everything else completely out. You do not need the damage and accuracy bonus from the points, because when you become a Spectre the best of every weapon becomes unlocked for you in the Normandy or at the C-SEC requisitions office.

Puzzle solution
On the planet Noveria you must solve a puzzle after you enter the Core at Mira to restore activity to the compound. The solution is as follows. There are three columns. Four discs are in the left column. You must move all four discs to column two or three for the puzzle to be completed. "1" indicates the upper most ring, "4" is the lowest, etc.

Step 1:
Move 1 to the middle.
Move 2 to the right.
Move 1 to the right on top of 2.
Move 3 to the middle.

Step 2:
Move 1 to the left.
Move 2 to the middle on top of 3.
Move 1 to the middle on top of 2.
Move 4 to the right.

Step 3:
Move 1 to the right.
Move 2 to the left.
Move 1 to the left on top of 2.
Move 3 to the right on top of 4.

Step 4:
Move 1 to the middle.
Move 2 to the right.
Move 1 to the right.

These steps will solve the puzzle with all four discs being in the right column.

Gamer Pics
Completing the game on the Hardcore and Insanity difficulties will unlock 2 special gamer pics for use on your profile.

Unlockable:	How to Unlock:
"N7" Gamer Pic	Gain the Medal of Valor achievement
Saren Gamer Pic	Gain the Distinguished Combat Medal achievement

Completion bonuses
Complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding bonus the next time a new game is started. Once the game is completed you can also use your existing character with previously earned equipment and skills.

Unlockable:	How to Unlock:
+10% Experience Bonus	Complete 75% of Game
+10% Hardening Bonus	Complete 75% of Game with Ashley in Squad
+10% Health Bonus	Register 150 organic enemy kills
+10% Health Bonus	Kill 150 Organic Beings
+10% Shield Bonus	Kill 250 Synthetics
+25% Marksman Cooldown Bonus	Attain 150 Kills with Pistol
All Exp rewards are improved by 5%	Get to level 60
Assault Rifle Skill for New Characters	Attain 150 Kills with Assault Rifle
Decryption Skill for New Characters	Use Sabotage 75 Times
Electronics Skill for New Characters	Use Overload 75 Times
Shielding Skill for New Characters	Use Dampening 75 Times
Shotgun Skill for New Characters	Attain 150 Kills with Shotgun
Sniper Rifle Skill for New Characters	Attain 150 Kills with Sniper Rifle
Spectre Grade Weapons for Purchase	Attain 1,000,000 Credits in your Wallet.
Unlocks Talent 'Barrier' for future characters	use Barrier 75 times
Unlocks Talent 'Reverse Engineering' for future characters	Use Hack 75 times

Defeating Saren (before resurrection)
Use your rifle and strafe to avoid his rocket fire.

Infiltrators
Infiltrators combine combat and tech abilities, and specialize in killing or disabling enemies at long range. Infiltrators are trained to use OmniTools, but the focus is on decryption and offensive abilities rather than healing. They can train with pistols or sniper rifles, and can learn to wear medium armor.

Multiple unlocks
Complete the game on Normal to unlock the secrets

Unlockable:	How to Unlock:
Hardcore Mode	Complete the game once
Increased Level Cap (51 - 60)	Complete the game once
New Game +	Start a New Game, then select to use existing Career. You'll be playing with your older character (with all items and skills intact)

Soldiers
Soldiers are combat specialists ideal for the front lines of a firefight. Soldiers begin the game trained with skills in both pistols and assault rifles, they have improved health and the ability to wear medium combat armor. As you progress through the game you can unlock assault training, skills with shotguns and sniper rifles, become able to perform first aid on yourself and party members, and wear heavy combat armor.

Vanguards
Vanguards are biotic warriors. They combine offensive biotic abilities and weapons training to quickly take down opponents, and are especially deadly at short range. They can train with pistols and shotguns, and can learn to wear medium armor.

Defeating Saren (after resurrection)
Have your crew and yourself use biotic powers everytime Saren stops to shoot (usually when he is hanging on the wall). Only do it once when he stops, otherwise you are wasting abilities.

Easy ally achievements
Use the following trick to unlock all six ally achievements with only three playthroughs. When you start the game, focus on getting all six of your teammates. Choose two of them to play through the game with. Keep those two until you complete the majority of the game. You will get the ally achievement for the teammate you recruited first. After you get it, replace that teammate with another one as soon as possible. After the next assignment you complete, you will then unlock the ally achievement for the second teammate.

Easy "First Aid Specialist" achievement
Find a planet that has a Hazard level 1. Stand outside the Mako and keep pressing Y. Make a note of how many times you pressed [Heal]. If you do not pay attention and run out of Medi-Gel, you could die from the Hazard level.

Achievements
Complete the following achievements to unlock Xbox Live Gamerscore points.

Unlockable:	How to Unlock:
AI Hacking Specialist (15 pts)	Use AI Hacking 75 times.
Asari Ally (20 pts)	Complete the majority of the game with the asari squad member.
Assault Rifle Expert (15 pts)	Register 150 Assault Rifle Kills.
Barrier Mastery (15 pts)	Use biotic Barrier 75 times.
Charismatic (10 pts)	Use Charm or Intimidate to resolve an impossible situation.
Completionist (25 pts)	Complete the majority of the game.
Council Legion of Merit (25 pts)	Complete Virmire.
Damping Specialist (15 pts)	Use Damping Field 75 times.
Distinguished Combat Medal (25 pts)	Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on the Hardcore difficulty setting. Do not change the setting..
Distinguished Service Medal (25 pts)	Complete Eden Prime.
Dog of War (25 pts)	Register 150 organic enemy kills.
Extreme Power Gamer (50 pts)	Reach 60th level with one character.
First Aid Specialist (15 pts)	Use medi-gel 150 times.
Geth Hunter (25 pts)	Register 250 Synthetic enemy kills.
Honorarium of Corporate Service (25 pts)	Complete Noveria.
Krogan Ally (20 pts)	Complete the majority of the game with the Krogan squad member.
Lift Mastery (15 pts)	Use biotic Lift 75 times.
Long Service Medal (25 pts)	Complete 2 Mass Effect Playthroughs on any setting.
Medal of Exploration (50 pts)	Land on an uncharted world.
Medal of Heroism (25 pts)	Complete Feros.
Medal of Honor (100 pts)	Complete 1 Mass Effect Playthrough on any setting.
Medal of Valor (50 pts)	Complete 1 Mass Effect playthrough on the Insanity difficulty setting. Do not change the setting..
Neural Shock Specialist (15 pts)	Use Neural Shock 75 times.
Overlord Specialist (15 pts)	Use Shield Overload 75 times.
Paragon (15 pts)	Accumulate 75% of total Paragon points.
Paramour (10 pts)	Complete any romance subplot.
Pistol Expert (10 pts)	Register 150 Pistol Kills.
Power Gamer (20 pts)	Reach 50th level with one character.
Quarian Ally (20 pts)	Complete the majority of the game with the querian squad member.
Renegade (15 pts)	Accumulate 75% of total Renegade points.
Rich (25 pts)	Exceed 1,000,000 Credits.
Sabotage Specialist (15 pts)	Use Sabotage 75 times.
Scholar (25 pts)	Find all primary Alien: Council Races, Extinct Races and Non-Council Races codex entries.
Search and Rescue (10 pts)	Locate Dr. TSoni in the Artemis Tau cluster.
Sentinal Ally (20 pts)	Complete the majority of the game with the Alliance sentinel squad member.
Shotgun Expert (15 pts)	Register 150 Shotgun Kills.
Singularity Mastery (15 pts)	Use biotic Singularity 75 times.
Sniper Expert (15 pts)	Register 150 Sniper Rifle Kills.
Soldier Ally (20 pts)	Complete the majority of the game with the Alliance soldier squad member.
Spectre Inductee (15 pts)	Become a Spectre.
Stasis Mastery (15 pts)	Use biotic Stasis 75 times.
Tactician (25 pts)	Complete playthrough with shield damage greater than health damage.
Throw Mastery (15 pts)	Use biotic Throw 75 times.
Turian Ally (20 pts)	Complete the majority of the game with the turian squad member.
Warp Mastery (15 pts)	Use biotic Warp 75 times.

Defeating the giant worm
When you are on the mission about the missing Marines you will encounter a large worm creature. To defeat it, jump just before the projectile acid the worm spits. Meanwhile, attack it with missiles (RB) and constant gunfire (RT) and it will soon fall.

Easy Mako repairs
Use the following trick when your Mako is badly damaged and you do not want to or cannot spend Omni-gel to repair it. Save the game and reload it. You will find that the Mako is now totally repaired.

Finding all the elements
The best way to find the elements, minerals, and anomalies on planets that you can explore is to drive along the edges of the operational area (the red area). Drive the Mako in a circle around the area to where you can barely see the edge of the red line. You should find at least two elements/minerals on each planet that can be explored. There are rare things that will not show up on your map -- you will also have to drive around like this to find them. There are several more items than you are required to find, but it is good to go ahead and get them if you need the experience points. Also if you say the correct things to the Asari Consort, she will give you a trinket that will allow you to activate a Prothean Orb found on Eletania, or the "monkey" planet, in the Hercules system. It contains the memories of a Cro-Magnon that was observed by the Protheans. The orb will show up as an anomaly on your map, in the lower left corner.

Defeating Thresher Maw
The easiest way to defeat the Thresher Maw is after it has initially launched out of the ground to drive off, stay at a relative distance and drive circles around it while firing. Because of your distance, it will not use its long-ranged attack or be able to cause melee damage. It will go back underground after a time or certain amount of damage is inflicted and will change location where it pops up. Repeat the circular attack and you will get away undamaged.

Weapon that does not overheat
Get a HMWA X assault rifle with Frictionless Materials, Combat Optics X, and Snowblind Rounds X as upgrades.

ExoGeni PSI puzzle
In the ExoGeni facility there are several claws that feed power that must be terminated to continue the mission. You will come across a control panel for the Shuttle Bay Door Controls. This panel has 5 switches of different pressures:

(5 PSI Valve) (7 PSI Valve) (17 PSI Valve) (11 PSI Valve) (13 PSI Valve)

The objective is to add just enough pressure to fill the gauge between the two arrows. Too much will reset the puzzle and you will have to play with different combinations. Once a correct pressure is reached the bar will turn yellow and text under it will read "WARNING, HIGH PRESSURE". Enter 7, 11, and 13, then activate. This will create enough pressure to break the claw and deactivate the Geth power being flushed into ExoGeni.

Engineers
Engineers are tech specialists. Using the holographic OmniTool they can decrypt security systems, repair and/or modify technical equipment, disrupt enemy weapons or shields and heal their party. Even though they begin the game with only pistols and the OmniTool, engineers can unlock the ability to wear light armor and to reverse engineer enemy technology. They can also learn to put up protective shields and to heal the party.

Sentinels
Sentinels combine biotic and tech abilities. Typically they use biotic abilities and advanced healing skills to defend allies, though they can also disrupt opponents with biotic or Tech attacks. They are more efficient at tech and biotics than other classes, but at the expense of combat. Sentinels can only use light armor, and receive no advanced weapon training.

Infinite Paragon and Achievement
When you reach the Hercules System in the Attican Beta Cluster you will receive a mission to recover a "lost data pad" from the planet Eletania. Once you have found the data pad on one of the roaming local species(called a "monkey" in the game) in the mine you will be awarded approximatly 6+ paragon, save the game immediately. Once done, load the saved game and you should be able to continue to click on this monkey infinite amounts of times... I ran up my Paragon to 450+ points and, of course, received the achievement

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Xbox 360 : Mass Effect Cheats