Mass Effect 3 Achievements & Trophies Guide (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)

Our Mass Effect 3 Achievements guide & Trophies guide lists every Achievement & Trophy for this Xbox 360, PS3 & PC action-RPG game and tells you how to get and unlock them.

Table of Contents

Index of Mass Effect 3 Guides:

There are 50 Achievements (0 Secret) with a total of 1000 points to earn in the Xbox 360 version.

There are 51 Trophies (0 Hidden) that can be earned in the PS3 version. Earn Bronze (42), Silver (6), Gold (2), Platinum (1) and to increase your Gamer Level.

Mass Effect 3 Achievements Guide

This video guide shows how to get the following four achievements: Bruiser, Sky High, Pyromaniac, and Mail Slot.

1. Driven (5) — Return to active duty.
2. Bringer of War (10) — Chase down an assassin.
3. Mobilizer (15) — Bring a veteran officer aboard.
4. World Shaker (15) — Destroy an Atlas dropped from orbit.
5. Pathfinder (15) — Explore a lost city.
6. Tunnel Rat (15) — Survive the swarm.
7. Party Crasher (15) — Sabotage a dreadnought.
8. Hard Target (15) — Call down an orbital strike.
9. Saboteur (15) — Disable a group of fighter squadrons.
10. Arbiter (25) — Win a political stand–off.
11. Last Witness (25) — Extract ancient technology.
12. Executioner (25) — Defeat an old adversary.
13. Well Connected (15) — Send a warning across the galaxy.
14. Fact Finder (15) — Discover an enemy’s monstrous origin.
15. Liberator (15) — Stop a Cerberus kidnapping.
16. Problem Solver (15) — Evacuate a scientific facility.
17. Patriot (25) — Make the final assault.
18. Legend (50) — Mission accomplished.
19. Shopaholic (10) — Visit a store in the single-player campaign.
20. Master and Commander (50) — Deliver most of the Galaxy at War assets to the final conflict.
21. Lost and Found (25) — Dispatch 10 probes to retrieve people or resources in Reaper territory.
22. Long Service Medal (50) — Complete Mass Effect 3 twice, or once with a Mass Effect 2 import.
23. Insanity (75) — Finish the game on Insanity without changing difficulty after leaving Earth.
24. A Personal Touch (10) — Modify a weapon.

25. Paramour (25) — Establish or rekindle a romantic relationship.

26. Combined Arms (25) — Perform any combination of 50 biotic combos or tech bursts.
27. Focused (25) — Evolve any of your powers to rank 6.
28. Recruit (10) — Kill 250 enemies.
29. Soldier (15) — Kill 1,000 enemies.
30. Veteran (25) — Kill 5,000 enemies.
31. Bruiser (10) — Kill 100 enemies with melee attacks.

32. Untouchable (10) — Escape a Reaper in the galaxy map.

This can be done at any time when you are on the Normandy and have access to the galaxy map. You will find the galaxy map on deck 2 – combat information center. Enter one of the reaper galaxy systems (the ones with the red symbol) and keep using your scanning pulse. Watch the reaper alertness bar in the bottom left corner. When the bar is maxed out you will see enemy reapers coming in. Fly back to the Mass Relay and exit the area.

33. Defender (25) — Attain the highest level of readiness in each theatre of war.
34. Overload Specialist (15) — Overload the shields of 100 enemies.
35. Sky High (15) — Lift 100 enemies off the ground with powers.
36. Pyromaniac (15) — Set 100 enemies on fire with powers.

37. Eye of the Hurricane (10) — Kill a brute while it’s charging you.

You will encounter your first Brute enemy relatively early in the game, during the ‘Rescue Turrian Primarch’ mission (Galaxy: Apien Crest, System: Trebia, Planet: Menae). Weaken the Brute until its armor (basically its health) has only one bar left. Then wait until the Brute is trying to tackle you and kill it while it is running towards you. Make sure your team is not killing the Brute by accident. Reload the last autosave if they do. Moreover, you should save your game manually before the fight starts. Just in case something is going wrong. There will be other chances to get this later on, so don’t worry if you missed it here.

38. Mail Slot (10) — Kill 10 guardians with headshots from the front while their shields are raised.

39. Hijacker (10) — Hijack an Atlas mech.

Here’s how to take an Atlas mech away from a Cerberus agent in the single-player campaign of Mass Effect 3. The most important weapon you will need to accomplish this task is a sniper rifle. Take a look at the video guide:

40. Giant Killer (10) — Defeat a harvester.

One of the first chances to encounter a harvester is during the ‘Extract Turian Survivors’ mission (Galaxy: Krogan DMZ, System: Aralakh, Planet: Tuchanka). It’s recommended to set the difficulty down to narrative. You will run into multiple harvesters during this mission, but they fly away when they are close to death. On high difficulties you might not have enough fire power to kill them fast enough.

41. Enlisted (5) — Start a character in multiplayer or customize a character in single-player.
42. Tour of Duty (20) — Finish all multiplayer maps or all N7 missions in single-player.
43. Always Prepared (10) — Obtain two non–customizable suits of armour.
44. Tourist 5 Complete one multiplayer match or two N7 missions.
45. Explorer (15) — Complete three multiplayer matches or five N7 missions.
46. Gunsmith (25) — Upgrade any weapon to level 10.
47. Almost There (15) — Reach level 15 in multiplayer or level 50 in single-player.
48. Peak Condition (25) — Reach level 20 in multiplayer or level 60 in single-player.
49. Battle Scarred (25) — Promote a multiplayer character to the Galaxy at War or import an ME3 character.
50. Unwavering (50) — Finish all multiplayer maps on Gold or all single-player missions on Insanity.

Mass Effect 3 Trophies Guide

Tips & video guide can be found in the Achievements section above.

1. A Personal Touch (Bronze) — Modify a weapon.
2. Almost There (Bronze) — Reach level 15 in multiplayer or level 50 in single-player.
3. Always Prepared (Bronze) — Obtain two non-customizable suits of armor.
4. Arbiter (Bronze) — Win a political stand-off.
5. Battle-Scarred (Bronze) — Promote a multiplayer character to the Galaxy at War or import an ME3 character.
6. Bringer of War (Bronze) — Chase down an assassin.
7. Bruiser (Bronze) — Kill 100 enemies with melee attacks.
8. Combined Arms (Silver) — Perform any combination of 50 biotic combos or tech bursts.
9. Defender (Bronze) — Attain the highest level of readiness in each theater of war.
10. Driven (Bronze) — Return to active duty.
11. Enlisted (Bronze) — Start a character in multiplayer or customize a character in single-player.
12. Executioner (Bronze) — Defeat an old adversary.
13. Explorer (Bronze) — Complete three multiplayer matches or five N7 missions.
14. Eye of the Hurricane (Bronze) — Kill a brute while it’s charging you.
15. Fact Finder (Bronze) — Discover an enemy’s monstrous origin.
16. Focused (Bronze) — Evolve any of your powers to rank 6.
17. Giant Killer (Bronze) — Defeat a Harvester.
18. Gunsmith (Silver) — Upgrade any weapon to level 10.
19. Hard Target (Bronze) — Call down an orbital strike.
20. Hijacker (Bronze) — Hijack an Atlas mech.
21. Insanity (Gold) — Finish the game on Insanity without changing difficulty after leaving Earth.
22. Last Witness (Bronze) — Extract ancient technology.
23. Legend (Silver) — Mission accomplished.
24. Liberator (Bronze) — Stop a Cerberus kidnapping.
25. Long Service Medal (Silver) — Complete Mass Effect 3 twice, or once with a Mass Effect 2 import.
26. Lost and Found (Bronze) — Dispatch 10 probes to retrieve people or resources in Reaper territory.
27. Mail Slot (Bronze) — Kill 10 guardians with headshots from the front while their shields are raised.
28. Master and Commander (Silver) — Deliver most of the Galaxy at War assets to the final conflict.
29. Mobilizer (Bronze) — Bring a veteran officer aboard.
30. N7 Elite (Platinum) — Acquire all trophies.
31. Overload Specialist (Bronze) — Overload the shields of 100 enemies.
32. Paramour (Bronze) — Establish or rekindle a romantic relationship.
33. Party Crasher (Bronze) — Sabotage a dreadnought.
34. Pathfinder (Bronze) — Explore a lost city.
35. Patriot (Bronze) — Make the final assault.
36. Peak Condition (Bronze) — Reach level 20 in multiplayer or level 60 in single-player.
37. Problem Solver (Bronze) — Evacuate a scientific facility.
38. Pyromaniac (Bronze) — Set 100 enemies on fire with powers.
39. Recruit (Bronze) — Kill 250 enemies.
40. Saboteur (Bronze) — Disable a group of fighter squadrons.
41. Shopaholic (Bronze) — Visit a store in the single-player campaign.
42. Sky High (Bronze) — Lift 100 enemies off the ground with powers.
43. Soldier (Bronze) — Kill 1,000 enemies.
44. Tour of Duty (Bronze) — Finish all multiplayer maps or all N7 missions in single-player.
45. Tourist (Bronze) — Complete one multiplayer match or two N7 missions.
46. Tunnel Rat (Bronze) — Survive the swarm.
47. Untouchable (Bronze) — Escape a Reaper in the galaxy map.
48. Unwavering (Gold) — Finish all multiplayer maps on Gold or all single-player missions on Insanity.
49. Veteran (Silver) — Kill 5,000 enemies.
50. Well Connected (Bronze) — Send a warning across the galaxy.
51. World Shaker (Bronze) — Destroy an Atlas dropped from orbit.

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