Mass Effect Walkthrough

2 – To the Refinery
The path before you is fairly linear. Take the Mako north and follow the path between the cliffs and the lava. Follow the path around towards the south, at which point a geth dropship will deposit a pair of geth armatures in your path. Keep your distance and use your jump jets to avoid their attacks. There is a refinery to the east but the way is blocked by a large gate and three geth heavy turrets. Take the detour around to the north, which is guarded by only one heavy turret. This path leads to the heart of the refinery, which is guarded by regular geth troopers and shock troopers, but also by rocket troopers, which have weak personal defenses but a powerful ranged attack. Your toughest opponent is a geth juggernaut, which is a more powerful version of the destroyer you faced on Eden Prime. Stay in the Mako and keep your distance while avoiding enemy attacks. In the various structures about the refinery you can find an upgrade kit, storage locker, and weapon locker. The controls to lower the north gate are in the building to the northwest.

3 – Proceed in the Mako
Continue north, where you will encounter more armatures. There are rocket troopers and a geth colossus guarding the entrance to the tunnel you must use to proceed. Once again, keep your distance and zoom in with your turret to make dealing with these enemies easier. There are a small group of rocket troopers on the other side of the tunnel as well. Continue on until you reach another tunnel. You will encounter some rocket troopers inside the tunnel this time, along with more geth troopers and rocket troopers at the exit.

4 – On Foot to the Dig Site
You will reach a point where the path narrows and you must leave the Mako and continue on foot. Your radar is jammed from a nearby sniper. Proceed east up the hill until you encounter geth troopers and rocket troopers. Stay in cover and pick your shots to avoid the missiles from the rocket troopers. There are also shock troopers and a geth sniper waiting in the clearing up ahead, so be on your guard.

5 – The Mining Camp
At the mining camp you are ambushed by a group of geth stalkers and a geth armature. Take cover, keep your distance, and take care of the stalkers first. Having squad members with tech abilities can help to deal with the regular geth enemies. There is also some cover on a small hill to the east that is perfect for taking down the armature from a distance. Spend as little time out of cover as possible, and don’t get hit by a pulse blast from the armature as it will instantly kill you. Once all the geth are defeated you may proceed inside the mine itself.

6 – Inside the Mine
Follow the ramps down into the mine. You will encounter some shock troopers and snipers along the way. Take the elevator down to the next level and follow the path. As your approach the next elevator a group of geth assault drones appear from below. Like the recon drones, they are immune to biotics but susceptible to tech powers. Take the second elevator. At the bottom, climb down the debris pile and approach the asari behind the blue barrier.

7 – Freeing Dr. T’Soni
Dr. T’Soni is trapped in a Prothean security device. Before you can get her out however, you must find some way past the barrier. Keep descending the ramps until you reach the bottom of the mine where you will find more shock troops and snipers. At the far end there is a storage locker and a weapon locker. Return to the mining laser and activate it using the correct sequence, A-X-B-Y. This opens a hole you can proceed through. Activate the elevator at the end of the tunnel and take it up to Liara’s location so you can free her.

8 – Escaping the Mine
Now it seems the mining laser has caused some seismic activity and you need to leave quickly. Take the elevator up to the top floor, where you will encounter the krogan Liara told you about. You can’t talk your way out of a fight, so you must defeat the krogan battlemaster along with his geth soldiers. Don’t let them surround you, as they will try to move around the sides of the room to attack your squad from all directions. The krogan in particular will try to disable you with his biotics so he can charge and engage you from close range. When they are defeated it is a simple matter of racing to the surface to avoid certain death.

9 – Back on the Normandy
When you return to your ship the crew sits around for a debriefing. Liara will discuss her work as a scientist studying Prothean ruins, as well as your visions from the Prothean beacon. When the meeting is over you can choose whether to discuss the mission with the Citadel Council.

Mission Complete: “Find Liara T’Soni”