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Normandy Tour Tips

  • 1 of 11: When you first board the Normandy, you'll automatically go to the bridge, where you'll get to choose some inspiring words for the crew.
  • 2 of 11: After that, talk to Joker thoroughly for some XP and codex entries, then look out the bridge's left viewport for more.
  • 3 of 11: Go to the galaxy map area and move around next to the map's "onramp" to get a codex-and-XP reward.
  • 4 of 11: Go down to the quarters deck and into the captain's office (now *your* office!) and examine the personnel manual on the desk for another codex-and-XP reward.
  • 5 of 11: Yet another such reward can be gotten for examining the one interactive sleeper pod in the sleeping pods area.
  • 6 of 11: In medical, you can replenish your medi-gel at the aid station. (You can also talk to Dr. Chakwas, but she'll have nothing new to say.)
  • 7 of 11: Down on the engineering deck, you can talk to your requisition officer to see what all new goods he has if you bought any trade licenses from the Citadel merchants.
  • 8 of 11: You can also run around and talk to most of your squad members in various engineering areas.
  • 9 of 11: Be sure to talk to Engineer Adams, Tali, and Wrex to get codex entries and XP.
  • 10 of 11: Then head back up to the galaxy map area on the command deck and talk to Navigator Pressly to get some XP (and possibly a couple of Paragon points).
  • 11 of 11: In the future, remember to talk to your people frequently, and check your locker in the NW corner of the mess hall after completing missions to see if there's anything new in it.