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Mass Effect 2 Hints

Collector Ship

  • 1 of 11: NOTE: This entire mission is all put under the "Investigate Collector Ship" objective, so these hints won't have an objective list.
  • 2 of 11: Move along the weird tunnel-like corridor, watching for various supplies, until you come to a platform with a green console on it.
  • 3 of 11: Quicksave before using the green console to contact the Normandy. After the cut-scene is over, a difficult combat on the platform will begin.
  • 4 of 11: After all the hostiles are killed, vault onto the other platforms to find some power cells on the farthest one, then return to your platform and use the green command console again.
  • 5 of 11: Leave the platform and move along to a room with a med kit and a door that EDI opens for you. Past the door, look for salvageable collector tech on your left, then immediately run for cover behind the left side of the large metal doorframe ahead.
  • 6 of 11: Shoot down a few collectors from there, then go through their room and down a ramp to another collector combat room. Use the huge pillar on the left for cover while shooting them, and watch out for abominations charging at you.
  • 7 of 11: Check around the back of that room for power cells, a med kit, and some refined element zero before finding the drop-off along the side of the room that gets you to the next area.
  • 8 of 11: As soon as you drop down, turn right and watch for EDI to open a door in the distance. Abominations will start running through that door, but the main threat will be the huge flying praetorian thing that appears.
  • 9 of 11: Go over to the door EDI opened, then move on past it to another door when that one closes in your face. Past the other door, look for salvageable collector tech and a control terminal that gives a tech damage upgrade, then go through a door to reach the final collector combat.
  • 10 of 11: That's not quite the last combat for the whole ship, though. Move past the scion's position slowly, listening for the sound of several husks coming your way. Quickly backpedal while shooting down the husks as they appear in front of you.
  • 11 of 11: After that, move ahead until the mission-ending cut-scenes start up, after which you'll be in Part 7: Derelict Reaper and Loyalty Missions.