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Mass Effect 3 Hints

Pick up Reaper Artifact.

  • 1 of 9: Look for ammo to the left and right of the doorway that's on the opposite side of the entry area from the stairs, then go through the doorway.
  • 2 of 9: There are enemy troopers just ahead and to the left, so shoot at them briefly and retreat back through the doorway.
  • 3 of 9: Send your squad in, and use the usual tactics to avoid grenades and assist with the shooting.
  • 4 of 9: NOTE: Watch out for a combat engineer setting up an automated turret. Also, some of the troopers may rush your position in the doorway, requiring that you use heavy melee attacks and/or shotgun blasts to quickly take them down.
  • 5 of 9: Once they're all dead, look just past the doorway for a console with some credits to pick up on it, then go up the nearby stairs and look in the room on the right for a failed medi-gel experiment. Taking it will get you the "Citadel: Alien Medi-Gel Formula" hub mission.
  • 6 of 9: Go back down the stairs, turn left and go down some more stairs, then cross the room to find an XP-giving journal entry console.
  • 7 of 9: Go down some more stairs to reach a room with an ammo crate and the second reaper artifact.
  • 8 of 9: As before, use its containment system terminal -- but this time, don't just stand and wait for the artifact to become takeable.
  • 9 of 9: Immediately take cover against the console and start shooting the troopers who drop in nearby. You'll get the next objective after they're all dead.