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Overview

-Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10

-Offline: 9/9 (250:gsicon:)

-Online: 0/9

-Approximate amount of time to 250:gsicon:: 3-5 Hours

-Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1

-Number of missable achievement: None

-Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No cheats

-Does difficulty affect achievements?: Yes (But you can choose to earn them on a lower difficulty)

-Glitchy achievements: None

-Unobtainable achievements: None

-Extra equipment needed?: None

 

Introduction

Welcome to Citadel! The final piece of single player DLC for Mass Effect 3. Here, you will return to the citadel, to uncover a plot against your very reputation and fight to clear your name. There has also been a few civilized comforts added, such as a casino, training room and your very own citadel abode.

 

Step 1: Campaign

First you should proceed to follow the main story of the DLC. You will earn achievements along the way, for completing certain missions, which of course makes these unmissable. Completing the story will earn you 4 achievements, worth a total of 125:gsicon:.

 

Step 2: Cleaning up

After you have completed the story, you can then proceed to complete the miscellaneous achievements, that you can earn at your leisure. There are 5 remaining achievements that you can earn and they are all easy and straight forward. The first 2 are for throwing a party for your friends and to win a prize in the arcade, both of which are straight forward and should pose you no problem.

 

The remaining 3 are all earned in the combat simulator. 1 of these is for fulfilling a request within the simulator, a sort of mini-mission. The other 2 are for reaching certain goals within the simulator, but you can choose whether to do them on normal, hardcore or insanity difficulty, so you shouldn't struggle with these as you can do them on normal and breeze right through.

 

Conclusion

So, a nice set of achievements, with a nice round number to finish off your Mass Effect 3 experience, in style. There are no difficult achievements to worry about, so you can play through this DLC without worrying about missing anything.

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http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1747/UFD4a+O4.jpgPriority Target 25:gsicon:

Discover a plot against you.

 

This is the first achievement you will unlock, as it is the first of the story related ones. To begin the story, you need to travel to the citadel and choose the location 'Personal Apartment' when prompted.

 

During the first mission, you will be attacked in a restaurant, while having dinner with Joker. After fighting your way through the level and being extracted, the achievement will unlock. The path you need to take is very linear, so you can't get lost.

 

Story related, cannot be missed.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1747/UFD5ixsr.jpgHigh Society 25:gsicon:

Go undercover to follow a lead.

 

During the second mission, you will be in a club. You will be tasked with going undercover while your new companion, Brooks, works behind the scenes. You will be given tasks to do while Brooks, does all the work and in-between these tasks you will have to 'mingle' in the crowd. Eventually, Brooks will get to her destination, whereupon, you will join back up with her, finishing the mission and unlocking the achievement.

 

Story related, cannot be missed.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1747/UFD6pESH.jpgTeam Player 25:gsicon:

Infiltrate an enemy stronghold with your crew.

 

During the third mission, you will be tasked with infiltrating the citadel archives. Upon arrival, you will be attacked by 'someone' and have to fight your way out of the ambush and through the archives, in pursuit of your attacker. Upon catching up to your attacker and completing the mission, the achievement will unlock.

 

Story related, cannot be missed.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1747/UFD4hU0y.jpgLast Resort 50:gsicon:

Stop an out-of-control scheme before it's too late.

 

During the final mission, which carries on from the third mission, you will be continuing the chase to catch up to your attacker from the previous mission. Upon catching and defeating him, the achievement will unlock.

 

Story related, cannot be missed.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1747/UFD5ZbWh.jpgPerfect Host 10:gsicon:

Throw a party for your friends.

 

After completing the story of this DLC and going through the end game cutscenes, you will return to your newly acquired home. During this cutscene, Joker will ask you about throwing a party and you can choose whether to throw one or not. Choose the dialogue option to 'Begin party preparations'.

 

You will then be prompted to purchase party supplies from the Silver Coast casino. Proceed to do this. Then, you will need to invite your companions. To do this, go back to your apartment and using the message terminal you can choose who you want to invite. After inviting who you want, Glyph will ask you what kind of party you want, then after choosing, the party will begin.

 

You just need to mingle in the party for a while. Glyph will, at intervals, change the atmosphere of the party to your choosing. Then, after taking a group photograph, finishing the party, the achievement will unlock.

 

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1747/UFD8x15Y.jpgKing of the Castle 15:gsicon:

Win a prize at one of the arcade games.

 

You can only unlock this achievement after completing the main story. After which, you will need to travel to the castle arcade, where you will find Zaeed playing a claw game. After a few dialogue choices, Zaeed will walk away and you will be free to play the claw game. Using the :ls: move the claw over 1 of the prizes and press :abut: to drop the claw and claim your prize.

 

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http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1747/UFD9J6bL.jpgTechnical Issues 25:gsicon:

Investigate a strange occurrence in the combat simulator.

 

To begin the combat simulator, you will first need to complete the main story. After completion, you will be sent an email with a complimentary pass to compete in the simulator. When you have read the email, proceed to the Armax Arena and talk to the hologram up the stairs and to the left. When you are finished talking to the hologram, head down the stairs, in the center of the room, with a barrier, that says, 'Athletes Only', to a terminal where you can set your options and begin combat missions in the simulator.

 

After you have played some matches, you will begin to get requests on the simulator terminal, that are just set options that people want you to compete with. Keep completing matches, fulfilling peoples requests and buying the prizes/upgrades from the token stores. Eventually you will get a request from AAA Information Technology Dept, entitled 'Unusual Scores'. You are being recruited to help find a bug in the system and you will need to complete 3 matches with the set conditions to unlock this achievement. The first match you will need to fight super elite enemies, the second match, you will need to complete a match with all of the multipliers turned on and the third match, you will need to complete on the map 'Spin Zone', against Geth elite enemies, with enhanced enemy shields enabled.

 

After finishing the third match the achievement will unlock.

 

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http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1747/UFD-Bq9+.jpgSimulated Hero 25:gsicon:

Score 9999 points in the combat simulator on Normal, Hardcore, or Insanity.

 

You score points for kills, naturally. The higher the difficulty and the more multipliers you have enabled, the more points you will earn. A good set up for this would be;

 

Level: Wingman

Enemy: Mirror Match

Score Modifier: No Placed Ammo/ No Medi Gel

 

With this set up you should reach up to 10,000 points, by the time you have finished and all of your bonuses have been added.

 

*Note, if you are struggling with this achievement, you can play the match on casual/narrative difficulty, then when there is only 1 enemy left, switch the difficulty back to normal and kill the last enemy and you will still get credit for completing it on normal. Credit to 'Bugs264' for discovering this.

 

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http://www.xbox360achievements.org/images/achievements/1747/UFD9NtUt.jpgThe One and Only 50:gsicon:

Defeat a group of Spectre-level opponents on Normal, Hardcore, or Insanity.

 

To unlock this achievement, you need to earn a gold level token, by scoring quite high in a match. After you have acquired one, you need to spend it on 'Mirror Match Combat Set' from the gold level token store.

 

When you have done this, you will need to set these as your enemy in a match and defeat them on normal or higher difficulty and the achievement is yours.

 

*Note, if you are struggling with this achievement, you can play the match on casual/narrative difficulty, then when there is only 1 enemy left, switch the difficulty back to normal and kill the last enemy and you will still get credit for completing it on normal. Credit to 'Bugs264' for discovering this.

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From what I have heard you have to complete the requests you get sent.

 

Amongst the messages on the terminal, there are several requests. Think only one of them is relevant, which is to do a bug test of their system where you are required to activate all of the score modifiers and thereafter play a game. Once completed, you will get a follow-up mail, asking you to play on Spin Zone against Geth Elite with Enhanced Enemy Shields - here you will encounter elites of all sorts over the course of fives waves. Upon completion, the achievement pops

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Quick question about the 2nd mission (when you're in the Casino). You have to follow a blue line, but that one stops downstairs and I only see a red line.

 

I followed that line and ended up in a room (the line had now become yellow fyi) with two guards and two camera's.

 

I hacked both camera's but really don't know how to proceed from that point. I followed the line into a little corridor, but there is nothing to be hacked overthere and I walked into an invisible wall a couple of feet before a door with a camera on the right of it.

 

What am I doing wrong?

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Amongst the messages on the terminal, there are several requests. Think only one of them is relevant, which is to do a bug test of their system where you are required to activate all of the score modifiers and thereafter play a game. Once completed, you will get a follow-up mail, asking you to play on Spin Zone against Geth Elite with Enhanced Enemy Shields - here you will encounter elites of all sorts over the course of fives waves. Upon completiong, the achievement pops

 

Just tested this and it worked perfectly.

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Easy way to get King of the Castle:

 

The achievement can only be gained after completing all four main missions.

 

Go to Castle Arcade in SilverSun strip.

 

Use the Claw Machine on the second floor as you always win on this machine. Grab a prize with the claw and the achievement should unlock.

 

Indeed that is the solution I put on TA. Really easy.

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damn the Spectre one is not easy even on normal...gonna take some time. i thought maybe you only had to beat a wave since it says "group" in the description, but i made it to wave 2 and nothing popped.

 

edit: just did it...barely.

 

put it on normal, put the modifier that allows you 10% extra damage, used the black widow and ran around a lot. definitely make sure you use your radar a lot.

 

to access it you just have to turn on the mirror match.

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damn the Spectre one is not easy even on normal...gonna take some time. i thought maybe you only had to beat a wave since it says "group" in the description, but i made it to wave 2 and nothing popped.

 

You have to beat all 3 waves. I used Garrus and Wrex. I also used the Black Widow X and put the +10% player damage multiplier on. Ran circles round the map sniping when I got a chance. 3 well placed shots will kill 1 of them.

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i would put the time around 5 hours because of the arena stuff. you need to play a handful of matches to get enough rewards to buy everything to get the spectre and technical achievements.

 

im running around trying to throw this damn party now, i assume i have to invite everyone up and talk to everyone before doing so.

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any tip on the mirrors? I keep trying and get owned in the third round. Part of the problem is that my teammates don't do anything.

 

had wrex and all he did was follow me around and stare at things even after commanded to fight. This fight is frustrating me to no end.

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