Our Mass Effect Andromeda Remnant Puzzle Solutions Guide is here to help you easily solve these overly-perplexing puzzles in the game.
In Mass Effect Andromeda, you’ll come across various puzzles left by the Remnant as means of protecting their terminals. These puzzles are brilliantly designed and are pretty hard to solve, especially if you don’t know where to start.
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Mass Effect Andromeda Remnant Puzzle Solutions
If you complete these puzzles, not only do you receive components for crafting items but along with that, it also escalates planet’s viability by 40%, more so than any other side-quest or activity.
On top of it, presenting a wrong solution will cause an enemy wave to spawn which you must eliminate in order to take another shot at solving the puzzle. Alternatively, you can also use a Remnant Decryption Key to solve a puzzle but the keys are hard to come by.
Remnant Puzzles in Andromeda can essentially be considered as a Sudoku puzzle with glyphs instead of numbers. There are a few basic rules which, when followed, can definitely help you solve a puzzle without much difficulty.
Puzzle Rules
As mentioned earlier, there are some rules which must be kept in mind when trying to solve these Remnant Puzzles in ME: A.
- There must be a glyph inside every box
- A row can’t have more than one type of glyph
- A column can’t have more than one type of glyph
- There shouldn’t be a repeat of a glyph in a highlighted shape
Solving the Remnant Puzzles
In order to solve the Andromeda Remnant Puzzles, the very first thing that you need to do is to update the puzzle by filling in the ‘?’ marks. In order to do that, you need to use your scanner and follow the yellow power conduits to the nearby glyphs.
Once done, the next thing that you need to check is that a column, row, or a block has three glyphs filled in. After filling in the rest, look for another row, column, or block with three glyphs and move to that.
Finally, double-check the puzzle by keeping in mind the instructions/rules provided above. Double-check everything and if it all sounds good, decrypt it and hope for the best.
The Easiest Way Out!
As I mentioned earlier, Remnant Puzzles in Mass Effect Andromeda are identical to Sudoku but with glyphs instead of numbers. However, this doesn’t mean you can’t solve them using one of the many online Sudoku solvers online.
Once you’ve found one of your choice, make sure to assign a number to a glyph. For instance, assign Shape-A to 1, Shape-B to 2, Shape-C to 3, so on and so forth. After that, simply replicate/insert the glyphs as numbers into the online Sudoku solver.
Once you’ve found the solution, replicate/insert the numbers as glyphs into the Remnant Puzzle and voila! The only important thing that you need to know is that this method is only viable for Remnant Puzzles which are in perfect 4 x 4 design as the Sudoku.
It’s worth noting that Mass Effect Andromeda also features some complicated puzzles which can’t be solved like this.
EOS Puzzle
This puzzle is at the second Remnant monolith. You can check the image provided below for its solution:
This puzzle is required in order to free a few scientists from Statis. You can check the image provided below for its solution:
You should be able to find a chest locked behind a glyph combination. It’s inside a room with a Destroyer. Here’s how you can solve the puzzle:
This puzzle is found during A Better Beginning. Here’s how you can solve it:
You should be able to acquire +2 Skill Points for completing this Remnant Puzzle found during A Dying Planet optional mission.
Accessing this Remnant Puzzle requires you to complete A Dying Planet. Here’s how you can solve it:
You should be able to find this Remnant Puzzle in the back chamber during this task. Here’s how you can solve it:
You should be able to solve this puzzle after defeating the Remnant Breachers and Observers during Peebee’s Secret Project. Here’s how you can solve it:
This Remnant Puzzle is located on the furthest north of the three monoliths required to unlock the Remnant Vault on Voeld. Here’s how you can solve it:
You should be able to located on the southern side during Restoring a World side mission. Here’s how you can solve it:
This is the westernmost monolith that unlocks the Remnant Vault on Voeld during Restoring a World side mission. Here’s how you can solve it:
The vault on Voeld has a side room in which you can find this puzzle for +2 Skill Points. Here’s how you can solve it:
You should be able to find this Remnant Puzzle at the end of this side quest. Here’s how you can solve it:
You should be able to find this Remnant Puzzle during this mission. Here’s how you can solve it:
You should be able to find this Remnant Puzzle during this mission. Here’s how you can solve it:
This one is quest-related and can be solved using the solution below:
You should be able to scan the glyphs at the very top of the towers. Here’s how you can solve it:
There is another Remnant Puzzle located in the same mission which can’t be overrided. Here’s how you can solve it:
To find this one, head down from the southern tower after the Destroyer to find it. Here’s how you can solve it:
