These Mass Effect Andromeda Additional Tasks usually focus on collecting a specific material, scanning objects, and simple fetch tasks for some characters. There are quite a lot of these additional activities which we’ve mentioned in the guide.
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Mass Effect Andromeda Additional Tasks
A Flower for Kesh
How to Unlock: Complete Drack’s Loyalty Mission
How to Start: Speak to Vorn in Elaaden
This is a simple task that requires you to deliver a flower to Kesh in her office. The quest completes after the conversation with Kesh.
An Exile Raid
How to Unlock: Establish Prodromos
How to Start: Speak to the Medic in the Cryobay, Hyperion
This task requires you to retrieve medical goods which are located in Paradise Sands, Sea of Ataraxia, and northeast of Paradise.
Beer Run
How to Unlock: Visit Kadara in Hunting the Archon
How to Start: Speak to Wilma in Nexus Operations
In order to find beer, head to Sulfur Springs and find it near the acid ponds. Once done, find the bootlegger’s operation near the merchants in Kadara Port and read the datapad on the crates to learn where to head next.
Better Crafting
How to Unlock: Access Vortex
How to Start: Speak to Anan in Nexus
For this task, you’re required to find supplies in the Hyperion Atrium. Firstly, find the hops in the control room after the tram entry stairs and bring them to Anan. Once done, head to Kadara: Sulfur Springs and find hops in the acid pools near the Forward Station. Lastly, head to Havarl and into the tunnel that leads to the Remnant monolith. Once done, speak to Anan to complete the task.
Boosting the Signal
How to Unlock: Complete Mission 2
How to Start: Speak to Davis Qar in Nexus Operations
This basically tasks you to set up broadcast receivers on different planets. In order to do so, you must have an outpost on the planet. The task is fairly simple and you should be able to place the receivers by following the navpoints. Once you’re done, speak to Qar again to complete the task.
Broken Family
How to Unlock: Interrogated Vehn Terev
How to Start: Speak to the Refugee in Kadara
This task requires you to repair the equipment. To do so, scan the communications terminal on the desk followed by scanning the communications array at the top. Once done, fix the equipment and verify that the equipment is working to complete the task.
Getting to Know the Nexus
How to Unlock: Speak to Director Tann about Eos
How to Start: Speak to Director Tann at Nexus Operations
This is a fairly simple task that requires you to speak with Kesh, Kandros, Addison, Herik, Aridana, and Lucan to explore the Nexus.
Herbal Entrepreneurs
How to Unlock: Complete Emergency S.O.S.
How to Start: Find the UV Light in Kadara
You need to head to the refugees in the Kadara hills and speak with the Salarian with a Terrarium to get the UV light. Once done, get the light to the Herbal Entrepreneurs to complete the task.
Little Mouse
How to Unlock: Access to Elaaden
How to Start: Collect Little Mouse Datapad in Elaaden
This basically requires you to find six datapads that randomly appear at the static Outlaw sites. In case you aren’t finding any, try leaving Elaaden and returning.
Nomad Shield Crafting
How to Unlock: Land on Voeld
How to Start: Speak to Angaran Mechanic on Voeld
You need to find the Angaran Mechanic in Angaran Resistance Base Hangar and talk to him. After acquiring the blueprint, craft it at your convenience and complete the task.
Outlaw Weapon Crafting
How to Unlock: Return to Kadara Port after Interrogating Vehn Terev
How to Start: Speak to Disillusioned Outlaw in Kadara Slums
Find the outlaw outside the bar and receive the task of crafting one of the Outlaw weapons. Once done, head to the transit controls and back to Kadara Port. Craft the weapon at your convenience and complete the task.
Outpost Supplies on Eos
How to Unlock: Establish the Prodromos Outpost on Eos
How to Start: Speak to Merixus in Aya
Find Merixus at the Aya shuttle dock and then visit the agricultural scientist to buy Quilloa Seeds for 250 credits. Once done, return to Merixus to complete the task.
Outpost Supplies on Kadara
How to Unlock: Establish an Outpost on Kadara
How to Start: Speak to Merixus in Aya
After speaking to Merixus at the shuttle, use the body scan outside the infirmary door and speak to the assistant medic to purchase the Angaran Antibiotic. Once done, deliver them to Merixus to complete the task.
Outpost Supplies on Voeld
How to Unlock: Establish an Outpost on Voeld
How to Start: Speak to Merixus in Aya
After speaking to Merixus at the shuttle, speak to the solar technician and purchase the solar amplifier. Once done, deliver it to Merixus to complete the task.
Outpost Supplies on Elaaden
How to Unlock: Establish an Outpost Elaaden
How to Start: Speak to Merixus in Aya
After speaking to Merixus at the shuttle, speak to the Aqueduct Engineer to purchase the Ionic Water Filters. Once done, deliver the goods to Merixus to complete the task.
Past, Present, and Future
How to Unlock: Complete Forgotten History
How to Start: Read E-mail from Avela in Aya
After reading the e-mail, find her outside the Repository of History and start the conversation. While talking, your responses should lead you to a couple of kisses. This is all you need to know about completing the task.
Pathfinder Armor Crafting
How to Unlock: Establish an Outpost on Eos
How to Start: Speak to Jacob Mittney in Eos
After finding Mittney outside Tempest, acquire the Pathfinder Chest I blueprint and develop it. You can do so at your own convenience, provided that you’ve all the required materials for it.
Remnant Data Cores
How to Unlock: Interrogate Vehn Terev
How to Start: Head to Any Remnant Data Core Location
This task is as simple as it can get. All you’re required to do is to find a Remnant Data Core and you should complete the task.
Running a Fever
How to Unlock: Complete Herbal Entrepreneurs
How to Start: Examine the Unknown Plant on Kadara
At the end of Herbal Entrepreneurs, you should be able to find an unknown plant. After observing it, head to Haarfel and inside the refugee hut. Once there, help the sick one to complete the task.
Test Subject
How to Unlock: Complete Mission 3
How to Start: Rescue Moshe in Aya
After speaking to Daanfre, you can respond in a number of different ways. However, all of them have the same outcome which concludes this minor task.
The Angaran Initiative
How to Unlock: Complete Mission 4
How to Start: Speak to Ambassador Rialla in Aya
After speaking with Director Tann, talk to Ambassador Rialla to complete this small task and acquire The Vessal.
The Witnesses
How to Unlock: Complete Mission 5
How to Start: Read Moshae’s E-mail in Tempest
After reading Moshae’s e-mail, find and speak with Daanesk, Anaret, and Vuhlren in order to complete the task. All of these characters are in Aya.
Volatile
How to Unlock: Access Elaaden
How to Start: Destroy a Volatile Canister in Elaaden
For this task, you need to destroy four volatile canisters found at Outlaw camps. After destroying all four, follow the navpoint and destroy the explosive canisters near the shuttle to complete the task.
Cache Flow
How to Unlock: Unlock Elaaden
How to Start: Scan a Remnant Device in Elaaden
After finding four Remnant Data Caches, follow the navpoint to a secret Remnant Vault. Once there, take the Gravity Well and kill enemies to access the farthest chamber. In there, you’ll have to solve a Remnant Puzzle. You can refer to our Remnant Puzzle Solutions Guide in which we’ve explained everything you need to know about solving these puzzles.
Cold Hard Cache
How to Unlock: Interrogate Vehn Terev
How to Start: Approach the Target Area in Kadara
After scanning the weapons cache on the south side of the Spirit’s Ledge Forward Station, follow the navpoint to another weapons cache and to find a datapad. From there, follow the navpoint again to come across the Outlaws at the end of the Spirit’s Ledge. Defeat the enemies and reach the helipad and shoot the explosives to destroy the shuttle.
Searching for Morga
How to Unlock: Interrogate Vehn Terev
How to Start: Speak to Jataa in Kadara Port
After acquiring the task, scan the area while heading towards the bar. While walking over the grates, find Morga’s corpse and deliver the news to Jataa to complete the task.
The Nexus Exchange
How to Unlock: The Andromeda Initiative Embassy Needs to be Open
How to Start: Speak to Ambassador Rialla in Aya
After speaking with Director Tann and Ambasaador Rialla; talk to Yuraalt in the museum, Helruul in the marketplace, and to Saalro at the docks to complete the task.
Traitor or Victim?
How to Unlock: Visit Kadara during Hunting the Archon
How to Start: Speak to Sellers in Nexus Operations
After acquiring the task, head to Kadara Slums and look for Sanjiv’s corpse in a corner on the right-hand side of the slums bar. You also need to pick up the datapad right next to his body to complete this task.
Infection
How to Unlock: Access Elaaden
How to Start: Scan an Infected Scavenger Body in Elaaden
You can find infected bodies all across the Outlaw camps. After the third body, follow the navpoint to the north monolith and find a broken containment canister. You simply need to hack the canister in order to complete the task.
Local Cuisine
How to Unlock: Human Visitors in Aya
How to Start: Scan Fruit in Aya
While in Aya, head to Memorial Gardens and scan Quilloa Fruit around the upper walkway, Elmonk Fruit near Resistance HQ, and purchase Felaan from the Fruit Merchant. You also need to talk to her about Nutrient Paste. Once done, speak to Roaan Aabel in the exterior bar and speak with Lexi to complete the task.
Laws and Customs
How to Unlock: Complete Mission 3
How to Start: Rescue Moshae and Aya Starts to Accept Visitors
After speaking with Arbiter Renaav, head to the governor’s office to speak to Ohmdaal behind the desk. Once done, pick up the datapad from the same desk and head outside the Resistance HQ. Once there, find Arbiter Vraagen and receive the datapad to complete the task.
Messages to the Nexus
How to Unlock: Complete Mission 3
How to Start: Rescue Moshae and Aya Starts to Accept Visitors
After speaking to Enroh Bosaan in governor’s office, collect messages from the docks terminal. You can send them in any way you see fit. Once done, collect messages from the Market Terminal, the Tavetaan Terminal, and from the Resistance HQ Terminal. This should allow you to complete the task.
Naming the Dead
How to Unlock: Land on Eos
How to Start: Scan Any Unnamed Colonist Corpse
There are seven bodies that you need to find which are located at:
- Thysa Ylar – Site 2: Resilience
- Darin T. Anton – Kett Research Center
- Amira S. Pavlov – South Remnant Monolith
- Porter M. West – Northeast of Site 2: Resilience
- Tegan C. Avante – Near Peebee’s First Location
- Gordanus Trenitus – Near Barriers in Site 2: Resilience
- Theo J. Harwell – Near the Operational Energy Storage Unit
After finding the bodies, you should automatically complete the mission.
Programming a Pathfinder
How to Unlock: Nexus Phase 2
How to Start: Speak to the Cultural Center Liaison After Settling Eos
After speaking with the Cultural Center Liaison, speak with the Pathfinder VI and choose your ideal settings in order to complete the task.
Broken Wires
How to Unlock: Mission 2, Nexus Phase 2
How to Start: Speak to Shapiro in Hydroponics after Nexus Phase 2
After speaking to Shapiro, you need to investigate the points of failure in the commons i.e. Nexus: Tech Lab and Nexus: Cultural Center. Once done, investigate the points of failures in operations i.e. Nexus Operations and Kesh’s Office. Regardless of your choice in the end, the task concludes.
Catch and Release
How to Unlock: Complete Return to the Tempest after A Trail of Hope
How to Start: Scan Angaran Body with a Kett Tracking Chip Implant in Voeld
You basically need to scan four Angaran bodies that randomly appear in static kett ship crash sites. Once you’ve defeated the enemies and scanned all four bodies, follow the navpoint to a cave on the east side Techiix. After defeating the enemies, cut the power to the cage and speak to Maarevet to complete the task.
Watchers
How to Unlock: Land on Eos
How to Start: Destroy a Kett surveillance device in Eos
The devices randomly appear at Kett Camps. After destroying four devices, follow a navpoint to eliminate Kett and use the console inside the building followed by giving SAM enough time to scramble the signal. You must hold off the enemies and destroy the console to complete the task.
Clearing the Air
How to Unlock: Complete Mission 2 and Travel to Aya
How to Start: Hack One Randomly Spawned Console in Voeld
You basically need to hack three randomly spawned consoles in Voeld followed by approaching the control center to shut it down. From there, use the passcode on the ornate console and hold off the Kett attack. After defeating the enemies, use the console again and shut down the control console to complete the task.
Comparatively Alien
How to Unlock: Unlock the Tempest
How to Start: Speak to Professor Herik in Tech Lab
After speaking to Professor Herik, access the terminal in Operations and Tech Lab. You’ll be required to scan 10 Andromeda wildlife species which isn’t nothing too difficult. Once you’re done scanning, speak to Professor Herik again to complete the task.
Cultivation
How to Unlock: Complete Mission 2, Nexus Phase 2
How to Start: Speak to Dr. Camden at Nexus Hydropnics
After speaking to Dr. Camden, you’ll be asked to collect 10 plant samples. This is a fairly simple task and all you need to do is to follow your navpoints and keep your scanner up. By this point in the game, you should be pretty familiar with this type of thing. Once you’ve successfully collect 10 plant samples, simply head to Nexus Commons and speak to Dr. Camden to complete the task.
Data Trail
How to Unlock: Clear Radiations after Mission 3
How to Start: Scan the Remnant Data Core
The Remnant Data Cores appear at random locations at Kett sites. Once you’ve found three, follow the navpoint to Blackrock Tande and enter the Remnant Installation. After taking the Gravity Well, you’ll be presented with a Remnant Decryption Puzzle. You can check out our Remnant Puzzles Solutions Guide for more information. Once done, deliver the data to Prodromos from a terminal to complete the task.
Drone Recovery
How to Unlock: Clear Radiations after Aya in Mission 3
How to Start: Interact with a Terminal Near Jacob Mittney in Prodromos, Eos
After finding the first malfunctioning drone in Site 1: Promise; find the remaining five drones in Presson Dunes, Outland Spire, and Kett Base to complete the task.
Gone Dark
How to Unlock: Complete Meet the Resistance
How to Start: Scan the Angaran Bugs in Voeld
These bugs usually appear at static Kett crash sites or campsites. After finding all the required Angaran Bugs, follow the navpoint to locate the broken signal and examine the datapad from the dead Angara. After this, all you’re required to do is to return to Intelligence Officer, Kaas, in Angaran Resistance Base and complete the task.
Missing Scientists
How to Start: You will find Dr. Aridana on the rear deck. When commons opens, she will move to the tech lab where you can speak to her to acquire this task.
You are tasked with searching for a missing science vessel.
Roekaar Manifestos
How to Unlock: Completed the vault on Havari
How to Start: Leave the planet after activating the vault and call Evfra in the Tempest, then talk to Jaal and respond to emails to unlock the quests necessary to finish this side quest.
Find Roekaar manifestos placed all over Havarl, they may appear during the following side-missions:
- A Dying planet
- Overgrown
- Friend or Foe?
Lost Brother
How to Start: When you check on your sibling speak to the man in first bed on the left as you head into the cryobay. He will mark a navpoint for you to take a pendant.
You will be placing the pendant at a given location on Eos.
Asari Arc
How to Unlock: Completed the vault on Eos
How to Start: Read Cora’s Email titled “Asari refugees!”, then talk with Cora.
Investigating Embezzlement
How to Start: Speak to dock manager on Nexus.
You have to go and scan some crates for quality, and report back if you find something.
Save Dr. Okeer’s Krogan Research
How to Start: Speak to the krogan geneticist at New Tuchanka and agree to help.
You will need to go to a terminal and hack it for information while defending yourself.
Safe Journeys
How to Unlock: Andromeda Initiative Embassy opened on Aya.
How to Start: Speak to Maariko.
You will investigate missing satellites in Onaon, Sabeng and Joba systems. Followed by a starship wreckage in Erikson system. Travel to Kadara and find the scavenger’s camp. Defeat the enemies and find the missing satellites.
Subjugation
How to Start: Destroy five kett output devices, they can be found in Remnant sites across Voeld.
Now go to a remnant base and eliminate the Ketts and investigate the console.
Supply Loss and Recovery
How to Unlock: When you’re in Prodromos, head into the first floor of the 2 story building closest to the Tempest. You will find 2 terminals next to each other. One activates this mission and the other activates Waking Up to the Future.
How to Start: Check the supplies report and acknowledge it.
The Ghost of Promise
How to Unlock: you will come across Remnant sites that has a researcher’s data station.
Find the datapads near the forward station south of Site 2: Resilience and another one in a Remnant site south of The Golden Wastes Lake. This will reveal a new location, head to it and go down the gravity well. Find Ana Carrell’s data pad journals, and upload them.
The Model of the Spheres
How to Start: Speak to Dr. Adriana on Nexus.
Scan planets across the heleus and report back to Dr. Adriana.
Turian Salvage
How to Unlock: clearing the Roekaar from her camp.
How to Start: Speak to Dusra
Find nine Ark Natanus debris locations.
Unearthed
How to Start: Talk to Fleera at Mithrava Sanctuary.
Collect eight of the Remnant devices on Havarl. They can be found near Remnant sites.
Waking up to the future
How to Unlock: Interact with the terminal on the first floor of a two-story building in Prodromos
How to Start: Speak with Addison’s assistance on the Nexus
Scan Pytheas system for anomalies and launch the probe. Collect the discovered items.
What he would have wanted
How to Unlock: Find the small kett camp near Site 2: Resilience. Defeat hostiles there and interact with a small field comms terminal
Place beacons on the marked positions
Hitting Rocks for Science
How to Unlock: Unlock the Tempest
How to Start: Speak to Chief Lucan in Nexus Operations or Tech Lab
After acquiring the task of scanning sixteen minerals near navpoints, set out to the following areas and find the minerals:
Eos
- Presson Dunes – Venadium
- The Golden Wastes – Cadmium
- Sawtooth Plateau – Element Zero
Havarl
- Buried Cave – Element Zero
Voeld
- Platinum – Above Techiix
- Iridium – Angaran Resistance Base
- Lithium – West Remnant Monolith Cave
- Element Zero – Kett Mountain Base Tunnel Entrance
H-047C
- Element Zero – Dome to the South
- Titanium – First Dome After Landing
Elaaden
- Cadmium – North of the Remnant Derelict Ship
- Element Zero – Near a Remnant Pillar with Raiders
- Fluorite – Above the Entrance to the Subterranean Base
Kadara
- Titanium – Haarfel
- Iridium – Kurinth’s Valley
- Element Zero – Sulfur Springs
This is all we’ve on our Mass Effect Andromeda Additional Tasks Guide. If there’s anything else you’d like to add, let us know in the comments section below!
