Assignments

This article is about optional operations in Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2. For Heleus Assignments in Mass Effect: Andromeda, see Missions (Mass Effect: Andromeda)#Heleus Assignments.

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Assignments are the side missions of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2. These have little to no bearing to the overarching narrative, but completing them may further understanding of the series' underlying workings.

There is a large variety of assignments to complete; this page is a list of them. Click on a specific assignment in the list to read its detailed walkthrough. For a list of missions broken up by cluster and system, see the Mass Effect System Guide.

See also: Mass Effect Guide, Mass Effect 2 Guide, Missions, Storyline

Some assignments are listed more than once; this is intentional and is intended to make them simpler to find by listing them in all relevant contexts as they appear in the Journal.

For an alphabetical list of assignments, see Category:Assignments; for locations, see Category:Assignment Locations.

Mass Effect

Please Note: The assignment names as given here are intended to match those in the game; sometimes the game itself is inconsistent, in which case all of the variations are listed here (e.g. Asari Diplomacy, Missing Person).

Character-Specific Assignments

Shepard's Background

These assignments relate to Shepard's pre-service history.

• Citadel: Old, Unhappy, Far-Off Things (only available if Shepard has the Spacer background)
• Citadel: Old Friends (only available if Shepard has the Earthborn background)
• Citadel: I Remember Me (only available if Shepard has the Colonist background)

Squad Member Assignments

These assignments relate to the histories of your fellow crewmates.

• Garrus: Find Dr. Saleon → Garrus: Dr. Saleon is Dead
• Tali and the Geth → Tali's pilgrimage
• Wrex: Family Armor

Citadel Assignments

General

These assignments are available during your first and all future visits to the Citadel.

• Citadel: Asari Consort
• Citadel: Doctor Michel → Citadel: Doctor Michel is Safe
• Citadel: Homecoming
• Citadel: Jahleed's Fears → Citadel: Jahleed's Secret → Citadel: Jahleed and Chorban | Citadel: Jahleed Returns Materials | Citadel: Jahleed Arrested | Citadel: Jahleed Set Free
• Citadel: Presidium Prophet
• Citadel: Reporter's Request
• Citadel: Rita's Sister → Citadel: Rita's Sister and Chellick → Citadel: Rita's Sister is Safe
• Citadel: Scan the Keepers
• Citadel: Schells the Gambler → Citadel: Schells' Scanner Given Away | Citadel: Schells has his Data
• Citadel: Signal Tracking
• Citadel: The Fan
• Citadel: Xeltan's Complaint → Citadel: Xeltan Convinced
• Missing Person → UNC: Privateers

Second Visit

These assignments are available after completing one of the major missions (Noveria, Feros or rescuing Liara).

• Citadel: Family Matter
• Citadel: Planting a Bug
• Citadel: Snap Inspection
• Citadel: The Fourth Estate

Detainee Visit

These assignments are only available during your detention at the Citadel.

• Citadel: Our Own Worst Enemy
• Citadel: Negotiator's Request

Charted Planet Assignments

These assignments are specific to their relative planet.

Feros

• Feros: Data Recovery
• Feros: Geth in the Tunnels
• Feros: Power Cells
• Feros: Varren Meat
• Feros: Water Restoration

Noveria

• Noveria: Espionage
• Noveria: Smuggling

Virmire

• Virmire: Assisting Kirrahe's Team → Virmire: Kirrahe's team | Virmire: Captain Kirrahe is Dead
• Virmire: Wrex and the Genophage → Virmire: Wrex is Convinced

Galaxy-Wide Assignments

These assignments span the entirety of Citadel-controlled space. Assignments prefixed with the UNC indicator represent assignments that take place on uncharted planets.

Galaxy Collection Assignments

These assignments involve traveling across Citadel space and finding numerous hidden collectibles.

• UNC: Prothean Data Discs → UNC: Collection Complete
• UNC: Turian Insignias → UNC: Collection Complete
• UNC: Valuable Minerals → UNC: Survey is Complete
• UNC: Locate Signs of Battle → UNC: Entire Collection is Found
• UNC: Asari Writings → UNC: Collection Complete

Uncharted Space Assignments

A Person of Interest → UNC: Hostile Takeover Doctor at Risk → UNC: Dead Scientists Geth Activities → UNC: Geth Incursions Investigate Facility → UNC: ExoGeni Facility Investigate Samples → UNC: Colony of the Dead Investigate Shipments → UNC: Espionage Probe Mercenaries → UNC: Asari Diplomacy Missing Colony → UNC: Missing Survey Team Missing Person → UNC: Privateers Strange Transmission → UNC: Major Kyle UNC: Asari Diplomacy | Asari Diplomacy UNC: Cerberus UNC: Colony of the Dead UNC: Dead Scientists UNC: Depot Sigma-23 UNC: Derelict Freighter UNC: Distress Call

UNC: Espionage Probe UNC: ExoGeni Facility UNC: Geth Incursions UNC: Hades' Dogs UNC: Hostage UNC: Hostile Takeover UNC: Listening Post Alpha → UNC: Listening Post Theta → UNC: Depot Sigma-23 UNC: Listening Post Theta UNC: Lost Freighter UNC: Lost Module UNC: Major Kyle UNC: Missing Marines → UNC: Cerberus → UNC: Hades' Dogs UNC: Missing Survey Team UNC: Privateers UNC: Rogue VI Unusual Readings → UNC: Distress Call

Morality-dependent Assignments

• UNC: Besieged Base
• UNC: The Negotiation

Downloadable Content

Bring Down the Sky

• X57: Bring Down the Sky
• X57: Avoid the Blasting Caps
• X57: Missing Engineers

Pinnacle Station

• Pinnacle Station: Combat Missions
• Pinnacle Station: Convoy
• Pinnacle Station: Vidinos

Note: Pinnacle Station content is not available in Legendary Edition.

Cut Content

The following assignments were cut from the game:

• Citadel: A Friend of a Friend
• Citadel: Aria
• Citadel: Cheaters Never Prosper
• Citadel: Oculon Syndicate
• Citadel: Save My Sister
• Citadel: The Good Doctor
• Citadel: The Hate Monger
• Citadel: The Mugger
• Caleston: Free Prostitutes
• Caleston: Reactivate Production
• Caleston: Redemption
• Global Plot 1
• Global Plot 2
• Global Plot 3
• Misery: Mapping the Uncharted Worlds
• Misery: Tap Dance
• Misery: The Lost Mechanic
• Misery: The Trouble with Threshers
• UNC: Bring Down the Sky
• UNC: Stunt Club

Downloadable Content

• Cerberus Brainchild
• Mars

Mass Effect 2

Note: The assignment names as listed here are intended to match those in the game; sometimes the game itself is inconsistent, in which case all of the variations are listed here (e.g. Citadel: Found Forged ID, Citadel: False Positives).

Normandy

• Normandy: FBA Couplings
• Normandy: Serrice Ice Brandy
• Normandy: Special Ingredients

Omega

• Omega: Archangel: Datapad Recovered
• Omega: Batarian Bartender
• Omega: Packages for Ish
• Omega: Struggling Quarian
• Omega: The Patriarch
• Omega: The Professor: Missing Assistant

Citadel

• Citadel: Crime in Progress
• Citadel: False Positives
• Citadel: Found Forged ID → Citadel: False Positives
• Citadel: Krogan Sushi

N7

Available After Freedom's Progress N7: Abandoned Research Station N7: Eclipse Smuggling Depot N7: Hahne-Kedar Facility N7: Lost Operative N7: MSV Estevanico N7: Wrecked Merchant Freighter → N7: Abandoned Research Station → N7: Hahne-Kedar Facility

Available After Horizon N7: Abandoned Mine N7: Anomalous Weather Detected N7: Archeological Dig Site → N7: MSV Strontium Mule → N7: Blue Suns Base → N7: Javelin Missiles Launched N7: Blood Pack Base N7: Blood Pack Communications Relay → N7: Blood Pack Base N7: Blue Suns Base N7: Captured Mining Facility N7: Endangered Research Station N7: Imminent Ship Crash N7: Javelin Missiles Launched N7: Mining the Canyon N7: MSV Strontium Mule N7: Quarian Crash Site

Illium

• Illium: A Troublemaker → Illium: Conrad Verner
• Illium: Blue Rose of Illium
• Illium: Conrad Verner
• Illium: Gianna Parasini
• Illium: Indentured Service
• Illium: Medical Scans
• Illium: The Assassin: Salarian Family Data
• Illium: The Justicar: Smuggling Evidence
• Illium: The Justicar: Stolen Goods Found
• Illium: The Prodigal: Lost Locket Found

Tuchanka

• Tuchanka: Combustion Manifold
• Tuchanka: Killing Pyjaks
• Tuchanka: Old Blood: Missing Scout

Downloadable content

• Normandy Crash Site

Project Firewalker

• Project Firewalker: Geth Activity (Labelled Project Firewalker: Geth Incursion on the Galaxy Map)
• Project Firewalker: Prothean Site (Labelled Project Firewalker: Prothean Ruin on the Galaxy Map)
• Project Firewalker: Rosalie Lost
• Project Firewalker: Survey Sites Located (Labelled Project Firewalker: Artifact Collection on the Galaxy Map)
• Project Firewalker: Volcano Station (Labelled Project Firewalker: Recover Research Data on the Galaxy Map)

Project Overlord

• Overlord (Labelled Investigate Project Overlord on the Galaxy Map)
• Overlord: Atlas Station
• Overlord: Prometheus Station
• Overlord: Vulcan Station

Arrival

• Arrival (Labelled Rescue Dr. Kenson on the Galaxy Map)

Cut Content

The following assignments were cut from the game:

• Citadel: Mysterious Stranger
• Illium: Drunk Asari