Similar to the Codex in the first Mass Effect game, some entries in Mass Effect: Andromeda require specific conditions to be unlocked. In previous games Codex entries are updated by the next game, but in Mass Effect: Andromeda some entries are revised depending on unfolding developments. The following is a list of all Codex entries in Mass Effect: Andromeda, along with their requisites for unlocking or updating.
The Journey So Far
Entry | Requirement |
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Finding a Home | |
Battle on the Archon's Flagship | Hunting the Archon - entry depends on accomplishing either of mutually exclusive objectives: Rescue the captive salarians or Rescue the captive krogan |
The Jardaan Discovery | The Journey to Meridian - entry depends on uncovering the reveal about angara being artificial creations |
The Moshae's Rescue | A Trail of Hope II - entry depends on chosen decision during the mission objective Talk to Moshae Sjefa |
Crisis on Habitat 7 | Planetside - entry depends on
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The Traitor on Kadara Port | Hunting the Archon - entry depends on initial rapport with Sloane Kelly and Vehn Terev's fate |
Eos: The First Outpost | A Better Beginning - entry depends on
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The Nexus Council | Epilogue: Home and Away - entry depends on chosen ambassador in this mission |
The Battle for Meridian | Meridian: The Way Home - entry depends on
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First Contact: The Angara | Entries depend on completion of Helping Havarl's Scientists and/or Stage a Rescue |
A Crew Like No Other | |
Nakmor Drack | A Better Beginning
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Cora Harper | A Better Beginning
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Romantic Entanglements | |
Kallo Jath | A Better Beginning
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Liam Kosta | A Better Beginning - entry started after entering the Tempest |
Lexi T'Perro | A Better Beginning
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Peebee B'Sayle | A Better Beginning
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Vetra Nyx | A Better Beginning
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Gil Brodie | *A Better Beginning - entry started after entering the Tempest's bridge
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Suvi Anwar | A Better Beginning
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Jaal Ama Darav | A Trail of Hope I
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Agent of Change | |
A New Path | |
A Devil's Bargain | Truth and Trespass - entry depends on chosen decision during mission objective Speak to the impostor in Kadara's caves |
The First Generation | The Little Things That Matter - entry depends on
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A Punishment to Fit the Crime | Nakmor Drack: A Future for our People - entry depends on chosen decision during mission objective Deal With Spender |
The Primus Offer |
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Ryder | |
Ongoing Psychological Profile: Pathfinder Ryder | Entry depends on
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The Ties That Bind | Entry depends on
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Exploring Heleus | |
Power Play for Kadara Port | High Noon - entry depends on who's controlling Kadara Port by the end of this mission |
An Ancient Mind | Uncovering the Past - entry depends on Ancient AI's fate by the end of this mission |
The Krogan Exiles | Search for the Stolen Remnant Drive Core - entry depends on who gets the Remnant drive core by the end of this mission |
Fuelling Exploration | entry depends on completion of From the Dust and The Remnant Tiller |
The Andromeda Initiative
Entry | Requirement |
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Known Associates | |
Peebee | A Better Beginning - available after formal introductions on the Tempest after her inclusion as a squad member |
Kallo Jath | A Better Beginning - available after formal introductions after completing the objective Go to the bridge |
Vetra Nyx | A Better Beginning - available after formal introductions after completing the objective Go to the bridge |
Gil Brodie | A Better Beginning - available after formal introductions after completing the objective Go to the bridge |
Lexi T'Perro | A Better Beginning - available after formal introductions after completing the objective Go to the bridge |
Nakmor Drack | A Better Beginning - available after formal introductions on the Tempest after his inclusion as a squad member |
SAM |
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Scott Ryder |
mutually exclusive with the Sara Ryder entry
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Sara Ryder |
mutually exclusive with the Scott Ryder entry
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Alec Ryder |
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Cora Harper | Prologue: Hyperion - available after cutscene on Hyperion's bridge |
Jaal Ama Darav | A Trail of Hope I - available after formal introductions after completing the objective Return to the Tempest |
Suvi Anwar | A Better Beginning - available after formal introductions after completing the objective Go to the bridge |
Liam Kosta | Planetside - available at the beginning |
Dr. Ellen Ryder |
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The Initiative | |
The Andromeda Initiative | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Andromeda Initiative: Golden Worlds | Prologue: Hyperion - available after cutscene on Hyperion's bridge |
Glossary of Terms | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Andromeda Initiative: Nexus Uprising | Nexus Reunion - available after meeting with Nexus leaders |
Andromeda Initiative: Jien Garson |
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Andromeda Initiative: Launch | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Andromeda Initiative: Militia and APEX |
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The Nexus | |
Nexus: Pathfinder HQ | A Better Beginning - available after completing the objective Speak with Tann at the Nexus Pathfinder HQ |
The Nexus | Nexus Reunion - available after meeting with Nexus leaders |
Nexus: Tiran Kandros |
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Nexus: Andromeda Initiative Director Tann | Nexus Reunion - speak with Jarun Tann |
Nexus: Hydroponics | A Better Beginning - available after speaking with settlers on the Nexus' Docking Bay after completing the objective Establish an outpost at an appropriate site |
Nexus: Cultural Exchange |
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Nexus: Leadership | Nexus Reunion - available after meeting with Nexus leaders |
Nexus: Heleus News Service | Available after first conversation with Davis Qar |
Nexus: Nakmor Kesh | Nexus Reunion
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Nexus: William Spender | Nakmor Drack: Krogan Betrayal - available after completing the objective Find Spender on the Nexus |
Nexus: Foster Addison | Nexus Reunion - speak with Foster Addison |
Pathfinders | |
Pathfinders: AI Partners | A Better Beginning - available after completing the objective Speak with SAM on the Hyperion |
Pathfinders: Salarian Pathfinder | |
Pathfinders: Asari Pathfinder | Cora Harper: Asari Ark - available after completing the objective Speak with Cora on the Tempest |
Pathfinders: Salarian Pathfinder | |
Pathfinders: Implants | A Better Beginning - available after completing the objective Speak with SAM on the Hyperion |
Role of a Pathfinder | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Pathfinders: Turian Pathfinder | Turian Ark: Not Dead Yet - available after completing the objective Speak with the turian leader |
Ark Species
Entry | Requirement |
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Asari | |
Asari: History | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Asari | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Asari: Culture and Society | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Asari: Biology | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Humans | |
Humans: Systems Alliance | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Humans: N7 |
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Humans: Early Spaceflight | A Better Beginning - take the Space-X rocket in the Pathfinder's Quarters |
Krogan | |
Krogan: Overlord Nakmor Morda | |
Krogan: Culture and Society | Nexus Reunion - available after meeting with Nexus leaders |
Krogan: Biology | Nexus Reunion - available after meeting with Nexus leaders |
Krogan: History | Nexus Reunion - available after meeting with Nexus leaders |
Krogan | Nexus Reunion - available after meeting with Nexus leaders |
Salarians | |
Salarians: History | Nexus Reunion - available after meeting with Nexus leaders |
Salarians | Nexus Reunion - available after meeting with Nexus leaders |
Salarians: Culture | Nexus Reunion - available after meeting with Nexus leaders |
Salarians: Biology | Nexus Reunion - available after meeting with Nexus leaders |
Turians | |
Turians: Culture and Society | Nexus Reunion - available after first meeting with Tiran Kandros |
Turians | Nexus Reunion - available after first meeting with Tiran Kandros |
Turians: Biology | Nexus Reunion - available after first meeting with Tiran Kandros |
Turians: History | Nexus Reunion - available after first meeting with Tiran Kandros |
Andromeda Species
Entry | Requirement |
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Angara | |
Angaran Culture: Law and Politics | |
Angara: Evfra de Tershaav | A Trail of Hope I - available after completing the objective Enter the Angaran Resistance Headquarters |
Angara: Culture | Helping Havarl's Scientists - available after completing the objective Return to Kiiran Dals |
Angaran Culture: Military Doctrine | |
Akksul | Jaal Ama Darav: Friend or Foe? I - available after completing the objective Speak to Jaal on the Tempest |
Angara: Spirituality | |
Angara: Lost Colony Worlds | A Trail of Hope II - available after completing the objective Return with the Moshae to Aya |
Angara: Languages | Helping Havarl's Scientists - available after completing the objective Return to Kiiran Dals |
Angara: The Roekaar | A Trail of Hope I - available after completing the objective Return to the Tempest |
Angara: Technology | Helping Havarl's Scientists - available after completing the objective Return to Kiiran Dals |
Angaran Culture: Economics | |
Angara: The Resistance | A Trail of Hope I - available after completing the objective Return to the Tempest |
Angara |
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Angara: Biology | |
Angara: History | Available after first conversation with Avela Kjar |
Angara: Moshae Sjefa | A Trail of Hope II - available after returning to the Tempest upon completion of the objective Reach the shuttle |
Kett | |
Kett: Fiend | A Trail of Hope II - available after returning to the Tempest upon completion of the objective Reach the shuttle |
Kett: Ascendant | |
Kett: The Archon |
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Unknown Species / Kett |
initially described as "Unknown Species"
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Kett: The Archon's Sword | |
Kett: Technology | A Trail of Hope II - available after returning to the Tempest upon completion of the objective Reach the shuttle |
Kett: Destined | Available after first Destined kill |
Kett: Anointed |
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Kett: Chosen |
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Kett: Secret Intelligence | |
Kett: Wraith |
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Kett: Behemoth | |
Kett: Biology | A Trail of Hope II - available after returning to the Tempest upon completion of the objective Reach the shuttle |
Kett: Primus | |
Kett: Culture | |
Kett: Exaltation | A Trail of Hope II - available after returning to the Tempest upon completion of the objective Reach the shuttle |
Flora and Fauna | |
Andromeda Wildlife: Overview | A Better Beginning - available after completing the objective Escape the vault |
Andromeda Wildlife: Manta | Planetside - triggered when Pathfinder Ryder and Liam Kosta notice flying creatures overhead after traversing the section of the path riddled by lightning strikes |
Outlaws | |
Outlaws: Agent | |
Outlaws: Adhi | available after first Adhi kill (domesticated variant, not Wild Adhi) |
Outlaws: The Collective | |
Outlaws: Berserker | |
Outlaws: Saboteur | available after first Saboteur kill (Outlaw or Roekaar variants equally acceptable) |
Outlaws: Sharpshooter | available after first Sharpshooter kill (Outlaw or Roekaar variants equally acceptable) |
Outlaws: Pariah | |
Outlaws: Hydra | |
Sloane Kelly | |
Reyes Vidal | |
Outlaws: Raider | available after first Raider kill (Outlaw or Roekaar variants equally acceptable) |
Outlaws: Anarchist | |
Outlaws: Outcasts | |
The Remnant | |
Remnant: Interfacing | A Better Beginning - available after accomplishing the objective Defeat the hostile bots |
Remnant Data Core | |
Poc | |
Remnant: Creators | A Better Beginning - available after completing the objective Escape the vault |
Remnant Breacher | A Better Beginning - available after first Breacher kill |
Remnant: Decryption | A Better Beginning - available after accomplishing the objective Defeat the hostile bots |
Remnant Destroyer | available after first Destroyer scan or kill |
Remnant Architect | |
Remnant Nullifier | available after first Nullifier kill |
Remnant Assembler | A Better Beginning - available after first Assembler kill |
Unknown Technology / The Remnant |
initially described as "Unknown Technology"
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Remnant Observer | A Better Beginning - available after first Observer kill |
Remnant Abyssal |
Planets And Locations
Entry | Requirement |
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Planets And Locations | |
Habitat 7 | Planetside - available at the beginning |
Elaaden | |
Havarl | available upon first landing on the world |
Unknown Phenomenon / The Scourge |
initially described as "Unknown Phenomenon"
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Aya | A Trail of Hope I - available after completing the objective Follow Paaran Shie |
The Andromeda Galaxy | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Meridian | A Trail of Hope II - available after completing the objective Take the shuttle to the Aya vault |
Port Meridian | |
H-047c | |
Ryder-I | |
Eos | A Better Beginning
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Black Hole: H-012 "Ketos" | A Trail of Hope I
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Voeld | available upon first landing on the world |
Khi Tasira | |
Kadara |
Technology
Entry | Requirement |
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Exploration Tools | |
Scanner | Prologue: Hyperion - reset the power relay |
Field Repurposing | Planetside - available on first encounter with a supply cache |
Jump-Jets | Planetside - available when Liam Kosta recommends using jump-jets to navigate |
Technology: Consumable Resources | Planetside - available on first obtained resource |
Omni-Tools | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Research and Development | |
Technology: Materials | A Better Beginning - available after unlocking Site 1: Promise's research center |
Technology: Weapon and Armor Mods | A Better Beginning - available on first insertion of a weapon or armor mod |
Technology: Augmentations | |
Technology: Research Center | A Better Beginning - available after unlocking Site 1: Promise's research center |
Settling Heleus | |
Technology: Charting Andromeda | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Communications and QEC | Nexus Reunion - available after meeting with Nexus leaders |
Technology: Forward Stations | A Better Beginning - available after completing the objective Call down a forward station |
Technology: Mining | A Better Beginning - avilable after the first scan of a mineral node |
Technology: Terraforming | A Better Beginning - available after completing the objective Escape the vault |
Cryogenic Stasis | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Tech and Biotics | |
Technology: Element Zero (Eezo) | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Technology: FTL Drive | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Technology: Mass Effect Fields | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Technology: Artificial Intelligence | A Better Beginning - available after completing the objective Speak with SAM on the Hyperion |
Technology: Biotics | Planetside - available after Cora Harper's biotic rescue of Dr. Harry Carlyle and Hayes |
Ships And Vehicles
Entry | Requirement |
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Ships And Vehicles | |
Ark Paarchero | Nexus Reunion - speak with Jarun Tann about the arks |
ND1 Nomad | A Better Beginning - available after completing the objective Scan containers to find a vehicle |
The Tempest | A Better Beginning - available after completing the objective Go to your ship |
Remnant: Starships | |
The Verakan | |
Ark Leusinia | Nexus Reunion - speak with Jarun Tann about the arks |
Tempest: ODSY Drive | A Better Beginning - available after scanning the Tempest's drive core |
Tempest: Technology | A Better Beginning - available after speaking with Kallo Jath after completing the objective Go to the bridge |
Tempest: Research Capabilities | A Better Beginning - available after completing the objective Go to your ship |
Tempest: Stealth System | A Better Beginning - available after completing the objective Go to the bridge |
Ark Natanus | Nexus Reunion - speak with Jarun Tann about the arks |
Kett Starships | A Trail of Hope I - available after completing the objective Go to the Onaon system |
Tempest: Laboratories | A Better Beginning - available on first visit to the tech lab |
Ark Hyperion | Prologue: Hyperion - available at the beginning |
Mass Effect: Andromeda Guides | |||
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Completion | Walkthrough • Dialogue • Inventory • Experience • Remnant Decryption Puzzles • Hang Time Achievement Guide • Codex Entry Guide (Mass Effect: Andromeda) | ||
Profiles | Soldier • Engineer • Adept • Sentinel • Vanguard • Infiltrator • Explorer | ||
Other | Squad Members • Merchants • Skills • Research • Development • Narrative Actions |