Mass Effect Legendary Edition

127 Achievements

2915 XP

120-150h

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Soldier Ally

ME1: Complete 5 missions with the Alliance soldier squad member

10 XP

36.0%

How to unlock the Soldier Ally achievement in Mass Effect Legendary Edition - Definitive Guide

Papo Fett

TrueAchievements

14 May 2021 09:10

This is the second easiest out of six "Complete 5 missions with X squad member" achievements as it's related to your missions with Ashley Williams, who is the second companion to join your team. Simply keep her in the party after Eden Prime and some early recruitments on the Citadel, and the achievement will pop-up quickly.

Of course, if you want you don't have to do it immediately as the achievement doesn't need consecutive missions. Just 5 total in the whole game, but if you are new to the series, it's advised to them before the Virmire story point.

Assignments counts as missions.

14 May 2021 09:10

9 Comments

Great guide, just clarifying.

Assignments (Side quest) count as well as Missions (Main quest) The Achievements description is a little misleading.

By SilentDawn408 on 15 May 2021 22:39

Assignments (Side quest) count as well as Missions (Main quest) The Achievements description is a little misleading.

Thanks for clarifying this, was curious to if they counted or not.

By TheDonCJG on 16 May 2021 10:58

Does anyone know if you the squad member needs to be in the group when the mission was collected or do they just need to be there at the point when the mission is completed?

By Always1Way on 22 May 2021 13:21

I've done more than 5 missions with Ashley but it still hasn't unlocked. Anyone else having this issue?

By T1OOO on 23 May 2021 19:53

@T1OOO - I'm having the same issue. I've completed five assignments and two main quests with Ashley in my squad and it hasn't unlocked. I'm switching between my Series S and my Series X.

By BobLoblaw on 01 Jun 2021 16:39

Update: For those not getting the achievement to unlock, I hard reset my console (held down power button for 5 seconds), unplugged the power, and then rebooted the game. It popped as soon as I loaded in to my game. Hope that helps!

By BobLoblaw on 01 Jun 2021 17:13

Still don't have this achievement, i've done everything suggested, even KamalaCackle good idea; No Go. Hopefully, I might be able to get it in New Game+...

By Xrs27 on 29 Jan 2022 17:33

I thought I was having trouble with this, I went down to planet after planet with the soldier and nothing unlocked. However when I was running around the citadel completing some of the side quests this actually popped. It looks as though the quest/side quest needs to be completed with the member by your side. Hope this helps :)

By STARBUCK251 on 30 Jun 2022 12:23

I have a theory... Maybe the achievements will not unlock if the group split up BEFORE you give back the assignments on the galaxy map. It happens a lot when you do the assignments that you give back quests alone inside the Normandy... So maybe the game didnt consider your allies did the quest.
I was with Ashley and Liara achievements missing, i did two quests in the Citadel and both achievements popped, after i did a lot of assignments with them both and no cheevos... So maybe that's the problem.

By Babalu2008 on 21 Mar 2022 19:26

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This achievement is for having Ashley on your squad. You only need to do five "missions" which include both main story and side-quests (assignments). You should get this at the same time you become a spectre or shortly after while doing Citadel side-missions. Switch her out for Tali, Wrex, or Garrus after to work on their achievements before finalizing your favorite squad.