Mass Effect Legendary Edition

Mass Effect Legendary Edition

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Master and Commander

Master and Commander

ME3: Deliver most of the Galaxy at War assets to the final conflict

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How to unlock the Master and Commander achievement in Mass Effect Legendary Edition - Definitive Guide

What you need is a high enough military strength in the war assets screen to unlock the "Green" ending.

I did some sleuthing and it looks like Mass Effect 3 keeps track of your military strength for the ending as if the multiplayer was still in the game. And, if you played the original Mass Effect 3, you'd know that it starts you out by cutting your asset score in half. Since the Legendary Edition already has the extended ending DLC included, you are shooting for a lower number than was original necessary in ME3.

This achievement doesn't have any specific known requirements to pop it seems.

I originally thought it was 5600, but people have been unlocking this at various point of the game and at various numbers. For me 5600 would be the absolute minimum I would personally shoot for at the point of no return. That is where it triggered for me after loading up a save that had entered it at 5400 and reaching 5600 first

Priority Rannoch seems to be the earliest this may pop.

It can unlock early, but the final point in which it can unlock is during the cutscene at the point of no return:
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It unlocks when you hit a certain threshold, I got it after Rannoch, having done everything up to that point. Unless its buggy.
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By Zarda1 on 23 May 2021 10:37
It worked them same way on 360. Sometimes people would just pop it as soon as they had enough, sometimes they would need to start this mission. (There also used to be a way to earn a massive amount of point on the web that would get people like 30k points by the end of Palaven)
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By PangoBara on 23 May 2021 13:30
It may check at the end of each Priority Mission maybe, now that i think about it. Only time i hear people unlocking it at another point is after one of those
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By PangoBara on 23 May 2021 13:34
I think it's a combination of your military strength score and story progression. I unlocked it after completing Rannoch with 6702 score. The quarian and geth assets I got for completing the mission totalled 1100, so I was just over the 5600 minimum before I started it.
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By Triarius on 23 May 2021 20:35
I heard this is suppose to give me war asset progress for all 3 games I did majority of side quests of 1 and 2 and I'm still only at 675 to start with...
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By EmperorBello on 24 May 2021 15:48
Got it with 5328 when I hit the spoiler tag in the main description
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By Dead Man Doogie on 31 Aug 2023 17:40
Ah thanks!
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By EmperorBello on 24 May 2021 16:19
I got this achievement after Rannoch, my military strength score was only 5300
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By Dibbs93 on 27 May 2021 19:16
Mine popped after completing Rannoch. I had a score of 7108, and as soon as I got back on the Normandy I was prompted to speak to Admiral Hackett through the Coms link near the Assets terminal. Achievement unlocked at start of chat with Hackett.
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By SPACE ODDITY on 28 May 2021 03:18
every says the number is different, 5300, 5600, 5800, 5900... im at 5700 and i've done everything and made all the correct choices idk which to believe
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By LaTrickster2 on 30 May 2021 05:39
Just got it to pop at 5210. I haven't even finished Rannoch yet. After I finished disabling the AA turrets, I went to speak with Hackett on the Normandy. Achievement popped soon as I opened up the comms.
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By The SCHWARTZ 00 on 30 May 2021 20:38
Got it at 6051 after finishing Rannoch and talking to Hackett
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By Chaptxr on 31 May 2021 03:52
I got this achievement at 5444 military strength.
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By Sonic Fanboy on 07 Jun 2021 14:06
4907 with no N7 missions was a failure.
5292 with all N7 missions got it for me.
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By Scarovese#3367 on 07 Jun 2021 22:33
My experience was almost exactly the same as Zombie NuuNuu's, the difference being that I didn't get a letter from Shepard's mother until after the conversation with Hackett. My score at that point was 7522.

Seems like there is some seriously random math going on in the background...
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By JKSullivan on 09 Jun 2021 02:39
mine unlocked during the cutscene with Hackett after the priority Rannoch mission, up to that point I'd done all of the side missions available at time of that mission, the Omega, Leviathan, and Eden Prime mission, I missed the extra assests on the Eden Prime mission, and scanned the systems that were unlocked. My score was 7053
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By wolfzero01 on 10 Jun 2021 17:14
Popped for me at 5394 after the Asari temple.
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By PaddyW106 on 10 Jun 2021 20:11
Popped at 5234 during my conversation with Hackett after Rannoch.
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By Current Future on 12 Jun 2021 19:03
I was at 5800 before Rannoch, and 7503 after it, so the presumption is regardless of the actual score needed, you have to have at least completed Rannoch for it to pop.
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By Jodmeister on 23 Jun 2021 07:35
The same as @jodmeister for me. I did not check before Rannoch, but afterwards I was at 7414 when it popped.
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By TheIcemanCometh on 23 Jun 2021 23:33
Mine was a little over 5900 before Rannoch. It popped at the start of the conversation with Hacket and I had over 7000 after the conversation.
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By 緑眼のイアン on 26 Jun 2021 02:39
Popped when I spoke to Hacket after Priority: Rannoch. 7338 Military Strength.
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By DarqStalker on 27 Jun 2021 00:06
I got it at 5261 right after saving both the geth and quarians and getting them to end their war
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By Filip36365 on 12 Jul 2021 19:33
popped for me after Rannoch. I had done all side stuff by now and saved both Geth and Quarian.
as soon as I was off the vidcon, it popped. then I checked Military Strenght and it was at 6948 (was around 5.8K before Rannoch I think)
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By Phoenix C64 on 16 Jul 2021 18:05
Just add mine in, after Rannoch, saved everyone, 6684 when I talked with Hackett.
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By cdrw1987 on 10 Oct 2021 06:55
I have over 7800, i'm about to attack the illusive's man base, did not popped yet, and i have everything done, nothing left to do.
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By BichaDoDemonio on 15 Jan 2022 21:44
After Rannoch: Admiral Koris. Traynor said that Hackett was on vidcomm, so I went to talk to him. It popped the moment the conversation started. 5373.
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By Matthz8 on 22 Jan 2022 00:02
Poped for me after Rannoch with 6010 military strength.
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By TB4CO on 13 Mar 2022 17:57
I will further confirm that the key to this for me was speaking to Hackett on the comm after Rannoch. I had checked and I had over 6000 prior to going back and checking the vidcom. The achievement popped as soon as that conversation was engaged.
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By Dragonborn Gear on 24 Mar 2022 20:52
This achievement popped for me at just a little over 6,000 war assets. I think the number is a slightly higher in this version because the DLC is now incorporated with the main game and the galactic readiness system was scrapped. Nevertheless still not a hard achievement.
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By Henry Myth on 06 Jul 2022 20:40
I had 6600 but it did not pop until I had started the point of no return mission
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By InfiniteRefrain on 11 Jul 2022 14:17
Before Prio.: Rannoch had 5200. After finishing the mission I got 6200 and after speaking with Hackett cheevo popped.
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By JimmieWorld on 23 Jul 2022 02:30
I had 6715 so it's definitely triggering the conversation with Hackett after Rannoch that pops it, like others that's when I got it.
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By JOHN SWFC on 21 Sep 2022 06:53
Similar to others, mine popped when I talked to Hackett after Rannoch. I was at 5451 military strength
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By FamousYeti on 22 Jan 2023 04:51
That happens no matter what. As you play through the Mass Effect 3 side quests, things from older games will appear or you will get messages allowing you to unlock some. (For example, squadmates that were loyal and survived in ME2 will often become a war asset if you do the side quest where they show up in ME3)
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By PangoBara on 24 May 2021 16:02
Mine just unlocked after doing the orbital strike mission. I did all the paragon choices. Checked my numbers and was at 6,399. So must be random for everyone. After checking the terminal I contacted Hackett. Achievement unlocked before our conversation started. Also had previously read a message from Shepards mama before doin the mission stated above in my comment. So not sure that helps but could help others possibly.
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By ZombieNuuNuu on 05 Jun 2021 21:39
Popped for me on 5100 when talking to Hackett on the vid-com.
This was before Priority:Perseus Veil
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By metallicafan459 on 15 Sep 2023 12:43
I got this essentially from doing every side mission/exploration addition to the War Assets possible before Priority: Perseus Veil. I had just completed the
side mission and after the achievement popped my War Assets said 5474.
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By lunagitgood on 21 Oct 2023 10:07
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This achievement is a little weird in the Legendary Edition because the Multiplayer portion was left out, and it highly influenced how this was calaculated on Xbox 360. In this version, it still appears as if the game counts your war assets as if the MP still did exist. Your goal should be to have a score of 5600 in war assets after completing a Priority mission. For instance, if you begin "Priority: Rannoch" with 5400, it will unlock after that mission when you speak with Admiral Hackett since you'll gain a large number of assets from that mission. This mission is where most people report it unlocking, and believed to be the earliest you can earn the achievement.

Assuming you are completing as much side-content as possible (which is required for the completion), you will get this with little issue. You'll also get extra bonuses throughout the game for completing the first two games, which I'll assume you're doing since they're all included in one achievement list.
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