Walkthrough for the mission A Trail of Hope in the game Mass Effect: Andromeda. This page covers all main objectives, key steps, or helpful tips to guide you through the mission smoothly. Whenever possible, the guide points out locations for key items and details interactions with NPCs, among other tips. To ensure maximum clarity, in-game screenshots are included for easy-to-follow visual guidance.
Type: Priority Ops
Prerequisites: To play this mission, you must first complete the mission A Better Beginning.
After establishing a new outpost, Tann and the Initiative have more faith in your abilities as Pathfinder. You're now free to follow the lead you discovered in the Remnant vault on Eos - the existence of a potentially active vault. This lead is your best hope to make Heleus a home.
Resistance Pilot
Voeld
Upon arrival in the system your ship will be captured by the kett, luckily you will manage to escape.
You will have to emergency land on an alien planet where you will meet angara people for the first time.
Follow her and listen to her. Don't try to scan.
Jaal will take you to the Angaran Resistance HQ. You will meet Evfra there.
Jaal will join your crew.
You've made contact with the angara and met Evfra, the leader of the Resistance. However, the angara don't trust you and without their trust, they refuse to give you access to the vault on Aya.
You can acquire two new missions in Aya docks - Trading Favors and Recovering the Past.
Jaal has suggested two ways to gain the trust of Evfra and the angara. One mission is on the planet Havarl and one is on the planet Voeld.
Jaal will tell you about two new planets Voeld and Havarl. Two new missions will be added to your jounal: Helping Havarl's Scientists (Havarl) and Meet the Resistance (Voeld).
To gain the trust of Evfra and move on, you must complete one of the two missions: Helping Havarl's Scientists mission on Havarl, or Stage a Rescue mission on Voeld (it's a follow up of Meet the Resistance mission).
Evfra has heard of your help for the angaran cause and he seems willing to trust you, at least a little more. Jaal says that Evfra has better information on the location of the Moshae, which could lead to getting access to the vault on Aya. You should reach out to him.
The Moshae has been betrayed by a spy and taken to an impenetrable kett facility on Voeld. A Resistance squad has been assigned to take you to the remote location and to infiltrate the facility with you. Meet them outside the Resistance base on the planet.
Find and hack the service panel.
Should be easily shattered by gunfire.
Talk to Commander Heckt.
Find this room ...
... kill the kett inside and use the console.
You will witness the beginning of a certain ritual.
Scan the pods located in the room, you won't find Moshae.
You will witness the final stage of the exaltation ritual.
Kill the kett.
Kill the kett in the next room and follow the Cardinal.
Destroy Cardinal's Orb first to remove the Cardinal's shield. Kill him and his minions.
Cardinal will join the conversation.
You have to make two decisions. The first one: "I'll save the angara" or "I'll destroy the facility".
The second one is a "time limited" decision: Kill or spare kett Cardinal.
Try to stay inside the protective field created by Moshae.
You need to defend yourself for some time.
Jump into the shuttle as soon as it is possible.
You have rescued the Moshae. She's agreed to take you into the Remnant vault on Aya so that you can see how why it's active and how it's connected to the network of vaults.
You will gain an access to previously inaccessible areas of Aya.
After completing this mission, you will be able to play the mission Hunting the Archon.