Walkthrough for the mission Planetside 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 Prologue: Hyperion.
The scouting mission on Habitat 7 has met with disaster. The planet is far from the golden world the initial scans indicated; instead, its atmosphere is toxic and wracked with deadly electrical storms that struck the shuttle.
Start
Habitat 7
Damaged Fuel Cell
Habitat 7
Fisher
Habitat 7
Kirkland
Habitat 7
Alien Ruins
Habitat 7
Cave
Habitat 7
Greer
Habitat 7
Alec Ryder
Habitat 7
Crashed Alien Ship
Habitat 7
Shuttle Alpha
Habitat 7
Survive the hostile conditions and locate any survivors from the rest of the Pathfinder team.
Go ahead, there is only one path you can go.
Draw out your pistol, aim and shoot.
Your first contact with the aliens.
They are hostile so you have to kill them.
Use your scanner and scan the body.
Open the nearby container.
Inspect Kirkland's body.
Greer is inside a small cave, attacked by aliens. You can access the cave from the north. Kill aliens and talk to Greer.
Scan the tree inside the cave.
Kill the aliens, then find and examine the unknown alien transport container.
Enter the ruins.
Find and activate the alien device - it's a power generator.
Go and check the previously locked room.
Get closer to the mission objective marker (northern part of the map).
Try to locate Kirkland. Aliens will shoot him and will attack you so kill them.
Kill the first wave of aliens.
Do it before the fight begins.
Get ready for more aliens, kill them all.
Communication is back, you can contact the Pathfinder.
Alec Ryder theorizes that the alien tower is linked to the planet's dangerous weather. He believes accessing the tower may enable your shuttle to leave. Ensure that he and the rest of the team survive until your father gathers the necessary information.
Follow Alec, kill the aliens on the way.
Protect the Pathfinder during the decryption process.
Go and help your father.
You deactivated the tower successfully.
But something went wrong. Your father sacrificed his own life to save you.
From now, you are the new pathfinder.
After completing this mission, you will be able to play the mission Nexus Reunion.