Mass Effect 2 PC Cheats
Ending with both Jack's and Miranda's loyaltiesBefore playing Miranda's loyalty mission, wait for Jack's mission to become available and play it first. After the mission when they are fighting, support Jack. Miranda's loyalty will be low. After that, play her loyalty mission to get it back. |
Infinite Skill Points hintThe Dominate skill, the Retrain Powers and Advanced Training upgrades, and plenty of Element Zero are required. You can get the Dominate Skill by recruiting Morinth (Samara's daughter), which means you must sacrifice Samara in her own loyalty mission. A list of planets with Element Zero can be found below. First, buy Advanced Training and choose Dominate. This will land you a bonus skill point, which you can use by instituting the Retrain Powers upgrade. Repeat as desired. |
Unusual dialog with Legion-Take Legion to the Citadel, then talk to Anderson and the customs officer. |
Gamestop easter eggThe Citadel's game shop is a reference to a GameStop store. |
Geth Pulse RifleTo get the Pulse Rifle, switch to Hardcore difficulty setting before landing on the planet. Complete Tali'Zora's recruitment mission. The Geth Pulse Rifle will be in the room where you find Tali. Then, change the difficulty back to your original setting. |
Rich planets hintTo find easy mining planets, go to the Micah system in the Vallhallan Threshold and find the three planets hidden in the asteroids. They are all "Rich" planets with a lot of materials that will help with upgrades. |
Have Dominate ability and keep Samara aliveDominate is an excellent Biotic ability that allows you to control organic enemies and turn them into allies, similar to the Hack ability that controls synthetics. In order to get this ability as a Loyalty mission bonus to use for your character, help Morinth kill Samara during the latter's loyalty mission. However, if you want to keep Samara on your team but still have Morinth's Dominate ability, use the following trick. Play Samara's loyalty mission up to the point where Samara confronts Moritnth. Save the game right before the confrontation. When it is time to select who you will eliminate, choose the option that lets Morinth get the upper-hand on Samara and kill her. Create a separate saved game file. Go to the ship and talk to Morinth. Load the previous saved game then have Samara kill Morinth. You now get to keep Samara as a squad mate and have Morinth's Dominate ability when you choose a bonus loyalty power to add to your character in the prototype upgrade screen. |
Unlimited Squad pointsWhile evolving a skill to level 4, press A + X to regain all spent squad points and keep the skill evolution. This works best if you level a skill from 0 to 4 (10 points) in one go. |
Unlimited skill pointsRecruit Morinth to get the Dominate skill and get a decent amount of Element Zero. Buy the Advanced Training upgrade and choose Dominate. This result in a bonus skill point, which is then used by the Retrain Powers upgrade. Repeat as desired to continue gaining skill points. |
Comedic Uranus surveying responsesHead to the Local Cluster and survey Uranus. Rather than the usual "Probe Launched", the voice will instead make comical jokes such as "Really Commander?" and "Probing Uranus". |
Funny dialogueWalk around the ship in between missions to hear some funny quotes: |
Easy mining planetsThere are three "Rich" mining planets with lots of materials. Go to the Micah system in the Vallhallan Threshold, and look for the three planets in the asteroids. |
Cryo BombThis trick requires any Biotic that lifts your enemy off the ground and the Cryo Bomb tech. Use the Biotic to lift your enemy off the ground and hit him with the Cryo Bomb while he is still under the Biotic's effect. This will cause him to be stuck in a permanent falling state, where he is incapable of causing any damage. This is extremely useful when attempting to prevent the deployment of Harbinger, because once he enters the glitched body he cannot move. By doing this, you can kill him at the end of a fight to prevent him from jumping to another body. |
Legion's gaming history (The Lair Of The Shadow Broker)At the end of the game, examine the terminal that has all your teammates' dossiers. Read Legion's dossier to find out that he is a gamer. It will list the games that he has downloaded, his leaderboard scores, and other information about his gaming past. |
Element Zero locationsSearch the following planets to find Element Zero: |
Rapid fire M-920 CainFire the M-920 Cain and keep [Fire] held while pressing [Reload] after each shot to have the shots keep firing during the previous shots' explosions. |
Infinite YMIR Mechs glitchDuring the Freedom's Progress mission, when you are told to place your teammates around the giant blast door, you can trick the game into spawning extra YMIR Mechs. First, position your team accordingly and watch the cutscene. You'll now face a Giant YMIR Mech. Instead of killing it, turn around, and head BACK through the blast door. This will glitch the game back before the cutscene. Place your team around the blast door again, and the cutscene will play. This will spawn an extra YMIR Mech. Repeat as many times as desired, but more than three YMIR Mechs will most likely kill you. |
Recruiting Tali: Sunlight exposureWhile recruiting Tali on Haestrom, direct sunlight will damage you and your squad's shields and Biotic barriers. Since Grunt uses armor, he is not harmed by the sunlight. |
Dr. Pepper bonusesTo unock the Dr. Pepper bonus items, go to http://www.drpepper.com/promotions/ea/signin/, and register for an account. You can register three different accounts to redeem three different codes and get each bonus item. Enter one of the following redemption codes, and select the "No Purchase" option: |
Alternate party member colorsComplete a party member's Loyalty mission to unlock alternate colors for their armor/clothing. |
Legion dancingApproach Legion in his quarters, then highlight him but do not speak to him. He will eventually do the "Robot" dance. |
Doubling your hacking rewardsSometimes after you completea hacking minigame for credits etc. you can press A repeatedly as the window closes and cause the game to glitch out and let you hack a second time. |
Anomaly locationsScan the following planets to find anomalies: |
Funny Quarian namesWhen asking Zaal'Koris about his funny name/ship name the "Qwib Qwib" (on the Quarian fleet vessel), the real joke is when he mentions desiring a more respectable ship name like "Defrahnz" or "Iktomi." These two names would have resulted in the following Quarian names: Zaal'Koris vas Defrahnz (vas deferens) and Zaal'Koris vas Iktomi (vasectomy). |
Armor piecesThe following armor pieces will become available for purchase throughout the game: |
Legion: Unusual dialogTake Legion to the Citadel. Talk to Anderson and the customs officer. |
New Game+ BonusesComplete the game, then start a new game with the cleared saved game file to start with the following bonuses: |
Planet scanningNotice after you press Y, the planet information screen on the right will tell you if the scan of planet reveals if it is "Rich", "Moderate", or "Poor". Rich planets typically give about 10+ good scan for ores. Ore yields vary from 1,500 to 3,000. Moderate will give about 8+ good scans, but around 35% to 55% yield compared to rich planets. Poor will give 5+ scans with yields 5% to 25% compared to rich planets. Note: If there is an anomaly on the planet (usually a rich planet) and you land before you scan, typically the Star Map on the Normandy will put you in a strange location away from the anomaly planet. Go back and rescan to get your ores. |
Prequel bonusesHave a saved game file from the original Mass Effect on your hard drive, and use that profile in Mass Effect 2 to receive the following bonuses at the corresponding character levels: |
Loyalty mission bonusesUnlock the following bonuses by completing the corresponding party member's Loyalty missions. You will also unlock their individuals skills for Shepard, alternate costumes, and increase the chance for surviving the suicide mission. Note: Complete the Advanced Training research upgrade for your ship to be able to select the skills: |
Easy Paragon and Renegade pointsTo easily gain Paragon and Renegade points, you must first unlock training to be able to redistribute your skill points. Talent Mastery will add a certain percentage to your Paragon and Renegade points. Respec and distribute them into your Mastery repeatedly until your Paragon and Renegade are full. |
Garrus Elevators easter eggTravel with Tali and Garrus, the party members back from Mass Effect. Eventually they will have a conversation about the elevators where Garrus remembers the interesting conservations they had about Quarrians. Tali gets very upset about to the point of threatening Garrus with her shotgun to stop. |
Romancing Yeoman Kelly ChamIf you chat it up with Yeoman Kelly Chambers often and choose to be kind to her you can instigate an "unusual" romantic encounter. You'll eventually be able to invite her to dinner. Additionally, you cannot let Kelly die in the final mission (choose a loyal escort for the crew in the final scene). After you beat the game, talk to Kelly and you'll receive an email from her. Go to your quarters and you'll be able to invite her up using your console. She'll appear and you'll be able to watch the evening's awkward events unwind. She's no Yeoman Rand, but she'll do. |
Baldur's Gate series easter eggSpace Hamster is available on Illium. Once you enter your cabin and select him, he comes out and does the same "Squeek" that Boo did, who was Minsc's "Intergalactic Space Hamster" from Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2. |
Cheat CodesNote: This procedure requires editing a game file; creating a backup copy of the file before proceeding is recommended. With a text editor, edit the "Coalesced.ini" file in the "\Program Files\Team JPN\Mass Effect 2\BioGame\Config\PC\Cooked" directory. Change the indicated lines in the file to their new values to unlock the corresponding cheat:CHEAT FUNCTION/ORIGINAL LINE - MODIFIED LINE |