Mass Effect 2 - The Lair Of The Shadow Broker Cheat Codes: ------------ Submitted by: David K. Cheat mode: ----------- Use a text editor to edit the "Coalesced.ini" file in the "Program FilesTeam JPN Mass Effect 2BioGameConfigPCCooked" directory. Change the indicated lines in the file to their new values to unlock the corresponding cheat function. Effect Original line Modified line ----------------------------------------------------------------- No reloads - AmmoPerShot=1 - AmmoPerShot=0 Unlimited ammo (1) - bInfiniteAmmo=true - bInfiniteAmmo=false Extra health - Health=1500 - Health=9500 More Medigel (2) - MaxMedigel=1 - MaxMedigel=9 More probes (3) - MaxProbes=30 - MaxProbes=90 More fuel - MaxFuel=1000 - MaxFuel=3000 Unlimited fuel - FuelEfficiency=1.5 - FuelEfficiency=0.0 (1) Note: There are multiple instances of this line in the file. (2) Don't go over 9 or you'll crash the game (3) Don't go over 99 or you'll crash the game Bonus Experience, Resources, Paragon and Renegade Points: --------------------------------------------------------- Start a new game in Mass Effect 2 using a profile from Mass Effect (1) and you'll get the following bonuses: * Experience Points (an amount based on your previous level, basically you'll start at Level 2). * Resources (can be used for weapon and armor upgrades). * Paragon and Renegade Points (if you have the MAXIMUM amount of either Paragon or Renegade points from Mass Effect you'll get a bonus number in of the same points in ME2). New Game + Bonuses: ------------------- Mass Effect 2 features a New Game + feature which allows you to play the game a second time with certain items and stats you accumulated in your first game. * You get to choose your Loyalty Bonus Skill from the start. * Your retain Skill Points but can redistribute them. * Your level and XP carry over; the max level (level cap) is 30. * Your Renegade/Paragon points are reset to neutral. * You keep your weapons and armor, but not the upgrades. Bonus Paragon or Renegade Interruption Points: ---------------------------------------------- During conversations, you may spot a RIGHT or LEFT TRIGGER appear in the top left portion of the screen. If you hit LEFT TRIGGER when the "wings" logo appears you'll get Paragon points. If you hit RIGHT TRIGGER when the "star" appears you'll get Renegade points. You've got to act fast to get the points! Alternate Costumes/Colors: -------------------------- Complete a Loyalty mission for a party member to unlock alternate color schemes for that character. Unlock Loyalty Skills: ---------------------- Complete the Loyalty missions for each of your party members to unlock their individuals skills. Elevators Reference: -------------------- If you travel around with Tali and Garrus the recurring party members, eventually they will have a conservation about the elevators. Garrus will remember it fondly remembering the interesting conservations they had about Quarrians. While Tali gets very upset about to the point of threatening Garrus with her shotgun to stop. Easy materials: --------------- To find some easy mining planets, go to the Micah system in the Vallhallan Threshold, and look for the three planets hidden in the asteroids. They are all "Rich" planets with a lot of materials on them to help with your upgrades. Amusing surveying responses: ---------------------------- Go to the Local Cluster, and survey Uranus. Instead of the usual "Probe Launched" response, the voice will instead make Uranus jokes such as "Probing Uranus" or "Really Commander?" Armor pieces: ------------- The following armor pieces will appear for purchase after certain points in the game. -=Helmets=- N7 Helmet: +5% health. N7 Breather Helmet: +5% health. Kuwashii Visor: +10% headshot damage; at Omega. Death Mask: +10% negotiation bonus; at Tuchanka. Umbra Visor: +5% power damage; requires linking Dr. Pepper bonus code to EA account. Recon Hood: +5% weapon damage; requires linking Dr. Pepper bonus code to EA account. Sentry Interface: +5% shield strength; requires linking Dr. Pepper bonus code to EA account. -=Chest=- N7 Chestplate: +5% power damage. Capacitor Chestplate : -10%shields regeneration delay; at Citadel, Omega, or Illium. Aegis Vest: +5% health; at Citadel. Shield Harness : +5% shields; at Tuchanka. -=Shoulders=- N7 Shoulder Guards: +3% weapon damage. Amplifier Plates : +5% power damage; at Illium. Strength Boost Pads: +25% melee damage; at Omega. Asymmetric Defense Layer: +5% health; at Tuchanka. -=Arms=- N7 Gauntlets: +3% health. Heavy Damping Gauntlets: +5% shields ; at Tuchanka. Off-Hand Ammo Pack: +10% spare ammo capacity; at Citadel. Stabilization Gauntlets: +5% weapon damage; at Omega. -=Legs=- N7 Greaves: +3% shield strength. Stimulator Conduits: +10% storm speed; at Omega. Life Support Webbing: +10% health; at Citadel. Ordinance Packs: +10% spare heavy weapon ammo; at Omega. -=Armor Sets=- Blood Dragon Armor : +15% power damage, +10% shield strength; requires Dragon Age: Origins. Collector Armor: +10% regeneration, +10% storm speed, +20% health; requires Collector's Edition. Dr. Pepper bonuses: ------------------- Use the following procedure to get the bonus Dr. Pepper items. Go to http://www.drpepper.com/promotions/ea/signin and register an account. Note: You can register three different accounts to redeem three different codes and get each item. After creating an account enter one of the following redemption codes, selecting the "No Purchase" option. CBEEAAA41NWH CBEEAAAE4L9N CBEEAAAFQG9J CBEEAAAE98ZV Select the "Redeem" button to see a login for a EA Account. Log in with your EA account information that is linked to Mass Effect 2. Select Mass Effect 2 from the game list and select the desired bonus item. Repeat the steps with a new drpepper.com account to get the other items. Rich planets: ------------- To find easy mining planets, go to the Micah system in the Vallhallan Threshold. Look for the three planets hidden in the asteroids. They are all "Rich" planets with a lot of materials to help with upgrades. Anomalies: ----------- You can find anomalies when scanning the following planets: Nebula Cluster Planet ---------------------------------------- Caleston Rift Talava Taitus Caleston Rift Solveig Sinmara Crescent Nebula Lusarn Tarith Crescent Nebula Zelene Helyme Eagle Nebula Amun Neith Eagle Nebula Strabo Jarrahe Station Hades Nexus Sheol Gei Hinnom HourGlass Nebula Faryar Daratar HourGlass Nebula Ploitari Zanethu Minos Wasteland Fortis Aequitas Omega Nebula Ariniarkan MSV Strontium Mule Omega Nebula Fathar Lorek Pylos Nebula Dirada Canalus Pylos Nebula Nariph MSV Broken Arrow Rosetta Nebula Enoch Joab The Shrike Nebula Xe Cha Zada Ban Sigurd's Cradle Decoris Sanctum Sigurd's Cradle Skepsis Franklin Titan Nebula Haskins Capek Infinite M-920 Cain: -------------------- After initially firing the M-920 Cain you can keep holding down on the fire button while hitting reload after every shot. The shots will keep firing during the previous shots' explosions (within about 2-3 seconds of each other). Remember: the blast can harm you and your squad mates! Easter Egg: Probing Uranus: --------------------------- Head to the Local Cluster and scan Uranus. The first two probes you launch will result in "unusual" statements from EDI. Party member Loyalty skills: ---------------------------- Successfully complete a party member's Loyalty mission to unlock their individuals skills for Shepard. Note: Complete the Advanced Training research upgrade for your ship to be able to select the skills. Armor Piercing Ammo: Archangel's Loyalty mission Biotic Barrier : Jacob's Loyalty mission. Dominate : Kill Samara during her Loyalty mission and have Morinth replace her. Fortification : Grunt's Loyalty mission. Geth Shield Boost : Legion's Loyalty mission. Inferno Grenade : Zaeed's Loyalty mission. Neural Shock : Mordin Solus's Loyalty mission. Reave : Samara's Loyalty mission. Shield Drain : Tali's Loyalty Mission. Slam : Miranda's Loyalty mission. Warp Ammo : Jack's Loyalty mission. Romancing the Yeoman: --------------------- If 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. Legion Does the Intergalactic Shuffle: -------------------------------------- Approach Legion in his quarters and highlight him but do not talk to him. He'll do "The Robot," the traditional dance of his ancestors. Double Your Hacking Rewards: ---------------------------- Occasionally, after completing a 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 -- for another chunk of credits! We've confirmed that this is rare, but it does work -- so get in the habit of mashing. Have Dominate ability and keep Samara alive: -------------------------------------------- Dominate is a very useful 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, you must help Morinth kill Samara during the latter's loyalty mission. However, if you wish 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 immediately before the confrontation. When it is time to choose 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. Legion: Unusual dialog: ----------------------- * Take Legion to the Citadel. Talk to Anderson and the customs officer. * Take Legion to the migrate fleet on Tali's Loyalty mission. Security will force you to remove him unless you can persuade them otherwise. * Take Legoin to recruit Tali. She will try to shoot him. Unlimited Ammo, no reload and more live: ---------------------------------------- Submitted by: Adocrates Email: adocrates@hotmail.com Edit C:Programm FilesTeam JPNMass Effect 2BioGameConfigPCCookedCoalesced.ini and replace: AmmoPerShot=1 to =0 ;This make NO RELOAD and every bInfiniteAmmo=true to =false ;This make INFINITE AMMO. and Health=1500 to =9500 ;More health but with this ammo, can be hurt you...? * First, BACKUP the file! some changes produces game failure. Max Out Skill Points: --------------------- To do this you'll need to have the Dominate skill, the Retrain Powers and Advanced Training upgrades and tons of Element Zero. You can get the Dominate Skill by recruiting Morinth (Samara's daughter), which means you have to sacrifice Samara in her own loyalty mission. A list of planets with Element Zero can be found below. First, purchase Advanced Training and choose Dominate. This will land you a bonus skill point, which you can use by instituting the Retrain Powers upgrade. Repeat this process for additional skill points; one at a time! Prequel bonuses: ---------------- Have a saved game file from the original Mass Effect and use that profile in Mass Effect 2 to get the following bonuses. 100,000 credits : Mass Effect character with the "Rich" achievement. 2,000 experience points : Level 50 Mass Effect character. 30,000 credits : Level 50 Mass Effect character. 5,000 of each resource : Level 50 Mass Effect character. 4,000 experience points : Level 60 Mass Effect character. 50,000 credits : Level 60 Mass Effect character. 10,000 of each resource : Level 60 Mass Effect character. Baldur's Gate series reference: ------------------------------- Space Hamster is available on Illium. Once you go into your cabin and select him, he will come out and do the same "Squeek" that Boo did, who was Minsc's "Intergalactic Space Hamster" from Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2. Infinite YMIR Mechs: -------------------- (Unconfirmed) When you reach the point in the Freedom's Progress mission where you are told to place your teammates around the giant blast door, you can trick the game into spawning extra YMIR Mechs (Ed: But why would you want to ... ?). First, position your team accordingly, and watch the cutscene. You'll now be confronted by 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 you wish, but more than three YMIR Mechs will most likely kill you! Geth Pulse Rifle: ----------------- Switch to the Hardcore difficulty setting before you land on the planet. Complete Tali'Zora's recruitment mission to find the Geth Pulse Rifle in the room where you find Tali. You can then change the difficulty back to its original setting. Respectable Quarian Names: -------------------------- When asking Zaal'Koris about his funny name/ship name the "Qwib Qwib" (on the Quarian fleet vessel), the real joke hits when he mentions desiring a more respectable ship name like "Defrahnz" or "Iktomi." These two names would have yielded the following Quarian names: Zaal'Koris vas Defrahnz (vas deferens) and Zaal'Koris vas Iktomi (vasectomy). Recruiting Tali: Sunlight exposure: ----------------------------------- While recruiting Tali on Haestrom, direct sunlight will damage you and your squad's shields and Biotic barriers. Because Grunt uses armor, he is unaffected by the sunlight and does not suffer weakened defenses while directly exposed. Jack vs Miranda: ---------------- Submitted by: RockingAssassin Email: rockingassassin@gmail.com If you want a ending with the loyalties of Jack And Miranda both, then don't play the Miranda's loyalty mission at first. At first wait for Jack's mission to be available and then play it first. After the mission when they are fighting, support the Jack. Miranda's loyalty will be low. Then play her mission and her loyalty will back. Humorous dialogue: ------------------ Wander around the ship in between missions to hear some funny quotes. Stand next to Jeff "Joker" Moreau (the pilot) without interacting with him. You will hear him say things such as the following. * "Why is it always claws and guns? Can't we piss off a fuzzy planet? Still dangerous, I know. But hey, bunnies." * "Two years and everything hits the crapper. That'll teach you to die on me." * "You know what I hate about deep space? Crap radio stations from two centuries back. My gosh, we were idiots." Stand near the two engineers near the Mass Effect Core to hear the the following. * Engineer Daniels: "Did you know we're sharing our deck with a krogan?" * Engineer Donnelly: "Well that's just peachy." Legion's Gamer Stats: --------------------- At the end of 'The Lair of the Shadow Broker' downloadable content for Mass Effect 2, you'll find a terminal with all your teammates' dossiers on it. Including information only the shadow broker could get his hands on. You will find upon reading Legion's dossier that our favorite Geth happens to be quite the gamer. You can read a list of games he downloaded and even his scores and rankings on the leaderboards. There's even a bit where he is kicked for hacking some game, but he challenges the ban, and is let back onto the servers. I found this read to be worth a chuckle.
