Mass Effect: Road to the Tower & Final Confrontation - walkthrough Mass Effect Guide

Last update: 22 May 2021

12.1. Road to the Tower

LEGEND (Map C1c):

A. Elevator to the Tower

LEGEND (Map C2c):

1. Defense Turret

2. Defense Turret

3. Defense Turret

A. To the Maintenance Shaft

B. To the Exterior Defence Grid

LEGEND (Map C3c):

1. Entrance to the Maintenance Shaft

A. To the Exhaust Plain

B. To the Tower

After landing leave Mako and go meet Saren and Sovereign. You'll be in Presidium. Head to the tower. Get rid of the zombies and take the elevator (C1c-A).

Unfortunately, it will stop halfway. You'll need to get outside and go along the maintenance shaft. Soon you'll be attacked by geths. Continue slowly, taking cover in small alcoves and eliminating enemies little by little. Then krogan warrior will appear - concentrate on him.

At the end of the shaft, you'll need to get pass a field with energy shields. Take some time to destroy them before going further. On the left side there will be few geths, so watch out while going up.

Continue to reach the exhaust plain. Move slowly to southeast. Soon you'll see dropship deploying geth soldiers. Before going further, you'll have to destroy it. To do it, you'll need to activate three defense turrets in the area (C2c-1,2,3). Then get rid of the survivors and go southwest (C2c-B).

You'll get to another shaft. Be careful, as you'll have to fight krogan warriors and geth juggernauts. Try to keep distance and use singularity, throw and lift.

You'll need to get through the area with many turrets and geths soldiers. Concentrate on the first. You can destroy them staying hidden in terrain holes.

The other way is to get to the shaft on the east (C3c-1). There will be krogan warriors with the hetman so it won't be easy either.

After the fight go southeast and use the hatch (C3c-B) to enter the tower.

12.2. Final Confrontation

Saren will be by the control panel at the far side of the tower. Before you'll get to him, you'll have to eliminate some geths, but they shouldn't be much problem for you.

While talking with Saren you can use persuasion to avoid the fight. If not, you'll have to fight him. It will be similar as on Virmire, but he will be tougher.

Hint! It's good to equip your squad with weapons and upgrades against organic enemies.

After dealing with Saren, head over to the control panel and use Vigil's files to regain control of the Citadel.

This way you'll open the communication channel and connect with Normandy. You'll have to make a hard choice: bring in the Alliance fleet to save the council at the cost of many human lives, or hold them back until they can attack Sovereign directly.

Hint! Your decision will affect the ending and gain you many paragon (saving the council) or renegade (sacrifice the council) points.

Soon you'll encounter Sovereign incarnation. This time you won't be able to talk - he will attack you immediately. He will be very fast so you can have problems with hitting him. It's good to use biotic talents, like lift to neutralize him for a moment and hit him with all you got. If everyone in your squad has lift talent, you'll be able to keep him up for most of the time.

This way you'll finish Mass Effect. The final scene will depend on your choice before fighting Sovereign. Regardless of the council's fate, at the end of the conversation, you'll have to make one last choice. I leave it up to you.