Mass Effect 2: Stop the Collectors - Finale Part 2 - walkthrough Mass Effect 2 guide, walkthrough

Last update: 02 June 2021

Description: Start off by ordering your teammates to take cover behind the nearest object. This fight will be similar to one of the battles from the Collector Ship mission, because you'll be defending yourself in a small round area and new platforms with Collectors on board will be attaching themselves to your object. The first platform will appear to your right (second screenshot) and you should start attacking the aliens before it even reaches its destination.

I would recommend that you focus on eliminating enemy forces as soon as possible, because otherwise you'll have to fight the Harbinger several times. Make sure to keep using cover and monitor health of your teammates. A second Collector platform will appear in front of you (second screenshot).

In this case aside from standard Collector units you'll also have to watch out for Collector guardians - they'll be more resistant to your fire and they'll have an ability of setting up force fields. The third platform will attach itself to your left and generally not much will change here - you'll still have to act quickly in order to prevent the Harbinger from appearing on the battlefield too many times.

Notice that the fourth platform has attached itself further away from your position, so you may want to consider closing the distance by leaving the nearest cover and proceeding to the next one. Thankfully it's going to be easy to find new objects that will protect you from enemy fire.

The last fifth platform will also attach itself further away. In this case I wouldn't recommend closing the distance at all costs, because two scions will arrive on that platform. Start off by blowing up some of the abominations and then focus on the scions. Make sure to use a heavy weapon at least on one of the scions - don't worry about ammunition, because you'll soon have a chance to restock.

Keep fighting until all the Collectors have been eliminated. You may now proceed to the last platform (the one with two dead scions). Using a nearby console (first screenshot) will result in a series of cut-scenes. During your conversation with EDI you'll have a chance to ask several questions about the human Reaper which is still under construction.

Get ready for a new battle. Naturally you must begin by ordering your followers to quickly hide behind cover. Wait for a new platform with Collectors on board to show up. Just as before, you should focus on eliminating enemy units quickly so that the Harbinger won't be given a lot of opportunities to respawn. Aside from the Harbinger you'll also have to watch out for elite alien units, including the assassins.

As soon as you've managed to destroy all the Collectors choose a heavy weapon from your arsenal and notice that four tubes filled with an orange substance have uncovered themselves on the Reaper's body. Start shooting at the tubes and if you're lucky you'll destroy two of them before the remaining two close. Don't worry if you destroy only one tube, because you won't fail the mission (you're just going to make it last longer).

Switch back to using standard weapons, because more enemy units will arrive in the area via the second platform. A new platform should dock in the space between yours and the Reaper (first screenshot). Repeat all the actions mentioned above - eliminate alien forces quickly, including new Harbinger forms.

Choose a heavy weapon from your arsenal and use this opportunity to destroy two remaining tubes. If you've destroyed all the tubes you'll end this battle right now. Otherwise you'll have to deal with one or more Collector groups.

Wait for the game to play a very important cut-scene. You'll have a chance to talk to the Illusive Man and you'll have to decide what to do with the station:

- If you want to earn A LOT of paragon points you should inform the Illusive Man that you intend to destroy the base (upper dialogue option).

- If you want to earn A LOT of renegade points you should agree to leave the base intact for further study and to focus only on eliminating all the Collectors (lower dialogue option).

Sadly the decision you'll make won't affect the upcoming final battle in any way. Get ready to defeat the human Reaper! Start this battle the same way you start other fights - order your followers to take cover behind LARGER sections of the wall. It's important, because they shouldn't be exposed too much.

Don't forget to find a good cover fro Shepard as well, especially since the Reaper will be using a very powerful laser weapon to hurt you. It'll be extremely important to avoid the beam, because you would either die or get heavily injured. Thankfully you'll have a chance to notice when the beam is being readied to fire and you'll have a plenty of time to seek cover.

I think it's fairly obvious that you should be using a heavy weapon to damage the Reaper. You could just keep shooting at a random part of its body, however I would recommend firing at its weak point (screenshots 1 & 2). You'll probably notice that hitting that point results in its armor being damaged much faster.

You must acknowledge the fact that aside from the Reaper you'll also have to watch out for new waves of Collectors, including the Harbinger, assassins and other elite units. It would be a good idea to use biotic powers often to deal with each group of enemy units swiftly.

Keep firing at the boss and prevent your character from moving too close to one of the edges of the platform, because you may get hit. If you run out of power cells you should wait for the Reaper to disappear for a short while, leave cover and find one of several containers (first screenshot). The final part of this duel may also force you to slightly change your position (second screenshot), however it shouldn't be a major problem.

Defeating the Reaper will allow you to end this mission for good. You'll now be awarded with a series of cut-scenes and the things you're about to see will change depending on your decisions and who you managed to save. Assuming that you've been able to return to the Milky Way you'll have a chance to talk to the Illusive Man. If you chose a paragon ending he'll be furious at you and if you chose a renegade ending he'll be thankful and he'll even reward you with some credits.