- Legion's gaming history ('The Lair Of The Shadow Broker' DLC)
At the end of the game in 'The Lair Of The Shadow Broker' bonus DLC, 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 he has downloaded, his leaderboard scores, and other information about his gaming past.

- Rapid fire M-920 Cain
Shoot the M-920 Cain, and keep [Fire] held while pressing [Reload] after each shot. The shots will keep firing during the previous shots' explosions.

- Easy Paragon and Renegade points
Throughout the game you will unlock training to redistribute your skill points. Talent Mastery adds a certain percentage to your Paragon/Renegade. Respec and distribute them into your Mastery repeatedly until your Paragon and Renegade are full.

- Easy Geth Pulse Rifle
Change the difficulty to Hardcore before you land on the planet. Successfully 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.

- Loyalty mission bonuses
Successfully complete the indicated party member's Loyalty mission or task to unlock the corresponding skill for Shepard, alternate colors for their costumes, and increase the chance for surviving the suicide mission. Notice: Successfully complete the Advanced Training research upgrade for your ship to be able to select the skills.

Inferno Grenade	Zaeed's Loyalty mission
Biotic Barrier	Jacob's Loyalty mission
Slam	Miranda's Loyalty mission
Neural Shock	Mordin Solus's Loyalty mission
Flashbang Grenade	Kasumi's Loyalty mission
Stasis	Successfully complete 'The Lair Of The Shadow Broker' DLC.
Reave	Samara's Loyalty mission
Geth Shield Boost	Legion's Loyalty mission
Armor Piercing Ammo	Archangel's Loyalty mission
Shield Drain	Tali's Loyalty mission
Dominate	Kill Samara during her Loyalty mission, and have Morinth replace her.
Shredder Ammo	Thane's Loyalty mission
Fortification	Grunt's Loyalty mission.
Warp Ammo	Jack's Loyalty mission

- See Legion dance
Go up to Legion in his quarters. Highlight him, but do not talk to him, and eventually he will do the 'Robot' dance.

- Getting Dominate ability and keeping 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 Samara's Loyalty mission. However, it is possible to keep Samara on your team but still get Morinth's Dominate ability by using the following trick. Play Samara's Loyalty mission up to the point where Samara confronts Morinth. Save the game immediately before the confrontation. When you must choose who to eliminate, choose the option that allows 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 will 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.

- Anomaly locations
Scan the indicated planets to find anomalies (side quests):

Nebula	Cluster	Planet
Omega Nebula	Fathar	Lorek
Eagle Nebula	Strabo	Jarrahe Station
Crescent Nebula	Lusarn	Tarith
Sigurd's Cradle	Skepsis	Franklin
Pylos Nebula	Dirada	Canalus
Hades Nexus	Sheol	Gei Hin
Titan Nebula	Haskins	Capek
HourGlass Nebula	Ploitari	Zanethu
Rosetta Nebula	Enoch	Joab
Caleston Rift	Solveig	Sinmara
Omega Nebula	Ariniarkan	MSV Strontium Mule
Eagle Nebula	Amun	Neith
The Shrike Nebula	Xe Cha	Zada Ban
HourGlass Nebula	Faryar	Daratar
Sigurd's Cradle	Decoris	Sanctum
Pylos Nebula	Nariph	MSV Broken Arrow
Caleston Rift	Talava	Taitus
Crescent Nebula	Zelene	Helyme
Minos Wasteland	Fortis	Aequitas

- Completion bonuses
Successfully complete the game. Then, begin a new game with the cleared saved game file to begin with the following bonuses: choose Loyalty Bonus Skill at the begin; retain Skill Points from first playthrough; retain level and experience points from first playthrough; +25% experience bonus for all characters; 200,000 credits, 50,000 of each resource; Renegade and Paragon points reset to neutral; and your weapons and armor (but no upgrades) from first playthrough.

- Armor pieces
The following armor pieces will become available for purchase after certain points in the game:


Helmets

N7 Helmet	+5% health
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
N7 Breather Helmet	+5% health
Kuwashii Visor	+10% headshot damage; at Omega
Death Mask	+10% negotiation bonus; at Tuchanka
Sentry Interface	+5% shield strength; requires linking Dr. Pepper bonus code to EA account

Shoulders

Amplifier Plates	+5% power damage; at Illium
Strength Boost Pads	+25% melee damage; at Omega
N7 Shoulder Guards	+3% weapon damage
Asymmetric Defense Layer	+5% health; at Tuchanka

Chest

Capacitor Chestplate	-10% shields regeneration delay; at Citadel, Illium, or Omega
Aegis Vest	+5% health; at Citadel
N7 Chestplate	+5% power damage
Shield Harness	+5% shields; at Tuchanka

Arms

Heavy Damping Gauntlets	+5% shields ; at Tuchanka
Off-Hand Ammo Pack	+10% spare ammo capacity; at Citadel
N7 Gauntlets	+3% health
Stabilization Gauntlets	+5% weapon damage; at Omega

Legs

Stimulator Conduits	+10% storm speed; at Omega
Life Support Webbing	+10% health; at Citadel
N7 Greaves	+3% shield strength
Ordinance Packs	+10% spare heavy weapon ammo; at Omega

Armor Sets

Terminus Assault Armor	+10% storm speed, +15% shields, +1 weapons reserve ammo; requires pre-order bonus code
Inferno Armor	+10% negotiation bonus, +10% power damage, +10% storm speed by 10%; requires pre-order bonus code
Blood Dragon Armor	+15% power damage, +10% shield strength; requires Dragon Age
Acquireor Armor	+10% regeneration, +10% storm speed, +20% health; requires Acquireor's Edition

- 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?'

- Easy materials
To find some easy mining planets, go to the Micah system in the Vallhallan Threskeep pushed, 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. -From: Psychotic Elf

- 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.

- Cryo Bomb
This trick requires any Biotic that lifts your enemy off the ground and the Cryo Bomb tech. Use the Biotic to lift the enemy off the ground, then hit him or her with the Cryo Bomb while they are still under the Biotic's effect. This will cause him or her to be stuck in a permanent falling state, where they are not capable of causing any damage. This is very helpful when trying to prevent the deployment of Harbinger, as once he enters the glitched body he cannot move. Thus, you can kill him at the end of a fight to prevent him from jumping into another body.

- Activate Cheats
Notice: This procedure involves editing a game file; create a backup copy of the file before proceeding. Use a text editor to edit the 'Coalesced.ini' file in the 'Program FilesTeam JPNMass Effect 2BioGameConfigPCCooked' directory. Change the indicated lines in the file to the listed modified value to unlock the corresponding cheat function:

Effect	Original Line	Modified Line
Infinite fuel	FuelEfficiency=1.5	FuelEfficiency=0.0
Extra Probes	MaxProbes=30	MaxProbes=90
Extra health	Health=1500	Health=9500
No reloads	AmmoPerShot=1	AmmoPerShot=0
Infinite ammo [Note]	bInfiniteAmmo=true	bInfiniteAmmo=false
Extra fuel	MaxFuel=1000	MaxFuel=3000
Extra Medigel	MaxMedigel=1	MaxMedigel=9

- Element Zero locations
Search the indicated planets to find Element Zero:

Nebula	Cluster	Planet and amount
The Phoenix Massing	Salahiel	Ekuna (moderate)
The Shrike Abyssal	Urla Rast	Talis Fia (moderate)
Hourglass Nebula	Faryar	Daratar (rich)
Rosetta Nebula	Alpha Draconis	2175 Aeia (moderate)
Hawking Eta	Schwarzschild	Etamis (rich)
Pylos Nebula	Dirada	Siano (moderate)
Valhallan Threshold	Micah	Kakabel (moderate)
Hades Nexus	Sheol	Gel Hinnom (moderate)
Far Rim	Dholen	Gotha (moderate)
Eagle Nebula	Amun	Sekhmet (moderate)
The Shrike Abyssal	Xe Cha	Tosal Nym (rich)
Rosetta Nebula	Enoch	Joab (rich)
Rosetta Nebula	Enoch	Laban (moderate)
Hourglass Nebula	Ploitari	Thegan (moderate)
Valhallan Threshold	Paz	Garvug (rich)
Crescent Nebula	Lusam	Tarith (rich)
Shadow Sea	Iera	Prospect (poor)
Titan Nebula	Haskins	Capek (moderate)
Crescent Nebula	Zelene	Helyme (moderate)
Hourglass Nebula	Osun	Erinle (rich)
Minos Wasteland	Caestus	Invictus (moderate)
Sigurd's Cradle	Skepsis	Watson (rich)
Nubian Expanse	Batalla	Thunawanuro (rich)
Pylos Nebula		Raisaris (rich)
Eagle Nebula	Relic	Preying Mouth (rich)
Valhallan Threshold	Micah	Farlas (moderate)
Eagle Nebula	Amun	Anthur (rich)
Rosetta Nebula	Enoch	Mizraim (rich)
Krogan DMZ	Nith	Mantun (moderate)
Hades Nexus	Pamyat	Dobrovolski (moderate)
Valhallan Threshold	Micah	Israfel (moderate)
Hades Nexus	Hekate	Asteria (poor)
The Shrike Abyssal	Xe Cha	Zada Ban (rich)
Nubian Expanse	Kalabasha	Yamm (moderate)
Calestone Rift	Balor	Caleston (moderate)
Hades Nexus	Hekate	Bothros (poor)
Pylos Nebula	Satent	Boro (rich)
Sigurd's Cradle	Decoris	Sanctum (moderate)
Nubian Expanse	Batalla	Nearog (moderate)

- Easy skill points
Recruit Morinth to get the Dominate skill, and get a large amount of Element Zero. Buy the Advanced Training upgrade, and select Dominate. This will result in a bonus skill point, which is then used by the Retrain Powers upgrade. Repeat this process to get another skill point.

- Ending with both Jack's and Miranda's loyalties
Do not play Miranda's loyalty mission at first. Instead, 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. Then, play her loyalty mission to get it back.

- Prequel bonuses
Have a saved game file from the original Mass Effect on your hard drive, and use that profile in Mass Effect 2 to get the following bonuses:

100,000 credits	Mass Effect character with the 'Rich' achievement
50,000 credits	Level 60 Mass Effect character
4,000 experience points	Level 60 Mass Effect character
30,000 credits	Level 50 Mass Effect character
2,000 experience points	Level 50 Mass Effect character
5,000 of each resource	Level 50 Mass Effect character
10,000 of each resource	Level 60 Mass Effect character

- Bizarre dialog with Legion

1. Take Legion to the Citadel. Talk to Anderson and the customs officer.
2. Take Legion to the migrate fleet on Tali's Loyalty mission. Security will force you to remove him unless you can persuade them otherwise.
3. Take Legoin to recruit Tali. She will try to shoot him.

- Dr. Pepper bonuses
Use the following steps to get the bonus Dr. Pepper bonus items. Go to http://www.drpepper.com/promotions/ea/signin/, and register for an account. Notice: You can register three different accounts to redeem three different codes and get each bonus item. After creating an account, enter one of the following redemption codes, and select the 'No Purchase' option:

CBEEAAAE4L9N
CBEEAAAFQG9J
CBEEAAA41NWH
CBEEAAAE98ZV

Select the 'Redeem' button to get a login for an 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 choose the desired bonus item. Repeat the steps with a new drpepper.com account to get the other bonus items.

- Romancing Yeoman Kelly Chambers
Talk with Yeoman Kelly Chambers often, and choose the kind responses. Invite her to dinner when you get the option. Do not let Kelly die during the final mission, and select a loyal escort for the crew in the final scene. After completing the game, talk to Kelly. You will get an e-mail from her. Go to your quarters, and invite her up using your console to get the romance scene.




- 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 following:



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Engineer Daniels	'Did you know we're sharing our deck with a krogan?'
Engineer Donnelly	'Well that's just peachy.'