Virmire: Base Approach – Mass Effect

This guide will help you explore the Base Approach area of Virmire in Mass Effect.

Virmire: Base Approach Map

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1. Arrival
2. Communications Tower
3. Geth Resistance
4. Geth Resistance
5. Geth Resistance
6. Satellite Uplink Tower
7. Krogan Warriors
8. Upgrade Kit
9. Geth Resistance
10. Refueling Platform
11. Geth Resistance
12. Exit

Virmire: Base Approach Overview

1 – Arrival

Once the assault begins, Captain Kirrahe radios you and asks that you keep an eye out for opportunities to sabotage the Geth defenses so that his teams have a better chance of surviving the attack. This triggers a new assignment called “Virmire: Assisting Kirrahe’s Team”.

2 – Communications Tower

As you approach this communications tower, a Geth Shock Trooper and Geth Trooper will open fire on you while a Geth Sniper and Geth Shock Trooper shoot from the tower’s platform. There’s also a Geth Destroyer up there, so be careful.

When all the Geth have been taken out, loot the weapon locker on the platform and disrupt Geth communications using the nearby triangulation tower console. That should help Kirrahe and his men.

3 – Geth Resistance

Two Geth Troopers patrol this route.

4 – Geth Resistance

A Geth Trooper and two Geth Assault Drones guard this pathway.

5 – Geth Resistance

A single Geth Rocket Drone awaits you here.

6 – Satellite Uplink Tower

Take out the Geth Shock Trooper and Krogan Warrior guarding this tower, then use the aid station and destroy the satellite uplink to slow the Geth down even more. You’ll also gain a couple of Paragon points.

7 – Krogan Warriors

Kill the two Krogan Warriors stationed on this platform and grab the valuables in the crate before moving on.

8 – Upgrade Kit

Snatch the items from the upgade kit lying at the back of this cave.

9 – Geth Resistance

The Geth Destroyer and Geth Rocket Trooper located on this platfom will make your job a little tougher.

10 – Refueling Platform

You’ll most likely have a Geth Destroyer and a Geth Rocket Trooper pestering you on your way here, so make sure they’re dead before reaching the refueling platform. Here, you’ll be facing three Geth Assault Drones and two Geth Rocket Drones. Blast them out of the sky for several Paragon points and another step completed for the “Virmire: Assisting Kirrahe’s Team” assignment.

11 – Geth Resistance

Your final approach on the research facility will pit you against two Geth Snipers and two Krogan Warriors. When they’re dead, there’s a crate to be looted on the south side of this platform and a storage locker on the north end.

12 – Exit

Continue through this door to reach the Virmire: Base Entry map.