Xbox 360 Achievements
Mass Effect 2 Walkthrough and Guide
Achievements
There are achievements for every major mission and loyalty mission in Mass Effect 2. You are also rewarded for exploring all the planets in the game, playing on harder difficulties and locating new codex entries. The full list is below and contains spoilers if you haven’t already completed the game.
Note that loyalty missions are unavailable until after the Horizon quest, and they then must be activated and researched by talking to your team mates on board the Normandy.
Missing in Action (5G)
Save your crew from an overwhelming attack [Survive the Normandy Prologue]
Very Elusive (10G)
Return to active duty [Survive Freedom’s Progress]
The Convict (10G)
Successfully recruit the biotic Convict [Complete the Purgatory Prison Ship mission]
The Krogan (10G)
Successfully recruit the krogan [Complete the mission on Korlus)
The Archangel (10G)
Successfully recruit Archangel [Complete the Archangel mission on Omega]
The Professor (10G)
Successfully recruit the Professor [Deal with the quarantine on Omega]
The Quarian (10G)
Successfully recruit the quarian [Assist the quarians on Haestrom]
The Justicar (10G)
Successfully recruit the Justicar [Solve the murder on Illium]
The Assassin (10G)
Successfully recruit the Assassin [Locate the assassin on Illium]
Friend or Foe (10G)
Obtain geth technology [Reactivate the geth at the end of the Reaper IFF mission]
Colony Defense (25G)
Defend a human colony from attack [Save Horizon from the geth]
The Prodigal (10G)
Gain the loyalty of the Cerberus Officer [Complete Miranda’s loyalty mission on Illium]
Ghost of the Father (10G)
Gain the loyalty of the Cerberus Operative [Complete Jacob’s loyalty mission which begins on the Normandy]
Catharsis (10G)
Gain the loyalty of the biotic Convict [Complete Jack’s loyalty mission on Pragia]
Battlemaster (10G)
Gain the loyalty of the krogan [Complete Grunt’s loyalty mission on Tuchanka]
Fade Away (10G)
Gain the loyalty of Archangel [Complete Garrus’s loyalty mission on the Citadel]
The Cure (10G)
Gain the loyalty of the Professor [Complete Mordin’s loyalty mission on Tuchanka]
Treason (10G)
Gain the loyalty of the quarian [Complete Tali’s loyalty mission at the quarian Flotilla]
Doppelganger (10G)
Help the Justicar resolve her mission [Complete Samara’s loyalty mission on Omega]
Cat's in the Cradle (10G)
Gain the loyalty of the Assassin [Complete Thane’s loyalty mission on the Citadel]
A House Divided (10G)
Hack a geth collective [Complete Legion’s loyalty mission on the geth space station]
Ghost Ship (25G)
Complete the investigation of a derelict alien vessel [Complete the Collector Ship mission]
Suicide Mission (50G)
Use the Omega 4 Relay [Travel through the relay]
Mission Accomplished (125G)
Save humanity throughout the galaxy from certain annihilation [Complete the game on any difficulty]
Against All Odds (15G)
Survive suicide mission [Complete Suicide Mission]
Insanity (75G)
Complete the game on the "Insanity" difficulty level without changing the setting
No One Left Behind (75G)
Keep your team alive through the suicide mission [Don’t allow any of your team to die during the suicide mission]
Long Service Medal (75G)
Complete Mass Effect 2 twice, or complete it once with a character imported from Mass Effect 1
Paramour (50G)
Successfully pursue a relationship with a teammate
Head Hunter (10G)
Perform 30 headshot kills with any weapon on humanoid targets
Brawler (10G)
Shoot and kill 20 enemies while they're knocked back by a punch
Big Game Hunter (10G)
Thresher Maw defeated [Kill the Thrasher Maw on the third round of Grunt’s loyalty quest – you need to finish it off rather than merely surviving as the mission objective for this area states]
Tactician (10G)
Hit 20 different targets with multiple biotic powers to combine the effects [i.e. use Pull to get the enemy in the air and then Warp to thrash them apart – repeat 20 times]
Master at Arms (15G)
Kill enemies with 5 different heavy weapons during the game [More heavy weapons are found during missions or can be researched]
Merciless (10G)
Make 20 enemies scream as they fall or are set on fire
Overload Specialist (15G)
Disrupt the shields of 25 enemies
Warp Specialist (15G)
Warp the barriers of 25 enemies
Incineration Specialist (15G)
Incinerate the armour of 25 enemies
Operative (15G)
Complete a mission discovered by scanning an unexplored world [Use the Normandy to scan and investigate anomalies on certain planets]
Agent (50G)
Complete 5 missions discovered by scanning unexplored worlds [see above]
Prospector (5G)
Retrieve mineral resources by scanning and probing a planet in the galaxy map [Uses the same method as above, but the probe collects resources rather than allowing landing]
Explorer (10G)
Visit 100% of the planets in an unexplored cluster
Power Gamer (10G)
Reach Level 30 with one character [You will need to complete the game and start again with the same character to reach Level 30]
Scholar (15G)
Unlock 15 new Mass Effect 2 codex entries
Technician (15G)
Obtain 10 technology upgrades
Weapon Specialist (15G)
Fully upgrade a weapon
Scientist (10G)
Complete any research project in the Normandy's laboratory
Fashionista (5G)
Personalize your armour in your quarters on the Normandy
Power Full (15G)
Evolve any power [By reaching Level 4 and upgrading]
Highly Trained (15G)
View all advanced combat training videos at Shepard's private terminal.
Revenge! (15G)
Gain the loyalty of the mercenary [Complete Zaeed’s (free DLC for Cerberus Network users) mission on the planet Zorya]
Broke, Blind, and Bedlam (15G)
Gain the loyalty of the thief (complete Kasumi Goto's loyalty mission, Kasumi: Stealing Memory)
I think there should be an achievement for mining and depleting all the planets in the galaxy.