Mass Effect 3 was the culmination of nearly five years of storytelling. Ending the debate aside, Bioware has delivered a satisfying send-off to many of the beloved characters players have come to love throughout the RPG trilogy. However, some can bite the dust. One of those characters is the scientist Salarian: Mordin Solus.
Most of the time, Mordin sacrifices himself to cure genophage, a disease that has affected the war-hungry Krogan for centuries. However, it is actually possible to prevent Mordin from dying and make him a war asset against the Reapers. To meet the criteria for saving Mordin’s life, you’ll have to do a few things in all three games. Here’s what you need to do to save everyone’s favorite Salarian.
Updated by Branden Lizardi on April 15, 2023: For over a decade, we’ve had a salarian-shaped hole in our hearts. Even now, we wonder if Mordin had to die during the ME3 event. But with the relatively recent release of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition on Xbox Game Pass, we have a new excuse to redo the trilogy with Mordin’s livelihood in mind. We’ve revisited this guide and updated it with better information and a cleaner format so that others with the same idea can do the same.
Kill Wrex in Mass Effect 1
Sadly, to save Mordin’s life, he must sacrifice another beloved colleague. Aldnut Rex. In the middle of the Virmire mission, it is revealed that Saren’s base is being used as a facility to create Krogan. Xenophage-related research.
Rex is Resolute Against Base Destruction You start to question his loyalty. Shepard You have to deal with Wrex in some way.. In general, he can talk about it, but Save Mordin, Wrex must die.
by killing him He does not become the leader of Clan Urdnot in Mass Effect 2. Instead, the position goes to his brother Wreav. Wreav wants revenge for what the galaxy has done to his people. A key part of Mordin’s decision in the third game.
Complete Mass Effect 2: His Loyalty Mission
Much of what you need to do to save Mordin will have to be done in the second game.. This makes sense since he’s new to this game.
If you talk to Mordin about halfway through the game, Mordin tells Shepard how the former student, Maelon is believed to have been abducted from Tuchanka’s Krogan homeworld. This will start his loyalty mission.
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How does Mordin play before and during Loyalty missions? He was involved in the xenophage fertilization project.. The project entailed him modifying the original strands of xenophage that Krogan had begun to adapt to, bringing the disease to its former state. The mission reveals that the Krogan clan responsible for the kidnapping, Weryloc, has tried to cure it, resulting in several malicious experiments.
eventually revealed Maelon was not kidnapped, but came voluntarily to treat the genophage.. Players will have the following options: Kill or save Marlon, but eatHer results do not affect the odds You can get Mordin in the next game.
Mass Effect 2: Data Destruction
Data must be destroyed. Save Mordin for the next game. Because data matters It contains information that can be used to save Eve’s life in the next game.. If you don’t have this, she will die. important in persuading Mordin not to sacrifice yourself.
Mass Effect 2: Make him survive a suicide mission
of course, It’s not enough to complete his loyalty mission; you also he survive a suicide mission. Before starting the mission, You have to earn three upgrades for your ship. Otherwise, Shepard will lose three companions before reaching the collector’s base. Mordin can be one such companion..
the upgrade needed Acquired by talking to related characters or completing Loyalty missions about Normandy upgrades. They are:
- heavy ship armor (Jacob)
- multi-core shielding (that)
- Tanix Cannon (Garus)
Once you land on the base One task for which Mordin is best the task is Escorting the crew of the Normandy SR-2. Because he is loyal, he will fully focus on the task at hand and succeed. do not do that choose him for different missions Because he doesn’t suit them.
If he was brought in for Shepard’s squad With a biotic escort, you move among the numerous Collector Seeker hordes. Choose Samara or Jack.. If you choose someone other than those two lower the shield early and potentially resulting in him being dragged to his death by the swarm.
What to do in Mass Effect 3
If Mordin survives the suicide mission, He will appear as Wreav’s inner source in Sur’Kesh.. After saving Eve from Cerberus, he will be in Normandy, he is trying to research a cure. Enough time will pass until he reveals Tuchanka’s Shroud, which can be used to provide healing.
before the mission Shepard will be contacted by Salarian Dalatrass about disturbing treatment. in exchange for Salarian help in the war against the Reapers. In this encounter, she will reveal how those who last used the shroud sabotaged it to prevent a potential cure from being released. Please don’t reveal this to anyone. This allows Mordin to find a solution and ruin your chance to save him.
big moment
After defeating the god of death guarding the shroud, Shepard will meet Mordin on the first floor and talk to him. as the facility collapsed. Here, Mordin reveals that Eve is dead. The result of destroying Maelon’s data. With her dead, no one can stand against Wreav’s ambitions of conquest.
Mordin will insist on going up. You should have enough reputation points. — about half the bar — by choosing the renegade option Convince him not to cure the xenophage yet. He is sure and will leave reluctantly.
The result of saving Mordin Solus
Krogan tricks them into believing that the genophage is now cured.Wreav is no wiser. Modine will go into hiding To keep up the façade, he will never be a companion again, but as mentioned previously, he will be a war asset. He can also talk to you before making a final push on Earth at the end of the game.
in the ending slideshow He is seen working in a lab, seems to be researching another treatment for xenophage. With his heart, he will truly be able to find a cure.