Mass Effect Legendary Edition - Locations
The places the trilogy visits, roughly in the order a first playthrough encounters them: the Citadel and the Normandy, the Mass Effect 1 hunt for Saren across the Attican Traverse, the Terminus Systems and Omega of Mass Effect 2, and the galactic war fronts of Mass Effect 3. Each entry lists the sto...
We are updating the data
These pages are being expanded and corrected right now, so some entries may be
incomplete or out of date. Check back soon for the full dataset.
of 23 entries
· updated 2026-09-15
| Name | Type | Description | Region | Points Of Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Citadel | Hub / Capital Station | The seat of the Citadel Council and the hub of all three games, a colossal Prothean station that doubles as a mass relay. | Serpent Nebula, Widow system | Presidium and the Council chambers Wards and the Wards access corridors C-Sec Academy Citadel Tower Silversun Strip (Citadel add-on) |
| SSV Normandy SR-1 | Starship / Hub | The prototype stealth frigate commanded by Anderson and then Shepard in Mass Effect 1, and the base the player returns to between missions. | Alliance service | CIC and galaxy map Combat information centre and squad briefings Medical bay Mako garage |
| Normandy SR-2 | Starship / Hub | The larger Cerberus-built frigate that serves as the hub of Mass Effect 2 and 3. | Cerberus, later Alliance | CIC and galaxy map Squad deck and crew quarters Research lab and armoury AI core (EDI) Shuttle bay |
| Eden Prime | Colony | The human colony attacked in Mass Effect 1's opening mission, where Shepard first sees a Prothean beacon and where Saren's involvement becomes clear. | Attican Traverse | Prothean beacon excavation site Colony spaceport Prothean ruins (Mass Effect 3) |
| Feros | Colony World | A dying colony built on Prothean skyscraper ruins, where the Thorian, an ancient telepathic plant, has taken over the settlers. | Attican Traverse | Zhu's Hope colony ExoGeni headquarters The Thorian's chamber Prothean skyway |
| Noveria | Corporate World | A frozen world leased to corporations for research that regulations forbid elsewhere, and the site of Saren's rachni experiments. | Horse Head Nebula | Port Hanshan Peak 15 research facility Hot labs and rachni queen chamber |
| Therum | Archaeological Site | A Prothean excavation world where Liara T'Soni is trapped inside a collapsing ruin while geth and a krogan battlemaster close in. | Knossos system | Prothean dig site Lava tunnels Prothean ruin interior |
| Virmire | Military Facility | Saren's krogan breeding and indoctrination facility, and the mission that forces the trilogy's hardest early choice: saving Kaidan or Ashley. | Styx Theta | Saren's research facility Krogan cloning tanks Sovereign's landing site Salarian STG camp |
| Ilos | Prothean Ruins | The lost Prothean world where the Conduit, a miniature mass relay back to the Citadel, is hidden. | Hourglass Nebula | Vigil's chamber Conduit approach Prothean archive |
| Omega | Station / Hub | A mining station turned lawless city ruled by Aria T'Loak, and the first major hub of Mass Effect 2. | Terminus Systems | Afterlife club Aria's command deck Mordin's clinic Archangel's hideout Cerberus assault staging area (Omega DLC) |
| Illium | Corporate World / Hub | An asari corporate world where commerce runs on contracts and legal assassination, and the second hub of Mass Effect 2. | Silean Nebula | Nos Astra spaceport Eternity bar Liara's office Dantius Towers |
| Tuchanka | Homeworld | The krogan homeworld, a nuclear-scarred wasteland of clan holds and ruins, and the setting for the trilogy's genophage storyline. | Krogan DMZ | Urdnot camp The Rite of Passage arena Mordin's clinic The Shroud (Mass Effect 3) Hollows |
| Collector Base | Endgame Facility | The Collector stronghold beyond the Omega 4 relay and the final mission of Mass Effect 2. | Galactic core approach | Collector vessel hangar Harvesting chambers Reaper core Human-Reaper skeleton |
| Mars | Research Facility | The opening mission of Mass Effect 3, where Shepard finds Prothean data in an Alliance archive while Cerberus attacks. | Sol system | Prothean archive Alliance research facility Cerberus assault route |
| Palaven and Menae | War Front | The turian homeworld and its moon, both under Reaper assault when Shepard arrives in Mass Effect 3. | Trebia system | Menae military bases Turian Hierarchy command post Palaven orbital view |
| Sur'Kesh | Homeworld | The salarian homeworld and the site of the krogan females held in STG custody. | Sakharov system | STG base Dalatrass's compound Jungle approach |
| Rannoch | Homeworld | The quarian homeworld, lost to the geth three centuries before the trilogy, and the setting for Mass Effect 3's resolution of the geth and quarian war. | Perseus Veil | Quarian forward base Geth server hub Admiralty board Reaper destroyer site |
| Thessia | Homeworld | The asari homeworld and the site of the Prothean artifact that holds the key to the Crucible. | Athena Nebula | Serrice spaceport Temple of Athame Asari Councilor's office |
| Cronos Station | Enemy Stronghold | The Illusive Man's hidden Cerberus headquarters and the last mission before Mass Effect 3's finale. | Unknown space | Cerberus command centre Reaper tech labs Illusive Man's office |
| Earth (London) | War Front / Finale | The final battle of Mass Effect 3, fought through the ruins of London and up to the Citadel beam. | Sol system | London landing zone Reaper destroyer street fight Citadel beam approach The Citadel control chamber |
| Hagalaz (Shadow Broker Ship) | DLC Location | The Shadow Broker's ship, hidden inside a gas giant's storm and the setting for the Lair of the Shadow Broker add-on. | Sowilo system | Ship exterior approach Broker's server core Observation deck |
| Despoina and the Leviathan Sites | DLC Location | The three investigation sites of the Leviathan add-on, which trace the Reapers back to the beings that created them. | Namakli, Mahavid, Despoina | Mahavid mining facility Namakli dig site Despoina ocean floor |
| Aite (Overlord Facility) | DLC Location | The research world of the Overlord add-on, where a rogue geth project has networked a human mind into a virtual reality. | Phoenix system | Project Prometheus facilities Hammerhead traversal routes Vulcan Station core |
No matching entries
Try a different search term.