Mass Effect 1: All Squadmates & How to Recruit Them

Mass Effect 1 is filled with memorable characters. You’ll become incredibly close with the members that end up joining your squad and fight alongside you to expose Saren for who he really is. In this guide, we’ll go over all of the squadmates you can get in Mass Effect 1 and how to recruit them into your party in the Legendary Edition.

All Mass Effect 1 Squadmates:

1. Recruiting Kaiden Alenko

Kaiden Alenko is an original member of the Normandy and you’ll begin your adventure with him without having to do anything at all. It is impossible to miss adding Kaiden as a member of your crew.

Kaiden is a powerful Human Sentinel and can use a wide variety of biotic and tech powers, however, is less proficient with weapons as compared to some other squamates that focus more on combat or are a mix of combat and something else.

Kaiden is a romance option for female Shepards.

2. Recruiting Ashley Williams

Ashley Williams will join the Normandy crew as a squadmate after completing the prologue mission on Eden Prime. Regardless of how the events play out on Eden Prime, Captain Anderson will assign her to the Normandy.

Ashley is a Human soldier and is entirely focused on making use of all different kinds of weaponry. If you need a tanky and hard-hitting squadmate, Ashley is a great choice.

Ashley is romance option for male Shepards.

3. Recruiting Liara T’Soni

Liara T’Soni is not missable, however, you can put off adding her to your squad for quite some time if you want. However, we wouldn’t recommend it. Liara will be recruited to the Normandy squad after completing the Find Liara T’Soni mission in the Artemis Tau Cluster. We recommend you recruit her right away as she provides valuable insight into the story and characters of Mass Effect 1.

Liara is an extremely powerful Asari adept. She has access to the most powerful biotic powers in the game and there are few squadmates better equipped to crowd control and disrupt groups of enemies in Mass Effect 1.

Liara is a possible romance option for both male and female Shepards.

4. Recruiting Garrus Vakarian

Garrus Vakarian is a missable squadmate in Mass Effect 1. In order to add him to your squad, you must complete the mission, Citadel: Garrus, which is added after your first visit to the Citadel. Be sure to complete this mission and add him to the squad in order to ensure you don’t miss him for the first game.

Garrus is a Turian long-range infiltrator with the added perk of being a tech expert. Garrus, thus, is great particularly for missions against dangerous Geth where you want to keep your distance while also stripping them of their shields.

Garrus is not romanceable in Mass Effect 1.

5. Recruiting Urdnot Wrex

Urdnot Wrex is a missable squadmate in Mass Effect 1. You’ll need to make sure you complete his introductory mission Citadel: Wrex shortly after checking in with the council after your first visit to the Citadel. Speak to Barla Von for more information on where to find Wrex and/or head to Chora’s Den to get started. Either way, make sure you complete the mission in its entirety and invite Wrex to join the crew to add him.

Wrex is an extremely powerful Krogan Battlemaster proficient in both biotics (particularly defensive ones) and hard-hitting weaponry like shotguns and assault rifles. There are few situations where Wrex, with his high HP regeneration and powerful abilities, isn’t helpful.

Wrex is not romanceable in any Mass Effect game.

6. Recruiting Tali’Zorah nar Rayya

Tali’Zorah nar Rayya is not missable and will be recruited upon the conclusion of the Expose Saren mission whether you choose to add Garrus & Wrex or not, or even if disagree with her being added onto the ship as Udina will ensure that she ends up in your squad.

You wouldn’t want to pass on Tali anyway as she is an extremely powerful tech specialist that can absolutely cripple the Geth, one of the most numerous enemies that you fight in Mass Effect 1. In fact, she can even hack powerful Geth, giving you a major advantage on the battlefield.

Tali is not romanceable in Mass Effect 1.

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That’s all you need to know for how to get all the squadmates in Mass Effect 1 and how to recruit them. For more tips, tricks and FAQs answered be sure to check out our wiki guide that is filled with helpful guides.

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