


In my personal experience, your TMS score should at least be 7800. There has been plenty of discussion online about the required TMS score that ensures the best ending. This does make building your TMS harder, but thankfully the DLC offers a lot of additional War Assets too. It now only includes one overall TMS (Total Military Strength) score. However, since the Legendary Edition doesn't have multiplayer, the War Assets calculator has seen a massive change. War Assets in the original game could also be acquired by playing the multiplayer. In the original game, these War Assets were calculated by a percentage and EMS (Effective Military Strength). The entire gameplay loop of Mass Effect 3 is based on building your overall military strength through War Assets. Fortunately, the fifth ending is what we'll be targeting, which ensures Shepard's rather vague survival.

All of these options result in Shepard's death, with slight variations that might spin off branching endings.

4) Doom the entire galaxy to the Reaper invasion. 3) Synthesize with all organic and synthetic life in the galaxy. In three steps, we'll tell you how you can achieve Mass Effect 3's best ending.īefore we jump into the steps, we must first look at the possible options given to us in the end of the game: 1) Destroy the Reapers. However, there is a way to prevent Shepard from dying, which involves some careful planning before heading into the final fight. However, we've now arrived at the (even more) infamous ending of Mass Effect 3, which results in a handful of choices that inevitably leads to Commander Shepard's death. In case you missed it, we've also got a handy guide on how to keep everyone alive in Mass Effect 2's infamous Suicide Mission. WARNING: Major spoilers ahead for the endings of Mass Effect 3 and the Mass Effect trilogy.īy now, veterans and newcomers alike may have blazed through the Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and arrived at the climax of Mass Effect 3.
