How to Unlock Tali: Pilgrimage and Make Key Choices in Mass Effect
This section of a Mass Effect wiki guide focuses on the Tali: Pilgrimage Assignment, sometimes referred to as “Tali and the Geth.” It explains how to unlock the mission and lays out the key decisions you’ll need to make during your run.
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- Essential Stats
- Prelude
- Geth Incursions
- Talk to Tali
Essential Stats
- Persuasion Points: N/A
- Minimum Decryption: Easy Decryption
- Minimum Electronics: N/A
Prelude
The lead-in to this Assignment comes from speaking with Tali in the Engineering area aboard the Normandy, located on the lowest decks. After you finish a Mission World, or make progress on an Assignment on an Uncharted World (excluding spaceship-related objectives), you can return to Tali to hear more about what she’s dealing with.
Of the conversations you can have, the third one is the important milestone. During it, Tali explains that she is the daughter of someone connected to the Quarian Admiralty Board, which means she’s under heavy expectations. In particular, the Migrant Fleet believes her Pilgrimage will result in something unusually significant.
These talks aren’t strictly required to trigger the mission, but they provide the background that makes the Assignment’s context click.
Geth Incursions
- Pre-requisite: Complete four Geth Outposts in the “UNC: Geth Incursions” Assignment
- Location: Armstrong Nebula – Grissom – Solcrum
You can’t proceed with this Assignment until you reach the end of the longer “UNC: Geth Incursions” chain, which takes place in the Armstrong Cluster. During that questline, Admiral Hackett orders you to eliminate multiple Geth Outposts to disrupt hostile activity in the region. After you clear the Geth Bases across the Vamshi, Hong, Tereshkova, and Gagarin systems, the final base in the Grissom system becomes available.
Head to Grissom and land on Solcrum, the moon of the third planet in the system. Selecting the target on the map can be a little awkward, so take your time. Also, make sure you bring Tali along—alternatively, Kaidan or Garrus works—since you’ll need Decryption skills for what’s ahead.
Once you arrive, go to the Geth Base located to the east of your starting point, which is marked with a “3” marker on your map. Clear the area by defeating the two Colossi first, then take out the Geth positioned in the three sniper towers before moving deeper.
Inside the base, defeat all remaining Geth, then push toward the side room on the lower level. In the center of that space, you’ll find a Geth Terminal that can be accessed using Easy Decryption. Break into it, and you’ll obtain Geth Data.
Talk to Tali
Back aboard the Normandy, go straight to Engineering and speak with Tali. This is where you’re offered the chance to hand over the Geth Data you recovered. Your options and results are:
- Select “All right” or “Take it” to give Tali a copy of the data, earning +1 Paragon Point.
- Choose “I can’t take that risk” to refuse to give Tali a copy of the data, gaining +1 Renegade Point. This choice also means you won’t be able to continue having any further conversations with Tali on the Normandy.
After you make your selection, the Assignment concludes.
Want more Mass Effect help? The guide also points you toward additional resources:
- Legendary Edition Changes
- How-To Guides
- Key Choices and Consequences
- Romance Options
- Walkthrough
- Side Quests
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