Firebase Zero — Mass Effect: Andromeda Collector's Edition eGuide

Map Legend

Icon	Item
	Ammo
	Devices
	Biotic Explosive
	Incindiary Explosive
	Cryo Explosive
	Electric Explosive
	Extraction
	Objective

Enterprising miners built this fragile outpost to mine an asteroid’s element zero. As enemies hunted the eezo bounty, the miners overloaded the outpost’s systems with all the element zero they could before they fled, resulting in a breathable atmosphere around the outpost’s pylons.

Strategic Points

Landing Pad: This is where your mission starts and ends. A few containers provide decent cover from enemies coming out of Rooms 5 and 6. This location is not conducive to a long defense, due to its lack of line of sight on the lower walkway, which allows enemies to jump up and perform quick close-range attacks.

Enemies on the high ground inside the control tower should be your priority targets if you plan to hold this position. With their higher elevation, enemies can attack you even if you’re behind low cover.

Control Tower: The control tower’s high elevation may make it look like a great spot to set up a defense, but it features only a few small points of cover. Unfortunately, the bulk of the southern-side cover is also destructible.

Instead, use the control tower as a traversal point, quickly boosting up and running through before continuing on, putting as much distance as you can between you and your enemies while you seek new cover.

Pipe Platform: The platform between the two large pipes to the north of the control tower is a great spot to set up a quick defense against enemies to the north or those currently occupying the control tower.

However, it provides no view of the lower walkway or the entrance to Room 8. The lack of visibility allows enemies to boost up onto the platform and engage in melee attacks almost immediately.

Lower Walkway: Low cover points fill the lower walkway, but it features no barriers to prevent enemies from attacking openly from the north or south.

North Corner: The north corner of the map, just outside Room 7, is hands down the best place to set up a defense. As few as two players can defend this area—one defends against enemies coming from the south, while the second defends against those coming from inside Room 7.

Room 7: Room 7 is a small room featuring two doors and one explosive barrel. The north door exits to the north corner. The south door, which exits into Room 8, provides a good look at most of the room, while the northern door acts more as a blind corner.

Room 8: Room 8 is a large room with plenty of cover points, great for taking on enemies who chase you inside.

However, holding Room 8 is problematic. As you kill enemies, more spawn and enter from one of three doors. While a few points offer protection from all angles, only one small cover point offers safety and a view of the entire room.

Room 5: If you’re looking to defend a room on this map, Room 5 is your best option.

Room 5 features multiple cover points protected against each of the three entrances/exits, allowing multiple players to engage enemies safely even if the enemies begin to enter the room.

Room 6: This room is a nice stopping point to quickly defend against weaker enemies. It only has two entrances, one leading to Room 5 and the other leading to the outside.