Should I save Aralakh company or rachni?

Rachni Queen
If you leave the rachni to die, you will gain Aralakh Company as a war asset worth 25 points, but no rachni assets. If you choose to rescue the original queen from Noveria, Aralakh Company will suffer grievous losses in the holding action, reducing their strength by 25 points.
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Is it worth it to save the Rachni Queen?

She can become a powerful war asset and ally if she lives, but saving her a second time can have disastrous consequences. If she dies, players will have to face the artificial Queen come Mass Effect 3, but that Queen turns out to be a bad ally and asset no matter if Shepard chooses to save her or leave her.
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What happens if you save the Rachni?

In Mass Effect 3, if you saved the Rachni Queen, she will be captured by the Reapers. However, unlike most other sentient beings, she is resistant to the Reaper indoctrination, and thus proves useless to them. She is kept in shackles, and you must lead an assault on the base where she is kept in order to free her.
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Should I help the Rachni Queen ME3?

Overall, it's a better choice to help the Rachni Queen escape the reaper nest, but only if you let the one on Noveria leave. If you did not, leave her and get out of the caves with Aralakh company.
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Should you save the Rachni Queen in Mass Effect?

Overall, the best decision is to save the Rachni Queen. She offers more benefits to having saved her in Mass Effect 1 than killing her. When she appears again in Mass Effect 3, and you choose to save her from the nest, she becomes a superb asset.
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Mass Effect 3 - What Happens If You Save the Rachni Queen? (SAVE OR KILL?)



Does the Rachni Queen betray you?

If you enlist the help of the Clone Rachni Queen: the clone isn't the same Rachni Queen, and ultimately will betray you. You initially get 100 points of Rachni support for the war; but ultimately they turn on you later in the game, and an email will reveal that they have fleed.
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Should I save or sacrifice the council?

Weighing the pros and cons, it's best to save the Citadel Council at the end of Mass Effect 1. Whilst having the Destiny Ascension as a war asset is worth slightly less compared to the fully stocked Alliance fleets (70 vs. 100), Shephard will have an easier time throughout the trilogy by sparing the alien leadership.
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What happens if you save Aralakh company?

Shepard has a choice to either save the queen (sacrificing Aralakh Company) or let her die (saving Aralakh Company). If she is saved, Aralakh is slaughtered, and Grunt makes a last stand holding off the rachni Husks called Ravagers.
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Does grunt survive the rachni?

If Shepard chose to spare either queen, Grunt dies if his loyalty wasn't secured prior to the suicide mission. If Shepard chose to abandon either queen, Grunt survives regardless of his prior loyalty, limping out of the rachni nest all bloody and asking for something to eat.
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Is the Rachni Queen indoctrinated?

She is located on Utukku, deep within a perversion of a rachni hive filled with Reaper technology. Her young are indoctrinated and converted into Ravagers for the Reapers' forces.
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Can you save matriarch Benezia?

Fortunately, Benezia is on her own for the final phase, so avoid her biotic attacks and lay your own at her to bring her down. Even though she can briefly be her former self, she knows she can't escape Saren's mind control as long as she's still alive.
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Is grunt immune to Genophage?

Grunt is a genetically engineered tank-bred Krogan super soldier. He is the pinnacle of Krogan evolution, possessing the traits of the greatest of Krogan Warlords. Grunt is excessively violent, loving nothing more than a good fight. Unlike most Krogan, Grunt is immune to the effects of the genophage.
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Can you stop grunt from dying?

If Shepard tries to save either of them, Grunt's team covers their escape and suffers heavy losses. The only way to keep a non-loyal Grunt alive during this cover is to avoid putting his team in harm's way and choosing to let the Queen or Breeder die.
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Are the keepers rachni?

In addition to this, the keepers who maintain the Citadel were either engineered from the same original species that the rachni were created from, or in the case that the rachni are the original, the keepers are altered rachni like the Collectors are for the Protheans.
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Can you save mordin and cure the Genophage?

During Mass Effect 3's main story mission “Priority: Tuchanka,” Mordin will need to stay behind in the exploding Shroud tower in order to successfully disperse a cure for the Genophage. Under the majority of playthrough scenarios, there is no way for Mordin to survive the blast and he will die as a result.
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Does saving the council matter Mass Effect 3?

Save or Sacrifice the Council in Mass Effect Legendary Edition. For starters, choosing to save the council will result in the most paragon points for your Shepard and will ultimately have the best impact on your future ventures.
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Is Mass Effect 1 or 2 better?

In comparison, Mass Effect 2 seems to be much more gameplay-focused than story-heavy. For one, the crew is much larger, including only a couple of familiar faces from Mass Effect 1, but making up for it by introducing around a dozen new characters to serve as part of Shepard's crew.
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Should you save Wrex?

Commander Shepard should not kill Wrex in Mass Effect as there's no real reason to unless the player is going for a Renegade run. But quelling him won't be difficult if players have put 8 points in either Charm or Intimidate. Simply not having enough charisma points is the biggest factor in this decision.
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What happens if you never wake up grunt?

To put things simply, never opening Grunt's tank is very much like leaving him to die at the end of Mass Effect 2, and the results are primarily seen during a side mission in Mass Effect 3.
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Who replaces Tali in me3?

Also Tali, while nobody takes her place on your squad, is replaced plotwise with Admiral Shala'raan Vas Tombay.
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Did Shepard survive?

A BioWare staffer confirms that Shepard is alive in one of the Mass Effect 3 endings. Fans of Mass Effect 3 may have gotten what they wanted with the release of the Extended Cut of the game, released last week by BioWare.
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Why is grunt's head different?

Why? because he's a baby. Grunt hasn't even gone through puberty when you unlock him. Hell, that happens while you're playing.
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Should I wake the Krogan Mass Effect 2?

Yes, there is no downside to waking him up, he is a badass.
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What happens if grunt dies in me2?

As mentioned in 's answer, Grunt is replaced by Urdnot Dagg if he died in Mass Effect 2. Functionally the quest is the same either way, with no change to the end of the quest where: Grunt/Dagg will sacrifice himself so that that you can make it to your shuttle no matter which choice you make.
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