Mass Effect Andromeda: Character Creation

Character Customisation in ME:Andromeda

This page has info on the Character Creation process in Mass Effect: Andromeda.

Choose Gender

Choose the Gender of your character:

• Male: Play as a male character
• Female: Play as a female character

Customize Appearance

Choose the default appearance for Ryder, or select custom appearance to customize your look:

• Default Appearance: Use the default appearance for Ryder. This option does not allow any visual customization
• Custom Appearance: Choose from a variety of preset appearances or fully customize your character's look
  • Head
  • Face
  • Hair
  • Eyes
  • Makeup
  • Scars and Tattoos

Choose Training

Choose the special training Ryder received in the Milky Way before joining the Andromeda Initiative. This training determines what power you'll have from the start and what skills you'll gain early access to.'

Security
During your alliance military service, you focused on learning everything you could about weapons and tactics.
Starting Power
Concussive Shot	Fires a heat-seeking high-impact round to knock down opponents.
Unlocked Skills
Turbocharge	Grants a massive short- term boost to weapon fire rate and thermal clip efficiency.
Combat Fitness	Grants increased durability and the option to carry more weapons into battle.

Biotic
You were effectively "designated biotic" during your Alliance military tenure, assisting your cohorts with your ability to control mass effect fields.
Starting Power
Throw	Use your biotic powers to hurl an opponent through the air.
Unlocked Skills
Singularity	Create a vortex that will trap and disable enemies caught in its field.
Barrier	Bolster your defenses with a powerful biotic barrier.

Technician
As a technician in the Systems Alliance military, you learned to operate drones and hack enemy systems.
Starting Power
Overload	Unleash an electrostatic discharge that deals high damage to shields and synthetic enemies. Can chain to multiple enemies.
Unlocked Skills
Invasion	Hack into your opponent's armor and weapons, infecting them with a computer virus to weaken their defenses and even spread to nearby foes.
Team Support	Develop specialized technology to bolster the survivability of your entire squad.

Leader
You were a team player and a natural leader in the Alliance military. Working closesly with your cohorts for their safety and the safety of others.
Starting Power
Energy Drain	Drain your target's shields to replenish your own. Especially effective against synthetic enemies.
Unlocked Skills
Annihilation	Weave a shifting aura of mass effect fields around you to slowly damage nearby foes.
Team Support	Develop specialized technology to bolster the survivability of your entire squad.

Scrapper
When a fight broke out, you weer always the first soldier in the thick of it - mostly according to Alliance military protocol, and occasionally not.
Starting Power
Charge	Launch yourself like a comet at opponents and regain a portion of your shields on impact
Unlocked Skills
Combat Fitness	Grants increased durability and the option to carry more weapons into battle.
Charge	See above.

Operative
In the Alliance military, you studied covert operations and the tech used by special forces - knowledge you rarely found use for until the Andromeda initiative.
Starting Power
Tactical Cloak	Employ light-bending technology to become invisible for a short duration. Gain a large damage bonus when you break cloak to attack.
Unlocked Skills
Combat Fitness	Grants increased durability and the option to carry more weapons into battle.
Tactical Cloak	See above.

Choose name

Use the default first name or choose your own. Default names are:

• Scott Ryder (Male)
• Sara Ryder (Female)

You can choose a different first name for your character. You cannot change the last name.

Customize Twin

Choose the default appearance for your twin, or customize their look, similar to customizing your main character.

Customize History

Choose the gender of the legendary Commander Shepard, first human spectre and the Hero of the Citadel

• Male Shepard: Commander Shepard was male.
• Female Shepard: Commander Shepard was female.

Upload Character Data

Check this option to upload your character to the Mass Effect Archives website. where you can re-import it in the future or share with friends. Requires an active internet connection.

Import Character Data

If you've set up an account on the Mass Effect Archives website. this option allows you to import a Mass Effect: Andromeda character you've previously uploaded or use custom appearances that others have shared online. An active internet connection is required.