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Tex · 01:04 PM

ALL MINERAL, PROTHEAN ARTIFACTS, ASARI WRITINGS, TURIAN EMBLEMS, LEAGUE OF MEDALLION, AND SALARIAN ID TAG LOCATIONS
original found HERE, with additions made by yours truly.

Some planets have multiple listings; this indicates that you'll need to land to find everything. Some items that you can find don't appear on the game's radar when you land on a planet. You can cover the entire planet looking for items if you like.

All I did was put a marker at where I wanted to go (generally during a quest) and stuff would pop up on my radar as I went. Some of the minerals are literally at the very edges of the map, but since there's more than you really need to collect, it's not always necessary to find every single one on every planet. You can spare a few.

Artemis Tau Cluster

Sparta System
Ontamalca: Hydrogen
Alsages: Rare Element (Plutonium)
Asteroid Cluster: Prothean Data Disc
Edolus: Light Metal (Lithium)
Edolus: ID tag
Knossos System
Archanes: Nitrogen
Athens System
Proteus: Oxygen
Circe: Helium-3
Pharos: Turian Insignia
Macedon System
Porolan: Matriarch's Writings
Fargeluse: Xenon Gas
Sharjila: Asari Writings
Sharjila: Rare Element (Thorium)

Attican Beta

Hercules System
Syided: League of One medallion
Zatorus: Heavy Metal (Gold)
Eletania: Heavy Metal (Gold)
Eletania: Heavy Metal (Palladium)
Feros System
Quana: Cobalt
Sharring: Prothean Data Disc

Maroon Sea Cluster (Unlocked after completing Feros)

Matano System
Rocky Asteroid: Prothean Data Disc
Supay: Light Metal (Magnesium)
Chasca: Prothean Data Disc
Chasca: Light Metal (Beryllium)
Caspian System
Clotanca: Heavy Metal (Iridium)
Farnuri: Heavy Metal (Gold)
Antida: Turian Insignia
Vostuk System
Metallic Asteroid: Heavy Metal (Palladium)
Pataiton: Matriarch's Writings
Nodacrux: Heavy Metal (Gold)
Nodacrux: Turian Insignia

Voyager Cluster

Amazon System
Sonedma: Rare Element (Polonium)
Sybin: Turian Insignia
Tremar: Gas Deposit (Nitrogen)
Agebinium: Rare Element (Samarium)
Agebinium: Turian Insignia
Yangtze System (You must have completed the UNC: Missing Marines quest, and started the UNC: Cerberus quest to land here.)
Binthu: Heavy Metal (Palladium)
Binthu: Rare Element (Uranium)
Binthu: Prothean Data Disc
Dregir: Light Metal (Berylium)
Patajiri: Rare Element (Thorium)
Alrumter: Prothean Data Disc
Columbia System (You must have completed the UNC: Cerberus quest and started the UNC: Hades Dogs quest to land here.)
Ontaheter: Rare Element (Samarium)
Gromar: League of One Medallion
Nepheron: Rare Element (Thorium)
Nepheron: ID Tag

Horse Head Cluster

Strennus System
Yunthori: League of One Medallion
Antitarra: Gas Deposit (Helium-3)
Xawin: Heavy Metal (Iridium). (You must have initiated the UNC: Mission Person quest to land here.)
Insignia (Turian?)
Light Metal (Cobalt)
Heavy Metal (Palladium)
Pax System
Veles: Matriarch's Writings
Fortuna System (You must have initiated the UNC: Hostile Takeover quest to land here.)
Maganlis: Turian Insignia
Therumlon: Rare Element (Plutonium)
Amaranthine: Heavy Metal (Iridium)
Amaranthine: Turian Insignia

Armstrong Nebula

Gagarin System
Junthor: Matriarch's Writings
Antirumgon: Light Metal (Cobalt)
Rayringri: Rare Element (Thorium, must land)
Rayingri: Titanium
League of One Medallion (must land)
Rare Element (Polonium, must land)
Tereshkova System
Patamalrus: Heavy Metal (Iridium)
Thegeuse: Heavy Metal (Mercury)
Carbonaceous Asteroid: League of One Medallion (look for the bright light in the asteroid field)
Antibaar: Prothean Data Disc (must land)
Antibaar: Light Metal (Magnesium)
Antibaar: Heavy Metal (Magnesium)
Hong System
Matar: Matriarch's Writings
Treagir: Light Metal (Plutonium)
Casbin: ID Tag
Casbin: Heavy Metal (Gold)
Casbin: Rare Element (Uranium)
Casbin: Rare Element (Samarium)
Vamshi System
Pregel: Turian Insignia
Maji: Rare Element (Thorium)
Maji: Turian Insignia
Maji: Light Metal (Beryllium)
Maji: Light Metal (Magnesium)
Grissom System
Rocky Asteroid: Rare Element (Polonium)
Benda: League of One Medallion
Zaherux: Light Metal (Beryllium)
Solcrum: Matriarch's Writings

Hawking Eta Cluster

Century System
Metallic Asteroid: Heavy Metal (Palladium)
Canctra: Light Metal (Cobalt)
Tharopto: League of One Medallion
Presrop: Turian Insignia
Presrop: Heavy Metal (Gold)

Styx Theta (Unlocked after completing Noveria)

Erebus System
Quaji: Heavy Metal (Platinum)
Wermani: Prothean Data Disc
Nepmos: Rare Element (Uranium)
Nepmos: League of One Medallion
Nepmos: Light Metal (Titanium)
Nepmos: Heavy Metal (Palladium)
Archeron System
Carbonaceous Asteroid: Turian Insignia
Grosalgen: Light Metal (Magnesium)
Altahe: Rare Element (Samarium)
Altahe: Heavy Metal (Gold)
Altahe: Matriarch's Writings

Argus Rho Cluster

Hydra System
Canrum: Turian Insignia
Syba: Gas Deposit (Helium-3)
Metgos: Turian Insignia
Metgos: Rare Element (Thorium)
Phoenix System
Carbonaceous Asteroid: Prothean Data Disc
Patashi: Rare Element (Samarium)
Vebinok: Light Metal (Cobalt)
Tuntau: Matriarch's Writings
Tuntau: Heavy Metal (Mercury)

Hades Gamma Cluster

Antaeus System
Edmos: Gas Deposit (Hydrogen)
Ploba: Matriarch's Writings
Vemal: Rare Element (Uranium)
Trebin: Turian Insignia
Trebin: Plutonium
Plutus System
Mingito: Rare Element (Uranium)
Clocrolis: Rare Element (Samarium)
Nonuel: Matriarch's Writings
Nonuel: Leage of One Medallion (mercenary corpse)
Nonuel: Rare Element (Samarium)
Dis System (You must have initiated the UNC: Hostile Takeover quest to land here.)
Nearrum: Light Metal (Titanium)
Metallic Asteroid: Light Metal (Lithium)
Raysha: Turian Insignia
Klensal: Platinum
Klensal: League of One Medallion
Cacus System
Zayarter: Heavy Metal (Mercury)
Faringor: Rare Element (Polonium)
Chohe: Matriarch's Writings (three of them in crates/safe at the Anomaly)
Chohe: Heavy Metal (Mercury)
Farinata System
Rocky Asteroid: Light Metal (Magnesium)
Juntauma: Prothean Data Disc
Nepneu: Rare Element (Thorium)

Kepler Verge

Herschel System
Klencory: Matriarch's Writings
Juncro: Gas Deposit (Hydrogen)
Ontarom: Turian Insignia
Ontarom: Heavy Metal (Palladium)

Gemini Sigma

Ming System
Parag: Light Metal (Titanium)
Altanorch: League of One Medallion
Han System
Paravin: Matriarch's Writings
Patatanlis: Light Metal (Beryllium)
Mavigon: Heavy Metal (Gold)
Mavigon: ID Tag

**Keep in mind that there are more metals, medallions, insignias, etc. than the required amount to complete each assignment. Once you collect enough to complete the assignment, you no longer need to search for new ones. Sometimes they give you a little extra XP if you do, but IMO it's not enough to keep me searching.**

ALL KEEPER LOCATIONS (scan the keepers quest):
original found HERE, with adjustments made by yours truly.

Presidium:
4 inside the Citadel Tower
1 outside Citadel Tower, by the avina
1 in the back room of the emporium
1 on the balcony of the embassy lounge
1 in the roughly rectangular room to the right of c-sec HQ at the embassy
1 in the volus and elcor office at the embassy
1 opposite of the avina halfway between the consort chambers and the emporium
1 outside the entrance of the consort chambers
1 outside the wards access entrance, just north of the arguing hana and c-sec officer

Wards:
1 in the rightmost sideroom in the presidium-wards access corridor
1 in the alleyway
1 in the upper markets
1 inside Flux, behind the quasar machines
1 behind the med clinic
1 at the c-sec academy entrance (By the Normandy)
1 inside the traffic control room, c-sec
1 inside the requisition office, c-sec
1 in the hangar bay

Any additions, feel free to reply with 'em.
Any requests, go ahead and ask and I'll do my best to find the answers.

12-15-2007	#2 (permalink)
Tex the cake is a lie! $Tex's Avatar$ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Aperture Science, with cake. Fav 360 Game: GoW, Lost Odyssey, Ninja Gaiden 2, Halo 3 Posts: 1,464 Credits: 1,897	ALL MINERAL, PROTHEAN ARTIFACTS, ASARI WRITINGS, TURIAN EMBLEMS, LEAGUE OF MEDALLION, AND SALARIAN ID TAG LOCATIONS original found HERE, with additions made by yours truly. Some planets have multiple listings; this indicates that you'll need to land to find everything. Some items that you can find don't appear on the game's radar when you land on a planet. You can cover the entire planet looking for items if you like. All I did was put a marker at where I wanted to go (generally during a quest) and stuff would pop up on my radar as I went. Some of the minerals are literally at the very edges of the map, but since there's more than you really need to collect, it's not always necessary to find every single one on every planet. You can spare a few. Artemis Tau Cluster Sparta System Ontamalca: Hydrogen Alsages: Rare Element (Plutonium) Asteroid Cluster: Prothean Data Disc Edolus: Light Metal (Lithium) Edolus: ID tag Knossos System Archanes: Nitrogen Athens System Proteus: Oxygen Circe: Helium-3 Pharos: Turian Insignia Macedon System Porolan: Matriarch's Writings Fargeluse: Xenon Gas Sharjila: Asari Writings Sharjila: Rare Element (Thorium) Attican Beta Hercules System Syided: League of One medallion Zatorus: Heavy Metal (Gold) Eletania: Heavy Metal (Gold) Eletania: Heavy Metal (Palladium) Feros System Quana: Cobalt Sharring: Prothean Data Disc Maroon Sea Cluster (Unlocked after completing Feros) Matano System Rocky Asteroid: Prothean Data Disc Supay: Light Metal (Magnesium) Chasca: Prothean Data Disc Chasca: Light Metal (Beryllium) Caspian System Clotanca: Heavy Metal (Iridium) Farnuri: Heavy Metal (Gold) Antida: Turian Insignia Vostuk System Metallic Asteroid: Heavy Metal (Palladium) Pataiton: Matriarch's Writings Nodacrux: Heavy Metal (Gold) Nodacrux: Turian Insignia Voyager Cluster Amazon System Sonedma: Rare Element (Polonium) Sybin: Turian Insignia Tremar: Gas Deposit (Nitrogen) Agebinium: Rare Element (Samarium) Agebinium: Turian Insignia Yangtze System (You must have completed the UNC: Missing Marines quest, and started the UNC: Cerberus quest to land here.) Binthu: Heavy Metal (Palladium) Binthu: Rare Element (Uranium) Binthu: Prothean Data Disc Dregir: Light Metal (Berylium) Patajiri: Rare Element (Thorium) Alrumter: Prothean Data Disc Columbia System (You must have completed the UNC: Cerberus quest and started the UNC: Hades Dogs quest to land here.) Ontaheter: Rare Element (Samarium) Gromar: League of One Medallion Nepheron: Rare Element (Thorium) Nepheron: ID Tag Horse Head Cluster Strennus System Yunthori: League of One Medallion Antitarra: Gas Deposit (Helium-3) Xawin: Heavy Metal (Iridium). (You must have initiated the UNC: Mission Person quest to land here.) Insignia (Turian?) Light Metal (Cobalt) Heavy Metal (Palladium) Pax System Veles: Matriarch's Writings Fortuna System (You must have initiated the UNC: Hostile Takeover quest to land here.) Maganlis: Turian Insignia Therumlon: Rare Element (Plutonium) Amaranthine: Heavy Metal (Iridium) Amaranthine: Turian Insignia Armstrong Nebula Gagarin System Junthor: Matriarch's Writings Antirumgon: Light Metal (Cobalt) Rayringri: Rare Element (Thorium, must land) Rayingri: Titanium League of One Medallion (must land) Rare Element (Polonium, must land) Tereshkova System Patamalrus: Heavy Metal (Iridium) Thegeuse: Heavy Metal (Mercury) Carbonaceous Asteroid: League of One Medallion (look for the bright light in the asteroid field) Antibaar: Prothean Data Disc (must land) Antibaar: Light Metal (Magnesium) Antibaar: Heavy Metal (Magnesium) Hong System Matar: Matriarch's Writings Treagir: Light Metal (Plutonium) Casbin: ID Tag Casbin: Heavy Metal (Gold) Casbin: Rare Element (Uranium) Casbin: Rare Element (Samarium) Vamshi System Pregel: Turian Insignia Maji: Rare Element (Thorium) Maji: Turian Insignia Maji: Light Metal (Beryllium) Maji: Light Metal (Magnesium) Grissom System Rocky Asteroid: Rare Element (Polonium) Benda: League of One Medallion Zaherux: Light Metal (Beryllium) Solcrum: Matriarch's Writings Hawking Eta Cluster Century System Metallic Asteroid: Heavy Metal (Palladium) Canctra: Light Metal (Cobalt) Tharopto: League of One Medallion Presrop: Turian Insignia Presrop: Heavy Metal (Gold) Styx Theta (Unlocked after completing Noveria) Erebus System Quaji: Heavy Metal (Platinum) Wermani: Prothean Data Disc Nepmos: Rare Element (Uranium) Nepmos: League of One Medallion Nepmos: Light Metal (Titanium) Nepmos: Heavy Metal (Palladium) Archeron System Carbonaceous Asteroid: Turian Insignia Grosalgen: Light Metal (Magnesium) Altahe: Rare Element (Samarium) Altahe: Heavy Metal (Gold) Altahe: Matriarch's Writings Argus Rho Cluster Hydra System Canrum: Turian Insignia Syba: Gas Deposit (Helium-3) Metgos: Turian Insignia Metgos: Rare Element (Thorium) Phoenix System Carbonaceous Asteroid: Prothean Data Disc Patashi: Rare Element (Samarium) Vebinok: Light Metal (Cobalt) Tuntau: Matriarch's Writings Tuntau: Heavy Metal (Mercury) Hades Gamma Cluster Antaeus System Edmos: Gas Deposit (Hydrogen) Ploba: Matriarch's Writings Vemal: Rare Element (Uranium) Trebin: Turian Insignia Trebin: Plutonium Plutus System Mingito: Rare Element (Uranium) Clocrolis: Rare Element (Samarium) Nonuel: Matriarch's Writings Nonuel: Leage of One Medallion (mercenary corpse) Nonuel: Rare Element (Samarium) Dis System (You must have initiated the UNC: Hostile Takeover quest to land here.) Nearrum: Light Metal (Titanium) Metallic Asteroid: Light Metal (Lithium) Raysha: Turian Insignia Klensal: Platinum Klensal: League of One Medallion Cacus System Zayarter: Heavy Metal (Mercury) Faringor: Rare Element (Polonium) Chohe: Matriarch's Writings (three of them in crates/safe at the Anomaly) Chohe: Heavy Metal (Mercury) Farinata System Rocky Asteroid: Light Metal (Magnesium) Juntauma: Prothean Data Disc Nepneu: Rare Element (Thorium) Kepler Verge Herschel System Klencory: Matriarch's Writings Juncro: Gas Deposit (Hydrogen) Ontarom: Turian Insignia Ontarom: Heavy Metal (Palladium) Gemini Sigma Ming System Parag: Light Metal (Titanium) Altanorch: League of One Medallion Han System Paravin: Matriarch's Writings Patatanlis: Light Metal (Beryllium) Mavigon: Heavy Metal (Gold) Mavigon: ID Tag Keep in mind that there are more metals, medallions, insignias, etc. than the required amount to complete each assignment. Once you collect enough to complete the assignment, you no longer need to search for new ones. Sometimes they give you a little extra XP if you do, but IMO it's not enough to keep me searching. ALL KEEPER LOCATIONS (scan the keepers quest): original found HERE, with adjustments made by yours truly. Presidium: 4 inside the Citadel Tower 1 outside Citadel Tower, by the avina 1 in the back room of the emporium 1 on the balcony of the embassy lounge 1 in the roughly rectangular room to the right of c-sec HQ at the embassy 1 in the volus and elcor office at the embassy 1 opposite of the avina halfway between the consort chambers and the emporium 1 outside the entrance of the consort chambers 1 outside the wards access entrance, just north of the arguing hana and c-sec officer Wards: 1 in the rightmost sideroom in the presidium-wards access corridor 1 in the alleyway 1 in the upper markets 1 inside Flux, behind the quasar machines 1 behind the med clinic 1 at the c-sec academy entrance (By the Normandy) 1 inside the traffic control room, c-sec 1 inside the requisition office, c-sec 1 in the hangar bay Any additions, feel free to reply with 'em. Any requests, go ahead and ask and I'll do my best to find the answers. __________________ Last edited by Tex; 12-18-2007 at 01:04 PM.