Mass Effect 1 How To Romance Ashley

This page of IGN's Mass Effect Legendary Edition guide is all about How to Romance Ashley Williams through the entire Mass Outcome Trilogy, including how to successfully initiate and complete it for the Paramour Trophy.

Started in...	Gender Preference	Romance Type	Romance Scene?
Mass Effect 1 & 3	Male person	Serious	Yes

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It goes without saying that there are Big SPOILERS for all three Mass Outcome games on this folio.

Mass Event 1

- Complications with Liara
Mass Effect ii
Mass Issue 3

- Clearing Your Proper noun
- Citadel Coup
- Locking In Ashley
- Later on Locking In

Uniquely, if you lot aren't able to Romance Ashley in Mass Effect 1, you tin can take another shot in Mass Outcome 3.

Mass Event 1

If you're playing as a Male Commander Shepard, Ashley will be the i to interfere with the Prothean Buoy on Eden Prime during the Find the Buoy mission. You can begin flirting with her in places after that, such as immediately after the Med-Bay scene, or the Breathtaking View on the Citadel.

You aren't able to progress the Romance for existent nevertheless until you complete your first Mission World (either Therum, Noveria or Feros). At this betoken, you have an extended conversation with her regarding her mistrust of aliens and her armed forces service. Y'all'll want to avoid picking "You're out of line!" since that will forcefully close down the conversation. At the end is where you beginning progressing the Romance: selection "What about me?" to do so.

After the second Mission World, Ashley will talk nearly her military family, including a lengthy story well-nigh her sis. At the end she'll recite some Alfred Tennyson; avoid picking "Bored now" or "What'southward this crap?". Assuming you do that, you lot'll then talk almost her Christianity. Avert picking "Proceed it to yourself" or "Are you a fanatic?" to not upset her. Once you do that, Ashley will allude to you 2 being something more. Selection "We will" or "Oh?" to progress the Romance.

Afterwards the third Mission Earth, Ashley will talk near her grandfather and why his legacy has held her career down. So long as you haven't been abrasive to her earlier and right now, information technology'south impossible to displease her and the Romance volition exist progressed. If you talk with her again, you'll have a more direct conversation on your relationship, although at the railroad train tin can't be stopped in this substitution.

Towards the end of Virmire is where things get complicated. At a certain bespeak yous'll be asked to rescue either Ashley or Kaidan: 1 of them will be at an AA Tower, while the other will exist at the makeshift flop. If you want to continue the Romance with Ashley, you'll need to pick "Rescue Ashley" and so that she tin live.

After you complete all iv Mission Worlds and render to the Citadel, the Normandy will be grounded, and Ashley will appear to condolement Shepard while stuck on the ship. This is when your Romance with Ashley will be Locked In, and information technology volition happen unless y'all consistently pick Renegade options and be abrasive to her.

One time yous take a Locked In Romance, and then when you go to Ilos and start the one-way ticket to the terminate of the game, Ashley will approach Shepard in their quarters. This is when you'll go the Romance Scene, unless you plow Ashley abroad with Renegade choices.

If you want Ashley to exist with you at the end of the game, you lot should really selection her when landing on Ilos. This is because you won't become another shot to pick your Squad subsequently that point.

Complications with Liara

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Liara is one Mass Effect 1'south major complications when it comes to Romance. Because her young soul is all to eager to learn more than about Shepard, she'll make some unintended advances towards Shepard even if you're trying to Romance Ashley.

One Mission World later recruiting Liara, Ashley will say she's surprised you're not chatting it upwards with Liara. Unfortunately none of the given options is plenty to convince Ashley that you lot're non interested in her, simply avoiding the abrasive "You're out of line" is always a good idea.

If you've been making romantic advances with both Ashley and Liara, then ii Mission Worlds after recruiting Liara both she and Ashley volition approach you in the Comm Room almost it. You'll take iii options here:

If you option "It'due south not like that" and then "Goodbye, Liara", you'll choose Ashley over Liara, and a Romance with Liara volition be locked out.
If you pick "Don't be", you'll pick Liara, and a Romance with Ashley volition be ceased.
If you pick "Can't I have you both?" at any time, BOTH of them will be upset with you and you'll exist locked out of a Romance with Ashley. You can however rekindle a Romance with Liara if you selection this.

Notably, Ashley will exist surprised to observe herself pitiful for Liara afterwards sending her abroad, which is the earliest signal in time Ashley starts getting over her xenophobia.

Mass Effect 2

Due to Shepard working with Cerberus and Ashley working for the Alliance, you'll unfortunately only have one face up-to-face interaction with her in Mass Effect 2, which is the end of the Horizon Mission. Interestingly, what you say to her in this scene has no bearing on the relationship. One time you lot render to the Normandy, yous'll have an email from Ashley apologizing for what she said and wishing you luck.

What actually determines the fate of your relationship is your faithfulness to Ashley. If you Romance either Miranda, Jack or Tali in Mass Effect 2, and then you lot'll be confronted past her near it and have to make your pick. If you remain loyal to her throughout Mass Effect 2, her photo will remain in Shepard's Cabin and he will look at information technology subsequently you initiate the Suicide Mission.

Ultimately an Ashley Romance won't accelerate at all in Mass Issue 2 via straight interactions with her, it's much more adamant by if yous Romance any other Squad Mates in the interim.

You won't have to worry about Ashley surviving the Suicide Mission: since she's never role of Normandy'due south Coiffure in Mass Result 2, she'due south at no chance whatsoever.

Mass Effect three

Ashley is unique among the Mass Result three Romance options considering she is ane of only three who can both exist Romanced for the start fourth dimension in this game, or have a Romance from a previous game connected.

Clearing Your Proper name

The get-go thing you lot need to do before even thinking of Romancing her is to clear your proper name. After all, you were dead for two years and and then worked with Cerberus, then Ashley has a lot of reasons to be suspicious of you.

Offset, during Priority: Mars, Ashley will have ii scenes where she asks virtually your alliance with Cerberus. You'll want to answer "It was a temporary alliance" and "You know me meliorate than that" for the offset scene, while for the second scene you'll want to option "You lot call up I'thou like him?" and "I'grand still that guy".

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At the end of Priority: Mars, she'll be gravely injured, and spend the side by side while at Huerta Memorial Hospital on the Citadel. While you tin become her The Nerveless Alfred Tennyson from Sirta Supplies in the infirmary, information technology'southward ultimately your conversations when she wakes upward that matters.

After completing another Mission, she'll drib you an email to let yous know you can visit her at Huerta. If you were Loyal to her and didn't Romance anybody in Mass Effect 2, you'll be able to reaffirm that yous nevertheless love her, or be more reluctant. If y'all weren't and Romanced Tali, Miranda or Jack, you lot'll take the option to cull Ashley over them.

After completing a second Mission, Ashley will send yous another bulletin letting you lot know she's accepted the Spectre position, and is up and about. Y'all'll desire to visit her again for reasons that will become clear below.

Citadel Insurrection

Things come up to a caput in Priority: The Citadel Ii, where Udina helps Cerberus launch a insurrection against the Citadel Quango and is escorted out past Ashley. Hither you'll demand to pass a Trust check, where diverse deportment in the past will determine if Ashley trusts you enough to side with y'all over Udina, which ultimately decides if she lives or dies. Hither's all of the points you can earn or deduct:

Romancing Ashley in the starting time place during Mass Issue i gets you +2 Points.
Sparing the Council at the end of Mass Effect 1 gets you +1 Signal. Sacrificing the Council gets you -i Point.
If Kirrahe died in Mass Effect 1 and Thane died in Mass Consequence 2, y'all become -2 Points.

- The reason for this is because nobody is there to stop Kai Leng from killing the Salaian Councillor, allowing Udina to fabricate footage of Shepard killing them instead.
Adulterous on Ashley with Tali, Jack or Miranda in Mass Consequence 2 gets -one Point.
Picking the Paragon options on Mars gets +1 Indicate, while the Renegade options get -1 Point.
Visiting Ashley at Heurta while she'south awake but bedridden at Huerta will get +2 Points.

- Non apologizing for cheating on her here will get -1 Point.
Visiting Ashley at Heurta when she's upward and about and accepted the Spectre position will get +1 Point.
Finally, right at the start of the confrontation scene exterior the lift, using the Paragon Interrupt to lower your weapons will get +1 Point.

Depending on your actions, you can have anywhere between +8 and -6 Points to your proper name. During the confrontation at the end of the Mission, your points will determine if Ashley trusts y'all.

If you accept four Points or more, Ashley will automatically trust y'all.
If you accept between 0-three points, you'll need to pass a Reputation Bank check.

- If y'all have enough Reputation, you tin pick a Charm or Intimidate option that will earn their trust.
- If you don't have enough Reputation, you can merely pick the white option on the right side of the Dialogue Wheel. Ashley will refuse to trust you lot, and you'll be forced to kill her.
If you have -1 Points or fewer, Ashley automatically refuses to trust y'all, and you lot'll be forced to kill her.

So, after all that, assuming y'all passed and Ashley lived, you can meet her once more at Normandy Dock: Bay D24 when yous open the door to the Normandy. Here yous'll larn that Ashley'southward been offered to join Admiral Hackett'southward Crucible squad, but she'd rather stay with you.

If you pick "Welcome aboard", Ashley joins the Normandy as a Squad Mate and can be taken groundside just like in Mass Effect 1.
If y'all pick "I don't think so", she'll be assigned to Hackett's team. You'll exist unable to make whatever farther interactions with her for almost the entire rest of the game, including the Citadel DLC.

Locking In Ashley

From this indicate, yous'll have several interactions with Ashley to help lock her in equally your Romance Partner. This is the point where those who didn't Romance her in Mass Effect i will exist able to for the start fourth dimension in iii.

First, y'all'll want to see Ashley at the Citadel at the Docks: Holding Area Memorial. You'll want to be here for Ash and choice comforting dialogue choices, and use the Paragon Interrupt, to progress things.

Next, at some point Ashley will send an email asking to meet Shepard on the Citadel. This is where you can Lock her In as it were. You'll want to option "You're very distracting" and then "Yes" to confirm the Romance. Picking "No time for that during a state of war" or "It's not the right time" will permanently turn her down.

After Locking In

With Ashley confirmed as your Romantic partner, the game won't permit you start or continue for a Romance towards everyone else. If you have the Leviathan DLC, you'll have some unique dialogue with her in the final mission, and if you take the Citadel DLC, you'll accept a great corporeality of unique dialogue and altered scenes with her.

In the finale of the game, when you start Priority: Earth, Ashley will visit Shepard in the Captain's Cabin for the big Romance Scene. In the at-home before the storm earlier yous get to the Conduit beam, y'all tin have a final talk with her before you go.

The last fourth dimension y'all can interact with Ashley is in the Extended Cut during the final charge to the Conduit Beam. Here, a Mako will overturn and flip dangerously close to her. If your European monetary system is i,749 or lower, Harbinger will then vaporize her with his laser axle. If it'due south 1,750 or higher, she'll be injured by the Mako and Shepard calls for an emergency pick-upward, where you lot can have your final words with her.

After you make your Crucible choice at the very end of the game, Ashley will be the ane to put Shepard'south name up on the Memorial Wall. However if you picked Destroy and your EMS is 3,100 or more, she'll smile and refrain from putting it upwardly, sensing that Shepard is alive.

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