Memory Triggers are a plot device found during gameplay related to the mission Ryder Family Secrets. They are found in fixed locations on most of the explorable planets.
Overview[ | ]
Before his death, Alec Ryder locked six of SAM's memory arrays. Memory triggers are eidetic triggers that help unlock those arrays. Ryder's SAM implant allows Ryder to experience the unlocked memories.
Mechanics[ | ]
The sixteen memory triggers can be collected in any order. The order in which Alec Ryder's memories are unlocked is fixed. It only takes one trigger to unlock the first memory (the easiest way to do this is to collect the trigger in Ryder's Room). Each additional memory requires 3 additional triggers. Unlocking memories will also unlock encrypted logs in the Archive System.
- Memory 1 - One trigger - Unlocks Encrypted Log #1
- Memory 2 - Three additional memory triggers - Unlocks Encrypted Log #2
- Memory 3 - Three additional memory triggers
- Memory 4 - Three additional memory triggers - Unlocks Encrypted Log #3
- Memory 5 - Three additional memory triggers
- Memory 6 - Three additional memory triggers - Unlocks Encrypted Log #4
Memory 6 has additional security in place even after acquiring the memory triggers. Ryder will have to visit their sibling in the Cryo Bay during the objective Speak to the leaders on the Nexus during The Journey to Meridian for the memory and log to be unlocked.
Memory Trigger Locations[ | ]
| Location | Detailed Location |
Details |
|---|---|---|
| Hyperion | Ryder's Room | Ryder's Room after speaking with SAM (during A Better Beginning). |
| Elaaden | Languish | Northwest of New Tuchanka on top of a cliff. |
| Elaaden | Languish | West of New Tuchanka is inside a cave. |
| Elaaden | Gehenna Valley | Southwest of New Tuchanka next to two trees. |
| Eos | Site 1: Promise | On the edge of a cliff to the southwest of Site 1: Promise overlooking Site 1. |
| Eos | The Sheartop | On a cliff northeast of the Forward station in The Sheartop. |
| Eos | Prodromos | In Prodromos, beside August Bradley. |
| Havarl | Turian Camp | Southwest of the Turian Camp. |
| Havarl | Mithrava | At the top of Mithrava (during A Dying Planet). |
| Havarl | Buried Cave | In the area with the third, underground monolith (during A Dying Planet). |
| Kadara | Ditaeon | Just south of the Ditaeon outpost. |
| Kadara | Sulfur Springs | On a cliff east from the Western Monolith. Directly south of the Ditaeon outpost. |
| Kadara | Kurinth's Valley | Next to an acid pool in Kurinth's Valley region. |
| Voeld | — | On a cliff southwest of Hjara Station. |
| Voeld | — | On a cliff northwest of the Taerve Uni outpost. |
| Voeld | — | West of Techiix. On a rocky outcrop near a kett camp. |
Notes[ | ]
Memory triggers can be found during the normal course of gameplay and it isn't required to go very far off the beaten path to find them. Each is clearly marked with a navpoint so they are easy to find.