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Veteran achievement in Mass Effect: Andromeda

Veteran

Successfully complete a combined 25 strike team missions or APEX multiplayer mode extractions.

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How to unlock the Veteran achievement

  • LegendaryMarvelLegendaryMarvel
    19 Mar 2017 20 Mar 2017 06 Apr 2017
    These are both located in the multiplayer menu of the game. Alternatively they can be accessed from the strike team mission console after speaking to Kandros on the Nexus. There is also a strike team mission terminal on the Tempest. From there you can go to "strike teams." You have 1 strike team to start. You can recruit more teams using mission points. Your first additional team will cost 40, and it seems to go up by 40 more mission points for each team you recruit. 1st team is 40, 2nd team is 80, 3rd is 120. I only have the 3 teams, so I don't know if that trend continues from there. Anyway, when in the strike teams menu you can select missions to send your teams out on. Some of these missions will have the Apex logo next to them. You will have the choice to send a team, or play in multiplayer for additional rewards upon successful completion. Successfully complete 25 and the achievement is yours.

    You can also send strike teams using the Apex HQ app on iOS and Android. ***WARNING*** I'm completely unsure how the app communicates with the Xbox as far as achievements. I imagine you have to at least login to your game for the achievements to pop, cuz they surely won't pop in the app. But I am unaware if you get no credit whatsoever for using the app. I unlocked the achievement prior the apps release.

    **Update**
    It's looking as though completing missions within the app aren't being tracked for the achievement progression at this time.

    **Update 2**
    Confirmation that someone got this achievement from using the app first, then accessing the strike team menus in game. Achievement having popped after about 30 seconds of accessing appropriate in game menus.

    **Update 3**
    A lot of people are having issues with the progression of this achievement tracking properly. Some people in the comments mentioned different things that seemed to cause the game to "catch up" with progression, if you will. From anything to recruiting another strike team, to actually playing an APEX mission in multiplayer. Keep in mind, just cuz it worked for others, doesn't mean it will be the fix for you. Just another thing worth trying. Unfortunately it just seems that the tracking on this achievement is pretty buggy at the moment.

    **Update 4**
    Courtesy of a few commenters it looks as though checking your status via the prestige section and making sure to debrief number 25, and then access the prestige page again to have it start back at 0/25 is making the achievement pop. Could be another random way to force progression, but multiple people are reporting this method works.
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    I Argonaut IUpdate 4 is correct:
    I completed the requirement for this many times over. Some missions from the game (sent strike team alone), but most from the phone app. The achievement would only pop when I went into the multiplayer screen when I had exactly 25 complete so it would show 0/25 remaining and a bunch of times I had completed it.
    Posted by I Argonaut I on 21 Nov 17 at 18:10
    I Argonaut I+1. I suggest moving the latest Update to the top since I believe that is how the achievement will unlock for everyone moving forward since updates to the game are done I think.
    Posted by I Argonaut I on 21 Nov 17 at 18:11
    NZT21The "Update 4" solution is working in 2020. Definitely the recommended way.
    Posted by NZT21 on 04 Oct 20 at 16:05
    PunkRawkSoldierCan confirm that "Update 4" works. Achievement just unlocked for me.
    Posted by PunkRawkSoldier on 09 Feb 21 at 01:38
    Gilbert PrimeIn case you need more detail for Update 4, that's select Prestige in multiplayer, then Challenges, then Accomplishments, and finally Veteran to check status.
    The strike team system is such half-baked garbage. So many times my only mission options have been ones that take 4+ hours and that my teams have less than a 15% chance of succeeding. It's like they took the mission system from the Assassin's Creed series and made it even more pointless and annoying just like the multiplayer is a ripoff of Call of Duty's survival mode.
    Posted by Gilbert Prime on 01 Sep 21 at 02:09
    ZIBBIE 17After Two years the achievooo finally unlocked. Update 4 works
    Posted by ZIBBIE 17 on 21 Dec 21 at 20:08
    SKIVER619Update 4 worked for me in 2022! 😏
    Posted by SKIVER619 on 03 Jun 22 at 19:16
    JoKeRWiNs89im still vague on why this isnt popping for me when i go to the challenge tab and look at vetran says ive completed this 3 times. do i have to get it back to 25 then relog into multiplayer ?
    Posted by JoKeRWiNs89 on 27 Jun 22 at 00:53
    ChucklestyleBecause this game is coded like shit so if you're not there in multiplayer exactly at 25 it's like oops you missed it.

    Got it to pop using the update 4 method. Missions via the app, checking the accomplishments in the proper game until it was 24/25. Turned in 25 IN GAME as my latest save was at the console. Save and exit, loaded multiplayer, pop.
    Posted by Chucklestyle on 05 Aug 22 at 20:12
    Tozi TiberiusHoly heck, I had this in achievement limbo since 2017. Update 4 finally got it to pop for me. Thanks a bunch!

    Now to wait a couple more years for ME4.
    Posted by Tozi Tiberius on 12 Sep 23 at 08:56
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