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This page of IGN's Mass Result Legendary Edition guide is all about How to Romance Ashley Williams through the entire Mass Effect 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	Serious	Yes

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It goes without saying that there are BIG SPOILERS for all three Mass Effect games on this page.

• Mass Effect 1

• • Complications with Liara
• Mass Consequence 2
  
• Mass Consequence three

• • Immigration Your Name
  • Citadel Coup
  • Locking In Ashley
  • Subsequently Locking In

Uniquely, if yous aren't able to Romance Ashley in Mass Outcome one, you can take another shot in Mass Effect iii.

Mass Effect 1

If yous're playing equally a Male person Commander Shepard, Ashley will exist the ane to interfere with the Prothean Beacon on Eden Prime during the Find the Beacon mission. You tin can begin flirting with her in places after that, such as immediately later on the Med-Bay scene, or the Scenic View on the Citadel.

You lot aren't able to progress the Romance for real however until you lot complete your first Mission World (either Therum, Noveria or Feros). At this betoken, yous have an extended chat with her regarding her mistrust of aliens and her military service. Yous'll want to avoid picking "You're out of line!" since that will forcefully close down the conversation. At the end is where you lot start progressing the Romance: pick "What well-nigh me?" to do so.

After the 2d Mission Earth, Ashley will talk nearly her military family, including a lengthy story almost her sister. At the terminate she'll recite some Alfred Tennyson; avert picking "Bored at present" or "What'south this crap?". Bold you practice that, you'll and so talk about her Christianity. Avoid picking "Keep it to yourself" or "Are you a fanatic?" to non upset her. Once you do that, Ashley will allude to you two being something more. Option "We volition" or "Oh?" to progress the Romance.

Later on the third Mission World, Ashley will talk about her grandpa and why his legacy has held her career down. Then long as y'all haven't been abrasive to her before and right now, information technology's impossible to displease her and the Romance will be progressed. If you talk with her over again, you'll take a more direct chat on your relationship, although at the train can't be stopped in this commutation.

Towards the end of Virmire is where things become complicated. At a sure bespeak you lot'll be asked to rescue either Ashley or Kaidan: ane of them volition be at an AA Belfry, while the other volition be at the makeshift bomb. If you lot want to continue the Romance with Ashley, you'll demand to option "Rescue Ashley" so that she can live.

Later you complete all four Mission Worlds and return to the Citadel, the Normandy will be grounded, and Ashley volition appear to comfort Shepard while stuck on the ship. This is when your Romance with Ashley will be Locked In, and it volition happen unless you consistently pick Renegade options and be abrasive to her.

Once y'all have a Locked In Romance, then when you lot go to Ilos and start the i-way ticket to the finish of the game, Ashley will approach Shepard in their quarters. This is when you lot'll get the Romance Scene, unless you turn Ashley abroad with Renegade choices.

If you lot want Ashley to be with you at the end of the game, you should actually option her when landing on Ilos. This is because you won't get some other shot to pick your Team after that point.

Complications with Liara

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

One Mission World after recruiting Liara, Ashley will say she'southward surprised you lot're not chatting information technology upwardly with Liara. Unfortunately none of the given options is enough to convince Ashley that y'all're not interested in her, but avoiding the abrasive "You're out of line" is e'er a good idea.

If you've been making romantic advances with both Ashley and Liara, then two Mission Worlds after recruiting Liara both she and Ashley will approach you lot in the Comm Room about it. You'll have three options here:

• If you pick "It's not like that" and then "Goodbye, Liara", you lot'll choose Ashley over Liara, and a Romance with Liara volition be locked out.
• If you pick "Don't be", yous'll pick Liara, and a Romance with Ashley will be ceased.
• If you pick "Tin can't I accept you both?" at whatever fourth dimension, BOTH of them will be upset with you and yous'll be locked out of a Romance with Ashley. Yous can nonetheless rekindle a Romance with Liara if yous pick this.

Notably, Ashley will be surprised to detect herself pitiful for Liara later on sending her away, which is the earliest point in fourth dimension Ashley starts getting over her xenophobia.

Mass Effect 2

Due to Shepard working with Cerberus and Ashley working for the Alliance, yous'll unfortunately merely have i contiguous interaction with her in Mass Effect 2, which is the end of the Horizon Mission. Interestingly, what y'all say to her in this scene has no begetting on the human relationship. Once you return to the Normandy, you'll accept an email from Ashley apologizing for what she said and wishing yous luck.

What really determines the fate of your human relationship is your faithfulness to Ashley. If you Romance either Miranda, Jack or Tali in Mass Effect 2, so you lot'll exist confronted by her nearly it and have to make your selection. If you lot remain loyal to her throughout Mass Outcome 2, her photo will remain in Shepard'south Motel and he will expect at it after you lot initiate the Suicide Mission.

Ultimately an Ashley Romance won't advance at all in Mass Outcome ii via direct interactions with her, it'south much more adamant by if yous Romance any other Team Mates in the interim.

You won't accept to worry about Ashley surviving the Suicide Mission: since she'southward never part of Normandy's Crew in Mass Effect 2, she'southward at no hazard whatever.

Mass Effect 3

Ashley is unique amidst the Mass Effect three Romance options because she is one of only iii who tin both be Romanced for the first time in this game, or take a Romance from a previous game continued.

Clearing Your Name

The outset thing yous demand to exercise before even thinking of Romancing her is to clear your proper noun. Later on all, you were expressionless for two years and then worked with Cerberus, so Ashley has a lot of reasons to be suspicious of you.

First, during Priority: Mars, Ashley volition have two scenes where she asks almost your alliance with Cerberus. Y'all'll want to answer "It was a temporary alliance" and "Yous know me better than that" for the first scene, while for the second scene you'll desire to selection "You recall I'm like him?" and "I'm still that guy".

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At the end of Priority: Mars, she'll be gravely injured, and spend the adjacent while at Huerta Memorial Hospital on the Citadel. While you lot can get her The Collected Alfred Tennyson from Sirta Supplies in the infirmary, information technology'south ultimately your conversations when she wakes up that matters.

Afterwards completing another Mission, she'll drop you an email to let you know y'all tin visit her at Huerta. If you were Loyal to her and didn't Romance everyone in Mass Effect 2, y'all'll be able to reaffirm that yous however honey her, or be more reluctant. If yous weren't and Romanced Tali, Miranda or Jack, you'll accept the option to cull Ashley over them.

Later on completing a second Mission, Ashley will send you another message letting yous know she'due south accepted the Spectre position, and is upwardly and about. You'll desire to visit her once more for reasons that will become articulate beneath.

Citadel Insurrection

Things come to a caput in Priority: The Citadel Two, where Udina helps Cerberus launch a coup confronting the Citadel Council and is escorted out by Ashley. Hither you'll need to laissez passer a Trust check, where various actions in the past will make up one's mind if Ashley trusts y'all enough to side with you over Udina, which ultimately decides if she lives or dies. Here's all of the points you tin earn or deduct:

• Romancing Ashley in the first place during Mass Outcome 1 gets you +2 Points.
• Sparing the Council at the end of Mass Effect ane gets you +1 Indicate. Sacrificing the Quango gets you lot -i Point.
• If Kirrahe died in Mass Effect 1 and Thane died in Mass Effect 2, you get -2 Points.
  

• • The reason for this is considering nobody is there to terminate 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 Effect two gets -1 Indicate.
• Picking the Paragon options on Mars gets +1 Point, while the Renegade options become -ane Point.
• Visiting Ashley at Heurta while she's awake but crippled at Huerta volition get +2 Points.
  

• • Not apologizing for cheating on her here will get -ane Point.
• Visiting Ashley at Heurta when she'due south up and about and accustomed the Spectre position will get +i Signal.
• Finally, right at the start of the confrontation scene exterior the elevator, using the Paragon Interrupt to lower your weapons will go +ane Point.

Depending on your actions, you can have anywhere betwixt +eight and -6 Points to your proper name. During the confrontation at the stop of the Mission, your points will decide if Ashley trusts you.

• If you accept 4 Points or more, Ashley volition automatically trust you.
• If you have between 0-3 points, you'll need to pass a Reputation Check.
  

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

So, later all that, assuming yous passed and Ashley lived, you can meet her over again at Normandy Dock: Bay D24 when you lot open up the door to the Normandy. Here you'll learn that Ashley'southward been offered to join Admiral Hackett's Crucible team, just she'd rather stay with yous.

• If y'all option "Welcome aboard", Ashley joins the Normandy equally a Team Mate and can be taken groundside just similar in Mass Consequence 1.
• If you pick "I don't think so", she'll exist assigned to Hackett'due south team. You'll be unable to make any further interactions with her for about the entire rest of the game, including the Citadel DLC.

Locking In Ashley

From this point, you'll have several interactions with Ashley to help lock her in as your Romance Partner. This is the point where those who didn't Romance her in Mass Consequence 1 will exist able to for the offset time in iii.

First, yous'll want to run into Ashley at the Citadel at the Docks: Property Surface area Memorial. You'll want to be here for Ash and pick comforting dialogue choices, and use the Paragon Interrupt, to progress things.

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Adjacent, at some point Ashley will transport an e-mail request to meet Shepard on the Citadel. This is where you can Lock her In equally information technology were. You'll want to pick "You're very distracting" and and then "Yes" to confirm the Romance. Picking "No time for that during a war" or "Information technology's not the right fourth dimension" will permanently turn her down.

Later on Locking In

With Ashley confirmed as your Romantic partner, the game won't allow y'all start or continue for a Romance towards everyone else. If you lot have the Leviathan DLC, you'll have some unique dialogue with her in the concluding mission, and if you take the Citadel DLC, you'll have a neat amount of unique dialogue and altered scenes with her.

In the finale of the game, when you beginning Priority: World, Ashley volition visit Shepard in the Captain'due south Motel for the big Romance Scene. In the at-home before the tempest before you go to the Conduit beam, you can accept a terminal talk with her earlier you go.

The last time you tin can interact with Ashley is in the Extended Cutting during the concluding charge to the Conduit Beam. Here, a Mako will overturn and flip dangerously shut to her. If your EMS is 1,749 or lower, Straw will then vaporize her with his light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation beam. If information technology's 1,750 or higher, she'll be injured by the Mako and Shepard calls for an emergency pick-up, where y'all can have your last words with her.

Subsequently you lot make your Crucible choice at the very stop of the game, Ashley will be the ane to put Shepard's proper noun upward on the Memorial Wall. Still if you picked Destroy and your Ems is three,100 or more, she'll smile and refrain from putting information technology up, sensing that Shepard is alive.

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