In Mass Effect 3's multiplayer mode, BioWare holds special Weekend Events which offer exclusive rewards. These events typically take place during the weekends (currently occurring every other weekend) from 5:00 pm PST on Friday, to 5:00 am PST the following Monday. The reward for participating in an event varies from additional character experience for the event's duration or item packs. For completing the objectives for certain events, individual players can receive a Commendation Pack, and the community can receive a Victory Pack. However, if the community fails to complete a weekend event, they will suffer negative effects during the next event.

Beginning October 19, 2012, Weekend Events were replaced by Weekend Challenges, which only offer a squad or individual goal without an overall community goal. Weekend Events with community goals will still be held, but less frequently than the Challenges.[1]

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Participation Edit

Initially, the weekend challenge events were only available on the PC and the Xbox 360 as Sony did not allow such events on the PlayStation 3. Beginning with Operation Exorcist on April 27, 2012, BioWare announced that weekend challenge events would be made available across all three platforms from then on.[2]

In order to participate in weekend challenges, ensure that the "Upload Gameplay Feedback" is set to "on" in the online options menu.[3]

List of Events Edit

Operation Name Event Date Individual Objective Community Objective Result Goliath March 16 - 18, 2012 Any extraction on Silver difficulty against Reapers Kill 1,000,000 Brutes Success

3,000,000+ Brutes killed Fortress March 23 - 26, 2012 No objective, all players receive a 25% Experience Bonus for playing and fewer Brutes appear in matches with Reaper enemies N/A N/A Raptor March 30 - April 1, 2012 Promote two (2) characters into the single-player campaign Promote 150,000 characters into the single-player campaign Success

350,000+ promotions Beachhead April 5 - 10, 2012 No objective, all players receive a 25% Experience Bonus for playing N/A N/A Resurgence April 13 - 16, 2012 Download the Resurgence Pack and play a match N/A N/A Exorcist April 27 - 30, 2012 Any extraction on Gold difficulty against any enemy Kill 1,000,000 Phantoms Success

1,500,000+ Phantoms killed Silencer May 11 - 14, 2012 Full extraction on Gold difficulty against any enemy Kill 3,000,000 Banshees Failure

1,900,000+ Banshees killed Shieldwall May 25 - 27, 2012 Promote three (3) characters into the single-player campaign Promote 50,000 characters Success Mastiff June 8 - 10, 2012 Any extraction on Silver difficulty with one squad member of the Rebellion Pack classes Complete 100,000 retrieval missions Success Savage June 22 - 24, 2012 Any extraction on any difficulty with a squad using only a mix of krogan, vorcha, or batarian classes Eliminate 7,000,000 trooper-level enemies: Assault Troopers, Husks, Cannibals, Geth Troopers Success

15,000,000+ Killed Broadside July 13 - 15, 2012 Any extraction on Gold difficulty against Reapers Fully extract 400,000 squads against Reapers on any difficulty Failure Overwatch July 27 - 30, 2012 Any extraction on any difficulty with at least one squad member using a character from the Mass Effect 3: Earth DLC Extract 800,000 players on any difficulty Success

1.25 Million Extractions Olympus August 10 - 12, 2012 Full extraction from Firebase London on any difficulty Complete wave 10 on a total of 200,000 Bronze, 175,000 Silver, and 70,000 Gold missions. Success

Bronze total: 253,408

Silver total: 206,386

Gold total: 89,198

Alloy August 24 - 26, 2012 Promote two (2) characters into the single-player campaign Promote 50,000 characters Success

PC: 67,573

PS3: 28,398

Xbox 360: 166,778

TOTAL: 262,749

Vigilance September 7 - 9, 2012 Complete up to and including wave 10 on any difficulty without anyone in the squad using a consumable (medi-gel, ammo, Ops pack or Cobra Missile Launcher). Complete 250,000 escort missions on any difficulty. Failure

231,456 Escort missions successful Patriot September 21 - 23, 2012 Full extraction on any difficulty with all squad members as the same non-human race. Requires 2 or more players in squad. Kill 600,000 Atlas Mechs on any map at any difficulty. Success

PC: 199,153

PS3: 82,465

Xbox 360: 322,410

TOTAL: 604,028 Overdrive October 5 - 7, 2012 Full extraction on any map at any difficulty in 20 minutes or less. Squads can be any size. Complete 200,000 extraction waves on any difficulty. Squads can be any size. Full extraction not required. Success

213,943 Extractions Privateer November 23 - 25, 2012 Earn 50,000 points versus any enemy with shields on any map, at any difficulty. Points are cumulative across matches. Complete 50,000 cumulative total extractions of batarian, vorcha, or turian characters. Success

108,582 Extractions

Failed Event Consequences Edit

If the Allied Goal for a Weekend Event is not met, then the community suffers a penalty condition during the following Weekend Event.

Operation Failed Operation Affected Failed Event Date Effects of Failure Silencer Shieldwall May 11 - 14, 2012 More Banshees will spawn with Reaper faction and can possibly spawn with Geth and Cerberus factions. Broadside Overwatch July 13 - 15, 2012 The extraction time on wave 11 has been extended by 30 seconds. Vigilance Patriot September 7 - 9, 2012 Escort Drones travel speed reduced.