Mass Effect’s Asari are a proud, considerate, diplomatic people. They’re beloved by almost every other race in the galaxy; that may be due to their appearance, though. The humans find their body shapes and faces familiar, the Turians identify with the growths on their heads, and so forth.
The assignment UNC: Asari Writings has Shepard hunting down the various writings of Asari Matriarch Dilinaga. Long ago, during a golden age for the Asari culture, Matriarchs from their people (including Matriarch Dilinaga) left their home planet of Thessia in the hopes that they could achieve ultimate knowledge by exploring the stars. Of the 28 Matriarchs that left, 22 disappeared. Of these 22, only Matriarch Dilinaga’s remains were ever discovered — along with the writings that Shepard is hunting down.
Receiving The Assignment
UNC: Asari Writings isn’t acquired by speaking to someone in the game, as with most other quests. Instead, it’ll automatically appear in the player’s journal once they’ve discovered one of the writings on their own.
Completing the quest only requires you to find ten of the writings but there are sixteen available in the galaxy. If you’ve got an itch to track them all down, you’ll be rewarded with extra experience points and credits.
Consider completing the main assignments on Feros, Noveria, and Virmire before you try to track down all the writings. Otherwise, you may hit an annoying wall since some places aren’t available to explore until certain prerequisites are met.
Writings’ Locations
Tuntau Writings
In the Argos Rho Cluster’s Phoenix System, you’ll find Asari Writings on the fourth planet from the star: Tuntau. You’ll need to land with the Mako, then head north to the anomaly labeled on your map in order to find them.
Junthor Writings
The writings on the planet Junthor are easy to obtain. You don’t need to land, just find the planet and survey it. Junthor is the planet closest to the star in the Gagarin System, which is found in the Armstrong Nebula.
Matar Writings
These writings are obtained by surveying the Matar planet. It’s found in the Hong System of the Armstrong Nebula.
Solcrum Writings
Fly to the Armstrong Nebula, then to its Grissom system, to find the planet Solcrum. You’ll need to land on the planet to find the writings. They’re labeled as an anomaly on the planet’s surface, so head southwest from where you and your squad land in the Mako.
Porolan Writings
You only need to survey the planet Porolan, not land on it, to find the Asari writings. To get there, fly to the Macedon System of the Artemis Tau Cluster — Porolan is the second planet from the star.
Sharjila Writings
Sharjila is the first planet from the star in the Macedon System, located within the Artemis Tau Cluster. Land on the planet, then head northwest to find the writings; they’re easy to spot since they’re labeled with an anomaly marker.
Paravin Writings
The writings in the Han System of the Gemini Sigma Cluster are easy to acquire. You simply need to survey the planet Paravin.
Ploba Writings
Start by heading to the Hades Gamma Cluster, then find the Antaeus System. The writings can be found by surveying Ploba, a gas giant that’s the third planet away from the star.
Chohe Writings (x3)
You’ll actually receive three Asari writings by visiting one planet: Chohe, in the Cacus System of the Hades Gamma Cluster. All three are located in the same spot. Head towards the anomaly labeled on your map to find them, northeast of where you and your squad land in the Mako.
Nonuel Writings
When you reach Nonuel, a planet in the Hades Gamma Cluster’s Plutus System, you’ll be able to locate the Asari writings not far from where you land on the planet. Just head southwest in the Mako to where the anomaly is labeled on your map.
Veles Writings
The writings on the planet Veles don’t require you to land. You only need to find the planet (it’s in the Pax System of the Horse Head Nebula) and survey it.
Klencory Writings
In the Newton System of the Kepler Verge Cluster, the player can find Asari writings by surveying the second planet orbiting the star: Klencory.
Pataiton Writings
The writings on the planet Pataiton are easily obtained by surveying it. Get there by traveling to the Maroon Sea Cluster and its Vostok System.
Altahe Writings
These Asari writings are found by heading directly south to where the anomaly or discovery is marked on your map. You’ll need to land on the planet Altahe, located in the Acheron System in the Styx Theta Cluster.
