What is the title given to your character in "Mass Effect: Andromeda"?

The title given to your character in "Mass Effect: Andromeda" is Pathfinder. The player controls Ryder, who inherits this title and responsibility after the death of Alec Ryder, the original human Pathfinder.

In the Andromeda Initiative, a Pathfinder is an explorer and leader responsible for finding habitable worlds, establishing settlements, and guiding their people through an unfamiliar galaxy. Ryder's mission takes place in the Heleus Cluster, a region of the Andromeda galaxy filled with dangerous environments, alien civilizations, and competing claims to territory.

The player can choose to play as Scott Ryder or Sara Ryder, and the unselected sibling remains part of the story. Despite those choices, both versions of the protagonist are generally identified by the surname Ryder and the title Pathfinder. The title functions as a role within the Initiative, not simply as a military rank.

A common mix-up is answering "Ryder," which is the character's surname, or "Alec," who held the title before the player character. The title passed to the playable character is Pathfinder.