• This page contains a fully written walkthrough for the 2002 first person adventure game Metroid Prime developed by Retro Studios and released exclusively for the GameCube. Our game guide guides you as you explore Tallon IV as the bounty hunter Samus Aran and are challenged by the game bosses. It is important to learn the potential of Samus' Power Suit to destroy the infectious creatures and solve the many puzzles in the game.

  • ''Metroid Prime'' Basics

    • Controls
      • Control Stick - Move/Turn
      • L-trigger - Lock/Scan/Strafe
      • R-trigger - Manual Aim
      • A-button - Shoot/Bomb/Charge/Scroll Text. Drops bomb while in Morph Ball.
      • B-button - Jump/Boost Ball
      • Y-button - Missiles/Power Bomb
      • X-button - Morph Ball
      • Z-button - Pause Game/Display Map
      • D-pad - Visor Modes: Up: Combat Visor, Right: X-ray Visor, Down: Thermal Visor, Left: Scan Visor.
      • C-stick - Switch Weapon Type: Up: Power Beam, Right: Wave Beam, Down: Ice Beam, Left: Plasma Beam.
    • Visors
      • Combat Visor: Standard Visor, displays your energy meter, missile meter, environmental threat meter, map, radar, beam select, visor select, and targeting reticule.
      • Scan Visor: You will need to scan things in order to log them. Scan everything you can. Note:You must scan enemies before you kill them.
      • Thermal Visor: Reads heat signatures. Displays your energy meter, targeting reticule, and your environmental threat meter.
      • X-Ray Visor: Used to spot hidden items, invisible platforms, and fake walls.
    • Visor HUD
      • Visor Modes: Use D-pad to switch.
      • Weapon Type: Use C-stick to switch.
      • Caution Level: Indicates how close your feet are to dangerous material.
      • Missile Supply: Current available missiles.
      • Radar: Monitors hostile activity (orange dots).
      • Map: Basic onscreen map. Press Z for the more detailed info.
      • Energy Supply: Same as health. The highest amount of energy you can have is 99. Fill the small squares (energy tanks) for reserve energy.
    • Visor Switching
      • The D-pad is used to swap from visor to visor. You begin with only the Scan Visor, but it can and must be used frequently. It is key to unraveling the complicated story, locating secrets, and learning how to defeat enemies. Once activated, you can easily turn it off by tapping the A-button. Be sure to use the manual aiming to look around rooms frequently with this.
    • Pickups and Upgrades
      • Small Energy: Restores 10 energy units.
      • Large Energy: Restores 20 energy units.
      • Ultra Energy: Restores 100 energy units.
      • Energy Tank: Increases Samus' energy capacity by 100.
      • Missile Ammo: Restores 5 missiles.
      • Missile Expansion: Increases Samus' missile capacity by 5. These are left by dead enemies and found in crates.
      • Power Bomb Ammo: Restores one power bomb.
      • Power Bomb Expansion: Increases Samus' power bomb capacity by 1.
    • Beams
      • Power Beam: Your standard beam.
      • Wave Beam: Shoots 3 balls of electricity in a wave formation. Can restore power to unpowered objects.
      • Ice Beam: Fires a beam of ice that freezes the enemy.
      • Plasma Beam: Shoots plasma that evaporates enemies.
      • Phazon Beam: Fires a stream of pure Phazon energy.
    • Stations
      • Save Station: Saves your game and restores your energy.
      • Map Station: Downloads a map of the current region.
      • Missile Station: Refills Missiles and Power Bombs completely.
    • Doors
    • Note: Doors can only be opened by shooting them with the correct type of beam.
      • Blue Door: Any beam will open it.
      • Purple Door: Wave beam opens this door.
      • White: Ice beam opens this door.
      • Red: Plasma beam opens this door.
      • Blast Shield: Metal shield that blocks the door, only a missile will clear it.
      • Locked Door: Door has blue bars on it, cannot be unlocked until finishing a specific objective in the current room.
      • Unpowered Door: Will not be lit up, and will not open. You must shoot a certain number of power conduits with the wave beam to open it.
    • Morph Ball Obstacles
      • Slot: Small ball sized hole, roll into it and lay a bomb to use it.
      • Spinner: Requires boost ball ability. Roll in and use the boost ability repeatedly.
      • Halfpipe: Requires boost ball ability. Roll back and forth, charge boost as you come down one side and release as you go up the other side.
      • Magnetic Rail: Requires Spider Ball ability. Hold RT to stick to the rail, release to get off, or use a bomb to blast to another rail.
    • Suits
      • Power Suit: Standard suit, no special abilities.
      • Varia Suit: Extra armor plating, allowing you to enter rooms with extreme heat.
      • Gravity Suit: Allows you to move under water as if you were on land.
      • Phazon Suit: Reduces damage taken from Phazon. This suit also allows you to fire the Phazon beam when you are standing in Phazon.
    • Tools and Data Tracking
      • Press the Start button to access the game's internal computer that contains all scanned information. Surf the various options by scrolling pages with the L and R triggers; Inventory, Log Book, and Options will be available. Change the opacity of the visor, stretch the screen, check out your Power Suit upgrades, and read through what will become a novel of important data in your Log Book.
    • Hint System
      • Metroid Prime defaults with its "Hint" system activated which acts as an internal strategy guide. It highlights the next area you will progress to. It can be deactivated at any time.

  • Space Station

    1. Samus lands to explore a derelict space station in this tutorial level.
    2. TIP: Read all of the text on the visor. This will instruct you how to use your controls.
    3. Shoot the first four red targets to deactivate the force field.
    4. Proceed to the pillar with an icon to learn to use your scan visor.
    5. Scan the pillar to activate the next set of six red targets.
    6. NOTE: Look for these icons frequently over the course of the entire game, as they activate different items.
    7. Use the R-button to manually look above you and locate the higher targets.
    8. Press the X-button and roll into Morph Ball form.
    9. Explore the wide open area beyond the gate to get accustomed to its controls.
    10. Adjust the camera in ball form with the L-trigger.
    11. Lay some bombs with the A-button.
    12. Enter the first hallway of the space station.
    13. Flip on your scan visor.
    14. Scan the items, paying particular attention to the red icons as they count towards 100% completion.
    15. NOTE: The orange icons detail important information about the story and items. Take the time to read the background information.
    16. Move into the next hallway.
    17. Scan another icon.
    18. NOTE: This icon scan depressurizes the area, allowing you to continue past the doorway.
    19. Check out the dead beast on the other side of the door.
    20. Lock on to the Space Pirates with the L-trigger.
    21. Continue down the corridor until you reach the pile of rubble that blocks your way.
    22. Hold down the A-button to decimate the pile.
    23. Proceed forward until you reach the cut scene of two creatures running down a small tunnel.
    24. Change into Morph Ball form and slowly follow the creatures.
    25. Stand upright when you reach the room.
    26. Scan the Map Station before entering the hologram.
    27. Use the L and R triggers to surf left and right between options and the log book to enter any useful information.
    28. Step into the hologram.
    29. Download the map data.
    30. Familiarize yourself with the map controls: zoom in, out, and practice rotating the map.
    31. NOTE: Areas previously visited are labeled. Your character is represented by the green cursor. It faces in the direction you are facing.
    32. Continue into the next section.
    33. Scan the icon.
    34. Gain approval to the Deck Beta.
    35. Step into the hologram.
    36. Take the elevator down until you arrive in the Deck Beta Conduit Hall.
    37. Roll into a Morph Ball to avoid the electricity and push forward to the Biotech Research Area.
    38. Kill the Space Pirates.
    39. Scan any Energy or Missiles and enter them into the log book.
    40. Round the corner in the Deck Beta Security Hall.
    41. Scan the Auto Turret that has opened fire.
    42. Lock onto the Auto Turret and dispose of it.
    43. Look around for your first piece of Pirate Data for your log book, the "Fall of Zebes".
    44. Activate the elevator in the Biohazard Containment center to access the next floor.
    45. Get rid of the Space Pirates.
    46. Continue through the Deck Beta Transit Hall and Cargo Freight Lift until you reach Deck Gamma.
    47. Transport down the elevator.
    48. Activate the hologram that is similar in appearance to your Morph Ball form.
    49. Roll into it to open the door.
    50. Exit to the left.
    51. Save game.
      • Boss: Parasite Queen
    52. Scan the Parasite Queen, downloading all of the information into your log book.
    53. Learn about the weak spot in her mouth.
    54. Lock on to the mouth, using the B-button (jump) in conjunction with pressing left or right on the analog to side step.
    55. Avoid the huge green beams of energy that she spits at you.
    56. Use missiles (Y-button) to end the battle more quicly.
    57. Position yourself so you can shoot through the gaps in the cylindrical blue shield arround her.
    58. Run forward to evacuate the space station as soon as you defeat the Parasite Queen.
    59. After taking a few elevators you will enter Subventilation Shaft Section A.
    60. Roll into Morph Ball.
    61. Take a ride downhill to speed up your escape.
    62. Scan the horde of insect-like creatures spiraling down the tunnels at you and enter them into the creature log as Parasites.
    63. Head to the Biotech Research Area 2.
    64. Use your Grappling Hook to cross the deep water-filled gap.
    65. Scan the orange panels on Riddley's side for your first bit of information.
    66. Continue through the Connection Elevator to Deck Alpha.
    67. A shockwave that runs through the station destroys your Power Suit, eliminating all functionaility except your Power Beam.
    68. Continue to make your escape from the ship.
    69. Once you exit, the ship explodes as Ridley flies to the nearby planet of Tallon IV.

  • Welcome to Tallon IV

    1. Arrive at the beautiful rain-drenched Tallon IV.
    2. Scan the Gunship and enter it into the log book.
    3. Head through the door on the right into Canyon Cavern and continue to Tallon Canyon.
    4. Take a right into Transport Tunnel A.
    5. Take the elevator up to the Chozo Ruins West.
    6. Scan the Chozo Lore above the door at the Ruins Entrance.
    7. Continue to the back of the Main Plaza.
    8. Stay low to the ground.
    9. Turn left into the Nursery Access.
    10. Pass the Scarabs and head into the Eyon Tunnel.
    11. Blast the eyes of the Eyons closed and continue forward.
    12. Continue into the RUined Nursery and save your game.
    13. Proceed into the North Atrium and Ruined Gallery.
    14. Stay elevated in the Gallery.
    15. Follow the platforms that line the righ wall.
    16. Enter the Totem Access through the doorway.
    17. Avoid or terminate the Plazmites that populate the area with light, but can be extremely annoying.
    18. Enter the Hive Totem.
    19. Jump up onto the circular platform in the center of the room and cross the bridge.
      • Boss: Hive Mecha
    20. Scan Hive Mecha and the Ram War Wasps it spits out.
    21. TIP: Aim the scanner underneath the water to access its data.
    22. NOTE: The Ram War Wasps have the ability to knock you into the surrounding acidic water
    23. Manually aim at the attacks, locking onto them when still.
    24. Once they are gone, Hive Mecha will reveal its weak spot, a giant red light.
    25. Shoot at the red light as soon as you see it as it disappears quickly.
    26. Destroy all four red lights.
    27. Pick up the Missile Launcher across the bridge.
    28. Tap the Y-button to unleash the launcher and blow off the Blast Shield in front of you.
    29. Continue to Transport Access North to find your first Energy Tank.
    30. Return to the Ruined Gallery.
    31. Clear the platform in the midst of the acidic water of Blastcaps.
    32. Jump onto the platform and scan the nearby walls.
    33. Locate Brinstone wall and crack it open with a missile blast for a Missile Expansion.
    34. Cross back over towards the acidic water.
    35. Stay on the ground.
    36. Find the Blast Field under the stone walkway that leads to the door to North Atrium. #Blow open the Blast Shield to access the Map Station for Chozo Ruins.
    37. Download the map data.
    38. Return through the Main Plaza.
    39. Once the large tree is behind you, blast through the missile door.
    40. Continue through the missile door into the Ruined Shrine.
    41. Fight the horde of Beetles.
    42. Scan the Plated Beetle to learn that you can only injure it from the rear.
    43. Loc onto it.
    44. Use your sidestep to maneuver around it.
    45. Take it out with two carefully aimed missiles from behind.
    46. Once it is defeated, pick up the Morph Ball upgrade.
    47. Return to the Ruined Nursery.
    48. Save your game.
    49. Return to the Main Plaza.
    50. Cross the bridge above the half-pipe.
    51. Proceed into the Ruined Fountain Access.
    52. Use the Morph Ball to roll under the set of branches growing in the tunnel.
    53. Enter the Ruined Fountain, a dark area filled with acid.
    54. TIP: Keep the Plazmites around to shed some light on the situation if you can  ;)
    55. Make your way around the edge to the sputtering fountain in the center of the area.
    56. Leap to the door to the Arboretum Access.
    57. Scan the Shriekbats that are hanging from the ceiling.
    58. Open the Blast Shield at the end of the corridor with a missile.
    59. NOTE: Whip-like Reaper Vines lash at you from the wall.
    60. Jump onto the platform.
    61. Cross the orange bridge.
    62. Follow the path back towards the acid water.
    63. Locate the Blast Sheild and aim a missile at it.
    64. Continue into the Gathering Hall.
    65. Save your game at the station to the right.
    66. Continue on the same level from the Save Station.
    67. Open the door to the Watery Hall Access.
    68. Search the left wall for one similar to the Brinstone you shattered.
    69. Blast the wall.
    70. Grab the Missile Expansion.
    71. Shatter the Blast Shield.
    72. Enter the Watery Hall.
    73. Stay low to the ground.
    74. Turn to the left.
    75. Jump onto the nearby platform.
    76. Check out the Reaper Vine in front of you.
    77. Turn directly around.
    78. Flip on your scan visor.
    79. Activate the first of five Runes in the room. You will find it on the wall.
    80. Keep low and run past the Reaper Vine.
    81. Destroy the Blastcaps ahead and scan the next Rune.
    82. Locate the third Rune at the end of the path and scan it.
    83. Backtrack to the platforms at the entrance to the hall.
    84. Follow the platforms to the end.
    85. TIP: Watch out for Reaper Vines that will try to knock you into the acid.
    86. Keep shooting at the vines until they all retract.
    87. Scan the Rune to the right.
    88. This will reveal the last Rune just ahead.
    89. Scan the Chozo Lore on the back wall.
    90. Grab the Charge Beam.
    91. Hold A to activate the Charge Beam on the nearby Eyons until they are decimated.
    92. Return to the Gathering Hall.
    93. Check out the piping that lines the outer edge of the wall.
    94. Jump to the top of the platforms that begin over the entrance to the Gathering Hall Access.
    95. Use ball form to curve around to a half-bridge.
    96. Jump across to the door and enter the East Atrium.
    97. Continue into the Energy Core.
    98. Take a left.
    99. Survey the small alcove just before the Morph Ball.
    100. Take notice of the Stone Toad by the alcove.
    101. Continue through the Morph Ball tunnel until you get to the door. A boss is waiting on the other side.
      • Boss: Incinerator Drone
    102. Scan the drone.
    103. Lock onto the drone and avoid the streams of fire.
    104. Once the drone begins to spit fire up towards the wasp hive, a group Barbed War Wasps will immerge.
    105. The Wasps are not difficult to eliminate.
    106. Continue to sidestep and jump to avoid the streams of fire.
    107. Continue to shoot the red target until the drone malfunctions.
    108. Collect the Morph Ball Bomb for your reward once the drone has been defeated.
    109. Scan the area for a Sandstone weakness.
    110. TIP: The newly acquired bombs work well on this material.
    111. Return the way you came in.
    112. Use bombs to propel yourself upward into the pipes.
    113. Roll into a ball until you arrive in front of the Stone Toad.
    114. Blast his insides with a few bombs.
    115. NOTE: A Morph Ball puzzle displays.
    116. Bomb up into the Morph Ball Slot and set off a bomb to lower the acid pool in the next room.
    117. Roll out of the pipe that feeds into the room.
    118. Once the acid level lowers, you will see another cavity to bomb.
    119. Locate the cavity and repeat the same process.
    120. Follow the rising platforms into another room.
    121. Bomb the last trigger to get the platforms at their final level.
    122. Follow the path that has been created to the West Furnace Access.
    123. Roll through the simple ball maze in the room until you find the Energy Tank.
    124. Save your game.
    125. Return to the top of the Arbortetum.
    126. Find the first Rune on the large tree trunk.
    127. Locate the second on the ground under a patch of Venom Weed.
    128. Once activated, start climbing to the top of the area.
    129. Roll through some Morph Ball passages.
    130. Locate the Rune on the side of the wall.
    131. Scan it and continue upward.
    132. Scan the red-tipped Venom Weed blocking your path.
    133. Blast it with your Power Beam to clear the way.
    134. Once you arrive at the Rune-covered door, make a 180 degree turn.
    135. The final Rune is on the tree.
    136. Activate the last Rune and continue to the Sunchamber.
      • Boss: Flaahgra
    137. Scan Flaahgra.
    138. Scan the Flaahgra Tentacle protruding from the base where he is rooted.
    139. Combine that data with that from the cut scene for the necessary information to defeat him.
    140. Knock the mirror arrays shining light on him offline to drain his power source.
    141. Lock on to Flaahgra.
    142. Rapidly fire at him until he is stunned.
    143. Charge your Power Beam.
    144. Shoot the base of the array that is marked with a red target on its rear.
    145. NOTE: Once he falls, one of his tentacles retracts, revealing a Morph Ball slot.
    146. Race to the end of it and set a bomb.
    147. Next you must deactivate two arrays, then three, and then all four.
    148. TIP It is important to keep him stunned so he cannot get to the arrays you have taken offline and reactivate them as a power source.
    149. Try to position yourself in between two active arrays.
    150. Use ball form to speed up your travel.
    151. Use missiles to keep him dizzy from the blasts.
    152. Keep repeating the process of bombing down the Morph Ball slots until you are finished.
    153. Once he is defeated, the Varia Suit is yours.
    154. NOTE: The Varia Suit protects Samus from extremely hot environments, short of swimming in lava pools.
    155. Continue out the back door.
    156. Proceed into the Sun Tower Access.
    157. Watch for Ultra Energy to replenish 100% of your health.
    158. TIP: Don't forget to scan it!
    159. Continue through the access tunnel until you find the Pulse Bomb.
    160. Avoid the energy pulses it rains down from above.
    161. TIP: Do not charge your beam or it will create a magnetic pull with the Pulse Bomb.
    162. Get to the top of the Sun Tower.
    163. Drop down below with Samus's Power Suit.
    164. Scan the bit of Chozo Lore on the wall.
    165. Use manual aim to look up at the long magnetic track along the wall.
    166. Scan the Oculus to start obtaining data for later in the game when it will be time to face it.
    167. Press forward to the entrance to Magmoor Caverns North.
    168. Bypass it for now.
    169. Continue into the Vault.
    170. Find more Chozo Lore on the wall.
    171. Change into Morph Ball.
    172. Bomb into the three slots by blowing the covers off of them with the initial bomb.
    173. Fit in to the slots and work towards unlocking the cage by setting bombs inside the slot.
    174. You will need to master the double bomb jump for the third (and highest) slot.
    175. TIP: To do the double bomb jump, lay the first bomb and set another right before it explodes. Set the third bomb at the peak of your thrust to propel you doubly high.
    176. After you collect the Missile Expansion, head towards the Main Plaza to equip another Energy Tank.
    177. Continue to the RUined Nursery.
    178. Save your game.
    179. Examine the walls in the nursery.
    180. NOTE: There is a large Morph Ball maze embedded in the wall.
    181. Bomb the lowest piece of sandstone (accessible from the floor).
    182. Once the metal block slides down, get onto the full path above.
    183. Make your way through a few rooms and return to the Ruined Gallery.
    184. Examine the map diagram of the gallery.
    185. Bomb up into the small Morph Ball Tunnel in the strange tube archway.
    186. Continue to Magmoor Caverns North elevator.
    187. Jump down the huge column.
    188. Locate the Blast Shield in the hallway.
    189. Save your game on the other side of the Blast Shield.
    190. Continue forward until you see a pair of Grizbies.
    191. NOTE: Use missiles if you need to get rid of them.
    192. Locate the Burrower in the Lake Tunnel, the next room.
    193. There are even more creatures in the next room, Lava Lake, including the Magmoor, a giant fire-breathing lava worm.
    194. Keep at a distance from the worm.
    195. Keep pummeling it with shots until its head comes off.
    196. Platform your way across the lake.
    197. Watch out for Puffers, who leave a cloud of caustic gas in their wake.
    198. Blast the grouping of boxes out of the way.
    199. Bomb the sandstone wall behind them to find a hidden Morph Ball tunnel.
    200. Cross the next part of the lake.
    201. Find your way into the Pit Tunnel, infested with the Triclops.
    202. TIP: You will spot them underneath the metal grating.
    203. Change to Morph Ball form and roll under it.
    204. NOTE: The Triclops will vacuum you up and spit you back out the starting point.
    205. TIP: Lay a bomb just before they vacuum so they pick up the bomb before it explodes instead of you.
    206. TIP: Twirl the analog stick to break free if they catch you.
    207. Enter the Triclops Pit.
    208. Head below the platforms.
    209. Spin around.
    210. Access the hidden passage at the bottom.
    211. Follow the Morph Ball tunnel under the grating until you arrive at the exit. This leads you to the door to the Storage Cavern.
    212. Grab the Missile Expansion in the Storage Cavern.
    213. Return back over the platforms into the Monitor Tunnel.
    214. Enter the Monitor Station.
    215. Dispose of all of the Defense Turrets upon entry.
    216. Jump to the center of the room.
    217. Continue towards the station.
    218. Cross the bridge to the elevated door.
    219. Move out into Transport Tunnel A.
    220. Save your game at the station ahead and backtrack. It is easy to get stuck in the lava and die while you are trying to get the Energy Tank.
    221. Use the double bomb jump to access an Energy Tank above.
    222. Use the elevator to go to Phendrana Drifts North.

  • Welcome to Phendrana Shorelines

    1. NOTE: The icy, snow-packed Phendrana Drifts is a big world with many secrets.
    2. TIP Watch out for Sheegoth, its primary predetors.
    3. Enter through the Shoreline Entrance.
    4. Blast the ice sheet formations with your Charge Beam until you can access the Phendrana Shorelines.
    5. Continue across the wide-open area.
    6. Check in at the save point.
    7. Survey the Phendrana Shorelines for new creatures, e.g., Flickerbats, Crystallite, etc.
    8. NOTE: There is an electronically secured Blas Shield covering the door above the small river inlet.
    9. Scan the radion gate blocking the passage to the inlet.
    10. Blast the gate with missiles.
    11. Continue down the passage in Morph Ball form.
    12. Scan the orange terminal to unlock the above door.
    13. Ignore the floating platforms and temple and proceed to the door.
    14. Enter the Ice Ruins Access.
    15. Blast through another sheet of ice with your Charge Beam.
    16. Roll into ball form and move forward past the ice to the Scatter Bombu.
    17. Avoid the energy trails.
    18. Enter the Ice Ruins East.
    19. Lock onto the Baby Sheegoth, clasting the shells on their backs.
    20. Locate the nearest steps.
    21. Jump up around the edges of the room.
    22. Find a door that leads to the Plaza Walkway.
    23. Stay clear of the Ice Burrowers.
    24. Exit on the other side.
    25. Be careful not to fall, hugging the left wall.
    26. Find the door leading to the Ruins Entry Way, filled with Pulse Bombus.
    27. Enter the Ice Ruins West.
    28. Move through the low door with the Blast Shield and enter Phendrana Canyon.
    29. Drop on to the bridge.
    30. Spin around.
    31. Locate the Chozo Lore behind the large crates.
    32. Drop down into the canyon.
    33. Hug the right wall.
    34. Follow the wall to the reticule.
    35. Scan the reticule to activate a set of platforms.
    36. Jump over them quickly as they crumble upon impact.
    37. Find the Boost Ball.
    38. Use the half-pipe shaped base of the canyon to practice using the Boost Ball.
    39. Boost out of the canyon to exit.
    40. You'll also need to boost out of it to exit.
    41. Return to Tallon Canyon in the Overworld.
    42. Take the Magmoor Caverns West transport.
    43. Head straight across the Monitor Station and into the Short Tunnel.
    44. Once at the Fiery Shores, find a Morph Ball tunnel to roll around the lava lake.
    45. Blast the crates that are blocking another Morph Ball path.
    46. Follow this path to get a Missile Expansion hidden above.
    47. Use the Morph Ball Tunnel to exit across the other side.
    48. Head through Transport Tunnel B.
    49. Find your way to the Tallon Overworld West elevator.
    50. When you arrive just outside of the canyon, walk into Transport Tunnel B.
    51. Walk under the small stone bridge with dust and steam pouring out from underneath it.
    52. Grab the Missile Expansion.
    53. Jump up through the Root Cave.
    54. Find your way into Tallon Canyon.
    55. Use the Boost Ball to get to the top ledge above the halfpipe by the entrance to Transport Tunnel A.
    56. Roll across the bridge and bomb into the tunnel.
    57. Follow the tunnel into the Gully.
    58. Return to the Landing Site.
    59. Keep to the left, hugging the wall.
    60. Find the entrance to the Alcove and look for the Space Jump Boots.
    61. Return to the space ship to save your game and replenish health.
    62. Examine the wall behind the ship for the tunnel filled with Tangle Weed.
    63. Clear it out with a few blasts.
    64. Head into the tunnel for another Missile Expansion.
    65. Take the elevated door to the ledge straight across from the ship.
    66. Enter into the Temple Hall.
    67. Try to avoid the needles that the Seedlings shoot at you.
    68. Move forward into Temple Security Station.
    69. NOTE: An Impact Crater will make an appearance.
    70. Scan for more Pirate Data in the glass walkway.
    71. Enter the top of the Artifact Temple.
    72. Read through the two now Chozo Lore writings, one to the left and one to the right.
    73. Continue down below.
    74. Find the first of twelve Artifacts: the Artifact of Truth.
    75. Scan the Artifact and then the rest of the surrounding pillars to obtain important story clues.
    76. TIP: Be sure to scan the following: Wild, Strength, Chozo, Elder, Spirit, Lifegiver, and World.
    77. Head for the Magmoor Caverns East transport.
    78. Backtrack through some of Magmoor.
    79. Continue into the Monitor Station.
    80. Head to the very top platform.
    81. Scan the Spinner and a computer terminal.
    82. Use the SPinner to raise the nearby bridge.
    83. Cross the bridge to the highest door in the area and follow it into the Warrior Shrine, houwing the Strength Artifact.
    84. Proceed to the Phendrana Drifts North transport.
    85. Check in at the nearest save point upon your arrival and replenish your health.
    86. Search Phendrana Shorelines for floating, jet-powered platforms.
    87. Access the platforms with your new Space Jump Boots.
    88. Follow them to the front of the large temple.
    89. TIP: To make the jump, aim your gun down with the R-trigger. Press the L-trigger and hold it to lock it in place. You can then see more clearly below.
    90. Enter the temple.
    91. Avoid the Pulse Bombus.
    92. Step into the Chozo Ice Temple.
    93. Dispath the Baby Sheegoth
    94. Turn on your scanner.
    95. Look for the Ice Parasite.
    96. Jump up the series of platforms.
    97. Use your missiles on anything that impedes your progress.
    98. Continue through the upper level of the Chozo Ice Temple.
    99. Scan each of the four Chozo busts.
    100. Locate the weak brinstone bust of the shaman.
    101. Blast it with a missile and locate the Morph Ball slot behind it.
    102. Bomb the Morph Ball tunnel that leads into a 2D-type maze puzzle.
    103. Blast through the metal blocks.
    104. Shorten the pillars by blasting them with bombs
    105. This takes you to the Chapel of Elders for your next boss fight.
      • Boss: Sheegoth
    106. Look straight ahead at the Wave Beam.
    107. Try to grab it and watch it descend into the floor.
    108. Take care of each Baby Sheegoth that comes growling out into the room.
    109. When all of the babies are taken care of, Mama Sheegoth will break through the back wall.
    110. Scan Mama before you lock onto her.
    111. Side step to the right and left.
    112. Position yourself on one side of her neck.
    113. Only use missiles to take her out.
    114. NOTE: She will absorb Power Beams.
    115. Continue to shoot the sides of her neck and open mouth with missiles.
    116. Grab the Wave Beam once it reappears.
    117. Proceed out of the room through the purple door that can only be opened with the Wave Beam.
    118. TIP: Get comfortable switching weapon types with the C-stick.
    119. Continue to the save point in Phendrana Shorlines.
    120. Exit the temple.
    121. Take out the larger Bombu with the new Wave Beam.
    122. Head for the Ice Ruins West.
    123. Move to the right as soon as you enter the ruins.
    124. Check out the new Chozo Lore.
    125. Keep progressing up to the top.
    126. Scan the cracked Stalactite. #Continue jumping across the top of the structures.
    127. Watch for Ice Shriekbats.
    128. Make note of the sheet of ice covering a hole in the ground as you platform across so you can come back to it later.
    129. Arrive in front of a Wave Beam door that leads to the Courtyard Entryway.
    130. Enter the Ruined Courtyard.
    131. Survey the ground for two Morph Ball spinners.
    132. Use them to activate a Morph Ball slot located above on a ledge.
    133. Proceed to the slot and bomb it to fill the area with water and raise the floating ice platforms.
    134. Platform across and do not stop.
    135. Arrive at a Morph Ball tunnel that angles downward.
    136. Roll into it to receive an Energy Tank.
    137. Roll back down to the bottom.
    138. Repeat the same process by activating the slot again.
    139. Jump to the center platform.
    140. Work your way to the top.
    141. Use your missiles to shatter the door with the Blast Shield.
    142. Save the game.
    143. Return to the center of the Courtyard.
    144. Proceed through the Wave Beam door that lies ahead.

  • Into the Core

    1. Head into the Research Core.
    2. Enter into Specimen Storage.
    3. Charge your Wave Beam and disable the defense turret.
    4. Prepare your scan visor.
    5. Continue into the Research Entrance.
    6. Turn around and scan the door you entered through. It can only be used after defeating all of the enemies in the room.
    7. Scan and blast all of the Shadow Pirates.
    8. Return to the bottom floor to the unopened door that opens to the Map Station for Phendrana Drinfts.
    9. Once downloaded, head back up the walkways.
    10. Exit through the top of the room.
    11. Arrive in the Research Entrance and make your way to the next room, Research Lab Hydra.
    12. Destroy all of the Space Pirates.
    13. Get your scan visor ready to scan the area.
    14. Return to the bottom floor.
    15. Locate the three Pirate Data log book entries: Security Breaches, Phazon Analysis, Mining Status.
    16. NOTE: About 50% of your Log Book should be completed, unlocking Image Gallery 1, accessible through the main menu.
    17. Head upstairs to the computer terminals. These contain the Pirate Data Parasite Larva and Glacial Wastes.
    18. Move out through the Wave Beam door on the ceiling and find your way to the Observatory.
    19. Clear out the Space Pirates.
    20. Head to the bottom.
    21. Download the additional Pirate Data: Phazon Program and Contact.
    22. Scan the center module to activate one of the Morph Ball slots in the room.
    23. Bomb it.
    24. Send power to the hub.
    25. Take some large leaps to bomb the second Morph Ball slot located on the opposite side. This triggers power to the Morph Ball spinners below.
    26. Roll down there and Boost Ball spin in all four of them, sending power to the astronomical holographic projector.
    27. Scan the new Research Data floating around: the planets Zebes and Tallon IV.
    28. Make it to the top by platforming around the edge and making some large jumps.
    29. Find the Super Missile upgrade in the center of the Observatory.
    30. Move through the West Tower Entrance.
    31. Access the Control Tower transport.
    32. Enter the Control Tower to face your next battle.
    33. Clear out the Space Pirates on the ground.
    34. Prepare to meet the Flying Pirate, an agile, missile-shooting unit that will require a little more persistence.
    35. Fire with your missiles.
    36. Be alert for the Flying Pirate when it falls. Expect it to zoom towards you out of control and explode.
    37. It will take decimating approximately four of them before the doors unlock.
    38. Shoot nearby boxes if you need to replenish your health at any point during the fight.
    39. Head into the East Tower.
    40. Activate the transport to the Research Lab Aether.
    41. Scan the two Pirate Data entries: Meta Ridley and Metroid Studies.
    42. Blast the Metroid with missiles and your Wave Beam.
    43. TIP: If it attaches itself to you, roll into a ball and set a bomb to jolt it loose.
    44. Defeat the Space Pirate that jumps through the window and attacks.
    45. Proceed into the next room.
    46. Defeat any Space Pirates.
    47. Check the computer terminals at the top and bottom of the room.
    48. Locate the Pirate Data Phazon Infusion, Metroid Forces, and Metroid Morphology.
    49. Find the remaining Metroid in one of the stasis containment units in the lab.
    50. Shoot the glass with a missile to free it and dispose of it.
    51. Take a closer look at the rest of the stasis units.
    52. Find the Energy Tank hidden in the stasis unit adjacent to the wall and blast it open with a missile and power up.
    53. Take the elevator back up to the walkways hanging above.
    54. Look closely at the piping in the room for the Missile Expansion hidden at the end of one.
    55. Jump up and roll in Morph Ball form to get it.
    56. From the lower floor, drop down into the Research Core Access.
    57. Destroy the Space and Flying Pirates.
    58. Scan the nearby terminal to disconnect the containment unit below.
    59. Watch the cut scene of the visor upgrade.
    60. Continue down.
    61. Watch and listen for defense turrets.
    62. Access the next terminal.
    63. Disconnect another power source to the unit below.
    64. Scan the last terminal at the bottom to free the force field around your new Thermal Visor.
    65. Grab the visor and prepare for a power outage.
    66. Tap down on the D-pad to use it.
    67. Use the new Thermal Visor on the Shadow Pirates.
    68. Blast the Metroids with your Super Missiles to end the battles quickly.
    69. Return to the top where you entered.
    70. Use your Thermal Visor to see the power conduit of the right side of the door.
    71. Shoot it with the Wave Beam to continue forward through the doorway.
    72. Blast the Sentry Drone quickly with missiles.
    73. Move back through the Research Lab Aether.
    74. Watch for more Shadow Pirates.
    75. Focus on getting back to the save station in the Observatory.
    76. Enter the Ruined Courtyard.
    77. Store up on health at the check point to get ready for the upcoming boss fight.
    78. Flip on the Thermal Visor.
    79. Examine the door directly across from the save point.
    80. Use your Super Missiles (Charge Beam + Y) on the cordite to uncover the glowing power conduit on the archway above it.
    81. Send power to the door by shooting it with your Wave Beam.
    82. Continue forward.
    83. Enter into the Quarantine Cave.
    84. Prepare for battle.
      • Boss: Thardus
    85. Scan for vital Log Book data.
    86. Lock onto Thardus while using your Thermal Visor to locate his hot spots.
    87. Crack the highlighted stone portion of his body with charge blasts and missiles.
    88. Save the Super Missiles for later.
    89. When the Phazon-infused rock cracks open, it will expose the highly radioactive material beneath it.
    90. Switch off the Thermal Visor and lock on without it.
    91. Repeat the same process of hitting the weak spot with charge blasts and missiles while sidestepping out of his line of fire.
    92. NOTE: Thardus will summon rocks from beneath the ground and toss them your way. #Lock on to the rocks and blast them to pieces.
    93. TIP: The Phazon material will blind you if you continue in Thermal Visor mode throughout this process.
    94. TIP: Tap the B-button to free yourself if you are frozen by Thardus.
    95. TIP: When Thardus transforms into his boulder form by leaning back and curling into a ball, the best response is to turn into a Morph Ball and boost out of the way. Learn to recognize the animation.
    96. TIP: Thardus will also summon snow storms to blur your vision. Use your Thermal Visor to cut rhrough as much of the haze as possible.
    97. If it gets to the point that his Phazon is exposed during a snow storm and you simply cannot see him, get as close as possible and use the Super Missiles.
    98. When you are able to work him down to the final center point of his body, keep working through it and he will die.
    99. NOTE: Once you have defeated Thardus, you are rewarded with the Spider Ball. The Spider Ball allows you to attach yourself to magnetic Spider Ball Tracks.
    100. Use the Spider Ball to exit Thardus's lair.
    101. Go through the South Quarantine Tunnel.
    102. Continue to the Magmoor Caverns South transport.
    103. Proceed down into the warmer territory.
    104. Once you arrive in Magmoor, head towards the elevator. A Blast Shield and save station are located immediately behind it.
    105. Save your game and restore your health.
    106. Head into the Magmoor Workstation.
    107. Fight the Flying Pirates from behind the entrance door to save some health.
    108. Jump down to the bottom. There are three glowing passages: green, purple, a blue.
    109. Scan around.
    110. Locate the pillar-shaped machine that is not receiving power.
    111. Flip on your Thermal Visor. This reveals a power conduit next to each colored passageway.
    112. Flash power through them with your Wave Beam and the machine will begin to function. This cools the lava beneath the blue passage.
    113. Roll underneath the grating and access the area behind the blue passage.
    114. Scan the panel to cool the lava in the green passageway.
    115. Repeat this process and you will end up behind the purple passageway where an Energy Tank awaits you.
    116. Face the purple passage and exit the door directly to the right. This leads into the South Core Tunnel.
    117. Shoot the open mouth of the giant mollusk Puddle Spore standing in your way.
    118. Jump on it like a platform when it flips over.
    119. Use the same technique to get across the Geothermal Core.
    120. Ignore the tall pillars that spike through the room.
    121. Use a missile in the North Core Tunnel to shoot down the stalactite that is hanging above, and use it as a platform.
    122. Move forward into Twin Fires.
    123. Repeat the same procedure by missile-blasting the stalactite at the front of the room. #Hug the right wall.
    124. Take down another stalactite and move to the other side of the cave.
    125. Use one more stalactite as a platform.
    126. Open the next door to enter Twin Fires Tunnel. This connects you to the Tallon Overworld West transport.
    127. Use your Spider Ball and roll into the small hole.
    128. Hold on to the magnetic track and cross the lava pit.
    129. Take the transport up to Tallon Overworld.
    130. Head over to the Chozo Ruins West transport.
    131. Head over to the Main Plaza in Chozo Ruins.
    132. Roll into Morph Ball and slip under the bridge to grab a Missile Expansion pack.
    133. Roll into the Ruined Fountain to solve a puzzle.
    134. Bomb your way up on top of the fountain spout.
    135. It will spit you onto the Spider Ball track above.
    136. Locate the Missile Expansion.
    137. Head into the Aboretum next door and make your way into the Watery Hall.
    138. Continue to the small Morph Ball tunnel at the end where you originally got your Charge Beam.
    139. Bomb it and roll through it to the Dynamo.
    140. Once in the Dynamo, scan the room and locate a weakened metal structure.
    141. Find a Missile Expansion pack behind it.
    142. Look above and access the Spider Ball track.
    143. Find the next Missile Expansion.
    144. Save your game off of the Gathering Hall.
    145. Platform to the top of the hall.
    146. Look above the doorway to the East Atrium for the hidden Missile Expansion above.
    147. Use the red lights as stepping stones to double jump up there.
    148. Bomb the wall.
    149. Grab the missiles.
    150. Head through the East Atrium towards the Furnace.
    151. Take the Spider Ball track to a new area.
    152. Use Boost Ball to get across some disappearing blocks.
    153. Get your scanner out in the heart of the Furnace.
    154. Make note of the Plated Parasite creatures carving their way around the elevated Spider Ball tracks.
    155. Spin around and head to the other side of the room.
    156. Locate the Morph Ball tunnel and Chozo Lore.
    157. Scan it.
    158. Roll through the tunnel to access the Crossway.
    159. Use the half-pipe in front of you to propel yourself high enough to access the other side.
    160. Scan the three Chozo Lore engravings.
    161. Scan a cordite shield just on the adjacent wall.
    162. Blast through it with a Super Missile shot.
    163. Scan the reticle behind it to activate one of a set of Spider Ball tracks.
    164. Use the half-pipe to launch yourself up to it.
    165. Bomb the nearby Morph Ball slot.
    166. Repeat this process to take a special Morph Ball elevator up to a Missile Expansion. #Head through the archway into the Elder Hall Access until you arrive in the Hall of Elders.
    167. Find the Morph Ball tunnel that leads to a Missile Station.
    168. Scan the Missile Station.
    169. Jump down into the center of the Hall of Elders.
    170. The room darkens as you meet a Chozo Ghost.
    171. Use a few Super Missiles to dispose of him.
    172. Walk behind the giant Chozo statue in the room and check out the latest Chozo Lore.
    173. Jump into the hands of the Chozo statue.
    174. Change to Morph Ball form.
    175. You are tossed about, ramping you up the opposite wall of the room where you can use your Spider Ball to access a Morph Ball slot.
    176. Bomb the slot to reveal three more special slots.
    177. Jump back over by the Missile Station.
    178. Look up where you can find another ledge to platform on until you reach three slots.
    179. One of the slots will work with your Wave Beam.
    180. Shoot it to reveal another Morph Ball slot.
    181. Bomb it.
    182. A new path opens in front of the Chozo Elder.
    183. Roll into his hands.
    184. Follow the new path behind the energy shield.
    185. Scan the nearby reticle.
    186. Take it offline.
    187. Enter the unopened door.
    188. Continue to the Reflecting Pool that is surrounded by Stone Toads.
    189. Roll into a ball and drop into the center of the pool.
    190. Bomb the drain to release the water.
    191. Avoiding the Toads, use the pool as a half-pipe and boost up to the second floor where there are two Blast Shields.
    192. Look for the Antechamber.
    193. Enter and meet up with the Ice Beam.
    194. Proceed to the door across from the Antechamber.
    195. Continue to the Save Station.
    196. Roll into Morph Ball form.
    197. Access Tallon Overworld East transport, but do not use it.
    198. Walk in to the unopened Ice Beam door on the top floor of the Reflecting Pool for another transport to Tallon Overworld South.
    199. Head back to the Hall of Elders.
    200. Use your Ice Beam to activate the second Morph Ball slot located behind the Chozo Elder.
    201. You are tossed down a new path that leads to an Energy Tank.

  • To the Mines

    1. Head for the Main Plaza on your way to the Magmoor Caverns North transport.
    2. Visit the Sun Tower.
    3. Scan and locate the cordite shields in between the wasp hives.
    4. Destroy the wasp hives with missiles.
    5. Use a Super Missile to blast each cordite shield and reveal two runes.
    6. Scan them and activate them.
    7. Locate the two additional runes onthe upper-back side of two pillars in the room.
    8. Activate them to uncover a Spider Ball track.
    9. Bomb your way up it.
    10. Find your way to the Sunchamber where several Chozo Ghosts will appear.
    11. Destroy all of them.
    12. Find the fourth Artifact of twelve: Wild on top of the bloomed corpse of Flaaghra.
    13. Jump up to collect it.
    14. Return the same way you entered and return to the Magmoor Caverns North tranport.
    15. Step down into Magmoor Caverns.
    16. Proceed directly to the Monitor Station.
    17. Roll through to the Phendrana Drifts North transport.
    18. Travel up to the snowy region.
    19. Position yourself in front of the Chozo temple in Phendrana Shorelines.
    20. Scan and locate the cordite shield.
    21. Remove it with Super Missiles to reveal a Spider Ball track that leads to a Missile Expansion.
    22. Turn around.
    23. Head for the Ruined Courtyard.
    24. Use the Spider Ball track to reach the top.
    25. Save your game.
    26. Replenish your energy.
    27. Continue into Specimen Storage.
    28. Move forward to Research Lab Hyrda.
    29. Work your way to the top level.
    30. If you're facing the main computer terminal, the pillar to the left is composed of weakened cordite.
    31. Hit it with Super Missiles to pick up another Missile Expansion.
    32. Continue to the Research Core.
    33. Use the Ice Beam at the bottom to enter the Pike Access and then Frozen Pike.
    34. Jump up to the top.
    35. Reveal the path through the Transport Access.
    36. Continue to the Magmoor Caverns South elevator.
    37. Return to the Frozen Pike.
    38. Enter the Wave Beam door that sits about middle height in the tall cavern.
    39. Continue past one more doorway to the Frost Cave.
    40. Dispose of the Hunter Metroid by freezing him with the Ice Beam and using a missile on him.
    41. Ignore the Glider for now when you meet up with him.
    42. Locate the two stalactites on the ceiling.
    43. Send a few missile blasts their way to bring them to the floor.
    44. Enter the slightly higher of the two doors to Save Station C.
    45. Save your game.
    46. Return to the Frost Cave to pass through the other door into Upper Edge Tunnel.
    47. Roll along a lengthy tube of ice.
    48. Continue to Phendrana's Edge.
    49. Move down into the icy water below.
    50. Turn on your scanner.
    51. Kill the Jelzap that appears. You will need to have a charged beam ready when they expose their energy core that sits between its two body halves.
    52. Access the Wave Beam that is submerged in the water.
    53. Continue to the Lower Edge Tunnel.
    54. Proceed into the Hunter Cave.
    55. Shoot down the three stalactites hanging from the ceiling.
    56. Use the two that fall into the water to traverse the icy pond.
    57. Jump on the last of the three to access the door to the Lake Tunnel.
    58. Freeze the Aqua Reapers in the Gravity Chamger pit with your Ice Beam as you run by.
    59. Work your way to the next pit.
    60. Find your Gravity Suit.
    61. NOTE: You will notice that your vision in the previously murky water is now much better. You can also jump freely without the heavy drag from the dense water.
    62. Escape the watery depths by jumping onto a trickily located platform, located above elevated gap between the two pits.
    63. Exit through the Chamber Access.
    64. Arrive back in the Hunter Cave.
    65. Hug the right wall and exit the unopened Wave Beam door.
    66. Return to the Frost Pike. #Climb to the top.
    67. Seek warmer refuge via the Magmoor Caverns South transport.
    68. Stop by the save point behind you.
    69. Head to the Tallon Overworld West transport.
    70. Return to the Landing Site in Tallon Overworld.
    71. Continue through the unopened door to Waterfall Cavern.
    72. Roll into a Morph Ball.
    73. Take a dip in the small pond.
    74. Pass under a grouping of rocks.
    75. Access a Blast Shield protected door on the other side and pass through to the Crash Frigate Site.
    76. Submerge into the pool of water at the center.
    77. Make your way to the other side.
    78. Roll into a Morph Ball to access a small tunnel.
    79. Blast by the injured Space Pirates.
    80. Continue through the Ice Beam door that leads into the Frigate Access Tunnel.
    81. Drop down the Main Ventilation Shaft Section C ahead into the sunken space station.
    82. Main Ventilation Shaft Section B the door has no power.
    83. Flip on your Thermal Visor and locate the power conduit.
    84. Open the door to Main Ventilation Shaft Section A, which contains the new creature Tallon Crab.
    85. Run right by it and into the Research Core.
    86. Use your Thermal Visor to locate the four power conduits; three of them are pretty obvious (one right next to the door), but the fourth is hidden at the very bottom by the sand floor.
    87. Step into the Reactor Access with all four activated.
    88. Repeat the same process with your Thermal Visor activated.
    89. Use the save point located off of this room.
    90. Charge your beam to shatter the window into the Cargo Freight Lift to Deck Gamma and get the Energy Tank in the broken elevator that rests on the floor.
    91. Platform your way up to the top of the lift tunnel.
    92. NOTE: The door at the top has no power.
    93. Jump down to the bottom where you found your energy tank.
    94. Use your Thermal Visor/Wave Beam to send power to the first power conduit of three. The second is on the backside of a wall about midway up the lift. Lastly, the final conduit is right next to the door.
    95. Enter the Biohazard Containment and jump down into the water that fills the lower level. #Greet and destroy the Aqua Drone. #Flip your scan visor back on again and check the containment units on that same lower level.
    96. Use a Super Missile to split the containment unit made of cordite to split it open and grab the Missile Expansion pack.
    97. The door you need to access the Biotech Research Area 1 is also without power.
    98. Repeat the process with the Thermal Visor/Wave Beam combo and activate three power conduits, two of which are on the lower level of the room.
    99. Make your way to the Connection Elevator to Deck Beta.
    100. Enter the Aqua Sac into your Log Book.
    101. Drop to the bottom of the shaft.
    102. Enter the Hydro Access Tunnel where you will find another ball puzzle.
    103. Roll into the tunnel where you will see more of a 2D-view.
    104. Use your bombs to propel you upward over the ledges.
    105. With little gravity and air pressure bubbling up from below, you must use your bombs repeatedly to continually push yourself upward.
    106. After all of the power conduits are activated, proceed to the Great Tree Hall.
    107. Get out of the water and explore the area.
    108. Follow the platforms to a Morph Ball spinner. This opens a gate.
    109. Exit the lowest Ice Beam door into the Transport Tunnel E.
    110. Cross a bridge over a pool of Phazon.
    111. TIP: Be careful not to fall in.
    112. Continue forward.
    113. Take the Transport to Phazon Mines East.
    114. Head to the save station off of the Main Quarry.
    115. Use a Spider Ball track to roll up into it from the ground floor.
    116. Save your game.
    117. Return to the Main Quarry.
    118. Take note of the large orange force field blocking your progress.
    119. Begin the search for two scan reticles, which are located parallel to each other straight in front of the field; one is farther back than the other.
    120. Take the walkways up to the crane control station which is in need of power.
    121. Locate the power conduit at the base of the main crane arm with your Thermal Visor.
    122. Send power to it with your Wave Beam.
    123. Scan the controls to change the crane's position.
    124. The crane will then crash into the rocks, revealing a Missile Expansion.
    125. Use the Spider Ball track attached to the underside of the arm to grab it.
    126. Put the arm back in its original place.
    127. Scan the underside of the crate hanging from the crane.
    128. Scan the Grapple Point connected to the crane to record the research entry in your Log Book.
    129. Exit the Quarry and move through the Ice Beam door that was behind the force field, entering into Security Access A. There is a Mega Turret set awaiting your arrival. #Freeze all of them with your Ice Beam.
    130. Use your Scan Visor to disable them via the reticle in the back of the room.
    131. Scan them to acquire their data for your creature log.
    132. Move into the next room, the Mine Security Station.
    133. Deal with the Shadow Pirates and then a group of Wave Troopers, susceptible to the Wave Beam. Take them out with several charged shots.
    134. Head into Security Access B.
    135. Blast through a few gates.
    136. Continue to Elite Research.
    137. Flip on your scan visor.
    138. Acquire the Pirate Data on the terminal near the pirate.
    139. Scan another teminal to activate nearby platforms.
    140. Work your way up the platforms.
    141. Defeat the Wave Troopers.
    142. Scan the next computer terminal on that level to activate more platforms.
    143. Keep your scanner on.
    144. Head up the platforms and acquire data on the newly sighted Power Trooper.
    145. The Power Trooper is very powerful and must be destroyed with the Power Beam.
    146. Once you arrive on the third floor of Elite Research, you'll find there is a terminal that controls an Industrial Grade Pulse Beam and a Morph Ball spinner.
    147. Use the spinner to point the gun at the wall surface with 8% integrity. Behind it is a Missile Expansion.
    148. Use the beam to blast the wall directly ahead of the terminal, which reveals an Ice Beam door.
    149. Take this to Research Access.
    150. Use the Spider Ball track to avoid the machinery.
    151. Get your Power Beam ready as you head into Ore Processing.
    152. Use Super Missiles to take out the Power Troopers quickly.
    153. Once they are removed, there is another Morph Ball puzzle about the giant pillar in the center of the room lined with color-coded Spider Ball tracks.
    154. Locate the rotation control unit, which must be bombed to turn the pillar.
    155. The holographic display next to it shows you how things are lining up.
    156. Line up the blue track to take you to the second level.
    157. Roll up to the second level and connect the red track.
    158. Roll back down to the bottom and bomb the rotation control unit a few more times to line up the bottom half of the red track. #Roll all the way to the third floor.
    159. Exit through the Ice Beam door to Elevator A, the transport to Phazon Mines Level Two. #Arrive in Elite Control Access.
    160. Flip on your Thermal Scanner.
    161. Notice the square yellow and purple signatures located in a ventilation shaft.
    162. Shoot the explsive crate to reveal a Missile Expansion hidden in the vents.
    163. Jump over to it.
    164. Enter Elite Control.
    165. Have your Power Beam at the ready.
      • Boss: Elite Pirate
    166. NOTE: The Elite Pirate is not as strong as he looks. He can absorb shots from the Power Beam, so try to hit him with Super Missiles. Dodge his shots by hiding behind pillars. Double jump to avoid his shock waves.
    167. Hit him with two good Super Missiles to take him out.
    168. One he is defeated, scan the computer terminal to the right.
    169. Download two new Pirate Data entries.
    170. Turn your attention to another terminal to the left of the stasis unit near a set of walkways for additional Pirate Data.
    171. Be ready for the Ice Trooper as you head up that walkway.
    172. TIP: Ice Troopers can be frozen with a charged Ice Beam blast or blown to bits with a missile.
    173. NOTE: Head to the second floor for a grouping of terminals with additional optional data downloads. The third floor is full of new Pirate Data.
    174. Scan one of the terminals to take the force field offline.
    175. Behind it is an Ice Beam door.
    176. Jump up into the door to gain access to the half-pipe shaped Ventilation Shaft.
    177. Enter the pipe as gas begins to pour from the ceiling.
    178. Ignore the gas.
    179. Continue into Omega Research.
    180. Take care of the Wave and Power Troopers that attack.
    181. Work your way to the bottom floor.
    182. Scan the reticl to deactivate the force field.
    183. Examine the terminals for your first piece of Pirate Data about the Omega Pirate.
    184. Drop down into the Dynamo Access via the Ice Beam door.
    185. Continue into the Central Dynamo.
    186. Jump down to the center of the room.
    187. Use your Power Beam and missiles combined with manual aim (R-trigger) to take out the invisible Drone.
    188. As the invisible Drone explodes, it reveals a hole in the grating that is big enough for your Morph Ball.
    189. Head into the maze.
    190. Avoid the borders which will zap you with harmful bolts of electricity.
    191. Laying bombs in puzzles of water, it will splash the power conductors, opening a new path.
    192. Locate the Power Bomb in the center of the maze.
    193. Go through the Ice Beam door with no fallen wreckage in front of it.
    194. Follow the doorway to the save station.
    195. Head back into the Central Dynamo.
    196. Directly across the room is an Ice Beam door with collapsed bendezium in front of it.
    197. Take care of the pile of material with a Power Bomb.
    198. Watch out for glowing Power Bomb Ammunition to enter as research data.
    199. Continue to Quarantine Access A.
    200. Dispose of the row of turrets, one at a time. Or roll into a ball, access the Morph Ball hole on the right edge of the hallway (by the stasis tank). As soon as you roll out of the other side, flip on your scanner and disable them via a reticle on the wall ahead.
    201. Take care of the Space Pirates in Metroid Quarantine A.
    202. Use your scan visor on the computer terminal to deactivate the force field.
    203. Have your Ice Beam ready for any Metroids that get bored ;)

  • Rush of Upgrades

    1. Return to the Ice Beam door blocked by bendezium at the Omega Research lab.
    2. Take care of the Elite Pirate who has escaped from captivity.
    3. Jump to the top floor.
    4. Blast away at the rubble in front of the door to the Map Station Mines.
    5. Download the available data.
    6. Continue to the Ventilation Shaft.
    7. Change to your scanner.
    8. Locate the bendezium vent on the floor.
    9. Blast through the vent with a Power Bomb.
    10. Roll into Morph Ball form and drop into it.
    11. Scan the reticle on the other side to activate the fans.
    12. Get rid of the gas.
    13. Grab the Energy Tank after the the Puffer creatures break the fan grating to reveal it.
    14. Use the half-pipe to exit.
    15. Head for Elite Control Access.
    16. Take the transport back to the mine's first level.
    17. Return to Ore Processing.
    18. Set up the yellow track.
    19. Line it up and follow the yellow track to the top.
    20. Access Storage Depot B.
    21. Locate the Grapple Beam.
    22. Use the grapple point on the ceiling of Ore Processing to access Waste Disposal directly across the gap.
    23. Leap out and tap the L-trigger.
    24. Take the Waste Disposal out to the Main Quarry.
    25. Save your game.
    26. Take the Transport to Tallon Overworld South just outside of the Quarry.
    27. Set a path for the Great Tree Hall.
    28. Platform up around the edge to the Morph Ball spinner.
    29. Pass through the above ledge.
    30. Position yourself in the upper part of the Great Tree Hall.
    31. Jump on the edge of the hall until you find the corkscrew-shaped Spider Ball track.
    32. Use the SPider Ball track to get to the highest door in the area, an Ice Beam door that leads to the Life Grove Tunnel.
    33. Flip on your scanner.
    34. Power Bomb the weak rock face to continue into the Life Grove.
    35. Locate the X-Ray Visor. It enables you to see through walls and invisible objects.
    36. Turn on the X-Ray Visor to have a look around. Much of the resulting scenery does not display on the map.
    37. Scan the walls and note their weakness due to water saturation.
    38. Set a Power Bomb to knock them open and check out the new revealed area.
    39. Follow the platforms on the edge to explore the new area.
    40. Continue to the Morph Ball maze carved into the wall-side.
    41. Land by the waterfall and wait for the Chozo Ghosts.
    42. Lock onto the ghosts with your new X-Ray technology.
    43. Once they are defeated, check out the Morph Ball tunnel underneath a Chozo face on top of the gazebo.
    44. Jump around the edge to return there.
    45. Head back for the Great Tree Hall.
    46. Fall back down to the base where the roots are collecting.
    47. Use your X-Ray Visor to locate the hidden platform.
    48. Follow the platform to the door behind the tree.
    49. Go through the door into the Great Tree Chamber and find the Missile Expansion pack.
    50. Grab the expansion pack.
    51. Jump back down to the unopened door.
    52. Follow it into Transport Tunnel D and Chozo Ruins South.
    53. Once in the Chozo Ruins, go right around the corner to the Transport to Tallon Overworld East (Morph Ball tunnel behind save station).
    54. Roll through Transport Tunnel C.
    55. Continue into the Overgrown Cavern.
    56. Fire some rounds at the Venom Weed.
    57. Roll through the Morph Ball sized opening for a Missile Expansion.
    58. Continue to the Frigate Crash Site.
    59. Spot two grapple points. These will help you to navigate across the water.
    60. Use the one closest to the center of the water reserve to grab the Missile Expansion embedded into the cliffside.
    61. Line yourself up to swing into the rock face and land in the small submerged cave.
    62. Set a course for Tallon Canyon.
    63. Take the Transport to Chozo Ruins West.
    64. Fo to the Ruined Fountain.
    65. Enter the unopened door that leads into the Meditation Fountain.
    66. Follow this through to the Magma Pool.
    67. Use your Grapple Beam to cross it.
    68. Use your X-Ray Visor on the wall on the other side to see beyond the vines.
    69. Set a Power Bomb next to it for the Power Bomb Expansion and the last of the Chozo Lore.
    70. Exit through the Wave Beam door.
    71. Go through to the Training Chamber.
    72. Dispose of the Chozo Ghosts to reveal the two Morph Ball slots under the Chozo busts.
    73. Use the half-pipe to bomb into them, sending power to a nearby Morph Ball elevator.
    74. Take the elevator to a Spider Ball track that takes you into a room with an Energy Tank.
    75. Exit the room through the Morph Ball tunnel under the third of the Chozo busts.
    76. Arrive on a ledge in the Main Plaza.
    77. Use the grappling point just ahead of you to swing across and pick up the Missile Expansion.
    78. Scan the tree trunk to reveal a weakened knot.
    79. Shatter the knot with a Super Missile.
    80. Jump from the ledge across from it to pick up another Missile Expansion.
    81. Turn right around.
    82. Carve a path towards the Ruined Shrine.
    83. Blast away the sandstone weakness on the floor to access the Morph Ball tunnel.
    84. Follow the tunnel to the Missile Expansion.
    85. Boost Ball your way up to the side leading back to the small room and pick up the Missile Expansion.
    86. Boost over to the other side and enter the Tower of Light.
    87. Platform your way up the vertically stacked platforms until you arrive at the perfectly centered one.
    88. Scan the area.
    89. Use three missiles on each of the four pillars to destroy the first level, allowing you to jump to a higher level.
    90. Move quickly to avoid the Plated Puffer creatures that the explosion sends out of the nearby pipes.
    91. Repeat the process of bringing down the levels a few more times until you can reach the Wavebuster at the very top.
    92. NOTE: The Wave Buster is activated by charging the Wave Beam and tapping the Y-button at the same time. It produces an energy stream that dents your missile supply but deals major damage.
    93. Drpp down into the water below.
    94. Check your Artifact data.
    95. Access the Wave Beam door hidden on the other side of the pool of water.
    96. Enter the Tower Chamber to get Lifegiver, the fifth of the twelve Artifacts.
    97. Return to Tallon Canyon via the Transport to Tallon Overworld North.
    98. Head to your next checkpoint at the Root Cave.
    99. Find the grapple point.
    100. Use it to swing to the other side.
    101. Jump up.
    102. Cross the small bridge to the dead end.
    103. Turn on your X-Ray Visor and find the "invisible" platform.
    104. Check out the red door on the last platform.
    105. Turn left with your X-Ray Visor still activated.
    106. Find the Missile Expansion behind the foliage on the wall.
    107. Fall to the bottom.
    108. Head to the Transport to Magmoor Caverns East.
    109. Use Transport Tunnel B to make your way to the Shore Tunnel.
    110. Set off a Power Bomb in the center of the tunnel to shatter the glass.
    111. Jump beneath the bridgeway to acquire the Ice Spreader. This weapon can simultaneously freeze multiple enemies.
    112. Turn around and return to your original point of entry.
    113. Find your way to the Geothermal Core.
    114. TIP: Freeze the flamethrowing nozzles attached to the ceiling with the Ice Beam.
    115. Once at the Geothermal Core, position yourself on the side closest to the South Core Tunnel.
    116. Jump onto the platform.
    117. Use your Grapple Beam to swing from a nearby point.
    118. Land on top of the first rotation unit.
    119. Locate the Morph Ball Spinner.
    120. NOTE: The platform will split in two, raising one above you.
    121. Jump over to the next closest rotation unit.
    122. Repeat this process.
    123. Return to the first platform you raised to reach additional height.
    124. Access the third highest platform to raise it with the Morph Ball spinner.
    125. Use the Spider Ball track to access the raised platform.
    126. Once you have reached the top, jump to the fourth and final rotation unit.
    127. Bomb the Morph Ball slot to send power to all the units.
    128. Wait for the roof of the entire Geothermal Core to rise, revealing a huge mural of Spider Ball tracks.
    129. Bomb up on to the Spider Ball track that branches off of that final platform.
    130. NOTE: Once on the walls the path is linear for the most part. It will, however, be necessary to occasionally drop to a track below you or bomb to one above you.
    131. Watch out for Plated Parasites that can knock you off the tracks.
    132. Wind your way around the room until you arrive at an elevated Ice Beam door.
    133. Enter Plasma Processing.
    134. Upgrade your suit with the latest weaponry: the Plasma Beam. This weapon emits a fiery hot stream of magma and can be used against enemies as well as to melt thin sheets of ice.
    135. Head through Magmoor Workstation and access the save station behind the Transport to Phendrana Drifts South.
    136. Circle around back into the Magmoor Workstation.
    137. Access the elevated, unopened door that leads into the Workstation Tunnel.
    138. Clear some bendezium rubble with a Power Bomb.
    139. Continue on to Phazon Mines West via the transport.
    140. Head forward into the Transport Access.
    141. Use your Grapple Beam to cross the pools of Phazon beneath you.
    142. Continue into the Phazon Processing Center.
    143. Jump down to the center.
    144. Find an Ice Beam door that leads back to level two of the mines via a Morph Ball tunnel.
    145. Fight any Space Pirates you meet along the way as well as a Plasma Trooper.
    146. Roll your way back to the second level of the mines.
    147. Pass through Elite Control, Omega Research, and the Central Dynamo.
    148. Make your way back to the dead end of Metroid Quarantine A.
    149. Watch out for the Dynamo Access.
    150. Take care of the Elite Pirate who manages to work his way out of stasis.
    151. Watch out for the Metroids in Metroid Quarantine A.
    152. Position yourself on top of the 400% size increased mushrooms.
    153. Locate the floating platforms with your X-Ray Visor.
    154. Use them to leap over to the other side of the pool.
    155. Survey the area with your Thermal Visor.
    156. Find the set of Spider Ball tracks and a door.
    157. Use the nearby mushrooms to gain access to higher platforms.
    158. Switch to your X-Ray Visor.
    159. Jump across to the next platform.
    160. Find the pair of diagonally parallel Spider Ball tracks.
    161. Flip on your X-Ray Visor to examine the nearby rock face.
    162. Blast through it with a Power Bomb.
    163. Blas the wall behind it with a Power Bomb.
    164. Follow a Spider Ball track across the small canyon to a ledge.
    165. Use your X-Ray Visor to locate a vertically rising and descending platform.
    166. Jump on it and get to the Missile Expansion.
    167. Return to the parallel Spider Ball tracks.
    168. Follow through to Elevator B.
    169. Descent into level three of the mines.
    170. Proceed into Fungal Hall A.
    171. Watch out for Hunter Metroids.
    172. Use the fungus as platforms.
    173. Spot a Glider.
    174. Use your Grapple Beam to attach to its underside.
    175. Swing across the large gap.
    176. Go through the next door into Phazon Mining Tunnel.
    177. Power Bomb the large boulder blocking your path.
    178. Roll into the Morph Ball tunnel and follow its main path.
    179. Boost across a set of disappearing metal platforms.
    180. Enter the Plasma Beam door into Fungal Hall B.
    181. Turn on your Thermal Visor.
    182. Use the mushroom growths to stay above the Phazon-littered ground.
    183. Use the Glider to access the higher path to the Missile Station.
    184. Use your Thermal Visor to reveal a Missile Expansion hidden beneath the ground.
    185. Use a Power Bomb to blast away the rocks cover surrounded by a ring of mushrooms.
    186. Enter the next door to Quarantine Access B.
    187. Use your X-Ray Visor to spot the invisible Bombus.
    188. Continue to Metroid Quarantine B.
    189. Use the visible Spider Ball track to access the higher platforms.
    190. Grapple Beam your way over to the other side.
    191. Deactivate the force field by scanning the nearby terminal.
    192. Spot the computer terminal and download the Pirate Data.
    193. Turn around.
    194. Use a Super Missile to blast through the cordite shaft.
    195. Grab the Missile Expansion.
    196. Access the Plasma Beam door on the same floor.
    197. Save your game at the Save Station Mines C.
    198. Head up to the top floor into the Elite Quarters Access.
    199. Use the Plasma Beam to melt the frigidite shell surrounding the gate controls.
    200. Pass through the gate into the Elite Quarters to meet your next boss.
      • Boss: Omega Pirate
    201. Turn on your Scan Visor as you enter.
    202. Download the data from his stasis chamber as you approach.
    203. TIP: Omega Pirate will disappear often to repaint himself with Phazon and heal his wounds.
    204. Lock on to Omega Pirate, attaching your reticle to several points on his body.
    205. Manuever away from and around him with double jumps.
    206. Charge your Power Beam while you double jump as he collects energy to slam his fists into the ground sending out a huge wave of Phazon energy.
    207. Fire a Super Missile at whatever point it is you're locked on to to shatter the Phazon shell.
    208. Repeat this process until each point on his body is shattered.
    209. Fire shots at the lackeys he summons to distract you.
    210. Turn on your X-Ray Visor.
    211. Listen for Omega Pirate.
    212. Spot him repainting himself in one of the pools of Phazon.
    213. Lock on to him.
    214. Fire a Super Missile directly at the center of his chest.
    215. Resume firing Super Missiles at Omega.
    216. Like before he will retreat to his Phazon Pool, call out more lackies, and you will want to focus on locating him to deliver those crucial Super Missile hits while he's recovering.
    217. Eventually his body will crash down upon you disintegrating into a bubbling soup of Phazon.
    218. NOTE: Samus's Power Suit is now the black, silver, and red Phazon Suit.
    219. Exit back through Elite Quarters Access.
    220. Save your game.
    221. Return to the path made completely of Phazon in the Morph Ball tunnel in the Phazon Mining Tunnel.
    222. Bomb your way deeper down the path.
    223. The last of the twelve Artifacts, the Newborn, is there.
    224. Make your way back to Elite Quarters.
    225. Access the second level via the platform.
    226. Follow the walkways.
    227. Enter the Processing Center Access.
    228. Find an Energy Tank.
    229. Scan the gate terminal to open it.
    230. Continue forward.

  • Collect the Twelve

    1. NOTE: Your immediate goal is to locate the last of the twelve artifacts.
    2. Return to the Mine Security Station on the first level.
    3. Head to the top floor.
    4. Locate the door next to Security Access B.
    5. Set a Power Bomb to blast the bendezium gate blocking the computer terminal.
    6. Scan the terminal to dissolve the force field in front of the room below: Security Access B.
    7. Find the Flamethrower inside.
    8. Return to the Life Grove in Tallon Overworld.
    9. Reveal a Morph Ball spinner by bombing the metal covering in the center of the water pool.
    10. When the Walkway raises, capture the Artifact of Chozo.
    11. Return through the Morph Ball tunnel.
    12. Go to the top and get the Missile Expansion.
    13. Use the half-pipe to boost all the way around to the top and lay a bomb.
    14. Take the Transport to Chozo Ruins South.
    15. Head to the Hall of Elders.
    16. Activate the Plasma Beam Morph Ball slot behind the statue
    17. Go through the door and obtain the Artifact of World.
    18. Head for the Furnace.
    19. Grab another Missile Expansion.
    20. Power Bomb the floor underneath the Spider Ball tracks.
    21. Use the half-pipe to boost up above.
    22. Follow the tracks and grab the missiles.
    23. Set a course for the Impact Crater in Tallon Overworld.
    24. Scan the pillars for more information on the Artifacts you are missing.
    25. Head through the Transport towards Magmoor Caverns East.
    26. Climb to the top of the Root Cave on the way.
    27. Open the Plasma Door and grab another Missile Expansion.
    28. Find your way to the Lava Lake in Magmoor.
    29. Use your X-Ray Visor to reveal the Artifact of Nature hiding in one of the stone pillars.
    30. Use a Super Missile to shatter it.
    31. Head to the Chozo Ice Temple in Phendrana Drifts.
    32. Melt the ice that runs from the Chozo statue on the top floor.
    33. Roll into a Morph Ball and enter the hands of the statue.
    34. Find the passageway under the statue.
    35. Follow it to the Artifact of Sun.
    36. Head to the Control Tower.
    37. Look under a sheet of ice on one of the rooftops in the Ice Ruins West to pick up the Power Bomb Expansion.
    38. Melt the ice sheet with your Plasma Beam.
    39. Use the Grapple points hanging from the ceiling.
    40. Grab the last Energy Tank in the Transport Access.
    41. Pick up the Missile Expansion hidden just off of the Quarantine Cave inside of the Quarantine Monitor.
    42. Once you get to the Control Tower, go to the room above the East Tower.
    43. Blast the crates that are blocking the window out of the way with a few missiles.
    44. Flip on your scanner.
    45. Locate the fuel cells attached to the backside of one of the towers.
    46. Aim and fire a missile to cause an explosion. This sends the tower crashing down, revealing a Morph Ball size hole in the ground.
    47. Follow the hole to the Artifact of Elder.
    48. Roll back into Morph Ball form and bomb onto the tip of the tower to exit the underground area.
    49. Head to Phendrana's Edge.
    50. Cut a path through the Frost Cave.
    51. Locate the Missile Expansion beneath the frozen lake of ice.
    52. Use the Glider to swing over to the elevated ledges.
    53. Look up.
    54. Blast a stalactite with a missile.
    55. Roll into it when it falls to the ice-covered lake.
    56. Grab the Missile Expansion.
    57. Move on to Phendrana's Edge.
    58. Begin jumping upward.
    59. Swing over some large gaps with the help of the Grapple Beam.
    60. Stop at the pool of ice sitting in front of a rock wall.
    61. Locate the door behind it using the Thermal or X-Ray Visor.
    62. Use a Power Bomb to reveal the Plasma Door.
    63. Enter to acquire the Artifact of Spirit.
    64. Continue jumping up to the very top.
    65. Use the Glider to swing over to a Morph Ball tunnel.
    66. Find the Power Bomb Expansion in the Security Cave.
    67. Exit through the Hunter Cave.
    68. Take a stroll into the Gravity Chamber.
    69. Use the Plasma Beam to melt the stalactites near the entrance to Chamber Access.
    70. Swing to the roof of the room with the newly revealed Grapple point and collect the Missile Expansion.
    71. Head to the Elite Research section of Phazon Mines to retrieve the last Artifact.
    72. The Elite Pirate ALpha is held in captivity at the bottom.
      • Boss: Phazon Elite
    73. Scan the boss.
    74. Lay a Power Bomb at the feet of the boss to free him from the bendezium.
    75. Blast him repeatedly with Super Missiles.
    76. Double jump to avoid the wave charges.
    77. Once he is defeated, you earn the last Artifact, Warrior.
    78. Return to the Artifact Temple in Tallon Overworld with your collection.
    79. Save at the Landing Site.

  • Protector of the Worm

    1. Return all of the Artifacts to the Artifact Temple.
    2. Begin your journey into the Impact Crater.
    3. Get ready to fight Meta Ridley, the protector of the evil Worm.
      • Boss: Meta Ridley
    4. NOTE: Meta Ridley begins by firing at you from the air.
    5. Lock on to him.
    6. Charge up your Power Beam.
    7. Prepare to fire a Super Missile when he exposes his chest.
    8. NOTE: Watch for his second maneuver: flying far off into the distance and dropping multiple bombs as he performs a fly-by.
    9. Sidestep out of the way.
    10. Keep locked on him when possible so you know when and where he's coming from. #When he returns to the edge in front of the temple, resume firing Super Missiles at him.
    11. If he lands and takes a swipe at you, back away and continue charging.
    12. Keep hitting him with Super Missiles until he lands in the temple's center.
    13. NOTE: As soon as he lands he will charge, whipping his tail in circles to smack you.
    14. Stay locked on to him.
    15. Sidestep right as he's charging toward you.
    16. Keep positioning yourself behind him after he charges to make him have to spin around and search for you.
    17. Morph Ball roll out if he happens to corner you.
    18. Once he pauses and begins to breathe fire, charge your Power Beam and start firing Super Missiles.
    19. TIP: An open mouth shot will send him reeling and he will expose a soft spot in his chest plating.
    20. Hit him with another Super Missile as quickly as possible.
    21. Repeat this process.
    22. Next time he opens his mouth to breathe fire, have your Wave Beam ready and charged.
    23. Activate the Wavebuster Beam by hitting the Y-button in sync.
    24. NOTE: The steam of energy will track repeatedly from his mouth to his chest, draining his energy.
    25. Watch your missile intake.
    26. Try to leave yourself with about 40-50 missiles during this process.
    27. Finish him off with Super Missiles, continuing to hit his mouth and chest with the concussive blasts.
    28. Keep your distance even if it means rolling away from him.
    29. Keep at him until he is knocked into the crater below with the help of the Chozo.
    30. Take the transport that is then revealed to the Impact Crater.
    31. Head to the save station at the bottom and prepare for your final battle.

  • The Worm

    1. Save your game as soon as you arrive at the Crater Point Entry.
    2. Head through the door to Crater Tunnel A.
    3. Fire a few rounds at the Lumigek creature and pick up some ammunition, Power Bombs especially for the Phazon Core.
    4. Fire upon the Fission Metroid, one of the smartest and most deadly Metroids.
    5. NOTE: This Metroid splits in two when fired upon, creating two new Metroids with specific weaknesses; red Metroids are harmed by Plasma, yellow by Power Beam, purple by Wave, and gray with Ice.
    6. TIP: Charged shots with each of these weapons do the trick, but Power Bombs will take care of each as they destroy anything within range of their blast. As your supply of Power Bombs will be limited, only use them when you need to take care of multiple Fission Metroids.
    7. Platform to the top of the Phazon Core.
    8. Recharge your missile supply at the missile station on the way.
    9. Get to the door at the top of the room and enter Crater Tunnel B.
    10. Proceed across the collection of Spider Ball tracks, as the material beneath you is quite caustic.
    11. Enter the last door to find the Worm the Chozo, gnawing constantly at the endless supply of Phazon.
      • Boss: Metroid Prime (Shell)
    12. Scan and greet Metroid Prime.
    13. TIP: Extremely intelligent, adaptable and strong, it is equipped with a tractor beam, caustic breath with the precision of a laser, and gas bombs. Stay alert!
    14. Stay relatively close to avoid projectile attacks, but not close enough to take direct swats.
    15. NOTE: Prime will adapt to your weapons by morphing its shell.
    16. Each color shell is vulnerable to one type of weapon. Keeping up with shell changes is the most difficult part of the fight. Memorize how to access your Beams.
    17. Charge your attacks.
    18. Stay locked on the small opening near its face.
    19. Use your ultra-powered weapons, e.g., Super Missiles, Wavebuster, Ice Spreader, Flamethrower.
    20. TIP: Be careful not to drain your missile count.
    21. After dealing a few good blows, Prime will charge.
    22. Roll into ball form.
    23. Use the crevices in the ground to avoid him.
    24. Destroy floating orbs with a missile blast or two.
    25. Repeat this process until you send the shelled version of Metroid Prime crashing down below.
    26. Get ready for the final fight.
      • Boss: Metroid Prime (Core)
    27. NOTE: THe core version is completely different than the shelled version.
    28. Scan him to complete your log book.
    29. Lock onto Prime and follow its every move.
    30. Eventually Prime will cling to the wall and ready some attacks.
    31. NOTE: Phazon will drip from the core, collecting on the ground under him.
    32. Double-jump over the waves of energy it sends your way.
    33. Ignore the Metroids he summons unless they latch on or become a big problem. Then you will need to set a Power Bomb to clear them out. You may even find they leave some energy or ammunition behind.
    34. Eventually Prime disappears.
    35. Flip through your visors to find him.
    36. TIP: Prime cloaks himself based on the last visor you were using. Make it a havit to look around while cycling through your visors.
    37. Once locked on to him in cloaked form, step into the pool of Phazon.
    38. The Phazon bonds with Samus's Phazon Suit, sending her into hyper mode.
    39. This devastates Prime until the pools of Phazon dry.
    40. Keep repeating this process until Core is done.
    41. Once you've depleted all of its energy, you've beaten the game.
    42. NOTE: Depending on your percent completion, you will get one of three endings. The endings are similar for the most part, with just a few small differences.

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