All bosses and key fights in Metroid Prime
Every key fight, in the order you reach it: what to watch for, what it is weak to and what it drops.
| Fight | Area | Watch for | Weaknesses and resistances | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasite Queen | Frigate Orpheon | Spits concentrated corrosive energy streams and unleashes sweeping beam attacks | Reactor Core explosion countdown sequence | |
| Meta Ridley | Tallon Overworld | Drops bomb clusters, sweeps with tail strikes, unleashes laser/fire breath in flight, and lunges aggressively on foot | Vulnerable chest core and mouth | Unlocks the pathway to the Impact Crater |
| Hive Mecha | Chozo Ruins | Ram War Wasps circle and execute high-speed charging attacks | Power Beam | Missile Launcher |
| Flaahgra | Chozo Ruins | Sweeping tentacle strikes, projectile attacks, and toxic growth maintenance | Mirror deactivation and Morph Ball Bombs | Varia Suit and cleansing of the toxic water across the ruins |
| Chapel Guardian Battle | Phendrana Drifts | Blasts freezing breath across the floor, stomps to send shockwaves, and deflects head-on energy shots | Vulnerable to explosives dropped under the underbelly or concentrated missile strikes to the unarmored mouth when panting | Wave Beam |
| Quarantine Cave Guardian | Phendrana Drifts | Hurls giant rolling boulders, causes falling stalactites, and unleashes a blinding snowstorm that obscures ordinary vision | Armor plating is invulnerable; target glowing thermal weak points spotted through the Thermal Visor, then strike the shattered target with the Combat Visor | Spider Ball |
| Cloaked Drone | Phazon Mines | Rapid-fire automatic cannons, high mobility, and stealth camouflage that disrupts visor lock-on | Wave Beam, Wavebuster, Super Missile | Unlocks the Central Dynamo Morph Ball maze to claim the Power Bomb |
| Omega Pirate | Phazon Mines | Ground-slam seismic waves, absorption field that negates beam projectiles, Phazon mortar artillery, and cloaked self-repair | Missiles and Super Missiles against armor plates; Super Missiles or Power Bombs against unarmored body | Phazon Suit |
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