Chozo Ruins
Chozo Ruins is an ancient, sprawling sanctuary on Tallon IV where Samus Aran reclaims fundamental abilities after losing her equipment on the Frigate Orpheon. Explorers must navigate crumbling architecture, activate machinery, and solve environmental puzzles to purify the tainted water supply. Progress requires defeating local monstrosities to unlock upgrades that permit deeper planetary exploration.
Items
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Secrets
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Key fights
Enemies: Hive Mecha and Ram War Wasps
Threats: Ram War Wasps circle and execute high-speed charging attacks
Weaknesses and resistances: Power Beam
Tactics: Sidestep or jump over diving wasps, shoot all wasps out of the air, and rapidly fire into the opened red core of the central totem
Rewards: Missile Launcher
Enemies: Flaahgra
Threats: Sweeping tentacle strikes, projectile attacks, and toxic growth maintenance
Weaknesses and resistances: Mirror deactivation and Morph Ball Bombs
Tactics: Blast the sun reflector dish bases to tip them away from the boss, stun Flaahgra with Missiles or Power Beam shots to keep mirrors tilted, then enter the open root tunnel in Morph Ball form to detonate a bomb beneath it
Rewards: Varia Suit and cleansing of the toxic water across the ruins
Enemies
Small flying insect that attacks from nests and circles its target before dive-bombing.
Ceiling-clinging creature that detonates violently upon dive-bombing intruders.
Tentacle rooted in walls that retreats temporarily when shot directly in its eye.
Armored predator immune to frontal assaults that can only be damaged from behind after it charges.
Tips
- If you need to cross murky, toxic water in early rooms before purging the contamination, jump strictly across elevated stone platforms to prevent rapid suit damage.
Not listed for this area: shops and people.
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