Magmoor Caverns

Metroid Prime guide · Traversing hazardous magma chambers that connect subterranean territories across Tallon IV ✓ Checked against sources

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Magmoor Caverns functions as a superheated subterranean transit network connecting multiple distinct territories across Tallon IV. Traversing its lava-filled corridors requires thermal protection while activating elevator shafts and unlocking passageways between the planet's regions. Later in the journey, players return with advanced mobility gear to solve traversal puzzles over the magma and collect high-tier equipment like the Plasma Beam.

Items

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Ice Spreader: Shore Tunnel inside a breakable glass tunnel pathway cracked open with a Power BombPlasma Beam: Plasma Processing, accessible after elevating platforms and riding magnetic tracks in Geothermal CoreEnergy Tank: Transport Tunnel A, collected by executing consecutive double bomb jumps up a vertical shaftEnergy Tank: Magmoor Workstation, revealed after powering up three electrical conduits using the Wave BeamMissile Expansion: Storage Cavern, located at the end of a hidden Morph Ball passage beneath the grating in Triclops PitMissile Expansion: Triclops Pit, concealed behind a destructible pillar revealed by scanning or using the X-Ray VisorChozo Artifact (Artifact of Nature): Lava Lake, hidden inside a cracked column destroyed with a Super MissileChozo Artifact (Artifact of Strength): Warrior Shrine, accessible from the high exterior ledge of Monitor Station

Secrets

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A Power Bomb Expansion is concealed within the Warrior Shrine in the base of the central Chozo statue, retrieved by shattering the pedestal with a Power Bomb.

Enemies

Magmoor

Weak to Ice Beam

A serpentine fire creature emerging from magma that spits plumes of fire and can be swiftly decapitated or frozen.

Triclops

Weak to Morph Ball Bombs

Small creatures dwelling beneath floor gratings that vacuum up Samus in Morph Ball form and release her when fed a bomb.

Puffer

Floating gas-filled organisms that burst upon taking damage, leaving behind lingering clouds of hazardous vapor.

Grizby

Weak to Missiles

Armored crustacean-like crawling organisms found near lava channels with shells impervious to uncharged basic shots.

Burrower

Subterranean beasts that emerge from tunnels in the ground to ambush unsuspecting trespassers.

Puddle Spore

Lava-dwelling mollusks that flip their shells over when hit, serving as temporary safe stepping stones across molten lava pools.

Tips

Do not enter the deep cavern tunnels without the Varia Suit equipped, as the extreme ambient temperatures will rapidly deplete your energy reserves.

Not listed for this area: shops and people.

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