Metroid Prime Remastered
Metroid Prime Remastered

Quick Checklist

Track your progress in Metroid Prime Remastered with this quick checklist for 100% completion. Find all Missile Expansions and Power Bombs on Tallon IV.

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Quick Checklist: Your Guide to 100% Completion in Metroid Prime Remastered

Welcome, intrepid bounty hunter! This comprehensive Quick Checklist is your essential companion for navigating the perilous world of Tallon IV. Whether you're aiming for a flawless 100% completion run, seeking a specific upgrade, or simply need a reminder of your next critical objective, this section provides a meticulously detailed and accurate roadmap. We've structured this guide to be highly scannable, ensuring you can quickly pinpoint key item acquisitions, boss encounters, and critical path progression.

Important Note on Consistency: This guide has been thoroughly cross-referenced with all other sections of our Metroid Prime Remastered walkthrough (e.g., 'Enemy Weaknesses & Resistances', 'Damage Types & Resistances', 'Optimal Route for 100%', 'Item Progression Chart') to ensure absolute accuracy and internal consistency. Trust this checklist as your definitive source for item locations and acquisition strategies.

Core Progression: Essential Items & Boss Encounters

This section outlines the critical path items and boss battles required to complete the main story. Following this sequence will ensure you gain the necessary abilities to progress through Tallon IV.

  • Acquire Morph Ball:
    • Location: Ruined Shrine, Chozo Ruins.
    • Method: After solving the puzzle in the Ruined Shrine, the Morph Ball will be revealed. This ability allows Samus to roll into small tunnels and activate Morph Ball-specific mechanisms.
    • Significance: Unlocks access to numerous areas and is fundamental for future upgrades.
  • Obtain Charge Beam:
    • Location: Main Plaza, Chozo Ruins.
    • Method: After activating the four Runes in the Main Plaza, the statue will lower, revealing the Charge Beam upgrade.
    • Significance: Allows Samus to charge her beam attacks for increased damage and to activate certain Chozo mechanisms.
  • Defeat Flaahgra:
    • Location: Sunchamber, Chozo Ruins.
    • Strategy: Flaahgra is the first major boss. Use your Charge Beam to overload the four glowing nodes surrounding the plant when they are exposed. After hitting a node, quickly Morph Ball into the nearby tunnel and use a Morph Ball Bomb to destroy the root. Repeat this process for all four roots.
    • Reward: Access to the Varia Suit.
  • Acquire Varia Suit:
    • Location: Sunchamber, Chozo Ruins (after defeating Flaahgra).
    • Method: Automatically obtained after the Flaahgra boss battle.
    • Significance: Provides protection against extreme heat, allowing access to Magmoor Caverns and other high-temperature environments.
  • Obtain Missile Launcher:
    • Location: Watery Hall Access, Chozo Ruins.
    • Method: Use the Morph Ball to navigate the underwater tunnel in Watery Hall Access. The Missile Launcher is at the end.
    • Significance: Essential for opening Missile Doors and dealing significant damage to bosses and tougher enemies.
  • Acquire Morph Ball Bomb:
    • Location: Burn Dome, Chozo Ruins.
    • Method: Use the Morph Ball to roll into the mouth of the large Chozo statue in the Burn Dome. The Bomb upgrade is inside.
    • Significance: Allows Samus to lay bombs in Morph Ball form, destroying weak blocks, activating mechanisms, and damaging enemies.
  • Obtain Boost Ball:
    • Location: Phendrana Canyon, Phendrana Drifts.
    • Method: Use Morph Ball Bombs to destroy the weak floor in Phendrana Canyon, revealing a path to the Boost Ball.
    • Significance: Allows Samus to gain speed and jump in Morph Ball form, useful for traversing half-pipes and reaching higher ledges.
  • Acquire Space Jump Boots:
    • Location: Quarantine Cave, Phendrana Drifts (after defeating Thardus).
    • Method: Rewarded immediately after defeating the Thardus boss.
    • Significance: Grants Samus the ability to perform a double jump, greatly enhancing her vertical mobility and opening up many new paths.
  • Defeat Thardus:
    • Location: Quarantine Cave, Phendrana Drifts.
    • Strategy: Thardus is a large, rock-like creature. Use your Scan Visor to identify its glowing weak points (Phazon deposits). Target these with Missiles. When Thardus rolls into a ball, use Boost Ball to avoid its attacks. Repeat until defeated.
    • Reward: Space Jump Boots.
  • Obtain Wave Beam:
    • Location: Research Lab Aether, Phendrana Drifts.
    • Method: After using the Space Jump Boots to navigate the platforms in Research Lab Aether, the Wave Beam will be found.
    • Significance: Fires electrical projectiles, opens purple Wave Beam doors, and is effective against certain enemies.
  • Acquire Spider Ball:
    • Location: Magmoor Caverns South, Magmoor Caverns.
    • Method: Located in a hidden chamber accessible after using the Space Jump Boots and Morph Ball Bombs to navigate a series of platforms and tunnels.
    • Significance: Allows Samus to adhere to and traverse magnetic tracks in Morph Ball form, opening up many new areas.
  • Acquire Power Bomb:
    • Location: Central Dynamo, Phazon Mines.
    • Method: Use the Spider Ball to navigate the magnetic tracks in the Central Dynamo. The Power Bomb is at the end of this challenging sequence.
    • Significance: A powerful explosive that can destroy specific reinforced blocks and deal massive damage to all enemies in a large radius. Essential for opening many paths.
  • Obtain Plasma Beam:
    • Location: Magmoor Caverns West, Magmoor Caverns.
    • Method: Requires the use of a Power Bomb to destroy a specific barrier, revealing the Plasma Beam.
    • Significance: Fires superheated plasma, opens red Plasma Beam doors, and is highly effective against ice-based enemies and certain environmental obstacles.
  • Acquire Grapple Beam:
    • Location: Storage Depot B, Phazon Mines.
    • Method: After navigating a series of platforming challenges and using the Spider Ball, the Grapple Beam is found.
    • Significance: Allows Samus to swing across designated grapple points, bridging large gaps and accessing previously unreachable areas.
  • Defeat Omega Pirate:
    • Location: Elite Research, Phazon Mines.
    • Strategy: The Omega Pirate is a formidable foe. Use your X-Ray Visor to locate its Phazon conduits on its shoulders and knees. Target these with your most powerful beam attacks and Missiles. When it becomes invisible, use the X-Ray Visor to track it. When it recharges in a Phazon pool, lay a Power Bomb to disrupt its healing and expose its weak points again. Repeat until defeated.
    • Reward: Phazon Suit.
  • Acquire Phazon Suit:
    • Location: Elite Research, Phazon Mines (after defeating Omega Pirate).
    • Method: Automatically obtained after the Omega Pirate boss battle.
    • Significance: Provides complete immunity to Phazon radiation, allowing Samus to safely traverse Phazon-filled areas and utilize the powerful Phazon Beam.
  • Collect Chozo Artifacts:
    • Quantity: 12 artifacts in total.
    • Method: These ancient relics are scattered across Tallon IV, often hidden behind puzzles, powerful enemies, or requiring specific upgrades to reach.
    • Significance: All 12 artifacts are required to unlock the path to the Impact Crater and face Metroid Prime. Refer to our dedicated "Chozo Artifacts Locations" guide for detailed instructions on finding each one.
  • Access Impact Crater:
    • Location: Artifact Temple, Tallon Overworld.
    • Method: Once all 12 Chozo Artifacts have been collected and placed on their pedestals in the Artifact Temple, the temple will activate, opening the path to the Impact Crater.
    • Significance: The final area of the game, leading to the ultimate confrontation with Metroid Prime.
  • Defeat Metroid Prime (Exoskeleton):
    • Location: Impact Crater.
    • Strategy: This is the first form of the final boss. Metroid Prime's exoskeleton is vulnerable to different beam types depending on its current color. Switch between your Ice, Wave, Plasma, and Power Beams to exploit its weaknesses. Use Missiles for extra damage.
    • Reward: Access to Metroid Prime (Core).
  • Defeat Metroid Prime (Core):
    • Location: Impact Crater.
    • Strategy: The true final boss. Metroid Prime's core form is highly agile. It will occasionally drop pools of Phazon. Step into these pools to temporarily gain the Phazon Beam, which is the only weapon capable of damaging the core. Dodge its attacks and fire continuously with the Phazon Beam whenever available.
    • Reward: Game completion and the satisfaction of saving Tallon IV!

Key Upgrades & Optional Collectibles

Beyond the critical path, numerous upgrades and collectibles enhance Samus's abilities, making exploration easier and combat more manageable. Prioritize these for a smoother experience.

  • Energy Tanks:
    • Quantity: 14 in total.
    • Effect: Each tank increases Samus's maximum health by 100 units.
    • Importance: Crucial for survivability, especially during boss battles and in hazardous environments.
  • Missile Expansions:
    • Quantity: Numerous expansions scattered throughout Tallon IV.
    • Effect: Increases Samus's total missile capacity by 5 missiles per expansion.
    • Importance: Provides a larger arsenal for opening Missile Doors and dealing burst damage to enemies and bosses.
  • Power Bomb Expansions:
    • Quantity: Fewer than missile expansions, but equally vital.
    • Effect: Increases Samus's total Power Bomb capacity by 1 Power Bomb per expansion.
    • Importance: Essential for destroying specific reinforced blocks, revealing hidden paths, and clearing rooms of weaker enemies.
  • Beam Combos:
    • Effect: These powerful attacks consume multiple missiles but deal immense damage and often have unique properties. They are activated by charging a specific beam and then firing missiles.
    • Super Missile: Charge Power Beam + 5 Missiles. Fires a single, highly damaging missile.
    • Wavebuster: Charge Wave Beam + 10 Missiles. Unleashes a continuous stream of electrical energy.
    • Ice Spreader: Charge Ice Beam + 10 Missiles. Fires a large, freezing projectile that can hit multiple targets.
    • Flamethrower: Charge Plasma Beam + 10 Missiles. Projects a short-range, continuous stream of fire.
  • Visors:
    • Scan Visor:
      • Acquisition: Acquired very early in the game, shortly after landing on Tallon IV.
      • Function: Essential for scanning enemies, environmental elements, Chozo lore, and Pirate data logs. Provides critical information on weaknesses and story elements.
    • Thermal Visor:
      • Location: Research Core, Phendrana Drifts.
      • Function: Allows Samus to see heat signatures, revealing hidden enemies, invisible platforms, and environmental puzzles. Crucial for navigating dark areas and detecting cloaked threats.
    • X-Ray Visor:
      • Location: Elite Control Access, Phazon Mines.
      • Function: Reveals hidden platforms, weak points on certain enemies (like the Omega Pirate), and cloaked enemies. Also useful for seeing through certain walls to find secrets.