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Missile Expansions

Locate every Missile Expansion in Metroid Prime Remastered. This guide details their locations by required item and sector, helping you upgrade Samus's arsenal.

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Locate every Missile Expansion in Metroid Prime Remastered. This guide details their locations by required item and sector, helping you upgrade Samus's arsenal.

This table categorizes Missile Expansions in the order you can collect them, based on the items you've found up to that point. Please note this order below is not the order they're collected in the walkthrough.

SectorRoomDescription
Missile Launcher Required
Chozo RuinsRuined GalleryNear the floor of this room is a wall that can be destroyed with a Missile.
Tallon OverworldTransport Tunnel BThere's a small land bridge over a mist. Walk into the mist and under the bridge.
Morph Ball Required
Tallon OverworldLanding SiteBehind the Gunship is a miniature cave with Tangle Weed. Roll into it from either side.
Chozo RuinsWatery Hall AccessUse a Missile on the brick wall near the bottom of this room.
Morph Ball Bombs Required
Chozo RuinsBurn DomeBehind the Incinerator Drone is a small Sandstone wall blocking a tunnel.
Chozo RuinsRuined NurseryVisible on the wall at the end of a small set of tunnels. Make sure to bomb all the blocks to clear the way.
Chozo RuinsRuined GalleryIn this room are two holes on the wall. Spring Ball into either of them.
Chozo RuinsRuined ShrineIn the arena where you fought Beetles, find a small stone wall and bomb it.
Chozo RuinsVaultSolve the vault puzzle in this room by entering and bombing all three "locks" on the vault door. You'll need to use Spring Ball and Bomb Jumps to reach all three.
Charge Beam Required (kind of)
Chozo RuinsDynamoIn the Watery Hall, next to where the Charge Beam was taken is a small stone wall blocking a tunnel to be bombed. In the Dynamo room, destroy the metal grate with a Missile.
Varia Suit Required
Magmoor CavernsStorage CavernThis room is connected to the Triclops Pit. Roll under the grating and go to the back right corner to find the tunnel to this room.
Magmoor CavernsFiery ShoresThis is on top of the catwalks above the larger lava pool. To get there, clear the crates halfway through the room blocking the wall groove that leads you up to the catwalks. Careful while navigating them.
Boost Ball Required
Chozo RuinsRuined ShrineRoll up the halfpipe in this room to the right (from the camera view) to find this at the top.
Chozo RuinsMain PlazaRoll up the halfpipe in this room to the obvious open pocket with the Expansion in it.
Space Jump Boots Required
Chozo RuinsGathering HallFrom the entrance to the Energy Core near the top, you'll need to double jump to a ledge and then back to above the entrance itself. Bomb the metal wall and enter.
Phendrana DriftsResearch Lab AetherFrom the bottom floor, this is visible on the ceiling beneath the upper area. From the ramps you can jump to the path hanging beneath, and then you'll have to carefully maneuver along the ball path.
Super Missile Required
Chozo RuinsMain PlazaThere's a petrified tree near the door to the Ruins Entrance. Blast the exposed light-colored wood section on it with a Super Missile to uncover this. You'll likely have to jump into this spot from higher up.
Phendrana DriftsResearch Lab HydraOne of the tanks in this lab is completely dark and opaque. It's right next to a glass tank with a Metroid. Blast the tank with a Super Missile.
Spider Ball Required
Phendrana DriftsIce Ruins EastThere's a difficult-to-find Spider Ball track in this room. Climb to the roofs of the ruins and look at your minimap to see a little piece of map jutting out of the edge. Go to that spot and search carefully to find a track that you can ride up.
Phendrana DriftsPhendrana ShorelinesGo to the walls leading to the Chozo Ice Temple. One of the wall hangings can be destroyed with a Super Missile. Scan the icon behind it to open up the nearby tower, which reveals a Spider Ball track that leads to the expansion.
Chozo RuinsRuined FountainRoll into the fountain as a ball and you'll be launched to the ceiling. Connect to the track on the ceiling and ride it to the expansion.
Chozo RuinsDynamoRemember this room is connected to the Watery Hall via a bombable wall. There's an obvious Spider Ball track in this room that leads to the expansion.
Chozo RuinsCrosswayThis is found using the halfpipe in this room to its full extent. Start by blasting the Cordite wall hanging and scanning the icon behind it, then boost up the halfpipe to the revealed Spider Ball track and bomb off it to the Morph Ball Slot. That slot will activate a second track where you'll do the same thing, and the slot for that activate a little elevator to ride up to the expansion.
Ice Beam Required
Tallon OverworldOvergrown CavernThis room is connected to a transport from Chozo Ruins and requires the Ice Beam to access. The easiest way to get here is go to the Reflecting Pool in Chozo Ruins and then to the nearby Save Station, then enter the little ball tunnel in the Save Station room that will lead you to the "secret" transport to Tallon Overworld. The expansion itself is easily found right in your path.
Gravity Suit Required
Chozo RuinsWatery HallThe water in this room has a deep point in the far corner. Sink down, walk through the tunnel and jump out the other side.
Tallon OverworldFrigate Crash SiteThis is in the water, quite visible once you have the Gravity Suit. A simple Space Jump in the water can reach the expansion with little trouble.
Tallon OverworldBiohazard ContainmentIn the lower part of this room, pull up your Scan Visor to find a door that can be destroyed with a Super Missile. The expansion is right behind it.
Phazon MinesMain QuarryThis expansion requires using the crane. Climb up the ledges and platforms in this large room to reach the roof of the crane. On the crane arm housing itself, pull up your Thermal Visor to find a conduit to power with your Wave Beam. This powers up the en

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