Metroid Prime™ - The Final Artifacts

Collect the Twelve

At this point, you have collected all necessary upgrades. Your goal is to locate the last of the twelve artifacts. Given your presence in the Phazon Mines, it would be wise to return to the Mine Security Station on the first level. On the top floor, next to the door to Security Access B there is a bendezium gate blocking a computer terminal. Set a Power Bomb to access it; scanning the terminal will dissolve the force field in front of the room just below you, Security Access B. Inside of it you will find the Flamethrower, another optional but very cool secondary weapon upgrade.

From there, return to the Life Grove in Tallon Overworld to obtain the Artifact of Chozo. Reveal a Morph Ball spinner by bombing the metal covering in the center of the water pool. By spinning the device you raise a walkway. Capture the artifact and return through the Morph Ball tunnel you entered through. There is a Missile Expansion there at the very top of it. Use the half-pipe to boost all the way around to the top and lay a bomb; the trick is to charge your boost as soon as you let go near the bottom.

Take the Transport to Chozo Ruins South and head to the Hall of Elders. Activate the Plasma Beam Morph Ball slot behind the statue and it reveals a door which leads to the Artifact of World. Acquire it and head for the Furnace where you can grab another Missile Expansion if you like. Power Bomb the floor underneath the Spider Ball tracks. This will reveal a half-pipe which you can use to boost up above. Follow the tracks and grab the missiles.

Subsequently, set a course for the Impact Crater in Tallon Overworld. By returning your collection of Artifacts you can scan the pillars for more information on the rest that are missing. If you read all of your current clues, you will see making a trip through the Transport to Magmoor Caverns East would be wise. On the way, climb to the top of the Root Cave and open the Plasma Door to grab yourself a Missile Expansion. Once in Magmoor, you can find your way to the Lava Lake where you must use your X-Ray Visor to reveal the Artifact of Nature hiding in one of the stone pillars. Simply use a Super Missile to shatter it.

In Phendrana Drifts go to the Chozo Ice Temple and melt the ice that runs from the Chozo statue on the top floor. Then roll into a Morph Ball and enter its hands. This will reveal a passageway underneath, which leads to the Artifact of Sun.

Head for the Control Tower next. On the way be sure to pick up the Power Bomb Expansion in the Ice Ruins West, which is located under a sheet of ice on one of the rooftops. You can easily melt it with your Plasma Beam. There is also a Missile Expansion hidden just off of the Quarantine Cave inside of the Quarantine Monitor. To get there, simply use the grapple points hanging from the ceiling. It will position you nicely to grab the last Energy Tank in the Transport Access if you have not yet.

Once you arrive at the Control Tower, enter the room above the East Tower. There will be some crates blocking a window. Simply blast them out of the way with a few missiles and then flip on your scanner. You should locate some fuel cells attached to the backside of one of the towers. Aim and fire a missile to cause an explosion, which sends the tower crashing down. This reveals a hole in the ground — Morph Ball size — that leads to the Artifact of Elder. To exit the underground area, you must roll back into Morph Ball form and bomb onto the tip of the tower, where you can roll back above.

Your next destination is Phendrana's Edge. On the way, you will want to cut a path through the Frost Cave. There is a Missile Expansion hiding underneath the frozen lake of ice. To access it, use the Glider to swing over to the elevated ledges. there is no door by these ledges, only a small gathering of crates. Look up and you should be in position to blast a stalactite out of place with a missile. It will fall to the ice-covered lake below allowing you to roll into it and grab the Missile Expansion. Move on to Phendrana's Edge and begin jumping upward. you will have to swing over some large gaps with the help of the Grapple Beam, but there are no major obstacles. Eventually, you will arrive at a point where a pool of ice sits in front of a rock wall. Turn on your Thermal or X-Ray Visor and you should see a door behind it. Use a Power Bomb to reveal the Plasma Door and enter to acquire the Artifact of Spirit. Continue jumping up to the very top where you should find another Glider that will let you swing over to a Morph Ball tunnel — this leads to a Power Bomb Expansion in the Security Cave.

Exit through the Hunter Cave and take a stroll into the Gravity Chamber. Near the entrance to Chamber Access there is a large grouping of ice stalactites. Use your Plasma Beam to melt them — this reveals a grapple point. If you examine the roof of the room you should locate a Missile Expansion, which you can swing to with the help of the grapple point.

Finally, make for the Phazon Mines to retrieve the last Artifact. It is located in Elite Research. At the bottom, the Elite Pirate Alpha is held in captivity.

Boss: Phazon Elite

Surrounded by bendezium, the only way to free him is to lay a Power Bomb at his feet. This will free him, but before you get too antsy about defeating him remember to scan him. While he does not look exactly like the Elite Pirates, he basically behaves just like them. So, blast him repeatedly with Super Missiles and double jump above his wave charges. After you defeat him you will earn yourself the Artifact of Warrior.

With all twelve collected, return to the Artifact Temple in Tallon Overworld and be sure to save at the Landing Site.

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