Discover the locations and acquisition methods for all Shot Expansions in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Learn how to find every upgrade to enhance Samus's arsenal.
This guide categorizes Shot Expansions in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, detailing their locations and the items required to obtain them. There are 44 Shot Expansions in total: six Large and 38 regular, contributing to a total of 530 Elemental Ammo. Note that the order presented here is for collection purposes and not necessarily the order they appear in the main walkthrough. Some expansions require specific items to access the room, not necessarily to collect the expansion itself.
Fire Shot Required
- Fury Green - Sacred Flame Ceremony: Stand on the central platform, grab the lens with the Psychic Glove, and shoot a Fire Shot through the opening pods for all three pods.
- Fury Green - Jungle Path: Burn the webbing in the south end of the room, then roll into the small tunnel to find the expansion.
- Fury Green - Isopod Lair: Burn the webbing in the central tree.
- Fury Green - Ravine Overlook: Burn the webbing on the north wall near the large waterfall.
- Sol Valley - Cargo Launcher to Temple of Memory: In the passageway near the Fury Green door to Quiet Clearing, burn the webbing at the end of the path.
Ice Shot Required
- Fury Green - Fountain of Tranquility: Position the Mote on the left fountain, freeze it with Ice Shot, grab the Mote, and throw it to the right fountain. Freeze the right fountain from the left one, then jump onto the right fountain and then to the top of the center structure.
- Sol Valley - Gift of Flame: In the final room of the "Rings of Stone" Shrine, turn around and fire a Control Beam into the alcove above the door to open a small door behind the statue.
Psychic Lasso Required
- Ice Belt - Tracking Operations: Use the Lasso on interactive elements in the room, including ceiling pipes and the Bomb Slot cap. Bomb the slot to lower an elevator, ride it up, and roll to the right.
- Ice Belt - Deep Archive Access: Use the Psychic Glove to throw a Bomb into the Bomb Slot on the west wall. In the next room, open the southeast pod.
- Ice Belt - Security Gates: Blast the glass with a Missile and roll behind it.
- Volt Forge - Tower 1 Generator: From Tower 1 - Elevator 1, use the Lasso to pull off the cap on the upper floor, revealing a shortcut. Enter as a ball to reach a ledge with boxes containing the expansion.
- Volt Forge - Archives: In Tower 2, use the Lasso on all connected crates. Jump on the last crate and pull it from the top to open it.
- Volt Forge (LARGE) - Tower 2 - Elevator 3: Stop the elevator just before the top, exit, and pull down the grate above with the Lasso. Enter the space as a ball to find the expansion.
Psychic Boost Ball Required
- Sol Valley (LARGE) - Entry to Flare Pool: To the right of the entrance, drop into a generator as a ball and boost to charge it. Roll to the center to be launched to an opposite ledge with the expansion below.
Vi-O-La IC and Ice Shot Required
- Flare Pool - Lava Lake Bridge: Scan Psychic energy in the southeast corner to create a Psychic Boost Rail, then boost through it.
- Flare Pool - Undercarriage: Go down the northern elevator (requiring ripping open the gate north of the Inspection Station door). Toss a Missile at the broken grating on the back wall.
- Flare Pool - Inspection Station: Burn the mesh off the tunnel access in the southeast corner, roll below, and bomb the debris.
Psychic Grapple Required
- Volt Forge - Storage: In Tower 2, scan Psychic energy in the middle to find a Grapple Point. Use moving crates to gain height and swing to the southeast ledge.
- Volt Forge - Collapsed Catwalk: After beating the Power Core boss and obtaining the Thunder Chip, drop down in the de-energized room. Scan pipe caps and pull the indicated one off. Roll inside and bomb the Maintenance Tank.
- Sol Valley (LARGE) - Entry to Great Mines: Beneath the big bridge to the mining complex, swing across a series of Grapple Points.
- Flare Pool - Energy Injection: Use Grapple Nodes to climb to the top, then turn around at the exit and cross to the other side using hanging Grapple Points.
- Flare Pool - Volcano Heart: Return to the ruined volcano area from Lava Lake Bridge. The expansion is hovering near the lava on the north side, close to a small piece of debris.
Thunder Shot Required
- Fury Green - Cargo Staging Area: Use Thunder Shot on either end of the elliptic…
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