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Area 5
Metroid: Samus Returns

Area 5

Detailed walkthrough for Area 5 in Metroid: Samus Returns, guiding you through finding missile expansions, energy tanks, and navigating the Chozo Seals.

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Detailed walkthrough for Area 5 in Metroid: Samus Returns, guiding you through finding missile expansions, energy tanks, and navigating the Chozo Seals.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    From the start, go through the top door, then left. Drop down, roll right into a narrow passage, and jump up to find missile expansion ME56.
  2. 2
    Continue by rolling left, dropping down, and rolling left through another narrow passage. Jump out of the water and go right through the door.
  3. 3
    Proceed right through the next door, drop down, and use the Spider Ball and bombs to reach a narrow passageway. Roll through, jump up, run right, and drop down. Shoot the wall, go right, and drop down to the Save Station. Save your game.
  4. 4
    Jump up, run right, drop down, and run right to the Chozo Seal. Deposit the DNA Strands to open the seal.
  5. 5
    Drop off the platform, run right, drop down, run left, and drop down again. Run to the narrow passageway on the right wall, roll through, bomb the block at the end, and drop down.
  6. 6
    Roll through the narrow passageway, run left, and use the Grapple Beam to remove a block. Roll through the gap and run left. Use the Ammo Recharge Station if needed.
  7. 7
    Use the Spider Ball to climb the wall and ceiling. Drop down, exit morph ball mode, and use Space Jump and Screw Attack to break ceiling blocks to reach Super Missile Expansion SM18.
  8. 8
    Screw Attack through the floor, drop down, and run right. Roll through the gap, run right, and roll through the lower narrow passageway. Drop down.
  9. 9
    Fire a Super Missile through the diagonal passageway above to clear a block. Jump up, roll left, drop down, and keep rolling left. Drop down again and run left.
  10. 10
    Roll through the gap, drop down, and bomb the ceiling. Jump over the wall and use the Grapple Beam to remove a block. Roll through the gap, drop down, roll through the narrow passageway, and drop down to the elevator. Take the elevator down to Area 6.

Area 6 (ARE6) - Metroid Hunt 7 (MEH7):

  1. From the start of Area 6, run left, jump up, and run/jump left to the Save Station. Save your game.
  2. Drop down, run left, jump up, run left, and go through the door.
  3. Drop down, run left, and use the Energy Recharge Station if needed. Jump up and jump to the ledge. Jump to the narrow passageway, roll through, jump up, and roll/jump through narrow passageways.
  4. Bomb the top-right corner, jump up, run left, and jump to the narrow passageway. Bomb the ceiling, roll/jump through narrow passageways, bomb the block at the end, and drop down.
  5. Run right, go through the door, and drop down. Use the Grapple Beam to remove the block, jump back to the door, and go through.
  6. Space Jump up the shaft and run right to the Chozo Seal. Deposit the single DNA Strand to open it.
  7. Jump to the ledge to the right, jump up again, run left, and go through the door.
  8. Run left, drop down, and run left to the Teleport Station. Activate it. Jump to the ledge, run left to the Save Station. Save your game.
  9. Jump up, run left, and go through the door. Space Jump up and Screw Attack through the ceiling. Use a missile on the door and go through.
  10. After the cutscene where the Diggernaut steals a powerup, jump up and Screw Attack through the ceiling. Keep jumping up and head right through the door.
  11. Drop down, head right, drop down, head left, jump up, drop down, and head right. Roll through the narrow passageway, bomb the floor, roll through the narrow passageway, bomb the block at the end, and head through the door to face the Zeta Metroid.
  12. After defeating the Metroid, collect the DNA Strand.
  13. Go through the right door. Head right, drop down, roll through the narrow passageway under the platform, drop down, roll through the narrow passageway, and drop down. Bomb the left wall to grab Energy Tank ET8.
  14. Use the Spider Ball to climb the left wall and bomb the block at the top. Roll through the narrow passageway to grab missile expansion ME57.
  15. Bomb the left block and jump up the shaft. Roll through the narrow passageway, jump up, and run left through the door.
  16. Go left through the door, roll through the narrow passageway bombing blocks, and go through the door.
  17. Go left through the door and use the Aeion Energy Orb if needed. Bomb the floor to the left, drop down, and roll/drop through narrow passageways, using Lightning Armor to avoid Red Plant damage. Drop down and run right to grab missile expansion ME58.
  18. Run left and use the Grapple Beam to remove a block. Roll through the gap, drop down, and go through the door.
  19. Go left, jump up, go left, and drop down to the Save Station. Save your game.
  20. Go right, drop down, go right, jump up, go right, and go through the door.
  21. Head right, drop down, and head to the Chozo Seal. Deposit the DNA Strand to open the Seal. Acid will then flow into the passage to the left, blocking the way to the bottom section of the area.

Area 6 (ARE6) - Metroid Hunt 8 (MEH8):

  1. Drop down to the right and roll through the gap at the bottom. Roll through the narrow passageway and use the Spider Ball to reach the narrow passageway above. Bomb the floor at the end and drop down.
  2. Fire a missile upwards to remove the block above. Jump up and use the Spider Ball to climb the shaft and use the Grapple Beam to remove the block at the top. Bomb the floor, drop down, and drop to the floor.
  3. Roll through the narrow passageway to the right and use the Grapple Beam to reach the block above. Jump to the narrow passageway.

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