Obstacles to Bypassing Items
From Prime3
Last Updated 09/18/07
Unskippable Items:
STARTING ITEMS
- Power Beam
- Varia Suit
- Morph Ball
- Morph Ball Bombs
- Space Jump Boots
- Combat Visor
- Scan Visor
- Command Visor
GIVEN AUTOMATICALLY
- PED Suit and Hyper Beam
Energy Tank
- An Energy Tank on the Olympus is directly in your path.
- Need 101 energy to activate Hyper Mode
Missile Launcher
- Needed to open several doors
- Needed for using Hyper Missile
Ship Missile Launcher
- Needed to gain full access to Bryyo Jungle
- Needed to destroy shield generators on Bryyo
- Needed to destroy door leading to Leviathan on Pirate Homeworld
Hyper Ball
- Needed to destroy Leviathan on Bryyo
- Needed to gain full access to Elysia
- Needed to access Eastern SkyTown
- Needed to get through Phaaze
Ship Grapple
- Need to assemble Theronian Bomb on Elysia
Hyper Missile
- Need to destroy Leviathan on Elysia
- Need to get through Phaaze
Hyper Grapple
- Need to destroy Leviathan on Pirate Homeworld
- Need to get through Phaaze
Energy Cells (3)
- Need to access sections of GFS Valhalla leading to Pirate codes (2 doors and the elevator)
Problem Items: (Most Likely Unskippable)
Grapple Lasso
- Used often to solve puzzles
- Used often against enemies and bosses
- Used to interface with the ziplines
Grapple Swing
- Needed to cross Main Docking Access
- Needed to cross Construction Bay
Ice Missiles
- Needed to exit Temple of Bryyo and turn on elevator to the Eastern Shield Generator
- Needed to cross Fall of Fire
- Open the door to Skybridge Hera from Junction
- Open the door to Concourse
Boost Ball
- Needed to access the Aurora Chamber
- Needed to use the halfpipe in Steambot Barracks
- Needed to break the wall in Warp Site Alpha
- Needed to access Eastern SkyTown
- Needed to get Seeker Missiles
- Needed to use the halfpipe in Phazon Quarry
- Needed to open Mine Lift
Plasma Beam
- Needed to repair the Aurora Unit
- Needed to get Screw Attack
- Open the orange door in Security Station
- Repair the elevator in Observatory Lift
- Orange door between Concourse - Maintenance Shaft CC
- Used to repair the escape pod
- Orange door between Scrapvault - Processing Access
- Weld a panel in Scrapvault
- Orange door between Metroid Processing - Airshaft
Screw Attack
- Used often to travel across Elysia
- Used to access Eastern SkyTown
- Needed in Phazon Harvesting during Hazard Shield Skip
- Used to skip 2 Energy Cells
Seeker Missiles
- Needed to collect after grabbing Energy Cell 5
- Needed for collecting parts 2 and 3 of Theronian Bomb
- Needed to get into the Elysian seed
- Needed to get the X-Ray Visor
- Needed to open the Screw Attack wall in Airshaft
- Needed to open the tunnel in Powerworks to get the Spider Ball
X-Ray Visor
- Needed for a combo lock in Lift Hub to download the Pirate Homeworld map
- Needed for a combo lock in Scrapvault
- Needed to exit Main Cavern
Grapple Voltage
- Used to destroy a gate in Zipline Station Charlie
- Needed to drain the shield in Command Courtyard
- Needed to start the Demolition Trooper sequence
Spider Ball
- Needed to climb Defense Access
- Used to open Mine Lift
Nova Beam
- Needed to get through several doors
- Needed to kill Omega Ridley
