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Chapter 4: Nova Beam

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The Leviathan

Go to Transit Station 1-B and interact with the terminal to take the transit. Then scan the lore for the The Leviathan entry.

Spider Ball

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Defeat

Return to Samus's ship and fly to Landing Site A on Elysia. Go to the Spire Dock. In the Junction, take the door to the left. Use the grapple voltage to continue to the Powerworks. Use a seeker missile to enter the small space. Scan the databot for the Defeat lore entry. Jump on the platform and use the grapple lasso to launch the cog into the air, then shoot it with a charge beam to get the Spider Ball.

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Missile Expansion #24

Fall into the hole and follow the spider ball tracks to find a Missile Expansion.

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Energy Tank #10

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Defeat

Return to Zipline Station Charlie and scan the spider ball track here. Follow the tracks and use a double jump to reach an Energy Tank.

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Missile Expansion #25

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Phaazoid
Phazon
Red Phaazoid

Head to the Construction Bay. Use the grapple voltage terminal to the right. Then scan the phaazoid that's floating over one of the platforms. It can only be damaged by your PED. Take the lift that was activated by the grapple voltage terminal. Then use the screw attack to reach a Missile Expansion. Also scan the databot that's here for the Phazon lore entry. On the pillar at the far side of the room is another phaazoid. Make it split and scan the red phaazoid that appears.

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Energy Cell

Continue to Ballista Storage. Use the two grapple voltage terminals at the bottom of the room to get an Energy Cell.

Gunship Missile Expansion #4

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Invader

Return to the Junction and then go to Hoverplat Docking Site. Use the screw attack to cross the room and defeat the phaazoid. Then go up the spider ball track to find a Gunship Missile Expansion. Finally, scan the databot at the bottom of the track for the Invader lore entry.

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Missile Expansion #26

Continue to Steambot Barracks. Use the halfpipe to go up the room. Then enter the small space that's by the lift. Use the spider ball tracks to reach a Missile Expansion.

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Missile Expansion #27

Return to the Main Docking Bay and fly Samus's ship to Landing Site Alpha on the Pirate Homeworld. Head through the transit station. Return to the Craneyard. Use the spider ball track in the wall to enter the small space. Use the spinners to create a path to the right small space to get a Missile Expansion.

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Hazard Shield

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Assault Aerotrooper

Use the spinners to create a spider ball track to the left. Interact with the terminal to get the Hazard Shield. Then scan one of the assault aerotroopers that appear.

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Missile Expansion #28

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Taking Valhalla

Use the terminal that appears. Then head to the Airshaft. Take the ice missile door in Metroid Processing. In the Creche Transit, use a bomb to enter the small space. Then use the spinner in the floor to reach a Missile Expansion. Climb the grab ledge and then shoot the phazon with a hyper missile. Scan the lore on the wall for the Taking Valhalla entry.

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Energy Tank #11

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Metroid Hatcher (SCAN NOW)

In Metroid Creche, use the spinners and bomb slots to summon the Metroid Hatcher, who must be scanned now. Shoot all of its tentacles. Once they've all receded, shoot the hatcher's mouth. Then use the grapple lasso to rip the tentacle and deal damage. After defeating it, use the spinner to enter the small space. Use the spider tracks in the small space to reach the Energy Tank. Then use the bomb slot in the first small space to head through the blue door.

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Disaster At Elysia

Take the transit in Transit Station 3-A. Head to the Command Courtyard. After defeating the pirates, use the grab ledge to enter the small space. After leaving it, cross the bridge and scan the lore for the Disaster At Elysia entry.

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Scritter

Head through the blue door and scan one of the scritters in the Courtyard Passage.

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Purification

After defeating the enemies in Skyway Access, scan the lore for the Purification entry and then enter the small space in the wall.

Missile Expansion #29

Use the spider ball track to enter Transit Station 4-A and then take the transit. In the Phazon Quarry, enter the corridor on the far side of the room and use the terminal to break the walls on both sides of the room. Grab the Missile Expansion on one side of the room and take the door on the other.

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Scans

Vanguard

Take the spider ball track to use both of the spinners. Fall all the way down and scan the lore on the wall for the Vanguard entry.

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Phazon Harvester Drone

In Phazon Havesting, scan the phazon harvester drone.

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Victory and Loss

Climb to the top of the room to enter Drill Shaft 1. To the left of the room's exit is a platform with a lore entry. Scan it for the Victory and Loss entry.

Nova Beam

In the Main Cavern, use the terminal and take the elevator down. In the battle with the pirates, there is a mining machine in the ceiling. When the machine starts pulling everything in, shoot one of the phazon pirates so they'll hit the machine. Then destroy the 4 targets of the machine. After the battle you'll get the Nova Beam.

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