Log Book Guide

Log Book Guide

A new an innovative feature of Metroid Prime is the Log Book, where you can scan and store loads of objects, creatures, technology and more from the world of Tallon IV. Then you'll be free to read up on them to your heart's content.

Use the Scan Visor (press D-Pad left) to enter scanning mode, then press and hold L to scan objects with a red or orange square appearing over them (for the Metroid Prime Trilogy version, hold Minus and point to the top of the screen, then hold Z to scan objects). Once fully scanned you'll store the corresponding info into the Log Book, which you can access by hitting Start then R (or 2 then Plus in the Metroid Prime Trilogy). Each scannable object will be stored in one of five categories listed below.

Below you'll find all the scannable objects listed as they appear in the Log Book's main categories, and critical objects (stuff that you only get one chance to scan) will be pointed out with a *. Use each list as a checklist when trying to find any scans you've missed.

For the original GameCube version of Metroid Prime: Once you've successfully scanned 50% of all Log Book scans (this will most likely happen when you're in the Space Pirate research labs in Phendrana), you'll unlock Image Gallery I which can be viewed from the main menu. Scan 100% of entries to open up Image Gallery II.

For the Metroid Prime Trilogy version: Starting a new game from a completed save file will retain all your Log Book scans from the previous run.

The Log Book list below applies to the original GameCube PAL version and the Nintendo Wii Metroid Prime Trilogy version of the game. For reasons possibly due to story inconsistencies, some of the Pirate Data and Chozo Lore names and entries for the original GameCube PAL version of the game were changed from the NTSC version. The display order of Log Book entries is also heavily different between the two versions.

To make sure you don't get confused with the different versions, both Log Books are available below.

PAL / Metroid Prime Trilogy version | Original NTSC version

Log Book categories:

Pirate Data

  • *Fall of Zebes (Research Frigate Orpheon - Biohazard Containment)
  • The Hunter (Phazon Mines - Elite Control)
  • Contact (Phendrana Drifts - Observatory)
  • Artifact Site (Tallon Overworld - Temple Security Station)
  • Phazon Analysis (Phendrana Drifts - Research Lab Hydra)
  • Phazon Program (Phendrana Drifts - Observatory)
  • Metroid Studies (Phendrana Drifts - Research Lab Aether)
  • Parasite Larva (Phendrana Drifts - Research Lab Hydra)
  • Mining Status (Phendrana Drifts - Research Lab Hydra)
  • Glacial Wastes (Phendrana Drifts - Research Lab Hydra)
  • Security Breaches (Phendrana Drifts - Research Lab Hydra)
  • Meta Ridley (Phendrana Drifts - Research Lab Aether)
  • Phazon Infusion (Phendrana Drifts - Research Lab Aether)
  • Elite Pirates (Phazon Mines - Elite Research)
  • Impact Crater (Phazon Mines - Elite Control)
  • Hunter Weapons (Phazon Mines - Elite Control)
  • Omega Pirate (Phazon Mines - Omega Research)
  • Special Forces (Phazon Mines - Metroid Quarantine B)
  • Gate System (Phazon Mines - Elite Control)
  • Artifact (Phazon Mines - Elite Control)
  • Metroid Morphology (Phendrana Drifts - Research Lab Aether)
  • Chozo Studies (Phazon Mines - Elite Control)
  • The Key (Phazon Mines - Elite Control)
  • Metroid Forces (Phendrana Drifts - Research Lab Aether)
  • Chozo Ghosts (Phazon Mines - Elite Control)

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Chozo Lore

  • Beginnings (Chozo Ruins - Ruins Entrance)
  • Harmonization (Chozo Ruins - Ruined Nursery)
  • Purification (Chozo Ruins - Ruined Fountain)
  • Worm (Chozo Ruins - Crossway)
  • Meteor Strike (Chozo Ruins - Watery Hall)
  • Spreading Evil (Chozo Ruins - Sun Tower)
  • Fountain (Chozo Ruins - Vault)
  • Cipher (Phendrana Drifts - Ice Ruins West)
  • Great Poison (Chozo Ruins - Furnace)
  • Entrusted One (Phendrana Drifts - Phendrana Canyon)
  • Contain (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple)
  • Prophecy of Light (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple)
  • Cradle (Chozo Ruins - Crossway)
  • Infestation (Chozo Ruins - Crossway)
  • Shapeless (Chozo Ruins - Hall of the Elders)
  • Shining One (Chozo Ruins - Magma Pool)

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Creatures

  • *Parasite (Research Frigate Orpheon)
  • Auto Turret (Research Frigate Orpheon, Tallon Overworld, Magmoor Caverns, Phendrana Drifts)
  • Zoomer (Tallon Overworld, Magmoor Caverns - Workstation Tunnel)
  • Geemer (Tallon Overworld)
  • Sap Sac (Tallon Overworld)
  • Bloodflower (Tallon Overworld)
  • Seedling (Tallon Overworld)
  • Scarab (Chozo Ruins, Phendrana Drifts)
  • Beetle (Tallon Overworld, Chozo Ruins)
  • Plated Beetle (Chozo Ruins - Ruined Shrine, Main Plaza)
  • War Wasp (Chozo Ruins)
  • *Ram War Wasp (Chozo Ruins - Hive Totem)
  • *Barbed War Wasp (Chozo Ruins - Burn Dome)
  • Hive (Chozo Ruins)
  • Eyon (Chozo Ruins)
  • Plazmite (Chozo Ruins)
  • Shriekbat (Chozo Ruins, Magmoor Caverns - Burning Trail)
  • Tangle Weed (Tallon Overworld, Chozo Ruins)
  • Venom Weed (Tallon Overworld, Chozo Ruins)
  • Blastcap (Tallon Overworld, Chozo Ruins)
  • Reaper Vine (Chozo Ruins)
  • Stone Toad (Chozo Ruins)
  • Plated Parasite (Chozo Ruins - Furnace)
  • Oculus (Chozo Ruins)
  • Plated Puffer (Chozo Ruins - Tower of Light)
  • *Hive Mecha (Chozo Ruins - Hive Totem)
  • *Incinerator Drone (Chozo Ruins - Burn Dome)
  • Chozo Ghost (Tallon Overworld - Life Grove, Chozo Ruins)
  • Grizby (Magmoor Caverns)
  • Burrower (Magmoor Caverns, Phazon Mines - Elevator Access B)
  • Puffer (Magmoor Caverns, Phazon Mines - Ventilation Shaft)
  • Triclops (Magmoor Caverns)
  • Magmoor (Magmoor Caverns)
  • Puddle Spore (Magmoor Caverns)
  • Crystallite (Phendrana Drifts)
  • *Ice Parasite (Phendrana Drifts - Chozo Ice Temple)
  • *Ice Shriekbat (Phendrana Drifts - Ice Ruins West*)
  • Pulse Bombu (Chozo Ruins, Phendrana Drifts)
  • Scatter Bombu (Chozo Ruins, Phendrana Drifts, Phazon Mines)
  • *Ice Burrower (Phendrana Drifts - Plaza Walkway)
  • Ice Beetle (Phendrana Drifts - Research Core Access, Frost Cave Access)
  • Flickerbat (Phendrana Drifts)
  • Jelzap (Tallon Overworld, Phendrana Drifts)
  • Baby Sheegoth (Phendrana Drifts)
  • Sheegoth (Phendrana Drifts)
  • Sentry Drone (Phendrana Drifts)
  • Space Pirate (Phendrana Drifts, Phazon Mines)
  • Shadow Pirate (Phendrana Drifts, Phazon Mines)
  • Flying Pirate (Tallon Overworld, Magmoor Caverns, Phendrana Drifts)
  • Aqua Sac (Tallon Overworld)
  • Tallon Crab (Tallon Overworld)
  • Aqua Reaper (Tallon Overworld, Phendrana Drifts)
  • *Aqua Drone (Tallon Overworld - Biohazard Containment)
  • Aqua Pirate (Tallon Overworld)
  • Mega Turret (Phazon Mines)
  • Glider (Phendrana Drifts, Phazon Mines)
  • Power Trooper (Phazon Mines)
  • Wave Trooper (Phazon Mines)
  • Ice Trooper (Phazon Mines)
  • Plasma Trooper (Phazon Mines)
  • *Elite Pirate (Phazon Mines)
  • *Phazon Elite (Phazon Mines - Elite Research)
  • Metroid (Phendrana Drifts, Phazon Mines, Impact Crater - Metroid Prime Lair)
  • Hunter Metroid (Phendrana Drifts - Frost Cave**, Phazon Mines, Impact Crater - Metroid Prime Lair)
  • Fission Metroid (Phazon Mines, Impact Crater)
  • Lumigek (Impact Crater - Crater Tunnel A)
  • *Parasite Queen (Research Frigate Orpheon - Reactor Core)
  • *Flaahgra (Chozo Ruins - Sunchamber)
  • *Flaahgra Tentacle (Chozo Ruins - Sunchamber)
  • *Thardus (Phendrana Drifts - Quarantine Cave)
  • *Omega Pirate (Phazon Mines - Elite Quarters)
  • *Meta Ridley (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple)
  • *Metroid Prime (1) (Impact Crater - Subchamber One, Subchamber Two, Subchamber Three, Subchamber Four)
  • *Metroid Prime (2) (Impact Crater - Metroid Prime Lair)

*The Ice Shriekbats at Ice Ruins West will disppear after finding the Thermal Visor in the Metroid Prime Trilogy version of the game.

**The Hunter Metroid may not appear in the Phendrana Drifts Frost Cave in some versions of the game.

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Research

  • Small Energy (Most areas)
  • Large Energy (Most areas)
  • Ultra Energy (Most areas)
  • Small Missile Ammo (Most areas)
  • Medium Missile Ammo (Most areas)
  • Large Missile Ammo (Most areas)
  • Power Bomb Ammo (Most areas)
  • Save Station (Most areas)
  • *Map Station (Most areas)
  • Missile Station (Chozo Ruins - Hall of the Elders, Phazon Mines - Missile Station Mines, Impact Crater - Crater Missile Station)
  • Morph Ball Slot (Most areas)
  • Spinner (Most areas)
  • Spider Ball Track (Most areas)
  • Grapple Point (Most areas)
  • Gunship (Tallon Overworld - Landing Site)
  • *Missile Door Lock (Most areas)
  • Locked Door (Most areas)
  • *Stalactite (Magmoor Caverns, Phendrana Drifts)
  • Zebes (Phendrana Drifts - Observatory)
  • Tallon IV (Phendrana Drifts - Observatory)

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Artifacts

  • Truth (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple)
  • Strength (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple, Magmoor Caverns - Warrior Shrine)
  • Elder (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple, Phendrana Drifts - Control Tower)
  • Wild (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple, Chozo Ruins - Sunchamber)
  • Lifegiver (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple, Chozo Ruins - Tower Chamber)
  • Warrior (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple, Phazon Mines - Elite Research)
  • Chozo (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple, Life Grove)
  • Nature (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple, Magmoor Caverns - Lava Lake)
  • Sun (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple, Phendrana Drifts - Chozo Ice Temple)
  • World (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple, Chozo Ruins - Elder Chamber)
  • Spirit (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple, Phendrana Drifts - Storage Cave)
  • Newborn (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple, Phazon Mines - Phazon Mining Tunnel)

Note: If you find an artifact before scanning the corresponding statue it'll be automatically added to the Log Book.

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