Log Book Guide (for original NTSC version)

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.

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.

The Log Book list below applies to the original GameCube NTSC 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

Pirate Data

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

Chozo Lore

  • Infestation (Chozo Ruins - Crossway)
  • Binding (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple)
  • Cradle (Chozo Ruins - Furnace)
  • Beginnings (Chozo Ruins - Vault)
  • Cipher (Phendrana Drifts - Ice Ruins West)
  • Worm (Chozo Ruins - Crossway)
  • Fountain (Chozo Ruins - Ruins Entrance)
  • Exodus (Chozo Ruins - Ruined Nursery)
  • Hatchling's Shell (Chozo Ruins - Crossway)
  • Hatchling (Chozo Ruins - Ruined Fountain)
  • Meteor Strike (Chozo Ruins - Watery Hall)
  • Contain (Chozo Ruins - Sun Tower)
  • The Turned (Phendrana Drifts - Phendrana Canyon)
  • Hope (Chozo Ruins - Hall of the Elders)
  • Statuary (Tallon Overworld - Artifact Temple)
  • Newborn (Chozo Ruins - Magma Pool)

Creatures

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

Research

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

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.