Obstacles Guide

All throughout Tallon IV you'll encounter several kinds of electronic doors, machinery and natural obstacles.

Every obstacle has a weakness Samus can exploit to pass through. Read on to find out how to break into all those restricted areas Samus isn't meant to see.

Doors and hatches

Doors/hatches serve the purpose of keeping Samus out of secure areas within the Pirate's fortress. To open them you'll need to use a certain weapon.

	Blue Doors Most doors you'll find on Tallon IV will emit a blue glow, indicating that discharging any weapon at them will give the door enough charge to open.
	Purple Doors These doors can only be opened by charging them with a blast from the Wave Beam.
	Blast Shield Doors with a metal blast shield attached can't be opened until you blow apart the shield with a single missile.
	Sealed Doors Doors with special locks on them can't be opened until you fry all the enemies in the nearby area.
	White Doors White doors can be opened by a single shot from the Ice Beam.
	Red Doors Red doors can only be opened by - you guessed it - the Plasma Beam.

Miscellaneous obstacles

	Sandstone, Radion and Brimstone Anything that contains traces of sandstone, radion or brimstone when you scan it can be destroyed with a missile or bomb.
	Talloric Alloy Objects with this material can be destroyed by planting bombs near them.
	Cordite Objects filled with elements of Cordite can be destroyed with a single Super Missile (the Power Beam Missile Combo).
	Bendezium Objects containing bendezium elements can be destroyed with a single Power Bomb.
	Stalactites Target stalactites with L (or Z in the Metroid Prime Trilogy version) and dislodge them with a single missile.
	Grapple Point Use the Grapple Beam (L, or Z in the MPT version) to swing around on these hooks.

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