Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

Viewros (Sol Valley) Interactive Map

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Walkthrough Team

Last updated on: December 15, 2025 10:34 PM

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This is an interactive map to planet Viewros and its four main areas in Metroid Prime 4. See an interactive map of the entire region and subareas as well as locations and points of interest here!

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Viewros (Sol Valley) Interactive Map

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Viewros is the planet where Metroid Prime 4: Beyond takes place, and your main zone of exploration here is called Sol Valley, a huge and vast open-world desert that can be explored interspaced with 6 major areas to visit!

List of All Maps
UTO Research Center	Fury Green	Volt Forge
Ice Belt	Flare Pool	Great Mines
Chrono Tower	-	-

Energy Tanks

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Shot Expansions	Psychic Power Bomb Expansions
Scout Bots	Mech Parts
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	Energy Tank 1 Area: Ladder of Thought Shrine Required Upgrade: Fire Shot How to Get: Use Psychic to lift the platforms then jump on top, Use Fire Shot to burn the webs to the right, or the door to reveal a hole. Enter using Morph Ball, then jump and use a Morph Bomb midair. Jump again when the bomb explodes to gain a boost and enter the hole. Find the Energy tank at the end.

	Energy Tank 2 Area: Sol Valley Southwest Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Use the Thunder Shot on the lock to reveal the upgrade.

	Energy Tank 3 Area: Ring of Thunder Shrine Entrance Required Upgrade: Psychic Visor How to Get: Look on the back of the statue at the entrance to find a Psychic Node. Pull it down to open a secret door, revealing the upgrade.

All Energy Tank Locations

Missile Expansions

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	Missile Expansion 1 Area: Source of Spring Shrine Required Upgrade: None How to Get: Use Morph Ball to go through the hole and find it on a platform.

	Missile Expansion 2 Area: Near Ice Belt Required Upgrade: Psychic Lasso How to Get: Find some debris with a Galactic Federation signal near Ice Belt. Use the Psychic Lasso to pull up a crate, then break it open.

	Missile Expansion 3 Area: Southern Sol Valley Required Upgrade: Vi-O-La How to Get: While riding Vi-O-La, find a rock formation with a ramp. Use a boost as you board the ramp to go through the center of the rock formation and grab the upgrade.

	Missile Expansion 4 Area: Entrance to Ice Belt Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Return to Ice Belt after obtaining Psychic Lasso. Go straight instead of taking the elevator, and Grapple across the room. Outside, activate the Psychic Rail Boost, and use Psychic Boost Ball to cross to the other side.

	Missile Expansion 5 Area: Western G.F. Debris Required Upgrade: Control Beam How to Get: Climb up the structures to see the Missile Expansion across the gap. Look up and scan the tower. Use your Control Beam to go through the metal hoop at the base of the tower and hit the center of the target to make it fall. Use the newly revealed grapple to get across and reach the upgrade.

	Missile Expansion 6 Area: Southwest Desert Required Upgrade: None How to Get: Follow the smoke to find Tokabi, who will give you the upgrade. If he isn't here, progress the story and come back.

	Missile Expansion 7 Area: North G.F. Debris Required Upgrade: Missile Launcher How to Get: Go to the G.F. Debris North and break some crates to recover the Missile Expansion here.

	Missile Expansion 8 Area: Northwest Falling Labyrinth Shrine Required Upgrade: Psychic Visor How to Get: Scan the glowing patch of sand to reveal a box containing the upgrade.

	Missile Expansion 9 Area: Floating Path Shrine West Required Upgrade: Psychic Lasso How to Get: Lasso the Federation Debris on a mound to the west of the Floating Path Shrine to reveal a crate with an item inside.

	Missile Expansion 10 Area: South G.F. Debris Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Scan the panel on the wall of the building, then use Thunder Shot to open it. Enter the tunnel with the Morph Ball to find the upgrade on the other side.

All Missile Expansion Locations

Shot Expansions

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	Shot Expansion 1 Area: Sol Valley Far Northeast Required Upgrade: Super Missile How to Get: After completing Great Mines, grapple up on top of the bridge and use a Super Missile to destroy the door with the four red circles. Go through the Morph Ball tunnel to find the upgrade at the end.

	Large Shot Expansion 1 Area: Entrance to Flare Pool Required Upgrade: Psychic Boost Ball How to Get: At the Entrance to Flare Pool, find the "Small Sized Cargo Launcher". Enter the launcher with Morph Ball, and use Psychic Boosts to spin around the inside chamber until it launches you to the other side.

	Shot Expansion 2 Area: Cargo Launcher Required Upgrade: Fire Shot How to Get: Cargo Launcher to the Temple of Memory. Then at the entrance of Fury Green, go past the cannon to find this area. Near the door to Fury Green, burn through the webs to find the upgrade at the end of the path.

	Large Shot Expansion 2 Required Upgrade: Psychic Grapple How to Get: Go under the bridge leading to Great Mines and use the Psychic Grapple to get across to a platform holding the upgrade.

	Shot Expansion 3 Area: Fallen Labyrinth Shrine Required Upgrade: None How to Get: In the main room, drop down and use the Morph Ball to enter a hole in the base of the main platform. Find the upgrade inside.

	Shot Expansion 4 Area: Rings of Stone Shrine Required Upgrade: Control Beam How to Get: In the final room, look back and up to see a hole with psychic energy coming out. Shoot a Control Beam to find a target in the hole, opening a Morph Ball tunnel. Go through to find the upgrade.

	Shot Expansion 5 Area: Northern G.F. Debris Required Upgrade: None How to Get: Shot Expansion given by Tokabi after meeting him at least twice in different parts of Sol Valley. Return to this spot or reload the game if he doesn't appear.

	Shot Expansion 6 Area: Floating Path Shrine Required Upgrade: Psychic Glove How to Get: On the far side, drop down and grab one of the Psychic motes. Place it into the Psychic Node in the pillar to reveal the upgrade.

All Shot Expansion Locations

Psychic Power Bomb Expansions

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	Psychic Power Bomb Expansion 1 Area: Eastern G.F. Debris Required Upgrade: Psychic Grapple How to Get: Look up onto the building to find a hook you can grapple up onto, then climb up the debris to find the upgrade at the top.

	Psychic Power Bomb Expansion 2 Area: Northeast of Fury Green Required Upgrade: None How to Get: Talk to Tokabi to get it as a reward. If Tokabi isn't here, visit the other Tokabi locations, and if he's not at any of them you might need to progress the story, or go to a different map and come back.

All Psychic Power Bomb Expansion Locations

Scout Bots

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	Scout Bot Area: North of Volt Forge Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Found in Sol Valley, a little north of Volt Forge.

All Scout Bot Locations

Mech Parts

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	Mech Part Area: Southern G.F. Debris Required Upgrade: Psychic Boots How to Get: Climb up the building by jumping up the boxes to find it on the roof.

	Mech Part Area: Eastern G.F. Debris Required Upgrade: Psychic Power Bomb How to Get: It will be eaten by Varmis. Defeat it in a boss fight by targeting and shooting its tail with Vi-O-La's A-button shot to slow it down, then using the B-button boost to slam into it. At the end, go in its mouth with the Morph Ball and use a Psychic Power Bomb to blow up the container and Varmis with it, and get the Mech Part.

	Mech Part Area: Western G.F. Debris Required Upgrade: Psychic Lasso How to Get: Use the Psychic Lasso on the vehicle to move it out of the way, then scan the Mech Part.

	Mech Part Area: Ice Belt Entrance Required Upgrade: Psychic Grapple How to Get: In the room with the elevator descending to the Ice Belt entrance, look for a ledge you can Psychic Grapple up to. Continue ahead to find the Mech Part on a landing outside.

	Mech Part Area: Northern G.F. Debris Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Use the Thunder Shot on the hand to knock it down.

All Mech Part Locations

Vi-O-La Boost Tanks

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	Vi-O-La Boost Tank 1 Area: Southeastern G.F. Debris Required Upgrade: Ice Shot How to Get: Ride Vi-O-La up a ramp to get onto the plateau. Use the Ice Shot to open the lock and reveal the upgrade.

	Vi-O-La Boost Tank 2 Area: South of Fury Green Required Upgrade: Fire Shot How to Get: Starting from the ramps to the northeast, ride up and use a Boost on the final ramp to reach the plateau with the upgrade. Needs Fire Shot.

	Vi-O-La Boost Tank 3 Area: Southwest of Chrono Tower Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Jump onto the rocks to reach the top of the mesa. Use Thunder Shot on the Thunder Lock to reveal the upgrade.

All Vi-O-La Boost Tank Locations

Logbook Scans

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	Entry: Sand Griever Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros How to Get: Sand Grievers can be scanned in multiple locations around Sol Valley. For instance, a pack of Sand Grievers spawn in the entrance of Ice Belt.

	Entry: Gullbat Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros How to Get: Gullbat can scanned in multiple locations in the dessert.

	Entry: Sand Shren Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros How to Get: Sand Shren can be scanned in the entrance to the Flare Pool.

	Entry: Marauder Category: Machines Subcategory: Viewros How to Get: Marauders can appear randomly when you traverse Sol Valley.

	Entry: Kyuveria Category: Technology Subcategory: Research How to Get: Kyuveria can be scanned at multiple locations in the desert.

	Entry: Sand Crawler Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Falling Labyrinth Shrine How to Get: Sand Crawlers are located at the Falling Labyrinth Shrine and can be scanned in groups.

	Entry: Varmis Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros How to Get: Varmis can be fought as a boss during the Chrono Tower chapter, after attempting to collect the Mech Part at the Eastern G.F. Debris. It can also be scanned at the same location earlier in the game by visiting the spot.

	Entry: Web Crawler Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Ladder of Thought Shrine How to Get: Web Crawlers spawn inside Shrines with webs that can be burned with Fire Shot.

	Entry: Aeronaut Category: Machines Subcategory: Viewros How to Get: Aeronauts can randomly appear when you are traversing Sol Valley.

	Entry: Polaleisoarala Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros How to Get: Polaleisoaralas can be found flying around Sol Valley in flocks. You can scan them as soon as you leave Fury Green.

List of Logbooks and Scans Guide

All Areas in Viewros (Sol Valley)

There are seven major areas in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond where Samus' adventures took place, namely:

UTO Research Center
Fury Green
Ice Belt
Volt Forge
Flare Pool
Great Mines
Chrono Tower

UTO Research Center

Prologue - UTO Research Center
Sylux has been attacking Federation research facilities in order to defeat Samus and the Galactic Federation. Samus is now tasked to come to the aid of the facility that is currently under siege on Tanamaar in the Desolan System.
UTO Research Center 100% Exploration Guide

Fury Green

Fury Green is a lush, overgrown and biologically-themed biome that players will first encounter in the series. Being the first area the player will visit, they will introduce you to the basics of exploration while also giving new enemies to fight!
Fury Green 100% Exploration Guide

Ice Belt

The Ice Belt is an isolated region of snow-covered facilities used for research by the former civilization that once lived in Viewros, this area is a mix of internal and outside environments paired with snowy aesthetics.
Ice Belt 100% Exploration Guide

Volt Forge

Volt Forge is a high-tech and alien-looking factory with an emphasis on internal environments, tight corridors and metallic structures.

Volt Forge 100% Exploration Guide

Flare Pool

The Flare Pool is another research facility made by the former people of Viewros, this time situated in the center of a volcano, with massive lava pits and surrounding the base.

Flare Pool 100% Exploration Guide

Great Mines

The Great Mines is a site that goes deep underground equipped with a massive elevator at its center. With the discovery of the Buros Crystal, it became the catalyst for evolving the mechanical civilization into a psychic civilization.

Great Mines 100% Exploration Guide

Chrono Tower

Chrono-Tower
Chrono Tower is a huge tower built in the center of Sol Valley. It stands as a symbol of psychic civilization; every element—doors, elevators, and more—is engineered to respond to psychic power, barring entry to those without psychic abilities unless guided by a Guardian.
Chrono Tower 100% Exploration Guide

All Viewros (Sol Valley) Collectibles

Sol Valley's vast and mysterious areas are full of collectibles for Samus to discover. These collectibles can upgrade her utilities, boost Vi-O-La, or even progress the story.

Energy Tanks
Missile Expansions
Shot Expansions
Psychic Power Bomb Expansions
Scout Bots
Mech Parts
Vi-O-La Boost Tanks
Logbook Scans