Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Ice Belt 100% Exploration Guide
★ Story Walkthrough | Upgrades and Abilities
☆ Characters | Bosses | Puzzles
★ Viewros Map: Energy Tank | Missile Expansion | Shot Expansion
★ Game Details: amiibo Unlocks | How Long to Beat | Switch Edition Differences
This is an exploration guide to Ice Belt in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. See the different details on Ice Belt, collectibles, and unlockables you can find in this area!
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Ice Belt Interactive Map
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Ice Belt Collectibles
Energy Tanks
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Energy Tank 1
Area: Power Generator Required Upgrade: None How to Get: In the Generator room, drop down and find a panel you can interact with to open a Morph Ball tunnel. Break the grate, go through and avoid the electric currents. Advance to the far end and go right to find a grate you can break; the upgrade is on the other side. |
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Energy Tank 2
Area: Ice Canyon Required Upgrade: Psychic Boots How to Get: Go to the corridor with an opening to the outside and drop down to a ledge below. Go across the bridges to see this upgrade on a distant platform. Scan the Psychic Platforms up and to the left of it and jump across to reach it. |
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Missile Expansions
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Missile Expansion 1
Area: Loading Crane Required Upgrade: Psychic Bomb How to Get: Find the Bomb Slot behind some nearby boxes to the left of the gate and use the Morph Bomb to open it. |
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Missile Expansion 2
Area: Bio-labs - Bio-labs Access Required Upgrade: Psychic Lasso How to Get: Use the Grapple to pull the rubble out of the way and roll through with the Morph Ball. |
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Missile Expansion 3
Area: Medical Bays - Staging Corridor Required Upgrade: None How to Get: Can be obtained on the way back up after restoring the power. |
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Missile Expansion 4
Area: Medical Bays - Surgery Corridor Required Upgrade: Psychic Lasso How to Get: Use the Psychic Lasso to open the hatch then go through using Morph Ball. Use a bomb on the other side to reach the center. |
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Missile Expansion 5
Area: Ancient Temple Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Found underneath the platform you first walk onto in the Ancient Temple. Can only be accessed after getting Thunder Shot. |
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Missile Expansion 6
Area: Elevator Landing Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Head to the Elevator Landing and use the Thunder Shot to unlock to large gate, then open it to find the upgrade on the right side. |
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Missile Expansion 7
Area: Lobby Conduit Required Upgrade: Psychic Spider Ball How to Get: After unlocking the Psychic Spider Ball, use the Tether Nodes to launch yourself up. Use a Morph Bomb on each of the red lights to turn it green; if you take too long, they will turn red again. The upgrade will be accessible when both lights are green at the same time. |
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Missile Expansion 8
Area: Storage Bay Required Upgrade: Psychic Spider Ball How to Get: Obtain Psychic Spider Ball first then go to the room with the hibernation pods, jump down to the floor below and find a Morph Ball slot which will take you down a level. Ride the Magnetic Tracks to the end to find the upgrade. |
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Shot Expansions
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Shot Expansion 1
Area: Bio-labs - Cryopod Conveyor Required Upgrade: Psychic Grapple How to Get: Use the Grapple to pull down two sections of the Morph Ball course running above you along the walls. Enter the course near the Bomb Slot and go through to the end to get the Shot Ammo. |
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Shot Expansion 2
Area: Power Station - Lower Airlock Required Upgrade: Psychic Bomb How to Get: After restoring the power on the bottom floor, find a now-activated Bomb Slot over a gate which you can throw a Psychic Bomb into to open the gate. The Shot Ammo is in the tank on the wall close to the entrance. |
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Shot Expansion 5
Area: Snowfield Required Upgrade: Fire Shot How to Get: Melt the ice door with the Fire Shot and use the Morph Ball to get the upgrade inside. |
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Shot Expansion 6
Area: Equipment Storage Required Upgrade: Psychic Spider Ball How to Get: After getting the Psychic Spider Ball, go up the Magnetic Track on the wall to reach the upgrade. |
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Shot Expansion 7
Area: Security Gates Required Upgrade: Missile Launcher How to Get: Shoot the cracked glass with a Missile, and go through with a Morph Ball to find an upgrade. |
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Large Shot Expansion 1
Area: Power Generator Required Upgrade: Psychic Spider Ball How to Get: After unlocking the Psychic Spider Ball, ride the Magnetic Track and launch off with the Psychic Boost Ball to reach the Tether Node. Swing across and find the upgrade on the Magnetic Track on the opposite side. |
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Shot Expansion 8
Area: Surgery Conduit Required Upgrade: Psychic Boost Ball How to Get: In the Morph Ball course, go up to the ledge with the advancing wall of lightning sparks. Charge the Psychic Boost Ball and release it with good timing to avoid the lightning and get to the right side. Use a Morph Bomb to blow up the floor and grab the upgrade below. |
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Scout Bots
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Scout Bot
Area: Snowfield Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: In Snowfield, proceed from the map entrance to the large open area to see it on your right. |
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Logbook Scans
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Entry: Reger Tokabi
Category: Biology Subcategory: Gal Fed Area: Surface - Control Room How to Get: You can scan Reger Tokabi on your first encounter when you meet him in the Control Room. |
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Entry: Snow Wolf
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Surface - Snowfield How to Get: Snow Wolves will ambush you in the snowfield. This is the perfect to scan even just one of them. |
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Entry: Ice Crawler
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Surface - Loading Crane How to Get: Ice Crawlers can be scanned as soon as you arrive in the Loading Crane section of the Ice Belt. |
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Entry: Snow Roach
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Bio-Labs - Cryopod Conveyor How to Get: Snow Roach can be scanned as soon as you reach the Cryopod Conveyor in the Bio-Labs level. |
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Entry: Blue Krauk
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Medical Bays - Ice Canyon How to Get: Blue Krauk can be scanned when you the Ice Canyon |
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Entry: Frostburn Griever
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Medical Bays - Storage Bay How to Get: Frostburn Grievers can be scanned when they start spawning after you open the power generators. |
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Entry: Keratos
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Quarantine Chamber How to Get: Keratos is one of the bosses you fight in the game. You can scan it when you face it in the Ice Belt, or after fighting it in the Sanctum of the Guardians in Fury Green. |
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Entry: Light Maintenance Tank
Category: Machines Subcategory: Viewros Area: Bio-Labs - Medical Bays Access How to Get: Light Maintenance can be scanned in the Medical Bays Access shaft. |
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Entry: “Endeavor”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Bio-Labs - Security How to Get: This data log can be scanned from the Security Room of the Bio-Labs floor. |
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Entry: “Gifts”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Bio-Labs - Tracking Operations How to Get: This data log can be scanned from the Tracking Operations Room of the Bio-Labs floor. |
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Entry: “Security”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Bio-Labs - Cryopod Prep How to Get: This data log can be scanned from the Cryopod Prep Room of the Bio-Labs floor. |
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Entry: “Anxiety”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Medical Bays - Staging Corridor How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Staging Corridor when you reach the Medical Bays. |
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Entry: “Awakening”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Medical Bays - Recovery Corridor How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Recover Corridor of the Medical Bays. |
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Entry: “Analysis”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Medical Bays - Recovery Bay How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Recover Bay of the Medical Bays. |
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Entry: “Breakthrough”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Medical Bays - Surgery Corridor How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Surgery Corridor of the Medical Bays. |
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Entry: “Attempt”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Medical Bays - Storage Corridor How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Storage Corridor of the Medical Bays. |
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Entry: “Limit”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Medical Bays - Storage Bay How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Storage Bay of the Medical Bays. |
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Entry: “Resignation”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Medical Bays - Staging Corridor How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Staging Corridor of the Medical Bays. |
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Entry: “Records”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Power Station - Lower Airlock How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Lower Airlock of the Power Station. |
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Entry: “Query”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Power Station - Heat Exchange Column How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Heat Exchange Column of the Power Station. |
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Entry: “Prayer”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Power Station - Power Generator How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Power Generator of the Power Station. |
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Entry: Psychic Ball Track
Category: Technology Subcategory: Research Area: Surface - Ancient Temple How to Get: You can scan the Psychic Ball Track that appears when you acquire the Psychic Spider Ball upgrade in Ice Belt. |
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Entry: VUE-955
Category: Biology Subcategory: Gal Fed Area: Surface - Equipment Storage How to Get: After unlocking the Thunder Shot, open the door in the Lobby to reach Equipment Storage. When you find him, use Thunder Shot on him to revive him. |
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Entry: Psychic Grapple Point
Category: Technology Subcategory: Research Area: Surface - Cliffside How to Get: You can scan this grapple point once you reach the cliffside on the surface of the Ice Belt. |
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Entry: Dartwing
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Bio-Labs - Cryopod Conveyor How to Get: Dartwing can be found in narrow corridors in Ice Belt. Stop when you see them to avoid being noticed, since they will immediately fly at you and explode. |
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Ice Belt Lore and Overview
Research Base Covered in Thick Ice
The Ice Belt is an ice-themed biome with featuring a mix of open and enclosed areas, set in an isolated snowy patch of land in Viewros. This facility used to be a research center for the former civilization of the planet, now seemingly forgotten to time.
Where to Find Ice Belt
Northwest from Chrono Tower
Ice Belt can be found on the northwest corner from the central point of the map. Travel north towards the icy tundra and you will reach Ice Belt.
Viewros (Sol Valley) Interactive Map
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Related Guides
Viewros (Sol Valley) Interactive Map
List of All Areas and Biomes
| UTO Research Center | Fury Green | Volt Forge |
| Ice Belt | Flare Pool | Great Mines |
| Chrono Tower | - | - |
List of All Collectibles
| Logbook Scans | Missile Expansions | Shot Expansions |
| Energy Tanks | Mech Parts | Scout Bots |
| Psychic Power Bomb Expansions | Boost Tanks | - |
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