Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Flare Pool 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 Flare Pool in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. See the different details on Flare Pool, collectibles, and unlockables you can find in this area!
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Flare Pool Interactive Map
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Flare Pool 100% Exploration Guide
Flare Pool Collectibles
Energy Tanks
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Energy Tank 1
Area: Storage Room Required Upgrade: Psychic Visor How to Get: In the back of the room, scan the Psychic Container and move the node along the path to reveal the Energy Tank. |
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Energy Tank 2
Area: Volcano Heart Required Upgrade: Vi-O-La IC Suit How to Get: Shoot the chest and when you try to grab the upgrade, an enemy will grab it and swim away. Use the B-button Boost to approach it and shoot it with your A-button attack when close; repeat this until it dies and grab the upgrade. You can shoot the enemies in the area to get more Boosts. |
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Missile Expansions
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Missile Expansion 1
Area: Volcano Entrance Required Upgrade: Psychic Boots How to Get: Use the Psychic Boots to jump on the platforms to find it on a ledge at the top. |
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Missile Expansion 2
Area: Shoreline Access Required Upgrade: Ice Shot How to Get: Use the Ice Shot to freeze the lava waterfall then use a missile or charge shot to destroy it, revealing the upgrade. |
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Missile Expansion 3
Area: Volcano Heart Required Upgrade: Vi-O-La IC Suit How to Get: Return to the Volcano Heart after beating the boss here to find it on top of the lava. |
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Missile Expansion 4
Area: Overseer Room Required Upgrade: Psychic Lasso How to Get: Look at the machine and scan the panel. Pull the panel with a Psychic Lasso. Then use Control Beam to shoot through the 3 psychic motes to make the upgrade appear. |
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Missile Expansion 5
Area: Subobservation Room Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Requires the Thunder Shot to reach the room. Eliminate the robots, then shoot the panel on the wall with a Missile. Scan the next panel and pull it off with the Psychic Lasso. Then, use Morph Ball to go up the tunnel and reach the upgrade. |
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Missile Expansion 6
Area: Energy Extraction Required Upgrade: Psychic Spider Ball How to Get: On entering the room, look to the left to see a Magnetic Track. Use the Psychic Spider Ball to go up; avoid the electric sparks and reach the top to get the upgrade. |
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Missile Expansion 7
Area: Cooling Room Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Open the door requiring the Thunder Shot and find it in the wall. |
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Missile Expansion 8
Area: Pressure Monitoring Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Open the door requiring the Thunder Shot. Scan the cover on the machine in the next room and use the Psychic Lasso to pull it off; then, shoot it 5 times with the Thunder Shot to reveal two upgrades. |
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Missile Expansion 9
Area: Undercarriage Required Upgrade: Psychic Boost Ball How to Get: In the halfpipe below, use Psychic Boost Ball to build up speed, and then use Psychic Spider Ball on the Magnetic Track on the left side when high enough. Find the upgrade at the end of the track. |
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Shot Expansions
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Shot Expansion 1
Area: Inspection Station Required Upgrade: None How to Get: Use the Morph Ball to go through the tunnel and reach it under the floor. |
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Shot Expansion 2
Area: Undercarriage Required Upgrade: Missile Launcher How to Get: Shoot the metal with a missile to reach it. |
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Shot Expansion 3
Area: Lava Lake Bridge Required Upgrade: Psychic Spider Ball How to Get: Use the Psychic Visor to scan the Psychic Rail Boost, then enter it and use Psychic Boost Ball to reach it. |
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Shot Expansion 4
Area: Volcano Heart Required Upgrade: Vi-O-La IC Suit How to Get: Return to the Volcano Heart after beating the boss here to find it on top of the lava. |
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Large Shot Expansion 1
Area: Energy Injection Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Use the Thunder Shot on the switch in the wall to make the conductors come out of each wall. Thunder Shot the one close to you, then run to the opposite wall and Thunder Shot it within the time limit. |
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Shot Expansion 5
Area: Energy Injection Required Upgrade: Psychic Grapple How to Get: Grapple to the upper platform, then look for hanging hooks you can grapple onto. Continue to the top to reach a platform with the upgrade. |
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Shot Expansion 6
Area: Pressure Monitoring Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: Open the door requiring the Thunder Shot. Scan the cover on the machine in the next room and use the Psychic Lasso to pull it off; then, shoot it 5 times with the Thunder Shot to reveal two upgrades. |
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Shot Expansion 7
Area: Lava Lake Bridge Required Upgrade: Psychic Spider Ball How to Get: With the Psychic Spider Ball, use the Tether Nodes to launch yourself up while avoiding the steam from the vents. Find the upgrade at the top. |
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Shot Expansion 8
Area: Scrapyard Required Upgrade: Psychic Power Bomb How to Get: Use the Psychic Power Bomb to blow up the debris, then use the Psychic Spider Node to climb up the Magnetic Track and reach the upgrade. |
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Psychic Power Bomb Expansions
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Psychic Power Bomb Expansion
Area: Lava Works Required Upgrade: Super Missile How to Get: Return to Flare Pool after getting the Super Missile. Blast the ore in the first room to reveal a new area. After completing it and finding the Mech Part, cross the previous room and use the Spinner to stop the lava flow. Go through the Morph Ball course again to get the upgrade which is no longer blocked. |
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Scout Bots
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Scout Bot
Area: Lava Lake Bridge Required Upgrade: Thunder Shot How to Get: At Lava Lake Bridge, ride Vi-O-La across the lava to the opposite side from the map entrance. Find it to the right in an enclosed area. |
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Mech Parts
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Mech Part
Area: Expansion Site Required Upgrade: Super Missile How to Get: In the Lava Lake Bridge area, use a Super Missile to blow up the Koorcinite ore blocking the path below the bridge. Proceed through the following rooms. At the end, you'll fight a Behemoth miniboss, and find the Mech Part after beating it. Defeat this enemy by shooting its red eyes. |
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Logbook Scans
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Entry: Grapple Point
Category: Technology Subcategory: Research Area: Cannon Exhaust How to Get: The soonest you can scan a Grapple Point is after acquiring Psychic Grapple and during Samus' escape from the crumbling facility in Flare Pool. |
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Entry: Lamorn Magnetic Track
Category: Technology Subcategory: Research Area: Ventilation Works How to Get: You can scan a Lamorn Magnetic Track at the Ventilation Works room in Flare Pool. However, there will be other chances to scan this entry elsewhere. |
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Entry: Vaernan
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Volcano Entrance How to Get: Vaernan can be scanned in the Volcano Entrance of Flare Pool |
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Entry: Heatstrap
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Volcano Entrance How to Get: Heatstrap can be scanned in the Volcano Entrance of Flare Pool |
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Entry: Pyremite
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Scrapyard How to Get: Pyremite can be scanned in the Scrapyard of Flare Pool |
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Entry: Swarm Flyer
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Volcano Entrance How to Get: Swarm Flyer can be scanned in the Volcano Entrance of Flare Pool |
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Entry: Ezra Duke
Category: Biology Subcategory: Gal Fed Area: Boiler Room How to Get: You can scan Ezra Duke when you meet him in the Boiler Room of Flare Pool. |
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Entry: Heavy Maintenance Tank
Category: Machines Subcategory: Viewros Area: Entry Bay How to Get: You can scan a Heavy Maintenance Tank when you reach the Entray Bay of Flare Pool for the first time. |
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Entry: Psy-bot Gunner
Category: Machines Subcategory: Viewros Area: Control Room Bridge How to Get: You can scan a Psy-bot Gunner when you first encounter one in the Control Room Bridge of Flare Pool. |
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Entry: “Delivery Status”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Entry Bay How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Entry Bay room of Flare Pool. |
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Entry: “Extraction Process”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Energy Extraction How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Energy Extraction room of Flare Pool. |
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Entry: “Injection Process”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Energy Injection How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Energy Injection room of Flare Pool. |
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Entry: “Facility Shutdown”
Category: Lamorn Legacy Subcategory: Lamorn Data Logs Area: Storage Room How to Get: This data log can be scanned in the Energy Storage Room of Flare Pool. |
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Entry: Tether Node
Category: Technology Subcategory: Research Area: Lava Lake Bridge How to Get: You can scan a Tether Node when you cross the lava lake in Flare Pool using Vi-O-La. |
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Entry: Nora Armstrong
Category: Biology Subcategory: Gal Fed Area: South Clamp How to Get: You can scan Nora when you encounter her in the South Clamp of the Flare Pool. |
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Entry: Hover Shuttle Transport
Category: Machines Subcategory: Viewros Area: Control Room Bridge How to Get: Scan this enemy ship when it appears in your view while you are in the Control Room Bridge. |
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Entry: Psy-Bot Shocker
Category: Machines Subcategory: Viewros Area: Entry Bay How to Get: Scan this enemy when you encounter it in the Flare Pool Entry Bay after rescuing Duke and Armstrong. |
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Entry: Phenoros
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Volcano Heart How to Get: You can scan Phenoros in the Volcano Heart of the Flare Pool. |
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Entry: Behemoth
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Expansion Site How to Get: Behemoth is located at the Expansion Site area of Flare Pool and can be scanned mid-combat. |
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Entry: Leaping Spitter
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Volcano Heart How to Get: Leaping Spitters can be found in Volcano Heart when returning later. |
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Entry: Blow Hopper
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Volcano Heart How to Get: Blow Hoppers will spawn in Volcano Heart during the first phase of your fight with Phenoros. |
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Entry: Lamorn Heavy Turret
Category: Machines Subcategory: Viewros Area: Control Room How to Get: You can scan the Lamorn Heavy Turret before destroying it in the Control Room of Flare Pool. |
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Entry: Swim Snatcher
Category: Biology Subcategory: Viewros Area: Volcano Heart How to Get: A Swim Snatcher can be scanned at the Volcano Heart when revisiting Flare Pool. |
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Flare Pool Lore and Overview
Volcanic Strucuture Surrounded by Lava
Flare Pool is the fire-themed biome of Viewros, featuring another research facility left by the ancient civilization of this planet, it is surrounded by lava pits as it sits atop a volcano.
Where to Find Flare Pool
Southeast from Chrono Tower
You can reach Flare Pool by continuing to travel southeast until you reach its fiery terrain at the base of the volcano.
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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