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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

All Shot Expansion Locations

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Metroid Prime 4 Beyond Shot Expansion Location
This is a list of all shot expansions you can find throughout your exploration of Sol Valley in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. See a list of shot expansions, their locations in each biome, and what shot expansions are in this guide!

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All Shot Expansion Locations

Sol Valley

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Shot Expansion 1
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
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
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
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.

Fury Green

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Shot Expansion 1
Area: Fountain of Tranquility
How to Get: After unlocking Fire Shot and Ice Shot, find the room from the Cleared Path. Freeze the first fountain, move the psychic node, then freeze the second fountain. Jump up the two frozen fountains to reach the Shot Expansion on top of the middle pillar.

Shot Expansion 2
Area: Cargo Staging Area
How to Get: After unlocking the Thunder Shot, use it on both sides of the container in the adjacent room to open it, revealing the upgrade.

Shot Expansion 3
Area: Sacred Flame Ceremony
How to Get: After unlocking Thunder Shot, return to the Sacred Flame Ceremony room and use the Thunder Shot on the corresponding door. Move each of the pylons to the bottom, and have them face the spire in the middle. Then, shock all three with the Thunder Shot to open the spire and reveal the upgrade.

Shot Expansion 4
Area: Isopod Lair
How to Get: This shot expansion is encased in a webbing-like material. Getting this requires the Fire Shot first.

Shot Expansion 4
Area: Jungle Path
How to Get: Use the Fire Shot to burn the web, then use Morph Ball and Morph Bomb to reach the upgrade.

Shot Expansion 5
Area: Ravine Outlook
How to Get: Use the Fire Shot to burn the web, revealing the upgrade.

Psychic Power Bomb Expansion
Area: Quiet Clearing
How to Get: Scan the cracked statue to find that there is an item inside. Use the Psychic Power Bomb to blow up the statue and find the upgrade inside.

Ice Belt

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Shot Expansion 1
Area: Bio-labs - Cryopod Conveyor
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.

Shot Expansion 2
Area: Power Station - Lower Airlock
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.

Shot Expansion 3
Area: Quarantine - Security Gates
How to Get: In the room before the boss, break the fractured glass on one of the Vault Hatches and use Morph Ball to roll through.

Flare Pool

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Shot Expansion 1
Area: Inspection Station
How to Get: Use the Morph Ball to go through the tunnel and reach it under the floor.

Shot Expansion 2
Area: Undercarriage
How to Get: Shoot the metal with a missile to reach it.

Shot Expansion 3
Area: Lava Lake Bridge
How to Get: Use the Psychic Visor to scan the Psychic Rail Boost, then enter it and use Psychic Boost Ball to reach it.

Psychic Power Bomb Expansion
Area: Shoreline Access
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.

What are Shot Expansions?

Increases Shot Ammo Capacity

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Shot Expansions are collectible items that increase Samus' maximum elemental Shot Ammo Capacity by 10. These upgrades apply to your Ice Shot, Fire Shot, and Thunder Shot once you have the necessary upgrade attached by MacKenzie.

List of All Chip Upgrades

Different from Missile Expansions

Missile Expansion Acquired

Shot Expansions are specifically tailor-fitted towards elemental shots and will not affect your Missile Ammo. The Missile weapon has a dedicated upgrade called Missile Expansions and can be collected in Viewros separately.

While exploring each major area, head to Save Stations to replenish your Energy and Ammo, as this is particularly useful in the early game when Samus still has no upgrades.

All Missile Expansion Locations

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Related Guides

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Viewros (Sol Valley) Interactive Map

List of All Areas and Biomes

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

List of All Collectibles

Logbook Scans Missile Expansions Shot Expansions
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