★ 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 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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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Shot Expansion 5
Area: Ravine Outlook How to Get: Use the Fire Shot to burn the web, revealing the upgrade. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Shot Expansion 2
Area: Undercarriage How to Get: Shoot the metal with a missile to reach it. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.

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

Viewros (Sol Valley) Interactive Map
| Fury Green | Volt Forge | Ice Belt |
| Flare Pool | Great Mines | Chrono Tower |
| Logbook Scans | Missile Expansions | Shot Expansions |
| Energy Tanks | - | - |
All Shot Expansion Locations



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