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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

Control Beam How to Unlock and Effects

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Metroid Prime 4 Beyond - Control Beam

Control Beam is a Beam upgrade in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Learn what Control Beam does, its effects, location, how to unlock it and more here!

Control Beam Overview

Details and Effects

Type Beam Location Fury Green - Ascension Stairway
Effect
Upgraded Power Beam combined with psychic abilities. Allows Samus to control a Beam with her mind and guide it towards targets.

How to Unlock Control Beam

Unlocked in Fury Green before the First Shrine

Proceed further into Fury Green and solve the linear puzzle from the first shrine you encounter and you will be rewarded with the Control Beam.

Fury Green Walkthrough

Collectibles Unlocked

List of All Collectibles Unlocked with Control Beam

✔️ Overworld View Map Location
Missile Expansion 5
Location: Sol Valley
Area: Western G.F. Debris
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.
Shot Expansion 4
Location: Sol Valley
Area: Rings of Stone Shrine
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.
Missile Expansion 5
Location: Volt Forge
Area: Speed Tunnel C
How to Get: On the track between Tower 1 and Tower 3, find a glass ceiling with the upgrade inside. Use the Control Beam into the nearby opening to reach the target inside the ceiling, opening it and revealing the upgrade.

These are all the collectibles unlocked primarily with the Control Beam upgrade. The Control Beam can be used to maneuver a beam that deals moderately high damage and can be used to open certain puzzles.

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Related Guides

PPA Partial

All Upgrades and Psychic Abilities

List of Suits and Chip Upgrades

List of All Suits List of All Chip Upgrades

All Upgrades and Psychic Abilities

Psychic Visor Missile Launcher Psychic Glove
Control Beam Psychic Bomb Vi-O-La
Vi-O-La Suit Psychic Boots Fire Shot
Psychic Lasso Psychic Boost Ball Ice Shot
Vi-O-La IC Suit Psychic Grapple Thunder Shot
Psychic Spider Ball Super Missile Charged Thunder Shot
Super Thunder Shot Charged Fire Shot Super Fire Shot
Charged Ice Shot Super Ice Shot Psychic Power Bomb
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