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Ice Shot Effects: Where to Use Ice Chip

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Metroid Prime 4 Beyond - Ice Shot

Ice Shot is a Shot upgrade in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Learn what Ice Shot does, its effects, location, where to find the ice chip, its charged and super upgrades and how to unlock them here!

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Ice Shot Overview

Details and Effects

Type Shot Location Ice Belt - Loading Crane
Effect
Shot Weapon used to deal huge ice elemental damage to targets. Each Shot costs 1 Shot ammo and requires replenishing consistently.

How to Unlock Ice Shot

Deliver Ice Chip from Ice Belt to Mackenzie

How to Get Ice Shot

After you unlock the Psychic Boost Ball by defeating Keratos, return to the first room of Ice Belt, use Control Beam to open the door, and use the Psychic Boost Ball in the Spinner to drop down the case containing the Ice Chip. Bring to Mackenzie afterwards to unlock Ice Shot.

How to Upgrade Ice Shot

Go to the Source of Spring or Floating Path Shrines

Shot Upgrade How to Unlock
Charged Ice Shot
Charged Ice Shot
Go to either Source of Spring or Floating Path Shrine. Solving either will provide the Charged Upgrade first, leaving the Super Upgrade in the other shrine.
Super Ice Shot
Super Ice Shot
Head to either Floating Path or Source of Spring Shrine depending on which of the two you haven't visited and explore it to unlock the Super version.

All Shot Weapons from Chips have at least two upgrades, a Super variant that deals extreme elemental damage at the cost of more Shot ammo and a charged variant that, as the name implies, requires you to charge to create special attack effects with also Shot ammo costs.

Collectibles Unlocked

List of All Collectibles Unlocked with Ice Shot

✔️ Overworld View Map Location
Missile Expansion 2
Missile Expansion 2
Missile Expansion 2
Location: Flare Pool
Area: Shoreline Access
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.
Vi-O-La Boost Tank 1
Vi-O-La Boost Tank 1
Vi-O-La Boost Tank 1
Location: Sol Valley
Area: Southeastern G.F. Debris
How to Get: Ride Vi-O-La up a ramp to get onto the plateau. Use the Ice Shot to open the lock and reveal the upgrade.

These are all the collectibles unlocked primarily with the Ice Shot upgrade. The Ice Shot can be used to freeze certain parts of the world or break Ice Locks.

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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