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Psychic Grapple How to Unlock and Effects

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Metroid Prime 4 Beyond - Psychic Grapple

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

Psychic Grapple Overview

Details and Effects

Type Psychic Ability Location Flare Pool - Volcano Heart
Effect
Psychic Ability allowing Samus to have a grappling hook, allowing her to access areas with huge gaps safely.

How to Unlock Psychic Grapple

Defeat Phenoros in Flare Pool

Proceed to Flare Pool and fight the dragon-like creature, Phenoros while equipped with the Vi-O-La IC Suit, as this will be the only way to fight it. Once defeated, you will be given the Psychic Grapple.

Flare Pool 100% Exploration Guide

Collectibles Unlocked

List of All Collectibles Unlocked with Psychic Grapple

✔️ Overworld View Map Location
Shot Expansion 1
Location: Ice Belt
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.
Missile Expansion 1
Location: Great Mines
Area: Level 2 - Narrow Crevice
How to Get: Use the Psychic Grapple to grapple across Crystal Crawlers along a chasm. Find this upgrade on the opposite side.
Shot Expansion 3
Location: Great Mines
Area: Level 2 - Crystal Crevice
How to Get: Instead of grappling across the gap on the Crystal Crawlers, look behind you on the wall of the entrance to see a Crystal Crawler. Grapple up then jump across the tops of the rock to find the Shot Expansion on the farthest rock.
Large Shot Expansion 2
Location: Sol Valley
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.
Psychic Power Bomb Expansion 1
Location: Sol Valley
Area: Eastern G.F. Debris
How to Get: Look up onto the building to find a hook you can grapple up onto, then climb up the debris to find the upgrade at the top.
Mech Part
Location: Sol Valley
Area: Ice Belt Entrance
How to Get: In the room with the elevator descending to the Ice Belt entrance, look for a ledge you can Psychic Grapple up to. Continue ahead to find the Mech Part on a landing outside.
Shot Expansion 5
Location: Flare Pool
Area: Energy Injection
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.

These are all the collectibles unlocked primarily with the Psychic Grapple upgrade. The Psychic Grapple serves more as an exploration tool that allows you to traverse previously inaccesible areas where certain upgrades are located.

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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