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Missile Tanks / Energy Tanks / Power Bomb Tanks
This page contains all the tips and tricks you need to get started in Metroid Dread. Read on to learn more about item and upgrade locations, how to avoid EMMI, weapons power-ups, game hints, and more!
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There are several items and collectibles in the game that can be unlocked on Samus' journey. These incude upgrades, items, chozo archives, and ending rewards. To complete all these unlockables will take several playthroughs due the many ending rewards.
Unlockables Guide: How to Get 100% of Unlockables
Missile Tanks and Missile+ Tanks will increase your total missile count by 2 and 10 counts respectively. These power-ups are hidden throughout Planet ZDR and will require puzzle-solving and various upgrades to collect them all.
Missile Tank Locations: How to Find All Missile Tanks
Energy Tanks and Energy Parts will both increase Samus overall energy. Energy parts require 4 pieces until total energy is increased. Energy Tanks and Parts are hidden all over Planet ZDR and you will need to look carefully to find them all!
Energy Tank Locations: How to Find All Energy Tanks
Power Bomb Tanks will increase the total number of Power Bombs by 1. Although obtained near the end of the game, you can actually find several of these tanks before gaining access to the Power Bomb upgrade.
Beating Metroid Dread under a certain time will unlock new ending rewards in the gallery that can be viewed. Each image is dedicated to a game in the franchise. Beat the game quick on both Normal and Hard mode to unlock all the gallery images!
How to Unlock All Ending Rewards and Chozo Archives
To collect all items in Metroid Dread, you will need to solve several Speed Booster and Shinespark puzzles. Some may seem impossible, but with perfect timing and movement, you can collect the item reward!
How to Solve All Speed Booster and Shinespark Puzzles
| All Station and Teleportal Locations | |
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| All Teleportal Locations | All Recharge Station Locations |
| All Network Station Locations | All Save Station Locations |
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Teleportals allow you to warp to different spots on the map. Each teleportal will have a designated color, which matches with another teleportal elsewhere in the planet. At the start of the game, a teleportal will only warp you to its matching teleportal, but once you discover all teleportals, they will all connect together.
Recharge Stations allow Samus to completely replenish some of her resources, including energy, Missile ammo, and Power Bombs. There are three types of Recharge Stations: Energy Recharge Stations, Ammo Recharge Stations, and Total Recharge Stations.
All Recharge Station Locations
Network Stations allow Samus to communicate with Adam. In these rooms, players can save their game and also receive gameplay hints from Adam.
Save Stations allow the players to save their progress. These are a total of 17 Save Stations scattered throughout planet ZDR
Map Stations allow you download the general map layout of an area while also allowing you to save your game progress. However, you will still need to explore the map to unlock every room in the game.
Hard Mode can be unlocked after completing Metroid Dread once on regular difficulty. After the game ends, you will receive a message saying that hard mode has been unlocked.
Rookie Mode is a new difficulty mode added in the Version 2.0.0 free update released on February of 2022. In this difficulty mode, Samus recovers more energy from killing enemies and shooting projectiles than she would in other difficulty modes.
Rookie Mode Differences and How to Unlock
Dread Mode is a new difficulty mode added in the Version 2.0.0 free update released on February of 2022. In this difficulty mode, Samus dies in a single hit from any enemy or projectile in the game.
Dread Mode Differences and How to Unlock
Boss Rush Mode is a new game mode that was release in the Version 2.1.0 free update of the game on April 8, 2022. In this mode, you need to challenge each boss in the game continuously, one after another.
Boss Rush Mode Differences and How to Unlock
Survival Rush Mode is a new game mode that was release in the Version 2.1.0 free update of the game on April 8, 2022. In this mode, you have 5 minutes to defeat as many bosses as you can in continuous battles.
Survival Rush Mode Differences and How to Unlock
Dread Rush Mode is a new game mode that was release in the Version 2.1.0 free update of the game on April 8, 2022. This game mode is a combines the mechanics of Boss Rush Mode and Dread Mode into one difficult challenge.
Dread Rush Mode Differences and How to Unlock
Practice Mode is a new game mode that was release in the Version 2.1.0 free update of the game on April 8, 2022. Hone your skills and improve your time by practicing against each boss in the game individually.
Practice Mode Differences and How to Unlock
There are currently four different difficulty modes in Metroid Dread, but only two of them are available during your first playthrough. These modes are Rookie Mode, Normal Mode, Hard Mode, and Dread Mode. There is also a fifth difficulty level, Boss Rush Mode, that will come out in April of 2022.
Difficulty Mode Differences: How to Change Difficulty Settings
When you die in any area of the map, you are returned to your last save point in the game. However, if you die during a boss battle or in an EMMI Zone, you are brought back to the entrance of that area.
What Happens When You Get a Game Over
EMMI are an enemy that Samus will encounter in specific spaces called EMMI Zones. EMMI can only be defeated by using the Omega Cannon. If Samus does not have the Omega Cannon, the EMMI should be avoided at all costs.
Samus can avoid detection by running from the EMMI or using Aeion Abilities like the Phantom Cloak. If captured, there are 2 chances to counter the EMMI attack and escape, but both require extremely precise timing.
EMMI Guide: How to Escape and Counter EMMIs
With no objectives menu in the game and ADAM the AI providing mostly lore information, you can get easily stuck especially if you're not familiar with the game franchise.
There are three ways to heal Samus' energy in Metroid Dread. You can find Recharge Stations, pick up Energy Tanks, or farm enemies for energy. Recharge Stations are likely the best source of energy, but farming enemies lets you recover energy in a pinch.
Samus can parry enemies to deliver a powerful beam attack. Melee counters can be performed by pressing X at precisly the right time before an enemy attacks. The enemy will signal when do counter with a sound and a white flash.
Melee Counter Guide: How to Parry Enemies
| All Gameplay Tips and Tricks | |
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| Controls and Best Settings | Speedrun Guide |
| Pseudo Wave Beam Guide | All Door Types and Blocks |
| Game Length | Ending Explained |
| Post Game Content | - |
Mastering the controls of all the abilities at Samus' disposal will be key to surviving in ZDR. In Metroid Dread, Samus will be as agile as ever, with the melee counter function returning, along with wall jumps and a new slide feature.
| Controls | Action |
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Move Crouch (Tilt downwards once) |
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Interact with characters and objects Continue dialogue Selecting options |
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Jump Wall Jump (Press B near a wall while spin jumping) |
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Melee Counter (While running: Dash Melee) |
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Shoot a beam |
Learn the current fastest speedrun route for Metroid Dread here, as well as useful sequence breaks such as Early Gravity Suit and Early Screw Attack to help cut time down on the run.
Learn how to perform the Pseudo Wave Beam for speedrunning purposes to help obtain upgrades like Speed Booster and Space Jump.
How to Shoot Through Walls Using the Pseudo Wave Beam
There are a variety of obstacles in the game that Samus will need to open or destroy on her journey. These obstacles mostly consist of doors and blocks. To open or destroy each door or block type, Samus will need to obtain the right upgrade for that obstacle.
How to Open All Door Types and All Obstacle Block Types
Metroid Dread will take an average of around 7-9 hours of play time to beat the story, with several additional hours to 100% the game. Metroid Dread sticks to the short and sweet style that is often found in the Metroid series.
| Game | Story Mode | 100% Completion |
|---|---|---|
| Metroid Prime | 14 hrs | 18 hrs |
| Metroid Fusion | 5 hrs | 8 hrs |
| Samus Returns | 11 hrs | 15 hrs |
| Metroid Dread | 7 hrs | 11 hrs |
Metroid Dread will not have any secret endings to unlock. However, if there is a brief post-credits clip for those that can wait until the end.
Endings Guide: Does Metroid Dread Have a Secret Ending?
After completing Metroid Dread, several new features will become available for players. While there is no New Game Plus, an additional mode and an image gallery will become available.
Post Game Content Guide: Is There a New Game Plus?
Samus will lose most or her physical capabilities at the start of the game, leaving her with only basic abilities. Mastering these skills will be the key to surviving the harsh environment and deadly EMMI threat found on Planet ZDR.
You can free aim at any time by holding down the L button and moving the left analog stick. This ability is best used when you need to accurately aim to hit a target, or when you are required to use missiles.
The drawback is that Samus is almost completely immobile when free aiming. You can still jump while free aiming, but only vertically, with no horizontal mobility.
To perform a wall jump, Samus' first jump towards the wall must have a certain amount of horizontal momentum and she will begin spinning in mid air. Upon coming in contact with the wall, reverse directions on the analog stick and hit the jump button again. This ability is best used when trying to explore areas that a normal jump cannot reach.
Note that Wall Jumps Cannot be performed underwater.
Counters are performed by tapping the X button with the correct timing while an enemy is attacking you, and following up by pressing the Y button to finish off the enemy.
Note that only some enemy attacks can be countered, with those attacks showing a flash to indicate the counter timing. This ability is best used when facing specific enemies whose attacks can be countered. This can also be used to counter the deadly strike from EMMI enemies. Enemies that have been countered will also give more Missiles and Energy when defeated.
Sliding is performed by pressing the ZL button while running. This ability is best used to get under low terrain or to avoid enemies. Note that sliding cannot be performed underwater.
After countering an enemy attack, Samus can maintain momentum with a Dash Melee. She can jump in close to the enemy and use her counter as an offensive attack.
This ability allows Samus to hang off the side of a ledge and climb up. While hanging, Samus can fire her Arm Cannon and Missile attacks, use Free Aim, and Melee Counter.
This is the default Arm Cannon beam Samus will have at the start of the game. With her Power Beam, she can damage weaker enemies and open Power Beam Doors. Upgrading her beam will grant additional effects and allow her to open unique door types.
By default, Samus' missiles can destroy Missile Blocks, Missile Covers, and expose hidden blocks. Her Missiles can be further upgraded to deliver more damage and grant additional effects.
Previously, an emergency removal of X parasite-infected parts resulted in her Power Suit taking on an organic appearance. Now, her standard suit is gradually returning to its original mechanical form. Samus' power suit helps protect her from the harsh environments and creatures of this alien planet. However, her basic suit is vulnerable to high levels of heat or extreme cold.
Aeion Abilities are abilities that are powered by a unique energy source called Aeion. Aeion Abilities give Samus an advantage in combat, exploration, and even stealth from unbeatable foes. This will come in handy when Samus is in a pinch and needs the upper hand to get out of a sticky situation.
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