How to Unlock the Shinespark Upgrade

This is a guide on the Shinespark, a Misc. upgrade in Metroid Dread for the Nintendo Switch. Read on to learn about how to unlock the Shinespark and how to use the Shinespark against enemies and obstacles.

Shinespark Overview

Basic Information

Shinespark
Description	Once in Speed Booster state, use Shinespark to soar in a chosen direction with great speed and explosive force.
Upgrade Type	Misc.

How to Unlock the Shinespark Upgrade

Shinespark Location

Shinespark Map Location
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Location	Dairon

Steps to Unlock the Shinespark Upgrade

Once you obtain the Speed Booster upgrade, you also unlock the Shinespark upgrade. The two abilities are obtained simultaneously from the Yellow EMMI.

1	Find and destroy the Central Unit. Locate the Central Unit in Dairon and defeat it to gain the Omega Cannon.
2	Defeat the Yellow EMMI Exit the Central Unit Room to engage the Yellow EMMI in battle. Melt its protective coating using the Omega Stream. Once it's exposed, aim the Omega Blaster to its head to destroy it.
3	Receive the Upgrade. After defeating the Yellow EMMI, you will automatically gain the Speed Booster upgrade with the Shinespark feature.

Burenia Walkthrough

How to get the Shinespark Early

You can do this before getting the Bomb upgrade if you have the Grapple Beam, but this way will require performing a different Pseudo Wave Beam shot through a wall below to drain the water.

1	Make your way to this marked location on your map. You can access this area after you drained the water.
2	Break the Alien Block by charging your Beam Weapon. This will be a pseudo Wave Beam shot in the sense that it will destroy the Alien block thanks to the small AoE hitbox your Beam Weapon will create when it hits the wall. This one is particularly tricky to aim for, but it is manageable.
3	Take the Shuttle to fight the Central Unit and then the EMMI. Taking the shuttle will bring you to the lower section of Dairon. Here, you can make your way up to the Central Unit's location to get the Omega cannon and defeat the Yellow EMMI!

How to Use the Shinespark

Shinespark Controls

Tilt downwards while the Speed Booster is active to ready Shinespark. Note that you can aim shinespark in different directions!

Morph Ball Shinespark (Ball Spark) Controls

Tilt the control stick down twice to go into morph ball mode, then press to charge Shinespark and tilt the control stick again to the direction you want to go (either up, down or diagonal).

How to Shinespark in the Air

You will notice that you can activate your Shinespark while free falling in the air. However, thi is usually impossible if you manually jump since you will be doing a Spin Boost motion.

You can cancel this Spin Boost motion by shooting while in the air. If you do it fast enough and press + at the same time, you can activate the Shinespark in the air instantly.

Shinespark Chaining

When you use your Shinespark against a ramp or slope, your Speed Booster will immediately activate at its max speed. This will let you store another Shinespark almost immediately.

With this in mind, you will be able to access hard-to-reach areas and even make some of the Shinespark Puzzles easier!

Break Down Obstacles Above Samus

Though Samus can use Speed Booster to destroy obstacles directly in her path, she will need to use her Shinespark ability to break down a series of obstacles above her.

Solve Shinespark Puzzles

Certain upgrades and items are unreachable until you obtain the Speed Booster and Shinespark upgrades.

Chain Shinesparks to reach heights you normally couldn't reach by running to an upward slope with Speed Booster activated and push the down after passing the slope.

How to Solve All Speed Booster and Shinespark Puzzles

Metroid Dread Related Guides

List of All Ability Upgrades

All Abilities ＆ Upgrades

Suits and Suit Upgrades
Power Suit	Varia Suit
Gravity Suit	Metroid Suit
Beam Upgrades
Power Beam	Charge Beam
Wide Beam	Grapple Beam
Omega Cannon	Diffusion Beam
Plasma Beam	Wave Beam
Hyper Beam	--
Missile Upgrades
Super Missile	Ice Missile
Storm Missile	-
Misc. Upgrades
Spider Magnet	Speed Booster
Shinespark	Screw Attack
Space Jump	Spin Boost
Morph Ball Upgrades
Morph Ball	Bomb
Cross Bomb	Power Bomb
Aeion Abilities
Phantom Cloak	Flash Shift
Pulse Radar	-