Chozo Ruins
The Chozo Ruins
Planet	Tallon IV
Environment	Ruins, desert
Sub-Areas	3 Sub-areas: Main Area Central Area West Area
Bosses	Hive Mecha, Plated Beetle, Incinerator Drone, Flaahgra
Upgrades	Missile Launcher, Morph Ball, Morph Ball Bombs, Charge Beam, Varia Suit, Wavebuster, Ice Beam
Key Items	3 Chozo Artifact
Connected areas	By elevators: Tallon Overworld and Magmoor Caverns
Distinct features	Ancient Chozo City
Map	[1]

The Chozo Ruins on Tallon IV are the ruins of an ancient Chozo city, populated until Metroid Prime, Phazon, and the Space Pirates infested the planet. The Chozo eventually left the planet, though they left their lore behind that prophesized Samus Aran would one day save the planet. Its buildings were made out of stone. The boss of this area is the Flaahgra, a monstrous mutant plant that caused the water to become extremely poisonous. It is also where Chozo Ghosts can be found. It is the only place in Metroid Prime where Samus encounters no Space Pirates (with the exception of the Impact Crater). Because of the Chozo Ghosts and the absence of useful materials, the Pirates decided to leave it alone for the time being. They even made the area off-limits to personnel because of the ghosts.

Not to be confused with the Chozo Ruins across the surface regions Chozodia and Crateria on Zebes.

Areas and main rooms Edit

When the Chozo came to Tallon IV, they wanted to better understand the life around them, so they used almost zero of their very advanced technology. Instead, the Chozo built their city entirely out of stone and other natural substances. The landscape is also home to an enormous amount of Beetles. It can be divided into three main areas:

Main area (west area)Edit

The first area explored by Samus and also the biggest, it contains many of the items found in the Ruins.

Main roomsEdit

• Main Plaza
• Sunchamber
• Arboretum
• Hive Totem

Central areaEdit

A lot smaller than the first, it only has some of the "classic" items Samus found on the ruins. It can only be explored after regaining the Missile Launcher.

Main roomsEdit

• Gathering Hall
• Watery Hall
• Energy Core

East areaEdit

This area has Chozo Ghosts in some rooms and can only be explored after obtaining the Wave Beam. Samus finds the Ice Beam here. The music in this area changes to the music heard upon first entering the Chozo Ruins.

Main roomsEdit

• Furnace
• Hall of the Elders
• Reflecting Pool

Power upsEdit

• 4 Energy Tanks
• 19 Missile Expansions
• 1 Power Bomb Expansion
• Artifact of Lifegiver
• Artifact of Wild
• Artifact of World
• Bomb
• Charge Beam
• Missile Launcher
• Morph Ball
• Ice Beam
• Varia Suit
• Wavebuster

SpeciesEdit

• Barbed War Wasp
• Beetle
• Blastcap
• Chozo Ghost
• Cyrlic tree (harmless)
• Eyon
• Fish
• Flaahgra
• Hive Mecha
• Incinerator Drone
• Oculus
• Parasite
• Plated Beetle
• Plated Parasite
• Plated Puffer
• Plazmite
• Puffer
• Pulse Bombu
• Ram War Wasp
• Reaper Vine
• Scarab
• Shriekbat
• Stone Toad
• Tangle Weed
• Thardus (Metroid Prime Comic only)
• Venom Weed
• War Wasp
• War Wasp Hive
• Birds (harmless)
• ULF 30 (harmless)

TriviaEdit

• In the skies of the Chozo Ruins, there are several harmless birds flying around that resemble large crows. Samus can shoot them down with any of her weapons.
• This is the only area in Metroid Prime that does not have a table based on it in Metroid Prime Pinball.
• This is the area in Metroid Prime with the most Power-Ups (seven of them). These include some of Samus' more recognizable items, like the Charge Beam and Morph Ball.
• Chozodia also has the name "Chozo Ruins" in some parts of it.
• Although Chozo Lore claims that the Ruins were built without any advanced technology, many sophisticated mechanical devices can be found in the area. While it is possible that the Space Pirates installed some of them before abandoning the region, many others display Chozo text or architectural motifs and must therefore have been installed by the original inhabitants.

GalleryEdit

Samus enters the Chozo Ruins in her basic Power Suit.

The Main Plaza

Samus at the entrance to the Ruins.

Eyons in tunnels in the Ruins.

Polluted water in the Chozo Ruins.

Samus battles several Beetles in the Main Plaza

Ruined Nursery

Save Station 1 (Chozo Ruins)

Samus getting the Ice Beam in the Antechamber.

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