Cavern Alpha

Cavern Alpha
Nathan Purkeypile render
Game	Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Planet/Ship	Phaaze
Notablefeatures	Phazon tendrils, ledges, Black Phazon Crystals, large crystaline mass
Significance	Path through Phaaze
Inhabitants	Phaz-Ing
Internal name	02_phaaze_elites

Cavern Alpha is a room on Phaaze. It appears in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

Description

Phazon tendrils are placed at the entrance to this room, blocking Samus' path. She must navigate underneath them in Morph Ball to avoid them from catching her. To get to the top of this room Samus must climb several ledges to reach the top of the room.

Connecting rooms

• Entry Canyon (via Phaaze Door)
• Cavern Beta Access (via Phaaze Door)

Inhabitants

• Phazon tendrils
• Phazon Fungus
• 8 Phaz-Ing
• Phazon Hoppers

Scans

Phazon tendrils

"Phazon tendrils will tangle around anything that gets too close, but can't grab smooth surfaces."

Phazon crystals

"Cluster of large crystals has grown through the cavern wall. Vulnerable to explosive blasts."

Metroid Eggs

"Target identified: Metroid Egg. Completely saturated with Phazon. Faint life signs detected within."

Development notes

This room's internal name is 02_phaaze_elites. It is unknown if this room name relates to Space Pirate forces, as an unused Space Pirate Log entry mentions a Citadel housing Pirate forces. The keyword phaaze indicates the planet Phaaze, and the prefix 02 indicates that this is the second of 4 main rooms on Phaaze.

Gallery

The Phazon tendrils in the entrance.

The main area of the room.

Large crystalline mass

Nathan Purkeypile render, entrance

Texture in the game's files for an embryonic creature that can be seen in semi-transparent protrusions in this room.

Closer view of the eggsac-like structures containing the embryos. They appear identical to the eggsacs seen on Hoppers.