Impact Crater

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The Impact Crater is an area of Tallon IV. It was where a Leviathan from Phaaze, which brought the Phazon to Tallon IV, crashed. The Impact Crater has a large system of caves under it that none have dared to explore, except for one: Samus Aran, who ventured into the Impact Crater to defeat Metroid Prime (although it is possible that Space Pirates had previously entered the Crater when capturing the creature). After doing so, the crater collapsed. The Artifact Temple was placed above it so the Phazon wouldn't spread. Samus must have obtained all 12 Chozo Artifacts before accessing this area.

The Crater consists of only twelve rooms, seven of which consist of Metroid Prime's abode (or at least where Samus fights it). The Crater is full of Orange Phazon, and the only lifeforms which can survive in it are the strange Lumigeks and Fission Metroids. There is one Save Station and one Missile Station in the Impact Crater, two Crater Tunnels (A and B), the Phazon Core, the Phazon Infusion Chamber, five Subchambers, and the Metroid Prime Lair.

It is likely that the Impact Crater was formed from the husk of the deceased Leviathan.

[edit] Trivia

• 40.08.02 is the planetary location of the "massive energy spike" on Tallon IV.
• Interestingly, the Impact Crater has 12 rooms, and Samus has to collect the 12 Chozo Artifacts to enter.
• In the New Play Control! and Metroid Prime Trilogy versions of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Phazon-filled rooms of Dark Aether will play the Impact Crater theme instead of the area's regular theme. Among these rooms are the Phazon Pit and Phazon Site.

Areas of Tallon IV
Tallon Overworld | Chozo Ruins | Magmoor Caverns | Phendrana Drifts | Phazon Mines | Impact Crater | Orpheon