Item Checklist — Metroid: Samus Returns eGuide

Here we provide a list of all item tanks on SR388, along with their locations and what abilities are primarily used to obtain them.

Missile Tanks

Label	Location	Primary Abilities Used
M-1	Surface	Morph Ball
M-2	Surface	Morph Ball and Wall Jump
M-3	Surface	Morph Ball
M-4	Surface	Morph Ball
M-5	Surface	Morph Ball
M-6	Area 1	Bombs and Bomb Jump
M-7	Area 1	Bombs
M-8	Area 1	Spider Ball
M-9	Area 1	Bombs and Spider Ball
M-10	Area 1	Bombs and Spider Ball
M-11	Surface	Bombs and Spider Ball
M-12	Surface	Bombs and Spider Ball
M-13	Area 2	Morph Ball
M-14	Area 2	Obtained naturally after getting Lightning Armor
M-15	Area 2	Lightning Armor
M-16	Area 2	Spider Ball
M-17	Area 2	Bombs and Spider Ball
M-18	Area 2	Bombs and High Jump Boots
M-19	Area 2	Bombs
M-20	Area 2	Bombs
M-21	Area 1	Wave Beam, High Jump Boots, and Spring Ball
M-22	Area 1	Varia Suit and Spider Ball
M-23	Area 3	Grapple Beam and Beam Burst
M-24	Area 3	Spring Ball and Bombs
M-25	Area 3	Bombs and Missiles
M-26	Area 3	Grapple Beam, Beam Burst, and Spider Ball
M-27	Area 3	Missiles and Spider Ball
M-28	Area 3	Missiles and Grapple Beam
M-29	Area 3	Missiles
M-30	Area 3	Grapple Beam, Spider Ball, and Bombs
M-31	Area 3	Spider Ball
M-32	Area 2	Beam Burst and Morph Ball
M-33	Area 4	Ice Beam, High Jump Boots, and Morph Ball
M-34	Area 4	Missiles and Spider Ball
M-35	Area 4	Bombs
M-36	Area 4	Bombs
M-37	Area 4	Space Jump and Spazer Beam
M-38	Area 4	Spider Ball and Missiles
M-39	Area 4	Obtained naturally
M-40	Area 2	Space Jump
M-41	Area 5	Bombs
M-42	Area 5	Spider Ball and Grapple Beam
M-43	Area 5	Spider Ball
M-44	Area 5	Beam Burst and Morph Ball
M-45	Area 5	Space Jump and Bombs
M-46	Area 5	Screw Attack
M-47	Area 5	Missiles and Morph Ball
M-48	Area 5	Screw Attack, Morph Ball, and Phase Drift
M-49	Area 5	Bombs
M-50	Area 5	Gravity Suit, High Jump Boots, and Morph Ball
M-51	Area 1	Spider Ball and Bombs
M-52	Area 1	Space Jump
M-53	Area 3	Screw Attack
M-54	Area 4	Gravity Suit and Space Jump
M-55	Area 4	Phase Drift and Morph Ball
M-56	Area 6	Morph Ball
M-57	Area 6	Spider Ball and Bombs
M-58	Area 6	Spider Ball and Bombs
M-59	Area 6	Spider Ball and Bombs
M-60	Area 6	Morph Ball, Bombs, and Phase Shift
M-61	Area 7	Missiles
M-62	Area 7	Power Bombs and Morph Ball
M-63	Area 7	Grapple Beam
M-64	Area 7	Power Bombs
M-65	Area 7	Missiles and Space Jump
M-66	Area 7	Power Bombs
M-67	Area 8	Missiles
M-68	Area 8	Screw Attack
M-69	Area 8	Screw Attack and Power Bombs
M-70	Area 8	Space Jump
M-71	Area 8	Space Jump and Power Bombs
M-72	Area 8	Grapple Beam and Morph Ball
M-73	Area 8	Missiles
M-74	Area 8	Morph Ball
M-75	Surface Revisited	Metroid Hatchling and Power Bombs
M-76	Area 5	Metroid Hatchling
M-77	Area 7	Metroid Hatchling and Bombs
M-78	Area 8	Metroid Hatchling
M-79	Area 4	Space Jump
M-80	Area 1	Spazer Beam and Spider Ball

Super Missile Tanks

Label	Location	Primary Abilities Used
S-1	Area 4	Morph Ball and Grapple Beam
S-2	Area 4	Super Missile
S-3	Area 4	Grapple Beam, Super Missile, and Morph Ball
S-4	Area 2	Super Missile and Bombs
S-5	Area 3	Space Jump, Super Missile, and Spring Ball
S-6	Area 5	Phase Drift
S-7	Area 5	Phase Drift and Spider Ball
S-8	Area 5	Screw Attack
S-9	Area 5	Beam Burst, Grapple Beam, and Spider Ball
S-10	Area 5	Screw Attack and Phase Shift
S-11	Surface	Plasma Beam
S-12	Area 1	Gravity Suit, Super Missile, and Space Jump
S-13	Area 2	Screw Attack
S-14	Area 3	Super Missile, Phase Drift, Space Jump, Gravity Suit, and Morph Ball
S-15	Area 3	Phase Drift
S-16	Area 3	Gravity Suit, Grapple Beam, and Super Missile
S-17	Area 4	Plasma Beam, Phase Drift, and Grapple Beam
S-18	Area 4	Phase Drift, Spazer Beam, and Morph Ball
S-19	Area 6	Spider Ball
S-20	Area 7	Power Bombs, Super Missile, and Spider Ball
S-21	Area 7	Phase Drift and Spider Ball
S-22	Area 6	Screw Attack, Power Bombs, and Grapple Beam
S-23	Area 6	Power Bombs, Grapple Beam, and Screw Attack
S-24	Area 8	Spider Ball and Bombs
S-25	Area 8	Screw Attack, Spider Ball, and Bombs
S-26	Area 8	Phase Drift
S-27	Surface Revisited	Space Jump and Spider Ball
S-28	Surface Revisited	Power Bombs
S-29	Area 1	Metroid Hatchling
S-30	Area 2	Metroid Hatchling, Super Missile, and Bombs

Energy Tanks

Label	Location	Primary Abilities Used
E-1	Surface	Morph Ball
E-2	Area 1	Obtained naturally
E-3	Area 2	Wave Beam and Morph Ball
E-4	Area 3	Bombs
E-5	Area 4	Obtained naturally
E-6	Area 5	Super Missile, Morph Ball, and Grapple Beam
E-7	Area 4	Screw Attack and Morph Ball
E-8	Area 6	Morph Ball
E-9	Area 7	Power Bombs
E-10	Area 8	Screw Attack and Spider Ball

Aeion Tanks

Label	Location	Primary Abilities Used
A-1	Area 1	Spider Ball and Bombs
A-2	Area 3	Grapple Beam
A-3	Area 2	Grapple Beam
A-4	Area 4	Bombs
A-5	Area 4	Bombs
A-6	Area 4	Bombs
A-7	Area 3	Grapple Beam and Spazer Beam
A-8	Area 5	Obtained naturally
A-9	Area 1	Plasma Beam and Phase Drift
A-10	Area 2	Plasma Beam
A-11	Area 6	Bombs, Phase Drift, and Grapple Beam
A-12	Area 7	Power Bombs
A-13	Area 5	Power Bombs
A-14	Area 7	Screw Attack, Grapple Beam, Morph Ball, and Missiles
A-15	Surface Revisited	Grapple Beam

Power Bomb Tanks

Label	Location	Primary Abilities Used
P-1	Area 6	Power Bombs
P-2	Area 7	Power Bombs, Spider Ball, and Phase Shift
P-3	Area 3	Power Bombs
P-4	Area 3	Power Bombs
P-5	Area 3	Power Bombs
P-6	Area 4	Power Bombs
P-7	Area 5	Power Bombs
P-8	Area 5	Grapple Beam and Power Bombs
P-9	Area 5	Power Bombs
P-10	Area 5	Power Bombs and Grapple Beam
P-11	Area 6	Power Bombs
P-12	Area 8	Power Bombs
P-13	Surface	Metroid Hatchling
P-14	Area 2	Power Bombs and Metroid Hatchling