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Contents

  • The History of SR388
    • The Chozo
    • Fast-Forward to the Year 20X5
    • Samus Returns
  • Walkthrough
    • Surface
    • Area 1
    • Area 2
      • Area 2 : part I
      • ARACHNUS
      • Area 2 : part II
    • Area 3
      • Area 3 : part I
      • Area 3 : part II
    • Area 4
      • Area 4 : part I
      • Area 4 : Diggernaut Escape
      • Area4 : part II
    • Area 5
    • Area 6
      • Area 6 : part I
      • Diggernaut
      • Area 6 : part II
    • Area 7
    • Area 8
    • Surface Revisited
      • Surface Revisited
      • Proteus Ridley
  • How to Play
    • Introduction
    • Basics
    • Advanced Techniques
  • The Armory
    • Introduction
    • The Gunship
    • Beams
    • Explosive Devices
    • Power Suit Upgrades
    • Morph Ball Upgrades
    • Aeion Abilities
  • Inhabitants & Eco System of SR388
    • Introduction
    • SR388 Native Life
    • Chozo Security Units
    • Metroids
    • Bosses
    • Hazards
    • Chozo Relics
    • Doors
    • Blocks
  • Extras
    • Introduction
    • amiibo Unlocks
    • The Gallery
    • Completion Times
    • Walkthrough Quick Reference
    • Item Checklist
  • Reading This Walkthrough
    • Introduction

Metroid: Samus Returns Guide › Extras

Item Checklist

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

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