Phazon Mines

The Phazon Mines are an area of Tallon IV, located south of the Tallon Overworld and west of the Magmoor Caverns. They are the core of all Space Pirate activity on Tallon IV, with over one hundred Space Pirate troopers working within the complex. As the name suggests, the Phazon Mines were created by the Pirates to mine Phazon, a valuable energy source for them. They also had many labs within the mines, and a few Metroid quarantines. The sky in this area is a hazy pink, suggesting the Pirates had heavily polluted this area.

The Phazon Mines are clearly divided into three parts, named within the game as Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3.


 * Level 1, the surface level, mostly contains security areas and large mining machines. It is here that the Flamethrower is acquired. Several Space Pirate Bio-Imaging doors are placed here, indicating that this is the main HQ level.


 * Level 2, somewhat deeper, contains various labs and ventilation shafts.


 * Level 3 is where the actual mining takes place; this level is mostly dark, and the mining shafts are only lit by Phazon-dwelling mushrooms. Level 3 is also where the Omega Pirate is held, within the Elite Quarters.

In certain elevator shafts that lead deeper into the mines there are windows that show where one is in relation to the actual Impact Crater. The windows show that the mines are going deeper into the crust of Tallon IV and are going very near the Impact Crater. There is also a section of Phazon Mines on the Space Pirate Homeworld.

Complete Map of the Phazon Mines :

Major Upgrades

 * Flamethrower
 * Power Bomb
 * Grapple Beam
 * Phazon Suit

Bosses

 * Elite Pirates
 * Cloaked Drone
 * Phazon Elite
 * Omega Pirate