Chozo Artifact

The Chozo Artifacts are a set of twelve relics found in the game Metroid Prime and its spin-off Metroid Prime Pinball.

Metroid Prime
The Artifact Temple can be accessed by Samus Aran after she collects the Space Jump boots. There, she finds the first Chozo Artifact, the Artifact of Truth, and learns of the other eleven.

Unlike many items in the game, the hint system never points out the location of any particular artifact. However, the statues in the Artifact Temple can be scanned to give clues as to the location of the artifacts. More clues become available as more artifacts are found.

Once all twelve artifacts have been collected, Samus can return to the Artifact Temple to begin opening the path to the Impact Crater. Meta-Ridley attempts to stop her, and the ensuing battle destroys most of the statues, but once he is defeated, the statues return in a ghost-like form and open path to Metroid Prime himself.

List of Artifacts
In Metroid Prime, each individual artifact has a name. These names are absent in Metroid Prime Pinball.


 * Artifact of Truth
 * Artifact of Strength
 * Artifact of Elder
 * Artifact of Wild
 * Artifact of Lifegiver
 * Artifact of Warrior
 * Artifact of Chozo
 * Artifact of Nature
 * Artifact of Sun
 * Artifact of World
 * Artifact of Spirit
 * Artifact of Newborn

Metroid Prime Pinball
As in Metroid Prime, the twelve artifacts are needed in the Artifact Temple to access the Impact Crater. In this game, however, the artifacts are collected as rewards for completing tasks such as mini-games or boss battles. At least one artifact must come from Thardus and at least one must come from the Omega Pirate, but the other ten can come from one of many mini-games (see the Metroid Prime Pinball article for more information).

Once the player has all twelve artifacts and accesses the artifact temple, the player loses control of Samus as the ball and instead uses six 'artifact balls', or artifacts which have morphed into pinball form. There are twelve statues in the temple, and a ball must be hit into each one to complete the stage. Lost artifact balls can be restored by hitting certain bumpers in the temple. Meta-Ridley appears in this game as well, attempting to destroy the artifacts; although he is never defeated, he will flee when the stage is complete. If all the artifact balls are destroyed or lost, then the player loses a ball and has to try again. If the stage is completed, the Impact Crater stage becomes available.