The Alimbic Prophecy is used by the Alimbic race. It is a clue to how to defeat Gorea. The Alimbic Prophecy is contained in eight Lore entries scattered across the Alimbic Cluster.
The completed Prophecy reads as follows:
- "It is written that the Alimbic power shall materialize when six frequencies shimmer in the divine spectral sequence.
- In the beginning shall the darkness be torn asunder by a flash of Yellow Lightning.
- Yellow Lightning shall strike with demonic fury upon the Greenwood.
- With a voice of thunder shall the Greenwood burst into an Orange Blaze.
- The Orange Blaze shall die away to be reborn on wings of Blue Smoke.
- Tendrils of Blue Smoke shall weave the geometry of Violet Crystal.
- Violet Crystal shall shatter the heavens, leaving in its wake a Red Stain.
- When the Red Stain shall vanish, so shall the ancient Alimbic power be manifest."
Foreshadowing[]
The colors mentioned correspond to the Sub-Weapons' colors both as collectible items, in the Beam Select and Hunter Gunship menus used to equip them, and to a slightly more limited extent the projectiles or streams themselves.
- "The VOLT DRIVER draws energy from the planetary electromagnetic field and converts it into multi-terawatt bursts of HIGHVOLTAGE." -Metroid Prime Hunters Logbook entry
- The Battlehammer fires green energy blasts.
- A charged Magmaul shot explodes upon contact and bursts into orange flames, revealing the Orange Blaze.
- The Judicator encases enemies in icy crystals when used by Noxus or Gorea, the latter of whom assimilates the weapon from Noxus. It does not have this effect when used by Samus Aran, however, despite her becoming the one to fulfill the prophecy.
- The Shock Coil's neutrino stream is blue and nonsolid like smoke, and also resembles a tendril in terms of shape.
- The Imperialist beam leaves a red "stain", similar to the one mentioned in the Alimbic Prophecy.
Prophecy fulfilled[]
This prophecy is referring specifically to the six Colored Panels surrounding the arena inside the Oubliette where Gorea is kept, each colored to signal which weapon it represents. Samus has to fire at each panel in the correct order with the corresponding weapon, while Gorea attempts to deter her. Each panel will spin to indicate that it has been done correctly. Once all six are sealed, her Hunter Gunship will signal her, then Samus will finish off Gorea as intended.
As a result of the fulfilling of the challenge, Samus and Gorea will face off in a different arena, where Gorea will reveal another form and continue the assault. Luckily, now Samus has access to the super-powerful Omega Cannon, with which she can defeat Gorea, then escape the self-destructing prison.
If Samus does not fulfill the prophecy, then after defeating Gorea in its first form, the Oubliette will explode anyway, and neither Samus nor the other Bounty Hunters will make it out alive.