Drill Shaft 2

Drill Shaft 2 is a room in the Pirate Mines on the Pirate Homeworld. It appears in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption.

Description[]

This room features a Mining drill that is stuck in the ground. It is partially composed of Phazite that, when disabled, will cause the drill to rise. This exposes another floor with multiple passages, all of which but one are dead-ends.

Connecting rooms[]

Main Cavern (via Space Pirate Blue Door)
Phazon Quarry (via Space Pirate Green Door)

Inhabitants[]

Scritters

Scans[]

Mining drill: "Mining drill appears stuck. Scans detect an internal mechanism must be loosened before it will move."
Mining drill (retracted): "Mining drill has retracted. Unit is now locked in place and will remain inside its housing."

Development notes[]

The room's internal name is 0n_pirate_hall. The keyword pirate indicates the Pirate Homeworld, and the prefix 0n indicates that this is the 14th of 17 junction rooms throughout the planet.

Pirate Homeworld Rooms in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Pirate Command	Landing Site Bravo • Lift Hub Access • Lift Hub • Command Courtyard • Flux Control • Command Station • Command Vault • Defense Access • Security Air Lock • Courtyard Passage • Transit Station 2-A • Transit Station 3-B • Transit Station 4-A Skyway Access • Transit Station 1104 • Transit Station 0203 • Transit Tunnel P68 • Transit Station 0204 • Transit Tunnel P69 • Transit Station 0205 • Transit Tunnel P70 • Transit Station Leviathan Transit Station 2-B • Leviathan Access Portal
Pirate Research	Landing Site Alpha • Scrapvault Lift • Scrapvault • Scrapworks • Processing Access • Metroid Processing • Airshaft • Craneyard • Proving Grounds Lift • Proving Grounds • Transit Station 1-B • Transit Station 1-A • Creche Transit • Metroid Creche • Transit Station 3-A • Save Station
Pirate Mines	Transit Station 4-B • Save Station • Phazon Quarry • Mine Lift • Phazon Harvesting • Drill Shaft 1 • Main Cavern • Drill Shaft 2 • Phazon Mine Entry • Landing Site Charlie
Pirate Homeworld Seed	Landing Site Delta • Core Access • Pirate Homeworld Leviathan Core