Magmoors are serpent-like creatures found on Tallon IV that inhabit areas of extreme heat, specifically, certain areas of the Magmoor Caverns, which are named after them.
Description[]
Magmoors are predatory creatures. They hide and wait under lava, and only become detectable when they rise out to attack their prey with powerful blasts of fire. Though intimidating, they are actually very easy to defeat, as a Charge Shot or Missile will cause them to flinch. It then waits a moment before attacking again. If frozen by a uncharged Ice Beam shot, only the head will be frozen. If a charged Ice Beam is then fired at it the ice will get thicker. Magmoors are vulnerable to the Plasma Beam despite their fiery complex and ironically, can be burned by the Flamethrower.
Humorously, Samus can fire a Missile to release a large stalactite from the ceiling, and it may fall on a Magmoor (which often emerge under one), killing it instantly. These Magmoors will no longer respawn.
Magmoors can be found in Lava Lake, Transport Tunnel B, Fiery Shores, Twin Fires and North Core Tunnel.
Official data[]
Logbook entry[]
Magmoor
Morphology: Magmoor
Fire-breathing serpent that dwells in lava.
Magmoors prefer extreme heat zones, and are susceptible to frigid attack forms. Sightless, they navigate the lava currents using their sonar receptors. Magmoors have a keen sense of smell, enabling them to pinpoint targets with startling accuracy.
Official website[]
A Magmoor in Magmoor Caverns from Metroid Prime.
"Magmoors prefer extreme heat zones, and are susceptible to frigid attack forms. Sightless, they navigate the lava currents using their sonar receptors. Magmoors have a keen sense of smell, enabling them to pinpoint targets with startling accuracy."
The Magmoor is a fire-breathing serpent with a spiked back and pronounced jaws.
Metroid Prime and Metroid Fusion: Prima's Official Strategy Guide[]
- Magmoor
- "Magmoors are dragonlike creatures that live in the molten lava of Magmoor Caverns. They emerge out of the lava and shoot flames out of their mouths as you near them. Magmoors are most susceptible to cold attacks, but heavy-damage weapons such as Missiles and the Charge Beam are also effective. Their flame breath has a limited range, so if you stay out of reach, you can send the Magmoor back to their fiery depths with ease."
- Magmoor
- Found In: Magmoor Caverns
- Recommended Weapon: Ice Beam, Charge Beam, Missile
- "Magmoors are lava-dwelling serpents with fiery breath. The flame that shoots out of their mouths has a limited range and can easily be avoided. Keep out of range of their fire-breath and throw a few missiles and Power Beam attacks to send them back to their molten depths. Use the Ice Beam to freeze the creature's head, and they're even easier to dispatch."
Metroid Prime: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide[]
- MAGMOOR
- "The namesake of the caverns is a massive lava-based serpent that breathes fire. You can make quick work of one with the Ice Beam, but until you have such a weapon, stick to Missiles and the Charge Beam for all your Magmoor-elimination needs."
Metroid Prime Official Strategy Guide[]
- MAGMOOR
- MORPHOLOGY
- "The Magmoor is a fire-breathing serpent that dwells in the fiery depths of lava pools. Magmoors prefer extreme heat zones and are susceptible to frigid attack forms. Sightless, they navigate the lava currents using solar receptors. Magmoors have a keen sense of smell, enabling them to pinpoint targets with startling accuracy."
- COMBAT TIPS
- "The attacks that Magmoors muster are very powerful and even a short point-blank blast is more than enough to drain Samus's energy to zero! The key to taking out the Magmoors is to maintain distance from them and hit them with four Missiles or a combination of Charge Beam, Power Beam, and Missiles. Of course, the Magmoor can be destroyed completely by using just a Power Beam, but it requires a great many hits to complete the task."
Metroid Prime Official Perfect Guide[]
- MAGMOOR
- "These draconian creatures emerge from the lava to spew flames your way. Two Charge Beams, or four Missiles will destroy them."
Trivia[]
- The Magmoor's internal filename is "magdolite". According to Mike Sneath, enemies in Prime were designed to be faithful to those of the 2D games that came before, but Nintendo asked for them to be retooled.[1] As such, Magmoors may originally have been Magdollites during development.
- The internal file name of the Triclops Pit is "14_over_magdolitepits", suggesting that Magmoors were supposed to be in this room at one point.[2]
- Magmoors appear in both scenes which display in the attract mode of Metroid Prime and New Play Control! Metroid Prime.
- A Magmoor's fire breath can open a Blue Door.
- The word "Magmoor" is likely a portmanteau of "magma" and "moor".
- In the GameCube version, the second Magmoor can be lured into "jumping" by jumping close enough for it to emerge but not close enough for it to start to attack, however in Metroid Prime Trilogy as with other Magmoors when in detection range but not attacking range it will merely roar before retreating into the lava.[citation needed]
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References[]
- ^ "The entire first year’s worth of characters I modeled for the game were cut. At first, we were making all the enemies looking just like the old Metroid 2D enemies. Nintendo later decided that they wanted the enemies to have a new look, so we scrapped all of those creatures. These weren’t just models that were scrapped, but these were enemies that had a full set of animations and some even had AI programmed. I’m actually very glad Nintendo made that call because I think the newer designs that Jones and Keller came up with were a big improvement over the original 2D designs." https://shinesparkers.net/interviews/mike-sneath/
- ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/Metroid/comments/jmha6f/in_the_internal_files_of_metroid_prime_hall_of/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share