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The Impact Crater is the area deepest down in Tallon IV's surface, located southwest of Tallon Overworld and east of Magmoor Caverns. It was where a Leviathan from Phaaze, which brought the Phazon to Tallon IV, crashed. Inside the Impact Crater, Metroid Prime thrives. The Artifact Temple was built above it by the Chozo to contain the Phazon and stop it from spreading, though their efforts only managed to slow the corruption. Samus must obtain all twelve Chozo Artifacts to enter this area. It is likely that the Impact Crater was formed from the husk of the deceased Leviathan.

Areas and main rooms[]

The Crater consists of only twelve rooms, that can be divided into two areas:

Upper caves[]

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The crater's interior

This area is horizontal and is the site for the elevator to the Tallon Overworld, the Crater Entry Point (which doubles as Save Station), a Missile Station, two Crater Tunnels (A and B) and the Phazon Core.

Metroid Prime's abode[]

This is the area where Samus fights the Metroid Prime and consists of the Phazon Infusion Chamber, five Subchambers (1 to 5), and the Metroid Prime's Lair.

Fauna and flora[]

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The huge suspended rock that contains the Artifact Temple.

The Crater contains Red Phazon, and only a few lifeforms can survive in it, such as Lumigeks and Fission Metroids. The main lifeform in the area is the Metroid Prime, a horribly mutated Metroid.

Development notes[]

"Evacuate immediately" is present in the Impact Crater sound effects package, suggesting a playable countdown was planned after the defeat of Metroid Prime. The presence of a hole in the wall of the Metroid Prime Lair (which is visible when viewing the room's wireframe) furthers this theory.

An unused scan in the Observatory, found through datamining of Metroid Prime Remastered, names the Leviathan that struck Tallon IV as Meteor Ovus and states it impacted the planet a century prior to the events of Prime. Ovus is similar to ovum, the Latin for "egg", and is related to "oval". This may be a reference to the meteor being the source of Phazon on Tallon IV, thus an "egg". or womb of sorts for the corruption it brings. It may also refer to the Chozo lore found on the planet, which refer to a worm nursed in a serpentine womb spreading poison across the planet.

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