Ingworms
In Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Ingworms are a large species of worm native to Dark Aether. Ingworms can grow to incredible size when bred and mutated by the Ing, and with it comes incredible durability, making them ideal organic barriers. An area blocked by giant Ingworms cannot be reached by Samus, as they are invulnerable to all of her weapons. It is partially due to these mutated Ingworms that Samus ultimately covers less ground on Dark Aether than its light counterpart, Aether. Smaller Ingworms can also be formed around items to be used as storage containers known as Ingworm Cache, though these can be destroyed by conventional weapons.
Scan
"Bioscan complete. This is a collection of mutated Ingworms.
Bioforms have been bred for massive size. It appears the Ing use these creatures to block access to areas."
Locations
Ingworms can be found in these rooms:
- Sky Temple Energy Controller
- Defiled Shrine
- Dark Torvus Temple
- Hive Entrance
- Profane Path
- Trial Grounds
- Crossroads
- Culling Chamber
- Hive Summit
- Aerial Training Site
- Hive Portal Chamber
- Abandoned Base
- Venomous Pond
- Plain of Dark Worship
- War Ritual Grounds
- Dungeon
- Central Hive East Transport
- Hive Reactor
- Central Hive West Transport
- Hive Gyro Chamber
- Hive Temple Access
Trivia
- A wall of Mutated Ingworms also exist behind a cluster of Dormant Ingclaws within Accursed Lake. Strangely, this mass of Ingworms possess no scan.
| Ing | |
|---|---|
| Ruling caste | Emperor Ing |
| Battle forms | Warrior Ing • Hunter Ing • Boost Guardian • Jump Guardian • Ingstorm • Darkling Tentacle |
| Submissive | Darkling • Inglet • Ing Webtrap • Flying Ing Cache |
| Immobile | Bladepod • Ingsphere Cache • Ingworm Cache • Ingworm • Webling • Ingclaw |
| Misc | Black fog • Ing Horde • Ing Larva • Fusion attack • Transdimensional energy • Phaz-Ing |