List of rooms in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes/Ing Hive

Culling Chamber

The Culling Chamber is a room in the Ing Hive, appearing within Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It is a long hallway filled with Spider Ball Tracks. When compared to the room's Light World counterpart, this room appears to have more destruction caused to it; the Denzium tube present in the light version is non-existent in this version of the room, though the space around the Light Portal is still open to the sky. There are no mechanoids present and the large glass wall in front of the door to the elevator appears to have a side wall portion removed, allowing Samus to walk up to the elevator door with ease. The glass wall's adjacent Spider Ball Track ramp remains. Within the central area of the room is a Morph Ball maze containing both Phazon and a Dark Temple Key. A Spider Ball Track located between the maze and a wall provides Samus with a shortcut through this room. This section appears to be a variant of the maze seen in the Light World, with the rest of the maze in the Dark World blocked off and unusable.

The light version of this room is the Hall of Combat Mastery.

Hazing Cliff

The Cliff is a small side-room, initially a curved hallway that leads into a narrow passageway on the side of the Ing Hive facility. Hence the name, this room is home to a large drop on the lower right, from which a Dark Tallon Metroid emerges. The presence of broken architecture above the chasm suggests that the room suffered damage somehow. By continuing on to the end of the hallway, Samus can enter a narrow corridor, at the end of which is a Missile Expansion, blocked by two Dark Diligence Drones.

This is the only room in the Ing Hive where a Dark Tallon Metroid or Dark Diligence Drones can be found. Should Samus fall from the ledge when the Metroid is present, it will vanish when she respawns on land.

The Aether version of this room is Agon Transport Access. Unlike its Dark Aether equivalent, Agon Transport Access contains no Terminal Falls.

Items and logbook entries • Missile Expansion

Connecting rooms • Culling Chamber (Blue Door)

Central Hive East Transport

Central Hive East Transport is a room in the Ing Hive. It appears in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. This is one of two transports that link the first and second levels of the Ing Hive. Both floors of the room have Ingworm Caches around the elevator.

The Aetherian version of this room is Central Area Transport East.

Unseen Way

The Unseen Way is a room in the Ing Hive. It appears in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. When first looked at through the Combat Visor it seems impossible to cross the chasm. The Dark Visor, however, reveals a floating platform invisible to any other visor, hence the name "Unseen Way". The Screw Attack can also be used to jump the gap.

The Aether version of this room is Minigyro Chamber.

Hive Reactor

Hive Reactor is a room in the Ing Hive from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. As the name implies, it contains a reactor that is slowly shutting down due to constant radiation and exposure to the corrosive air of Dark Aether. It is otherwise exactly like its Aetherian counterpart, the more functional Reactor Core, except it lacks the Spider Ball Tracks and has Inglets instead of Rezbits. At the bottom is a Dark Ingsmasher.

Hive Save Station 1

Hive Save Station 1 is a room in Ing Hive from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It is one of two Save Stations in the Hive, the other being Hive Save Station 2.

The Aetherian version of this room is Save Station A.

Items and logbook entries • None

Connecting rooms • Hive Reactor (Blue Door)

Hive Cache 1

Hive Cache 1 is one of the few Ammo Stations in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and one of two in the Ing Hive, the other being the Hive Ammo Station. In the center of the room is a dark transport beam that will damage Samus should she come in contact with it. Its light world equivalent is Sanctuary Map Station.

Items and logbook entries • None

Connecting rooms • Hive Reactor (Blue Door)

Hive Reactor Access

Hive Reactor Access is a room in Ing Hive from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. In the middle of the room is a platform with a Light Beacon and a swarm of Nightbarbs surrounding it. Along the outer edge is another platform that encircles the room. When the Beacon is activated, the light kills any Nightbarb that comes in contact with it, granting safe passage across the chasm.

The Aetherian version of this room is Reactor Access.

Entrance Defense Hall

Entrance Defense Hall is a room in Ing Hive from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It is made of two long corridors with a small round section in the middle. Two energy-producing orbs are in the center section.

The Aetherian version of this room is Power Junction.

Hive Entrance

The Hive Entrance is a room in the Ing Hive in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It is a large open room containing multiple Dark Preeds and a transporting beam of light leading to a hidden Sky Temple Key. The room is quite large. It has a huge abyss between two cliffs. Samus Aran enters the room through a door on the same cliff as most of the Hive. The Screw Attack must be used to get to the far cliff. That cliff has a Light Shaft that will transport Samus if she has the Light Suit to a ledge above. From there, Samus can use the Screw Attack again to reach a ledge above the entrance to the room. A Flying Ing Cache is on that ledge.

The Aether version of this room is the Sanctuary Entrance.

Items and logbook entries • Key of S-Jrs

Connecting rooms • Entrance Defense Hall (Blue Door)

Hive Portal Chamber

Hive Portal Chamber is a room in the Ing Hive from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Despite being located next to both the Staging Area and Hive Reactor, it has no reachable doors, but Light Portals to enter and exit the room instead. Combined with the room's light counterpart, the Transit Station, the Hive Portal Chamber forms a maze to get the Power Bomb Expansion on Aether.

Items and logbook entries • None

Connecting rooms • Transit Station (Light Portals)

Staging Area

Staging Area is a room in the Ing Hive from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Inside are two Light Portals. Samus passes through here on her way to the second floor of Sanctuary Fortress, as well as to get the Dark Temple Key on the second floor of the Ing Hive. There is a Echo Gate with several sonic emitters. Behind it is an Interface Module that controls a platform that was blocking access to the second portal.

The Aether version of this room is the Main Research.

Central Hive West Transport

Central Hive West Transport is a room in Ing Hive from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. This is one of two transports that link the first and second floors of Ing Hive. Instead of an elevator, this transport has a shaft lined with two Wall Jump Surfaces. Both floors of the room have Ingworm Caches around the shaft.

Hive Dynamo Works

Hive Dynamo Works is a room in the Ing Hive in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. The Aether version of this room is the Dynamo Works. The room features two parts, both of which can be accessed in in biped form.

The first part features a Spider Ball Track on the wall that can be used to boost onto two Luminoth sentry pods, and then onto a ledge containing a Flying Ing Cache. To get back down, Samus can either use the tracks again or the Screw Attack.

The second part is very much like that of the Dynamo Works, the Aether version of the Hive Dynamo Works, but features an abyss that must be crossed with either the Grapple Beam or the Screw Attack. There is also a Light Portal to the Dynamo Works, however it is blocked by a gate whose controls are visible only to the Dark Visor.

Hive Cache 2/3

Hive Cache 2 (called Hive Cache 3 in the GameCube version) is a room in the Ing Hive. It was used to bring Samus to the backside of Hive Dynamo Works, where a Sky Temple Key was located.

Hive Dynamo Access

Hive Dynamo Access is a room in the Ing Hive in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It is a short corridor with one Light Beacon in the middle. An Echo Gate controlled by three sonic emitters blocks the other entrance to the room. The only inhabitant within this room is a lone Warrior Ing which will not return once it is defeated or the Echo Gate is removed.

Hive Gyro Chamber

Hive Gyro Chamber is a room in the Ing Hive. It appears in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. The room features a large sphere in the middle covered in Spider Ball Tracks, with 8 Darkling Tentacles on it. Should they knock Samus to the bottom of the chamber, there is a long stick holding the sphere up that Samus can climb to get back up. There are also several floating platforms rotating around the sphere. There are two ledges at the top of the room that lead to different areas, one of which features two beams of red white light that damages Samus if she steps into one. Several Ingworm Caches are also scattered about.

The Aether version of this room is the Main Gyro Chamber.

Hive Save Station 2

Hive Save Station 2 is a room in the Ing Hive. It appears in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It is a medium-sized room featuring a Save Station hanging over an abyss that stretches as far as the eye can see.

The Aether version of this room is Save Station B.

Items and logbook entries • None

Connecting rooms • Hive Gyro Chamber (Blue Door)

Hive Gyro Access

Hive Gyro Access is a room in the Ing Hive in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It is almost an exact replica of its Aether counterpart, the Checkpoint Station. The only difference, of course, is the red tint of the room. It connects to the Hive Ammo Station.

Hive Ammo Station

Hive Ammo Station is one of the few Ammo Stations in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes and one of two in the Ing Hive, the other being Hive Cache 1. The back wall is mostly covered in a layer of Phazon in the same place as in this room's Aether equivalent, the Aerie Transport Station.

Items and logbook entries • None

Connecting rooms • Hive Gyro Access (Blue Door)

Hive Temple Access

Hive Temple Access is a room in the Ing Hive. It appears in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It, as the name implies, serves to provide access to the Hive Temple. To pass, however, three Dark Temple Keys must be collected. The lower section of the room features four Ingworm Caches and one Light Beacon. These are for Samus to replenish any energy or ammo she may have lost, as she will not have any Safe Zones once she is inside the Hive Temple, until she has destroyed Quadraxis.

The Aether version of this room is the Temple Access.

Hive Temple

The Hive Temple is a room in the Ing Hive. It appears in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. The Hive Temple cannot be accessed until Samus has placed all three Hive Temple Keys in their locks at Hive Temple Access. There are three ledges looking over a large arena with a large robot in the center. One of the ledges is connected to a lift that leads down into the center of the temple. Once Samus enters the room and rides the lift or jumps to the center of the temple, the robot known as Quadraxis awakens and gets possessed by several Ing. There are no Safe Zones during this battle, so Samus must collect Energy Capsules to regain health. Once Samus defeats Quadraxis, its head will fall, explode, and leave behind the Annihilator Beam. Once Samus collects it, a structure rises out of the center of the room. After climbing to the top of it using the Spider Ball, Samus can use the Screw Attack to reach the other two ledges. The Light Aether version of this room is the Sanctuary Temple.

Hive Controller Access

Hive Controller Access is a room in the Ing Hive in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. As the name implies, it serves as access to the Hive Energy Controller. To set the path, Samus must use a Bomb Slot to set her desired course. Several cobalt circles can also be seen on the walls.

The Aether version of this room is the Controller Access.

Hive Energy Controller

The Hive Energy Controller is a room in the Ing Hive, appearing within Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. Much like its Light world counterpart, the room is housed over the side of a cliff overlooking a giant abyss. This room contains the Ing Hive's Energy Controller and is the second-to-last controller on Dark Aether that Samus visits containing said planet's Planetary Energy.

The Aether version of this room is the Sanctuary Energy Controller.

Items and logbook entries • None

Connecting rooms • Hive Controller Access (Blue Door)

Temple Security Access

Temple Security Access is a room in the Ing Hive. It appears in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It is a long corridor filled with Ingstorm; on the first visit Samus will likely not be in possession of the Light Suit, making her vulnerable to the Ingstorm. Later on, there are gates in the way, with parts small enough to squeeze the Morph Ball through.

The Aether version of this room is the Sentinel's Path.

Aerial Training Site

Aerial Training Site is a room in the Ing Hive. It appears in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It features a Light Portal to the Watch Station, and Wall Jump Surfaces on either side of the portal, leading to an alcove containing a Missile Expansion. Several Ingworm Caches can be seen in the room, as well as a red shield blocking Ing Hive Temple Key 3 on a far ledge. To collect it, the room must be entered from Central Hive West Transport. Once collected and an Interface Module is scanned, the shield will lower.

The Aether version of this room is the Watch Station.

Judgment Drop

Judgment Drop is a room in the Ing Hive in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. A large chasm, it features several Grapple Points to go across, though on return visits the Screw Attack can be used to get across.

The Aether version of this room is Grand Abyss.

Vault Attack Portal

The Vault Attack Portal is a room in the Ing Hive. Despite being separated from the Judgment Drop only by a wall, it features no doors to enter it and is only entered via either of two Dark Portals in the Vault. Crossing the large chasm requires use of the Grapple Beam to swing across the Grapple Points.

Items and logbook entries • None

Connecting rooms • Vault (Light Portal)

Hive Summit

The Hive Summit is a room in the Ing Hive. It appears in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. It, as the name implies, is the highest point in the Ing Hive (though the Sky Temple floats higher). It is accessible through a Dark Portal in the Aerie after fighting Dark Samus for the second time. The glass shield, unlike its light counterpart, is retained, and so to get beyond it use of a nearby Spider Ball Track is required. Samus has to use a Spinner to rotate two other Spider Ball Tracks which she can boost off of to reach another portal back to Aerie, on a ledge above the arena, where the Echo Visor lies waiting for her.

Items and logbook entries • None

Connecting rooms • Aerie (Light Portal)