Ruined Gallery

The Ruined Gallery is a room in the Chozo Ruins. It appears in Metroid Prime. It is a large room with harmful toxic water covering the floor before the defeat of Flaahgra and a War Wasp Hive in the center of the ceiling. Broken ledges around the walls that are kept up by pillars provide passage between the two upper doors that lead to adjoining rooms. Beneath the ledge on one side, a door with a Missile Door Lock provides access to a Map Station.

Connecting rooms[]

Inhabitants[]

Tangle Weed
3 Blastcaps
1 War Wasp Hive (containing War Wasps) (later on in the game, this is replaced by a number of Shriekbats)

Items[]

Ruined gallery missile expansion dolphin hd — The first Missile Expansion.

Missile Expansion: There is a Brinstone wall below one of the exit doors, which can be destroyed using the Missile Launcher to reveal an alcove containing the expansion.
Missile Expansion: A tunnel against the wall at floor-level is blocked with a substance that a Morph Ball Bomb can be used to break open. It must be deployed while performing a Bomb Jump to explode at the required height. Entering the tunnel via another Bomb Jump leads to the expansion, then back to another opening into the same room.

Scans[]

Pipes: "These pipes are part of an irrigation system. The source of the water is unknown, but all liquid in this area is toxic."

Pipes and water (after Flaahgra's defeat): "Liquid in this area returning to normal. Toxins within safety tolerances."

Tunnel: "This small tunnel leads back behind the wall. Width of the opening is approximately 1 meter in diameter."

Water: "Toxicity levels of this water are very high. Contact with contaminated liquid extremely hazardous."

Brinstone: "Stress points present in Brinstone wall. A concussive blast may shatter it."

Trivia[]

This room is the only place in the game where brown-colored Shriekbats appear; in all other locations, they are green.
Door data refers to this room as "MonkeyUpper", indicating a connection to the removed BloodMonkey character.
This room's geometry appears to contain remnants of an unused exit. Above the Map Station door and to the right, a conspicuous section of wall can be seen with pipes extending from behind it. Although this wall is completely indestructible, it still contains a short section of hallway behind it, with unusual red lighting. The hallway ends abruptly, where it was presumably cut out by Retro designers.
According to former Retro Studios tech lead Jack Mathews, the Ruined Gallery was the second room to be created during the development of Metroid Prime.[1]

Gallery[]

Rooms in Metroid Prime
Frigate Orpheon	Exterior Docking Hangar • Main Docking Bay • Air Lock • Deck Alpha Access Hall • Emergency Evacuation Area • Deck Alpha Umbilical Hall • Map Facility • Connection Elevator to Deck Beta • Deck Beta Conduit Hall • Biotech Research Area 1 • Deck Beta Security Hall • Biohazard Containment • Deck Beta Transit Hall • Cargo Freight Lift to Deck Gamma • Reactor Core Entrance Save Station • Reactor Core Deck Gamma Monitor Hall • Connection Elevator to Deck Beta • Subventilation Shaft Section A • Subventilation Shaft Section B • Main Ventilation Shaft Section A • Main Ventilation Shaft Section B • Main Ventilation Shaft Section C • Main Ventilation Shaft Section D • Main Ventilation Shaft Section E • Main Ventilation Shaft Section F • Biotech Research Area 2 • Connection Elevator to Deck Alpha • Deck Alpha Mech Shaft
Tallon Overworld	Landing Site • Canyon Cavern • Tallon Canyon • Transport Tunnel A • Transport to Chozo Ruins West • Root Tunnel • Root Cave • Arbor Chamber • Transport Tunnel B • Transport to Magmoor Caverns East • Gully • Alcove • Waterfall Cavern Temple Hall • Temple Security Station • Temple Lobby • Artifact Temple Frigate Crash Site • Overgrown Cavern • Transport Tunnel C • Transport to Chozo Ruins East • Frigate Access Tunnel • Main Ventilation Shaft Section C • Main Ventilation Shaft Section B • Main Ventilation Shaft Section A • Reactor Core • Reactor Access • Save Station • Cargo Freight Lift to Deck Gamma • Deck Beta Transit Hall • Biohazard Containment • Deck Beta Security Hall • Biotech Research Area 1 • Deck Beta Conduit Hall • Connection Elevator to Deck Beta • Hydro Access Tunnel Great Tree Hall • Great Tree Chamber • Transport to Chozo Ruins South • Transport Tunnel D • Transport Tunnel E • Transport to Phazon Mines East • Life Grove Tunnel • Life Grove
Chozo Ruins	Transport to Tallon Overworld North • Ruins Entrance • Main Plaza • Nursery Access • Eyon Tunnel • Ruined Nursery • Save Station 1 • North Atrium • Ruined Gallery • Map Station • Totem Access • Hive Totem • Transport Access North • Transport to Magmoor Caverns North • Vault Access • Vault • Plaza Access • Ruined Shrine Access • Ruined Shrine • Tower of Light Access •Tower of Light • Tower Chamber • Ruined Fountain Access • Ruined Fountain • Meditation Fountain • Magma Pool • Training Chamber Access • Training Chamber • Piston Tunnel • Arboretum Access • Sunchamber Lobby • Sunchamber Access • Sunchamber • Sun Tower Access • Sun Tower Arboretum • Gathering Hall Access • Gathering Hall • Save Station 2 • Watery Hall Access • Watery Hall • Dynamo Access • Dynamo • East Atrium • Energy Core Access • Energy Core • Burn Dome Access • Burn Dome • West Furnace Access Furnace • East Furnace Access • Crossway Access West • Crossway • Crossway Access South • Elder Hall Access • Hall of the Elders • Elder Chamber • Reflecting Pool Access • Reflecting Pool • Antechamber • Save Station 3 • Transport to Tallon Overworld East • Transport Access South • Transport to Tallon Overworld South
Magmoor Caverns	Transport to Chozo Ruins North • Burning Trail • Save Station Magmoor A • Lake Tunnel • Lava Lake • Pit Tunnel • Triclops Pit • Storage Cavern • Monitor Tunnel • Monitor Station • Transport Tunnel A • Transport to Phendrana Drifts North • Warrior Shrine • Shore Tunnel • Fiery Shores • Transport Tunnel B • Transport to Tallon Overworld West Twin Fires Tunnel • Twin Fires • North Core Tunnel • Geothermal Core • Plasma Processing • South Core Tunnel • Magmoor Workstation • Workstation Tunnel • Transport Tunnel C • Transport to Phendrana Drifts South • Save Station Magmoor B • Transport to Phazon Mines West
Phendrana Drifts	Transport to Magmoor Caverns West • Shoreline Entrance • Phendrana Shorelines • Save Station B • Ice Ruins Access • Ice Ruins East • Plaza Walkway • Ruins Entryway • Ice Ruins West • Canyon Entryway • Phendrana Canyon • Temple Entryway • Chozo Ice Temple • Chapel Tunnel • Chapel of the Elders Courtyard Entryway • Ruined Courtyard • Save Station A • Specimen Storage • Research Entrance • Map Station • Hydra Lab Entryway • Research Lab Hydra • Observatory Access • Observatory • Save Station D • West Tower Entrance • West Tower • Control Tower • East Tower • Aether Lab Entryway • Research Lab Aether • Research Core Access • Research Core • Quarantine Access • North Quarantine Tunnel • Quarantine Cave • Quarantine Monitor • South Quarantine Tunnel • Transport to Magmoor Caverns South Transport Access • Frozen Pike • Pike Access • Frost Cave Access • Frost Cave • Save Station C • Upper Edge Tunnel • Phendrana's Edge • Storage Cave • Security Cave • Lower Edge Tunnel • Hunter Cave • Lake Tunnel • Gravity Chamber • Chamber Access • Hunter Cave Access
Phazon Mines	Transport to Tallon Overworld South • Quarry Access • Main Quarry • Save Station Mines A • Security Access A • Mine Security Station • Security Access B • Storage Depot A • Elite Research • Research Access • Ore Processing • Elevator Access A • Elevator A • Storage Depot B • Waste Disposal Elite Control Access • Elite Control • Maintenance Tunnel • Ventilation Shaft • Control Room • Omega Research • Map Station Mines • Dynamo Access • Central Dynamo • Save Station Mines B • Quarantine Access A • Metroid Quarantine A • Elevator Access B • Elevator B Fungal Hall Access • Fungal Hall A • Phazon Mining Tunnel • Fungal Hall B • Missile Station Mines • Quarantine Access B • Metroid Quarantine B • Save Station Mines C • Elite Quarters Access • Elite Quarters • Processing Center Access • Phazon Processing Center • Transport Access • Transport to Magmoor Caverns South
Impact Crater	Crater Entry Point • Crater Tunnel A • Phazon Core • Crater Missile Station • Crater Tunnel B • Phazon Infusion Chamber • Subchamber One • Subchamber Two • Subchamber Three • Subchamber Four • Subchamber Five • Metroid Prime Lair
Unused	Engine Room • Reactor Room