Venomous Pond

The Venomous Pond is a room in the Dark Torvus Bog. It appears in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. This room contains one of the three Dark Temple Keys, but it is guarded by a Hunter Ing. This is also a room that connects with other important rooms in the area.

The Aetherian version of this room is Great Bridge.

Connecting rooms[]

Save Station 1 (via Blast Shield)
Brooding Ground (via Blue Door)
Portal Chamber (via purple hatch)
Dark Torvus Temple Access (via white hatch)

Inhabitants[]

1 Hunter Ing: "Morphology: Hunter Ing; Elite warriors of the Ing Horde; Phasing shapeshifter. Deadly in close combat. Dislikes bright light."

Items[]

Dark Torvus Temple Key 3: Requires the Grapple Beam. When coming from Brooding Ground, Samus must roll down the nearby tunnel and swing on the Grapple Point at the end.

Scans[]

Ingsphere Cache: "Morphology: Ingsphere Cache
Living storage units of the Ing Horde. The Ingsphere keeps useful items in a dimensional pocket. The pocket can be breached by destroying the Ingsphere."

Liftvine Crystal: "Morphology: Liftvine Crystal; Energized by light-based weapons.; Darkling plantform will grow in height when Crystal is energized by light-based weaponry."

Light Crystal: "Xenotech: Luminoth Light Crystal
Generates protective field of light energy.
Light Crystals provide protection from Dark Aether's atmosphere. They can be nullified by dark energy and supercharged by light energy."

Light Beacon: "Xenotech: Luminoth Light Beacon
Generates protective field when energized.
Light Beacons must be energized by Beam weapon fire to function, and remain charged for a limited time."

Grapple Point (before obtaining Grapple Beam): "Object scan complete.; Analysis indicates a viable attach point for the Grapple Beam.; Grapple Beam module missing. Unable to attach to grapple at this time."

Grapple Point: "System: Grapple Point
Unit is a viable attach point for the Grapple Beam.
To use the Grapple Beam, use L when the icon appears."

Dark Torvus Temple Key: "Dark Torvus Temple Key; One of three needed to open the Dark Torvus Temple."

Ingworms: "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."

Dark Sentinel Crystal: "Xenotech: Dark Sentinel Crystal; Monitor system designed for use on Dark Aether.; Used by Luminoth soldiers to monitor critical areas throughout Dark Aether. Few remain; those that do broadcast data to U-Mos of Aether."

Dark Aetherian Rooms in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Dark Agon Wastes	Portal Site • Crossroads • Save Station 2 • Duelling Range • Ing Cache 4 • Junction Site • Judgment Pit Save Station 1 • Portal Access • Dark Agon Temple Access • Dark Agon Temple • Trial Tunnel Dark Controller Access • Dark Agon Energy Controller • Trial Grounds • Dark Transit Station Doomed Entry • Oasis Access • Dark Oasis • Ing Cache 3 • Hall of Stairs • Save Station 3 Bitter Well • Phazon Site • Ing Cache 2 • Watering Hole • Feeding Pit Ing Cache 1 • Feeding Pit Access • Double Path • Battleground • Warrior's Walk
Dark Torvus Bog	Gloom Vista • Polluted Mire • Dark Falls • Dark Forgotten Bridge • Dark Arena Tunnel Dark Torvus Arena • Brooding Ground • Putrid Alcove • Poisoned Bog • Cache A Portal Chamber • Venomous Pond • Save Station 1 • Dark Torvus Temple Access • Dark Torvus Temple Dark Controller Access • Dark Torvus Energy Controller • Cache B • Ammo Station Crypt • Crypt Tunnel • Undertransit One • Sacrificial Chamber • Sacrificial Chamber Tunnel Undertransit Two • Dungeon • Undertemple Shaft • Save Station 2 • Undertemple Access • Undertemple
Ing Hive	Culling Chamber • Hazing Cliff • Central Hive East Transport • Unseen Way • Hive Reactor Hive Save Station 1 • Hive Cache 1 • Hive Reactor Access • Entrance Defense Hall • Hive Entrance Hive Portal Chamber • Staging Area • Central Hive West Transport Hive Dynamo Works • Hive Cache 2/3 • Hive Dynamo Access • Hive Gyro Chamber Hive Save Station 2 • Hive Gyro Access • Hive Ammo Station • Hive Temple Access • Hive Temple Hive Controller Access • Hive Energy Controller • Temple Security Access • Aerial Training Site Judgment Drop • Vault Attack Portal Hive Summit
Sky Temple Grounds	Profane Path • Phazon Pit • Phazon Grounds • Reliquary Access • Reliquary Grounds Ing Reliquary • Ing Windchamber Plain of Dark Worship • Lake Access • Accursed Lake Abandoned Base • Base Access • War Ritual Grounds • Shrine Access • Defiled Shrine Gateway Access • Sky Temple Gateway Portal Site
Sky Temple	Sky Temple Energy Controller • Sanctum Access • Sanctum
See also the List of rooms in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.