Bottomless Pond

The Bottomless PondMetroid Database translation. https://www.metroiddatabase.com/old_site/manga/manga_strategy_guide_en/ch_0004/page162-163e.png is a room in Kraid's Lair/Kraid. It appears, with significant differences between versions, in Metroid and Metroid: Zero Mission.
==Description==
In both games, this is the leftmost shaft in Kraid's Lair and one of the longest. It contains a pool of fake acid partway down, which Samus can fall through.
In Victory Techniques for Metroid, Samus rushes into this room and begins to fall, but sees "water" (acid) below and assumes she is saved. Comically, she falls through the acid and lands in the floor, leaving an impression in it.
==Connecting rooms==
*"Barisute pit" (via Blue Doors - 1 in Metroid, 2 in Zero Mission)
*"Acidic concourse" (via Blue Door)
*"Antechamber" (Metroid/Zero Mission) (via Blue Door)
==Inhabitants==
===Metroid===
*15 Rippers (2 above the fake acid, 13 below)
*2 Zeelas
===Zero Mission===
*3 Rippers
*4 Zeelas
==Items==
;Missile Tank (Zero Mission)
:Samus must enter the shaft from the topmost door (reachable from the Barisute pit) and enter the glass shaft using her Morph Ball. She will collect the tank and then fall through two Pit Blocks down the shaft.
==Official data==
===Metroid Prime: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide===
;014 FREEZE AND HOP (pg. 131)
:"If you're equipped with the Ice Beam, you can climb up the shaft in the middle of the hideout. Freeze the invincible Rippers that fly to the left and right, and use them as platforms. Timing is crucial - if you wait too long to jump, your platform will thaw and you'll tumble to the ground."
===Metroid: Zero Mission: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide===
;085 missile tank (pg. 46)
:"Once you reach the left ledge, climb up, open a hatch and run to the right. Let the large enemy jump over you, and hit it with missiles. After you defeat the beast, climb up and fire diagonally downward into the next area to dispatch another monster. With both enemies gone, you'll have access to a Missile Tank."
;086 FALSE BOTTOM (pg. 46)
:"The area's left shaft appears to bottom out at a bridge over a lava [sic] pool. Blast open the bridge and fall. You'll discover that the lava is an illusion and that the shaft continues a long way down."
==Gallery==
File:MZM Website Fake Acid.png|Play Support page from Metroid Zero Mission Official Site.
Bottomless Pond full view Metroid.png|Full view, Metroid.
Bottomless Pond full view MZM.png|Full view, Zero Mission.
Manga Kraid's Lair Fake Acid.png|Victory Techniques for Metroid
Bottomless Pond Victory Techniques map 2.png|"Eeech. What kind of pitfall was that?"Metroid Database translation: https://www.metroiddatabase.com/old_site/manga/manga_strategy_guide_en/ch_0004/page146-147e.png
Bottomless Pond Victory Techniques map.png|The room on a hand-drawn map in Victory Techniques for Metroid.
==References==
Category:Rooms
Category:Kraid's Lair
Category:Rooms containing expansions in Metroid and Metroid: Zero Mission