Flooded cavern

The flooded cavernMetroid: Zero Mission: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide pg. 89: "If you're low on energy or expendable items, recharge at the Chozo Statue nearby, then roll left and drop into the flooded cavern." is an enormous room in Crateria. It made its first appearance in Super Metroid, although chronologically it is first seen in Metroid: Zero Mission.
==Description==
==Connecting rooms==
===Zero Mission===
*"Transport to Norfair" (via Blue Door)
*"Chozo Ruins main cavern" (via openings in ceiling)
*"Wrecked Ship access hall" (via Yellow Hatch)
===Super Metroid===
*"Interior Lake" (via Blue Door)
*"Chozo Ruins main cavern" (via openings in ceiling)
*"Wrecked Ship entrance" (via Green Hatch)
==Inhabitants==
===Zero Mission===
*9 Skulteras
==Items==
;Missile Tank
:In both games, a Missile Tank can be found in the bottom left corner of the flooded cavern. It is in a hidden alcove within the lake, which can be accessed by breaking through a Fake Block (Zero Mission) or Bomb Blocks (Super Metroid).
;Missile Tank
:In Super Metroid, in the upper area of the flooded cavern. Samus must ascend the floating rocks and Trippers to find the Missile Tank hidden in the highest part of the left rock wall.
;Missile Tank
:In Super Metroid, in the upper area of the flooded cavern. Navigating the Morph Ball maze will yield a Missile Tank resting on a pedestal on the left side.
==Official data==
===Super Metroid Nintendo Player's Guide===
;B. A DIFFICULT TASK (pg. 37)
:"Samus will have to ride the uppermost Tripper as far as she can to the left. When you get to the rocky wall, crouch down and shoot to reveal the location of a batch of Missiles. Stand on the left edge of the Tripper to be sure to touch the Missiles just before the platform reaches the rocky wall. It's a bit tricky."
===Super Metroid Players' Guide===
;MISSILES (pg. 21)
:"There's some missiles concealed in the rocks up here and to the left, but they're not easy to reach. There's a couple of moving platforms going back and forth. Get onto the top one, edge as far to the left as you can without falling off then crouch down. As you approach the rocks, fire across to reveal the prize, then allow the platform to carry you into the icon, thereby collecting it. If you're not close enough to the left of the platform you may be knocked off by the overhanging rocks before reaching the missiles. If this happens you'll just have to try again!"
===Metroid: Zero Mission: The Official Nintendo Player's Guide===
;036 missile tank (pg. 37)
:"Travel to the right from the elevator and drop into the water. Use bombs to blast through the lake's left bank, then run to an underwater Missile Tank. On the way out of the area, you'll have to blast through a block then wait for it to re-form to give you a boost to the shore."
;037 CLIMB OUT OF THE HOLE (pg. 37)
:"Some of the ledges above the lake are out of reach. Hop onto the ones that you can reach, bomb through a six-block barricade then follow a path that leads to higher ground, blasting obstacles along the way."
==Trivia==
*Much like Crateria itself, the flooded cavern did not appear in the original Metroid but was included in the Zero Mission remake, strengthening its continuity with Super Metroid.
*Hzoomer appears in the flooded cavern, but can only be seen from a small enclosed walkway within the larger room, which connects Crateria and the Wrecked Ship. If Samus is in the upper area of the flooded cavern and tries to approach the Hzoomer's location, it does not appear.
*The flooded cavern is the only room in Zero Mission where Skulteras can be found.
*The flooded cavern is showcased in the attract mode of Zero Mission.
==Gallery==
MZM Crateria Missile Tank 1.png|The underwater Missile Tank in Zero Mission
Zmwater.png|The broken walkways in Zero Mission
SM Crateria Missile Tank 6.gif|The underwater Missile Tank in Super Metroid
Grapple Beam.jpg|Samus using the Grapple Beam in Super Metroid
SM Crateria Missile Tank 5.gif|The Morph Ball maze in Super Metroid
Super metroid tripper.jpg|A Tripper in Super Metroid
SammyG.png|The Hzoomer in Super Metroid
File:WestOcean.png|The room in SMILE
==References==
Category:Rooms
Category:Crateria
Category:Rooms containing expansions in Metroid and Metroid: Zero Mission