Impact Crater

The Impact Crater is the area deepest down in Tallon IV's surface, located southwest of Tallon Overworld and east of Magmoor Caverns. It was where a Leviathan from Phaaze, which brought the Phazon to Tallon IV, crashed. Inside the Impact Crater, Metroid Prime thrives. The Artifact Temple was built above it by the Chozo to contain the Phazon and stop it from spreading, though their efforts only managed to slow the corruption. Samus must obtain all twelve Chozo Artifacts to enter this area. It is likely that the Impact Crater was formed from the husk of the deceased Leviathan.
==Areas and main rooms==
The Crater consists of only twelve rooms, that can be divided into two areas:
===Upper caves===
This area is horizontal and is the site for the elevator to the Tallon Overworld, the Crater Entry Point (which doubles as Save Station), a Missile Station, two Crater Tunnels (A and B) and the Phazon Core.
===Metroid Prime's abode===
This is the area where Samus fights the Metroid Prime and consists of the Phazon Infusion Chamber, five Subchambers (1 to 5), and the Metroid Prime's Lair.
==Fauna and flora==
The Crater contains Red Phazon, and only a few lifeforms can survive in it, such as Lumigeks and Fission Metroids. The main lifeform in the area is the Metroid Prime, a horribly mutated Metroid.
==Development notes==
"Evacuate immediately" is present in the Impact Crater sound effects package, suggesting a playable countdown was planned after the defeat of Metroid Prime. The presence of a hole in the wall of the Metroid Prime Lair (which is visible when viewing the room's wireframe) furthers this theory.
An unused scan in the Observatory, found through datamining of Metroid Prime Remastered, names the Leviathan that struck Tallon IV as Meteor Ovus and states it impacted the planet a century prior to the events of Prime. Ovus is similar to ovum, the Latin for "egg", and is related to "oval". This may be a reference to the meteor being the source of Phazon on Tallon IV, thus an "egg". or womb of sorts for the corruption it brings. It may also refer to the Chozo lore found on the planet, which refer to a worm nursed in a serpentine womb spreading poison across the planet.
==Trivia==
*The coordinates 40.08.02 are the planetary location of the "massive energy spike" on Tallon IV: Scans of the Spiral Sector detected a massive energy spike emanating from a Wanderer-class planet identified as Tallon IV. Scout reconnaissance was immediately dispatched to the center of the spike, a land mass at heading mark 40.08.02 [...]
*Interestingly, the Impact Crater has twelve rooms, and Samus has to collect twelve Chozo Artifacts to enter.
*In the New Play Control! and Metroid Prime Trilogy versions of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Phazon-filled rooms of Dark Aether will play the Impact Crater theme instead of the area's regular theme. Among these rooms are the Phazon Pit, Phazon Grounds and Phazon Site.
*The Impact Crater pinball table in Metroid Prime Pinball plays the Phazon Mines theme instead of the Impact Crater's own music. The Impact Crater theme from Prime is used in the Metroid Mania minigame, however.
*Transitioning between the Impact Crater and Tallon Overworld will play a voice clip stating the area's name. Voice clips for the other areas can be found in the game files, but are bugged and do not play.
*The Impact Crater can be viewed through windows in the Temple Security Station in the Tallon Overworld; the Workstation Tunnel in Magmoor Caverns; and Elevator A, Elevator B and the Phazon Processing Center in the Phazon Mines. No meteor is visible on the bottom of the crater from any of these perspectives, indicating that the Leviathan itself has decayed away completely.
==Gallery==
Mp crater1.jpg|Concept art of the crater's interior
Impact crater 2 dolphin hd.jpg|The Impact Crater as seen on the planet's surface.
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Artifact Temple Remastered (outside).png|The Artifact Temple situated atop the Impact Crater in Metroid Prime Remastered.
Impact_crater_tunnel_a_dolphin_hd.jpg|Interior, Crater Tunnel A.
Impact_crater.png|Phazon Core
Imact_crater_tunnel_b.png|Crater Tunnel B
Samus_encounters_Metroid_Prime_Dolphin_HD.jpg|Phazon Infusion Chamber
Metroid_Prime_Red_Exo_form.jpg|Samus battles the Metroid Prime in Subchamber One.
Metroid_prime_essence.png|Metroid Prime Lair
Artifact_temple_flames_2.jpg|Samus overlooks the ruined Artifact Temple after the Crater's interior collapses.
Impact Crater exterior MPR.jpg|The Impact Crater seen from the Phazon Mines in Remastered.
==See also==
*List of rooms in Metroid Prime/Impact Crater
*Impact Crater (Pinball)
*Impact Crater (theme)
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