Chozo Artifact Locations

Here are all 12 Chozo artifacts in Metroid Prime. This page contains the locations and what you need to collect them all. You can discover and pick up the artifacts throughout your quest, if you know what too look for -- and you may even stumble upon some of them by accident. However, you can also retrieve hints that point you to the locations by scanning the totems in the Artifact Temple located on the Tallon Overworld next to Samus's ship. To access the Artifact Temple you need the Space Boots. With these you can jump to its entry door and then follow the passage back, to the left, and down two ramps to the Artifact area. Collecting all 12 Artifacts is the last collection task before the final boss encounters.

Artifact Locations and Checklist

World: Tallon Overworld
Location: Artifact Temple

Hint: The Artifact of Truth awaits those who truly seek it.

The Artifact of Truth is found in the Artifact Temple and kicks off the search for the remaining 11. Scan the surrounding totems to get hints for each one of them.

World: Magmoor Caverns
Location: Warrior Shrine (Monitor Station)

Hint: The heat of Magmoor was a test for many warriors. A Shrine in their honor holds the Artifact of Strength.

Access the Magmoor Caverns via the Magmoor Caverns East transport and head to the Monitor Station. Using your double-jump (you need the Space Jump Boots), reach new platforms and head to the very top.

There you'll find a Log Book Spinner and a computer terminal. Scan them both and then use the Spinner to raise the nearby bridge. This leads to the highest door in the area, leads into the 'Warrior Shrine which houses the artifact.

World: Phenandra Drifts
Location: Control Tower

Hint: Invaders have claimed Phendrana as their own. A Tower sits atop their fortress. Collapse it to reveal the chamber where the Artifact of Elder is held.

Head to Phenandra Drifts. Once you arrive at the Control Tower, enter the room above the East Tower. There are some crates blocking a window. Simply blast them out of the way with a few missiles and then flip on your scanner. You should locate some fuel cells attached to the backside of one of the towers. Aim and fire a missile to cause an explosion, which sends the tower crashing down. This reveals a hole in the ground -- Morph Ball size -- that leads to the Artifact of Elder.

To exit the underground area, you must roll back into Morph Ball form and bomb onto the tip of the tower, where you can roll back above.

World: Chozo Ruins
Location: Sunchamber

Hint: A Sunchamber high atop our ruined home became the nest of a great beast, and a source of corruption. Many Chozo spirits have been drawn to this tainted place. Release their bond to the world to claim the Artifact of Wild.

Visit the Sun Tower and scan and locate the cordite shields in between the wasp hives (which can be destroyed with missiles). Use a Super Missile to blast each cordite shield. This will reveal two runes. Scan them and activate them.

There are two more runes remaining, located on the upper-backside of two pillars in the room. Once activated they will uncover a Spider Ball track. Bomb your way up it and find your way to the Sunchamber. Several Chozo Ghosts will appear. Destroy all of them and you will find the fourth Artifact of twelve.

World: Chozo Ruins
Location: Tower Chamber (Sun Tower)

Hint: There is a tower within the Ruins where Light always shines. Move through the waters there to find the Artifact of Lifegiver.

Access the Wave Beam door hidden on the other side of the pool of water and you will find it in the ''Tower Chamber''.

World: Phazon Mines
Location: Elite Research

Hint: A room of Research lies within the mines. A corrupted invader is trapped there. Defeat this creature to claim the Artifact of Warrior.

As the hint and name suggest, you'll have to fight for this one. Head to Elite Research in the Phazon Mines to find a statis tank with a the Phazon Elite warrior. Surrounded by bendezium, the only way to free and wake him is to drop a Power Bomb. Don't forget to scan this new enemy. Then blast him repeatedly with Super Missiles and double jump above his wave charges. After you defeat him you will earn yourself the Artifact of Warrior.

World: Tallon Overworld
Location: Life Grove

Hint: In one of Tallon's far corners, a Grove of life lies. Reveal the pillar beneath the waves to find the Artifact of Chozo.

Return to the Life Grove in Tallon Overworld to obtain the Artifact of Chozo. Reveal a Morph Ball spinner by bombing the metal covering in the center of the water pool. By spinning the device you will raise a walkway.

Capture the artifact and return through the Morph Ball tunnel you entered through. There is a Missile Expansion there at the very top of it. Use the half-pipe to boost all the way around to the top and lay a bomb; the trick is to charge your boost as soon as you let go near the bottom.

World: Magmoor Caverns
Location: Lava Lake

Hint: A molten Lake lies within the tunnels of Magmoor. Shatter the column at the lake's center to reveal the Artifact of Nature.

Head to Magmoor Caverns East and find your way to the Lava Lake where you must use your X-Ray Visor to reveal the Artifact of Nature hiding in one of the stone pillars. Simply use a Super Missile to shatter it.

World: Penandra Drifts
Location: Chozo Ice Temple

Hint: Near Phendrana's shores, a Temple stands. Thaw the frozen waters flowing from the Elder to find the Artifact of Sun.

In Phendrana Drifts go to the Chozo Ice Temple and melt the ice that runs from the Chozo statue on the top floor. Then roll into a Morph Ball and enter its hands. This will reveal a passageway underneath, which leads to the Artifact of Sun.

Use the Plasma Beam to melt the ice.

World: Chozo Ruins
Location: Hall of the Elders

Hint: Within the ruins of our home, we honor our fallen Elders in a great Hall. A chamber beneath the statue holds the Artifact of World.

Take the Transport to Chozo Ruins South and head to the Hall of Elders. Activate the Plasma Beam Morph Ball slot behind the statue and it will reveal a door which leads to the Artifact of World.

World: Phenandra Drifts
Location: Phenandra's Edge

Hint: A tall Cave stands at Phendrana's Edge. Seek the unseen entrance at its top to find the Artifact of Spirit.

Enter Phendrana's Edge and begin jumping upward. You'll have to swing over some large gaps with the help of the Grapple Beam, but there are no major obstacles. Eventually, you will arrive at a point where a pool of ice sits in front of a rock wall. Turn on your Thermal or X-Ray Visor and you should see a door behind it. Use a Power Bomb to reveal the Plasma Door and enter to acquire the Artifact of Spirit.

World: Phazon Mines
Location: Phazon Mining Tunnel

Hint: Invaders mine the depths in their greed. Forge a path through a Tunnel of the Great Poison to claim the Artifact of Newborn.

In the deepest depths of the Phazon Mines, from the Save Room in Elite Quarters Access look for a thin, tall morph ball-only passage called the Phazon Mining Tunnel. There is a path made completely of Phazon, but with your Phazon Suit suit you can now navigate it. Go to the far right and look for a short bomb-able wall. Bomb your way deeper down this path to find the Artifact of Newborn there, the last of the twelve.