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Where is the Artifact of Newborn in Metroid Prime Origins?

The Artifact of Newborn is in Phazon Mining Tunnel, Phazon Mines. To get there you need Missile Expansion, Space Jump, Morph Ball, Power Bomb Expansion, Morph Ball Bomb, Varia Suit, Charge Beam, Wave Beam, Boost Ball, Super Missile, Spider Ball, Ice Beam, Grapple Beam, Plasma Beam first (starting a new game).

RoomPhazon Mining Tunnel
RegionPhazon Mines
Map positionPhazon Mines map, cell 1, 7
SourceMetroid Prime Origins 1.1 game file verified
Plan the route from where you areOpen on the interactive map

What you need first

Starting a new game from Landing Site, get these first, in this order, then go to Phazon Mining Tunnel (192 rooms in all):

  1. Missile Expansion in Landing Site (0 rooms; needed for Artifact of Newborn (Missile))
  2. Space Jump in Alcove (1 room; needed for Artifact of Newborn (Space Jump Boots))
  3. Morph Ball in Ruined Shrine (10 rooms; needed for Artifact of Newborn (Morph Ball))
  4. Power Bomb Expansion in Magma Pool (6 rooms; needed for Artifact of Newborn (Power Bomb))
  5. Morph Ball Bomb in Burn Dome (11 rooms; needed for Varia Suit (Morph Ball Bomb))
  6. Varia Suit in Sunchamber (10 rooms; needed for Artifact of Newborn (Varia Suit))
  7. Charge Beam in Watery Hall (7 rooms; needed for Wave Beam (Charge Beam))
  8. Wave Beam in Chapel of the Elders (27 rooms; needed for Ice Beam (Wave Beam))
  9. Boost Ball in Phendrana Canyon (8 rooms; needed for Ice Beam (Boost Ball))
  10. Super Missile in Observatory (10 rooms; needed for Spider Ball (Super Missile))
  11. Spider Ball in Quarantine Cave (9 rooms; needed for Ice Beam (Spider Ball))
  12. Ice Beam in Antechamber (39 rooms; needed for Artifact of Newborn (Ice Beam))
  13. Grapple Beam in Storage Depot B (18 rooms; needed for Artifact of Newborn (Grapple Beam))
  14. Plasma Beam in Plasma Processing (15 rooms; needed for Artifact of Newborn (Plasma Beam))

Last stretch

From Plasma Processing, door by door:

  1. Plasma Processing: go through the door to Geothermal Core → Geothermal Core (Plasma Door; needs Plasma Beam)
  2. Geothermal Core: go through the door to South Core Tunnel → South Core Tunnel
  3. South Core Tunnel: go through the door to Magmoor Workstation → Magmoor Workstation (Wave Door; needs Wave Beam)
  4. Magmoor Workstation: go through the door to Workstation Tunnel → Workstation Tunnel
  5. Workstation Tunnel: go through the door to Transport to Phazon Mines West → Transport to Phazon Mines West (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  6. Transport to Phazon Mines West: take the elevator → Transport to Magmoor Caverns South assumed
  7. Transport to Magmoor Caverns South: go through the door to Transport Access → Transport Access (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  8. Transport Access: go through the door to Phazon Processing Center → Phazon Processing Center (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  9. Phazon Processing Center: go through the door to Maintenance Tunnel → Maintenance Tunnel (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  10. Maintenance Tunnel: go through the door to Elite Control → Elite Control (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  11. Elite Control: go through the door to Ventilation Shaft → Ventilation Shaft (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  12. Ventilation Shaft: go through the door to Omega Research → Omega Research (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  13. Omega Research: go through the door to Dynamo Access → Dynamo Access (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  14. Dynamo Access: go through the door to Central Dynamo → Central Dynamo (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  15. Central Dynamo: go through the door to Quarantine Access A → Quarantine Access A (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  16. Quarantine Access A: go through the door to Metroid Quarantine A → Metroid Quarantine A (Wave Door; needs Wave Beam)
  17. Metroid Quarantine A: go through the door to Elevator Access B → Elevator Access B (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  18. Elevator Access B: go through the door to Elevator B → Elevator B (Plasma Door; needs Plasma Beam)
  19. Elevator B: go through the door to Fungal Hall Access → Fungal Hall Access (Plasma Door; needs Plasma Beam)
  20. Fungal Hall Access: go through the door to Fungal Hall A → Fungal Hall A (Plasma Door; needs Plasma Beam)
  21. Fungal Hall A: go through the door to Phazon Mining Tunnel → Phazon Mining Tunnel (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)

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