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Where is the Energy Tank in Processing Center Access (Metroid Prime Origins)?

The Energy Tank is in Processing Center Access, 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).

RoomProcessing Center Access
RegionPhazon Mines
Map positionPhazon Mines map, cell 13, 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 Processing Center Access (180 rooms in all):

  1. Missile Expansion in Landing Site (0 rooms; needed for Energy Tank (Missile))
  2. Space Jump in Alcove (1 room; needed for Energy Tank (Space Jump Boots))
  3. Morph Ball in Ruined Shrine (10 rooms; needed for Energy Tank (Morph Ball))
  4. Power Bomb Expansion in Magma Pool (6 rooms; needed for Energy Tank (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 Energy Tank (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 Energy Tank (Ice Beam))
  13. Grapple Beam in Storage Depot B (18 rooms; needed for Energy Tank (Grapple Beam))
  14. Plasma Beam in Plasma Processing (15 rooms; needed for Energy Tank (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 Processing Center Access → Processing Center Access (Plasma Door; needs Plasma Beam)

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