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Where is the Power Bomb Expansion in Security Cave (Metroid Prime Origins)?

The Power Bomb Expansion is in Security Cave, Phendrana Drifts. To get there you need Missile Expansion, Space Jump, Morph Ball, Morph Ball Bomb, Varia Suit, Charge Beam, Wave Beam, Boost Ball, Super Missile, Spider Ball, Ice Beam, Power Bomb Expansion, Grapple Beam first (starting a new game).

RoomSecurity Cave
RegionPhendrana Drifts
Map positionPhendrana Drifts map, cell 4, 8
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 Security Cave (204 rooms in all):

  1. Missile Expansion in Landing Site (0 rooms; needed for Power Bomb Expansion (Missile))
  2. Space Jump in Alcove (1 room; needed for Power Bomb Expansion (Space Jump Boots))
  3. Morph Ball in Ruined Shrine (10 rooms; needed for Power Bomb Expansion (Morph Ball))
  4. Morph Ball Bomb in Burn Dome (13 rooms; needed for Varia Suit (Morph Ball Bomb))
  5. Varia Suit in Sunchamber (10 rooms; needed for Power Bomb Expansion (Varia Suit))
  6. Charge Beam in Watery Hall (7 rooms; needed for Wave Beam (Charge Beam))
  7. Wave Beam in Chapel of the Elders (27 rooms; needed for Ice Beam (Wave Beam))
  8. Boost Ball in Phendrana Canyon (8 rooms; needed for Ice Beam (Boost Ball))
  9. Super Missile in Observatory (10 rooms; needed for Spider Ball (Super Missile))
  10. Spider Ball in Quarantine Cave (9 rooms; needed for Ice Beam (Spider Ball))
  11. Ice Beam in Antechamber (39 rooms; needed for Power Bomb Expansion (Ice Beam))
  12. Power Bomb Expansion in Magma Pool (16 rooms; needed for Grapple Beam (Power Bomb))
  13. Grapple Beam in Storage Depot B (32 rooms; needed for Power Bomb Expansion (Grapple Beam))

Last stretch

From Storage Depot B, door by door:

  1. Storage Depot B: go through the door to Ore Processing → Ore Processing (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  2. Ore Processing: go through the door to Elevator Access A → Elevator Access A (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  3. Elevator Access A: go through the door to Elevator A → Elevator A (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  4. Elevator A: go through the door to Elite Control Access → Elite Control Access (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  5. Elite Control Access: go through the door to Elite Control → Elite Control (Wave Door; needs Wave Beam)
  6. Elite Control: go through the door to Maintenance Tunnel → Maintenance Tunnel (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  7. Maintenance Tunnel: go through the door to Phazon Processing Center → Phazon Processing Center (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  8. Phazon Processing Center: go through the door to Transport Access → Transport Access (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  9. Transport Access: go through the door to Transport to Magmoor Caverns South → Transport to Magmoor Caverns South (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  10. Transport to Magmoor Caverns South: take the elevator → Transport to Phazon Mines West assumed
  11. Transport to Phazon Mines West: go through the door to Workstation Tunnel → Workstation Tunnel (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  12. Workstation Tunnel: go through the door to Magmoor Workstation → Magmoor Workstation
  13. Magmoor Workstation: go through the door to Transport Tunnel C → Transport Tunnel C (Wave Door; needs Wave Beam)
  14. Transport Tunnel C: go through the door to Transport to Phendrana Drifts South → Transport to Phendrana Drifts South (Wave Door; needs Wave Beam)
  15. Transport to Phendrana Drifts South: take the elevator → Transport to Magmoor Caverns South assumed
  16. Transport to Magmoor Caverns South: go through the door to Transport Access → Transport Access (Ice Door; needs Ice Beam)
  17. Transport Access: go through the door to Frozen Pike → Frozen Pike (Wave Door; needs Wave Beam)
  18. Frozen Pike: go through the door to Frost Cave Access → Frost Cave Access (Wave Door; needs Wave Beam)
  19. Frost Cave Access: go through the door to Frost Cave → Frost Cave (Wave Door; needs Wave Beam)
  20. Frost Cave: go through the door to Upper Edge Tunnel → Upper Edge Tunnel (Wave Door; needs Wave Beam)
  21. Upper Edge Tunnel: go through the door to Phendrana's Edge → Phendrana's Edge (Wave Door; needs Wave Beam)
  22. Phendrana's Edge: go through Morph Ball Door to Security Cave → Security Cave (Morph Ball Door; needs Morph Ball)

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