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Walkthrough
IGN's Metroid Dread complete strategy guide and walkthrough -- enhanced in 2024 with synced checklist trackers and map shortcuts -- will lead you through every step of Metroid Dread from the title screen to the final credits, including every collectible location, boss strategy, and more.
Continuing the 2D saga of Metroid, Metroid 2, Super Metroid, and Metroid Fusion, Metroid Dread is the next chapter in Samus Aran's story. After surviving an encounter with the parasites known as "X", and getting her suit and body infused with Metroid DNA, Samus Aran takes on her latest bounty quest to respond to the disappearance of Federation E.M.M.I. robots on the mysterious planet ZDR, where the X Parasite is rumored to have been spotted.
Like other 2D Metroid adventures, Metroid Dread includes a vast explorable underground world of twisting passages, deadly enemies, and puzzles to be solved by obtaining numerous upgrades to Samus' suit and weapon enhancements. Get started with Essential Tips and Tricks and then use our checklist-enabled Walkthrough and Guide to help you through each area, upgrade, and boss fight you'll encounter - as well as where to find Upgrades and Collectibles in form of Energy Tanks and Missile Tanks. If you just want to read up on a boss, we also assembled a complete list of Metroid Dread Bosses along with tips and videos on how to beat them.
Metroid Dread Walkthrough Sections
IGN's Metroid Dread Walkthrough is presented by region and objective. Although you'll be given an overarching mission when exploring ZDR, a large part of your adventure will be exploring the various regions and finding the next upgrade to your suit - which will expand your exploration and combat abilities. With this in mind, the walkthrough sections below are divided up by the region name and the immediate objective - usually the next upgrade to be found.
When a new objective calls for visiting a previously explored area, our walkthrough will also feature callouts to find hidden upgrades using newly acquired abilities.
To learn more, select a section below:
- Artaria - Defeat the Damaged EMMI
- Artaria - Obtain the Charge Beam
- Artaria - Obtain the Spider Magnet
- Artaria - Obtain the Phantom Cloak
- Cataris - Reach the Dairon Shuttle
- Dairon - Obtain the Wide Beam
- Cataris - Obtain the Morph Ball
- Artaria - Obtain the Varia Suit
- Cataris - Obtain the Diffusion Beam
- Dairon - Obtain the Morph Ball Bomb
- Burenia - Obtain the Flash Shift
- Dairon - Obtain the Speed Booster
- Artaria - Obtain the Grapple Beam
- Ferenia - Defeat the Boss
- Burenia - Reach the Ghavoran Shuttle
- Ghavoran - Obtain the Super Missile
- Elun - Obtain the Plasma Beam
- Ghavoran - Obtain the Spin Boost
- Ghavoran - Obtain the Ice Missile
- Ferenia - Obtain the Storm Rockets and Space Jump
- Burenia - Obtain the Gravity Suit
- Artaria and Cataris - Obtain the Screw Attack
- Burenia and Ghavoran - Obtain the Cross Bomb
- Hanubia and Ferenia - Obtain the Wave Beam
- Hanubia - Obtain the Power Bomb
- Itorash - Defeat Raven Beak
Metroid Dread Ending Guide
Ending Bonuses
Beating Metroid Dread at different speeds (based on your end game clock) and different completion rates of collectibles can alter your ending unlockable bonus. There are 275 missiles in total (285 with amiibo scans), 12 E tanks in total (13 with amiibo scans) and 15 Power Bombs in total.
- Metroid: Zero Mission Art - Beat the game on any mode, any completion
- Chozo Archives - Beat the game on 100% completion
Metroid Dread 100% Guide
Use these checklists and maps to help you track down each and every collectible and upgrade in the game:
- Missile Tanks Locations
- Energy Tank Locations
- Power Bomb Tank Locations
- Artaria Collectible Locations
- Cataris Collectible Locations
- Dairon Collectible Locations
- Burenia Collectible Locations
- Ferenia Collectible Locations
- Ghavoran Collectible Locations
- Elun Collectible Locations
- Hanubia Collectible Locations
- Metroid Dread 100% Completion Maps