Phazon Mining Tunnel
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Phazon Mining Tunnel is a room located in the Phazon Mines region of Metroid Prime. It is notable for containing the Artifact of Newborn, which is guarded behind 10 damageable rocks, 9 of which are placed in highly damaging phazon. It is very difficult, but not impossible, to get this item early depending on the number of energy tanks you have.
General Information
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Acquiring the Artifact of Newborn in this room enables layer "Got Artifact 12" in Artifact Temple.
Early Artifact of Newborn
Early Artifact of Newborn, also referred to as Early Newborn or ENB, refers to any of the tricks which allow for collection of the Artifact of Newborn without the Phazon Suit. There are two different methods to do this: the in-bounds method, which is done in 100%, and the out-of-bounds method, which is done in Any%.
The In-bounds Method
For this method, you'll need at least 11 Energy Tanks in order to obtain the Artifact. In a 100% run, you'll have 13 here. In a TAS setting, it can be done in 10; although the Out of Bounds method is faster for a TAS.
There are a few important things to note for the in-bounds method:
- When you first enter the tunnel, you want to blow up the first rock and immediately go back up to reset the Phazon damage rate.
- You want to make sure your Boosts are as good as possible; stand far back as you're blowing up the rocks to have momentum going to the next one when you Boost.
- There is a double damage trigger in the tunnel.
- At the end of the tunnel, you can do a bounce to obtain the Artifact. If done successfully, you will save a full Energy Tank and about 1 second.
To quote the video:
"Basically, in order to maximize consistency with the bounce, you must release your boost AFTER coming into contact with the wall. There is a ~7 frame window after hitting the wall (give or take depending on how fast you are moving when you come into contact with the wall among other variables) in which you can release your boost and still get enough bounce in order to grab the artifact. This is INCLUDING the frame where you first come into contact with the wall. This part is 100% consistent in that you WILL get the bounce if you boost within this window."
The Out-of-Bounds Method
This method is described in greater detail in the page for Early Newborn. See that page for more details.
Below is a Tutorial by VenMissa
Double Rock Bomb
The first two rocks leading to Newborn can both be bombed simultaneously if the bomb is placed in the exact correct position. This works because there is an extremely tiny hole in the space between these two rocks, and if the bomb is placed in the correct position, it just barely has enough space for the bomb to connect to both damage triggers.