Incinerator Drone

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The Incinerator Drone (I-Drone) is a miniboss in the Burn Dome in Chozo Ruins. It guards the Morph Ball Bomb.

This fight is pretty simple, but unfortunately contains a lot of RNG. The fight has four rounds, and for each round, the time it takes for Incinerator Drone to open up its weak spot is random. For the first round, it always takes between 8 and 13 seconds to open up its weak spot, and for the other three rounds it takes between 15 and 25 seconds. So the overall minimum and maximum possible total times are 53 and 88 seconds, respectively.

Where the weak point appears is not random. The weak spot is exposed either facing the door of the room or to the sides of the room and alternates every other round starting with facing the sides. To make the fight even easier one can jump onto a ledge around Incinerator Drone right in front of its top, where you can't get hit by the flames and quickly shoot the weak spot with ease.

Randomizer

  • It's possible to get the ice beam before this point. One shot is all it takes to end each round but that can be easily accomplished by missiles.
  • The weak point is immune to plasma beam.
  • It's possible to get the hidden item past the morph ball tunnel while the fight is on-going if you already have bombs or power bombs.