Ore Processing is a room in the Phazon Mines on Tallon IV. It appears in Metroid Prime.
Description
This room has three floors. There is a large pillar in the center of the room with three differently colored Spider Ball Tracks. The pillar is comprised of three separately rotated segments. Each Spider Ball Track leads to a floor, and Samus Aran must solve a puzzle which consists of setting Morph Ball Bombs so the pillar spins and the tracks connect. The last control unit is blocked by Bendezium debris, so Samus must use a Power Bomb to access it. At the top are two Grapple Points for reaching Waste Disposal.
Connecting rooms
- Waste Disposal (via White Door)
- Storage Depot B (via White Door)
- Elevator Access A (via White Door)
- Research Access (via White Door)
Inhabitants
- 2 Power Troopers
- 1 Wave Trooper
- 4 Metroids (after releasing the Metroids in Metroid Quarantine A)
Scans
First balcony
- Hologram
- "This hologram represents the central pillar in this room.
The pillar contains several rotating sections. They can be moved to gain access to different areas. Rotation of the pillar will alter the path of its magnetic rail tracks."
- Rotation Control Unit
- "This is a rotation control unit for the lower section of the pillar. It requires power to operate."
- Rotation Control Unit
- "This is a rotation control unit for the middle section of the pillar. It requires power to operate."
- Rotation Control Unit
- "This is a rotation control unit for the upper section of the pillar. It requires power to operate."
- Bendezium
- "Rotation Control Unit blocked by partial collapse of Bendezium wall."
Unused
An unused scan in this room has been found through datamining of Metroid Prime Remastered.
Rotation of pillar will alter the path of magnetic rail tracks.
Etymology
The room's name contains "Ore". Phazon ore is known to be a raw, unprocessed form of Phazon that is believed to be the crystal-like rocks found in several places, such as this room.
Trivia
- The White Door leading into Waste Disposal can be opened with the Phazon Beam (via hacking) and only from this side.
- The Morph Ball puzzle in this room was rumored to have been based on the Nintendo tumbler puzzle created by Gunpei Yokoi, who created the Metroid franchise.[1]

