Sacred Flame Ceremony Puzzle Solution – Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
While making your initial trip through Fury Green – Metroid Prime 4‘s first dungeon – you’ll likely encounter a door that is locked by a Fire Blocker, a device that will only unlock with the use of a High-Heat Weapon. Behind this door is one of the game’s most interesting puzzles, mostly because it requires players to unlock all three elemental weapons before it can be solved. In this guide, we’ll show you how to solve the initial Sacred Flame puzzle you encounter when first removing the Fire Blocker, as well as the greater puzzle that requires Metroid Prime 4‘s Ice Shot and Thunder Shot.
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Sacred Flame Ceremony Puzzle Solution – Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Unlock Fire Shot First:
To get past the Fire Blocker on the door near Base Camp, you’ll first need to go through the process of Unlocking the Fire Shot. This requires you to complete the main paths through Fury Green and Volt Forge, then to collect the Fire Chip from the section of Flare Pool that is accessible. Once you’ve unlocked the High-Heat weapon, you can return to the door and remove the Fire Blocker.
Fire Shot Ring & Brazier Puzzle:
Once you open the flame-locked door, you’ll enter the Sacred Flame Ceremony chamber. If you scan the room, you’ll immediately notice the purple glow, which is the sign you’ll need to use Samus’ new psychic abilities.
If you look in the center of the large ringed area, you’ll see a pressure plate you must stand on to begin the puzzle. With the plate fully pressed, you’ll be able to lock on to the base of the ring, moving it along the ringed tracks. The goal is to move the ring in front of each of the three pointed objects placed around the track. These objects open up once the ring is in place, revealing a brazier beneath the shell.
Check the ground to see exactly how to move the ring, as the tracks are not a straight line. You’ll have to move the ring not only back and forth, but also up and down, to ensure it is on a track that will allow the ring to be properly placed.
Once the ring is stationed directly in front of a brazier, shoot a Fire Shot beam through the ring, directly into the charcoal.
Once you’ve lit all three braziers, a large door will open, revealing a large Lamorn statue. This statue hints at the larger puzzle in the room. Facing the statue, you’ll see there are two more doors in the chamber, one to the left and one to the right. The door on the right is locked with a Thunder Blocker, and leads to the Rods of Transference puzzle. The door on the left is locked with an Ice Blocker, and leads to the Fountain of Tranquility puzzle. Solving these two puzzles will also solve the larger Sacred Flame puzzle.
How to Solve the Fountain of Tranquility Puzzle:
As you will unlock the Ice Shot first, you will likely enter the Fountain of Tranquility chamber first. When you enter the chamber, you’ll see two fountains — though only one will be active. The water should appear to be lifting a platform, which you’ll need to jump onto later. If you look at the fountain on the left with your scanner, you’ll see there is a Psychic Node at the base.
Before you collect the Psychic Node, shoot an Ice Shot beam into the water, freezing it. Next, pull the Psychic Node and place it in the base of the fountain on the right. This will cause the fountain to activate, pushing a platform significantly higher than the fountain on the left. Quickly freeze that platform into place, then jump from the left platform, onto the right platform, then onto the top of the strange platform being held up in the center of the room.
On top of this platform you will find a Shot Expansion. This will solve the Fountain of Tranquility puzzle. A white orb will be shown joining the flame orb at the large Lamorn statue in the main chamber.
How to Solve the Rods of Transference Puzzle:
After unlocking the Thunder Shot weapon, return to the Sacred Flame chamber to complete the Rods of Transference puzzle, as well as the main puzzle.
From the main chamber, turn right and remove the Thunder Blocker from the chamber door. Inside the chamber, you’ll see an odd-shaped structure in the center of the room, with three rods that you can turn using your Psychic Abilities. The rods have two points of articulation, with one allowing you to turn the pointer towards the tip of the central object, and the other allowing you to pull the whole rod down.
The goal is to pull all three rods down as far as they go, then turn the pointed rods towards the center, specifically the tip of the object. Once that is complete, you’ll want to shoot several blasts of the Thunder Shot beam at the tip of the central object.
Keep shooting until a brief cutscene begins, revealing you’ve solved the puzzle. Once again, you’ll be rewarded with a Shot Expansion.
Sacred Flame Ceremony Reward:
Now that you’ve solved all three elemental puzzles, return to the large Lamorn staute to receive your final reward: an Energy Tank. This will emerge from the ground at the feet of the statue, bringing this puzzle to an end.