Understanding the Green Crystals in Metroid Prime 4

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Green Crystals in Metroid Prime 4 Beyond are special items you need to upgrade your abilities. As you progress through the story, collecting these crystals becomes essential, and eventually, you’ll have to find them to continue advancing. If you haven’t gathered many yet, don’t worry — here’s how to locate Green Crystals and what to do with them.

How to find Green Crystals
These crystals are scattered across the Sol Valley region, particularly in the overworld. You’ll find them inside shiny green rocks, as shown above. Break these rocks either with charged shots from your weapons or by driving through them with the Metroid Prime 4 Viola motorcycle. There are also large stone blocks that can be destroyed using the Power Bomb upgrade. Additionally, smaller temples in Sol Valley hide crates and caches containing Green Crystals.

Interestingly, some of these green rocks respawn later in the game, although some will appear as grey rocks that only give normal items when broken. This suggests you can farm Green Crystals repeatedly by exploring Sol Valley, though it might take some time.

What to do with Green Crystals
Once you’ve collected some, you can return anytime to the Green Fury area—your starting forest—using the launching device on the west side of Sol Valley. Head back to the Altar of Legacy, where you can deposit your Green Crystals. Doing so will allow you to upgrade your psychic powers and attacks at certain levels, which are shown on the pause menu under the “Mission” tab.

Additional benefits
Aside from upgrades, earning enough Green Crystals can unlock the new Legacy Suit in the story. This suit creates protective shields and expands your missile ammo capacity. Plus, if you’re interested in enhancing your mobility, check out how to get the Psychic Boots, which unlock the power to double jump.

Early and frequent collection of Green Crystals is a good idea, especially since the game’s length isn’t very long. Gathering these crystals early can make your upgrades smoother and more effective as you progress through your adventure.