How do you open the purple door in Metroid Dread?

Q: How do you get past the purple Emmi in Metroid Dread?

You need to draw your weapon and fire at the purple EMMIs head until it exposes the core, and you can charge your Omega Cannon to kill it.

You can use your shadow cloak ability to avoid getting detected but once you move again without the cloak ability, the EMMI will again hear you and start chasing. Below you will find direction on the map, where to use shadow cloak ability and escape the purple EMMI easily.

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Metroid Dread How To Escape Purple EMMI
Metroid Dread How To Destroy The Purple EMMI
List of rooms with purple hatches[]
References[]
How do you break the purple doors in Metroid Dread?
How do you get past the purple Emmi in Metroid Dread?
How do you open a sealed Metroid Dread door?
How do you open the purple doors in Metroid 1?

Metroid Dread How To Escape Purple EMMI

1st Encounter

The first encounter with purple EMMI can be a bit confusing on how to escape as he can hear you when you move inside the zone. Check out the above image to find where to use the shadow cloak ability and escape the EMMI easily.

The first time you use shadow cloak ability, let the EMMI cross you, and then you can run for the door. If you won’t let EMMI cross you while hanging in the spider magnet you won’t be able to reach the door. The second time you use the shadow cloak, also use the grapple beam to travel faster in water and escape the purple EMMI.

2nd Encounter

The second encounter will be rather small and you need to quickly reach the energy recharge station to refill the energy lost while using shadow cloak.

3rd Encounter

The third encounter with the EMMI can be the most difficult as the area will be long to cover and you need to find the correct ceiling spider magnet to attach and reach the end of the zone. Check out the above image where to find the spider magnet on the ceiling. You can also use the grapple beam to travel in the water faster.

Metroid Dread How To Destroy The Purple EMMI

To destroy the purple EMMI you need to first lower the elevator using the blaster on the switch. Then use the morph ball booster to reach the EMMI. Keep running towards the left side by breaking the blocks and in the end, you need to use charged plasma beam to push the block and destroy the wall.

Then climb on the right side top platform and slide under the pipe, keep going towards the left side till you have to push a power beam block. Use the charged plasma beam on the rock and you will have enough space to destroy the head exterior shield.

Destroy the shield by standing near the power beam block and once the head is destroyed, do not go up, rather keep going right to fall down on the platform below. Once you fall down repeat the upper process again to destroy the core of the purple EMMI.

Purple Doors are doors that can be opened by a beam using an electrical, oscilating beam, the Wave Beam. They are found only in Metroid Prime. The purple color is actually the color of a force field covering the door. After shooting a purple colored door, the energy covering it will disrupt and dissipate, allowing Samus Aran to enter the next room.

They appear in secret areas around the Chozo Ruins, and are found often in the Space Pirates' Phendrana Drifts Lab.

A purple hatch[1] is a Door that can only be opened by using the Dark Beam. They are only found in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes. After shooting a purple hatch, the energy covering it will disrupt and dissipate, allowing Samus to enter the next room.

Purple hatches are very common on both planet Aether and Dark Aether, much like its counterpart.

1 List of rooms with purple hatches
2 Scan
3 Trivia
4 References

List of rooms with purple hatches[]

Agon Temple
Main Reactor
Double Path
Dark Falls
Polluted Mire
Forgotten Bridge
Torvus Temple
Torvus Lagoon
Ing Cache 1
Oasis Access
Doomed Entry
Save Station 1
Mine Shaft
Storage B
Path of Roots
Great Bridge
Temple Access
Security Station B
Torvus Grove
Grove Access
Hydrodynamo Station
Catacombs Access
Portal Chamber
Training Chamber
Catacombs
Transit Tunnel East
Dynamo Works
Dynamo Access
Command Center
Duelling Range
Ing Cache 4
Culling Chamber
Hive Dynamo Works
Main Gyro Chamber
Venomous Pond
Sacrificial Chamber
Central Hive East Transport
Undertransit Two
Feeding Pit
Judgment Pit
Biostorage Station
Storage D
Central Mining Station
Command Center Access

Scan[]

"There is a Blast Shield on the door blocking access.
Analysis indicates that the Blast Shield is invulnerable to most weapons. Dark energy may damage it."

Trivia[]

On the map screen, purple hatches are displayed as black, since Multi-Lock Blast Shields are displayed in purple.

References[]

^ Metroid Prime 2: Echoes manual, pg. 17: "The Dark Beam can open purple hatches."

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White hatch • XenotechUpgradesAnnihilator Beam • Beam Ammo (Expansion) • Darkburst • Dark Beam • Dark Suit • Dark Temple Key • Dark Visor • Echo Visor • Energy Transfer Module
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How do you break the purple doors in Metroid Dread?

The Wave Beam in Metroid Dread is a powerful piece of kit that enables Samus to fire energy waves through solid objects and terrain. She can also now destroy all those purple Wave Beam covers that have been blocking your progress in the latter part of the game.

How do you get past the purple Emmi in Metroid Dread?

You need to draw your weapon and fire at the purple EMMI's head until it exposes the core, and you can charge your Omega Cannon to kill it.

How do you open a sealed Metroid Dread door?

These locked obstacles need to be opened by a specific upgrade to Samus' suit, which can be found in the Dairon region of Planet ZDR. The name of the upgrade needed to unlock these three dot doors is the Wide Beam, which will be handy for more than simply opening these pesky doors.