How to open yellow doors in super metroid

How to open yellow doors in super metroid

This is a guide on how to open all door types and destroy all the unique obstacle block types in Metroid Dread for the Nintendo Switch. Learn more about the kind of obstacle blocks and locked doors Samus will encounter as well as how to get by them to gain access to new areas!

To access new areas, various doors will require unique upgrades to open.

Door NameDescription / How to Open
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Power Beam Door
This glowing yellow door is the most basic door Samus will encounter.
Shoot with the Power Beam.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Charge Beam Door
Power Beams do not work on this pulsing yellow door. However, it will change back to a Power Beam Door once unlocked for the first time.
Shoot with the Charge Beam.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Missile Cover
A red and scaly cover blocks this door.
Shoot the cover with a Missile to open this door.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Worm Door
A worm-like creature blocks the door and will attack when Samus is near.
Defeat the worm creature by performing a melee counter at the right time. If you miss the melee counter, it will be vulnerable to all attacks after attacking. Simply shoot it.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Sensor-Lock Door
This door will automatically close when Samus tries to pass.
Use Phantom Cloak to go through without getting detected.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Thermal Door
This door will only work with the flow of magma.
Use a thermal fuel device to control the magma flow. After changing the the magma flow, it will open upon approaching it.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Shutter Platform
This shutter door will quickly shut if you step on the shutter platform.
Use Flash Shift to get through.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Wide Beam Cover
This cover is designed with 3 points in front.
Use the Wide Beam to remove this covering.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Grapple Beam Door
A closed door that cannot be opened with Missiles or Power Beams.
Use the Grapple Beam to pull this door open.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Plasma Beam Cover
Green Door
A green light dome covers this door.
This green door cover can only be destroyed after you get the Plasma Beam Upgrade.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Wave Beam Cover
Purple Door
A purple light dome covers this door.
This cover can only be destroyed after you get the Wave Beam Upgrade.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Super Missile Cover
This cover is designed with green gridlines.
This green door cover can only be destroyed with a Super Missile.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Morph Ball Launcher
A launcher that allows Samus to travel to new areas in Morph Ball form.
Use a Bomb to activate.
EMMI Zone Door Modes
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Regular
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Alerted

These pixelated doors are the entrances to EMMI Zones and are usually grayscale. However, if an EMMI robot is in Pursuit Mode, they turn red and cannot be passed through.

These doors will also turn red when you exit the EMMI Zone and will be inaccessible for a few seconds.

How to open yellow doors in super metroid

This door guards the Central Units, the mysterious A.I. located in planet ZDR. Blast with the Omega Cannon to open.

Various block types exist in Metroid Dread that will lead Samus to hidden power-up items and new areas when destroyed!

VariantDescription / How to Clear
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Beam Block
A regular black box with glowing circles.
This block can be destroyed with any kind of attack.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Missile Block
A red block with a missile icon etched in front.
Shoot it with a Missile.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Bomb Block
A pink block with a morph ball symbol. It is typically found hidden on floors or walls.
Use the Morph Ball Bomb or Cross Bomb to destroy it.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Pitfall Block
Breaks immidiately when Samus is on top of it. The Cross Bomb can be used to cross area of up to 4 pitfall blocks.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Speed Booster Block
Orange blocks with a Speed Booster arrow symbol.
While Speed Booster is active, run through this block or use a Shinespark to destroy it.
How to Solve All Speed Booster Block Puzzles
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Screw Attack Block
These blue blocks have a thunder icon on them.
They can be destroyed with the Screw Attack ability.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Power Bomb Block
Orange block with a Power Bomb symbol.
Use the Power Bomb to destroy them.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Grapple Beam Block
Blocks with a glowing blue inverted triangle.
Use the Grapple Beam to pull this block and destroy it.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Wide Beam Box
A huge box with circuit-looking lines connected to 3 points. After being pushed back, it will remain in place.
Use the Wide Beam to push this object.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Grapple Beam Box
A huge box with a glowing blue inverted triangle. Once pulled, it will drop down, revealing a new path.
Use the Grapple Beam to pull this object.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Black Block
Regular black box.
Use any attack to destroy it.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Alien Block
Alien remains in cubic form.
Shoot it with the Power Beam continuously or use the Diffusion Beam.
Object NameDescription / How to Clear
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Alien Remains
Vein-like alien remains protrude from walls (usually dead-ends).
Shoot with the Power Beam continuously to destroy the wall and open up new areas.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Breakable Walls / Pillars
These seemingly dead-end walls/pillars are usually found between two areas with no visible doors or passages.
Use Pulse Radar to check suspicious-looking dead-ends. Shoot breakable walls or pillars with the Power Beam to open up new passages.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Storm Missile Box
A door with green dotted lights.
To open the green dot door, hit the 5 green points located nearby with Storm Missile.
How to open yellow doors in super metroid

Fire Plant (Enky)
A tall plant that will burn you when you touch it.
Shoot it with an Ice Missile.

How to open yellow doors in super metroid

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How do you open the orange doors in Super Metroid SNES?

These indestructible doors can only be opened once they begin flashing. You'll have to defeat certain enemies nearby or complete a certain objective to release the door's lock.

What do you need to open the orange doors in Super Metroid?

These red or orange doors are opened with the Plasma Beam. Found in Metroid Prime and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, respectively.

How do you open the yellow doors in Metroid Dread?

Power Beam doors are yellow and can be opened with a single shot from Samus' arm cannon.

How do you open the orange doors in Metroid?

Orange Doors are doors that have an orange energy shield across them that can only be disabled by high amounts of heat. Thus these doors can only be opened by the Plasma Beam.