Metroid Dread Dairon walkthrough and guide (2024)

After defeating Metroid Dread’s Kraid boss, you’ll head (back) into Dairon. We’ll be picking up the Morph Ball Bomb, Flash Shift, Speed Booster, and Grapple Beam suit upgrades.

In our Metroid Dread Dairon walkthrough, we’ll help you collect every suit upgrade, Missile Tank, and Energy Tank, and give you tips and tricks for beating every boss.

Table of contents

The numbers on the maps below correspond to the areas you’ll be exploring in each section of this guide.

Dairon

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1. Turn on the first generator
2. Morph Ball Bomb suit upgrade
3. Shuttle to Burenia

Burenia

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See Also

Metroid Dread: How to solve every Speed Booster puzzleMetroid Dread Shinespark Speed Booster guideMetroid Dread: How to Get Missile+ Tank in Dairon (Speed Boost Blocks)

1. Flash Shift suit upgrade (Burenia)
2. Shuttle to Dairon

Dairon

1. Speed Booster suit upgrade
2. Shuttle to Cataris and Artaria

Artaria

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1. Grapple Beam suit upgrade (Artaria)

Dairon

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1. Shuttle to Ferenia

Ferenia

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1. Robot Chozo Soldier boss fight (Ferenia)
2. Shuttle to Dairon

Turn on the first generator

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1. From the Teleportal (Purple), drop through the breakable floor.
2. Wide Beam Door.
3. Charge Beam Door.
4. Save Station.
5. Energy Recharge Station.
6. EMMI Zone. To escape, head up and right, and then to the left toward 7 on the map.
7. Generator.
8. Map Station.

Morph Ball Bomb suit upgrade

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1. Missile Cover Door.
2. Morph Ball Bomb suit upgrade.
3. Bomb breakable floor and walls and Missile Tank.
4. Morph Ball Launcher.
5. Morph Ball Launcher.
6. Save Station.

Shuttle to Burenia

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1. Morph Ball Launcher.
2. EMMI Zone.
3. Shuttle to Burenia.

Flash Shift suit upgrade (Burenia)

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1. Breakable wall.
2. Network Station.
3. Ammo Recharge Station.
4. Missile Tank.
5. Save Station.
6. Morph Ball tunnel.
7. Flash Shift suit upgrade.
8. Energy Tank.

Shuttle to Dairon

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1. Breakable wall.
2. Morph Ball Bomb breakable wall and breakable wall.
3. Shuttle to Dairon.

Speed Booster suit upgrade

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1. From the shuttle, head right.
2. Charge Beam Door.
3. Central Unit.
4. Speed Booster suit upgrade.
5. Energy Tank.
6. Ammo Recharge Station.
7. Speed Booster Blocks.
8. Energy Recharge Station.
9. Save Station.

Shuttle to Cataris and Artaria

1. Take the circuitous route to the upper right corner of the map to the Cataris Shuttle.
2. From there, head down and left to the Artaria Shuttle.

Grapple Beam suit upgrade (Artaria)

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1. Head left from the shuttle into the hot area.
2. Save Station.
3. Speed Booster Blocks.
4. Breakable blocks.
5. Save Station.
6. Grapple Beam suit upgrade.
7. Shuttle to Dairon.

Shuttle to Ferenia

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1. Shuttle from Ataria.
2. Speed Booster Blocks.
3. Grapple Beam Block.
4. Shuttle to Ferenia.

Robot Chozo Soldier boss fight (Ferenia)

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1. Grapple Swing Point.
2. Shutter Platform.
3. Grapple Swing Point.
4. Shutter Platform.
5. Robot Chozo Soldier boss fight.

After the cutscene, you’ll face off with a Robot Chozo Soldier. It’s a fast-paced and relatively short fight, but it’s intense. There are four moves to watch for:

• Three beam shots. Jump over and round them.
• Charged beam shot. Jump over it.
• Blue slash. This move can be melee countered for missiles and energy.
• Red slash. This move can’t be countered. Your job is to jump and Flash Shift (twice) to get behind the Robot Chozo Soldier.

This fight is all about unloading as many missiles as possible while Flash Shifting back and forth over the Robot Chozo Soldier. Keep as much distance between you as you can. The video above shows the entire fight (warts and all).

You don’t have to counter the blue slashes — worry about getting out of the way first. That said, it’s your only way to resupply missiles and energy during the fight, so keep an eye out for the opportunity.

Shuttle to Dairon

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1. From where you fought the Robot Chozo Soldier, head right.
2. Grapple Beam to the Spider Magnet panel.
3. Shuttle to Dairon. When you arrive, head right into a Save Station.