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  • How To Open Three Dot Doors & Become Past Other Obstacles With The Wide Axle

Early on in Metroid Dread , players will come up beyond yellow doors with 3 dots on them that volition at starting time exist a bit confounding. These locked obstacles need to be opened by a specific upgrade to Samus' suit, which tin 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 merely opening these pesky doors. After getting the Wide Beam, players will be able to interact with other three-dotted objects likewise every bit accept down enemies quicker in Metroid Dread.

How To Get The Wide Beam That Opens Three Dot Doors

metroid dread map showing how to get the wide beam in dairon 2
  • From the bottom rightmost exit from Dairon's Due east.Yard.M.I robot zone, go along to the left of the large room with many platforms
  • Keep to the bottom of the room and then get left through a regular Power Beam Door
  • Pass the Max Recharge station and go every bit left as possible until one tin can't go that way anymore
  • From here, go up and to the right until the player reaches another regular Ability Beam Door
  • In the room beyond will be an Item Sphere containing the Wide Beam

How To Open up Three Dot Doors & Become Past Other Obstacles With The Wide Beam

metroid dread wide beam tutorial and wide beam block after being moved by samus

The Wide Beam will allow players to destroy any iii-dot door, known in-game as "Wide Axle Covers", past simply shooting them once. Later on a single smash, these obstacles will be destroyed and will never hinder the thespian again--which is more satisfying than information technology should be.

In addition to existence able to open these doors, players volition also be able to move large rectangular obstacles known in Metroid Dread as Wide Beam Boxes. Withal, this is but possible subsequently obtaining the Charge Beam upgrade every bit well, for Wide Axle Boxes cannot exist moved with a single shot. It volition accept a fully charged boom with a Wide Beam upgrade to push these obstacles out of Samus' manner.

As players may be able to guess from the additional energy rounds being fired, the Wide Beam upgrade will as well do more damage to enemies, which makes traversing the hostile Planet ZDR a fair deal easier.

Metroid Dread is available on the Nintendo Switch.

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