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Gravity Boost

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The Gravity Boost Upgrade
The Gravity Boost Upgrade

The Gravity Boost is a small jet pack of Luminoth design that bonds with Samus's Dark Suit in Metroid Prime 2: Echoes.

Properties and Acquisition[edit | edit source]

Originally worn by the Champion of Aether,[1] this jet pack only functions underwater for use in rising to the surface with ease. The Gravity Boost's functions also include those of Metroid Prime's Gravity Suit, allowing Samus to move freely in water without being slowed down by its density. The Gravity Boost is obtained in Torvus Bog. It is acquired right before Samus fights the Alpha Blogg in the Main Hydrochamber. It lays specifically in the small Hydrochamber Storage room.

Data[edit | edit source]

Manual Data[edit | edit source]

Manual info from Metroid Prime Trilogy
Gravity Boost: After doing a Space Jump in water, press and hold B Button Wii.png and you will be able to rise up through the water for a fixed time[2]

On Screen Data[edit | edit source]

Screen data from Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
Gravity Boost acquired!


While underwater press B Button GCN.png to jump. While moving, press B Button GCN.png again. Press and hold B Button GCN.png after that to slowly rise in the water.[3]

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • After obtaining the Light Suit, the Gravity Boost is no longer visible, yet it still functions.
  • Contradictory to its function, in the battle with Quadraxis, Samus uses the Gravity Boost to escape the explosion of the head, despite the fact that it is only for use in water. On this note, however, she has been known in cutscenes to do some very extensive abilities, some being impossible to recreate in the game that they're shown in. An example is in Metroid: Other M in how she used the Shinespark without actually having enough speed to even be able to activate it in Sector 2 of the Bottle Ship after the avalanche.

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References[edit source]

  1. "Our champion used a device that made moving through liquid like moving through air. The Ing have taken it. If you wish to explore Torvus freely, you will take it from them!" —A-Voq (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
  2. "After doing a Space Jump in water, press and hold B Button Wii.png and you will be able to rise up through the water for a fixed time" Metroid Prime Trilogy Instruction Booklet, Pg 29
  3. "Gravity Boost acquired!
    While underwater press B Button GCN.png to jump. While moving, press B Button GCN.png again. Press and hold B Button GCN.png after that to slowly rise in the water.
    " —Screen Data (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)


Language Name Meaning
Japanese グラビティブースト Gravity Boost
Spanish Módulo Acuático Aquatic Module
French Turbo Gravité Turbo Gravity
German Gravity Boost Gravity Boost
Italian Turbo Gravità Turbo Gravity 
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