Metal crate

Metal crates appear in Metroid Prime. They cannot be scanned, but most types can be destroyed, and yield Energy Capsules or Missile Ammo/Power Bomb Ammo. Some are explosive and feature Cipher symbols with red centers. The explosive variation almost always drops Missile Ammo pickups. Some larger types cannot be destroyed, most notably in the Control Tower in the Phendrana Drifts. Attacks from Flying Pirates are able to destroy the larger types, however. They are named in concept art of the game. Metal crates are present in all regions of Tallon IV, except for the Artifact Temple and Impact Crater.

Though it seems likely they belong to the Space Pirates, the metal crates feature small Chozo Artifact symbols, linking them to the Chozo. This heavily implies that they stole them from the Chozo Ruins.

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Non-Organic	Coin chest • Hunters • Galactic Federation Crate • Heavy Phazon Canister Bryyo Coffer • Luminoth Tech Crate • Metal crate • Phazon crate • Pickup Crate • SkyTown Storage Unit Small crate • Space Pirate Crate • Storage device • Storage unit • Xenome Containment Unit
Organic	Agon Bearerpod • Aqua Sac • Bladepod • Flying Ing Cache • Ingsphere Cache • Ingworm Cache • Kashh Plant • Mature Kashh Plant • Sap Sac • Torvus Bearerpod Torvus Hanging Pod