Learn how to beat Keratos in Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Includes tips for exposing its weak spot, preventing yourself from being pulled into the ice spikes, and what reward you’ll earn for defeating it.
Keratos Location
Keratos will be found in the Quarantine level of the Lamorn Laboratory in Ice Belt. After using the Psychic Lasso to pull off the Quarantine Chamber’s locks, you’ll be able to fight Keratos.
Shoot its eye to provoke it
Keratos attacks primarily through ice projectiles, ramming into you, or creating rings of ice spikes you need to jump over. It’s impervious to all damage, even if you shoot its eye or between its armor plates. Regardless, shoot its eye with your Psychic Beam whenever you can.
Avoid the Ice Spikes
Keratos launches slow moving ice spikes that shoot even smaller spikes around it. When destroyed by you or hitting terrain, the large ice spike will drop Energy or Ammo.
Keratos can create a large ring of ice around itself. Double jump when they get near to avoid them, just don’t jump too soon or too late.
Stop Keratos from pulling you in
Keratos can form a small ice spike wall around itself. It will start spinning in the center of the room, pulling you towards the spikes. Destroy that ice wall as soon as you can.
Destroy the Ice Discs
Destroy any spinning ice discs that come your way. Not only do these follow you, but they’ll freeze you if you get hit by them, leaving you open to attacks.
Dash away from its Rolls
When you shoot Keratos’s eye enough times, he has a short pop animation. This means you’ve shot him enough times that he’ll roll at you. Make sure there’s an ice wall behind your back.
Keratos will roll to you, side dash away from it before it hits you. It’ll get stuck in the wall and expose its weak spot. If there’s no ice behind you, it won’t get stuck. Use your Fire Shot on the Weak Spot and switch back to standard shots when it get back up.
Differentiate its Spins to avoid Ice Spikes
Keep an eye on its spins from here on out. If it doesn’t have a blue glow while spinning, it’s going to launch ice spikes. When there are blue glowing bits, that’s your time to bait it into an ice wall.
Destroy the Gust Crystals
Slow moving Gust Crystals will follow you, destroy them before they freeze you to get some Energy. These aren’t too much of a threat as they’re very slow and Keratos will likely destroy them by trying to ram into you.
Jump over the Ice Beams
When Keratos gets to 50% health, it’ll start using its Ice Beam attack. It’ll rotate as it shoots the ice beam, just jump over it and you’ll be fine. It’s this attack that recreates the ice walls around the arena, allowing it to get stuck.
Earn the Psychic Boost Ball
When you defeat Keratos, you’ll earn yourself the Psychic Boost Ball ability! This will allow you to perform a dash while in Morph Ball Mode.
