Orange Door

This article is about the doors that can be opened with the Plasma Beam. For other uses, see Orange Door (Disambiguation).

Orange Doors are doors that have an orange energy shield across them that can only be disabled by high amounts of heat. Thus these doors can only be opened by the Plasma Beam. They are only found in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. The Red Door in the original Metroid Prime serves the same purpose.

Orange Doors appear at the midway point of the game, most frequently on SkyTown and the Pirate Homeworld. They can also be seen throughout Bryyo and the G.F.S. Valhalla.

In the Map key, Orange Doors are referred to as Plasma Beam Doors.

List of rooms with Orange Doors

Logbook entries

Galactic Federation Orange Door

Temporary scan

Door has low-level energy shield.
High-temp weapon fire can disrupt the shield and open the door.

Logbook entry

All Federation doors are designed with a low-level energy shield to prevent accidental activation. Shooting the energy shield will activate and open the door. Orange-colored energy shields may only be opened with high-temperature shots.

Bryyo Orange Door

Temporary scan

Door has low-level energy shield.
High-temp weapon fire can disrupt the shield and open the door.

Logbook entry

Bryyo doors are carved from heavy stone native to the planet. Each door has been designed with a low-level energy shield. This shield is specially designed to only be disrupted by high-temp shots.

SkyTown Orange Door

Temporary scan

Door has low-level energy shield.
High-temp weapon fire can disrupt the shield and open the door.

Logbook entry

All SkyTown doors contain a low-level energy shield behind their ornate carvings. Shooting the energy shield will activate and open the door. The centuries-old design has served as a blueprint for what is now standard across all planets. Orange-colored energy shields can only be disrupted with high-temp Beams.

Space Pirate Orange Door

Temporary scan

Door has low-level energy shield.
High-temp weapon fire can disrupt the shield and open the door.

Logbook entry

Space Pirate doors are based on stolen Federation technology. They all include a low-level energy shield that will open the door when shot. Orange shields will only react to high-temp shots.

Gallery

Doors
All
Blue Door
Metroid Prime
Red Door • Purple Door • White Door
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
White hatch • Purple hatch • Striped door
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Green Door • Orange Door • Grapple Voltage Door
Metroid Fusion (Level Hatches)
Gray Hatch • Blue Hatch • Green Hatch • Yellow Hatch • Red Hatch
Metroid Dread
Central Unit Door • E.M.M.I. Valve • E.M.M.I. Zone Door • Grapple Beam Door • Hyper Beam Door Plasma Beam Cover • Sensor-Lock Door • Thermal Door • Thermal Trapdoor • Wave Beam Cover • Wide Beam Cover
Blast Shields
General
Red Hatch • Green Hatch • Yellow Hatch • Charge Door
Metroid Prime Trilogy
White Blast Shield • Multi-Lock Blast Shield • Mounted Blast Shield
Metroid Prime Hunters
Red Blast Shield • Green Blast Shield • Yellow Blast Shield • Purple Blast Shield • Orange Blast Shield • Brown Blast Shield • Force Field
Miscellaneous Doors
Aurora Unit access doors • Bay doors • Blast Door • Cargo-bay doors • Containment doors Door lock system • Echo Gate • Empty door • Leviathan Door • Light barrier • Mechanical hatch Metal Door • Morph Ball Door • Pressure pad • Phaaze Door • Powerless door Retractable doors • Sealed Door • Security bioscan lock • Shield Gate • Shutter • Special Hatch Stronghold Door • Translator Door • Telekinetic barrier • Vault Door • Ventilation cap • Safety capsule
Hatch-Blocking Enemies
EyeballBlocker • Gadora • Geron • Gigadora • Gobbler • Gryncore • Ing Webtrap Missile Blocker • Sabotoru • Tangle Vine Fruit • Taramarga • Webling

Research
Metroid Prime	Small Energy • Large Energy • Ultra Energy • Small Missile Ammo • Medium Missile Ammo Large Missile Ammo • Power Bomb Ammo • Save Station • Map Station • Missile Station Morph Ball Slot • Spinner • Spider Ball Track • Grapple Point • Gunship Missile Door Lock • Locked Door • Stalactite • Zebes • Tallon IV
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes	Aether Studies - Aether: Aether • Dark Portal • Energy Controller • U-Mos Aether Studies - Dark Aether: Dark Aether • Light Portal • Phazon Biology - Plantforms: Agon Bearerpod • Bloatsac • Blueroot Tree • Torvus Bearerpod • Torvus Hanging Pod • Sandgrass Biology - Cocoons: Metroid Cocoon • Splinter Cocoon • War Wasp Hive Biology - Darklings: Dormant Ingclaw • Ingclaw • Ing Webtrap • Webling Biology - Ing Storage: Bladepod • Flying Ing Cache • Ingsphere Cache • Ingworm Cache Luminoth Technology - Light Beacons: Light Beacon • Energized Beacon • Nullified Beacon • Super Beacon Luminoth Technology - Light Crystals: Light Crystal • Energized Crystal • Nullified Crystal • Super Crystal Luminoth Technology - Lift Crystals: Dark Lift Crystal • Liftvine Crystal • Light Lift Crystal Luminoth Technology - Utility Crystals: Dark Sentinel Crystal • Sentinel Crystal Mechanisms - GF Security: GF Bridge • GF Gate Mk VI • GF Gate Mk VII Mechanisms - Vehicles: GFS Tyr • Pirate Skiff • Samus's Gunship Mechanisms - Systems: Kinetic Orb Cannon • Wall Jump Surface
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption	Acid Rain • Black Phazon Crystal • Bryyo Blue Door • Bryyo Orange Door • Energy Cell • Fuel Gel Galactic Federation Blue Door • Galactic Federation Crate • Galactic Federation Green Door • Galactic Federation Orange Door • Grab Ledge Half-pipe • Heavy Galactic Federation Crate • Heavy Phazon Canister • Heavy SkyTown Storage Unit • Hunter-Class Gunship • Kashh Plant • Landing Beacon Large Bryyo Coffer • Large Space Pirate Crate • Leviathan Door • Mature Kashh Plant • Mounted Blast Shield • Multi-Lock Blast Shield Phaaze Door • Phazon Fungus • Ship Grapple Point • SkyTown Blue Door • SkyTown Orange Door • SkyTown Storage Unit Bryyo Coffer • Space Pirate Blue Door • Space Pirate Crate • Space Pirate Green Door • Space Pirate Orange Door • White Blast Shield Zipline Cable