Control Resonant Checkpoints and Zone Crossings

Vlad Susanu crossed each of these posts while playing for Map Master, and every zone beyond them is one click away on our full Control Resonant map. The table names each Checkpoint, so this page explains which quest opens it, what’s on the other side, and when fast travel takes over.

Control Resonant Checkpoints Around Central: West, North, and Southeast

Three of the four Checkpoints are on Central’s edges, one for each neighboring zone: west to the West Incursion Zone, north to The Park, and southeast to the Evacuation Zone. That layout makes the Field Office the natural launch point for every early trip out of Central.

The Evacuation Zone crossing opens during Evacuation Procedures and leads into the Evacuation Zone interactive map. The Park crossing opens with The Park Resonant, which starts once you report the distant area to Zoe at the Watchtower, and it leads into the Control Resonant Park map.

The West Incursion Zone Checkpoint: Guard Ford and the Lift

The western crossing is a full building rather than a gate. Go inside, ride the platform lift up to registration, and talk to Checkpoint Guard Ford, who clears Dylan to continue during The West Incursion Zone Resonant and the road to the Dancer.

Don’t rush the corridor, and don’t mistake the ground floor for a dead end, since the lift ride is part of the crossing. The West Incursion Zone Checkpoint Memo is inside the building, one of the documents in our West Incursion Records collectibles, and the zone itself opens up on the West Incursion Zone map once you’re through.

The Central Security Checkpoint: Downtown to the Watchtower

The first Checkpoint Dylan uses is in Downtown, despite its name. The Central Security Checkpoint on the northern edge of the interactive Downtown map is the crossing to the Watchtower during the Welcome to Manhattan main mission. Searching the Central map for it leads nowhere, because it belongs to Downtown.

It’s also the only Checkpoint that doesn’t touch Central, and it leads into the smallest zone in the game, covered by our Watchtower map. Zoe’s base is on the far side, which makes the Watchtower’s single fast travel door one of the first worth activating.

Checkpoints vs. Fast Travel Doors in Control Resonant

Four Checkpoints link six zones on foot, but the Underpass and the Unknown aren’t reached through a Checkpoint at all: the Underpass opens through the Sinkhole during Recursions and Iterations, a main mission that starts with Emily Pope. Once a zone is open, fast travel does the rest of the work.

Activate the nearest fast travel door each time you cross a Checkpoint for the first time, so the walk never needs repeating. Our maps pin 32 doors across Manhattan, and the fast travel door list is the quickest way to find the one closest to each crossing. No Checkpoint is missable, and every one stays open after the credits.