Control Resonant Civilian Records Locations

Control Resonant has 19 Civilian Records, notes and voicemails left by the New Yorkers caught in the crisis, spread across six zones. Eight can be picked up as soon as you reach them, while 11 wait on Shift, the Deserter’s fire, or a side quest. The West Incursion Zone has the most at seven, so the Control Resonant West Incursion Zone map is the one to keep open in Remedy’s follow-up, long discussed as Control 2.

Control Resonant Civilian Records Collectible guide location screenshot

These are the ordinary voices of Manhattan, and Vlad Susanu tracked down every one for Map Master while playing, from cafe tables to a corpse on a West Incursion street. Our page with every Control Resonant map and guide links the other Archive sets, and this page sorts the 19 by what you need before each one can be reached.

Civilian Records You Can Collect Without Any Unlock

Three Atlantis Cafes each have one Civilian Record on a table: The Great Copy Battle on the eastern side of our Central Manhattan map, the Missing Camera Note in the Evacuation Zone, and SHÜM!!!!!!! in the West Incursion Zone, a fan’s ode to the arcade machines in our SHÜM arcade cabinet locations. Make a habit of checking every Atlantis Cafe you pass.

The other five ungated records are scattered: the Influencer’s Notebook in a Downtown alley, A Note To Mom on the Evac Building’s 15th floor, the Letter To NYC Newsfeed on a Central balcony you glide onto, Bitsy’s owner’s note in the Park’s Könstig Museum, and the Patterned Note in the Unknown. The Park interactive map and the map of the Unknown each have just one or two, so grab them on your first pass through those late zones.

Civilian Records Behind Shift: The Four Birder’s Notes

All four Birder’s Notes need Shift, which unlocks in The Incursion Fault, and all four are in the West Incursion Zone. They range from a museum bench to a rooftop, an air conditioning unit ringed by Hiss lasers, and a corpse by a bus stop that you loot rather than pick up.

The Customer Complaint in Downtown is gated by the same mission: it only appears by the ice cream van after The Incursion Fault is done. That makes Shift the single biggest gate in the set, at five records, so plan a sweep of the West Incursion Zone and the Downtown van as soon as it unlocks.

Civilian Records Behind the Deserter’s Fire: The Dead Letters

Three records are in subway stations that only open after the Deserter: Dead Letter: RSVP in the northeastern subway station on our Downtown zone map, plus Dead Letter: Sasquatch and A Note About A Beautiful Dog in the West Incursion Zone station. Both stations are behind fire-gated barriers, so Ignite or Inferno opens all three, as our Ability Barrier breakdown shows.

The Dead Letters are a nod to the original Control, where the Oldest House kept a whole department of misdelivered mail. If you finished that game, these two are the records most worth reading in full. Dead Letter: RSVP even comes from the Oldest House’s own Dead Letter archive.

Civilian Records From Side Quests: Urban Survival and The Last Taxi

Two Evacuation Zone records belong to Urban Survival, one of the jobs in our Control Resonant side quest list. The Missing Dog voicemail is one floor above the Survivalist’s Apartment, and the Survivalist’s Log stays locked in a warehouse kitchen until you bring Olivia and Granny back to him.

The Taxi Receipt is the last record in the set, and you can’t find it lying around: it arrives automatically once The Last Taxi is finished, which means solving every puzzle in our Control Resonant taxi locations first. Our Evacuation Zone map places the Urban Survival trail, while the seven taxis are spread one per zone across Manhattan.

How Many Civilian Records Are There, and Which Come Last?

There are 19 Civilian Records: seven in the West Incursion Zone, four in the Evacuation Zone, three in Downtown, two each in Central and the Unknown, and one in The Park. The Watchtower and the Underpass have none, and Central’s two are among the easiest, one on a cafe table and one on a balcony you glide to.

The Taxi Receipt is almost always the final one, since it depends on every taxi puzzle, and none of the 19 are missable, because every zone stays open after the credits. The most efficient plan is to clear the ungated records as you explore, sweep the West Incursion Zone once Shift and fire are both unlocked, and leave the taxis for last.

Name	Map Location	Details
Dead Letter: RSVPDowntown Dead Letter: RSVP	Downtown	The Dead Letter: RSVP is a document in the Civilian Records set of collectibles. It is a letter from the Dead Letter archives of the Oldest House. It is found in the back of the subway station, accessed via the northeastern entrance. You can't reach it before dealing with the Deserter Resonant in Central Manhattan because you also need to remove the Ability Barrier nearby.
Missing Camera NoteEvacuation Zone Missing Camera Note	Evacuation Zone	The Missing Camera Note is a collectible in the Civilian Records Set. It is found on a table inside the Southern Atlantis Cafe in the Evacuation Zone, and it is a note from someone looking for a strangely powerful camera.
Missing DogEvacuation Zone Missing Dog	Evacuation Zone	The Missing Dog collectible in the Civilian Records set is a voicemail left by an anxious dog owner. You'll find it on a wooden table by the window of the lobby, one floor above the Survivalist's Apartment you'll get to explore while playing the Urban Survival Side Quest.
Survivalist’s LogEvacuation Zone Survivalist’s Log	Evacuation Zone	The Survivalist’s Log is a log detailing the survivalist’s activities during the crisis and a collectible in the Civilian Records set. The document is sitting on a table in the kitchen on the ground floor of the Horseman McOnen & Co. Warehouse. The said kitchen, however, is behind a locked door that opens only after you bring Olivia and Granny back to the Survivalist (a mandatory step for completing the Urban Survival Side Quest).
A Note To MomEvacuation Zone A Note To Mom	Evacuation Zone	A Note To Mom is a note from one of the evacuated civilians to their mother. It is another collectible in the Civilian Records set. You can find it on the 15th floor of the Evac Building, in the room with red lights, lots of beds, and some suspended corpses. Look for it on the surgery table on the right side as you enter.
A Note About A Beautiful DogWest Incursion Zone A Note About A Beautiful Dog	West Incursion Zone	A Note About A Beautiful Dog is a note from someone about a strangely powerful, beautiful dog with silky fur and a collectible in the Civilian Records. It is found next to a tent in the West Incursion Zone Subway Station. You can access the station via the eastern entrance, but only after defeating the Central Resonant.
Dead Letter: SasquatchWest Incursion Zone Dead Letter: Sasquatch	West Incursion Zone	Dead Letter: Sasquatch is a letter from the Dead Letter archives of the Oldest House. It is found next to the stairs in the West Incursion Zone Subway Station. You can access the station via the eastern entrance, but only after defeating the Central Resonant.
Birder’s Note #4West Incursion Zone Birder’s Note #4	West Incursion Zone	Birder’s Note #4 is a page torn out of a birder’s journal and a collectible in the Civilian Records set. It is found next to a bus station on the street north of the House of Mirrors. You can obtain it by looting the corpse on the ground, but only after unlocking the Shift Ability by completing The Incursion Fault Mission in the West Incursion Zone.
Birder’s Note #3West Incursion Zone Birder’s Note #3	West Incursion Zone	Birder’s Note #3 is another page torn out of a birder’s journal and a collectible in the Civilian Records set. It is found on an air conditioning unit, surrounded by Hiss laser beams. You can reach it only after unlocking the Shift Ability by completing The Incursion Fault Mission in the West Incursion Zone.
Birder’s Note #2West Incursion Zone Birder’s Note #2	West Incursion Zone	Birder’s Note #2 is another page torn out of a birder’s journal and a collectible in the Civilian Records set. It is found on the roof of the building north of the Parking Garage. You can reach it only after unlocking the Shift Ability by completing The Incursion Fault Mission in the West Incursion Zone.
Birder’s Note #1West Incursion Zone Birder’s Note #1	West Incursion Zone	Birder’s Note #1 is yet another page torn out of a birder’s journal and a collectible in the Civilian Records set. It is found inside the northwestern Könstig Museum, on a bench. You can reach it only after unlocking the Shift Ability by completing The Incursion Fault Quest in the West Incursion Zone.
Influencer’s NotebookDowntown Influencer’s Notebook	Downtown	The Influencer’s Notebook is an excerpt from an influencer’s notes on the AWE and a collectible in the Civilian Records Set. It is found near a blue dumpster at the end of the alley south of Dense Patterning.
Patterned NoteUnknown Patterned Note	Unknown	The Patterned Note is the 18th collectible in the Civilian Records Set. It is found in the Unknown area, on the counter of the Urban Fresh Mart store found on Factory Island. It is a random note from a civilian.
Taxi ReceiptUnknown Taxi Receipt	Unknown	The Taxi Receipt is the final document in the Civilian Records Set. You'll receive it automatically after completing the Last Taxi Side Quest, once you complete all Taxi Puzzles in Control Resonant. It is a receipt for the taxi rides.
Customer ComplaintDowntown Customer Complaint	Downtown	The Customer Complaint is a collectible in the Civilian Records set and a note left by an irate customer of the Third-Ice Cream franchise. The document is found on the ground in front of the van of the Downtown Vendor. Look for it after completing The Incursion Fault in the West Incursion Zone.
Letter To NYC NewsfeedCentral Letter To NYC Newsfeed	Central	Letter To NYC Newsfeed is a letter from a civilian to a New York City news show, reporting strange incidents. It is also a collectible from the Civilian Records set. Look for it on a coffee table on the balcony of a building in southeastern Central Manhattan. To reach the balcony, glide from the eastern building, across the street.
SHÜM!!!!!!!West Incursion Zone SHÜM!!!!!!!	West Incursion Zone	SHÜM!!!!!!! is a document in the Civilian Records set of Control Resonant collectibles. It includes the notes of an excited arcade cabinet enthusiast on a SHÜM machine. It is found on a table in the Atlantis Cafe near the Empire Avenue Fast Travel Door.
Note From Civilian Looking For BitsyThe Park Note From Civilian Looking For Bitsy	The Park	Note From Civilian Looking For Bitsy is a collectible in the Civilian Records Set. It is a note written by a civilian who stayed behind in the Park to look for their pet. Look for it on a bench inside the Könstig Museum on the southern side of the Park.
The Great Copy BattleCentral The Great Copy Battle	Central	The Great Copy Battle is a random page from what is probably not the next great American novel. It is also a collectible in the Civilian Records Archive Set. You'll find it on a table in the Atlantis Cafe on the eastern side of Central Manhattan. Location Revised By: healbell

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