Control Resonant Mold Research and Enemy Types

Control Resonant has 12 Mold Research records, one for each Mold enemy type, and each unlocks the first time you defeat that type. Seven are in Central, three in the Evacuation Zone, and two in the Underpass, and four of them come from a single alley. The Mold is back from the original Control in the sequel fans called Control 2, and the northern Central map around the Patterned Factory alley is where most of the set gets done.

Control Resonant Mold Research guide location screenshot

Vlad Susanu beat every Mold type while mapping Control Resonant for Map Master, and the Control Resonant enemy and collectible maps link every other set. The list below gives a reliable spot for each type. What matters is which fights clear several records at once, which come with the story, and which need a detour.

How Mold Research Records Unlock: Beat Each Mold Enemy Type Once

There’s nothing to pick up, so a gap in the set means a Mold type you haven’t beaten yet. One win against a type is enough, and later fights add nothing. The Hiss work the same way, as the Hiss Research type records show for the other enemy faction.

Three upgraded types count separately: the Bloomed Spore Mother, Sandra the Mold Blight Apex, and Timothy the Mold Plague Apex. That makes the set nine base types plus three stronger versions, and beating the regular Spore Mother, Blight, or Plague never unlocks the upgraded record.

Four Mold Research Records From One Central Alley

The back alley north of the Patterned Factory unlocks a third of the set in one fight: the Mold Spitter, Launcher, Plague, and Scrapper. You’ll face several of each at once, so arrive at full health, and since the Deserter’s arena is in the same factory, both fights fit one trip.

Two more are close by in northern Central. Mold Hosts fill a tunnel covered in Mold, and two Spore Mothers wait at the end of a street sealed by a Mold wall. Mold walls are among the Ability Barriers that need fire, so this one is easiest after the Deserter, whose Ignite or Inferno burns them away.

Story Mold Research Records: Mold Blight, Sandra, and the Disperser

Three records can’t be skipped. The Mold Blight is in the lower hall of Railyard Street Station during The Subway Fault, and the Evacuation Zone map of Railyard Street Station marks the station. Sandra, the Mold Blight Apex, is a required fight in the Vanished Station during Power Lines.

The Mold Disperser turns up east of the Cable Car, past the Underpass Chasm, during Recursions and Iterations. Sandra is among the elites the story won’t let you skip, and the Sandra, Timothy, and the other elites separate Manhattan’s required named fights from the optional ones.

Optional Mold Research Records: Spreader, Bloomed Spore Mother, and Timothy

Two Evacuation Zone records need a short detour. A Mold Spreader walks the street on the zone’s northern side, and the Bloomed Spore Mother is on the top floor of the building west of Railyard Street Station, so grab both on the same visit as The Subway Fault.

Timothy is the hardest record to reach. The Mold Plague Apex waits at the bottom of Tubes Island, the target of one of the Apex Hunt World Feats, and the Underpass map of Tubes Island shows the route down from the Reach Points around The Spire.

Mold Research Locations by Zone: 12 Records, 9 Types, 3 Upgrades

There are 12 Mold Research records: seven in Central, three in the Evacuation Zone, and two in the Underpass. Three come with the story, four come from one alley, and Timothy is the likeliest gap, since he only appears if you take on his World Feat.

None of the records are missable, because every Mold type stays in Manhattan after the credits. For more Mold, The Park’s story has Dylan eat four Mold samples before the fight with the Collective, the Resonant boss of that zone.

Name	Map Location	Details
Mold SpreaderEvacuation Zone Mold Spreader	Evacuation Zone	The Mold Spreader Research entry in the Archive unlocks once you deal with the first Mold Spreader. You'll find at least one on the street on the northern side of the Evacuation Zone.
Bloomed Spore MotherEvacuation Zone Bloomed Spore Mother	Evacuation Zone	The Bloomed Spore Mother Research Mold entry in the Archive unlocks once you deal with the first Bloomed Spore Mother. You'll find one on the top floor of the building west of the Railyard Street Station in the Evacuation Zone.
Mold BlightEvacuation Zone Mold Blight	Evacuation Zone	The Mold Blight Archive assessment document entry unlocks once you deal with the first Mold Blight. You'll find one in the Underground Railyard Street Station, in a large hall on the lower level that you'll get to explore during The Subway Fault Main Quest.
Mold Blight - ApexCentral Mold Blight - Apex	Central	The Mold Blight Apex entry in the Archive unlocks once you deal with the first Apex Version of a Mold Blight. Sandra, the elite Mold you'll have to fight during the Power Lines Quest, is a Mold Blight Apex. You'll get to deal with her in the underground Vanished Station.
Mold DisperserUnderpass Mold Disperser	Underpass	The Mold Disperser assessment document entry unlocks once you deal with the first Mold Disperser. One of them can be found in the unmapped area east of the Cable Car (past the Underpass Chasm). You'll get to visit it while playing the Recursions and Iterations Quest.
Mold Plague - ApexUnderpass Mold Plague - Apex	Underpass	The Mold Plague - Apex entry in the Archive unlocks once you deal with the first elite Mold Plague. Timothy, the Elite Mold at the bottom of the Underpass Tubes Island, is a Mold Plague Apex.
Spore MotherCentral Spore Mother	Central	The Spore Mother Mold Research entry in the Archive unlocks once you deal with the first Spore Mother. You'll find two Spore Mothers in northern Central, at the end of the street, blocked by a wall made of mold.
Mold HostCentral Mold Host	Central	The Mold Host Research entry in the Archive unlocks once you deal with the first Mold Host. You'll find more than one in northern Central, inside the tunnel covered in mold.
Mold SpitterCentral Mold Spitter	Central	The Mold Spitter threat assessment document entry in the Archive unlocks once you deal with the first Mold Spitter. You'll find more than one in northern Central, in the back alley north of the Patterned Factory.
Mold LauncherCentral Mold Launcher	Central	The Mold Launcher assessment document entry in the Archive unlocks once you deal with the first Mold Launcher. You'll find more than one in northern Central, in the back alley north of the Patterned Factory.
Mold PlagueCentral Mold Plague	Central	The Mold Plague Archive threat assessment document entry unlocks once you deal with the first Mold Plague. You'll find one in northern Central, in the back alley north of the Patterned Factory.
Mold ScrapperCentral Mold Scrapper	Central	The Mold Scrapper document entry in the Archive unlocks once you deal with the first Mold Scrapper. You'll find more than one in northern Central, in the back alley north of the Patterned Factory.

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