Every Control Resonant Side Quest and Its Reward

Side quests are where Dylan picks up half of his Artifacts in Control Resonant, and you can take on 24 of them, including the five Resonant hunts that hand out new powers. Most open early in the story, while six wait until after The Hedron Link. If you found the game while searching for Control 2, head to the Central map of the Field Office where Langston waits, since his first Altered Item job starts there.

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Every chain was played to the end on a single save by Vlad Susanu, the owner of Map Master, and the Control Resonant walkthrough and maps follow each one across the city. Twenty of the quests reward an Untapped Artifact recipe, which is half of the 40 in the game, so finishing them is the surest way to build out your collection.


How to Unlock Control Resonant Side Quests


Ten side quests open during or just after Welcome to Manhattan. That early batch covers The Last Taxi, The Party Won’t Stop, Crossing the Threshold, Urban Survival, Freeze Frame, Mapping the New New York, Panopticon Service Request, and the Central and West Incursion Zone Resonants. Every Dog Has Her Day is often the first you’ll meet, and the Downtown map of the Mysterious Dog’s basket shows the spot.


Another eight unlock as the story moves on. Beating the Deserter opens Unsupervised Science, picking up your first Altered Speaker starts The Complete Set, and arriving in The Park brings the three-part Carbon Copy chain and The Park Resonant. Once Recursions and Iterations begins, Into the Valley of Death and The Underpass Resonant join your list.


Late Side Quests After The Hedron Link


The final six only appear once The Hedron Link is done. Zoe’s Briefing at the Watchtower leads straight into New Growth and Maintenance Protocol, and Pope’s Research sends you to the Unknown to set up probe relays before A New Directive can start. The Unknown map of Point 0 marks the platform where Pope’s investigation ends, in the middle of the floating cabs.


Clear these six in one loop around Manhattan. New Growth sends you after Underhill, from The Park to his old office in the Oldest House, Maintenance Protocol starts with an alarm in that same building, and A New Directive has you calling Fra Mauro on the Watchtower radio. The Unknown Resonant opens when you reach the Patterned Field Office, so you can finish it on the same visit as Pope’s Research.


Side Quest Trophies: Panopticon Intern, Threshold Researcher, and Budding Mycologist


Panopticon Intern asks for six quests that help Langston contain Altered Items: Panopticon Service Request, The Complete Set, Freeze Frame, The Party Won’t Stop, Into the Valley of Death, and A New Directive. Threshold Researcher needs three, Crossing the Threshold, Unsupervised Science, and The Last Taxi, and the Panopticon Intern and Threshold Researcher requirements list every other quest trophy too.


Budding Mycologist takes four quests, not one: New Growth plus all three parts of Carbon Copy, so start Heidi’s chain as soon as you reach The Park. Pope’s Research earns Budding Analyst, Every Dog Has Her Day ends in Dog’s Best Friend, and The Party Won’t Stop decides Be What You Want to Be, the only one you can lose to a wrong answer.


The Five Resonant Side Quests: Powers, Source, and Reset Items


The Resonant hunts pay more than any other side quest: 15,000 Source and five Reset Items between them, plus a new set of powers each. The Co-Director pays the most at 4,000 Source, while the Dancer pays the least at 2,000, though that fight gives you both Push and Ground Slam. The Resonant boss fight strategies cover all five.


Every hunt also changes how you fight. The Physicist gives Spike and Astral Rebuke, the Collective Spore Burst and Growth, and the Co-Director Command, while the Deserter lets you choose between Ignite and Inferno. The Physicist’s hunt begins on top of The Spire, and the Underpass map of The Spire tower is the place to plan that climb.


Side Quest Rewards: Untapped Artifacts and Outfits


Twenty recipes come from side quests, from the Untapped Fork for activating every Map Kit to the Whetstone at the end of A New Directive, and the Untapped Artifact recipes and crafting costs explain what each one does. The four quests without a recipe are Carbon Copy: Part II, Zoe’s Briefing, Pope’s Research, and Maintenance Protocol.


Five quests also give clothing: Panopticon Service Request, Crossing the Threshold, Urban Survival, The Party Won’t Stop, and Maintenance Protocol. Urban Survival’s Plate Carrier comes after a long rescue for the Survivalist, and the Evacuation Zone map of the Survivalist’s home places the house at the heart of the quest.


Where Side Quests Start, and Where They Take You


Central starts more side quests than any other zone, and several send you far from where they begin. Into the Valley of Death begins with Langston at the Field Office but plays out in the Sinkhole, Pope’s Research starts in Downtown but takes place in the Unknown, and The Park Resonant begins with Ranger Uchida in the Park Checkpoint’s upper office.


Three start at the Watchtower. Zoe’s Briefing and the West Incursion Zone Resonant both begin with a talk with Zoe, and the Watchtower map of Zoe’s office leads you there, while Freeze Frame starts when the Watchtower’s camera freezes you. The Party Won’t Stop is the West Incursion Zone’s only starter, and the West Incursion Zone map of the rooftop karaoke building shows the roof door you use to get in.


Which Side Quest Choices Matter, and Which Take Longest


Your choices rarely change a reward. Crossing the Threshold pays the Sensory Restraint Hood and Untapped Practice Knot whichever side you take with Wilson, and the subwoofer volume at the end of The Complete Set changes nothing. The karaoke in The Party Won’t Stop does matter, but a checkpoint reload fixes a wrong lyric, and A New Directive only moves on once you pick the lines it asks for with Fra Mauro.


Unsupervised Science and The Last Taxi take the longest, since one needs all six FBC Testing Facility shutdowns and the other a cab in seven zones. The Park map of Burris & Co. Reliable Adhesives is where Carbon Copy ends, and every quest giver stays put after the credits.

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Unsupervised ScienceCentral

Prerequisite: Defeat the Central Resonant and visit the FBC Testing Facility in Central Manhattan.


Objectives:


Rewards:

  • Untapped Scrunchie x1
Carbon Copy: Part IThe Park

Prerequisite: Reach the Park and speak to Heidi.


Objectives:


Rewards:

  • Untapped Mother's Locket Artifact
Carbon Copy: Part IICentral

Prerequisite: Complete Carbon Copy: Part I and wait for Zoe to contact you.


Objectives:

  • Talk to Dr. Florez at the Field Hospital.
  • Search for Clues to Find Heidi:
  • Read the Note From Heidi.
  • Return to Heidi and Hannah’s Apartment in The Park.


Rewards:

  • None
Carbon Copy: Part IIIThe Park

Prerequisite: Complete Carbon Copy: Part II and reach the roof of Hannah's apartment building.


Objectives:


Rewards:

  • Untapped Medical Alert Bands
The Park ResonantCentral

Prerequisite: Speak to Ranger Uchida in the upper office of the Park Checkpoint.


Objectives:


Rewards:

  • Spore Burst Ability
  • Growth Ability
  • Untapped Face Mask x1
  • Reset Item x1
  • Source x3000
Urban SurvivalEvacuation Zone

Prerequisite: Complete Welcome to Manhattan and read the Investigation Order in the Evacuation Zone.


Objectives:


Rewards:

  • Plate Carrier M1 x1
  • Untapped Heart Monitor Artifact x1
Pope’s ResearchDowntown

Prerequisite: Complete The Hedron Link.


Objectives:

  • Set Up Probe Relays in the Unknown:
  • Place the sensors of all Research Balloons.
  • Investigate Point 0.
  • Use the central Gravity Well to reach the metal platform in the middle of the moving cabs.


Rewards:

  • Resonant Token x1
Zoe's BriefingWatchtower

Prerequisite: Complete The Hedron Link.


Objectives:

  • Talk to Zoe in the Watchtower.


Rewards:

  • None
The Party Won’t StopWest Incursion Zone

Prerequisite: Complete Welcome to Manhattan and approach the apartment building in the southwestern corner of the West Incursion Zone.


Objectives:

  • Get inside the apartment building via the roof door.
  • Investigate the Exhausted Dancers.
  • Interact with the Karaoke Machine.
  • Complete the song by picking the correct words:
  • …gasoline (right)
  • …stress (left)
  • …so fleeting (right)
  • …too long (top)
  • …move (left)
  • …fear (bottom)
  • …everything (right)
  • …higher and higher (top)
  • …Shout (right)


Rewards:

  • Untapped Bar Blade Artifact x1
  • Varsity Jacket Customization Item x1
New GrowthThe Park

Prerequisite: Complete Zoe's Briefing.


Objectives:

  • Ask Around About Underhill:
  • Speak To Busken.
  • Investigate Underhill’s Last Known Location:
  • Read Underhill’s Resignation Letter.
  • Investigate Underhill’s Office in Central Executive:
  • Read Underhill's Welcome Letter.
  • Search Underhill’s Apartment.
  • Collect the Equipment & Find the Test Subjects at the Lab.
  • Track Down and Defeat the Test Subjects.
  • Return to Underhill.


Rewards:

  • Untapped Brass Dusters x1
Maintenance ProtocolUnderpass

Prerequisite: Complete Zoe's Briefing.


Objectives:


Rewards:

  • Standard Issue Coverall Customization Item
The Last TaxiCentral

Prerequisite: Complete Welcome to Manhattan and report the Central Taxi to Zoe.


Objectives:


Rewards:

  • Untapped Coffee Cup x1
The Unknown ResonantUnknown

Prerequisite: Reach the Patterned Field Office area in the Unknown.


Objectives:

  • Answer the Distress Call in the Unknown.
  • Get to the Rangers.
  • Advance with the Rangers.
  • Disrupt the Pattern.
  • Open the Gate with the Rangers.
  • Look for a Way Around the Gate.
  • Survive the Ambush.
  • Kill the Co-Director Resonant.


Rewards:

  • Command Ability
  • Untapped 1996 Commemorative Coin x1
  • Reset Item x1
  • Source x4000
The Complete SetCentral

Prerequisite: Find the first collectible in the Altered Speakers Set.


Objectives:


Rewards:

  • Untapped Bout Guard x1
The West Incursion Zone ResonantWatchtower

Prerequisite: Progress: Welcome to Manhattan and speak to Zoe in the Watchtower. You'll also need to complete Jesse Sightings: The Incursion Fault to unlock the Gravity Shift ability.


Objectives:


Rewards:

  • Push Ability
  • Ground Slam Ability
  • Untapped Amulet x1
  • Reset Item x1
  • Source x2000
Freeze FrameWatchtower

Prerequisite: Progress: Welcome to Manhattan and find the Altered Item.


In the next area, a camera will capture and freeze you. Here is what you need to do next:


Objectives:


Rewards:

  • Untapped Shiny Pebble x1
A New DirectiveUnknown

Prerequisite: Progress both the Sever the Hedron Links and Pope’s Research quests, and wait for Zoe to call you. The starting location is random.


Objectives:

  • Wait to Hear Back from the Mystery Caller. You should hear from him after reaching the Tower Island in the Unknown.
  • Locate the Mystery Caller.
  • Question FBC Agents at the Field Office about Fred:
  • Speak to Langston.
  • Find Out What Fra Wants. Return to Fred and speak to him, but make sure you pick the following dialogue options:
  • You call Jesse ‘Roosa'
  • You’re looking for Jesse?
  • Tell Langston What Fra Wants.
  • Go to the Real Director’s Office in the Oldest House for Reference.
  • Furnish the Containment Unit.
  • Get Fra into the Containment Unit:
  • Speak to Fred and make sure you pick the “Is it a Portrait” dialogue option when it becomes available.
  • Get a Canvas for Fra’s Portrait.
  • Paint Fra onto the Director’s Portrait to obtain Director Fra's Portrait.
  • Hang the Portrait in Fred’s Office.
  • Speak to Fra again.
  • Talk to Langston about Fred.
  • Tell Zoe How Great Fred is:
  • Speak to Fra using the Radio Station in the Watchtower.
  • Trap Fra Mauro in the Containment Unit by closing the door of the Containment Unit.


Rewards:

  • Untapped Whetstone x1
Every Dog Has Her DayDowntown

Prerequisite: Start Welcome to Manhattan.


Objectives:


Rewards:

  • Undefined Reading x1
  • Untapped Trusted Spanner x1
Into the Valley of DeathDowntown

Prerequisite: Start Recursions and Iterations.


Objectives:

  • Talk to Langston at the Field Office.
  • Get the Key to Langston’s Apartment.
  • Get to Langston’s Apartment in the Sinkhole.
  • Search the Apartment for Alfred.
  • Take the Cat Carrier and Feeder.
  • Search for Alfred in the Sinkhole.
  • Find a Bedroom for the Carrier.
  • Lure Alfred Inside the Carrier.
  • Investigate the Screaming.
  • Follow Alfred’s Directions to the Monster.
  • Defeat Maria.
  • Help Alfred Fight Maria.
  • Leave Alfred Next to the Ranger’s Body.


Rewards:

  • Untapped Catnip Toy
The Underpass ResonantUnderpass

Prerequisite: Progress the Recursions and Iterations Quest, and reach the Underpass and the roof of The Spire.


Objectives:


Rewards:

  • Spike Ability
  • Astral Rebuke Ability
  • Untapped Golden Earrings x1
  • Reset Item x1
  • Source x3000
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