Control Resonant Vendors and What They Sell
Eight Vendors in Control Resonant sell Living Shards, Untapped Artifact recipes, outfits, Reset Items, and materials: one in every zone except the Watchtower, plus a hidden one inside the Evac Building. Their stock grows with each zone’s level, and the hidden one sells a Living Shard for half price. If you first heard of the game as Control 2, start with the Downtown map of the alley south of the Oldest House, where the first Vendor opens.
Vlad Susanu, Map Master’s founder and mapper, checked every Vendor at all three levels, and the Control Resonant shopping and upgrade maps show where each one parks. Follow the ice cream van music to find a Vendor, and grab the Health Upgrade crate waiting beside every van.
Where to Find Every Vendor in Control Resonant
Most Vendors are up high or tucked away. The Central map of the Patterned Factory roof gardens shows Central’s, the hardest to spot from the street, in a roof garden southeast of the factory. The Park map of the parking garage roof puts The Park’s on top of the garage north of the FBC Base, and the West Incursion Zone map of the Incursion Fault garage has that zone’s in the parking lot beside it.
The Underpass and Unknown Vendors come later in the story. The Underpass Vendor is on the lower side of the big northern stone slab, and the Unknown’s is in a small plaza on Dylan’s Apartment Island, which the Unknown map of Dylan’s Apartment Island plaza places. The Evacuation Zone has two: one in the plaza west of the Evac Building, and the hidden one on its 15th floor.
How Vendor Levels Work: Three Levels Tied to Zone Level
At Level 1, each Vendor sells its own zone’s materials. Downtown and Central start with Nostalgic and Quiet Echoes. The Evacuation Zone, the West Incursion Zone, and The Park start with Violent and Mourning, and the Underpass and Unknown with Odd and Panicked, matching the Aberrant materials each zone’s crates give. By Level 3, the Underpass and Unknown Vendors sell every Echo and Aberrant material.
Level 2 adds a 2,000 Source outfit piece at seven Vendors, from the Bureau Cap to the Boxer Braids, and they all count toward the Form Over Function outfit trophy. Most Vendors also stop listing a Living Shard at Level 3, so it’s safest to buy each zone’s shard before its level climbs that high. Downtown and Central work the other way, adding their shard at Level 2 and keeping it at Level 3.
What to Buy From Vendors: Living Shards First
Fifteen Living Shards are for sale, and buying all of them costs 58,000 Source. Fourteen cost 4,000 each, and the hidden Evac Building Vendor’s costs 2,000, so it’s the first one to buy. Shards unlock new Aberrant Forms and upgrades, which makes them the best use of Source, and the Living Shards you can buy or earn show where the free ones are.
Reset Item prices depend on the zone. Downtown, Central, the Evacuation Zone, and the West Incursion Zone charge 5,000 for one, but The Park, the Underpass, and the Unknown sell three for 1,000 each at Level 1, so buy yours there. Before paying at all, the Vending Machines that drop Reset Items can give you up to two each for free.
The Hidden Evac Building Vendor and Other Special Stock
The 15th-floor Vendor only opens after The Enemy of My Enemy, in a red-lit room full of beds on the left of the Evacuation Area sign, which the Evacuation Zone map of the Evac Building’s upper floors places. Its stock is small but cheap: the half-price Living Shard, five Reset Items at 3,000, the World Tour Tickets recipe, and Corrupted Elements at 75 Source.
The eleven Vendor recipes cost 1,000 each, 11,000 for the full set, and three only appear at Level 3: Downtown’s Fingerboard, Central’s Bug Spray, and the Unknown’s Paper Plane. The Untapped Artifact recipes from Vendors explain what each one does. The Unknown Vendor is also the only one that sells Ordered Image and Patterned Thought.
Planning Your Vendor Spending
Shards, recipes, and outfits together cost about 83,000 Source: 58,000 for the shards, 11,000 for the recipes, and 14,000 for the seven outfits. Crates across Manhattan pay roughly 39,000, so most of the rest comes from enemies, quests, and World Feats. Plan on the shards first and buy the rest as your Source allows.
Revisit each Vendor every time its zone levels up, since quests, World Feats, and Resonant fights raise that level and change the stock. Buy materials last, because crates and enemies supply most of them, and the Underpass map of the northern stone slab shows the Vendor you’ll probably reach last.
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| West Incursion Zone VendorWest Incursion ZoneWest Incursion Zone Vendor | West Incursion Zone | The West Incursion Zone Vendor is found in the parking lot north of the garage that you'll have to explore while playing The Incursion Fault Quest. West Incursion Zone Vendor Stock and Prices:Level 1 Vendor Inventory:
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| The Unknown VendorUnknownThe Unknown Vendor | Unknown | The Unknown Vendor is found in the small plaza on the western side of Dylan's Apartment Island. The Unknown Vendor Stock and Prices:Level 1 Vendor Inventory:
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| Underpass VendorUnderpassUnderpass Vendor | Underpass | The Underpass Vendor is found on the lower side of the large stone slab on the northern side of the Underpass Region. Underpass Vendor Stock and Prices:Level 1 Vendor Inventory:
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| Evacuation Zone Vendor #1Evacuation ZoneEvacuation Zone Vendor #1 | Evacuation Zone | The Evacuation Zone Vendor is found in the small plaza west of the Evac Building area. Evacuation Zone Vendor Stock and Prices:Level 1 Vendor Inventory:
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| Evacuation Zone Vendor #2Evacuation ZoneEvacuation Zone Vendor #2 | Evacuation Zone | Found on the 15th floor of the Evac Building, in the room with red lights, lots of beds, and some suspended corpses (the room on the left side of the "Evacuation Area" sign). The vendor becomes available only after completing the Enemy of My Enemy Main Quest. Evacuation Zone EVAC Building Vendor Stock and Prices:Level 1 Vendor Inventory:
Note: As you can see, even if the stock is rather limited, the hidden Vendor has the best prices across all areas. We suggest buying everything he has to sell. | |
| Downtown VendorDowntownDowntown Vendor | Downtown | The Downtown Vendor is found in the back alley south of the Oldest House and the first Fast Travel Door. The Vendor can be accessed only after starting the Welcome to Manhattan Main Quest. Downtown Vendor Stock and Prices:Level 1 Vendor Inventory:
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| The Park VendorThe ParkThe Park Vendor | The Park | The Park Vendor is found on the roof of the parking garage north of FBC Base. The Park Vendor Stock and Prices:Level 1 Vendor Inventory:
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| Central VendorCentralCentral Vendor | Central | The Central Vendor is found in the roof garden of the building southeast of the Patterned Factory on the eastern side of Central Manhattan. Central Vendor Stock and Prices:Level 1 Vendor Inventory:
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