Control Resonant West Incursion Records Locations

Vlad Susanu, Map Master’s founder, collected all nine on his way to the Theater Hall, and the Control Resonant interactive maps for every zone cover the rest of Manhattan. Five of the nine are recordings, so you’ll hear most of this story rather than read it.

Who Recorded the West Incursion Records

Ranger Shanower’s two reports are the heart of the set. He was part of the FBC team that vanished in the zone, and his recon report and final message bookend what happened to them. The other recordings come from outside the Bureau: a parking garage attendant on the phone to his boss, the FBC’s dance hall investigation, and an archived stream from someone in the Dancer’s audience.

The four documents show the Bureau’s side. There’s a memo to the checkpoint guard, a note on the resonance detected in the zone, a file about psycho-cultural resonance called Werewolf Reinforcements, and a recommendation that the FBC pull out of the zone altogether. The Patterning files on the force behind it explain what the Bureau was up against.

West Incursion Records on the Way to the Theater Hall

Most of the zone’s seven follow the route to the Dancer. You’ll find one at the House of Mirrors front desk, one inside the zone’s Wear’Em and Wash’Em Dry Cleaning, and one outside the Empire Avenue Station entrance. Shanower’s recon report is on a rooftop along the climb, and the dance hall recording is by the Blood Mural you report to Zoe.

The theater route needs Shift, which you earn at the Parking Garage during The Incursion Fault, and the West Incursion Zone map of the Theater Hall route shows the whole climb. Shanower’s final report is the hardest of the seven, past the long gap in altered gravity and behind an Ability Barrier, so the barrier types and the powers that clear them are a useful check before you go.

The Two West Incursion Records in Central

Two records are on Central’s side of the border, which makes them the easiest to forget. The checkpoint memo is in the building you cross to enter the zone, and the West Incursion Zone Checkpoint crossing covers that building, which you’ll cross whenever you walk between the two zones.

The withdrawal recommendation is on the second floor of Central’s Security Station, behind the Level 1 Security Keycard. A Resource Crate on the floor below needs the same card, so one trip covers both, and the Level 1 Security Keycard pickup in Central shows where the card comes from.

The Last West Incursion Record Appears After the Dancer

Streamer’s Archive only appears once the Dancer is beaten, at the end of a row of seats outside the stage. It’s the audience member’s own recording of the night, so it’s a fitting last piece, and you can’t skip the fight, since the story needs the Dancer beaten before The Enemy of My Enemy can start.

Beating the Dancer also unlocks Push and Ground Slam, and the Dancer fight and the other Resonant battles explain both. Ground Slam breaks several rooftop barriers across Manhattan, including the one in front of The Park’s Wardrobe, so grab the archive on your way out and put the new power to use.

Collecting All Nine West Incursion Records

Grab the checkpoint memo as you cross, then follow the theater route, picking up the House of Mirrors, dry cleaner, and station records as you pass. Come back to Central’s Security Station whenever you have the Level 1 Keycard, and save Shanower’s final report for when you can clear its barrier.

Nothing in the set is missable, because both zones stay open after the credits. If your count stops at eight, the Security Station or the stage after the Dancer is the first place to check, and if it stops at seven, look for Shanower’s final report behind its barrier.