CONTROL Resonant achievement guide

How to unlock every achievement, which ones you can miss, and the best order to get them all. Tick them off as you go.

35-45

Time to 100%

4/10

Difficulty

Playthroughs

Missable achievements

2 cumulative

Points of no return

Completing the karaoke sequence in the side mission "The Party Won't Stop" with incorrect lyrics: "Be What You Want to Be" achievement becomes locked out for the rest of that playthrough without reloading a previous manual save

Recommended order

Step 1

Begin the campaign in The Oldest House and Downtown; grab early upgrades, clear initial tutorial objectives, and interact with the Downtown terminal Q&A.
Step 2

Progress through Central to establish the FBC Field Office, obtain the Level 1 Keycard, and activate regional travel points.
Step 3

Advance through the Evacuation Zone story missions to rescue Arish, acquire key traversal upgrades, and access the FBC task board at the Field Office.
Step 4

Explore the West Incursion Zone to acquire the Shift traversal power from the Parking Garage Fault and defeat the regional Resonant (The Dancer).
Step 5

Head into the Underpass and subterranean routes to unlock Reach, conquer the Physicist Resonant, and finish the local Fault Rituals.
Step 6

When tackling the optional side quest "The Party Won't Stop", ensure you choose the correct song lyrics during the karaoke performance to secure the one missable achievement ("Be What You Want to Be").
Don't miss in this step
- Be What You Want to Be
Step 7

Finish Pope's Research questline and proceed past the final story threshold to defeat the Hedron.
Step 8

In post-game free roam, backtrack through all previous zones to wrap up remaining regional Resonants, max out Aberrant forms, clear Mold incidents, and finish 20 FBC tasks.

All achievements 0/49

Be What You Want to Be Missable 15.7% of players Hidden achievement Complete the karaoke minigame in "The Party Won't Stop" side quest by selecting all correct lyrics without letting anyone die. Where: West Incursion Zone · Step 6

Assigned to Accept 97% of players Hidden achievement Unlocks automatically during the opening prologue inside The Oldest House when Dylan pulls the Aberrant weapon from his chest. Where: The Oldest House

Parautilitarian 88.6% of players Hidden achievement Defeat The Artist in Downtown during the main story and choose your first Combat Ability to unlock this achievement. Where: Downtown

Artistic Liberation 88.1% of players Hidden achievement Defeat the story Resonant boss, The Artist, located in the Downtown area. Where: Downtown

Astral Construction 85.6% of players Purchase an Aberrant Upgrade. Enter the Gap upgrade dimension and purchase any Primary or Secondary upgrade for your Aberrant forms.

Promising Recruit 81.7% of players Unlock a Talent. Spend your first Talent Point to unlock any Talent within Dylan's progression tree.

Field Work 78.1% of players Reach level 3 in any Zone. Complete activities, quests, and combat within any single district until that zone reaches level 3.

Up to the Task 76.2% of players Complete a World Feat. Locate and successfully complete any one of the random World Feat events that appear throughout Manhattan's zones.

Finalization Protocol 75.7% of players Hidden achievement Reach Aberrant Strength 15 and use a Living Shard at the central pillar in the Gap to unlock a Combo Finisher.

Core Competency 71.4% of players Obtain a Health Upgrade or Power Upgrade. Collect three Health Upgrade Points or three Power Upgrade Points from large resource crates and secret hideouts to gain your first stat upgrade.

Paranatural Agility 64.6% of players Perform 3 Perfect Dodges in less than 6 seconds. Successfully dodge incoming enemy strikes with perfect timing three times within a span of six seconds.

Paranatural Apprentice 57.3% of players Craft an Artifact. Use collected crafting materials in the Gap to forge your very first Artifact.

Thermal Termination 55.7% of players Hidden achievement Locate and defeat the Resonant boss, The Deserter, situated in the Patterned Factory within Central. Where: Central

Rescue Mission 52% of players Hidden achievement Complete the main story quest Evacuation Procedures by locating and extracting Simon Arish from the Evac Building. Where: Evacuation Zone

Curtain Fall 50.3% of players Hidden achievement Defeat the Resonant boss, The Dancer, located inside the theater in the West Incursion Zone. Where: West Incursion Zone

SHÜM! 46.1% of players Play a level in SHÜM! Level up a zone to restore power to its SHÜM arcade cabinet, then interact with the machine and finish a level.

Personal Development 42.9% of players Obtain 4 Health Upgrades. Find upgrade points throughout Manhattan, particularly within secret hideouts, until you acquire a total of four Health Upgrades.

Paranatural Craftsman 42.9% of players Equip 3 Artifacts. Open your loadout menu and equip an Artifact into all three available Artifact slots simultaneously.

Out of Uniform 41.6% of players Equip an outfit item in every customization slot. Access a wardrobe locker or inventory menu and equip a cosmetic item in every available outfit customization slot.

Enemy of My Enemy 32.5% of players Hidden achievement Complete the main story mission Enemy of My Enemy by defending, activating, and eventually destroying the CFD at the Sinkhole. Where: Evacuation Zone

Insidious Growth 32.5% of players Hidden achievement Travel to The Park, consume all required Mold samples across the district to open the central chamber, and defeat The Collective.

Astral Reconfiguration 24.2% of players Hidden achievement Track down and defeat the Resonant entity residing within the Underpass zone. Where: Underpass

Love to Deep Dive 24.1% of players Hidden achievement Hold the button to enter the Gap dimension and immediately exit, repeating the process three times within five minutes.

Sibling Reunion 23% of players Hidden achievement Finish the main story quest The House in Distress by returning to the Oldest House and completing the Fault Ritual. Where: The Oldest House

Versatile Expert 22.7% of players Unlock 30 Talents. Earn Talent Points from zone leveling and quests, then unlock a cumulative total of 30 Talents across your skill trees.

The First Link 22.2% of players Hidden achievement Complete the story mission The Hedron Link by rescuing Pope and destroying the first Pattern Link to the Oldest House. Where: The Oldest House

Zone Warden 22.2% of players Unlock 40 Zone Upgrades. Spend collected resources to purchase any 40 upgrades across the districts.

Astral 21% of players Obtain 4 Power Upgrades. Find the required Power Upgrade Points in large crates throughout the world to acquire four Power Upgrades.

Astral Adept 17.1% of players Max-out any Aberrant Form. Interact with the large pillar in The Gap to fully upgrade any single Aberrant Form. Where: The Oldest House

Astral Potency 16.8% of players Reach Aberrant Strength 100. Continue upgrading Dylan's Aberrant weapons and gear until his Aberrant Strength stat reaches 100.

Form Over Function 16.1% of players Obtain 12 outfit items. Collect 12 different cosmetic outfit items by exploring Manhattan and completing side activities.

Stop it at the Source 14.4% of players Hidden achievement Progress through the main story mission "Sever the Hedron Links" and destroy all the Hedron Links. Where: The Oldest House

Field Control 14.3% of players Reach level 5 in every Zone. Complete missions and district activities to earn Zone XP until every zone reaches level 5.

Honorable Discharge 13.6% of players Hidden achievement Defeat the Co-Director Resonant boss located in The Unknown before the Command status timer expires.

Repeating, Refracting 12.8% of players Hidden achievement Defeat the final story boss, the Hedron, during the climax of the main campaign.

Budding Mycologist 12.1% of players Deal with the major Mold Incidents in Manhattan. Complete all major Mold-related side storylines across the map, including "New Growth" and all three parts of "Carbon Copy".

Budding Analyst 11.9% of players Help Pope finish her research. Complete all objectives for Emily Pope's research questline in The Unknown.

Graffiti Artist 11.3% of players Hidden achievement Finish the entire mural in The Gap by defeating all six Resonants and beating the main story. Where: The Oldest House

FBC Recruit 10.1% of players Complete an FBC Task. Accept and finish your first FBC Task from any task board after unlocking the system in Central. Where: Central

Combat Readiness 8.8% of players Hidden achievement Defeat Resonants to unlock Combat Abilities, then equip one ability into every available combat slot.

Dog's Best Friend 6.9% of players Gain a furry friend. Find the Mysterious Dog and retrieve her missing toy in all regions, then visit her in The Gap to adopt her. Where: The Oldest House

Threshold Researcher 6.7% of players Deal with all the Thresholds in Manhattan. Clear every Threshold anomaly and its associated objectives across Manhattan.

Backroom Espionage 6.2% of players Visit all the Secret Hideouts. Solve the environmental entrance puzzles to locate and enter all six secret anti-FBC hideouts.

Psychic Domination 4.8% of players Command a Breaker enemy. Acquire the Command ability by defeating the Resonant in The Unknown, then use it to take control of an enemy Breaker.

Intense Precision 4.7% of players Keep Dominance active for 60 seconds. Stagger an enemy and trigger Dominance with a finisher, then keep the effect active continuously for at least 60 seconds.

Panopticon Intern 4.1% of players Contain Altered Items and help Langston. Complete all Altered Item containment requests assigned by Langston.

Diligent Consultant Cumulative 3.9% of players Complete 20 FBC Tasks. Complete any 20 FBC Tasks taken from task boards across Manhattan.

Work-Life Balance 3.2% of players Complete all instances of the Sketchbook. Find all 11 Sketchbook mystery spots, place their missing objects into the scene, and complete each drawing.

Paranatural Artisan Cumulative 1.9% of players Craft 30 Artifacts. Craft a total of 30 paranatural Artifacts using collected crafting resources.

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