Control Resonant: All Quests Guide — Every Main & Side Mission

Name: Control Resonant: All Quests Guide — Every Main & Side Mission
Uploaded: 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
Description: All 23 Control Resonant main quests across three quest chains, all 18 side stories, and the order that avoids every progression gate.

All 23 Control Resonant main quests across three quest chains, all 18 side stories, and the order that avoids every progression gate.

10/1/2026 1.3.3 Last updated: 10/1/2026 4 min read

FAQ

How many main quests are in Control Resonant?

23 — fifteen story missions in the Contain the Crisis chain, three Search for Jesse Fault rituals, and five Resonant boss quests. Two entries that look like missions (Notes: Plan of Attack, Notes: Jesse Sightings) are grouping objectives that close themselves.

What is the longest quest in Control Resonant?

Recursions and Iterations stalls most players — it pauses until you clear the Subway Fault for Reach, then the Underpass Fault, before the final probe relay can be placed.

Is anything missable in Control Resonant?

No quest is permanently missable — free roam opens after the credits and the game writes a permanent save after every main mission. Only the karaoke scene in The Party Won't Stop can cost you a trophy in a single pass.

How is the quest log organized?

Control Resonant does not run one mission list — the Quest Log splits everything into three parallel chains that interrupt each other:

Contain the Crisis — the main story, 15 missions from Orientation to the epilogue.
Search for Jesse — three Fault rituals, two of which grant the traversal powers the story assumes you own.
Defeating Resonants — the five zone Resonant bosses, doubling as a completion checklist.

On top of those, 18 side stories sit outside every chain — covered in our side quests hub.

All 15 story missions in order

#	Mission	Starts at	Key objective / reward
1	Orientation	Oldest House → Downtown	First Fault grants Rush; beat The Artist; pick Barrage, Volatile Anomaly, or Shield
2	Welcome to Manhattan	Oldest House → Central	Clear the supply route; Level 1 Keycard + Living Shard
3	Evacuation Procedures	Watchtower → Evac Building	Rescue Arish; Level 2 Keycard + Agent Uniform
4	Arish’s Briefing	FBC Field Office, Central	Receive the containment plan
5	Power Lines	Subway stations, Central / Park	Restore Factory, East Park, Perimeter & Vanished stations; report to Dr. Florez
6	Into the Sinkhole	The Sinkhole	Install probe relays, follow the music; closes Plan of Attack
7	Enemy of My Enemy	FBC Field Office → CFD Platform	Defend and activate the CFD — needs 3 of 4 available Resonants down
8	Recursions and Iterations	Oldest House → Underpass	Find the research team, track Grist, place the final relay — forces the Subway + Underpass Faults
9	The House in Distress	Executive Research, Oldest House	Restore Interactions Lab power; Oldest House Fault ritual
10	The Hedron Link	After House in Distress	Rescue Pope; defeat the Hedron Parallel
11	Sever the Hedron Links	The Unknown	Remove links at the Patterned Field Office and Patterned Evac Building
12	Rebuild	After Sever the Hedron Links	Retro flashback sequence — track the slide order
13	Fight to the Core	Red Sand Island, the Unknown	Reach the Hedron
14	The End	The Hedron	Final boss fight
15	The Beginning	Oldest House	Epilogue visit with Jesse

Full per-mission detail lives in the Contain the Crisis walkthrough.

Where do runs actually stall?

Two gates cause almost every “the game stopped telling me what to do” report:

Enemy of My Enemy won’t advance until three of the four available Resonants are dead — the Central and West Incursion pair is the reliable first two, and our Resonant order guide maps them.
Recursions and Iterations dead-ends in the Underpass until the Subway Fault grants Reach — see the step-by-step fix in the story walkthrough.

How do you know a chain is finished?

Into the Sinkhole’s completion also closes Notes: Plan of Attack.
Finishing the Underpass Fault closes Notes: Jesse Sightings and ends the Search for Jesse chain — Sibling Reunion pops once every Fault ritual is done, including the Oldest House ritual in the endgame.
For Resonants, watch the world, not the log: a Resonant Cycle cutscene plays per kill, and the Mural in the Gap becomes repairable once all five bosses — plus the story’s Artist — are down. If it can’t be repaired, a Resonant is still alive (the Evacuation Zone has none).
The Beginning closes the epilogue at the Oldest House, but Manhattan stays open afterward — every leftover side story, Map Kit, and Resonant can be finished in post-game free roam. See ending & post-game.