Control Resonant: How to Get a Security Keycard in Welcome to Manhattan

Locked doors show up early in Control Resonant, and the first one that stops most players is tied to the main story quest Welcome to Manhattan. Its final objective simply reads “Get a Security Keycard,” and the card in question is the Level 1 Keycard held at the FBC Field Office in Central Manhattan.

Quick answer: Follow the FBC Field Office street signs, check in with Gate Ranger Larsen at the security booth, cross the courtyard into Field Command, and take the Level 1 Keycard from the lobby desk.

Where the Level 1 Keycard is in Control Resonant

The keycard sits on the central desk inside the Field Command lobby, on the FBC Field Office grounds in Central Manhattan. It is not hidden, and there is no puzzle or fight guarding it. Dylan picks it up as the closing beat of Welcome to Manhattan, so the route matters more than the search.

Quest: Welcome to Manhattan (main story)
Objective text: “Get a Security Keycard”
Area: Central Manhattan, FBC Field Office
Exact spot: the desk in the Field Command lobby
Reward: Level 1 Keycard (Clearance Level 1)

Route to the keycard from Central Manhattan

From the street in Central Manhattan, look for the blue FBC Field Office street signage at the pedestrian crossing. Turn toward it and run down the road, past the row of parked trucks. The quest marker tracks the same direction if you lose the signs.

Street Navigation to FBC Field Office — The blue FBC Field Office street sign marks the turn off the main road. Shown at 00:26 in Trophy Tom’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

Take the right turn into the alleyway. It leads to a security booth marked REPORT TO GATE GUARD, staffed by Gate Ranger Larsen. Speak with him and the fence gate opens for you.

Reporting to the Gate Guard — Gate Ranger Larsen's booth sits at the end of the alley, next to the fence that opens after you check in. Shown at 00:44 in Trophy Tom’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

Continue through the indoor security checkpoint and out into the open courtyard. Head straight across it toward the entrance labelled Field Command.

Approaching Field Command — Cross the courtyard after the checkpoint and make for the Field Command doors. Shown at 00:59 in Trophy Tom’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

Inside the lobby, walk up to the central desk and interact with it to collect the Level 1 Keycard. That pickup is the last action the quest needs.

Collecting Keycard & Quest Completion — Taking the Level 1 Keycard from the Field Command desk closes out Welcome to Manhattan. Shown at 01:13 in Trophy Tom’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

How to confirm you have Clearance Level 1

Welcome to Manhattan closes out the moment the keycard enters your inventory, so the quest log updating to complete is the confirmation. From then on, doors and containers that ask for Level 1 access read as unlocked when you approach them rather than rejecting the interaction.

If a door still refuses to open after the quest completes, check the clearance level printed on the lock. Level 2 doors will not respond to the Level 1 Keycard at all.

Level 2 Keycard: When higher clearance unlocks

Clearance Level 2 comes much later, during the Evacuation Procedures main mission, and there is no way to grab it early. Arish hands the card to Dylan as a scripted part of that mission, which also means it cannot be permanently missed.

Card	Mission	How you get it
Level 1 Keycard	Welcome to Manhattan	Desk pickup at Field Command
Level 2 Keycard	Evacuation Procedures	Given by Arish

The route to Arish runs through the Evacuation Zone. Follow the mission marker to the building causing the tremors, then destroy the three Hiss orbs surrounding it to drop the barrier over the entrance. Red trails and floating debris point toward each one.

After opening the entrance, ride the elevator on the left to floor 12 and defeat the enemy groups there. Higher up, a second Hiss orb prevents the elevator from proceeding; destroy it, go to floor 15, and keep moving until the objective becomes finding the survivor. The survivor is Arish.

Lead him back toward the elevator. A Hiss orb interrupts the exit, and once you destroy it and speak to Arish again, he gives Dylan the Level 2 Keycard. The clearance is permanent from that point.

What Level 2 clearance opens

Level 2 doors and containers become usable immediately. The back half of Evacuation Procedures walks you through the same floors you already cleared, so you can sweep the rooms and material crates you had to skip on the way up.

Locked rooms and material crates inside the Evac Building
Level 2 containers back at the Field Office
The Evac Building’s SHÜM III arcade room on the Ground Floor

The arcade room sits opposite the Customization closet in the Evac Building lobby, where you can also change into pre-order or deluxe outfits. Since the clearance carries over to earlier areas, it is worth circling back to any Level 2 lock you walked past before the Evacuation Zone.