Control Resonant: How to Reach the Evacuation Zone

The first real walk-and-talk stretch of CONTROL Resonant hands you a map marker and very little else. Evacuation Procedures asks you to get out of the field office and into the Evacuation Zone, and the route runs through a security checkpoint, a stretch of city street, and a climb most players run straight past.

Quick answer: Leave the field office, head southeast through the security checkpoint, follow the blue Evacuation Zone signs and wall arrows to the Zone Access ledge, hit the wall switch, then drop down the elevator shaft.

Evacuation Procedures objectives and map marker

Evacuation Procedures is a Main Story quest, and it carries two objectives at once: Reach the Evacuation Zone and Find the Source of the Tremors. Opening the Quest Log confirms both are live, which is worth checking if you have wandered off and lost the thread.

Quest Log Inspection — The Quest Log lists Evacuation Procedures with its two active objectives. Shown at 00:13 in Trophy Tom’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

On the Central 3 map, the destination shows up as the Evacuation Checkpoint marker, sitting southeast of the round central office building you start in. Everything below is just the ground-level path to that pin.

Route from the Central field office to Zone Access

Leave the round central office through its illuminated sliding doors. You will emerge into the open city, and the shift to outdoor lighting confirms that you exited from the correct side.

Cross the courtyard at a sprint, heading for the blue Evacuation Zone sign. Metal scanners and gates mark the route, forming the checkpoint referenced by the map marker.

Heading to the Security Checkpoint — Metal fencing and scanner gates mark the security checkpoint on the courtyard route. Shown at 00:48 in Trophy Tom’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

Open the map once you clear the gates to check your heading. You should be tracking southeast along the road, closing on the Evacuation Checkpoint pin.

Cut through the back alleys behind the commercial storefronts. Painted wall arrows and Evacuation Zone signage point the way, so follow the markings rather than trying to hug the main road the whole time.

At the end of the alley run you will find illuminated double doors under an evacuation arrow. Interact with them to open the gate airlock and push through.

Reaching the Gate Airlock — The gate airlock: lit double doors sitting under an upward evacuation arrow. Shown at 01:21 in Trophy Tom’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

Keep running down the main street past the parked evacuation buses. Emergency radio announcements play over the top here, and the street funnels you straight toward the evacuation gate.

Near the gate, enemies appear while a tutorial notice introduces Hiss Clusters. Rather than fighting, dash through the encounter and continue to the illuminated Zone Access entryway.

Get onto the yellow-marked Zone Access ledge, activate the wall switch, and mantle to the higher platform so you can reach the door. Going directly toward the ledge above can make the switch easy to overlook.

The yellow paint is the game’s traversal marker here. If you cannot find the climb, look for yellow edges rather than another doorway.

How to confirm you reached the Evacuation Zone

Past the Zone Access door you move through the evacuation facility’s indoor hallways and baggage scanners. Blue Evacuation Zone directional signs run along the walls the whole way, and they end at an elevator shaft you drop down.

That drop is the completion point. The Reach the Evacuation Zone objective ticks off, leaving Find the Source of the Tremors as the remaining objective on Evacuation Procedures. If your Quest Log still shows both, you have not gone down the shaft yet.

Inside the Evacuation Zone: what to check after you arrive

You come out in a fog-filled street signposted EVACUATION ZONE 9, built around a large central chasm. The street splits into a north and a south side, both lined with abandoned vehicles and drifting drones, and pickups such as Edible Glob and Source are scattered along the edges and alley corners.

Splitting street exploration — The broad Zone 9 street, with parked vehicles on both sides and a drone hovering to the right. Shown at 00:22 in Trophy Guides’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

Some of the side routes are sealed behind barricades that only clear with fire skills, so a few pickups stay out of reach on a first pass. There is also an elevated construction deck you can mantle onto, holding a floating entity and a blue light rift.

Elevated catwalk approach — The elevated construction deck, with a floating entity hovering next to a bright blue rift. Shown at 00:36 in Trophy Guides’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

Könstig gallery painting puzzle solution

The Könstig art gallery in the zone hides a secret room. A note on the counter names four paintings for sale, and lighting all four with the room’s light switches opens a hidden wall holding lore and a high-value chest. There is one on each display wall.

Painting	Where it hangs
Journey	Middle of the left wall, the one with a road
Windows	First on the front wall, circular tree stems
Thunder	First on the third display, tree dead center
Tides	Middle of the last wall, water under fallen trees

Before following the tremors, make another worthwhile stop. Travel north to Railyard Street Station and locate the Fault in the Evacuation Zone; it grants one of the game’s more useful traversal abilities and a Living Shard.