Gaming Guide

Control Resonant: How to Solve the Urban Fresh Mart Soda Machine Puzzle

Read the soda dispenser flashes, reverse the sequence, and open the Urban Fresh Mart's hidden bunker for a Health Upgrade Point.

Read the soda dispenser flashes, reverse the sequence, and open the Urban Fresh Mart’s hidden bunker for a Health Upgrade Point.

The Urban Fresh Mart in Control Resonant hides a locked cash register that opens a secret bunker behind the store. The puzzle looks straightforward, but the code that flashes on the soda dispenser is a trap unless you know the twist a note on the counter spells out.

Quick answer: Enter 1213 on the Jasio cash register behind the counter. The soda dispenser flashes 3-1-2-1, and a nearby note tells you to reverse it.


Where to find the Urban Fresh Mart in the West Incursion Zone

Urban Fresh Mart is in the West Incursion Zone, between the Museum of Curiosities to the south and the House of Mirrors to the north. It is one of Manhattan’s enterable shops; the map identifies it as a secret site containing a large resource crate.

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The West Incursion Zone map pinpoints the Urban Fresh Mart, flagged as a secret location. Shown at 00:14 in GosuNoob’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

Enemies guard the front of the shop, so clear them before you attempt the puzzle. Focus on taking down the Brutes first. The register will not respond until the fight is fully over.


How the code is worked out from the soda dispenser

Two notes and the “THIRST STATION” soda dispenser near the window give you everything you need. A note titled “Soda dispenser debate” in the back corner points out that the machine’s flashing lights are the clue. A second note on the checkout counter is the one that actually matters.

Interact with the dispenser and it runs through four separate flashes, each lighting up a different number of drink buttons.

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Interact with the Thirst Station dispenser and count the lights in each of its four flashes. Shown at 00:41 in GosuNoob’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment
FlashLights active
1st3
2nd1
3rd2
4th1

Read in order, the flashes spell out 3121. Entering that number does nothing. The counter note explains why, since it states the distributor is reversing the drink order.

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The counter note tells you the drink order is reversed, which flips the flash sequence. Shown at 00:54 in GosuNoob’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

Flip 3121 and you get the working code, 1213.


Enter the code on the Jasio register

Move behind the counter and use the “JASIO” cash register to open its keypad.
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The Jasio register keypad, ready to take the four-digit code. Shown at 01:05 in GosuNoob’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment
Punch in 1-2-1-3. Double-check you are not entering 3121, which is the raw flash order and will not open anything.
Confirm the code, and a wall at the rear of the store shifts aside to expose a corridor and a staircase leading downward.
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The correct code slides open the backroom wall, exposing the corridor into the hideout. Shown at 01:26 in GosuNoob’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

Rewards inside the secret hideout

Follow the concrete stairs down into the underground shelter. The conference room holds a “Third Ice” freezer chest, and opening it gives you a Health Upgrade Point, which raises your maximum health once you collect three of them.

Several collectible documents for the archive are inside the bunker. They have no effect on combat, but they count toward full completion. Clearing all hideouts awards the Backroom Espionage trophy and achievement.

  • Avoid the French Delegation
  • Hunka Love
  • Audit Outcome
  • Steaming Open Envelopes

If the register will not accept the code, confirm the enemy encounter outside is fully finished and that you are typing 1213 rather than 3121. Once the back wall opens and the staircase appears, the puzzle is solved and the Health Upgrade Point is waiting below.