Control Resonant: How to Solve the Testing Facility Broadway Impermanence Puzzle

The Impermanence puzzle at Testing Facility Broadway blocks the facility shutdown until every marked floor zone holds the correct object. The room is filled with appliances that change shape when you throw them, and the console lever refuses to work until all of them settle on a single form. The fix is consistent and repeatable once you know what the shutdown instructions are asking for.

Quick answer: Throw each shifting appliance until it becomes a Soda Dispenser (“Thirst Station”), place one in every yellow floor square, then pull the console lever to trigger the shutdown.

Reaching Testing Facility Broadway in West Incursion Zone 4

Testing Facility Broadway sits in West Incursion Zone 4, near Evacuation Zone 7. The entrance is through the sewer system, so you drop into an excavation pipe and work through the tunnels to reach the control area. Expect Hiss enemies along the way, so clear them before you settle in at the console.

Once inside the main Broadway control room, read the “Shutdown Instructions” document on the desk. It states that all designated Impermanence areas must be in their default state, and that the default state is set as a Soda Dispenser. Only when every zone matches that state will the lever complete the shutdown.

Broadway Control Area — The Broadway control console and the wall-mounted shutdown diagram that lists the Soda Dispenser default state. Shown at 00:46 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

How the Impermanence objects change form

Every collision makes an Impermanence object switch to another shape. Slam it into a wall or the floor, or simply drop it, to roll a new item—possibly a sink, stove, copier, or soda dispenser. Continue tossing that same object until it becomes the Thirst Station soda dispenser.

Pick up a shifting appliance and throw it repeatedly until it reads THIRST STATION.
Only the soda dispenser form counts; copiers, sinks, and stoves on a square do not.
You cannot drop an object while carrying it into place, so line up the form first.
Every yellow floor outline must hold one Thirst Station.

If you pull the lever early, it triggers an error buzz and highlights that a zone is still unresolved. Use that as a check to find any square you missed.

Fill all five yellow squares with a Thirst Station

The yellow squares are spread across the catwalks, the lower floor, the upper control platform, and a raised booth. Work through them one at a time so you do not lose track of which zones are done.

On the catwalk zone, grab the shifting appliance and throw it until it becomes a Thirst Station. Carry it onto the yellow square and set it in place.

Zone 1 Catwalk — Zone 1 on the catwalk, with a completed Thirst Station being carried onto the yellow square. Shown at 00:59 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

Drop to the lower chamber and find the next object. Transform it into a Thirst Station and slot it inside the yellow boundary on the ground floor.

Zone 2 Lower Floor — Zone 2 on the lower floor, with a Thirst Station correctly seated in the yellow outline. Shown at 01:24 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

For the third zone, carry an Impermanence item across the catwalks to its yellow marker. Cycle it to the soda dispenser form before you place it down.

Zone 3 Moving Object — Zone 3 requires moving an Impermanence object across the catwalks to its yellow marker. Shown at 01:52 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

On the upper control floor, locate the next appliance and throw it until it shifts into a Thirst Station. Place it on the upper square.

Zone 4 Upper Control Floor — Zone 4 on the upper control floor, with the Thirst Station set inside its yellow square. Shown at 03:15 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

The final zone is on an elevated platform, where the remaining object often starts as a copier. Throw it until it becomes a Thirst Station and place it in the last yellow outline.

Zone 5 Platform — Zone 5 on the raised platform, the last square that needs a Thirst Station before the lever works. Shown at 05:22 in Game Guides Channel’s video. Image: Remedy Entertainment

Complete the shutdown and confirm the reward

Once all five squares hold a Thirst Station, return to the console in the main control room and pull the lever again. This time it initiates the facility shutdown instead of buzzing an error. You will see the puzzle resolve and rewards register, including a West Incursion Zone 4 +120 gain and a “+1 Undefined Reading” pickup.

You know it worked when the shutdown completes and the “Quest Log Updated” notification appears. If the lever still errors, one square is holding the wrong form or is empty, so check each zone and confirm only soda dispensers remain on the markers.