Control Resonant: All Seven Vendor Locations and What They Sell

In Control Resonant, visiting vendors is the quickest way to strengthen your build. They accept Source in exchange for crafting materials, Echoes, an Untapped Artifact, and upgrade resources. Each shop is positioned right beside a Health Upgrade Point, so finding them early gets you both a vendor and a permanent health increase.

Quick answer: You can find a vendor in each of the seven zones. Follow the sound of ice cream van music, collect the nearby Health Upgrade Point, and increase the zone’s level to make better stock tiers available.

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How vendors work in Control Resonant

All seven vendors work alike, so learning how one operates covers the rest. Their wares cost Source, which you collect through combat, crates, and activities throughout Manhattan.

Collect the Health Upgrade Point beside each vendor the first time you visit.
The area’s Zone Level determines how much stock is available; on an early visit, the selection is smaller.
For 1,000 Source, you can purchase a useful Untapped Artifact from every vendor.
The ice cream van jingle plays whenever a vendor is within range.

Complete side quests, loot resource crates, finish World Feat activities, and defeat Heavy Hiss enemies to increase Zone Levels. A higher level means more items are available, so finish activities before you shop for the broadest selection.

Every vendor location by zone

Zone	Vendor location
Downtown	South of the ‘Outside the Oldest House’ fast travel point
Central	East of ‘Central Frontline’, north of East Park Station
West Incursion Zone	North of the parking garage
The Park	Atop the parking garage
Evacuation Zone	East of the ‘Main Street’ fast travel point
Underpass	Beneath the first block near the start of the area
Unknown	Island to the right of Field Office Island

How to reach each vendor

Downtown vendor

Fast travel to ‘Outside the Oldest House’ and climb the southern fence next to the basketball net.

Jump across the road, then drop into the space just before the lift. You’ll land by the vendor and its Health Upgrade Point in the back alley south of the Oldest House.

Central vendor

Begin at ‘Central Frontline’ and travel east over the rooftops. Go around the building immediately to the point’s right by taking its left side.

Squeeze through the gap between two buildings to reach a small elevated plaza. The vendor sits in the roof garden there, roughly north of East Park Station.

West Incursion Zone vendor

Travel to ‘House of Mirrors’ or ‘Theater Vista’ using fast travel, then make your way to the West Incursion Zone Map Kit.

Near the patterned wall, locate the alley marked by Hiss Spikes. Float along the road to bypass them and reach the vendor and its Health Upgrade Point.

The Park vendor

You cannot climb up inside the parking garage because of the mold, so fast travel to ‘Mold Factory’ instead.

Reach the garage roof with Reach or by floating. When ‘Mold Factory’ remains locked, go through the garage, then scale the mold wall on its left side to get to the roof, where the vendor is located.

Evacuation Zone vendor

Fast travel to ‘Main Street’ and touch down on the roof marked by the Map Kit radar. Drop to street level; the vendor is only a short walk from there.

Another option is to travel from the Sinkhole along the road in the direction of the Evac Building. Take the last alley on your left, turn right at the end, then go straight to the vendor.

Underpass vendor

This vendor is easy to overlook, even though it may show on your map before you get there. Begin at ‘The Spire’ and repeat the route you took at the start of ‘Recursions and Iterations’: go north from the research camp, then jump to the block on the right covered in desks.

Descend onto the ledge on its right, then proceed toward the patterning platforms without jumping onto them.

Check below for the lower ledges and drop down through them, passing the Hiss Spikes. The vendor and its Health Upgrade Point are immediately past the spikes.

Unknown vendor

Go to the island on the right of Field Office Island. Leave the park area and keep Shifting toward the far end; the vendor is there beside a fence and benches.

This island’s fast travel point becomes available only after the game, so you will need to finish the story before visiting the Unknown vendor.

What each vendor sells

The core stock is identical everywhere. All seven vendors sell the same crafting materials, Aberrant items, Echoes, and a Reset Item, with the tiers unlocking as the zone levels up. What sets them apart is the Untapped Artifact and the single customization piece each one carries.

Vendor	Untapped Artifact(s)	Customization item
Downtown	Lost Prescription, Fingerboard	Reading Glasses
Central	Stellar Bracelet, Bug Spray	Bureau Cap
West Incursion Zone	Spray Paint	Helix and Nostril Piercings
The Park	Molding Bar	Hood Down Tactical Rain Jacket
Evacuation Zone	Ornate Buckle	Standard Issue Goggles
Underpass	Framing Hammer	Middle Part
Unknown	Wad of Cash, Paper Plane	Boxer Braids

A few vendors also stock materials the others do not. The Underpass vendor adds Aberrant Cuts and Aberrant Remnant, while the Unknown vendor sells Ordered Image and Patterned Thought alongside its Aberrant Cuts and Remnant. The Underpass and Unknown vendors also carry the Odd Echo and Panicked Echo that you will not find elsewhere.

The Park vendor’s Untapped Molding Bar is worth the trip on its own, as its Artifact helps a great deal against The Park Resonant boss.

Downtown vendor full stock and Source prices

The Downtown vendor unlocks when you begin the Welcome to Manhattan main quest. The table lists its stock at full expansion, matching the common price list used by every vendor at the highest tier.

Item	Price (Source)
Corrupted Element	100
Distorted Form	100
Warped Resonance	150
Edible Glob	200
Fungal Growth	200
Thriving Spore	300
Aberrant Slivers / Splinter / Fragment / Shard	750 each
Nostalgic / Quiet / Mourning / Violent Echo	750 each
Untapped Artifact (Lost Prescription, Fingerboard)	1,000
Reading Glasses	2,000
Living Shard	4,000
Reset Item	5,000

Best purchases and what to skip

The Living Shard at 4,000 Source is the most worthwhile regular buy. It feeds directly into Artifact crafting, and once the world pickups are gone, the vendor becomes its only renewable supply. The four Aberrant items at 750 Source each provide materials for Aberrant Form upgrades, so pick them up whenever you have Source to spare.

Avoid paying 5,000 Source for the Reset Item. Every Resonant boss drops one at no cost, and you can respec Aberrant Form skills and talents as often as needed without a permanent change. Buy one only if you urgently need to respec before your next fight.

How to confirm you found a vendor

Listen for the ice cream van tune to locate a vendor. Hearing it means one is close, so track the sound when the map marker is unclear. At the shop, the menu lets you spend Source on purchases; the adjacent Health Upgrade Point is another way to verify the location. Raising the surrounding zone’s level also raises the vendor’s level, adding more goods for your next visit.