Find Marshall and secure the Astral Spike in Control Ultimate Edition's Old Boys' Club mission. Includes collectible locations and enemy strategies.
Walkthrough
- 1Open the Level 3 Security Room in Central Executive and find the America Overnight Results report. Loot the container in the back.
- 2Take the Sector Elevator to the Research Sector.
- 3Collect the Research Sector Darling presentation.
- 4Explore the offices, collecting the Plant Complaint from a filing cabinet and the Synchronicity research next to a projector.
- 5Go upstairs to Dr. Darling's Office and collect the Astral Plane research, Darling: Budget Request, Resonance Theory research, and Astral Plane Counteressay research.
- 6Collect the HRAs Darling Presentation.
- 7Descend to the lower level, fighting Hiss Elevated, Hiss Demolition Experts, and snipers. Use Evade to dodge sniper shots.
- 8Collect the Hiss Sniper research after clearing enemies.
- 9Claim a loot container behind the desk and return up one flight of stairs to find a Shelter.
- 10Read the Emergency Call Summary case file from a folder on the bunk and grab another loot container.
- 11Go back down and take the leftmost stairs to find another Shelter and loot container.
- 12Enter Lab 1 and collect the Song Questionnaire research from a folder on the table.
- 13Press the button on the centre console to acquire Poets of the Fall: Dark Disquiet. Loot the container.
- 14Proceed to the end of the corridor and through the overgrown area.
- 15Use platforming and Air-Evade to reach a loot container on a raised platform.
- 16Collect the Threshold Utility research from a folder on a nearby ledge.
- 17Find Hubert: Black Rock Analysis on the counter in the Cafeteria. Loot the container in the second toilet stall.
- 18Return upstairs and enter the Level 3 door to Parapsychology.
- 19Go left towards Parakinesiology, platforming through the passage.
- 20After the door seals behind you and you defeat waves of Hiss enemies (including snipers), examine the folder by the pneumatic tubes to obtain the Emergency Call Supplement case file.
- 21Proceed through the door to Astral Exhibition and cleanse the Control Point.
- 22Collect the Astral Plane Darling Presentation.
- 23Enter the exhibition itself and collect the Astral Exhibition research from the desk.
- 24Watch the TV to obtain the Astral Spike Darling Presentation.
- 25Go upstairs to the Astral Spike.
- 26Enter the room with the Spike, launch power cores into receptacles, wait for the Spike to follow, exit, and press the button to seal it.
- 27Restore health at the Control Point if needed.
- 28Return and go through the newly opened door.
- 29Descend stairs to a major firefight against Elevated, Demolition Experts, and Troopers. Prioritize destroying resonance spheres that heal nearby Hiss using Launch attacks.
- 30Collect the Hiss Cluster research after the fight.
- 31Find a loot container near the stairs to the Astral Exhibition.
- 32Collect the Recording Chair Procedures research from a filing cabinet in the main room.
- 33Find Precognitive Powers research by the pneumatic tubes near the large filing cabinets.
- 34Use stepladders to reach a loot container on a ledge.
- 35Climb another flight of stairs and find the Astralnauts Information research on a filing cabinet. This unlocks the side mission A Captive Audience.
- 36Loot a container by a table and find the Groupthink research in a folder on a nearby filing cabinet.
- 37Cleanse the Control Point.
Tips
- Enemies may continuously spawn in the opening area of the Research Sector, which can be exploited for farming Source and materials.
- Use Evade frequently when facing snipers, as their shots deal significant damage.
- Resonance spheres in the final firefight heal nearby Hiss; eliminate them first with Launch attacks.
- The Astral Spike can damage you if it gets close; lure it into the chamber and seal it quickly.
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