Walkthrough for Control's 'Threshold' mission. Find collectibles like Linguistic Ability, Pope's Promotion, and more. Complete the 'What a Mess: Clear the Clog' side mission.
Walkthrough
- 1In Central Executive, play the tape recorder near the Sector Elevator for Salvador: Security Order.
- 2Check the Board Room table for the Linguistic Ability research.
- 3In an office on the upper level, find Pope's Promotion.
- 4Use a Level 4 keycard to unlock a door upstairs from Central Executive on the way to the Director's Office. Inside, loot a container and examine a folder for Sticky Note Complaint.
- 5Fast travel to Ventilation in Maintenance Sector. Fight Hiss, go to the lower level, and open the Level 4 door to find a break room with a loot container.
- 6Pop into the Janitor's Office to start the side mission What a Mess: Clear the Clog.
- 7Side Mission: What a Mess: Clear the Clog
- Fast travel to NSC Coolant Pumps Entrance. Fight Hiss and reach the Pump Station. Check a folder by a pump for the Water Cooler Procedures case file.
- 8Find two power cores in the Coolant Pumps area. Use one to unlock doors, retrieve the second, and then retrieve the first to proceed.
- 9Go up the stairs and activate the Draining Pump, which opens a door at the top.
- 10Head through the new door to the bottom level. Shoot the yellow tendrils of the Clog to receive 3 Ability Points and goodies. Loot the two containers.
- 11Fast travel to NSC Energy Converters Entrance and go to Central Maintenance. Head towards Black Rock Processing.
- 12Before the Level 4 door, go right to a control room. Loot a container and find Tennyson Report Warning in a folder.
- 13Go through the Level 4 door towards the Turbine Room.
- 14Fight Hiss, go downstairs, and loot a container.
- 15Use Launch to remove a power core from the receptacle left of the spinning turbine blades and fire it at the receptacle on the other side to cross.
- 16Go up the stairs. On the far side of the next set of spinning turbine blades, there are two power sockets.
- 17Go back downstairs to find one power core and fire it into one socket.
- 18Take the power core from the left of the turbines and fire it into the other socket. This opens a path ahead.
- 19Go to the end of the path and pull the light switch three times.
- 20Traverse the Oceanview Motel
- Go to the front desk and ring the bell once. Enter the room and note the furniture arrangement.
- 21Go back to the front desk and ring the bell twice. Enter the second room and arrange the furniture identically to the first: leave the chair, move the radio right, straighten the painting, move the potted plant left.
- 22Enter the third room and pick up the key. Open the Black Pyramid room door and pull the light cord three times.
- 23Head downstairs to where you fought Hiss. Go through Security Check towards the Atlas Chamber and Black Rock Processing. A bridge has formed from your actions in the motel.
- 24In the office area, shoot out the glass of the Level 5 door. Inside, loot a container and find FBC Reminder: Altered Workspace on a tape recorder.
- 25Go into the next office and find the Atlas Theory research on a cupboard. Climb shelves and Air-Evade across to find a loot container.
- 26Go up the stairs and drop into the room below. Unlock the double doors back to Central Maintenance.
- 27Go up the stairs to the Atlas Chamber. Help FBC Rangers fight Hiss, including a Hiss Warped.
- 28Cleanse the Control Point.
- 29Head up the stairs to the left and enter the office at the end to hear Oceanview Motel & Casino.
- 30Go back to where you came up the stairs to find a Shelter.
Tips
- Remember to use your Launch ability to manipulate power cores for the turbines.
- Pay close attention to the furniture arrangement in the Oceanview Motel rooms to progress.
- The Hiss Warped is a tougher enemy; use your abilities and cover effectively.
100% Human-Written. AI Fact-Checked. Community Verified. Learn how AntMag verifies content