Follow this Control walkthrough to investigate the Investigations Sector, find all correspondence and case files, and navigate the Oceanview Motel to progress the main story.
Walkthrough
- 1Fast travel to Central Executive and head down towards the Sector Elevator to unlock a new Hotline entry, Faden Rides the Elevator. Jesse decides to investigate the Investigations Sector. Head down to the new area.
- 2Head down the stairs to find the entrance area in disarray. Immediately in front of you is a folder on the floor with the Missing Agents correspondence.
- 3Clear the debris to the right of the entrance and search next to the stairs for a folder containing the Keystone Inspection correspondence.
- 4Back in the entrance area, find a folder with the Tractor Supplement case file on a filing cabinet. To the left of that is a folder containing the Resignation Letter correspondence. On the floor near the signs is a folder containing the Staffing Issue correspondence.
- 5In the office to the left of the entrance, find two folders containing the Darling Investigation report and the Casey Inquiry correspondence. Notice a power core in the wall next to it.
- 6Grab the power core using Launch and carry it up the stairs on the right of the area. Launch the power core into the socket in the office upstairs.
- 7While upstairs, read two folders: the Ethics Investigation report on the floor to the left and the Tractor Procedures case file on a cabinet near the power socket.
- 8Head back downstairs and go through the door towards the Sector Head Office. Read the folder next to the staircase for the Cauldron Lake Update correspondence.
- 9Continue upstairs where you will find three folders: the Underhill Background report to the left of the door, the Director Investigation report on a cabinet on the right of the office, and the Trench: Official Warning correspondence on another cabinet. Grab the contents of a loot container before heading back downstairs.
- 10Go through the now-operational security gate and read the folder on the conveyor belt containing the Specimen Escape Assessment report.
- 11Go through the other security gate and claim the Sealed Firebreak control point. Go into the security office to the right where you will find a folder containing the Blessed Investigation report on the desk.
- 12Just past the control point is a light cord. Pull on it three times.
- 13After the cutscene, walk forward to update your objective.
- 14In the Oceanview Motel lobby, ring the bell on the desk once to unlock the first two rooms on the left. Go inside the first room and turn off the TV. Turn off the radio in the second room.
- 15Return to the lobby and find a vending machine that you can turn off.
- 16This unlocks the third room where you will find a key on the desk.
- 17Return to the lobby, unlock the Pyramid door, and pull the light cord three times. You will emerge by the now-unsealed Firebreak.
- 18Go into the Firebreak and Levitate to the next walkway. Avoid the Astral Spike.
- 19Take off again and make your way to the next walkway down, then go through the doors on the left.
- 20You will be attacked by Hiss Troopers. Go through the security checkpoint and search the toilets on the left for a loot container.
- 21Make your way around the corner and claim the Abandoned Offices control point.
- 22Search the nearby shelter for a loot container and head down the corridor towards Filing and Processing. You will be attacked by Hiss Troopers and Rangers.
- 23Go left from the entrance to an office with a bright light on a cupboard and a painting on the wall. Punch through the wall and go through for 1 Ability Point. Climb over furniture and debris to find a loot container.
- 24Pick up the light from the cupboard using Launch, take it through to the next room, and shine the light on the sad-looking plant so that it perks up.
- 25Leave the office and go up the corridor to the back of the area. Find a folder on the counter with the Hartman Arrest report.
- 26Go a short distance up the twisted staircase to find a loot container. Go back down and turn right at the end. Just past the Service Tunnel sign is a folder on the floor with the Foot Gossip dead letter.
- 27Look nearby for another wilted plant. Grab the light and shine it on the plant to restore it.
- 28Head towards the Service Corridor. The way ahead is blocked by a mass of amorphous darkness. Before dealing with it, go into the storeroom on the left where you'll find a couple of lights and another plant to restore.
- 29Keep hold of the light and shine it at the amorphous mass to destroy it.
- 30Head through the newly-revealed door and look up to spot a walkway that you can Levitate to.
- 31Head through to a Mold-filled room where you will find a loot container. Shoot all the Mold bulbs growing out of the walls.
Tips
- There is a trophy for finding 80% of the collectibles in the Investigations Sector.
- If you acquired sufficient materials, you can construct the Surge weapon form (a grenade launcher). There are trophies related to its use: Surge of Power (fully upgrading it), Surge Protector (killing 50 enemies), and Work Smarter, Not Harder (firing a grenade at an object and then launching that object at an enemy).
- When you see a vending machine, shoot it. If it comes to life, chase it down and kill it. There is a trophy for destroying them.
- There is a trophy for finding most of the hidden locations in the Investigations Sector.
- 1 Ability Point (from a hidden location).
- Loot containers found throughout the sector.
- Unlock the Abandoned Offices control point.
- Unlock the Sealed Firebreak control point.
- New Hotline entries: Faden Rides the Elevator and Hartman's Final Act.
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