Control Resonant – Into the Valley of Death Side Story Walkthrough

How to Start Into the Valley of Death

Location: Central Field Office
Description: “Langston needs help with a mission that is clearly very important to him. Something about his apartment?”

Talk to Pope after the Enemy of My Enemy story quest, and she will tell you that Langston needs help. Then go to the Central Field Office and talk to Langston. He gives Dylan Langston’s Apartment Key.

1 – Get to Langston’s Apartment in the Sinkhole

Location: Sinkhole

You reach the Sinkhole through a checkpoint inside a laundromat.

Inside the Sinkhole, follow the ropes down to a platform labelled Personnel Access and follow the yellow line inside.

On the other side, look up and head to where the light is flickering. An Important Person marker also shows up on your HUD. Reach it and talk to Ranger Dombrow.

Keep following the yellow line until it ends next to a dead FBC agent.

Continue until you see the passage marked with the number five, which leads to Langston’s apartment. Enter and interact with the feeder to talk to Langston.

2 – Search the Apartment for Alfred

Location: Langston’s Apartment, Sinkhole

Report the scratch marks on the wall and the blood on the floor.

Pick up the feeder and take it to the carrier. Then pick up the carrier to start the search for Alfred.

3 – Search for Alfred in the Sinkhole

Location: Sinkhole

Report the first knocked-over plant to Langston. Then keep following the knocked-over plants and the scratch marks on the walls. The trail leads past Ranger Dombrow to a room with a double bed and white sheets.

4 – Find a Bedroom for the Carrier

Location: Sinkhole

Now you have to find a bedroom where the TV is switched on. Stand with your back to Ranger Dombrow and his TV, and look across the chasm. On the same level, there is a flicker in the corner. Jump across to find a room with a bed and a TV that is switched on, and place the carrier on the bed.

Interact with the keyboard in the bedroom, then carry the four plants out of the room one by one. When you return to the bedroom, Langston tells Dylan to disappear. Go back a couple of rooms until Langston calls you back, then pick up the carrier.

5 – Investigate the Screaming

Location: Sinkhole

Return to Ranger Dombrow on the other side of the chasm. He is dead. Report it to Langston.

6 – Follow Alfred’s Directions to the Monster

Location: Sinkhole

Look down the chasm and you will spot more blood at the bottom. If you get lost, Langston and Alfred give you directions. Drop down, then keep going down through the square hole in the floor. Follow the blood to a red glowing rift in the wall.

As soon as you get closer, Dylan drops the carrier and you have to fight Maria. After the fight, pick up the carrier again and take it to the red glowing crack. Put the carrier down on the spot right below the crack.

Alfred then disappears, and you can call him to each window. Maria moves between the windows in a set pattern, and the window she is at glows red. Call Alfred to that window just before Maria arrives. Do this several times to chase Maria out of the windows and defeat her again.

Once Maria is defeated for good, pick up the carrier and climb back up to Ranger Dombrow’s body next to the flickering TV. Put the carrier down there.

What If You Fall and Drop the Carrier Halfway

This happened to me, and I spent 10 minutes looking for the carrier in this disorientating place. If it happens to you, the quickest fix is to return to the title menu and reload a recent save. Select Load -> Open to get a list of saves to choose from.

Rewards

The side story is complete and you receive an Artifact.

Artifact: Untapped Catnip Toy
Effect: + Survival, significantly reduces damage from falling into the void.