CONTROL Resonant

Materials & Currency

Materials & Currency

What each material is used for and where the game says it comes from, grouped by what it upgrades: the Aberrant, Artifacts, or Dylan's own limits.

28 materials5 groups25 with an icon
Where this comes from

The use and source text below is the copy the game itself ships for each material. This page adds no drop rate, no amount and no timing, so if a material's own text does not say it, the page does not say it either.

Jump to

Quick answer

Aberrant upgrades and their Echoes are the two things you craft with. Heavy enemies drop the faction materials that feed both, Resource Crates and World Feats supply the tiered materials, and the upgrade points raise Dylan's ceiling permanently.

All materials

Search by name or by what a material is used for, or jump straight to a group.

Aberrant upgrades

Tiered material for upgrading the Aberrant, plus the rare Shard that unlocks new forms.

7
  • Aberrant Slivers icon

    Aberrant Slivers

    Thin yet strangely durable.

    Used for basic Aberrant upgrades. Obtained from Resource Crates and World Feats in Downtown and Central.

  • Aberrant Splinter icon

    Aberrant Splinter

    A sturdy building block.

    Used for basic Aberrant upgrades. Obtained from Resource Crates and World Feats in Downtown and Central.

  • Aberrant Fragment icon

    Aberrant Fragment

    Initially erratic until ready to be shaped.

    Used for higher Aberrant upgrades. Obtained from Resource Crates and World Feats in the Evacuation Zone, the Park, and the West Incursion Zone.

  • Aberrant Shard icon

    Aberrant Shard

    Always changing it's form.

    Used for higher Aberrant upgrades. Obtained from Resource Crates and World Feats in the Evacuation Zone, the Park, and the West Incursion Zone.

  • Aberrant Cuts icon

    Aberrant Cuts

    Concise and willing to be adapted.

    Used for highest Aberrant upgrades. Obtained from Resource Crates and World Feats in places with extreme patterning influence.

  • Aberrant Remnant icon

    Aberrant Remnant

    A volatile mass of shifting pieces.

    Used for highest Aberrant upgrades. Obtained from Resource Crates and World Feats in places with extreme patterning influence.

  • Living Shard icon

    Living Shard

    Infused with presence and power.

    An extremely rare material used to unlock new Aberrant forms.

Artifact Echoes

Spent in the Gap to create a new Artifact.

6
  • Nostalgic Echo icon

    Nostalgic Echo

    The memory of a better time that is long lost.

    Used to create a new Artifact in the Gap. Obtained from Resource Crates and World Feats in Downtown and Central.

  • Quiet Echo icon

    Quiet Echo

    A moment of reverence and introspection.

    Used to create a new Artifact in the Gap. Obtained from Resource Crates and World Feats in Downtown and Central.

  • Violent Echo icon

    Violent Echo

    A flash of violent ecstasy.

    Used to create a new Artifact in the Gap. Obtained from Resource Crates and World Feats in the Evacuation Zone, the Park, and the West Incursion Zone.

  • Mourning Echo icon

    Mourning Echo

    Muted sadness, dulled by time.

    Used to create a new Artifact in the Gap. Obtained from Resource Crates and World Feats in the Evacuation Zone, the Park, and the West Incursion Zone.

  • Panicked Echo icon

    Panicked Echo

    A trace of panic before a decisive moment.

    Used to create a new Artifact in the Gap. Obtained from Resource Crates and World Feats in places with extreme patterning influence.

  • Odd Echo icon

    Odd Echo

    A moment of pause and reflection on the strangeness of the world.

    Used to create a new Artifact in the Gap. Obtained from Resource Crates and World Feats in places with extreme patterning influence.

Crafting materials

Used to create Artifacts and upgrade the Aberrant. Dropped by heavy enemies of one faction, or found in Resource Crates.

9
  • Ordered Image icon

    Ordered Image

    A weird image that has undergone extreme patterning.

    Used for creating Artifacts and upgrading the Aberrant in the Gap. Dropped by heavy Hedron enemies.

  • Patterned Thought icon

    Patterned Thought

    The world feels more ordered when looking at it.

    Used for creating Artifacts and upgrading the Aberrant in the Gap. Dropped by heavy Hedron enemies.

  • Corrupted Element icon

    Corrupted Element

    A grating resonance eminates from it.

    Used for creating Artifacts and upgrading the Aberrant in the Gap. Dropped by heavy Hiss enemies.

  • Distorted Form icon

    Distorted Form

    Disturbing waveforms permiate it's surrounds.

    Used for creating Artifacts and upgrading the Aberrant in the Gap. Dropped by heavy Hiss enemies.

  • Warped Resonance icon

    Warped Resonance

    Horrific and almost unbearable.

    Used for creating Artifacts and upgrading the Aberrant in the Gap. Dropped by very large Hiss enemies.

  • Undefined Reading icon

    Undefined Reading

    Though without definition, it is understandable.

    Used for creating Artifacts and upgrading the Aberrant in the Gap. Occasionally found in Resource Crates or through activities.

  • Edible Glob icon

    Edible Glob

    A fluffy specimen.

    Used for creating Artifacts and upgrading the Aberrant in the Gap. Dropped by heavy Mold enemies.

  • Fungal Growth icon

    Fungal Growth

    A facinating specimen.

    Used for creating Artifacts and upgrading the Aberrant in the Gap. Dropped by heavy Mold enemies.

  • Thriving Spore icon

    Thriving Spore

    A deeply alluring specimen.

    Used for creating Artifacts and upgrading the Aberrant in the Gap. Dropped by very large Mold enemies.

Upgrade points and resets

Permanent upgrades to Dylan's ceiling, and the item that undoes a build.

4
  • Power Upgrade Point icon

    Power Upgrade Point

    Collect 3 Power Upgrade Points to increase Dylan's maximum Power.

  • Health Upgrade Point icon

    Health Upgrade Point

    Collect 3 Health Upgrade Points to increase Dylan's maximum Health.

  • The game ships no icon for this one.

    Reset Item

    Can be used in the Gap to reset Combat Abilities, Talents, or Aberrant Upgrades.

  • The game ships no icon for this one.

    Talent Point

Utility and currency

Source, and the tokens that are spent rather than crafted with.

2
  • The game ships no icon for this one.

    Source

  • Resonant Token icon

    Resonant Token

    Use this to claim an extra Combat Ability from any defeated Resonant.

Where to spend it

Materials only matter once they are spent. These are the pages that own what you spend them on.