CONTROL Resonant The Last Taxi: all seven puzzle rules

The Last Taxi has one taxi in each of seven zones. You can find them in different orders. Inside each Threshold, speak to Mila on the phone, then solve three rounds of that area's puzzle. Learn the visual rule rather than memorizing a parking position: the correct car can move after a mistake. ^[01]

Where to start

The Evacuation Zone taxi is a convenient early entry because its route needs no special movement power. From the yellow parking-lot entrance in the south, head east, follow the red Hiss-filled alley, then turn east again and pass the hazards.

Zone	Landmark and access condition
Downtown	Flashing taxi at the south end of the eastern traffic jam; Reach opens the northeast elevator route
Central	Small lot near a dumpster in the northwest, reached through the mine-lined alley west of the Field Office
Evacuation Zone	Hazard-filled alley east of the southern parking lot
West Incursion Zone	Sideways white building beyond the House of Mirrors rooftop route; Shift required
The Park	Alcove inside the upper parking-garage area; approach from its northern side
Underpass	Dark northeast corner of the yellow Mold room beyond the late-story cable-car route
Unknown	Western side of the Patterned Evac Building area reached during Pope's Research

The source walkthrough includes map images for the long West Incursion rooftop route and the Unknown's changing orientation. Open the illustrated locations. ^[01]

Light puzzles: what to watch

Taxi origin	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
Downtown	Roof sign is lit	Roof sign stays on when approached	Approach a car while watching all signs; take the car whose sign turns on
Central	All lights are on	Only the roof sign is lit	Both headlights and tail lights are on
Evacuation Zone	Lights blink opposite the other cars	Lights blink twice rather than once	Lights never blink
West Incursion Zone	Streetlight above the car blinks	Streetlight above the car does not blink	Streetlight is on while the others are off
Underpass	Car lights remain on after streetlights go dark	Car lights are off when streetlights go dark	Car lights alternate against the streetlights

Watch a full cycle before entering. On the Underpass's final round, checking only one still moment can make the correct behavior hard to distinguish. Green lights on the traffic signal record successful choices. A failed choice does not require you to begin the entire taxi chain again. ^[01]

The Park: repair the cars

First recover the hood from the central Mold and the trunk lid from a nearby southern clump. Attach both to the first car.

For the second car, find the tire beside it, the hood farther east past the Mold hazards, and the second tire at the far crosswalk. Match the parts' color to the taxi; misplaced-looking colored parts are decoys.

The third car is trapped by a Mold growth. Follow its connecting tendrils to the three outer nodes and clear them before attacking the center. Then recover the hood near the northwest newsstand, roof sign behind the car, trunk lid to the east and bumper near the southeastern subway entrance. Attach the missing pieces and enter. ^[01]

Unknown: inspect the shadow

Move the floodlight and compare the vehicles' shadows. The correct shadow is a taxi, including its rooftop sign. Later rounds add more similar-looking alternatives, but the identifying rule stays the same. Check the shadow itself, not the apparent shape of the car in front of you.

Finishing the chain

After all seven locations, speak to Mila again and leave the Threshold. IGN's launch-version walkthrough reports no item reward at completion and leaves Mila's fate uncertain. That observation should not be turned into a guaranteed hidden reward or a definite story outcome. ^[01]