CONTROL Resonant Unsupervised Science: facilities and puzzle rules

Unsupervised Science begins when you enter a Testing Facility. Shut down all six experiments, then return to the facility in Unknown and collect the recording beyond its newly opened door. The facilities can be completed in any order; the Underpass has none. Look for the computer icon, but search below street level for the entrance. ^[01]

Find the underground entrances

Zone	Route below the map marker	Experiment
Downtown	Enter the Deserted Area construction site; drop into the ground-floor pipe leading east	Transform objects into dispensers
Central	Look in the open pit southeast of the Patterned Factory for a pipe	Four charge cores
Evacuation Zone	Go through the parking garage near the unauthorized-mines note; use the pipe below the Survivalist's Bunker door	Transform objects into dispensers
West Incursion Zone	Search the construction pit on the road through the area's center	Transform objects into dispensers
Park	Enter the eastern Sewer Route and follow it southeast; in the lava room, take the northeast path at lava level	Five charge cores
Unknown	Search the construction pit west of Twisted Rooftops, on the ground section	Five charge cores

The marker's height matters. Standing directly above a facility does not mean you have found its door. If the obvious street-level route ends at a wall, return to the entrance clue in the table. PowerPyx's linked guide includes map images for each pipe. ^[01]

Dispenser experiments: control the final crossing

Downtown, Evacuation and West Incursion use objects that change form when carried across marked boundaries. The goal is a soda dispenser on every yellow square. The object you pick up does not have to start as a dispenser.

Choose a target square before moving an object. Carry it toward the nearby T-junction, observe the form after each boundary crossing, and plan the last crossing so it reaches the square as a dispenser. The objects cycle through four forms. If the result is wrong, take it back to a nearby intersection and cycle again; you do not need to abandon the whole facility.

In Downtown, the eastern sink needs two crossings and the southern grill one before placement. In West Incursion, the dispenser at the southeast square can be placed directly beside its starting point. For raised squares, check whether you can jump onto the walkway without crossing another marked boundary and changing the object again. ^[01]

After every square is correct, return to the console area and use the switch. Check the opened side room for the Power Upgrade crate before leaving.

Charge experiments: keep redistributing energy

Central introduces the timed version with four cores and two charges. The Park and Unknown expand it to five cores. Start the sequence at the switch, then move energy from a charged blue core to an uncharged red core as the lights blink. Keep circulating the charges through the 60-second sequence instead of waiting beside one tower. ^[01]

Green stations indicate a successful run. If a core overloads and the experiment resets, restart at the console and focus on the blinking states; there is no single permanent arrangement to leave in place. After success, use the switch and collect the upgrade in the unlocked room.

Finish beyond the sixth shutdown

Once all six are complete, travel back to Unknown if you finished elsewhere. In its upgrade-crate room, use the switch to open the door ahead. Follow the passage to the dead end and pick up the recording next to the body. That pickup completes the quest; shutting down the sixth experiment alone is not the final action.

PowerPyx records an Untapped Scrunchie artifact for completing the mission, plus a Power Upgrade Point in each facility's unlocked room. The quest also contributes to Threshold Researcher. These are launch-guide findings, rather than a claim that the quest alone satisfies every requirement for that trophy. ^[01]