How do CONTROL Resonant Artifacts work?

Collect Untapped Artifacts, craft them at Artifact Formation in The Gap with materials and Source, then equip up to three (four in New Game+). Same-family Artifacts usually cannot stack.

How do I get the Trusted Spanner in CONTROL Resonant?

Complete Every Dog Has Her Day (Mysterious Dog quest), then craft the Untapped Trusted Spanner in The Gap for about 4 Undefined Reading, 400 Source, and 3 Violent Echo. It grants +15% Raw damage.

What is the best early CONTROL Resonant Artifact?

Craft the Amulet after The Dancer for melee crits, keep Heart Monitor from Urban Survival for a one-time revive, and aim for Trusted Spanner after the dog quest.

CONTROL Resonant Artifacts — Crafting & Best Early Picks

Practice Knot / Catnip Toy: Untapped Practice Knot comes from the rewarded path of Crossing the Threshold. Untapped Catnip Toy from Into the Valley of Death.

All artifacts / best artifacts / Patterned Thought: Late materials Patterned Thought and Ordered Image drop in the Unknown — farm & uses → Patterned Thought guide. Heart Monitor / Wallet / Pickpocket still below.

Pre-order / Deluxe tools: Pickpocket’s Tool (pre-order; also Lockpick’s Tool) and Untapped Artifact (Wallet) (Deluxe) — full claim/craft steps on those pages. Zone vendors sell more as Zone Level rises — check Downtown, Central, Evac, West Incursion, Underpass, Park, and Unknown stock before farming blindly. For Source farming, Hold the Line / Firebreak World Feats can be failed on purpose to respawn heavy drops (community farm loop).

Common questions

How many Artifacts can I equip?

Three on a first run; New Game+ adds a fourth slot and harder enemies.

Do I need every Artifact for Platinum?

Trophy tracks ask for crafting a large set (community guides cite ~30 formed Artifacts) plus Aberrant Strength 100 — see Platinum roadmap. You don’t need max-min every slot, just enough crafts.

Where to go next

Beginner build · Mysterious Dog / Spanner · Freeze Frame / Pebble · Resonants