Control Resonant Guide: All Taxi Locations & Puzzle Solutions

Somewhere in each of Control Resonant's major zones, a driverless yellow cab is honking its horn and flashing its lights at you. These aren't just set dressing. Step inside one and you'll be pulled into a threshold realm where a woman named Mila is trapped, and the only way out is to solve a series of visual logic puzzles. There are 7 taxis total, one per zone, and tracking them all down is the backbone of the "The Last Taxi" side quest in CONTROL Resonant. Here's every location and every puzzle solution.

How does The Last Taxi quest work?

Each taxi operates the same way on the surface. Get close enough and you'll hear it honking; the passenger door swings open as an invitation. Step inside and the world shifts. You're now in a shadowy, paranatural version of New York that feels like something out of a fever dream. Follow the indicator to a back alley, pick up the payphone to hear from Mila, then head to the main street to tackle three rounds of puzzles.

The puzzles almost always follow the same logic: find the taxi that's different from all the others. The specific detail that sets it apart changes with each zone and each round, but that core principle holds. A green light means you picked correctly; a red light sends you back to try again. Complete all three rounds and you're returned to the map.

All 7 taxi locations in Control Resonant

When you're hunting any of these down, the honking is your best friend. The taxis are persistent about getting your attention, and you'll hear the horn before you see the cab. They also appear on the minimap once you're close enough, so keep an eye on both.

How to solve all taxi puzzles

Control Resonant Guide: All Taxi Locations & Puzzle Solutions

1. Central taxi puzzle solution

The Central taxi is the one most players hit first, and its puzzle is the most forgiving introduction to the quest's logic.

• Round 1: Only one taxi has its rear lights running and engine on. Get in that one.
• Round 2: Only one taxi has its rooftop sign lit up. Get in that one.
• Round 3: Eight taxis are split into two groups of four: one group has headlights on with rear lights off, the other has headlights off with rear lights on. The correct taxi has both headlights and rear lights on at the same time.

2. West Incursion Zone taxi puzzle solution

Here the puzzle shifts focus from the cabs themselves to the streetlights above them.

• Round 1: Only one streetlight above a taxi is blinking. Get in the taxi under that light.
• Round 2: All streetlights are now blinking except one, which stays on constantly. Get in the taxi under the steady light.
• Round 3: All streetlights blink, but one is out of sync with the others, flashing at a different interval. Get in the taxi under that one.

3. Evacuation Zone taxi puzzle solution

This zone tests your ability to read blinking patterns rather than simple on/off states.

• Round 1: All taxis flash in unison except one, which flashes on the off-beat. Get in that one.
• Round 2: Taxis flash one after another in sequence, but one flashes multiple times in a row instead of just once. Get in that one.
• Round 3: All taxis flash erratically, but one doesn't flash at all and stays completely dark. Get in that one.

4. Downtown taxi puzzle solution

Downtown's puzzle focuses on the rooftop taxi signs and how they react to your proximity.

• Round 1: Only one taxi has its taxi light on. Get in that one.
• Round 2: All taxi signs turn off when you approach, except one that stays lit. Get in that one.
• Round 3: All signs are off, but one turns on when you walk close to a different car entirely. Get in that one.

5. The Park taxi puzzle solution

The Park breaks from the light-watching formula entirely. Here the taxi is broken and buried under Mold, and you need to physically rebuild it.

• Round 1: Shatter the grey Mold growths to find car parts inside. Attach the hood and the trunk to repair the taxi.
• Round 2: Avoid the explosive Mold clumps. You need to attach two wheels and the yellow hood specifically. A blue hood is also present but doesn't belong on this cab.
• Round 3: Grey threads connect Mold clumps to the taxi, causing the growth to regenerate. Destroy all connected clumps first, then assemble the taxi from the scattered parts. You need the wheel protector, rear bumper, hood, and taxi sign light. Don't attach the police siren or the white car trunk; they'll sit visibly wrong next to the correct parts.

6. Underpass taxi puzzle solution

This puzzle pairs the streetlights with the taxi headlights in a call-and-response pattern.

• Round 1: When the streetlights go out, only one taxi keeps its lights on. Get in that one.
• Round 2: When the streetlights go out, only one taxi turns its lights off in response. Get in that one.
• Round 3: One taxi has its lights off the entire time the streetlights are on, and only turns on when the streetlights go out. They're never both on at the same time. Get in that one.

7. Unknown taxi puzzle solution

The Unknown zone's puzzle is the most disorienting of the seven. You're given a light source to carry, and the twist is that the shadows don't behave correctly. Most taxis cast shadows shaped like something other than a taxi.

• Round 1: Shine the light on each cab. Only one casts a shadow actually shaped like a taxi. Get in that one.
• Round 2: Same concept, but there are more taxis to check, including some parked across the street.
• Round 3: All shadows now look like taxi shapes, but only one includes the shadow of the rooftop sign as well. Get in that one.

What do you get for completing The Last Taxi?

Honestly? Not much in terms of immediate rewards. There are no items or currency dropped when the quest closes out. The payoff is narrative closure for Mila's story and, more practically, one of three requirements for the "Threshold Researcher" achievement. The other two are the "Crossing the Threshold" side quest and the "Unsupervised Science" side quest.

If you're chasing 100% completion, this quest is non-negotiable. If you're just playing through the story, it's worth doing for the atmosphere alone: the threshold realms are some of the stranger spaces Remedy has built, and the shadow puzzle in the Unknown zone is a genuine surprise.

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