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Control AWE ━ Dark Place Guide
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The first quest you will need to complete in the expansion Control AWE DLC, called A Dark Place. This quest will start after you have access to the AWE DLC.
As with other starter quests, you will need to complete several stages in order to progress in this task. To help you complete this first quest, use our Dark Place guide below.
Go to the elevator of the control sector / central department.
The first few stages of this quest take place in the Executive/Central Executive Zone. Make sure you have the Dark Place quest active, then travel to that location. From here head to the sector elevator. As you approach, you will see a hologram of a man sitting at a typewriter. Maybe Alan Wake? When you get close enough, your target will change. All you have to do is enter the elevator and use the button to go to the Investigation Sector.
Explore the Investigation Sector
When you get out of the elevator (after the doors slowly open) you will be in the area of the main office of the sector. In this area, your objective will change to "Investigate Investigations / Sector Head Office". Walk forward from the elevator into a large square room.
Note : If you are interested in history, study this area carefully, as there are many collectibles such as files, etc.
Inside this square room, you will see a power core on the left wall. Before grabbing it, clear the material blocking access to the door on the right wall. Once cleared, grab the power core and go through the cleared doorway. Take the power core up the stairs to plug it into the socket in the room upstairs. Once this is completed, you will turn on the gate in the upper right corner of the square room. Go to the gate and press the red buttons to go to the next area with a checkpoint.
Activate the checkpoint, then continue towards the Sealed Area. Pull the cable hanging from the ceiling when prompted three times to trigger a cutscene with Alan Wake. This cutscene launches the DLC content. After the cutscene ends, you will be at the Oceanview Motel.
Oceanview Hotel
Once you gain control (pun intended), head forward to the main area of the Oceanview Motel. As you get closer, a new objective will prompt you to go through the Oceanview Motel. To walk through the motel, do the following:
- Ring the bell at the front desk.
- Go down the corridor to rooms 222 + 224. Turn off the TV at 222 and the Radio at 224.
- Go back to the reception desk and turn off the vending machine next to it. This opens room 226.
- Enter room 226 and use the light on the table. Return to the front desk to call the hotline.
- Run to another corridor and open the door with the inverted triangle. Pull the cord three times to teleport back to Investigation/Sector.
Returning to the investigation area / sector head office, the path that was previously blocked will be available. You will also get a new objective - to explore the Investigation Sector again.
Explore the Investigation Sector (again)
Follow the path that opens up until you reach a break. Look to your right and you'll see more paths that you can swim and dash. Travel to the path that has a yellow tarp and the doors will open here. Go down the path to get to the investigation sector.
In the first room of the Investigation Sector, you will encounter a couple of enemies. Deal with the enemies and continue forward along the corridor. Follow this corridor until you reach the next checkpoint. Activate the Checkpoint and enter the nearest Vault for some goodies. Exit the Vault and head to the storage and processing area.
Supply and processing of the light source
In the data storage room, walk forward to trigger a hiss. Kill these enemies and go right towards the service tunnel. In this corridor, you will see Darkness covering the double doors. Raise the searchlight and point it at the Darkness to destroy it. Go through the double doors to the next room.
Look above you into this room with the big generators to see the yellow tarp on the walkway above. Jump onto this path. Follow the path to the door and go through it into the service tunnels.
Follow the linear path of the service tunnels until you reach a door on your left at the end. Go through this door into the room to find a Checkpoint. Use the checkpoint, then go through the double doors to the next corridor. There will be a catalog on the wall in front of you. The only path we can take right now is to the Operations Center on the right. Go through the doors to trigger a new interaction with Alan.
Powering up the Control Center
Inside the Operations Center, you need to turn the power back on. To do this, go down the stairs on the left side of the upper floor to get to the floor below. On the bottom floor, go along the left wall to find another ladder. Climb up this ladder to the room with the Energy Core. Grab the Power Core and return it to the socket on the second floor near where you entered the room to turn the power back on, which gives you access to the room blocked by the Darkness on the second floor.
Unplug the Power Core and enter the control room, which you can now access on the second floor. Plug the Power Core into the socket on the back wall of this room to turn on a switch nearby. Activate the switch to turn on the room. Upon activation, a pair of Hiss enemies will appear on the floor below. Kill them, then go through the double doors leading to Active Investigations. Here you will find another checkpoint. Use it, then go to Active Investigations.
Active investigations - activate the light to defeat the hissing creature
Once in Active Investigations, you will encounter Darkness. When you stand in the Dark, your ability core is depleted. In order to trigger a meeting in this room, you must pass, you need to enter the elevator in the middle of the room. When you do this, a big hiss will appear. Wait for the elevator to open, then follow these steps, moving clockwise around the room:
- Place the Power Core in the yellow generator socket a little to your right.
- Take the Power Core from the pile of yellow walls (to the right, if facing) towards the first generator.
- Place the Power Core on the generator to the right of the stack.
- Grab the Power Core from the yellow wall vault and go through the illuminated offices behind the generator from step 3 to the rooftop.
- Place the Power Core in the socket on the rooftop generator across the room.
- Take the last Power Core from the warehouse and place it on the control platform opposite the generator from step 5.
- Turn the switch on the control platform to turn on the light.
By following the above steps, you will trigger a cut-scene in which the light will turn on. This scares off the Hiss monster. Head back to the elevator in the center of the room and ride it up to take a new step to talk to Langston on the intercom.
Talk to Langston on the intercom
Exit the elevator and go forward to the intercom, which is located between the two consoles. Interact with the intercom to talk to Langston. After talking to Langston, you will complete this quest. This will unlock the Familiar Methodologies trophy/achievement and the Third Case quest, which has two researches:
- ➤Find Hartman in the Fra Mauro AWE area.
- ➤Find Hartman in the AWE Eagle Limited area.
That's all you need to know to complete the A Dark Place quest in the AWE expansion for Control . Since this is the initial mission, its progression is fairly linear. As you progress in the DLC, things get a little more complicated.
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