Last Updated on Sep 24, 2026 @ 23:02:25 PM.
Control Resonant probably has some of the most well-hidden and utterly bonkers secrets of any game in 2026. From Altered Items like speakers bouncing about construction sites to a secret organisation that has offices behind shop walls, and one that ISN’T the FBC.
If you’re here, you’ve found the Urban Fresh Mart in the West Incursion Zone, and you’re wondering exactly how to solve the less than obvious puzzle to get into the clearly obvious secret room, and grab the large crate inside. By the end of this guide, we’ll have everything for you.
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How to Solve the Drink Dispenser Puzzle and Get into the Secret Room
First of all, before you can even attempt to solve the puzzle, you’ll need to find it, and for that you’ll need the Gravity Shift ability to make it easier. Control Resonant is full of shops you can open and explore inside of, but this one is an Urban Fresh Mart inside the West Incursion Zone. At first glance, it’s no different than any other shop you’ve been in, but if you take a second, you’ll notice a few things amiss.
Firstly, explore throughout the shop and read the various collectibles. You’ll have one nearby a wall with a strange mark on it that mentions a malfunctioning drinks machine (at the front of the shop), and another on the counter near the till that mentions reversing the drinks order.
This is all you need to solve the puzzle, although, you may not even realise there is one yet. Head over to the drink’s machine and press the button. Nothing happens, right? No drinks are dispensed, no noises, nothing. Except it does. Press it again and pay attention to the lights.
3-1-2-1.
This is your answer, or rather, a part of it. Head back across the shop to the till and interact, and now you have the opportunity to input the code you just got.
However, with the note you’ve already read mentioning it, you should flip that sequence of lights around and put the code in backwards.
Correct code: 1-2-1-3.
Put that into the till and then look left, as you see the very obviously fake wall move and reveal a stairway. Head downstairs into what looks like a hideout with numerous different collectibles detailing a secret organisation. This won’t be your final time finding stuff to do with them, don’t worry.
Before you leave, make sure you head into the furthest room down the corridor as it has a large health crate that’ll give you one of the three needed for an upgrade, something we mention as being incredibly important in our top tips article.
But yeah, that’s the solution to one of the oddest and most specific puzzles in Control Resonant.
If you haven’t already, make your next read our review of Control Resonant, and then find out how to get the Reach ability.
Luke Addison is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Thumb Wars. Having previously been a part of multiple outlets over the years, including building an entire gaming team from nothing to something, he thought it best to forge his own path and answer only to himself. As likely to be found playing the latest game as he is in the kitchen relaxing (by cooking), he always brings the same bold and brash attitude to everything he does, with a heavy leaning on sarcasm and dry wit!
