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There are eight SHÜM III arcade cabinets in Control Resonant: seven in the game’s zones and one in Dylan’s Apartment after the main story. Zone cabinets unlock at different Zone Levels, from Level 3 to Level 6, and some also have mission, side-quest, keycard or ability gates. Reach and activate a cabinet first; its challenge is a separate activity.
How cabinet unlocks work
Level up the relevant zone to its reported threshold, then meet any extra access condition and travel to the cabinet. The first commonly reported zone cabinet is in West Incursion Zone at Level 3, although its route is reported to require Shift and Reach. Cabinet access does not mean the challenge is complete: each machine starts its own combat, defense or parkour trial.
The requirements and locations below are reported by secondary guides, not confirmed in official Remedy gameplay documentation. Where the guides differ on challenge names or conditions, the distinction is noted.
Zone cabinet requirements and locations
| Cabinet | Reported unlock requirement | Location and access notes | Reported challenge |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Incursion Zone | Zone Level 3 | Atlantis Cafe, near Empire Avenue fast travel. One guide says the route requires Shift and Reach. | Survive in one guide; Entropy in GamesRadar+. Check the name shown in-game. |
| Central | Zone Level 4 | Urban Fresh Mart in northeast Central. | Parkour |
| The Park | Zone Level 4; GamesRadar+ additionally reports completing all three “Carbon Copy” side quests. | North of the zone near Mold Factory fast travel, in a red-door building. A guide reports a Mold wall and recommends returning once Ignite is available. | Survive in one guide; Entropy in GamesRadar+. Check the name shown in-game. |
| Underpass | Zone Level 5 | Southeast, along the Maintenance Protocol route. | Timed enemy waves |
| Unknown | Zone Level 5 | West side, near Factory Island fast travel. | Parkour |
| Downtown | Zone Level 6 | Wear ’Em & Wash ’Em laundromat at the far south of the map. A guide reports that roof traversal and levitating platforms can provide access without Reach. | Defend |
| Evacuation Zone | Zone Level 6; GamesRadar+ additionally reports completing the “Evacuation Procedures” story mission. | East side, behind a Level 2 Keycard door. A guide says the keycard is obtained during a main story mission. | Survive in one guide; Entropy in GamesRadar+. Check the name shown in-game. |
| Dylan’s Apartment | Available after completing the main story. | In the apartment’s Retro recreation. | Post-game combat challenge |
Thresholds and routes are reported in the Control Resonant Wiki guide and GamesRadar+’s cabinet guide. The guides sometimes use different names for wave-based modes, so rely on the cabinet’s displayed label when available.
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What to do when a cabinet is still inaccessible
- Check the zone level. The reported thresholds range from Level 3 in West Incursion Zone to Level 6 in Downtown and Evacuation Zone.
- Look for a separate gate. The Park has a reported side-quest requirement and Mold wall; Evacuation Zone has a reported story and keycard gate.
- Revisit after gaining traversal abilities. Shift, Reach or Ignite may affect practical access to particular routes, even when the zone-level threshold is met.
- Confirm whether you have reached the machine or started its trial. Activating a cabinet begins its challenge; merely opening the route does not complete it.
Apartment cabinet and rewards
The eighth cabinet is reported to become available in Dylan’s Apartment after the main story. A high score there is reported to unlock the Novelty Magnet Artifact. The Control Resonant Wiki guide also reports that playing any SHÜM III cabinet once grants the SHÜM! trophy or achievement, attributing that claim to XboxAchievements rather than an official achievement list.
Do not rely on a universal leaderboard rank-to-reward chart. The Control Resonant Wiki guide says second place may be enough for a customization item, a Reset Item and a Health or Power Upgrade Point. GamesRadar+ instead assigns an outfit to third place, a Power Upgrade Point to second and a Reset Item to first, and lists challenge-specific outfit cutoffs. Those accounts conflict, so check the reward and rank shown on the in-game leaderboard.
Known cosmetic examples in the Control Resonant Wiki guide include the Stubble cosmetic for Central and Armoured Helmet M1 for West Incursion Zone. That guide does not identify the customization items for Downtown, Evacuation Zone, The Park, Underpass or Unknown. GamesRadar+ suggests treating the challenges as late-game content and recommends player level 8 or adjusting challenge/accessibility settings to seek rewards earlier; that is advice, not a cabinet unlock requirement.
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