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Surge of Power

Surge of Power

Upgrade Surge to the maximum level

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How to unlock the Surge of Power achievement in Control - Definitive Guide

In this guide I have outlined a method for obtaining the materials “Hidden Trend”, “Shaded Facet” and "Confiscated Motive" if you do not have enough of them after completing the DLC and defeating Hartman.

Do not spend your materials on mods or other weapon forms before upgrading Surge, as materials are difficult to acquire after completing the story.

*As of September 13th, 2020, there is a potential bug that after you upgrade Surge to level 2, level 3 will not be available. The only way around this bug right now is to mission select back and restart the DLC. Credit to “Daynglsgameguides.com"

This is a list of all the materials you will need: (Credit to “Daynglsgameguides.com”)

Hidden Trend is dropped by defeated named enemies (mini bosses). The most guaranteed spawn of a named enemy is in a Bureau Alert.

*As of September 6th, 2020, there is a bug in which Bureau Alerts will not show up for you anymore unless you complete the mission "Put a Record On".

*As of September 6th, 2020, there is a bug in which the mission "Put a Record On" does not complete after the requirements have been met.

Both of these bugs happened to me so I was unable to get any Bureau Alerts to show up.
Shaded Facet is dropped by defeated enemies in the Investigations sector.

Confiscated Motive is dropped by defeated enemies in the Investigations sector.

Untapped Potential is dropped by "Anomaly" (defeated main bosses). You should receive one from Hartman after you defeat him.
Method:
Fast travel to “Bright Falls AWE Entrance” if you are not there already and go to the room that you fought Hartman in.

This room can spawn the following enemies:

- A named Hiss Warped that drops 1 Hidden Trend (sometimes also 1 Shaded Facet).
- Many different types of enemies, one of which will drop 1 Shaded Facet.
- Many different types of enemies, some of which will drop “Confiscated Motive”.
- Many times, no enemies.

*The rarest spawn is the named Hiss Warped.

After your attempt quit to main menu, continue game and go to the room to try again.
If you get any materials you need, go back to the control point (fast travel point) and hold cn_X and then cn_B to exit so the game saves before quitting to the main menu.

After I defeated Hartman at the end of the story in the DLC all I needed was Hidden Trend and had 4 of the 9 required for the last upgrade for Surge. I got the last 5 this way. It took me around 1 and a half to 2 hours to do so.

This is a video of the named Hiss Warped spawning in the room:
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10 Sep 2020 18:08

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This is a great guide, thank you.

I have all of the materials in line, but I can't seem to actually do the 3rd Surge upgrade. Pierce and one other weapon form aren't available for the 3rd upgrade either. I've dug around online and haven't found a solid answer either, so pretty disappointed.

Maybe if somebody else sees this and knows the solution it'll finally get this final achievement done.
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By Dark2099 on 11 Sep 2020 23:56
I just finished this DLC. I was able to get multiple Hidden Trends from regular Hiss in the room where you fight Hartman. The solution is incorrect. You don’t have to farm named enemies to get Hidden Trends.
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By I Ebon Hawk I on 25 Dec 2020 18:26
Dammit. Got hit by this glitch. I already couldn’t upgrade two of my weapons to level 3. I was hoping the final AWE boss would drop a Untapped Potential so I could upgrade Surge but no dice.
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By MulticronX on 29 Dec 2020 20:58
Surge isn't even an option for me to construct. Any ideas?

Edit: It was available for me after facing Hartman for the first time.
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By Mister Buds on 01 Jan 2021 20:51
The surge upgrades are unlocked from story progression. As you progress through the dlc, each upgrade becomes available after key moments. If the achievement doesnt unlock after upgrading to surge 3. Create a level 6 mod and put it on the gun... This fixed it for me and caused it to unlock, You may need to upgrade your mods level.
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By Simm on 27 Jan 2021 11:31
I'm unable to upgrade to level 3. I also finished the DLC and did not recieve untapped potential. Games fucking awful.
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By Kongo Dragon on 02 Feb 2021 21:03
Bugged for me, no option to upgrade to level 3. Definitely not replaying the whole thing again just for it to still not work.
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By Raptures Lost on 01 Jun 2021 11:01
Upgrade 3 did not appear for me after I finished the dlc it actually appeared after I picked up one of the materials needed for the upgrade
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By Slayer8580 on 19 Jun 2021 11:12
Upgrade 3 did not appear for me after I finished the dlc either. HOWEVER I did complete all the other achievements, the last one being the hidden one Altered Manifestations May Occur. After the boss fight in that achievement I think that the necessary material got dropped and I was able to upgrade surge to lvl 3.
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By padawan92 on 18 Aug 2021 16:32
Just a heads up. If you made the mistake like me,used to many Shaded Facets to make mods & now don't have them for the final upgrade for Surge. Instead of replaying a mission just kill those Possesed Vending machines. They respone over & over. I just got 3 Facets off 1. Hope it helps. Saved me time.
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By NuclearNyborg on 02 Nov 2021 12:30
You can get Surge as soon as you start the DLC (at the start of Finnish Tango/Chapter 8), but stage 3 of upgrading will not show up before you complete the main story. At least that's what happened to me today. (on PC)
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By albajos on 20 Jun 2022 15:16
I think it's worth mentioning that the option to upgrade will often not appear until all the necessary resources are listed under the "Assets" tab in the inventory, even if you don't have enough. And the rarest resouce is the untapped Potential, which is only rewarded for defeating side mission bosses.

So if the third upgrade for any weapon doesn't show up, double-check your inventory before doing anything drastic. And if you're missing Untapped Potential (which you probably are), go through a list of side bosses to clean up any you might have missed. For me, it was the Mr. Tomassi fight, which also only paid out *after* talking with Emily again.
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By Metroidkillah on 25 May 2022 04:54
Thanks. I didn’t have that problem so I don’t know. It might be a bug; the game seems to have many of them. You can always try to mission select back to “Endgame” and restart the DLC. Doing this will of course wipe everything you’ve done after your Endgame save. You can wait for a possible patch instead.

I had a bug in the base game that was preventing me from completing the side mission “Old Growth” that I needed to complete for an achievement. Mission selecting back to a previous chapter worked. I lost everything I did after endgame of course.

The closest I’ve found with others experiencing a bug like this is in the guide by baazfury and in the comments for the “Non-Standard Issue” achievement in the base game. This is the link to that guide:
ControlNon-Standard IssueThe Non-Standard Issue achievement in Control worth 56 pointsUpgrade any Weapon Form to Level 3

Edit:
I found a guide for the DLC that says the Surge weapon upgrading can bug on you. The only way around it right now is to mission select back and restart the DLC. Credit to “Daynglsgameguides.com”. Link to the guide: https://daynglsgameguides.com/2020/08/28/control-altered-wor...
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By Metal Crusher on 14 Sep 2020 02:31
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This is pretty self explanatory, but learn from my mistake— do not waste all your shaded facets on mods... especially if you have killed all 5 altered vending machines and have found all the loot boxes in Investigations. It will take you forever to complete this and get the shaded facets necessary. I was probably better off restarting the DLC.

If you’re low on facets, altered vending machines are definitely the quickest way to build them up.
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03 Sep 2020 22:40

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Pretty sure this one is a little iffy. Not sure if I’m the only one having issues or not.
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By XIx1NSANITYxIX on 05 Sep 2020 02:57
The second upgrade is not showing up for me when I go to the weapon forms in astral constructs at the control points. Not sure if there is something I need to do to make it show up or if it is just bugged.
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By Knaussenheimer on 13 Sep 2020 03:26
Agree with @Knaussenheimer, it is also not showing the second upgrade for me as well.
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By BlueDragon71990 on 28 Feb 2021 19:12
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Once you've reached the control point in Operations Corridor, you'll have enough materials to unlock Surge. Materials to upgrade it fully are dropped at random by killing enemies, completing missions, and opening crates. When you do have enough materials, head to any control point and head to ASTRAL CONSTRUCTS.
  • Level 1 - 15,000 Source, 1 Shaded Facet, 3 Confiscated Motive, 2 Hidden Trend
  • Level 2 - 20,000 Source, 7 Confiscated Motive, 3 Shaded Facet, 4 Hidden Trend
  • Level 3 - 25,000 Source, 15 Shaded Facet, 9 Hidden Trend, 1 Untapped Potential
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Once you've reached the control point in Operations Corridor, you'll have enough materials to unlock Surge. Materials to upgrade it fully are dropped at random by killing enemies, completing missions, and opening crates. When you do have enough materials, head to any control point and head to ASTRAL CONSTRUCTS.

  • Level 1 - 15,000 Source, 1 Shaded Facet, 3 Confiscated Motive, 2 Hidden Trend
  • Level 2 - 20,000 Source, 7 Confiscated Motive, 3 Shaded Facet, 4 Hidden Trend
  • Level 3 - 25,000 Source, 15 Shaded Facet, 9 Hidden Trend, 1 Untapped Potential
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Once you've reached the control point in Operations Corridor, you'll have enough materials to unlock Surge. Materials to upgrade it fully are dropped at random by killing enemies, completing missions, and opening crates. When you do have enough materials, head to any control point and head to Astral Constructs:
  • Level 1 - 15,000 Source, 1 Shaded Facet, 3 Confiscated Motive, 2 Hidden Trend
  • Level 2 - 20,000 Source, 7 Confiscated Motive, 3 Shaded Facet, 4 Hidden Trend
  • Level 3 - 25,000 Source, 15 Shaded Facet, 9 Hidden Trend, 1 Untapped Potential
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If you complete the DLC before completing the main storyline, you will not be able to improve it completely. Crafting for 3 upgrades will be added after completing the final mission “Take Control”.
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07 Feb 2021 17:30

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Nothing like this. They give you upgrades after completing the AWE dlc.
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By Kwiz on 21 Feb 2021 23:02
Just received the trophy. I haven’t finished the game or the DLC , I haven’t even beaten Hartman yet, I noticed that you can upgrade it in the Investigation Sector at the AMC Eagle Limited point , so everything can be done at once.
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By CastleHyde on 22 Feb 2021 08:19
Appears when you have "Unrealized Potential", which drops from bosses from side quests
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By maxnensyby on 18 Mar 2024 10:32
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I completed all the DLC and the 3rd level of the weapon was still not unlocked. I don’t know what this is connected with, but level 3 appeared immediately after completing the mission about “Mirror”.
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09 May 2021 15:15