This guide shows you how to find all 8 Cat Statues, or Maneki-neko, without Control's Foundation Expansion. You'll also see your reward for doing so. Full text-based guide: stevivor.com/g...
FYI for cat 6... stand near the elevator button, and as soon as the red light appears near each floor, hold square/X to pause the elevator and triangle/Y it to death. No need to do it while the elevator is moving, and you can even adjust the elevator height if you're just a bit too low/high to blast it away. I couldn't do it like he did in the video in like 10-ish tries and then discovered the simple way of doing it.
Other than him saying the wrong starting points for 2 of the cats and making me waste way more time than I should have, how are you getting the starting point wrong when giving directions is ridiculous. So stupid
OK so Cat 04, you don't start at the Collapsed Department, you start at Transit Access and head west and then north until you reach the higher exit out on to to the Crossroads canyon on the LEFT/WEST to reach the ledge. It's the exit after an inscription room. From there you can reach the higher ledges shown in the video.
The seven stones you move on the grid makes a black pyramid with the cat spawning in the middle The truth has been revealed. Maneki-nekos are the board
CAT 8 is near the CAVE SYSTEM Checkpoint (he says "Cave Bridge" by mistake) .. from that check point, go to the only bridge in that area, you can climb by growing the rocks on the wall. hope this is useful.
@@JeremyMerriweather5 It's in an area blocked off by a crystal wall just up from the locked door. However the mission is a pain, I've had the TV fall through the floor on me
I found Cats 3, 5, 6, and 8 on my own. I basically walked by Cats 1 and 2 (picked up gold cube, didn't see the Launch indicator on the bathroom door; turned valve, didn't connect it to showers in mobile lab) and came nowhere close to 4 and 7. Thank goodness for this guide.
One thing that would make the guide even better is instead of naming the cats by number, name them by color, because all 8 cats have different color, so this way, people who already have some of the cats dont have to go through all of them because they dont know which ones they are missing. For example, if you are missing the green cat just jump to the time code where the green cat is found. Numbering them makes no sense because you don't know which cat is Cat #3.
how are you going to come across a cat and forget which one you did? if you go through the video, you'll know which cat you've been to already. numbering is fine man you're asking for way too much but your own laziness is to blame
Damn same 😅 o have already found 5/8 (not including the white basic one) and have to go though all of it too see which ones I don't have after picking the game up again after a little break lol
The elevator puzzle... You can stop the elevator to destroy the corruption. Just press square/X at the elevator control panel, and circle/B?. Than again start and stop, until all destroyed. I think that the cat ears make enemies easier? Not sure though... BTW You can have them equipped throughout the entire FBC.
That's a great trick! certainly helped me out during that cat. just doing small jumps at that point helps alot, as long as it's right in front/just below you when you melee.
I found Cats 3, 5, 6, and 8 (in that order BTW) on my own. After searching the entire Foundation for anything that looked remotely out of place or odd, I finally caved and came looking for this video. I came close to Cats 1 and 2, but not close enough. Without this guide, I wouldn't have been able to find them or Cats 4 and 7. Thanks! 2nd playthrough, and I only had to refer to this video to find Cats 2 and 7. Once again, thanks!
if you struggle to get the hiss spots on the elevator, just press the elevator button and it will stop it. you can do this to go up and down and few feet etc.
I don't know if this still works. I couldn't get it to spawn doing this. Did manage it at full speed, anyway. Good luck to anyone trying it in the future.
After getting the ears I shot the top left most cat statue to see if there was another layer to this, and it crashed my game. Not sure if it was just a super immersive feature, or an actual bug...
For cat 6, you can actually stop the elevator if you access the floor menu then press O... I noticed you can use this to move the elevator up or down if you miss any, Hope this helps
I found an alternate way of getting cat 2 without using the golden cube. I took a spare power generator cube from one of next areas and brought it to the bathroom and threw it into the slot; it worked the same as the golden cube in the video. I guess the game sees the golden cubes and power generator cubes as interchangeable. Well now I know the way you are intended to solve the puzzle; thanks!
@@theyuki-fay-multiverse9086 The question is who figured it out first? Unless the developers sent out detailed instructions on how to find all these (which I doubt), someone would of had to have found these by trial and error.
@@ShadowDemon_4 1 person finds one, another finds another 1. Then someone posts on a forum "anyone found those cats?", then everyone who found one posts them... until win.
Disappointing? This is the greatest gift of them all 😂 seriously though your nuts for finding all of those, I found the first one on my own but the rest I needed your help for! Thank you so much
For Cat 6, you can even stop the elevator by pressing the elevator button and then exiting the floor menu without pressing a floor. I was able to stop at each node and melee each one before starting the elevator again and stopping for next one.
Elevator tip: For those of you playing this on xbox one. Where the game basically freezes every time you pause the game. YOU CAN JUST STOP THE ELEVATOR. Hit x when you see the red glow and the elevator will stop. Also some of the nodes did not disappear after I got them. But they still made the sound like I hit them. Fyi
I like the wall with the Rita Hayworth poster, which goes with the dialogue earlier in the game, which is connected to Shawshank Redemption. A lot of Easter Eggs like this in the game. One of the best games I've played in a long time!
I had the hardest time with the gold cube in the toilet area.... But it seems that the information that most people are saying, may not be exactly true. This video shows the player throw 2 gold cubes... the first one he trows at the hidden toilet area (near Astral Collision)... then he says the second gold cube appears in the other bathroom area. Well for me that first gold cube never ever appears. But... there is always a black cube there. I can throw the black cube off into the mist... and it will respawn instantly. The only way to make that black cube stop respawning, is to throw it into that spot where this guy says to throw the first gold cube. After that, the gold cube is in the 2nd bathroom location (shown in this video).
Definitely confirmed... sometimes the cubes do not get the Gold texture. When I went to get the 7th cat at (Astral Tower PW), I shot the floor like the video shows... but that cube down there was black too. Never the less, I threw it into the receptacle and was still awarded a cat.
for the last neko, anyone doing the TV quest should grab the neko on their way out.. he explains to do the TV quest first but its actually obtainable during the quest.. its in the big open space on the way out of the Chasm
Thanks so much for this, found 2 and had an idea for some of the rest but couldn't piece it together. Also I can confirm you can wear the ears outside the Foundation
The temptation to put my controller through the TV when I realised I had to go back into the chasm with no ahti. Managed to find a light.... Eventually.....
Little late to the party, I am, but I figured out a small cheat that basically applies anywhere in the game. If you are falling to your death in between those stone walkways or anywhere in the game for that matter, quickly pause the game before she dies and go back to the main menu. This will save you the 10% source lost everytime you die. Just "continue game" at the main menu and you'll respawn at the same exact place without losing any source. This strategy might come in handy for anyone stuck on a boss.
I actually managed to get the Cat in the Astral Bathroom by bringing a Power Node from one of the nearby rooms with me instead of throwing the Astral Plane equivalent in that bathroom in the Secret Location. I found it funny it actually worked lol
I left the foundation and am currently in the central executive area and Jessie still has the car ears on, so I’m not sure if I’m glitched or there is an issue on your end?
super thanks, doing this years later... half remembering much of it... very very helpful. sorry I can only give 1 thumbs up because this was an excellent guide, even if you didn't collect the cats in order. I still found it easy to pick out the ones i'd missed. :D
Tip on cat6, you can stop the elevator by pressing the elevator button while riding it. Once you hear the node noise just press it and it should be easier
You can actually stop the elevator by interacting with the Elevator button while it's moving, you don't have to line up perfectly to hit those red Hiss thingies just go as near as possible
Cat 4. Start at teansit and go to LEFT crossroad pathway. Not right pathway. Also, stop the elevator using the button to hit the nodes. Note: they do not go away when hit, just hit all 4 and you'll be good
@@AndrewGistKlaxMaster thanks for your contribution to the world, your wise words will help generations to come. Also, for anyone that english is not their native language like me, MELEE is with the Y button, not the RB button (the one you typically use). Also wasted a good thirty minutes there. Ahh, this f*ckin game...
It kinda freaked me out a bit when there were no cats at the entrance, but they just despawned bc the PS4 is old and the rendering radius was too small but thankfully they were there
Facing the battery on the elevator, the pattern of corrupted blocks goes as follows. (Enter elevator from 5th floor, face the battery, then turn left) Left side, back side (“battery wall”), right side (right side of elevator of the battery wall), and front where the doors are. If you miss just press button for floor five and restart.
I had trouble with the Cat 3 cube puzzle. I had no idea you could cancel launch. Thanks a lot! * Thanks to those that suggested stopping the elevator for Cat 6. That did the trick although, the last hiss cluster didn't disappear for whatever reason. The cat was still waiting for me at the top.
You can actually stop the elevator. Press X on the elevator button when the red shows up but don't choose a floor, just press B. You can actually make the elevator go up and down if it went to far to melee the red spot. Just choose either the 5th floor to go down or 6th floor to go up. Then just press the elevator button again like right before you want and press B. I also noticed that the red doesn't show up going down the elevator, just when going up initially.
i never knew about this BUT when i "completed" the game and the first set of credits rolled and i ended up in the office space the only thing that spawned in was the cat ears for about 20-30 seconds then jesse spawned in and i could play as normal, this was way before i played the foundation DLC. clearly just a glitch but still very strange
Does anyone happen to know if the bug where you didn’t get ability points from all the hidden areas is fixed? As in, if I go to them again will I get the points I was missing?
HINT/CHEAT for the elevator cat... If you're playing on PC you can use the FLiNG Cheat Trainer to enable "Slow Motion." Makes that part rather trivial if (if you're having trouble). Plus there's some fun other stuff on the trainer's panel too.
4:32 QC: The text guide says to use the far-right path (through the Fractured Cavern) in the Collapsed Dept, but the map shows far-left. Emerging from the spawn point it would be the right, to be fair, but I found it a bit confusing.
Easy Elevator: Starting from level 3 to level 6 When you see red light press the button and the elevator will stop, then destroy red anomaly, then again press the button and choose level 6. Repeat 4 times. On the top you’ll see the cat.
Important information, you'll need to have the launch strength upgrade for the launch ability in order to move the rocks for the one in the chasm. I didn't have that and had forgotten it was a thing, got stuck on that one looking up a bunch of different guides until i remembered i thought i saw something about lifting larger stuff and saw the upgrade, none of the guides i found seemed to mention this.
I couldn't get the cat 5, only for me to realize that I wasn't on the bottom floor, and I've randomly found another secret room which also had the painting, but wasn't the right secret room...
7:00 Cat 6 you can stop the elevator for the hiss corporations by trying to select a floor and backing out, did it by accident cause I fucked up the first time, was a walk in the park after that.
For Cat 6 - Stopping the elevator works on PS4/PS5 in 2023. You must USE MELEE ONLY the shield burst does not work, the shield burst destroys the targets, but the cat will not show up.
Surprised I did the elevator cat on my own. No way I was gonna do the rest though so thank you! I probably won't even use the cat ears haha but its still a fun little easter egg.
My shower wasn't working, and I was like wth🤔😩 Good thing he explains you gotta find all the key cards for the elevator to turn on the water on the lower level🤦♂️😂
I was only missing a cat to find but despite the hours spent looking for it I have not found it, the problem is that I have already completed the mission of "found fotage" how can I get the cat?
May you please also tell where I can find the teddy bear ? :) Would be awesome ^_^ Btw, awesome video. I found three by myself. But the rest? Never ever!
I found the teddy bear by myself XD I just went back into the Chasm where at one point you have to throw a power block into a power generator. In the cave to the left where you have to shoot the crystals first to get to, the teddy bear is sitting on the ground :) PS: Its the first power generator when coming from the door (the exit) of the Chasm, not the crystal breakthrough. Thank you for the hints!
Omg I started this thinking it was one of the special mods quests... I got a few cats then looked this up. You mean to tell me I did all that for cat ears?!
I actually managed to miss cat 2 because in the video he puts the hold blocks the places they go & says "and that's cat 2 done" without ever actually going to collect it. I just let myself fall and die to spawn back at the nearest Control point & missed the damn cat 🙄 Found out what I did in the end though
I cannot get the cat with the Shawshank Redemption reference because there is no post there (?!) Reloaded many times but nothing happened. Does anyone encounter this bug as well?
I had the same problem, tooked me half an houre or so to find out that there are two offices with a hidden room. You have to go to the office on the right side, not the left.
