As players work to complete the Inside the Monolith map in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, they may encounter a Paint Cage. While it is usually quite easy to open these containers, this particular Paint Cage may give players some trouble. This is due to the fact that a special ability must be unlocked before the Inside the Monolith Paint Cage in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 can be opened, and this guide is here to provide more details about that process.

The ability in question is Paint Break, and it becomes available after finding four Lost Gestrals. This guide to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's Lost Gestrals will help players track down those NPCs, and they should speak with Sastro at camp once they have found four of them.

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 - Inside the Monolith Paint Cage

How to Find

Players who are looking for the Paint Cage on the Inside the Monolith map should begin by making their way to the Tainted Cliffs expedition flag. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 players should then backtrack through the cave, pass the three Nevrons, and turn right when they run into a wall. Players will now find that there is a tunnel through which they can crouch, and the Paint Cage is beyond that tunnel.

How to Open

As with all the Paint Cages in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, this one is opened by breaking its three locks. Here are the positions of those locks, and players can destroy them with Free Aim shots:

  1. The first lock is on the tall pillar in the center of the area that is below the Paint Cage.
  2. The second lock is on the wall behind the statute to the left of the pillar.
  3. Players should now turn around, so that the Paint Cage is on their right, and follow the path to the left to reach a Paint Spike, a root-like formation with blue lines. Players can use Paint Break to remove the Paint Spike and reveal the final lock. As previously noted, Paint Break is an ability that players will obtain after finding four Lost Gestrals and speaking with Sastro.

Reward

clair obscur expedition 33 inside the monolith paint cage

With respect to what players will receive upon opening the Inside the Monolith Paint Cage, it holds the Random Defense Pictos. Here is more information about that Pictos, and players may want to equip it to a party member with a build that is focused around landing critical hits:

  • Random Defense (Level 15)
    • Critical Rate: 34%
    • Damage taken is randomly multiplied by a value between 50% and 200%.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Turn-Based RPG
JRPG
Fantasy
Systems
PlayStation-1 Xbox-1 PC-1
Top Critic Avg: 92 /100 Critics Rec: 98%
Released
April 24, 2025
ESRB
Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
Developer(s)
Sandfall Interactive
Publisher(s)
Kepler Interactive
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SUBSCRIPTION
DIGITAL

Engine
Unreal Engine 5
Genre(s)
Turn-Based RPG, JRPG, Fantasy