What To Do With The Strange Pictos In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

There are more sidequests and secrets to discover in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 than you can shake a stick at. Some of them, like finding expedition logs, can take the entire game, while some simply require you to keep a careful eye out in certain areas so that you don’t miss an opportunity.

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One quest, which you can pick up right at the start of the game, will take quite a few hours to complete. It turns a seemingly-useless item into something a bit handier, and the reward you get is a pretty handy freebie, so it’s worth taking the quick detour required!

How To Get The Strange Pictos

Dancers at the harbour at the start of Clair Obscur Expedition 33.

During the game’s prologue, you’ll quickly end up at a large festival near the docks of Lumiere. While you are here, you’ll notice three stalls on the left-hand side of the area. Each of these stalls allows you to trade a single token for an item: the leftmost stall-holder will give you a Strange Pictos.

There are three stalls and three tokens to acquire at the festival. You’ll begin with one token, and can acquire the other two by completing the quizzing NPC’s quiz (which you can repeat multiple times until your answers are correct) and by beating Maelle in a quick fight when you’re prompted to meet her.

This item is useless to begin with, and you’ll learn as much as soon as you acquire it. You will have the opportunity to get it fixed up later in the game, however.

Where To Take The Strange Pictos

A Gestral Merchant at the Gestral Village in Clair Obscur Expedition 33.-1

Later in the game, during Act 1, you’ll eventually reach the Gestral Village. This area is made up of two general sub-areas – the leader’s massive hut and the Gestrals’ market.

In the market, you’ll find a Gestral behind a wooden table who will notice the Strange Pictos and offer to fix it up for you. This will net you a Level 5 Augmented Aim Pictos – if you have a lower level version of the same Pictos, it will be upgraded.