Painted World

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Walkthrough May be incomplete

The area in the order you play it. Tick things off as you go: they tick off in the checklists below too.

1. 1

   Enter the Courtyard and Reconstruct the First Memory

   After burying Iris's body at the physical Von Everec Estate, you enter the Painted World through her canvas portal and arrive at the courtyard garden facing the painted manor's front facade. Head forward to the Courtyard Gazebo to find Iris and grab the painter's palette from a bench along with the key book "The Spirit from the Steppe" from a small round table. Put the palette on the table beside Iris and place the book or spirit mug into Olgierd's hand to reconstruct this optional first memory. You can manually save, auto-save, or meditate here, but you will find no merchants, traders, or service vendors anywhere in this realm.

   Recreating the first memory at the courtyard gazebo right upon entering the Painted World is entirely optional and can easily be bypassed, but doing so alongside the story memories unlocks the missable achievement "Curator of Nightmares."Curator of Nightmares Achievement: Courtyard Gazebo New

   Tip: Remember you can meditate or manually save your game if you need to recover or secure your progress.

   Watch out: Skipping the Courtyard Gazebo memory locks you out of the Curator of Nightmares achievement for the rest of your playthrough.

2. 2

   Restore the Garden Fountain Memory

   Prepare to be ambushed by spectral bees or spiders immediately after finishing the outdoor gazebo reconstruction. Proceed across the garden toward the fountain to locate the second memory scene involving Iris. Pick up the teapot key item from the table near the fountain and use it to complete the reconstruction.

3. 3

   Reconstruct the Front Entrance Dinner Memory

   Walk up to the front entrance of the painted manor and enter inside. Approach the first dining table to discover the third memory with Iris. Place the required missing pieces to successfully restore the scene before moving further into the house.

4. 4

   Clear the Bedchamber and Painting Studio

   Head upstairs into the master bedroom to reconstruct the fourth memory of Iris's past. Next, push into the painting studio and upstairs hallway where you must battle hostile spectral spiders (Arachnomorphs). After dispatching the spiders, reconstruct the fifth memory located inside the art studio.

5. 5

   Escape Olgierd's Study to the Estate Cellar

   Move into Olgierd's study to reconstruct the sixth memory. A sudden blizzard and frozen void event will trigger around you, forcing you to run and flee through a painting portal directly down into the estate's cellar. Once safely inside the cellar, reconstruct the seventh memory.

6. 6

   Restore the Ground Floor Dining Room Memory

   Return upstairs to the ground floor dining room to find Iris and reconstruct the eighth memory. Restoring this final memory, provided you also completed the optional gazebo scene, satisfies the requirement for all eight memories. Prepare your gear thoroughly before stepping forward into the adjacent chamber.

7. 7

   Face Iris' Greatest Fear and Decide Her Fate

   Enter the parlor to encounter Iris' Greatest Fear, consisting of six Ethereal clones of Olgierd in the arena. If you want the achievement, strike and provoke all six spectral clones so they attack simultaneously before killing any of them, then defeat all six together; otherwise, fight them as they activate. Once defeated, the boss dissolves directly into a cutscene without leaving a corpse to loot, bringing you to a final dialogue with Iris von Everec where you must decide whether to claim the Violet Rose or leave it with her.

   Key fight: Iris' Greatest Fear
   Violet Rose: given by Iris von Everec in the parlor after defeating Iris' Greatest Fear (if you choose to take it)When It's Many Against One Achievement: Final Dining Room New

   Tip: To earn the When It's Many Against One achievement, ensure all six clones are actively hostile at once before slaying any single one.

   Watch out: Choosing to take the Violet Rose permanently misses the painted portrait of Iris holding the violet rose in the real world, while leaving the rose permanently misses the Violet Rose itself.

What you decide here and what it leads to.