Verso's Draft is an extra playable area added as part of the Thank You update. Before you can access it, you'll need to meet two requirements. You must be in Act 3 of the main story and have unlocked Esquie's diving ability. If you've already finished the main game, you'll have both of these without any extra effort.
How to Get to Verso's Draft
Open your map and look for a bending building icon (in Lumiere). Right next to it, you'll spot a very small island with a portal sitting in front of it. That's the entrance to Verso's Draft. Head there and interact with the portal to enter.
Open Playground
Once inside Verso's Draft, the path is linear, so keep moving forward. Follow the slope upward until you reach a staircase and keep moving forward until you arrive in an open area. The first Expedition Flag: Open Playground is directly ahead. Interact with it to rest.
Just behind the rock in the distance, two new enemies are waiting. Get close and hit them to start the fight. Defeating them rewards you with the Double Third Pictos and the Longer Break Pictos. After the fight, head right toward the resort-like area. This is the Gestral Baths.
Gestral Baths
You can speak with virtually every Gestral in this area for conversation and hints for the quests in this area. As you enter, you'll see a series of pools spread across the space. On the left side of the very first pool, two Licornes sit beside a Colour of Lumina. Grab it and continue along the path.
You'll pass two large Esquie statues holding hands, and we will come to these later, so keep moving until you reach two more large Esquie statues standing in a pool. These ones aren't holding hands. Check beneath them to find the Slowing Attack Pictos.
Right next to this pool you will see a Lifeguard Gestral interact with him to prompt a conversation and a quest that needs you to balance the colors of the Esquie statues in this area. Here is how you can do it:
- Set the left statue closest to the lifeguard to orange and the right one to blue
- Find the statue positioned beneath the waterfall with its arms raised and set it to blue
- Head to the highest pool where two Esquie statues are clasping hands and set the left one to blue and the right one to orange
Once you have balanced colors for all the statues, get back to the Lifeguard and claim your rewards: Piece of Cake and the Double Bun Hairstyle for Monoco. The Piece of Cake is an important item, and you will be needing it towards the end of the DLC, so make sure you do not skip this part.
The Diving Board
Head left from the statues toward the diving board. A stubborn Gestral is blocking the end of the board and won't move unless you attack it first. Do so, then walk to the end of the board to collect the Esquiaro weapon for Monoco.
After picking it up, speak with the Gestral standing by the water's edge to start a quest and receive rewards. All you need to do is go back up to the Diving Board and make jumps in the rings below. Here is what a successful jump through each of these rings gets you:
- Blue Ring: Double Bun Hairstyle (Maelle)
- Yellow Ring: Colour of Lumina
- Red Ring: French Bob Hairstyle (Monoco)
Head back toward the pool area with three tubes. At the far end of this section, you'll spot a slide. Go around the ledge beside it to find Chroma x10,470 tucked away on the other side.
Keep moving forward to reach an area with a pool lower than the ring pool. Here you will find three Gestrals. Interact with them to start a short quest in which they will ask you to find their missing Toy Boat. Head to the waterfall edge, you will find two Licornes, defeat them to receive Perfect Chroma Catalyst, and then, behind the waterfall, collect the Toy Boat and give it back to the Gestrals to complete the quest. Completing this quest will give you another Piece of Cake.
The Seesaw
On your way back to the Gestrals, you'll pass a row of Gestrals playing on seesaws. Find the small Half-Baked Gestral sitting alone on one and speak with it to start the activity. Your goal is to successfully time four jumps in a row. Jump the moment the Gestral fully lands back down on its side of the seesaw. Landing four consecutive successful jumps rewards the Empowering Jumps Pictos.
The Submerged Hopscotch
In this area you will spot two Gestrals standing in the water, one is quite huge while the other one is short. Interact with them and you will find a puzzle. You need to step on each tile in ascending numerical order to reach the final one. Completing it unlocks the Chic Outfit for Maelle.
Romanifo's Balloons
Look on the other side of the water, you will notice a Gestral standing with Balloons. His name is Romanifo, and he is quite possessive about his balloons. Shoot his balloons and after that he will challenge you to a fight. Defeating Romanifo rewards the Trigger-Happy Pictos. He'll steal 1,000 Chroma afterward to buy more balloons. Check the ground behind him to pick up a Revive Shard Tint before heading toward the gingerbread door in the Treehouse Forest.
The Marella Puzzle and Expedition Flag
Now head back from the diving board and take the right path. You'll notice a large Gestral standing next to a marella on the floor. Interact with the Half-Baked Gestral beside it, then step on the marella platforms in ascending numerical order to complete it. Doing so unlocks the Chic Hairstyle for Verso.
Right next to this marella, you'll also find the Expedition Flag: Gestral Baths. Interact with it to rest. Keep moving right and you'll come across another Esquie statue standing in a pool with it's hands raised. Just beside this pool there's a small entrance. Head inside to collect a Grandiose Chroma Catalyst.
