Part 2 takes you through Candy Land, the Reverie Path, and the Treehouse Forest, three very different areas packed with hidden loot, tricky puzzles, and some tough boss fights. Here's everything you need to know to get through it clean.
Treehouse Forest
Head up the slope to the right of the big gingerbread door. Clear out the enemies, and when you reach a clearing with another gingerbread door, don't bother talking to it yet, it wants a Birthday Cake you don't have right now.
This area has another hopscotch puzzle, but this time the tiles are spread across the whole forest. Here's where to find all 9:
- Up the stairs to the right of the gingerbread door, on the stone walkway
- Around the left side of the rock near the patrolling Machinapieds
- At the base of a tree on the opposite side of the clearing from the door
- Left along the wall, at the base of the treehouse tree
- Up the slope and to the right, in a dead-end (also has New Pictos: Gradient Parry)
- Drop off the ledge near the brazier, head left across the narrow planks — grab New Pictos: Empowered Healer, then drop down to find the tile
- Near the base of a tree on the right side of the forest
- Defeat the Licornes in the corner of the clearing to reveal it (also smash the glass jar nearby for Colour of Lumina x3)
- To the left of the gingerbread door before you leave the forest
Step on the final tile under the big treehouse tree, and you'll earn the New Outfit: Double Bun (Sciel).
The Paint Cage and Treehouse
Before heading up the rope near the gingerbread door, crawl under the log across from it to find a Paint Cage. You need to destroy three balloons:
- One through the trees on the left
- One directly behind the cage
- One up high on the trunk of the large treehouse tree (look up from the ledge on the right)
Pop all three, and you get a Chroma Elixir Shard.
Head up the rope and grapple to the treehouse. Exit the right door to find a platform with Verso's New Weapon: Sucreso just behind the piano. Go back inside, exit the other door, then climb the handholds to the roof for Chroma x20,940 just across the small bridge.
Candy Land
You need to go to Candy Land to get the last Piece of Cake. The entrance to Candy Land is pretty hard to miss, it's a purple-ish cave guarded by two statues of Esquie holding blue lollipops. Once you're inside, follow the tunnel until it opens up.
Go left first. There's a glass candy jar you can smash for Chroma x5,235. Then head right down the other path to find another jar with the same amount just outside another cave entrance. Enter that smaller cave, and you'll hit a ledge with the New Pictos: Alternating Critical waiting for you.
Drop down from that ledge and take out the Barbasucette and Licornes. After that, grapple across to reach the Expedition Flag: Candy Land, this is your checkpoint, so remember it.
Head up the small ledge to the left of the flag and start climbing. Here's the part most people miss: when you reach the green lollipop, look right. There's a handhold leading to a side ledge with the New Weapon: Esquion on it. Grab it, then come back and keep climbing.
At the top, you'll run into a Mime. Beat it and you'll get a bunch of rewards for Monoco:
- New Weapon: Baguettaro
- New Outfit: Baguette (Monoco)
- New Outfit: Baguette Haircut (Monoco)
After the Mime, interact with the glowing ripple at the end of the path to unlock a shortcut back to the cave entrance. Then backtrack to the flag.
Secrets and the Hopscotch Puzzle
In the open area to the right of the flag, clear out the Barbasucettes and check the far corner for a hidden Energy Tint Shard. Head back to the flag and then slide down the rope.
Down below, smash the glass jar on the left for Colour of Lumina x3. On the other side, there's another jar, and breaking it reveals a hidden path. Crawl through it.
Inside, you'll find a hopscotch puzzle across a series of floating platforms. The goal is simple: step on the numbered tiles from 1 to 9 in order, then jump to the final platform. Step on the wrong number and you start over.
It's not too hard, you just need to be careful while jumping over the gap, and finishing it rewards you with the New Outfit: Double Bun (Lune).
The Chromatic Machinapieds Boss
Head back to the main path, continue towards the tunnel, and to the Gestral party across the bridge. Before talking to any of the Gestrals, follow the path on the right side to find the Chromatic Machinapieds waiting at the end.
This boss is an upgraded version of the regular Machinapieds, and it hits harder across the board. The key thing to know: it's weak to Earth attacks. Use Lune's Earth skills (Crustal Crush, Earth Rising, Rockslide, Terraquake) and Monoco's Glaise Earthquakes as much as possible.
The boss also applies a debuff called Barbapapa, 2 stacks at a time. This debuff reduces all melee damage to 1. However, every hit you land removes one stack. So multi-hit moves and status removal skills help a lot here.
Boss Loot:
- New Weapon: Cannaro
- Grandiose Chroma Catalyst x2
- Colour of Lumina x5
Gestral Activities
Back in the main chamber, you'll be in a Gestral party, and you'll get the last Piece of Cake here. There are two side activities worth doing:
1. Very Very Cool Gestral — Find the small Gestral with a Verso's hairstyle, holding sun and moon masks beside the waterfall. Tell him standing in line is boring, and he'll let one character skip ahead with a secret ticket. Each character gets their own Esquie-themed outfit.
Once all characters have taken a turn on the ride, you also get a Piece of Cake. Before you go, look behind the pillar behind the Very Very Cool Gestral to find a Healing Tint Shard.
2. Monsieur Frappe — The large Gestral under the umbrella challenges you to counter his attacks three times. He has a lot of fake-outs to throw you off, but you only need three successful counters total, not three in a row, despite what he says. He'll give you Pictos: Feint after winning.
Reverie Path
When you exit through the large archway, don't just run forward. Turn right and look for a rope going down. Drop into it to find the Chromatic Franctale, an optional boss that's worth doing.
Like everything in Verso's Draft, it's weak to Earth attacks. Lune and Monoco's Earth skills are your best tools here. After the fight, pick up the New Weapon: Esqium from the ground before heading back up.
Back on the main path, defeat the Franctale near the river for Chroma x10,470, then check inside one of the broken train wagons nearby for a Colour of Lumina. Exit the train, head toward the large 'N' block in the distance, and grab another Colour of Lumina there.
From here, the path takes you across some creative platforming, golden blocks, rainbow objects, crayons, wooden beams, and letter-shaped platforms. Take it slow on the narrow white beams and follow the route carefully.
Don't miss this: Before heading right on the wooden structure, follow the back-left path to a lollipop platform with the New Pictos: Gradient Overcharge. You'll have to drop down after grabbing it since jumping back is nearly impossible, but it's worth it. Or you can come back here after the boss fight later on.
Continue right, cross the 'V' block, and use the handholds and grapple point to reach a hidden area, that's where you'll find the Chromatic Licorne.
Chromatic Licorne Boss
This boss looks harmless, but don't let that fool you. The toughest part is Barbapapa, which it applies after every single attack to a random party member. Managing those stacks is key.
Two big combos to know:
- Bouncing Combo — Seven hits targeting your whole party. It rolls forward and bounces six times before firing an AOE rainbow blast. Parry the moment it starts descending each bounce.
- Rainbow Projectiles — Ten rainbows fired in pairs at one target. There's a small pause between pairs but not between the two in each pair. Stay focused.
Boss Loot:
- New Weapon: Licorum
- Grandiose Chroma Catalyst x2
- Colour of Lumina x5
Chromatic Barbasucette Boss
Back at ground level, follow the water until you spot a purple-colored Barbasucette, that's the Chromatic Barbasucette. Earth attacks work great here too.
This fight has a unique gimmick: the boss starts with four flying candies floating beside it. After each of its turns, those candies add four shields to the boss. You can destroy them with Free Aim shots. A Free Aim build with Energising Shots, Marking Shots, Energising Mark, Burning Shots, and Energising Burn works really well here to clear the candies and apply debuffs at the same time.
Boss Loot:
- New Weapon: Sucetton
- Grandiose Chroma Catalyst x2
- Colour of Lumina x5
After the fight, follow the water to the waterfall's edge for Chroma x10,470, then find the Gestral Merchant Najabla near it, with the Expedition Flag: Reverie Path just past them. You can beat Najabla in a fight to unlock Bonbim weapon for Lune.
Licornapieds Station
Once you have all the Pieces of Cake assembled into the Birthday Cake, return to the gingerbread door in the Treehouse Forest and use it to enter Licornapieds Station.
Inside, grapple across to the other side to encounter a group of enemies and collect a Grandiose Chroma Catalyst on top of some white crates. Take a right afterwards to find a Colour of Lumina on top of a broken railway. Next, board the train at the end of the road to hover to the boss fight island.
This area also contains the Expedition Flag: Licornapieds Station. Rest here before taking on the Licornapieds boss fight to get Pictos: Frenzy.
Once the boss is defeated, board the train on the right to cross to the far side of the station. Exit through the gingerbread door on the other end to return to the Expedition Flag: Reverie Path.
