{"id":47460,"date":"2025-04-28T10:13:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T01:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=47460"},"modified":"2025-04-28T10:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T01:13:24","slug":"clair-obscur-expedition-33-how-to-open-paint-cages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/clair-obscur-expedition-33-how-to-open-paint-cages\/","title":{"rendered":"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 &#8211; How to open Paint Cages\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As you continue your journey to defeat The Paintress in <strong>Clair Obscur: Expedition: 33<\/strong>, you\u2019ll eventually wind up in the Flying Waters and come upon your first Paint Cage. While the in-game tutorial tells you to shoot three Paint Cage locks, it can be confusing as to what you have to do to unlock these treasure troves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1344\" height=\"753\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1344px) 100vw, 1344px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47460.-001JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Paint Cages\" class=\"wp-image-47463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47460.-001JPG.jpg 1344w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47460.-001JPG-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47460.-001JPG-768x430.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1347\" height=\"753\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1347px) 100vw, 1347px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47460-002.jpg\" alt=\"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Paint Cages\" class=\"wp-image-47464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47460-002.jpg 1347w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47460-002-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47460-002-768x429.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Paint Cage locks look like small Paint Cages and are scattered around the main Paint Cage\u2019s general location. They usually require platforming or a keen eye to find them, so be on the lookout for their telltale glow. The lock\u2019s magic will return to its associated Paint Cage when shot, making it easy to uncover the location of a Paint Cage you haven\u2019t spotted yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1347\" height=\"751\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1347px) 100vw, 1347px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47460-003.jpg\" alt=\"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Paint Cages\" class=\"wp-image-47465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47460-003.jpg 1347w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47460-003-380x212.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47460-003-768x428.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once all three locks have been destroyed, the Paint Cage will unlock, and you will be free to claim your reward. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33\u2019s strange world can turn even a simple word like \u201clock\u201d into a code you must decipher. The next time you\u2019re looking for a Paint Cage lock, be sure to keep an eye out for a small Paint Cage and not some magical floating padlock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is available for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X|S.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to locate and destroy the three Paint Cage locks needed to open a Paint Cage in Clair Obscur: Expedition: 33.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":47462,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - How to open Paint Cages\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"How to locate and destroy the three Paint Cage locks needed to open a Paint Cage in Clair Obscur: Expedition: 33.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/clair-obscur-expedition-33-how-to-open-paint-cages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - How to open Paint Cages\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How to locate and destroy the three Paint Cage locks needed to open a Paint Cage in Clair Obscur: Expedition: 33.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/tips\/clair-obscur-expedition-33-how-to-open-paint-cages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AUTOMATON WEST\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-28T01:13:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-28T01:13:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250428-47454-47460.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1345\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"755\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carlos &quot;Zoto&quot; 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