Apart from the main story quests, Once Human features exciting challenges and missions that aim to test both your wits and your problem-solving skills. In the seasonal missions, you’ll sometimes be asked to complete a Devious Painting. These are essentially puzzle-like mini-games where you'll need to go out of your way to find the paintings and solve riddles to win exclusive rewards.

As the name suggests, Devious Paintings are cleverly hidden all across the map, challenging you to explore every nook and cranny of the overworld. Each of the four Once Human regions has a hidden Devious Painting. Read on to learn how to solve these paintings and where you can find all of them.

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How to Solve All Devious Paintings in Once Human

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To solve a Devious Painting puzzle, you simply need to find the loot crate displayed on its canvas. Once you find a Devious Painting, explore the surrounding area to locate the Artist’s Diary. Interacting with the diary and pressing the Q key will reveal a picture of a map marked with X, indicating the location of a loot crate. You can then make your way to the marked location and find the loot crate to solve the Devious Painting and claim your rewards. These crates can be easily identified by their glowing, purple colour.

The next sections contain the locations of the Devious Paintings in all four regions of Once Human along with the locations of their loot crates.

Iron River Devious Painting Location and Solution

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Devious Painting Location

Loot Crate Location

Rewards

The Iron River Devious Painting can be found north of the Dayton Hospital at the coordinates (5891, -4264).

The loot crate for this Devious Painting is located in the middle of the road close to the Mirage Monolith, with exact coordinates of (6649, -2540).

  • Energy Link x500
  • Light Optic (Weapon Accessory) x1
  • Formula: Impressionism Frame VII x1
  • Stellar Planula x5
  • Controller x1

Red Sands Devious Painting Location and Solution

Red Sands Devious Painting Loot location

Devious Painting Location

Loot Crate Location

Rewards

The Red Sands Devious Painting can be found north of Blackfell at coordinates (5381, 144).

The loot crate for this Devious Painting can be found further north of Blackfell, near a river, at coordinates (4778, 1475).

  • Energy Link x2000
  • Forward Flash Hider (Weapon Accessory) x1
  • Formula: Impressionism Frame XVI x1
  • Stellar Planula x6
  • Controller x1

Broken Delta Devious Painting Location and Solution

Broken Delta Devious Painting Loot Crate Location in Once Human

Devious Painting Location

Loot Crate Location

Rewards

The Broken Delta Devious Painting can be found just south of High Banks at coordinates (5443, -5964).

The loot crate for this Devious Painting can be found on an island south of Meyer's Market, at coordinates (5743, -6819).

  • Energy Link x200
  • Small Brake (Weapon Accessory) x1
  • Formula: Impressionism Frame II x1
  • Stellar Planula x4
  • Controller x1

Chalk Peak Devious Painting Location and Solution

Chalk Peak Devious Loot crate Location

Devious Painting Location

Loot Crate Location

Rewards

The Chalk Peak Devious Painting can be found west of the Rift Anchor Rotten Saddle at coordinates (671, -6168).

The loot crate for this Devious Painting can be found at the intersection of the road west of Tall Grass Inn and a dirt road, somewhere near the coordinates (1936, -5100).

  • Energy Link x1000
  • Small Laser Sight (Weapon Accessory) x1
  • Formula: Impressionism Frame I x1
  • Stellar Planula x5
  • Controller x1
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July 9, 2024
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Developer(s)
Starry Studio
Publisher(s)
Starry Studio, NetEase, Inc.
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Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
Platform(s)
PC, Android, iOS
Genre(s)
Survival, Shooter, Open-World