Curious Expedition 2

Potentially the most frustrating achievement in the game and will require some set up unless you're especially lucky.

First obtain a Pale Mask member, which will also unlock the Uncertain Loyalties achievement. See that guide for tips on obtaining a Pale Mask.


Once they are in your party you will need to return them to normal, however:

• Pale Mask members will attempt to leave the party after 150 days unless you pass a blue dice roll

• If you pass, they will attempt to leave again after a shorter period, with a harder dice roll each time

To that end, once you have a pale mask member it's recommended to end the current expedition as quickly as possible without spending too much time to maximise the number of days you have for the following steps. Loading your party up with blue dice can also help.

To return a Pale Mask member to normal you must:

• Steal the Pale Mask village leader's mask (get to standing 3, meet with the leader and steal the mask). This will set your standing to -10 and all other pale masks on the map will become hostile. Mask will be automatically traded for fame when you return from the expedition if you do not use it

• Enter a portal (there is always a portal on a map when the Pale Masks are the local tribe

• Visit a Shrine inside the portal

• Place the mask on the altar to return your party member and unlock the achievement

What makes this difficult/frustrating is that the primary way to obtain a Pale Mask member is inside a portal, and they will never complete the transformation until after you leave the portal, meaning you cannot usually return a party member on the same map they obtained it and will have to keep them in your party by being fast enough/passing the dice rolls until you get another Pale Mask island and can get the mask/return them.

Some tips to make this a bit easier:

• Use the perk that allows two requests from tribal leaders, recruit a pale mask local AND steal the pale mask from the same village. Note it's likely you'll lose the party member if you do this, as restoring a recruited Pale Mask member will unlock the achievement, but will transform them into a different pale mask member, who will still try to leave

• Once you return to Paris after obtaining a Pale Mask party member, you can save, then start another expedition, see if the locals are Pale Mask, and then quit to dashboard if they're not. In my experience the game did not autosave if you quit before visiting any locations/taking too long, which allows you to grind for another Pale Mask island instead of hoping on luck