Chapters
This page covers the main story of Chicory: A Colorful Tale, which is divided into chapters. Sidequests will not be discussed in detail, but collectibles will be listed per chapter. For more information on sidequests or collectibles, see respective character or location pages.
Prologue
The player takes control of Pizza, the janitor of the current Wielder, Chicory. Pizza talks to themself how cool Chicory is while they clean the Wielder Tower. While Pizza is cleaning the studio, all of the colors vanish suddenly. Leaving the room, down the hall to the left, The Brush is found lying on the ground, outside Chicory's room. Pizza can choose to take The Brush or not. The prologue ends after Pizza takes the Brush and leaves the Tower through the door in front of Chicory's room. Choosing to not take the Brush three times in a row causes the credits to play over a blank background.
Chapter 1: The Dark Forest
Outside the Wielder Tower, Pizza can explore Luncheon and talk to the residents. Pizza finds Blackberry by going down and to the right, then follows her to reach Supper Woods. After exploring through Supper Woods, Pizza reaches a large black tree. Inside, Blackberry introduces Pizza to corruptions, explaining that they don’t know what they’ve gotten themself into, before being taken into the darkness. Pizza then completes the first boss fight.
During this chapter, Pizza can also be introduced to Lost Kids and Litter. There are (X) Lost Kids, (X) Gifts, and (X) Litter obtainable in this chapter.
Chapter 2: A Wielder's Duty
Pizza wakes up in Blackberry’s house. The Brush’s paint now glows in the dark. Pizza admits that they took the Brush, rather than being given it, and Blackberry explodes at them, saying to return the Brush to Chicory. Pizza travels through Yum Cave as a shortcut, and return to the Wielder Tower to do so. Chicory acts cold and distant, and simply says that Pizza can take the Brush for themself. Pizza is excited, and leaves. Outside the Wielder Tower, they meet Turnip, who says that weird things are going on at the Wielder Temple, and that the Wielder should investigate. Pizza says that they’re the new Wielder, and follows Turnip.
After helping Turnip not get lost through Nibble Tunnel, Pizza stops at Potluck, their hometown. Pizza greets their parents and sister, the former giving them the Camera Map, and the latter introducing them to the Art Academy.
Progressing onward, Pizza goes through Appie Foothills, seeing that the entrance to the Wielder Temple requires a code. They go to visit former Wielder Cardamom in Elevenses, who gives them the code to open the entrance to the Wielder Temple. Soon after they open the entrance to the temple, Pizza gets a phone call from Chicory. Exploring through the temple, Pizza learns about the origins and history of the Brush, before fighting the second boss fight in the dark.
During this chapter, Pizza can be introduced to Brush Styles. There are (X) Lost Kids, (X) Litter, (X) Gifts, and (X) Brush Styles in this chapter.
Chapter 3: Portraits of Chicory
Pizza wakes up again, outside the corrupted tree in the Wielder Temple. More corrupted trees have since sprouted, blocking the way they came in. Luckily, Pizza has gained the ability to swim through their paint to go through small cracks, and uses this to find another exit to the temple. Pizza decides to go talk to Chicory again about what’s going on.
They find Chicory outside the Wielder Tower, trying to paint something. She says that nothing is coming out the way she’d like, and Pizza sheepishly asks her to paint them with the Brush. Chicory obliges, and they make conversation while she does. They both express their insecurities, Pizza looking up to Chicory, and Chicory thinking she shouldn’t be looked up to. When Chicory finishes, she asks that Pizza paint her as well.
Pizza and Chicory trade portraits, but notice that while they were painting, multiple black trees had sprouted around the Wielder Tower, reminding them that Pizza has work to do. Chicory says the nearest corruption is in Gulp Swamp, and Pizza goes on their way. At the entrance to Gulp Swamp, they encounter Blackberry. Blackberry heard that Chicory had officially given the Brush to Pizza, and talks poorly of her as a result. Pizza defends Chicory from her. Moving on through Gulp Swamp, Pizza finds the corrupted tree and enters it. The corruption morphs into the first two bosses, before instead morphing into Chicory. “Chicory” says that giving Pizza the Brush was a mistake, and initiates combat for the third boss fight.
There are (X) Lost Kids, (X) Litter, (X) Gifts, and (X) Brush Styles obtainable in this chapter.
Chapter 4: Into the Depths
Chapter 5: The Source
Chapters 6 - 9: The Wielder Trials