Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the debut RPG from French studio Sandfall Interactive, offers a unique blend of immersive storytelling and challenging gameplay that sets it apart in the gaming world. Maxroll has dedicated itself to creating comprehensive guides for Expedition 33, assisting players from their first steps to mastering the game. These guides cover everything from getting started, understanding game mechanics, locating valuable loot, to optimizing your builds. Maxroll's Codex is an invaluable resource, detailing weapons, skills, Pictos, and Luminas to help you conquer the challenges on the continent. For those who love to experiment with different strategies, Maxroll's Expedition 33 Planner allows you to create and share your own builds on their Community Builds Section.
Getting Started
Embark on your journey in Expedition 33 with Maxroll's character guides, beginner resources, and Pictos guides. For a detailed walkthrough, check out IGN's Expedition 33 Walkthrough, which serves as a step-by-step companion to enhance your gaming experience.
Beginner’s Guide
Maxroll's comprehensive Beginner's Guide for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is your go-to resource for understanding core game mechanics. From exploring the world and battling Nevrons to understanding each character's unique mechanics and the game's progression systems like weapons, attributes, Pictos, and Luminas, this guide has you covered. Additionally, don't miss IGN's "10 Things Expedition 33 Doesn't Tell You" for quick insights into some easily overlooked aspects of the game.
Combat Guide
Master the art of combat with IGN's Combat Guide for Expedition 33. This beginner-friendly guide offers tips and tricks, including strategies for using characters like Lune and Maelle effectively against the dangerous Nevrons.
Weapons, Attributes, and Upgrades
Weapons are fundamental to building your team in Expedition 33. Each weapon and character skill inflicts different types of elemental damage, with varying effectiveness against Nevrons. As you level up your weapons, they gain increased attribute scaling and unlock special bonuses at levels 4, 10, and 20. Dive deeper into Weapons, Attributes, and Upgrades to enhance your gameplay strategy.
Pictos and Luminas
Pictos are essential equippable items that provide stats and unique effects, with each character able to equip three. The Lumina system further enhances your capabilities. If you're facing tough encounters, consider adjusting your Pictos to boost defenses, increase damage, or buff your team with effects like Shell or Powerful. Delve into Pictos and the Lumina system to master this core progression feature in Expedition 33.
Early Game Pictos Guides
The Pictos system offers extensive customization options for your party, but some Pictos are particularly powerful in the early game. Look out for Dead Energy II and Critical Burn, complete side-content to obtain the "lone wolf" style Last Stand Pictos, and use Recovery to transform a character into a formidable tank.
Characters
Gain insights into each playable character in Expedition 33, their unique mechanics, and skills with Maxroll’s Character Skill Guides. Characters such as Gustave, Lune, Maelle, Sciel, Verso, and Monoco each bring something special to your team.
More Guides
Maxroll also provides guides for midgame and endgame phases, covering how to unlock new areas of the map, defeat specific enemies more efficiently, and choose the best Pictos for your build.
How to Unlock all of Esquie’s Traversal Abilities
Learn how to unlock all of Esquie’s traversal abilities, allowing you to break through obstacles, swim, fly, and even dive underwater as you progress through the game. And don't forget, you can break those black rocks with blue cracks in them!
Enemy Strengths and Weaknesses
Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of the enemies you encounter across the continent is crucial. Exploit their weaknesses to deal 50% more damage and avoid using elements they absorb, which will heal them instead of causing harm.
Zone Progression
If you feel lost after completing the main story, Maxroll’s Zone Progression Guide offers recommendations on when to tackle different optional zones. Additionally, IGN lists Expedition 33 side quests along with their rewards, helping you decide which ones to pursue.
Best Pictos
Discover the best Pictos to equip in both early and endgame scenarios. Maxroll’s guide highlights Pictos that provide general power boosts as well as those suited for niche strategies, enabling new build archetypes.
Codex
Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Codex is a comprehensive resource detailing all the weapons, Pictos, Luminas, and skills available in the game. You can adjust the level to see how these items scale, helping you plan your progression effectively.
Planner and Community Builds
Utilize Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Planner to craft your ideal build and share it with the community. Key features include selecting characters, setting up your active party, choosing weapons and adjusting their levels, selecting skills (excluding Gradient Skills, which are covered in the Codex), equipping Pictos, adding Luminas, allocating attributes, viewing your stats, adding notes about your strategy, and making your build public for others to see.
Tomorrow Comes
That wraps up Maxroll’s new guides for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Why not dive into the build planner and start theorycrafting your next winning strategy?
