Maxroll's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Guides, Codex, Planner

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an innovative RPG and the debut title from the French studio, Sandfall Interactive. It combines immersive storytelling with challenging gameplay, offering a unique gaming experience. Maxroll has been diligently crafting comprehensive guides for Expedition 33, including resources to help players get started, understand game mechanics, locate valuable loot, and optimize their builds. Maxroll's Codex provides detailed information on weapons, skills, Pictos, and Lumina, preparing you for the continent's challenges. For those who enjoy theorycrafting, Maxroll's Expedition 33 Planner allows you to create and share your own builds in the Community Builds Section.

Getting Started

Embark on your journey in the world of Expedition 33 with character guides, beginner resources, and Pictos guides from Maxroll. For a step-by-step companion as you play, consider IGN's Expedition 33 Walkthrough.

Beginner’s Guide

Maxroll’s comprehensive Beginner’s Guide for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 introduces the game’s core mechanics such as world exploration, battling Nevrons, understanding each playable character's unique mechanics, and the game’s progression systems like weapons, attributes, Pictos, and Luminas. For a quick overview of easily overlooked details, check out IGN's 10 Things Expedition 33 Doesn't Tell You.

Combat Guide

Gain the upper hand against dangerous Nevrons with IGN's Combat Guide. This beginner-friendly guide offers tips and tricks, including strategies for utilizing Lune and Maelle effectively.

Weapons, Attributes, and Upgrades

Weapons are crucial for building your team in Expedition 33. Each weapon and character skill inflicts different types of elemental damage, with varying effectiveness against different Nevrons. As you level your weapons, attribute scaling increases, and special bonuses unlock at levels 4, 10, and 20. Dive deeper into Weapons, Attributes, and Upgrades to enhance your gameplay.

Pictos and Luminas

Pictos are equippable items that boost stats and provide unique effects. Each character can equip up to 3 Pictos, and you can enhance them further with the Lumina system for additional special effects. If you're struggling in a battle, consider adjusting your Pictos to increase defenses, damage, or buff your team with effects like Shell or Powerful. Explore Pictos and the Lumina system to master this core progression feature in Expedition 33.

Early Game Pictos Guides

The Pictos system offers ample room for customizing your party and tailoring each character to your preferences. Some standout Pictos during the early game include Dead Energy II and Critical Burn. Completing side-content can reward you with the "lone wolf" style Last Stand Pictos, and using Recovery can turn one character into a formidable tank. Learn more to make the most of your early game strategy.

Characters

Discover the unique mechanics and skills of each playable character in Expedition 33 with Maxroll’s Character Skill Guides. Characters include Gustave, Lune, Maelle, Sciel, Verso, and Monoco.

More Guides

Maxroll also offers guides for midgame and endgame, detailing how to unlock map areas, defeat enemies more effectively, and which Pictos are the most powerful.

How to Unlock all of Esquie’s Traversal Abilities

Esquie can break through obstacles, swim, fly, and even dive under the ocean. Learn how to unlock all of Esquie’s Abilities as you progress through the game. Additionally, you can break those black rocks with blue cracks in them, a useful tip not directly related to Esquie.

Enemy Strengths and Weaknesses

Understand the Strengths and Weaknesses of enemies you'll encounter across the Continent. Exploit their weaknesses to deal 50% more damage, and avoid using elements they absorb, as these will heal the enemy 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. IGN also lists Expedition 33 side quests along with their rewards, helping you decide which quests are worth completing.

Best Pictos

Discover the Best Pictos for both early and endgame scenarios. Maxroll’s guide outlines Pictos that offer general power boosts as well as those with niche applications, enabling new build archetypes.

Codex

Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Codex contains information on all Weapons, Pictos, Luminas, and Skills available in the game. You can adjust the level to see how Weapons and Pictos scale, ensuring you're always well-informed.

Planner and Community Builds

Utilize Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Planner to design your build, then share it in the Community Builds section. Key features of the planner include:

• Select and set up your active party.
• Create different team setups for each character.
• Choose an optional tag like "Story" or "Post-Story."
• Pick your weapon and adjust its level to see changes in power and scaling.
• Select the 6 skills for your character (excluding Gradient Skills, which are detailed in the Codex).
• Choose Pictos, ensuring each is used only once across your team.
• Add Luminas, keeping track of the point count.
• Allocate attributes that your weapon scales off of.
• View your stats, influenced by Pictos, Attributes, and base weapon damage.
• Add notes about your skill rotation or where you found certain items.
• Set your build to public to share with the community.

Tomorrow Comes

That wraps up Maxroll’s new guides for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Why not dive into the build planner and start crafting your ideal setup?