Maxroll's Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Guide, Codex, Planner

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an innovative RPG and the debut title from the French studio, Sandfall Interactive. This game stands out with its deep narrative and challenging gameplay, offering an experience that is truly unique. Maxroll has been diligently creating comprehensive guides for Expedition 33, covering everything from beginner tips to advanced strategies. These guides are essential for mastering game mechanics, locating valuable loot, and optimizing your character builds. Maxroll’s Codex is an invaluable resource, detailing weapons, skills, Pictos, and Luminas to help you tackle the challenges across the continent. For those who love to experiment, Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Planner allows you to craft your own builds and share them in the Community Builds Section.

Getting Started

Embark on your journey in Expedition 33 with Maxroll's character guides, beginner resources, and Pictos guides. For a comprehensive walkthrough that guides you step-by-step as you play, check out IGN's Expedition 33 Walkthrough.

Beginner’s Guide

Maxroll’s Beginner’s Guide for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 provides an in-depth introduction to the game’s core mechanics, including world exploration, battling Nevrons, and understanding each playable character's unique abilities. It also covers the game’s progression systems such as weapons, attributes, Pictos, and Luminas. For quick tips on easily overlooked aspects, don't miss IGN's 10 Things Expedition 33 Doesn't Tell You.

Combat Guide

Master the art of defeating formidable Nevrons with IGN's Combat Guide. This guide is perfect for beginners and includes essential tips and tricks, along with specific advice on using characters like 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, which can be more or less effective against various Nevrons. As you level up, weapons 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.

Pictos and Luminas

Pictos are equippable items that boost stats and offer unique effects. Each character can equip up to three Pictos, and the Lumina system allows for even more special effects. If you're struggling with a particular encounter, consider adjusting your Pictos to enhance defenses, increase damage, or buff your team with effects like Shell or Powerful. Explore more about Pictos and the Lumina system, a key progression feature in Expedition 33.

Early Game Pictos Guides

The Pictos system offers extensive customization options for your party. Some Pictos are particularly powerful in the early game, such as Dead Energy II and Critical Burn. Engage in side-content to acquire the "lone wolf" style Last Stand Pictos, and use Recovery to transform a character into a formidable tank!

Characters

Get to know each playable character in Expedition 33, their unique mechanics, and skills through Maxroll’s Character Skill Guides. Characters include Gustave, Lune, Maelle, Sciel, Verso, and Monoco.

More Guides

Maxroll offers additional guides for midgame and endgame, detailing how to unlock new areas, defeat specific enemies more efficiently, and identify the best Pictos for various stages of the game.

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. 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 enemies across the Continent is crucial. Exploit enemy weaknesses to deal 50% more damage, and avoid using elements they absorb, as these will heal them instead of causing harm!

Zone Progression

If you're unsure where to go after completing the main story, Maxroll’s Zone Progression Guide offers recommendations on when to tackle different optional zones. Additionally, IGN provides a list of Expedition 33 side quests and their rewards, helping you decide which ones are worth your time.

Best Pictos

Discover the Best Pictos for both early and endgame scenarios. Maxroll’s guide highlights Pictos that provide general power boosts as well as those with more specialized uses, enabling new build archetypes.

Codex

Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Codex is a comprehensive resource detailing all Weapons, Pictos, Luminas, and Skills in the game. You can adjust the level to see how these items scale as you progress.

Planner and Community Builds

Utilize Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Planner to craft your ideal build, then share it in the Community Builds section. Here are some key features of the planner:

When using Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Planner, keep these features in mind:

• Select your characters and set up your active party. You can create different teams with unique setups for each character.
• Choose an optional tag like “Story” or “Post-Story” at the top to navigate between characters and adjust their setups.
• Pick your weapon and adjust its level to see changes in power and scaling. Note that attributes are not currently factored in.
• Select the six skills for your character. Remember, Gradient Skills are not included here but can be learned about in the Codex.
• Choose your Pictos, which can be used once across your entire team. Select the correct level to view the stats added by each.
• Add Luminas, with the point count displayed at the top.
• Allocate attributes, perhaps focusing on those your weapon scales with.
• View your stats, which are influenced by Pictos, Attributes, and base weapon damage.
• Add notes to share your skill rotation or where you found certain items.
• Set your build to public to share it with the community.

Tomorrow Comes

That concludes Maxroll’s new guides for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Why not visit the build planner and start crafting your own strategies?