Home 
Navigation
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the debut RPG from French studio Sandfall Interactive, offers a unique blend of immersive storytelling and challenging gameplay. For players eager to dive into this new world, Maxroll has crafted a comprehensive set of guides to help you navigate through Expedition 33. These guides cover everything from getting started to mastering game mechanics, finding valuable loot, and optimizing your builds. Maxroll's Codex is an invaluable resource, detailing weapons, skills, Pictos, and Luminas to prepare you for the challenges ahead on the continent. If you enjoy theorycrafting, Maxroll's Expedition 33 Planner allows you to create and share your custom 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 keep you on track as you play.
Beginner’s Guide
Maxroll’s Beginner’s Guide for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is your go-to resource for understanding the game's core mechanics. It covers exploring the world, battling Nevrons, and introduces the unique mechanics of each playable character, along with progression systems like weapons, attributes, Pictos, and Luminas. For a quick reference, don't miss IGN's 10 Things Expedition 33 Doesn't Tell You, which highlights some easily overlooked tips.
Combat Guide
Master the art of defeating dangerous Nevrons with IGN's Combat Guide. This guide offers essential tips and tricks, including specific advice for 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, 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.
Pictos and Luminas
Pictos are equippable items that boost stats and provide 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 an encounter, consider switching your Pictos to increase defenses, boost damage, or enhance your team with buffs like Shell or Powerful. Discover 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. During the early game, keep an eye out for standout Pictos like Dead Energy II and Critical Burn. Engage in side-content to acquire "lone wolf" style Last Stand Pictos, and use Recovery to transform a character into a super-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 also offers guides for midgame and endgame strategies. These delve into unlocking map areas, defeating specific enemies, and selecting the best Pictos.
How to Unlock all of Esquie’s Traversal Abilities
Learn how to unlock all of Esquie's traversal abilities, such as breaking through obstacles, swimming, flying, and diving underwater, as you progress through the game. Additionally, did you know 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 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. IGN also lists Expedition 33 side quests and their rewards, helping you decide which ones are worth completing.
Best Pictos
Maxroll’s guide on the Best Pictos for both early and endgame scenarios details which Pictos provide general power and those with niche uses, opening up new build archetypes.
Codex
Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Codex is a comprehensive database of all weapons, Pictos, Luminas, and skills in the game. You can adjust the level at the top to see how these items scale.
Planner and Community Builds
Use Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Planner to craft your ideal build, then share it in the Community Builds section. Key features of the planner include:
- Select your characters and set up your active party. You can create different teams with unique setups for each character.
- At the top, choose an optional tag like “Story” or “Post-Story” to navigate between characters and adjust their setups.
- Pick your weapon and adjust its level to see changes in power and scaling (attributes are not currently factored in).
- Select the six skills for your character (note that Gradient Skills are excluded but detailed in the Codex).
- Choose your Pictos, ensuring each is used only once across your team, and select the correct level to view added stats.
- Add Luminas, with the point count displayed at the top.
- Allocate attributes, ideally those that your weapon scales with.
- 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 it with the community.
Tomorrow Comes
That concludes Maxroll’s new guides for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Why not head over to the build planner and start theorycrafting your next great build?
Latest Articles
Latest Games
