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

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 marks the debut of French studio Sandfall Interactive with a captivating RPG experience that combines immersive storytelling and challenging gameplay. For those diving into this new world, Maxroll has crafted comprehensive guides to aid your journey. Whether you're looking to grasp the basics, master game mechanics, hunt down valuable loot, or optimize your character builds, Maxroll's resources are invaluable. The Maxroll Codex is packed with details on weapons, skills, Pictos, and Lumina, ensuring you're well-equipped for the trials ahead on the continent. If you enjoy theorycrafting, Maxroll's Expedition 33 Planner allows you to design your own builds and share them in the Community Builds Section.

Getting Started

Embark on your adventure in Expedition 33 with Maxroll's character guides, beginner resources, and Pictos guides. For a comprehensive walkthrough to accompany your gameplay, consider IGN's Expedition 33 Walkthrough.

Beginner’s Guide

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

Combat Guide

Master the art of combat with IGN's Combat Guide, designed for beginners. It includes essential tips and tricks, with specific advice on utilizing characters like Lune and Maelle effectively against the formidable Nevrons.

Weapons, Attributes and Upgrades

Weapons are crucial in 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, 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 team's capabilities.

Pictos and Luminas

Pictos are versatile items that boost stats and offer unique effects. Each character can equip up to three Pictos, and the Lumina system allows for additional special effects. If you're struggling with a particular encounter, adjusting your Pictos can provide more defense, 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. In the early game, keep an eye out for powerful Pictos like 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.

• Gustave
• Lune
• Maelle
• Sciel
• Verso
• Monoco

More Guides

Maxroll offers additional guides for midgame and endgame, detailing how to unlock map 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's traversal abilities, including breaking through obstacles, swimming, flying, and diving, can be unlocked as you progress. Learn how to unlock all of Esquie’s Abilities to navigate the game world more effectively. Also, note that you can break those black rocks with blue cracks in them, which isn't related to Esquie but is a useful tip.

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 about what to do 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 offer 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 available Weapons, Pictos, Luminas, and Skills. 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, then share it in the Community Builds section. Here are some key features of the planner:

• Select and set up your active party, creating different teams with unique setups for each character.
• 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 six skills for each character, noting that Gradient Skills are excluded but detailed in the Codex.
• Choose Pictos, ensuring each is used only once across your team, and select the correct level to view added stats.
• Add Luminas and monitor the point count at the top.
• Allocate attributes, considering what 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 concludes Maxroll's new guides for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Why not visit the build planner and start theorycrafting your next great build?