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

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a groundbreaking RPG and the debut title from the innovative French studio, Sandfall Interactive. This game stands out with its deep narrative and challenging gameplay, offering an experience that is truly unique. To help you navigate this expansive world, Maxroll has crafted comprehensive guides for Expedition 33. These guides cover everything from getting started, understanding game mechanics, locating valuable loot, to perfecting your character builds. Maxroll's Codex is an invaluable resource, detailing weapons, skills, Pictos, and Lumina to prepare you for the myriad challenges across the continent. For those who enjoy diving deep into game mechanics, Maxroll's Expedition 33 Planner allows you to craft and share your own builds in their Community Builds Section.

Getting Started

Embark on your journey in the world of Expedition 33 with Maxroll's character guides, beginner resources, and Pictos guides. If you need a detailed companion as you progress, don't miss IGN's Expedition 33 Walkthrough for a step-by-step guide.

Beginner’s Guide

Maxroll’s comprehensive Beginner’s Guide for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is your first stop for mastering the game’s core mechanics. This guide covers exploring the world, battling Nevrons, understanding each playable character and their unique mechanics, and introduces the game’s progression systems including weapons, attributes, Pictos, and Luminas. For a quick overview of essential tips, check out IGN's 10 Things Expedition 33 Doesn't Tell You.

Combat Guide

Master the art of combat against dangerous Nevrons with IGN's Combat Guide. This beginner-friendly guide includes essential tips and tricks, as well as specific advice on using characters like Lune and Maelle effectively.

Weapons, Attributes and Upgrades

Weapons are fundamental to building your team in Expedition 33. Each weapon, along with character skills, inflicts different types of elemental damage, with varying effectiveness against different Nevrons. Characters can equip a variety of weapons that scale with increased attributes as you level them up, unlocking special bonuses at levels 4, 10, and 20. Dive deeper into Weapons, Attributes, and Upgrades to optimize your arsenal.

Pictos and Luminas

Pictos are versatile items that enhance your characters with stats and unique effects. Each character can equip up to 3 Pictos, and the Lumina system allows for additional special effects. If you're stuck on a challenging encounter, consider adjusting your Pictos to boost defenses, increase damage, or buff your team with effects like Shell or Powerful. Explore more about Pictos and the Lumina system, a key feature in Expedition 33's progression.

Early Game Pictos Guides

The Pictos system offers ample customization for your party. In the early game, keep an eye out for standout Pictos like Dead Energy II and Critical Burn. Engage with side content to acquire the "lone wolf" style Last Stand Pictos, and use Recovery to turn a character into a formidable tank!

Characters

Delve into detailed profiles of each playable character in Expedition 33, exploring their unique mechanics and skills with Maxroll’s Character Skill Guides.

Gustave, Lune, Maelle, Sciel, Verso, Monoco

More Guides

Maxroll also offers guides tailored for the midgame and endgame, detailing how to unlock map areas, defeat specific enemies, and select the best Pictos.

How to Unlock all of Esquie’s Traversal Abilities

Unlock Esquie's full potential with abilities to break through obstacles, swim, fly, and dive under the ocean. Learn how to unlock all of Esquie’s Abilities as you progress through the game. And remember, those black rocks with blue cracks can be broken too!

Enemy Strengths and Weaknesses

Understand the strengths and weaknesses of enemies you'll encounter across the Continent. 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 what to do after completing the main story, Maxroll's Zone Progression Guide offers recommendations on when to tackle optional zones. IGN also lists Expedition 33 side quests with their rewards, helping you decide which ones are worth pursuing.

Best Pictos

Discover the best Pictos to equip for both the early game and endgame. Maxroll’s guide highlights Pictos that offer general power boosts as well as those with specialized uses, enabling new build archetypes.

Codex

Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Codex is a comprehensive database of all Weapons, Pictos, Luminas, and Skills in the game. Adjust the level at the top to see how these items scale as you progress.

Planner and Community Builds

Use Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Planner to craft your perfect build, then share it with the community. Here are some key features of the planner:

Select your characters and set up your active party. You can create different team configurations 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 (attributes are not currently factored in). Select the 6 skills for your character (note: Gradient Skills are excluded but covered in the Codex). Choose your Pictos, ensuring each is used only once across your team, and select the correct level to view their stats. Add Luminas, with the point count displayed at the top. Allocate attributes, perhaps focusing on those your weapon scales with. Your stats, influenced by Pictos, Attributes, and base weapon damage, are displayed. 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’s a wrap on Maxroll’s new guides for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Why not head over to the build planner and start theorycrafting your next adventure?