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

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the debut RPG from French studio Sandfall Interactive, combines immersive storytelling with challenging gameplay to create a unique gaming experience. Maxroll has been diligently creating comprehensive guides to enhance your journey 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 equip you for the challenges ahead on the continent. For those who enjoy theorycrafting, Maxroll's Expedition 33 Planner allows you to craft your own builds, which you can then share in their Community Builds Section.

Getting Started

Begin your adventure in Expedition 33 with Maxroll's character guides, beginner resources, and Pictos guides. If you need a detailed walkthrough to accompany your gameplay, don't miss IGN's Expedition 33 Walkthrough, a step-by-step companion guide.

Beginner’s Guide

Dive into Maxroll's comprehensive Beginner’s Guide for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to understand the game's core mechanics, such as exploring the world, battling Nevrons, and learning about each playable character and their unique abilities. The guide also covers progression systems like weapons, attributes, Pictos, and Luminas. For quick insights, check out IGN's "10 Things Expedition 33 Doesn't Tell You" for tips on easily missed details.

Combat Guide

Master the art of combat with IGN's Combat Guide, designed for beginners with tips and tricks to defeat dangerous Nevrons, including specific advice on using characters like Lune and Maelle.

Weapons, Attributes and Upgrades

Weapons are crucial in building your team in Expedition 33. Each weapon and character skill delivers different types of elemental damage, which can be more or less effective against different Nevrons. As you level up your weapons, they gain increased attribute scaling and unlock special bonuses at levels 4, 10, and 20. Explore more about Weapons, Attributes, and Upgrades to enhance your gameplay.

Pictos and Luminas

Pictos are versatile items that provide stats and unique effects, with each character able to equip three. Utilize the Lumina system to gain even more special effects. If you're struggling with an encounter, consider adjusting your Pictos to boost defenses, increase damage, or buff your team with effects like Shell or Powerful. Delve into the world of Pictos and the Lumina system, a key progression feature in Expedition 33.

Early Game Pictos Guides

The Pictos system offers extensive customization for your party, with certain Pictos being particularly powerful in the early game. Look out for Dead Energy II and Critical Burn, complete side-content to obtain the "lone wolf" style Last Stand Pictos, and use Recovery to transform one character into a super-tank!

Characters

Get to know each playable character in Expedition 33, their unique mechanics, and skills with Maxroll's Character Skill Guides.

More Guides

Maxroll offers additional guides for midgame and endgame, detailing how to unlock new areas, defeat specific enemies more easily, and identify the best Pictos to use.

How to Unlock all of Esquie’s Traversal Abilities

Learn how to unlock all of Esquie's abilities, including breaking through obstacles, swimming, flying, and diving underwater, as you progress through the game. Additionally, discover how to 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 the enemies you'll encounter across the continent. Exploit these weaknesses to deal 50% more damage, and avoid using elements they absorb, as those will heal them instead of causing harm!

Zone Progression

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

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 applications, opening up new build possibilities.

Codex

Maxroll's Expedition 33 Codex contains detailed information on all Weapons, Pictos, Luminas, and Skills available 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 create and customize your builds. Here are some key features to consider:

• Select and set up your active party, with the option to create different teams for each character.
• Choose optional tags like "Story" or "Post-Story" to navigate between character 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 each character, excluding Gradient Skills (more information on these is available in the Codex).
• Equip Pictos, which can be used once across your entire team, and select the appropriate level to view their stats.
• Add Luminas, with the point count displayed at the top.
• Allocate attributes, focusing on those your weapon scales with.
• View your stats, which are influenced by Pictos, Attributes, and base weapon damage.
• Add notes to your build, explaining your skill rotation or where you found certain items.
• Set your build to public to share it with the community.

Tomorrow Comes

That concludes our overview of Maxroll's guides for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Why not visit the build planner and start theorycrafting your own unique strategies?