Maxroll Unveils 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. It offers a unique mix of immersive storytelling and challenging gameplay that sets it apart in the genre. Maxroll has diligently crafted comprehensive guides for Expedition 33, assisting players in getting started, understanding game mechanics, locating valuable loot, and optimizing their builds. Maxroll's Codex is an essential resource, detailing weapons, skills, Pictos, and Lumina, equipping you to tackle the continent's challenges. For those who love to delve deep into game mechanics, Maxroll's Expedition 33 Planner is perfect for crafting your own build, which you can then share on 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. For a detailed walkthrough to accompany your gameplay, don't miss IGN's Expedition 33 Walkthrough.

Beginner’s Guide

Maxroll's comprehensive Beginner’s Guide for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 introduces you to the game's core mechanics, including world exploration, battling Nevrons, and understanding each playable character's unique mechanics. It also covers the game's progression systems such as weapons, attributes, Pictos, and Luminas. For quick tips, check out IGN's 10 Things Expedition 33 Doesn't Tell You, highlighting easily overlooked details.

Combat Guide

Master the art of defeating dangerous Nevrons with IGN's Combat Guide. This beginner-friendly guide offers tips and tricks, including strategies 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 different Nevrons. Characters can wield a variety of weapons that scale with attributes as they level up, unlocking 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 additional special effects. If you're struggling with an 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. During 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

Discover the unique mechanics and skills of each playable character in Expedition 33 with Maxroll’s Character Skill Guides, covering Gustave, Lune, Maelle, Sciel, Verso, and 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

Learn how to unlock all of Esquie’s traversal abilities, including breaking through obstacles, swimming, flying, and diving under the ocean, as you progress through the game. Also, discover how to break those black rocks with blue cracks in them.

Enemy Strengths and Weaknesses

Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the enemies you'll encounter across the continent. Exploit their 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 to equip in both the early and endgame phases. 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 available Weapons, Pictos, Luminas, and Skills. You can adjust the level settings 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 with the community through the Community Builds section. Key features of the planner include:

• Selecting and setting up your active party, with options to create different team setups.
• Choosing an optional tag like "Story" or "Post-Story" to navigate between characters and adjust their setups.
• Picking your weapon and adjusting its level to see changes in power and scaling.
• Selecting six skills for each character, noting that Gradient Skills are covered in the Codex.
• Equipping Pictos, ensuring each Pictos is used only once across your team, and selecting the correct level to view added stats.
• Adding Luminas and tracking the point count.
• Allocating attributes that your weapon scales with.
• Viewing your stats, influenced by Pictos, Attributes, and base weapon damage.
• Adding notes about your skill rotation or where you found certain items.
• Setting 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 crafting your own strategies?