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

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a groundbreaking RPG from the innovative French studio, Sandfall Interactive. This debut title merges deep, immersive storytelling with challenging gameplay, setting it apart from other games in the genre. To assist players in navigating this new world, Maxroll has diligently crafted a suite of guides for Expedition 33. These guides cover everything from getting started to mastering game mechanics, locating valuable loot, and optimizing your builds. Maxroll's Codex is an essential resource, offering detailed information on weapons, skills, Pictos, and Lumina, which are crucial for tackling the challenges on the continent. For those who enjoy delving into the mechanics of the game, Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Planner allows you to create and customize your own builds, which can then be shared in their Community Builds Section.

Getting Started

Embark on your journey in the world of Expedition 33 with comprehensive character guides, beginner resources, and Pictos guides from Maxroll. If you need a detailed walkthrough to accompany your gameplay, don't miss IGN's Expedition 33 Walkthrough, which provides step-by-step guidance.

Beginner’s Guide

Dive into Maxroll’s comprehensive Beginner’s Guide for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which covers the game’s core mechanics such as exploring the world, battling Nevrons, understanding each playable character's unique mechanics, and the game’s progression systems including weapons, attributes, Pictos, and Luminas. For quick tips, don't overlook IGN's "10 Things Expedition 33 Doesn't Tell You," a concise guide to some easily overlooked aspects of the game.

Combat Guide

Master the art of defeating the formidable Nevrons with IGN's Combat Guide. This beginner-friendly guide is packed with tips and tricks, including specific advice on utilizing characters like Lune and Maelle effectively.

Weapons, Attributes, and Upgrades

Weapons are a fundamental aspect of building your team in Expedition 33. Each weapon and character skill delivers various types of elemental damage, with effectiveness varying against different Nevrons. Characters can wield a range of weapons that enhance attribute scaling as they level up, unlocking special bonuses at levels 4, 10, and 20. Delve deeper into Weapons, Attributes, and Upgrades to optimize your arsenal.

Pictos and Luminas

Pictos are versatile equippable items that boost stats and offer unique effects. Each character can equip up to three Pictos, but the Lumina system enables further enhancement with additional special effects. If you're struggling with a particular encounter, adjusting your Pictos can help you gain more defense, deal more damage, or buff your team with effects like Shell or Powerful. Discover more about Pictos and the Lumina system, a core progression feature in Expedition 33.

Early Game Pictos Guides

The Pictos system offers extensive customization options for your party, allowing you to tailor each character to your preferred playstyle. During the early game, keep an eye out for powerful Pictos like Dead Energy II and Critical Burn. Engage with side-content to acquire "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, along with their unique mechanics and skills, through Maxroll’s Character Skill Guides.

Gustave, Lune, Maelle, Sciel, Verso, Monoco

More Guides

Maxroll also offers guides for the midgame and endgame phases, providing detailed insights on unlocking map areas, strategies to defeat certain enemies more efficiently, and recommendations on the best Pictos to use.

How to Unlock all of Esquie’s Traversal Abilities

Learn how to unlock Esquie’s full range of traversal abilities, which include breaking through obstacles, swimming, flying, and diving under the ocean, as you progress through the game. Additionally, discover how to break those mysterious black rocks with blue cracks scattered throughout the game world.

Enemy Strengths and Weaknesses

Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the enemies you'll encounter across the continent. Exploiting enemy weaknesses can increase your damage output by 50%, while using elements they absorb will heal them instead of causing harm!

Zone Progression

If you're unsure about what to do after completing the main storyline, Maxroll's Zone Progression Guide offers recommendations on when to tackle different optional zones. Additionally, IGN provides a list of Expedition 33 side quests along with their rewards, helping you decide which ones are worth your time.

Best Pictos

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

Codex

Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Codex is a comprehensive database containing information on all the weapons, Pictos, Luminas, and skills available in the game. You can even adjust the level settings to see how these items scale with progression.

Planner and Community Builds

Utilize Maxroll’s Expedition 33 Builder to plan out your builds, and share them with others using the Community Builds section. Here are some key features to consider when using the planner:

• Select your characters and set up your active party. You can also create different team setups here.
• At the top, choose an optional tag such as “Story” or “Post-Story” to navigate between characters and adjust their setups.
• Choose your weapon and adjust its level to see changes in power and scaling (attributes are not currently factored in).
• Select the six skills for each character. Note that Gradient Skills are excluded but can be found in the Codex.
• Choose your Pictos, which can be used once across your entire team. Adjust the level to see the stats they add.
• Add Luminas, with the point count displayed at the top.
• Allocate attributes, focusing on those that your weapon scales with.
• View your stats, which are calculated based on Pictos, Attributes, and base weapon damage.
• Add notes about your skill rotation or the sources of your gear.
• Set your build to public to share it with the community.

Tomorrow Comes

That concludes Maxroll’s comprehensive guides for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Why not dive into the build planner and start crafting your own unique strategies and builds?