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

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an innovative RPG and the debut title from the French studio, Sandfall Interactive. This game seamlessly blends immersive storytelling with challenging gameplay, offering a unique experience in the genre. Maxroll has been diligently crafting comprehensive guides for Expedition 33 to help players navigate its intricate world. These guides cover everything from getting started to advanced strategies, including game mechanics, locating valuable loot, and optimizing your builds. Maxroll's Codex is an invaluable resource, detailing weapons, skills, Pictos, and Luminas, all essential for overcoming the challenges on the continent. For those who enjoy theorycrafting, Maxroll's Expedition 33 Planner allows you to create and share your own builds within the Community Builds Section.

Getting Started

Begin your journey in the world of Expedition 33 with Maxroll's character guides, beginner resources, and Pictos guides. For a detailed walkthrough as you play, consider IGN's Expedition 33 Walkthrough, which serves as a step-by-step companion guide.

Beginner’s Guide

Maxroll's comprehensive Beginner's Guide for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 introduces the game's core mechanics, such as world exploration, battling Nevrons, and understanding each playable character's unique mechanics. It also covers the game's progression systems, including weapons, attributes, Pictos, and Luminas. For a quick overview of lesser-known tips, don't miss IGN's 10 Things Expedition 33 Doesn't Tell You.

Combat Guide

Gain insights into defeating the formidable Nevrons with IGN's Combat Guide. This guide is tailored for beginners, offering essential tips and tricks, including strategies for using characters like Lune and Maelle effectively.

Weapons, Attributes, and Upgrades

Weapons are central to building your team in Expedition 33. Each weapon and character skill inflicts different types of elemental damage, with varying effectiveness against different Nevrons. As you level up, each character's weapons enhance attribute scaling and unlock special bonuses at levels 4, 10, and 20. Dive deeper into Weapons, Attributes, and Upgrades to maximize your team's potential.

Pictos and Luminas

Pictos are versatile items that grant stats and unique effects, with each character able to equip up to three. The Lumina system further amplifies these effects. If you're struggling with an encounter, consider adjusting your Pictos to boost defenses, increase damage, or enhance your team with effects like Shell or Powerful. Explore more about Pictos and the Lumina system, a pivotal progression feature in Expedition 33.

Early Game Pictos Guides

The Pictos system allows for extensive customization of your party. In the early game, standout Pictos include Dead Energy II and Critical Burn. Engage with 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 through Maxroll's Character Skill Guides, featuring Gustave, Lune, Maelle, Sciel, Verso, and Monoco.

More Guides

Maxroll offers additional guides for midgame and endgame, detailing how to unlock new 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 through the game. Learn how to access these abilities to enhance your exploration. And don't forget, you can break those black rocks with blue cracks in them, even if they're not 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 these will heal them instead.

Zone Progression

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

Best Pictos

Discover the best Pictos to use in both the early and endgame scenarios. Maxroll's guide highlights Pictos that offer general power boosts and those with niche applications, fostering new build archetypes.

Codex

Maxroll's Expedition 33 Codex is a comprehensive resource, detailing all available Weapons, Pictos, Luminas, and Skills. Adjust the level at the top to see how these items scale with your progression.

Planner and Community Builds

Utilize Maxroll's Expedition 33 Planner to craft your ideal build, then share it in the Community Builds section. Key features of the planner include:

• Select and set up your active party, with the option to create multiple teams.
• Choose an optional tag like "Story" or "Post-Story" at the top.
• Navigate between characters to customize their setups.
• Select and level up your weapon, adjusting for power and scaling.
• Choose six skills for each character, noting that Gradient Skills are covered in the Codex.
• Pick your Pictos, ensuring each is used only once across your team, and select the correct level to see the stats they add.
• Add Luminas, with the point count displayed at the top.
• Allocate attributes that complement your weapon's scaling.
• 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 our overview of Maxroll's new guides for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Why not dive into the build planner and start theorycrafting your next great build?