Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Update 1.5.0 introduces a substantial round of content additions, feature upgrades, and quality of life improvements. The patch expands the game with a new playable environment, fresh customization options, and additional late game challenges. It also enhances system features with Photo Mode, improved loadout management, and broader language support.
The update further refines performance across handheld PCs, including Steam Deck certification and several visual adjustments. A series of targeted bug fixes also improves stability, accuracy, and combat mechanics, ensuring a smoother and more reliable experience for players returning to the adventure.
Patch Notes
New Content
- Versos Drafts environment added, offering a new location with enemy encounters and exploration opportunities
- Accessible from Act III on the World Map next to Lumiere
- Requires Esquies Underwater ability
- New text and UI localizations added in Czech, Ukrainian, Latin American Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, and Indonesian
- New costumes added for all Expedition members for added customization
- New boss battles introduced in the Endless Tower for late game challenges
- Variations of iconic main game bosses with increased difficulty
- New Luminas and Weapons added
- Old Key quest item added to the final area of the game for a second chance to collect all journals in a single playthrough
New Features
- Photo Mode added with extensive creative options, accessible from the pause menu
- Lumina Sets feature added, enabling players to save up to fifty loadouts
- Abandon Battle option added to the pause menu for use during combat
- HUD Scale setting added with adjustable values from eighty percent to one hundred twenty percent
- FSR 4 support added, including AMD temporal upscaling and Frame Generation
- New filters and improved UI added for Pictos and Luminas
- Input remapping added for controllers
Handheld PC Improvements
- Game certified on Steam Deck and ROG Xbox Ally
- Text legibility improved globally
- Fog and lighting issues fixed
- Intense effects during Flying Manor boss fight reduced
- Overexposed areas in the Visages corrected
- Overly dark areas in the Endless Tower brightened
- FPS cap on Steam Deck fixed
- VSync can now be disabled properly on Steam Deck
- Graphic settings adjusted for Steam Deck users
- First time setup flow improved
- Controller input now supported in installation wizards
- External controllers now switch smoothly with Steam Deck controls
Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue where Battle Retry after a cinematic or trigger could spawn the player out of bounds
- Playtime in save files now reflects total time including Game Overs
- Inventory sort order now persists after closing the menu
- Fixed issue preventing Intel XeSS Frame Generation setting access on PC Game Pass
- Fixed issue causing diacritic marks in Windows to be blocked after launching the title
- Fixed Breaking Death breaking all enemies; now only breaks the enemy that kills the character
- First Strike turn order now correctly follows character Speed
- Fixed Boucharo granting plus one hundred fifty percent Critical chance instead of plus fifty percent
- Fixed unintended hidden plus ten percent damage in specific Luminas
- Sweet Kill
- Teamwork
- Dead Energy II
- First Strike and others
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is a single-player role-playing game developed by Sandfall Interactive. It launched on April 24, 2025, for PC Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S, and was available on Xbox Game Pass at release.
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