April 2025

The Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 continent world map is filled with secret bosses, locations, and areas which you’ll never come across if you focus solely on the main story. One of those areas is the Crushing Cavern, which houses the Giant Sapling, a tough boss that challenges you to race against the clock as crushing…

Tracking down the blue mushroom for Karatom in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a quest you can undertake once you arrive in the Gestral Village. This little Gestral inventor is trying to create the ultimate Sakapatate—you might remember fighting these patchwork sentinels a little while earlier in the Ancient Sanctuary. The problem is that Karatom…

While attending the pre-departure festival in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, you can take Antoine’s quiz—a test of knowledge to see if you’ve been paying attention in the city of Lumiere so far. If you answer all three of his questions, you’ll get an additional festival token that you can spend in the three tents just…

You probably found the weird pictos in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 during the expedition festival by spending a token with Tom—it’s a very unusual quest item that offers no clue what to do with it. However, considering you get them right before you set off for the continent, it’s clear that you won’t be using…

Finding a use for the old key in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a bit unusual. Just like the weird pictos, you can acquire this mysterious quest item at the expedition festival before you leave Lumiere, but since you get it before you even arrive on the main game’s map, it’s impossible to know which…

It’s just a trash can; you’ll likely have seen this message in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 during the intro in the city of Lumiere. After finding Sophie as Gustave, you can explore and examine to your heart’s content, not limited to sticking your nose into the city’s various trash receptacles. Every time you try to…

In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, there are lots of mysterious creatures and enemies you come across on your journey. However, not all of them are hostile, and in the Flying Waters area early on in act one, you come across a Demineur missing its mine. While you can attack it, you can also help return…

Coming up with some Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 tips was surprisingly challenging, and that’s not because it’s a simple game. There’s so much to say about this French JRPG-style game that it’s tough to know where to start. Many have dubbed it French Persona, but while there are certain similarities in systems and UI that…

Helping the Jar find light is the first quest you’ll encounter in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33—in fact, it’s unavoidable. While battling your way through the first Spring Meadows area, you’ll encounter this strange monster on the main path and it’ll trigger a cutscene. The Jar is unable to move without light, and the lamp he’s…