Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 patch 1.3.0 is now live with story mode balance adjustments, modifiers, and more
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 patch 1.3.0 is now live with story mode balance adjustments, modifiers, and more

by Mikhail Madnani on 10 June, 2025

Kepler Interactive and Sandfall Interactive have released the version 1.3.0 update for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with story mode balance adjustments, challenge modifiers, and much more.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Steam Points Shop items are also available including emoticons and trading cards. The focus of the update today is story mode balance adjustmetns increasing the parry and dodge windows, reducing the incoming damage, and more. The update also lets you rematch Simon after defeating him. 

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam). You can read our 10/10 review of it here, my Steam Deck and PC port feature here, and all our guides for the game here.

You can find the update details below:

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 version 1.3.0 update patch notes

Simon Rematch

  • Players can now rematch Simon after defeating him!

Story Mode Balancing.

Story mode is our easiest difficulty setting.

  • Parry and dodge windows increased by 40%

  • Incoming damage reduced by 10% to 50%

Challenge Modifiers (Act III onward)
At flag checkpoints, players can now:

  • Limit max player damage to 99,999 or 999,999

  • Multiply enemy HP by x2, x5, x10, x20, x50, or x100

Bug Fixes (297 total, notable examples below)

  • Verso now gains Perfection correctly when in reserve

  • Simoso weapon will no longer cause lag due to memory leaks

  • General polish across collisions, terrain, and scripting

  • Cutscenes scale properly on ultrawide and non-standard resolutions

  • Fixed a bug where loading a save after resting at a different location would spawn the player at coordinate zero

  • Placeholder textures removed near Chromatic Boucheclier and his battlearena

  • Fixed performance drops from repeated resting on certain levels

  • Crash after dialogue sequences resolved

  • Fixed stability issues after extended play sessions

  • French voiceover now plays correctly when selected

System & Settings

  • Audio can now be muted or unmuted when the game is running in the background

  • Mouse and joystick sensitivity improvements

  • Manual save file renaming is now supported (EXPEDITION_XX format required. XX must be a value between 00 and 09.)

Localization

  • Rolling credits updated (added creature VO, refined IOI section)

  • Font size adjustments for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

  • New strings added and minor text corrections implemented

Thank you all for your continued support. We hope you enjoy today's changes. If you have any new issues or want to report a bug, please continue using this form for us.

We continue!

~ The Expedition 33 Team