Expedition 33 Patch Notes for Patch 1.3.0

Last Updated:June 10, 2025

The Patch 1.3.0 for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now live. This includes major difficulty adjustments to the story mode, and new options to increase the difficulty of the game for seasoned veterans.

Key Takeaways

Players who want to relive the thrilling battle against Simon can now challenge him again! If you would like to further increase the difficulty, you can limit your damage and increase enemy HP at flag checkpoints.
For those more focused on the breathtaking story, you can now experience it without being pushed to the limit during combat. In Story Mode difficulty, the parry and dodge windows are increased by 40%, and incoming damage is reduced by 50% (previously 10%).
The Steam Points Shop now features Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 profile backgrounds and emoticons.

Patch 1.3.0

Simon Rematch

Players can now rematch Simon after defeating him!

Story Mode Balancing (Easiest Difficulty)

Parry and dodge windows increased by 40%
Incoming damage reduced by 10% to 50%

Challenge Modifiers (Act 3 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

Systems & 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

Summary

The patch notes for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 version 1.3.0 include over 297 bug fixes. Additionally, they introduce a reduced difficulty in Story Mode and new optional difficulty modifiers for those who want to challenge themselves.

Written by: Perciculum