Welcome to the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 achievements and trophies guide. This guide covers all 55 achievements/trophies available in the base game at launch.
Clair Obscur: Expediton 33 is a fantastic game. Not only does the game look beautiful, but the story, voice acting, music, game play, and depth of content are the target games should aim for. It also helps that the game released with little to no noticeable bugs. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Game Stats
- Difficulty: 3/10
- Time to Completion: 70-100 hours
- Story: 25-40 hours
- Does Difficulty Affect Achievements/Trophies?: No.
- Missable Achievements/Trophies: A Peculiar Encounter may be missed if you don’t defeat the Mime In Lumiere before reaching the docks. Make sure you earn and spend all tokens before leaving Lumiere. The old key is needed for a journal (Follow the Trail). Aiding the enemy is missable if you kill the quest-giving Nevrons with the exception of the one who asks for it.
- Bugged Achievements/Trophies: None reported. If an achievement or trophy does not pop, close the game and reboot it. This happened for 2 achievements during my playthrough.
General Tips
- Enable Automatic QTE under Accessibility settings if you don’t like that game mechanic.
- Change Sprint Input to Toggle in the Gameplay settings.
- Focus on the main story quests to unlock more expedition members and skills.
- Dodge has a slightly longer window than parry if you’re trying to mitigate damage.
- If you successfully parry a full combo of attacks, you will counterattack and earn more AP.
- Press RB/R1 when near an enemy to initiate a First Strike attack.
- Press/Hold LT/L2, aim, and destroy enemy weak points using RT/R2.
- Use the Free Aim mechanic to take down shields or skills that deal more hits than they cost in AP.
- Explore each area. If it looks like the game wants you to go a specific direction, look for branching paths.
- With the exception of the 1st record in Lumiere, you can hold off on collectibles until after the story.
- Once you reach Act 2, stop by the camp and talk with your companions after each location is completed.
- Focus on getting your Might attributes high in the mid game and add Agility or Luck in the endgame.
- Each time you visit camp, write in the journal before leaving. A new skill will eventually unlock.
- Don’t kill the Nevrons that give you quests.
- Use Maelle when fighting in the arena to unlock her best weapon. If you miss the chance, you can have Maelle fight Golgra solo later on. Make sure you complete the Hidden Arena to get the solo buffs.
- Try to purchase all Colour of Luminas from merchants.
Links
- Expedition 33 Collectible Locations Guide
- Expedition 33 Clea & Simon Boss Guide
- Story Achievements
- Boss Achievements
- Collectible Achievements
- Conditional Achievements
- Companion Achievements
- Progression Achievements
- Combat Achievements
Story Achievements
Prologue
Lumière
10G – Embark on the Expedition.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock as you leave the island of Lumiere at the end of the Prologue.
Act 1
Spring Meadows
10G – Find your way through Spring Meadows.t
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock after defeating the boss at the base of the tree in Spring Meadows and watching a cutscene.
Flying Waters
10G – Find your way through Flying Waters.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock after defeating Goblu at the end of Flying Waters.
Ancient Sanctuary
10G – Find your way through Ancient Sanctuary.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock after defeating Ultimate Sakapatate at the end of Ancient Sanctuary.
Gestral Village
10G – Find your way through the Gestral Village.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock after completing the Arena in Gestral Village and leaving.
Esquie’s Nest
10G – Find your way through Esquie’s Nest.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock after defeating Fracois and getting Esquie to join your party inside Esquie’s Nest.
Stone Wave Cliffs
10G – Find your way through Stone Wave Cliffs.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock after defeating Lampmaster at the end of the Stone Wave Cliffs.
Act 2
Forgotten Battlefield
10G – Find your way through Forgotten Battlefield.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock after defeating the Dualliste in Forgotten Battlefield and leaving the area.
Monoco’s Station
10G – Find your way through Monoco’s Station.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock after defeating the Stalact in Monoco’s Station and completing Monoco’s tutorial fight.
Old Lumière
10G – Find your way through Old Lumière.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock after fighting Renoir in Old Lumiere.
Monolith
25G – Reach the Monolith.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock after attempting to fight the Paintress in Monolith.
Act 3
Back to Lumière
50G – Return to Lumière.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock during the Epilogue.
The End
50G – Reach the end.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock during the Epilogue after fighting Renoir.
Boss Achievements
Professional
10G – Defeat a boss without taking any damage.
Defeat a boss without taking damage. The best time to do this is in the early game. When you reach the tree in Spring Meadows, change the difficulty to Story for the boss fight. This will give you longer dodge/parry windows. At the start of the fight, parry the attack. Then aim and fire twice on the body to remove the shield and once at the weak point before using an attack.
During the fight, parry all spells on the count of 3. Parry the single weapon melee attacks and dodge the dual weapon attacks (timing is different, so play it safe). Doing so will give you extra AP points and counter attacks to chip away at the boss’s health. When it summons adds, take them out first. Aim and fire twice before performing a standard attack on each add. If you get hit, Load Previous Save and try again.
Another option is to wait until you reach Stone Wave Cliffs at the end of Act 1. In the dark, underground area there is a boss named Rocher who looks like a crystal until you approach. It was the easiest boss in the game to defeat.
Story Bosses
First Axon
25G – Defeat the first Axon.
When you reach Visages, take all 3 of the alternate paths and destroy the mask bosses to weaken the first Axon. The fight is broken up into 2 phases. During the 1st phase, aim at the glowing eyes in the mirror to weak and destroy the masks. If you have Monoco in your party, Chevaliere Thrusts and Moissonneuse Vendage are both powerful attacks in both phases. Try to ration items and make sure Lune is in your party for healing/raising.
Second Axon
25G – Defeat the second Axon.
While exploring in Sirene, make sure you take out the 2 mini-bosses, Tisseur and Glissando. Before fighting the Axon, complete 4 battles with Anti-Charm (dropped by Tisseur) equipped and make sure your party members all have it activated. Otherwise, the boss will charm them and you will quickly lose to yourself. Utilize ice attacks to exploit her weakness.
Paintress
50G – Defeat the Paintress.
Defeat the Paintress. This fight can be tough, especially in the 2nd phase. Make sure you level up and equip Second Chance on your party to raise them the first time they die.
Endgame Bosses
Carreau Parfait
10G – Beat the Chromatic Pétank.
Defeat the Chromatic Petank in a large valley on the eastern landmass. This is the easiest of the endgame bosses. You will need to chase the boss from the starting location in the north to the location shown below after following it through water.
Sprong
10G – Beat Sprong.
Defeat Sprong in the water east of the Endless Tower during Act 3. Fly over to Sprong’s location and the fight will initiate. Sprong’s movements are slow, so you should easily dodge/parry them to stay alive. Work on building up his stagger meter and use Maelle’s level 3 Gradient Attack when it is ready.
À On
10G – Beat the Serpenphare.
Defeat Serpenphare flying in the air above the water in the east. Save this boss till near the end of your playthrough. It’s recommended you have Maelle in your party for her level 3 Gradient Attack. When the boss goes below the platform, be ready for an easy set of 3 parries.
"Endless"
50G – Reach the top of the Endless Tower.
Complete the Endless Tower by defeating 33 trials. The tower consists of 11 stages with 3 trials each. After defeating the Painted Love boss in 11-3 the achievement or trophy will unlock.
Clea
25G – Beat Clea.
Defeat Clea in the Flying Manon area after unlocking her door by fighting 4 other bosses nearby.
Refer to the Expedition 33 Clea & Simon Boss Guide for a detailed setup and strategy that made this fight significantly easier.
Peace At Last
50G – Beat Simon.
Defeat Simon at the bottom of The Abyss after navigating your way through Renoir’s Drafts. This boss is tough during the 2nd phase. He will remove bodies of fallen party members and wipe the party when his health is low.
Refer to the Expedition 33 Clea & Simon Boss Guide for a detailed setup and strategy that made this fight significantly easier.
Collectible Achievements
Follow The Trail
10G – Find all of the journals from prior expeditions.
Warning: This may be missed if you don’t trade a token for the Old Key in Lumiere during the Prologue.
Collect all 49 journals from previous expeditions. Progress can be tracked in the Journal menu.
Refer to the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Collectible Locations Guide for details.
Aiding the Enemy
25G – Finish all of the Nevron quests.
Warning: This may be missed if you kill any of these Nevrons except the one who asks for it. If you miss it, you can do a golden-path speed run in NG+ after acquiring all other endgame achievements/trophies.
As you explore, you will come across white Nevrons who require assistance. Help each to unlock this achievement/trophy.
Refer to the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Collectible Locations Guide for details.
Lost Gestrals
10G – Find all of the Lost Gestrals.
Locate all 9 Lost Gestrals on The Continent. You will be able to find the first one after unlocking The Continent. Progress can be tracked at camp by speaking with Sastro after unlocking him in the Gestral Village. You should have access to all of them by the time you can fight the Axons.
Refer to the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Collectible Locations Guide for details. These are not missable.
Connoisseur
50G – Find all 33 music records.
Collect all 33 music records while exploring in Expedition 33. This first record drops after defeating the Mime in Lumiere, but a duplicate can be found later in Lumiere next to the Opera House flag. Progression can be tracked with the record player at camp.
Refer to the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Collectible Locations Guide for details.
Conditional Achievements
Paint Cage
10G – Break a Paint Cage.
Break open a Paint Cage for rare loot by shooting the locks nearby. This first paint cage you come across is right at the start of Flying Waters. Go around the ship in front of you, aim, and shoot the 3 locks on nearby walls.
Curious
10G – Witness an optional scene at camp.
After finishing Flying Waters, you will be returned to camp with the Curator. Interact with the fire and choose “Check up on the others” to view an optional scene.
Gestral Games
10G – Win all of the Gestral games.
Complete a mini game in each of the 5 Gestral Beach areas and unlock a swimsuit at each. You do not need to complete both the Normal and Stronger opponents in the Beach Raft Volley game.
Noir et Blanc
50G – Solve the Painting Workshop’s mystery.
Enter each of the 3 Painting Workshop areas. Inside each will be a Fading Boy. Talk with him to receive an item that can be used on the statue at the end of the platforming segment. Once all 3 are complete, the boss arena will unlock with a powerful version of the Lampmaster boss. Killing it will give you a Perfect Chroma Catalyst needed for the final weapon upgrades.
Companion Achievements
Expedition 33
10G – Unlock all playable characters.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. This will unlock after finding all 7 playable characters in Expedition 33, and will pop in Monoco’s Station.
- Gustave – Starting character.
- Lune – Joins shortly after you begin exploring in Spring Meadows.
- Maelle – Joins about half way through Flying Waters.
- Sciel – Joins after completing the arena in Gestral Village.
- Esquie – Joins after defeating Francois in Esquie’s Nest.
- Verso – Joins after defeating Lampmaster in Stone Wave Cliffs.
- Monoco – Joins after defeating Stalact in Monoco’s Station.
Gustave
Overcharge
10G – With Gustave, use a fully charged Overcharge that Breaks an enemy.
Fill up Gustave’s Overcharge meter by dealing damage, dodging, and parrying while also filling up the enemy’s break bar (yellow bar). Then use the Overcharge skill to break them. This will also unlock Time to Spill Some Ink and will likely unlock during an early battle.
Lune
Perfect Flow
10G – With Lune, consume Stains 4 turns in a row.
Consume stains with Lune 4 turns in a row. Look through the unlocked skills you have with Lune and look for low cost skills that generate each color (top right of skill) and consume basic colors (bottom of skill). A good combination is:
- Thermal Transfer – generates blue
- Immolation – consumes blue to generate red
- Electrify – consumes red to generate yellow
- Earth Rising – consumes yellow to generate green
Cast them in that order and you will unlock the achievement.
Lune
10G – Reach relationship level 7 with Lune.
Increase the relationship with Lune to level 7 by interacting with her and choosing “Do you want to spend time with Lune“. Relationship status unlocks at the start of Act 2.
Maelle
Synergy
10G – With Maelle, use Percée on a Marked enemy while in Virtuose Stance.
Make sure Maelle is in your party and start a battle. Set the enemy on fire and have Maelle use Swift Stride to change to Virtuose Stance. Next have Gustave mark an enemy with Marking Shot. If the next turn is not Maelle’s, skip it by holding R3. Have Maelle cast Percée to unlock the achievement/trophy.
Maelle
10G – Reach relationship level 7 with Maelle.
Increase the relationship with Maelle to level 7 by interacting with her and choosing “Do you want to spend time with Maelle“. Relationship status unlocks at the start of Act 2. Maelle’s first level will unlock when you rest for the night after the Forgotten Battlefield.
Sciel
Maximisation
10G – With Sciel, consume 20 Foretell on a single target during Twilight.
Consume a total of 20 Foretell with a single attack during Twilight. Equip Sciel’s Chation weapon which lets her add 10 Foretell quickly. Look for an enemy with a large health pool like a boss or any enemy in the Endless Tower. Perform the following skills in order:
- Twilight Slash
- Focused Foretell
- Focused Foretell
- Twilight Slash
Sciel
10G – Reach relationship level 7 with Sciel.
Increase the relationship with Sciel to level 7 by interacting with her and choosing “Do you want to spend time with Sciel“. Relationship status unlocks at the start of Act 2.
Esquie
Legend
10G – Unlock Esquie.
Automatic story achievement/trophy. After completing the Gestral Village, head to Esquie’s Nest and defeat Francois to get Esquie to join your party.
Esquie
10G – Reach relationship level 7 with Esquie.
Increase the relationship with Esquie to level 7 by interacting with her and choosing “Do you want to spend time with Esquie“. Relationship status unlocks at the start of Act 2.
Plane, Train, and Submarine
10G – Discover all of Esquie’s abilities.
Unlock all 5 travel abilities for Esquie.
- Ride – Starting ability
- Swim – Complete Stone Wave Cliffs
- Swim through Coral – Complete Old Lumiere
- Fly – Defeat the Paintress
- Dive – Relationship Rank 6 after finishing the Epilogue
Verso
Perfection
10G – With Verso, reach Rank S.
Get Verso to reach Rank S during a battle. Each time he deals damage, his rank will slowly increase. Taking damage will reduce his rank. This is much easier with the Perfect Break skill in the middle of Verso’s tree. Build up the break meter on an enemy and use the skill. It will immediately jump Verso to Rank S and unlock the achievement or trophy.
Monoco
Wheel Control
10G – With Monoco, cast an Upgraded Skill 4 turns in a row.
Cast a skill that matches the color on the wheel 4 turns in a row. This is easily done after finishing the Monolith area where Monoco can gain most of his abilities if he is in your party. Equip one low cost skill of each color and Luminas that help increase his AP and keep it high. You can also have the other party members spend their turn giving him energy.
Monoco
10G – Reach relationship level 7 with Monoco.
Increase the relationship with Monoco to level 7 by interacting with her and choosing “Do you want to spend time with Monoco“. Relationship status unlocks at the start of Act 2.
Monoco’s Skills
Feet Collection
50G – Acquire all of Monoco’s skills.
Unlock all 49 of Monoco’s skills by keeping him in your party while exploring and battling enemies. Many of the enemy types are in Monolith, so explore with Monoco there. Alternatively, have Monoco in your party during the Endless Tower. All enemies in the game should spawn there and are repeatable. Each time an enemy dies with a skill Monoco does not have, it will become available for use in battles.
- Chalier Combo – Starting skill
- Stalact Punches – Automatic unlock
- Pelerin Heal – Monoco’s tutorial
- Braseleur Smash – Monolith
- Ramasseur Bonk – Monolith
- Troubadour Trumpet – Monolith & Tower 5-3
- Duallist Storm – Tower 1-3
- Creation Void – Lumiere & Tower 11-2
- Abbest Wind – The Continent & Tower 3-3
- Lancelier Impale – Monolith & Tower 8-2
- Portier Crash – Monolith & Tower 10-1
- Eveque Spear – Monolith & Tower 7-1
- Chevaliere Ice – Monolith
- Chevaliere Thrusts – Old Lumiere
- Chevaliere Piercing – Old Lumiere
- Abberation Light – Lumiere & Tower 5-3
- Demineur Thunder – Monolith & Tower 9-2
- Bruler Bash – Monolith & Tower 7-2
- Cruler Barrier – Monolith
- Luster Slices – Monolith
- Contorsionniste Blast – Visages
- Boucheclier Fortify – Visages & Tower 8-2
- Chapelier Slash – Visages
- Grosse Tete Whack – The Continent & Flying Manor
- Sakapatate Explosion – Monolith
- Sakapatate Estoc – Monolith
- Sakapatate Slam – Monolith
- Sakapatate Fire – Monolith
- Benisseur Mortar – Sirene & Tower 3-2
- Ballet Charm – Sirene & Tower 9-1
- Orphelin Cheers – The Reacher & Tower 4-1
- Echassier Stabs – The Reacher & Tower 4-3
- Cultist Blood – Monolith
- Cultist Slashes – Monolith & Tower 5-3
- Hexga Crush – Monolith
- Rocher Hammering – The Continent & Tower 4-2
- Lampmaster Light – Tower 2-3
- Moissonneuse Vendange – Visages
- Clair Enfeeble – Monolith
- Obscur Sword – Monolith & Tower 11-2
- Potier Energy – The Continent
- Sapling Absorption – The Continent
- Jar Lampstorm – The Continent & Tower 10-3
- Gault Fury – The Continent
- Glaise Earthquakes – Falling Leaves
- Danseuse Waltz – Monolith
- Mighty Strike – Gradient Attack
- Sanctuary – Relationship Rank 4
- Break Point – Relationship Rank 7
Progression Achievements
Gear
Weapon Upgrade
10G – Upgrade a weapon once.
After finishing Flying Waters, you will be returned to camp with the Curator. Interact with it and use a Chroma Catalyst to upgrade a low-level weapon to level 3 or another catalyst for higher-level weapons.
Weapon Mastery
10G – Fully upgrade a weapon.
Upgrade any weapon to level 33 by upgrading to level 32 and using a Perfect Chroma Catalyst which can be found in the Endless Tower, Painting Workshop, or a few other high-end areas.
Skills
Lumina
10G – Consume a Lumina point.
After finishing Flying Waters, you will be returned to camp with the Curator. Interact with the Curator and spend Colour of Liminas adding Lumina Points to your characters.
Leveling
Expeditioner
10G – Reach level 33.
Reach level 33 with one member of your expedition. This will likely unlock shortly before defeating the first Axon.
Tailbreaker
25G – Reach level 66.
Reach level 66 with one member of your expedition. This will pop during the Act 3 grind. It’s recommended that you farm the enemies in Dark Shores (where the expedition first landed). Try to equip strong light weapons if available and avoid dark attacks. They have 3 primary attacks. Always parry the distance and closeup attacks. Be ready to parry their Gradient Attack (RT/R2) when you see them pull a sword out. Keep Maelle in your party and utilize her level 3 Gradient Attack to do massive damage.
This will give you materials to level up your weapons to 32 and gives items for respec. The first time you beat the enemies, they will drop a level 23 weapon for Verso.
Survivor
50G – Reach level 99.
Reach level 99 with one member of your expedition. This will pop either during Act 3 or NG+ if you finished all other achievements. After farming in Dark Shores, turn you focus to the Endless Tower. If you are still missing feet, make sure Monoco is in your party.
Combat Achievements
A Peculiar Encounter
10G – Defeat the Mime in Lumière.
Warning: This achievement/trophy may be missed if you don’t defeat the Mime before reaching the docks in Lumiere during the Prologue. If you happen to miss it, just create a new game and run to the Mime. It’s early enough that it should only take a few minutes.
During the Prologue, work your way toward the docks. When you reach the large fountain just before the stairs, turn right and head toward the stage with dancers. Go toward the corner to the right of the stage and fight the Mime. Doing so will likely unlock the Time to Spill Some Ink and the Overcharge achievements/trophies.
Time to Spill Some Ink
10G – Break an enemy.
Fill up the break bar (yellow bar below an enemy), then use a skill like Overcharge to break the enemy. This should unlock early as you encounter fights.
Chroma Proficiency
10G – Use a level 3 Gradient Attack.
Use a level 3 Gradient Attack after unlocking the ability in Monoco’s Station. During a battle, spend AP to build up the Gradient Attack meter. Once it fills to level 3, press RT/R2 to choose a level 3 Gradient Attack. New Gradient Attacks unlock by increasing your relationship rank with companions at camp. Level 3 Gradient Attacks unlock at relationship rank 7.
That’s it for the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 achievements and trophies guide. Please post any questions or comments below. Thanks.