Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Update 1.3.0 Now Live On Xbox, Here Are The Patch Notes

The latest update for the outstanding Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now officially live on Xbox, and it's actually quite a big update in terms of balancing changes for the easy (or "Story Mode") difficulty in particular.

Expedition 33's update 1.3.0 patch notes mention that parry and dodge windows have now been increased by a whopping 40% for the "Story" difficulty, while incoming damage has been reduced by 10%. This ultimately makes things much easier for those who want to cruise through the game on its easiest difficulty setting going forward.

There are a few other interesting tweaks in here, so we'll leave the full set of patch notes down below. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update 1.3.0 is officially available now for Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC and PS5.

Simon Rematch

  • Players can now rematch Simon after defeating him!

Story Mode Balancing

  • 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

  • Fixed soft lock when loading saves on Xbox Series X|S

  • 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

Will these new Expedition 33 changes affect you? Let us know down in the comments section.