Sandfall Interactive has just pushed out Ver 1.3.0 for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and it comes with a slew of new difficulty modifiers to make the game more approachable (or harder) for players. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is one of the highest rated games on Metacritic in 2025, and it’s also been lauded as one of the best RPG releases in recent years.
The latest patch makes Story difficulty a little easier. Now, players will be able to enjoy much more forgiving parry and dodge windows. While this is a turn-based RPG, you’re still forced to dodge, parry, and block attacks in real-time. Attacks are all properly telegraphed, but it can still be tricky trying to get the timing down.
There are also a few additions that make the game a little more challenging. From Act III onwards, you’ll be able to limit player damage and also increase enemy health. Here are the full patch notes for Ver 1.3.0 in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33:
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
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is now available for PC and consoles.
