Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 New Update 1.500.200 Fixes Soft Lock Issues This January 8
Sandfall Interactive has released the first patch for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for 2026, and it’s a hotfix that attacks a known issue that has plagued players since the “Thank You” update was released last month.
Console gamers will see download appear as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update 1.500.200, and this should ber a small download across all platforms.
For the complete details on the update, read on below.
Ckair Obscur: Expedition’s January 7 Update Applies Fix for Soft Lock Issue
Per Sandfall, here’s what got fixed today: “Mes amis, we’ve just pushed a patch to fix the soft lock occurring during Braseleur battles. Thank you so much for all of your reports via the official Typeform!”
That’s about it for today’s patch. There was a patch released after the Thank You update, which addressed a fair amount of issues, which we’ve included below.
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Gameplay
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Fixed Monoco’s weapon “Cannaro” being unobtainable from Chromatic Machinapieds
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Players who already defeated the boss will automatically receive the weapon in their inventory, unless they started a NG+(+) after that
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- Fixed Esquim not applying Mark to all enemies when a skill had 0 hits.
- Fixed a targeting issue caused by using a Recoat item followed by ‘Retry Battle’, which resulted in the player being unable to target the middle enemy or character.
- Fixed a soft-lock when attempting to load a save without hovering any slot while backup saves were displayed.
- Fixed upgrade of the weapons to level 34 when spamming Upgrade weapon and change character buttons
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Level 34 weapons have been reverted back to level 33
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Fixed character being able to use other characters’ weapon when quickly switching weapon tabs after changing weapon
Environment
- Nerfed the hardest boss in Verso’s Drafts (red lifebuoy) by moving it slightly to make a quest easier.
- Fixed various environment issues (collisions, misplaced assets, missing or incorrect footsteps SFX) across Verso’s Drafts, the World Map, and other levels.
Audio & Music
- Improved environmental ambiances and spatial audio for better immersion in Verso’s Drafts
- Enhanced audio mixes for select characters, combos, and finishers
- Multiple audio & music issues were resolved, including:
- Missing music after defeating new Endless Tower bosses.
- Missing subtitle line for Sciel in one of the new cinematics.
- Missing Barbapapa status effect SFX when receiving a second stack.
- Missing some SFX for Licorne enemy in Verso’s Drafts.
- Missing SFX for Paint Cage explosions in Verso’s Drafts.
- Music and SFX not pausing when opening pause menu during cinematic sequence with slow motion enabled, resulting in audio desynchronization for the remainder of the cinematic sequence
- Missing music after defeating new Endless Tower bosses.
Localization
Fixed various localization issues, including:
- Subtitles in Root Of All Evil cinematics disappearing too fast.
- Overlapping text in Pictos & Luminas lists.
- Autoplay dialogue options swapped when the title is set to LATAM Spanish.
- Incorrect text displayed during Flying Manor side quest when the title is set to Vietnamese.
- Verso’s skill Phantom Stars displaying HTML in combat when the title is set to Vietnamese.
There’s no word on whether we’ll be getting another major patch, but if we do, we’ll let our readers know. While a sequel hasn’t been officially announced, Expedition 33’s director has confirmed that more games in the franchise are on the way.
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