Verso is more than just a Devil May Cry stand-in. In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Verso’s combat playstyle evokes this feeling of style, but style doesn’t have to stop at combat. With the right fit, you can defeat the paintress in style. Verso’s outfits unlock many combinations of expression. As you play Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, you’ll find both outfits and hairstyles to experiment with. Many of them will be directly in your path, but many of them are missable — hidden behind Mimes, side quests, or complex challenges. In this Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 guide, we offer a list of all Verso outfits and hairstyles and how to unlock them. All Verso outfits in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 There are 12 outfits you can unlock for Verso. We’ve only unlocked eight so far, though, we can confirm through community sources how to unlock the other four. Included above are screenshots of the Verso outfits we’ve unlocked to date, with an asterisk (*) below to indicate those we’ve yet to unlock. Here’s how you unlock the following Verso outfits in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: Verso — Available from the beginning of the game. Baguette — Defeat the Mime in the Joy sub-section of Visages. Expedition — Unlocks automatically once you reach Act 2. Civilian* — Found in the Manor. Access the Manor through the continent north of Lost Woods once you unlock swimming with Esquie, and it’s behind a secret door you find after checking the upstairs bookcase. Clair* — Complete Stage 11, Trial 3 in Endless Tower. Pelerin* — Purchase from Verogo the Merchant in Frozen Hearts. Pure — Purchase from Granasori the Merchant on the island next to the Monolith. Renoir’s Suit — Defeat Renoir in the Monolith. Sakapatate — Purchase from Delsitra the Merchant in Gestral Village. Simple — Purchase from Rubiju the Merchant on the island next to the Visages on the World Map. Swimsuit I — Reach relationship level 6 with Sciel. Swimsuit II* — Achieve the Gold Medal in the Time Trial at Gestral Beach. All Verso hairstyles in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 There are 10 hairstyles you can unlock for Verso. Similar to his outfits, we’ve only unlocked five, but through the community, we have confirmed how to unlock the other six. We’ve included screenshots of the Verso hairstyles we’ve unlocked so far, and have added an asterisk (*) below to indicate those we’ve yet to unlock. Here’s how you unlock the following Verso hairstyles in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33: Verso — Available from the beginning of the game. Bald* — Defeat the Mime in Sunless Cliffs with Verso. Curly* — Purchase from Sodasso the Merchant, northwest of Visages. Gustave’s Haircut — Purchase from Papasso the Merchant on the beach next to Monoco’s Station. Baguette — Defeat the Mime in the Joy section of Visages. Bun — Purchase from Blackora the Merchant next to Monoco’s Station. Expedition White* — Complete Stage 9, Trial 3 of Endless Tower. Gestral* — Received from Sastro once you find 5 Lost Gestrals. Samurai — Reach relationship level 3 with Monoco and select “Fine” when you’re able during the dialogue. Renoir Haircut* — Get the Verso ending at the end of the game. You must choose “Fight as Verso” in the final battle. For more Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 guides, here’s our recommendation for how to get all endings.

[Warning: This article includes full spoilers for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.] Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been on my mind a lot lately. I’m sure you’ve been thinking about it too, even if you’re not playing it. It’s taken over the video game world for the last month and change, and, after selling 3.3 million copies in 33 days, it doesn’t look to be slowing down anytime soon. It’s a joy to play, but I’m having just as much fun watching someone else play it as I did playing it myself — and now I can’t wait for its film adaptation. I finished Clair Obscur’s main story after about 45 hours, but wasn’t quite ready for my time with it to end. Instead of immediately pursuing the vast post-game content, I gravitated toward watching my partner play it through from the beginning, and it’s quite the beautiful and gripping experience. Its emotional standout moments hit just as hard — maybe even harder, knowing what’s to come — the second time around. I meant to spend a larger chunk of my Memorial Day holiday weekend finally checking out Sea of Stars’ new (and free!) DLC, but got sucked into Clair Obscur again all over. Instead of spending hours with Valere and Zale’s new circus-themed abilities in Sea of Stars, I was distracted by Clair Obscur’s breathtaking cutscenes playing on the TV right there. Sorry, Sea of Stars, but I can’t turn away from Gustave and stop from wondering how much he looks like Robert Pattison! Hearing the distinct, booming thud of Renoir’s walking stick as the end of Act 1 approached, the knot in my stomach was even tighter the second time around knowing what fate was about to befall Gustave. We’re barely granted time to mourn Gustave after his clash with Renoir before Verso jumps onto the scene, and everything about his dialogue, character interactions, and cutscenes during the rest of the game is enhanced knowing who his character truly is. He shows up just too late to save Gustave, but on second viewing we know that’s not true; Verso can admit to Maelle in Act 3 that he intentionally let Gustave die, which makes Gustave’s already heartbreaking death scene all the more painful. Then, at camp, he and his bestie Esquie catch up after a few years apart. “Maman’s the word,” Esquie says after Verso asks if he revealed Verso’s secret — that Verso is a painted copy of Renoir and the Paintress’ dead son — and, admittedly, knowing that the wine-filled beacon of empathy was also holding out on the expeditioners felt like a betrayal. One liar in the group stings, but two hurts deeply. And let’s be frank: Verso’s a betrayer and a liar. A filthy, filthy liar — yet I can’t blame the guy. After experiencing his ending and realizing just how much this man wants to die, his actions and lies throughout Acts 2 and 3 make sense. Every conversation with Esquie and Monoco (his childhood plushie and dog brought to painted life!) has hidden layers that you only truly understand once all of Verso’s and Clair Obscur’s cards are on the table. Watching someone else’s playthrough of Clair Obscur also has me even more hyped for the upcoming film adaptation. In case the game wasn’t on your radar before it exploded in popularity following its April launch, Story Kitchen announced in January it’s working on a Clair Obscur film. The minds behind the Sonic the Hedgehog films have quite a few video-game-to-film adaptations in the pipeline, and Clair Obscur will join them. Of course, adapting a 45-hour game into a 2-hour film will be a difficult task, and I’m sure several story cuts and concessions will have to be made. Some will be easier than others, but as long as the core storylines remain intact, it can work. Clair Obscur is really about the Dessendre family’s cycle of grief and how it harms both the characters we love and those we never meet in a multitude of ways, and that’ll make for an excellent film. Now, if only the filmmakers can get Charlie Cox (Gustave) and Andy Serkis (Renoir) on board to reprise their roles — then the film will really start cooking.

Sciel is a true heavy-hitter in your Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 party, offering a fairly straightforward way to make number go up compared to her counterparts. While, yes, Lune and Maelle can dish out serious damage, both require some preparatory work to achieve that output, whereas Sciel only requires you to be aware of her comparatively more streamlined Twilight mechanic. If you’re interested in the best of the best for your scythe-wielding teacher, this Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 guide will break down the best Sciel build, including her best weapons, attributes, Pictos, and skills to quickly dispatch foes. Best Sciel build in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sciel works as a support unit and DPS, but we believe her talents are much better in a damage-dealing role. She’s at her best as the team’s primary source of damage. With Sciel, you want to apply Foretell stacks on enemies and then trigger those stacks with the appropriate skills. The best skills for Sciel will allow her to mark enemies as well for her other teammates to trigger, so she works well with at least one other dedicated damage dealer — preferably Maelle. The best Sciel build in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is: Attributes: Defense and Luck Weapon: Charnon Skills: Twilight Dance, Sealed Fate, Final Path, Delaying Slash, Fortune’s Fury, and Plentiful Harvest Pictos: Immaculate, Glass Cannon, and Inverted Affinity Sciel’s best attributes by far are Agility and Luck. Her skills and playstyle are meant for someone who can attack often and deal critical hits, too. What’s more, in the game’s opening act, the best weapon for Sciel, the Scielson, scales well with the stats mentioned above. As you progress, you’ll be swapping weapons to the Rangeson and Charnon, respectively, but once you reach the endgame and the Charnon, you’ll have access to guaranteed critical hits. This allows you to Recoat her attributes away from Agility and put them into Defense instead. Below, we’ll explain in more detail why this is the best Sciel build in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Best attributes for Sciel Your attribute spread for Sciel will look different depending on how far in the game you are. Make sure to save a Recoat for the late game so you can prioritize the perfect attributes for the final stretch. In Act 1, prioritize Agility and Luck for the extra turns and crit chance. (You can also put points into Vitality to give Sciel some survivability in the early game.) In Act 2, the best weapon for Sciel becomes the Rangeson, so her attributes should reflect that. You should alter your strategy and prioritize Agility and Defense. Once you get Charnon, you’ll want to Recoat your attributes again, only this time prioritizing Defense and Luck for that weapon’s scaling. Best weapon for Sciel The best weapon for Sciel is the Charnon. This missable weapon can be found by defeating the Gestral Merchant, Grour, at Renoir’s Drafts. To find this merchant, you must have Esquie’s diving ability, which you get when he reaches relationship level 6. Defeating Grour will allow you to purchase the Charnon. Hopefully you’ve been saving your cash — it costs a whopping 89,884 chroma! The weapon’s strength comes from its Level 4 passive, granting guaranteed critical hits when Sciel is in Twilight. Sciel’s abilities fit into one or two categories, Sun and Moon. Using a skill will generate a card of the assigned typing. Once you’ve generated both a Sun card and a Moon card, Sciel will enter Twilight, offering increased damage and double the amount of Foretell you can stack on an enemy. The goal is to ensure Sciel spends as much time in Twilight as often as possible, so it only makes sense you’d want a weapon that empowers the stance to new heights. Best Pictos and Luminas for Sciel You will need some time to build up the best Pictos and Luminas for Sciel. The best Pictos in her case are Immaculate, Glass Canon, and Inverted Affinity. Below are the detailed descriptions of what these Pictos do and the stats they grant bonuses to. Immaculate — Speed and Crit Rate. 30% increased damage until a hit is received. Glass Cannon — Speed. Deal 25% more damage, but take 25% more damage. Inverted Affinity — Health and Crit Rate. Apply Inverted on self for three turns on battle start.50% increased damage while Inverted. These Pictos are pretty much the “One Shot Setup.” They provide Sciel and other DPS characters the scaling and damage necessary to dictate the battlefield. However, the trade-off of these Pictos is low survivability. If you’re not a God at Expedition 33’s defense mechanisms, maybe you should practice them as you make your way through the game and to Sciel’s perfect build. You can also offset this weakness a bit with the right Luminas. We’d recommend using the following Luminas, depending on how many Lumina Points you have. Augmented Counter I Auto Rush Critical Burn Dead Energy II Roulette Empowering Parry Energising Jump Energising Parry Energising Start II First Strike Tainted Full Strength Painted Power Recovery Cheater Solidifying Sweet Kill Warming Up Best skills for Sciel The best skills for Sciel are the following: Twilight Dance: Deals extreme single target Dark damage. 4 hits. During Twilight, extends Twilight duration by 1 turn. Consumes all Foretell to deal additional damage. Sealed Fate: Deals high single target damage. 5-7 hits. Uses Weapon’s element. Each hit can consume 1 Foretell to deal 200% more damage. Critical Hits don’t remove the Foretell but still gets the damage increase. Final Path: Deals extreme single target Dark damage and applies 10 Foretell. 1 hit. Can Break. Delaying Slash: Deals medium single target damage. 2 hits. Uses weapon’s element. Consumes Foretell to increase damage and delay target’s turn. Fortune’s Fury: Targeted ally deals double damage for one turn. Plentiful Harvest: Deals medium single target Physical damage. 2 hits. Consumes all Foretell on a target and gives 1 AP to a party member for each Foretell consumed. These moves allow you to properly set Sciel or your chosen sub DPS unit for success. Fortune’s Fury will be your primary skill. Combined with a skill like Marking Card, it is perfect for unleashing considerable damage on the game’s more challenging encounters. Final Path and Twilight Dance are your primary sources of damage if you prefer another weapon. However, with the Charnon and its awesome critical hit passive, you can’t go wrong with Sealed Fate.

Unlike most of her fellow party members, Lune can work equally well as a damage-dealer or a support in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, depending on your preferred playstyle. With the wide range of weapons and accessories in Expedition 33, you might feel like you can turn anyone into anything. A triple tank team? A team designed to shatter damage totals? The sky is the limit with the game’s robust system, but just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. If you’re interested in the best for the barefoot mage, this Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 guide will break down the best Lune build, her best weapons, attributes, and skills to prioritize. Best Lune build in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Lune can serve as a DPS unit, but we believe she is much better suited as a support role. This isn’t to say that Lune inferior to the other party members in terms of how much damage she can deal, but instead that her skills and weapon are better suited for a supportive role. A team with a Lune support is much more flexible than other team compositions due to her ability to debuffs enemies and heal allies. In the game’s opening act, you’ll want to improve Lune’s Vitality and Luck attributes to increase her damage and survivability. Any leftover points can be put into Might for extra damage, but survivability is most important. Her best attributes change throughout the game’s runtime from prioritizing luck and health to agility and defense. The best Lune build in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is: Attributes: Agility and Defense Weapon: Choralim Skills: Earth Rising, Ice Lance, Immolation, and Electrify Pictos: Empowering Parry, Shortcut, and Charging Critical Like Maelle, in the long run, Lune’s best attributes are Agility and Defense because they scale the best with her strongest weapon, the Choralim. Lune’s gameplay is built around properly managing her Skill Stains and AP. In order to get the best out of her toolkit, you have to make sure you’re actually using the stains accrued. Skills benefiting from a stain will be highlighted, so make sure to make use of your stains. While you’ll want to prioritize skills that provide utility Crippling Tsunami and Hell, once your debuffs are applied you can follow a simple rotation of skills to increase your teams overall DPS. Below, we’ll explain in more detail why this is the best Lune build in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Best attributes for Lune Your attribute spread for Lune might look different depending on how far in the game you are. You can use a Recoat to reset your attributes and will likely find multiple Recoats in your average playthrough. In Act 1, prioritize these attributes: Vitality Luck In Act 2, you can begin to prioritize Agility over Luck, as those attributes will work better with the weapon upgrades present throughout Act 2. In the opening hours of Expedition 33, damage is king, since the more quickly you can wrap up a battle, the less you have to worry about defending yourself. The dodge and parry mechanics will become second nature throughout the game, but enemies in the first act doesn’t stand a chance against Lune’s damage potential. The Act 2 attribute spread will suffice until you achieve Esquie’s flying ability. Then you can finally access Lune’s best weapon, Choralim, which scales with Agility and Defense. The stats you’ll receive from those attributes alone will outscale putting points in attributes like Might or Luck. Best weapon for Lune The best weapon for Lune is the Choralim. It’s easy to miss, especially if you aren’t exploring the map and spending time with your party. To find this weapon, you must increase your relationship with Lune to the 6th relationship rank, which you can increase by spending time with her in the camp. Once you do this, Verso will speak of a location close to the colosseum of Sirene. This location is home to an optional boss who happens to drop the weapon. (You may have run into the area, Sirene’s Dress, by accident only to find a door inside that wouldn’t budge. You must raise Lune’s relationship rank to at least 6 to properly interact with it.) The weapon’s strength is in its synergy with certain Pictos. It’s level 10 passive ability works great with Pictos and Luminas that offer multiple turns, and its level 20 passive is great for damage with its synergy with Lune’s multi-hit skills. Whether you follow our guidance or decide to craft your build, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better weapon for Lune than the Choralim. Best Pictos and Luminas for Lune The Pictos and Luminas you want on Lune depends on where you are in game. Broadly speaking, the best Pictos for Lune are Empowering Parry, Shortcut, and Charging Critical. Below is what these Pictos do in full detail such as the stat bonuses they grant as well as the passives they offer. Empowering Parry —  Speed and Critical Rate. Each successful Parry increases damage by 5% until end of the following turn. Taking any damage removes this buff. Shortcut —  Speed and Critical Rate. Immediately play when falling below 30% Health. Once per battle. Charging Critical —  Defense and Critical Rate. 20% of a Gradient Charge on Critical Hit. Once per turn. These Pictos give Lune extra scaling with her best weapon and allows for her to support her team with utility skills and damage over time. With Choralim’s passive granting 100% crit chance you can rapidly farm Gradient Charge and use her Tree of Life Gradient Attack to cleanse all status ailments and heals your allies. With the Shortcut Pictos allowing for a turn when you’re below 30% health, you can save this Gradient Attack for a moment when you need it most and instantly turn the tides of combat. As for Luminas, we recommend using the following, depending on how many Lumina Points you have. Burning Affinity Cheater Confident Fighter Dead Energy II Double Burn Energising Burn Energising Start I Energising Start II Energising Start III Energising Turn First Strike Full Strength Glass Canon Immaculate Inverted Affinity Painted Power Warming Up Tainted Sweet Skill Best skills for Lune The best skills for Lune are the following: Elemental Trick: Deals low single target Ice, Fire, Lightning, and Earth damage. 4 hits. Critical Hits generate the corresponding Stain. Elemental Genesis: Deals extreme damage to all enemies. 8 hits. Each hit deals damage in a random element. Can only be cast with one Lightning, Earth, Fire, and Ice Stain. Rockslide: Deals medium single target Earth damage. 2 hits. Can Break. Consumes one Lightning, Ice, and Fire Stain for greatly increased damage. Lightning Dance: Deals very high single target Lightning damage. 6 hits. Critical Hits trigger an additional hit. Consumes one Earth, Ice, and Fire Stain: Greatly increased damage. Crippling Tsunami: Deals medium Ice damage to all enemies. 1 hit. Applies Slow for 3 turns. Consumes 1 Earth, Lightning, and Fire Stain for greatly increased damage. Hell: Deals very high Fire damage that applies 5 burn per hit to all enemies. 2 hits. Deals self-damage if failed. Consumes one Ice, Earth, and Lightning Stain for greatly increased damage. These skills best take advantage of Lune’s Stain mechanic. You’re going to want to start combat with the Elemental Trick skill to guarantee you have one of each stain. Once you’ve generated your stains you are free to use the corresponding elemental skill to hit enemy weaknesses or cast Elemental Genesis for raw damage. Lune is one of the most versatile characters in the game — she can do anything you need her to.

[Warning: This piece includes spoilers for Clair Obscur’s late-game Act 2 reveals.]I love a serious story as much as the next person, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is incredibly serious. It starts with hundreds, likely thousands, erased from existence before an expedition of a couple dozen go off to fight the Paintress, the deity-like being responsible for said erasure of Lumière’s citizens. Most of those expeditioners shockingly die rather quickly. Like I said — serious. But Clair Obscur can also be incredibly goofy, and no character straddles both the serious and the goofy better than Esquie.You meet Esquie early on in Clair Obscur, around when you encounter the obsession-worthy Gestrals, battle-ready little dudes. You’re barred from entering Esquie’s nest until you learn the password, which is a resounding, “GET OUT OF MY WAY!” (though, that isn’t actually the password – sorry for shouting). Once you speak with Esquie and grab his rock from his cranky buddy François, he’ll join your expedition.Image: Sandfall InteractiveEsquie, because he’s the best, doesn’t join as a fighter, but as your mount (because why ride a horse when you can ride Esquie?). He’s a talkative mount, and I still giggle whenever Esquie yells “Exploration!” when we’re out and about on the continent, or “Time for swim swim!” when we’re taking a dip. The way his arms incessantly flap when flying never fails to make me grin.Eventually, as more rocks are acquired, he’ll gain the ability to grab underwater items. This ability comes as a reward for leveling up Verso’s relationship with Esquie, and their relationship lends depth to the characters and the game at large. They share secrets, like how Esquie is full of Verso’s good wine. Esquie tells the group their secret, and Verso playfully scolds him in a way that shows these two have been friends for some time.While Verso bonds with the expeditioners — and can share romantic scenes with Sciel or Lune — those bonds aren’t as deep as his friendships with Esquie and Gestral warrior Monoco. Mostly, it’s Verso’s fault, as he can’t be honest with Sciel, Lune, and Maelle in ways he can with his old friends. During some stretches, he distances himself from the expeditioners and allows them space to grieve or dance to take their mind off things while Verso remains in the background.One of Esquie and Verso’s more friendship-affirming conversations happens while spending time together at camp. Esquie picks up on his friend’s down-in-the-dumps mood, leading to one of the more touching conversations in the game. “I too am ‘Whooo.’ But I’m also ‘Wheee.’ So the ‘Wheee’ balances the ‘Whooo,’” Esquie says, hitting on something we all can relate to: holding conflicting emotions simultaneously. Being joyful but low at the same time, frustrated yet excited. The “WheeeWhooo” conversation captures this tension between light and dark permeating throughout Clair Obscur; hell, the title roughly translates to “light dark.” The group can swing from the joy of discovering Gestrals are real to just a few hours later grappling with the loss of Gustave. Through this all, though he doesn’t have a large role to play in the narrative, Esquie is something of its emotional rock, if you’ll allow me, whether he’s comforting Maelle or dancing ballet as Verso plays the piano.Image: Sandfall InteractiveOnce all the truths are laid bare by the end of Clair Obscur’s second act, and you discover who Verso truly is (for the final time) — a painted copy of the real and deceased Verso — Verso truly opens up to Esquie, wondering if he misses the real Verso, if it bothers Esquie that the Verso we know isn’t the Verso Esquie befriended. It’s a stark moment in the game; Verso hasn’t always been the most upfront about his internal struggles, often just reluctantly opening up about his grief-stricken family and their role in the devastation wrought upon Lumière.Esquie, the wholesome giant, continues being the emotional rock of the group. He leaves no room for confusion, and provides the type of kind-hearted, open-armed response that’s endeared him to fans. “You’re my friend,” he says, assuring Verso that no matter how Verso views himself, Esquie will always see him as his ami.See More:

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 writer Jennifer Svedberg-Yen would be the first to tell you: writing a video game is work.At least writing a novel is a one-person operation for most of the time. At least a screenplay for a film only needs to come in around 120 pages, unless you’re working for Martin Scorsese. But writing a video game? That means filling hours of space, bending the material to fit the play, and usually working with a team of other writers to make it all cohere. Sometimes to hit a deadline, you just need to throw words at the wall. Especially when it’s 3 a.m. That can still result in brilliance.All the Frenchy bits and bobs in Clair Obscur have captured the imaginations of players, but few quite like the character of Esquie, and especially one camp conversation in which the oversized gestral reflects on his friend François with Verso. Verso knows François to be a grump, but Esquie insists that “Franfran used to be all ‘Wheeee!’ But now he’s all ‘Whooo.’” Over about a minute, Esquie further defines “whee” and “woo” while players even choose their own whee/woo path through the dialogue tree. It is tremendously silly.“That was me at three in the morning trying to come up with something,” Svedberg-Yen admits with a laugh. “I needed to write seven relationship dialogues for Esquie!”Svedberg-Yen says the script for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 comes in around 800 pages long, which doesn’t even include all of the NPC dialogue or the piles of lore-related documentation written as foundation for the story. To fill that much space, the writer says she grabbed inspiration from everything and everywhere around her. For instance, Svedberg-Yen says Monoco, the floating gestral who later joins the Expedition 33 crew, is based on her dog, and when her pup needed a haircut, she decided to write that into the story. “I was like, OK, that’s going to be the conversation for Monoco and Verso about haircuts. He says, ‘you look like an overgrown mop.’ I literally said that to my dog — and I could use that.”The “whee whoo” sequence made even less sense in the wee hours of the morning, but it felt right. “I knew what I wanted to say, where it’s talking about something heavy and sad and how you can feel the joy and the grief,” Svedberg-Yen says. “And I was so tired. I didn’t have any words. So I was just like, ‘wheeeeee!’”As a fantasy writer, Svedberg-Yen says her number one goal is authenticity, sculpting characters who are born from real places and real circumstances, even if they’re otherworldly. So she doesn’t often question her instincts – even the kooky ones. There was room for moments of levity in the otherwise tragic Clair Obscur because, hey, that’s life. “Did I push it too far at all? Sometimes, when I’m at a loss for words, I’m like, what am I feeling right now? And then I put that into the script. That’s authentic because it is what I am feeling.”See More:

In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, you’ve most likely come across some Nevrons who aren’t keen on attacking you on sight. These special Nevrons will give you quests that offer some pretty nice rewards for your playthrough. One of the Nevrons is called a Hexga and they want you to collect some very special rock crystals.Suggested ReadingThe Top 10 Most-Played Games On Steam Deck: June 2023 Edition Share SubtitlesOffEnglishSuggested ReadingThe Top 10 Most-Played Games On Steam Deck: June 2023 Edition Share SubtitlesOffEnglishThe Top 10 Most-Played Games On Steam Deck: June 2023 EditionThis quest is available during your journey through the Stone Wave Cliffs. Your party should now have Sciel, along with Gustave, Lune, and Maelle.In the Stone Wave Cliffs (Editor’s note: this area is fantastic for grinding in the early game), you’ll come across a Nevron with stalagmites on their back named Hexga. They’ll ask you to find three Rock Crystals and bring them back. Luckily, these Rock Crystals aren’t far away. You may have even found all three of them before even interacting with Hexga. But in case you haven’t, here’s how to find them.1. Finding three Rock Crystals2. Should you attack Hexga?Column 1New Column1x Auto Shell Picto Find three Rock Crystals 3x Colour of Lumina Attack Hexga 1x Polished Chroma Catalyst Attack Hexga 1x RecoatAttack Hexga The closest save point to Hexga is Tides Cavern. Once you exit the cavern, you can see Hexga to your right. Talk with him and they’ll ask you to find three Rock Crystals. Go back into the cavern and take the incredibly long rope down to the lower level.Right ahead of you, you should see a glowing blue crystal. Break the crystal using your field attack and the first Rock Crystal should appear, letting you pick it up.Screenshot: Sandfall Interactive / KotakuScreenshot: Sandfall Interactive / KotakuNow, to your right, you should see a cliff that spirals upwards and goes around. Take that path and you should see a second blue crystal that’s identical to the first. Do the same thing with your field attack and pick up the second Rock Crystal.Screenshot: Sandfall Interactive / KotakuAs for the last one, go forward a bit and you should see another rope that’ll take you to an even lower level. However, a Nevron called a Rocher with a giant blue crystal will jump out and attack. Defeating the Rocher will make it drop the last Rock Crystal. With all three crystals in tow, head back to Hexga and hand them over.Hexga will stand out and step to the side, revealing your completion reward: Auto Shell Picto. This Picto is handy as it automatically applies Shell and increases your party’s defense for the first three turns of battle.If you decide to attack the Hexga, your reward is 3x Colour of Lumina, 1x Polished Chroma Catalyst, and 1x Recoat. It’s generally advised to spare every friendly Nevron throughout the game as doing so will grant you a much more substantial reward later on.During Act Three, you’ll unlock the ability to fly around with Esquie. Fly to the area next to the Spring Meadows area called The Fountain and you’ll find Blanche. If you’ve spared every friendly Nevron that provided quests throughout the game, Blanche will reward you with 100x Colour of Lumina.However, if you’ve killed any of those Nevrons, including the Hexga, Blanche will attack you. He’s definitely a challenging fight, so it’s recommended to be at least level 80 if you intend to take Blanche on. Defeating Blanche will earn you 10x Colour of Lumina and 2x Grandiose Chroma Catalyst.Screenshot: Sandfall Interactive / Kotaku100x Colour of Lumina is definitely a much better reward than the 5x Colour of Lumina gained from defeating Hexga, which is why we recommend sparing them. After receiving the 100x Colour of Lumina from Blanche, you can go back to Stone Wave Cliffs and kill the Hexga if you want.Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is available now on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows PCs.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has many memorable characters, but few might inspire as much joy as Esquie, the game's lovable giant pal who might as well be a mascot character. The studio is warning against issues with fake merch sales around him, but also teasing an official plush Esquie that's in the works.In a post on X/Twitter from the official Expedition 33 account, Sandfall Interactive said it has seen a number of "suspicious" websites pop up selling Esquie plushies."To be clear: any third-party websites selling Esquie plushies are NOT officially licensed," the studio said. "Many of them are using AI-generated artwork to advertise, and we strongly recommend against purchasing from these sources. They could be scams."To balance out the wheee with the whooo though, as Esquie might say, Sandfall confirms it is looking into making official Esquie plushies, and wants to get them out as soon as it can. "In the meantime, please be patient — and don’t get scammed!" the studio said.PlayThose who have played the game probably get why an Esquie plushie might be in high demand. If you haven't gone on Expedition 33 yet, Esquie is a giant helper you meet in Act 1 of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 who becomes both a traveling companion and overworld travel method. He's got the same vibe as Big Hero 6's Baymax.With that in mind, it's easy to see how an Esquie plush might garner some interest, so it's good to know Sandfall is working on an official solution. A cursory search on Google pulled up both an unofficial site, and a few threads asking about Esquie plush peddlers. If you want the real thing from Sandfall and Kepler, you'll have to wait a bit. No news on whether the real-life plushie will also be filled with wine, though.Last week, Sandfall Interactive released patch 1.2.3 for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, addressing some balance tweaks around Maelle's Stendhal ability. French President Emmanuel Macron also recently praised the game, calling its developers a "shining example of French audacity and creativity."Eric is a freelance writer for IGN.

Given how incredibly successful Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been, it would make sense for it to become a full-fledged franchise at this point that can potentially take its legacy far beyond the foreseeable future. It has introduced lore and a world that is so rich with detail, there are more than enough routes it could go with subsequent entries. However, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 itself could even benefit from some DLC before another installment is released, and developer Sandfall Interactive is fortunately not closed off to the idea of that eventually happening.