Thank You Update Expands Clair Obscur With New Area, Systems, And Platform Support

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Patch 1.5.0 Notes mark the largest post-launch update released for the game to date. Sandfall Interactive delivered the update without advance notice, positioning it as a free content drop aimed at long-term players rather than a routine balance pass. The update introduces a new playable environment, additional late-game challenges, expanded localization, and several systemic features that alter how players interact with combat, presentation, and hardware settings. Access to the headline content is gated behind Act III progression and a specific traversal ability, signaling that the patch is designed for players already deep into the campaign rather than newcomers.

Beyond new content, Patch 1.5.0 reshapes several technical and usability layers of the game. Photo Mode is added as a fully accessible system rather than a limited capture tool, while Lumina Sets allow extensive loadout management that reduces friction in high-difficulty encounters. Hardware support receives equal attention. Steam Deck and ROG Xbox Ally certification resolves long-standing performance and input issues, including frame rate caps and visual clarity problems. The patch also corrects multiple combat bugs that affected damage calculation, turn order, and critical chance, bringing late-game encounters closer to their intended design. The scope of the update suggests a stabilization phase following the game’s awards-heavy release window, with Sandfall focusing on depth, polish, and platform parity.

Expedition 33 Patch 1.5.0 Notes (Steam):

New Content

• Verso's Drafts, a new playable environment, taking the characters of Expedition 33 to a brand-new location with new enemy encounters and surprises to discover
• Located on the World Map, next to Lumière
• Accessible from Act III
• Esquie’s Underwater ability is required
• New text and UI game localizations into Czech, Ukrainian, Latin American Spanish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Thai, and Indonesian, bringing the total number of supported languages to 19
• New costumes for each member of the Expedition, expanding customization options
• New boss battles for late-game players in the Endless Tower, featuring harder variations of iconic bosses
• Added new Luminas and Weapons
• Added the Old Key quest item to the final area of the game, previously obtainable only during the Prologue

New Features

• Added Photo Mode with multiple settings, accessible at any time from the pause menu
• Added Lumina Sets, allowing up to 50 saved lumina loadouts
• Added Abandon Battle option in the pause menu during combat
• Added HUD Scale setting, adjustable from 80% to 120%
• Added FSR 4 support, including AMD temporal upscaling and Frame Generation on compatible GPUs
• Added new filters for Pictos and Luminas and improved UI navigation
• Added controller input remapping

Handheld PC Improvements

• Game is now certified on Steam Deck and ROG Xbox Ally
• Global improvements to text legibility
• Fixed multiple fog and lighting issues
• Reduced overly intense effects during the Flying Manor boss fight
• Fixed overexposed areas in the Visages
• Fixed overly dark areas in the Endless Tower
• Fixed FPS being capped at 30 on Steam Deck
• VSync can now be disabled correctly on Steam Deck
• Graphics settings are now adjusted specifically for Steam Deck
• Improved first-time setup flow
• Controller input supported in installation wizards
• External controllers now switch seamlessly with Steam Deck controls

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Battle Retry spawning the player out of the world after cinematics in certain save states
• Save file playtime now reflects total playtime including Game Overs
• Inventory sort order now persists after closing the menu
• Fixed Intel XeSS Frame Generation being inaccessible on PC Game Pass
• Fixed Windows diacritic input being blocked after launching the game
• Fixed Breaking Death affecting all enemies instead of only the killing enemy
• First Strike turn order now correctly respects Speed values
• Fixed Boucharo granting +150% Critical chance instead of +50%
• Fixed unintended hidden damage bonuses from several Luminas

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