Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Update 1.4.0 Adds Battle Retry Option as Dev Teases Future Updates

Developer Sandfall Interactive has published Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update 1.4.0, adding cardinal features similar a Battle Retry enactment alongside a big of quality-of-life changes, ocular improvements, and bug fixes.

The squad down 2025’s breakout turn-based deed laid retired everything fans request to cognize astir the caller update, arsenic good arsenic afloat spot notes, connected its website. It’s yet different database of post-launch changes for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 that volition nary uncertainty support players hooked arsenic Sandfall promises much updates with a aboriginal patch.

“We’re SUPER excited to bring you the Battle Retry enactment successful this update,” Sandfall says successful its Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 1.4.0 spot notes, “which has been 1 of our astir requested QoL additions! We’re besides thrilled to person added Frame Generation and Low Latency connected compatible NVIDIA and Intel GPUs. We are inactive exploring enactment for FSR, but we request much clip to enactment connected it. Stay tuned for much updates connected that successful a aboriginal patch!”

Battle Retry is easy the biggest alteration included successful update 1.4.0. The spot notes for today’s changes picture the diagnostic arsenic a pop-up model that appears aft the subordinate is defeated. It’s meant to streamline the often-challenging acquisition Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 offers by allowing players to hop close backmost into the combat without delay.

Those who person enjoyed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 since its motorboat successful April volition besides find that the Pictos paper present displays the Lumina outgo for abilities aft the 1.4.0 update. An autoplay dialog diagnostic was besides added for conversations that instrumentality spot extracurricular of cutscenes, with abstracted measurement sliders besides present disposable for those looking to customize their listening experience.

Meanwhile, those looking for cleaner environments volition find their clip with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to diagnostic smoother gameplay and little input lag. The squad besides says it's introduced "various biology bugfixes, tweaks, and ocular polish" to assistance support an immersive acquisition crossed antithetic areas.

Sandfall stops abbreviated of detailing precisely what volition beryllium successful the adjacent Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 update, simply telling fans that “there is much to travel successful the future.” In the meantime, you tin work astir the clip the developers met with the Square Enix squad to speech ideas. You tin besides cheque retired however the acquisition made prima Charlie Cox yet funny successful playing video games.

Finally, for everything included successful today’s update, you tin work the afloat 1.4.0 spot notes below.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Update 1.4.0 Patch Notes

Expeditioners,

We’re SUPER excited to bring you the Battle Retry enactment successful this update, which has been 1 of our astir requested QoL additions! We’re besides thrilled to person added Frame Generation and Low Latency connected compatible NVIDIA and Intel GPUs. We are inactive exploring enactment for FSR, but we request much clip to enactment connected it. Stay tuned for much updates connected that successful a aboriginal patch!

Take a look astatine the biggest changes successful this update:

Performance & Visuals

• DLSS & XeSS Enhancements: Added Frame Generation and Low Latency Mode enactment for some DLSS and XeSS (compatible GPUs only). Enjoy smoother gameplay and little input lag!

Quality of Life Improvements

• Battle Retry Prompt: A caller pop-up model appears aft defeat, giving you the enactment to rapidly retry the battle.
• Lumina Cost Display: The Pictos paper present intelligibly displays the Lumina outgo of each quality for amended planning.
• Autoplay Dialogue: Added an optional autoplay diagnostic for dialogues extracurricular cutscenes. You tin toggle it successful the settings and during dialogues.
• Separate Volume Sliders: Audio settings present lets you independently set the measurement for exploration and combat phases.

Accessibility

• Added icons to Lune’s Stains to amended readability and accessibility for colorblind players.

COMBAT

• Lune's "Thermal Transfer" accomplishment volition nary longer assistance an other crook without gathering the Stain depletion requirements
• Characters volition nary longer summation immortality erstwhile utilizing the Second Chance pictos combined with Healing Boon and Protecting Death

MISC

• Fixed the Rocher holding a crystal occasionally despawning aft reentering the Stone Wave Cliffs
• Fixed immoderate players being teleported down the Monolith upon loading a save
• Fixed Gameplay modifiers being applied to a New Game prevention erstwhile enabled connected different saves
• Fixed landing arsenic Esquie without the enactment spawning, starring to input loss
• Fixed the Fog connected Flying Manor covering the surface and blocking the presumption connected Steam Deck

Achievements

• Fixed journals vanishing aft loading a Save File that was created astatine the nonstop infinitesimal of picking up that journal

The pursuing 2 trophies should present popular for you erstwhile you load your prevention if you were effected by these bugs:

• Fixed "Expeditioner" and "Trailbreaker" achievements not unlocking if the characters scope a level higher than 33 oregon 66 aft a battle
• Fixed 'Connoisseur' and 'Follow The Trail' achievements not unlocking aft collecting each required items connected immoderate savefiles

Environmental Polish

• Various biology bugfixes, tweaks and ocular polish crossed aggregate levels for a much immersive experience.

Thank you each for your continued enactment for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33! Of course, determination is much to travel successful the future…

Until then,

Tomorrow comes!

~ The Expedition 33 Team

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