# Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Patch 1.3.0 is LIVE

- Product: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/clair-obscur-expedition-33)
- Vendor: Sandfall Interactive
- Date: 2025-06-10
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1903340/view/499449376025873686
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/clair-obscur-expedition-33/releases/2025-06-10-patch-1.3.0-is-live

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- **added** — Players can now rematch Simon after defeating him
- **changed** — Parry and dodge windows increased by 40% in Story mode
- **changed** — Incoming damage reduced by 10% to 50% in Story mode
- **added** — Challenge Modifiers at flag checkpoints allow limiting max player damage to 99,999 or 999,999
- **added** — Challenge Modifiers at flag checkpoints allow multiplying enemy HP by x2, x5, x10, x20, x50, or x100
- **fixed** — Verso now gains Perfection correctly when in reserve
- **fixed** — Simoso weapon will no longer cause lag due to memory leaks
- **fixed** — General polish across collisions, terrain, and scripting
- **fixed** — Cutscenes scale properly on ultrawide and non-standard resolutions
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug where loading a save after resting at a different location would spawn the player at coordinate zero
- **fixed** — Placeholder textures removed near Chromatic Boucheclier and his battle arena
- **fixed** — Fixed performance drops from repeated resting on certain levels
- **fixed** — Crash after dialogue sequences resolved
- **fixed** — Fixed stability issues after extended play sessions
- **fixed** — French voiceover now plays correctly when selected
- **changed** — Audio can now be muted or unmuted when the game is running in the background
- **changed** — Mouse and joystick sensitivity improvements
- **added** — Manual save file renaming is now supported in EXPEDITION_XX format with XX between 00 and 09
- **changed** — Rolling credits updated with creature VO and refined IOI section
- **changed** — Font size adjustments for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

Expeditioners,

We have just rolled out a patch, _and _uploaded our first ever items to the [Steam Points Shop!](https://store.steampowered.com/points/shop/app/1903340) You have some unique Trading Cards to choose from, alongside a series of emoticons. We hope you love them!

As for the patch, see our notes below where we have called out the most impactful changes.

Tomorrow comes!

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Note 12:43 CEST - We are investigating Mouse Sensitivity issues following this patch. Stay tuned !

##### Ver 1.3.0 Patch Notes

**Simon Rematch**

- Players can now rematch Simon after defeating him!

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**Story Mode Balancing.**

Story mode is our easiest difficulty setting.

- Parry and dodge windows increased by 40%

- Incoming damage reduced by 10% to 50%

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**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

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**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

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**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.)

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**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

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Thank you all for your continued support. We hope you enjoy today's changes. If you have any new issues or want to report a bug, please [continue using this form for us.](https://sandfallinteractive.typeform.com/coe33)

We continue!

~ The Expedition 33 Team