# Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Hotfix 1.5.1 is live! - Product: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/clair-obscur-expedition-33) - Vendor: Sandfall Interactive - Date: 2025-12-18 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1903340/view/527614642864784317 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/clair-obscur-expedition-33/releases/2025-12-18-hotfix-1.5.1-is-live What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **fixed** — Monoco's weapon Cannaro is now obtainable from Chromatic Machinapieds - **fixed** — Players who already defeated the boss will automatically receive Cannaro in their inventory unless they started a NG+ after that - **fixed** — Esquim now applies Mark to all enemies when a skill has 0 hits - **fixed** — Fixed targeting issue caused by using a Recoat item followed by Retry Battle that prevented targeting the middle enemy or character - **fixed** — Fixed soft-lock when attempting to load a save without hovering any slot while backup saves were displayed - **fixed** — Fixed weapons being upgraded to level 34 when spamming Upgrade weapon and change character buttons - **changed** — Level 34 weapons have been reverted back to level 33 - **fixed** — Fixed character being able to use other characters' weapon when quickly switching weapon tabs after changing weapon - **changed** — Nerfed the hardest boss in Verso's Drafts by moving it slightly to make a quest easier - **fixed** — Fixed various environment issues including collisions, misplaced assets, missing or incorrect footsteps SFX across Verso's Drafts, the World Map, and other levels - **changed** — Improved environmental ambiances and spatial audio in Verso's Drafts - **changed** — Enhanced audio mixes for select characters, combos, and finishers - **fixed** — Fixed missing music after defeating new Endless Tower bosses - **fixed** — Fixed missing subtitle line for Sciel in one of the new cinematics - **fixed** — Fixed missing Barbapapa status effect SFX when receiving a second stack - **fixed** — Fixed missing SFX for Licorne enemy in Verso's Drafts - **fixed** — Fixed missing SFX for Paint Cage explosions in Verso's Drafts - **fixed** — Fixed music and SFX not pausing when opening pause menu during cinematic sequence with slow motion enabled - **fixed** — Fixed subtitles in Root Of All Evil cinematics disappearing too fast - **fixed** — Fixed overlapping text in Pictos & Luminas lists - **fixed** — Fixed autoplay dialogue options swapped when the title is set to LATAM Spanish - **fixed** — Fixed incorrect text displayed during Flying Manor side quest when the title is set to Vietnamese - **fixed** — Fixed Verso's skill Phantom Stars displaying HTML in combat when the title is set to Vietnamese - **fixed** — Fixed Windows Security reporting false positives when launching on Windows 11 - **fixed** — Fixed soft lock occurring when Braseleur hits the player with orbs during two consecutive enemy turns ##### **Bug Fixes & Improvements** Expeditioners, the 1.5.1 hotfix is now live! Thanks to your reports, we have worked on a number of fixes listed below: ##### **Gameplay** - Fixed Monoco’s weapon “Cannaro” being unobtainable from Chromatic Machinapieds - Players who already defeated the boss will automatically receive the weapon in their inventory, unless they started a NG+(+) after that - 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 - Level 34 weapons have been reverted back to level 33 - 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 --- ##### **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. ##### **Other** We are aware of various issues encountered, particularly the one reported by some of you who are having difficulty launching the title on Windows 11. One of these issues is caused by Windows Security reporting false positives when launching. This has been fixed as part of the v1.5.1 hotfix as of 17:00 CET. The other issue causing this problem is related to the Windows Smart App Control feature. Turning it off to fix it is not recommended as this will remove the feature permanently from your system. We are investigating this issue and hope to resolve it as soon as possible so we suggest waiting for the next hotfix! Until then, Tomorrow comes! And as always thanks for your support and for your reports via the official Typeform! ~ The Expedition 33 Team **_Update 08/01_** We've pushed a fix for the soft lock occurring when Braseleur hits the player with orbs during two consecutive enemy turns.