# Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Patch v1.5.3 is live!

- Product: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/clair-obscur-expedition-33)
- Vendor: Sandfall Interactive
- Date: 2026-03-17
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1903340/view/511859650391441537
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/clair-obscur-expedition-33/releases/2026-03-17-patch-v1.5.3-is-live

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- **fixed** — Fixed facial hair of characters being blurred in Photo Mode on close distance when Shading was set to Epic
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue in Photo Mode that prevented the Inner Cone Angle and Outer Cone Angle options from affecting the shape of the preview light source
- **changed** — Modified Photo Mode's spotlight and point light display to improve their visibility
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue where loading a save while picking up a journal could cause that journal to disappear permanently and become impossible to collect again
- **fixed** — Restored missing journals retroactively when loading affected saves
- **fixed** — Fixed a soft lock that could occur during the Chromatic Glissando encounter in Sirene's Dress level when a dead expeditioner equipped with Shortcut and Second Chance pictos was swallowed
- **fixed** — Fixed an issue on Gestral Beach where using the Rematch option after losing the volleyball minigame could create a blocked save
- **fixed** — Fixed a visual issue where characters affected by Inverted would not have the correct colour effect applied to their eyes
- **fixed** — Fixed various environment issues including collisions, misplaced assets, and missing or incorrect footsteps SFX across Verso's Drafts, the World Map, and other levels
- **fixed** — Fixed various lighting issues on Steam Deck in Verso's Drafts, Endless Tower and Stone Wave Cliffs levels

Expeditioners!

Thank you for all of your reports - the details for the fixes in this patch are written out below:

##### **Update On Sirene Crash**

- After a thorough internal investigation, the crash that occurred after defeating Sirene can no longer be reproduced on our end. If you keep getting this issue, we’d suggest updating your Windows to the latest version. If the issue persists, please submit a report and we’ll continue investigating.

##### **Bug Fixes & Improvements**

##### **Photo Mode**

- Fixed facial hair of characters being blurred in the Photo Mode on the close distance if Shading was set to Epic.

- Fixed an issue in Photo mode that prevented the Inner Cone Angle and Outer Cone Angle options from affecting the shape of the preview light source.

- Photo Mode's spotlight and point light display has been modified to improve their visibility

##### **Gameplay**

- Fixed an issue where loading a save while picking up a journal could cause that journal to disappear permanently and become impossible to collect again.

- Missing journals are now also restored retroactively when loading affected saves.

- Fixed a soft lock that could occur, during the Chromatic Glissando encounter in Sirene’s Dress level, when a dead expeditioner equipped with Shortcut and Second Chance pictos was swallowed.

- Fixed an issue on Gestral Beach where using the Rematch option after losing the volleyball minigame could create a blocked save.

- Fixed a visual issue where characters affected by Inverted would not have the correct colour effect applied to their eyes.

##### **Environment**

- Fixed various environment issues (collisions, misplaced assets, missing or incorrect footsteps SFX) across Verso's Drafts, the World Map, and other levels.

- Fixed various lighting issues on Steam Deck in Verso’s Drafts, Endless Tower and Stone Wave Cliffs levels.

As always, thanks for your support and for your reports via the official (https://sandfallinteractive.typeform.com/coe33?typeform-source=steamcommunity.com) - We'll continue monitoring the reports coming in and working on future fixes!

~ The Expedition 33 Team