Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

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[Survivor] achievement: Easy build + farm location
By ebryetas
I didn't wanna waste a ridiculous amount of time farming the last 11 levels I needed for this achievement so here's a quick guide to get this done within half an hour

*IDEALLY FOR AFTER COMPLETING THE MAIN GAME*

Viable as of 5/16/25 (but they nerf things sometimes so lmk if this changes in the future thanks)
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WHERE TO GO
- In Renoir's Drafts you'll be exclusively fighting the merchant Grour
- Use the Golden Tree expedition flag and he's on the roof of the building nearby, near the Creation and Contorsionniste enemies

He drops 2 million XP per fight and (I timed it) with this build you can fight him 3x a minute for a beautiful 180 million XP every half hour. Tbh great for farming money and lumina points too.
WHAT TO DO
- Choose Maelle

- Equip Medalum to start in virtuose pose (you get it from fighting Golgra specifically with Maelle)

- GO INTO THE FIGHT WITH 1 HP (by having Maelle die in a previous fight or by using Last Chance in a previous fight)

- You only need to use the Phantom Strike ability

- I put 90 points each into Might, Defense, and Agility (I started farming at lvl 89)
LUMINAS
(you can choose whatever 3 pictos you want to equip from here, or choose something like "greater defenseless" for extra crit/etc., whatever you want)

The goal is equipping luminas that give you bonuses when fighting alone, bonuses at 1 HP/low HP, starting your round with powerful (and buffing it to do more damage), and bonuses that change your damage depending on the amount of shields you currently have

Reminder that buffs like "Powerful" and "Shell" don't stack

AT DEATH'S DOOR -> deal more dmg with low health
AUGMENTED FIRST STRIKE -> first hit deals more dmg
CONFIDENT FIGHTER -> deal more dmg
CRITICAL MOMENT -> deal more crit dmg with low health
EMPOWERING LAST STAND/SOS POWER/AUTO POWERFUL -> applies powerful
ENERGIZING START I -> make sure you have enough AP
ENERGIZING START II -> make sure you have enough AP
ENERGY MASTER -> make sure you have enough AP
FIRST OFFENSIVE -> first hit deals more dmg
FIRST STRIKE -> play first
GLASS CANNON -> deal more dmg
GREATER POWERFUL -> deal more dmg
IMMACULATE -> deal more dmg
IN MEDIAS RES -> starts you with 3 shields
INVERTED AFFINITY -> deal more dmg
LAST STAND CRITICAL -> 100% crit chance when alone
PAINTED POWER -> deal over 9999 dmg
POWERED ATTACK -> possibly deal more dmg
POWERFUL SHIELD -> increases dmg depending on # of shields
ROULETTE -> possibly deal more dmg
SHIELD AFFINITY -> more dmg with shields equipped
SOLIDIFYING -> gives 2 more shields with low health
SOLO FIGHTER -> more dmg when fighting alone
WARMING UP -> deal more dmg

and then optional things like survivor (just in case youre ♥♥♥♥ at parrying and it somehow doesnt kill them all, though it should) or anything else you want.

now fight!
Literally just start the fight, choose Phantom Strike, get perfect on your timed QTEs, and then watch them die in 5 seconds. Rinse and repeat~

Enjoy!

(I farmed on easy mode YMMV with harder difficulties but it should still work)



5 Comments
ebryetas  [author] 6 Jun @ 8:25pm 
Notorious bigb00gie
I dont have the game installed atm so I cant test it for sure but afaik I'd recommend against using Auto Death and Survivor to start the round as that would automatically get rid of the 3 shields you get from "In Medias Res'
Solidifying is a good one though to get you up to 5 shields from the start thank you!
FOXCOD 1 Jun @ 6:40am 
👍
Notorious bigb00gie 31 May @ 10:00pm 
A couple things I also picked up while trying this: Survivor and Auto Death let you start at 1 hp without any setup, and Solidifying can also give you an extra 2 shields to help get more damage in
ebryetas  [author] 19 May @ 2:37pm 
of course ^^
Spacken Overdose 19 May @ 3:44am 
Thanks a Lot, that saved me some time on the last achievment