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Nearly a year after launch, the record-breaking 2025 Game of the Year shows absolutely no signs of winding down. Sandfall Interactive continues to tend to Clair Obscur Expedition 33 with care, and update 1.5.3 has now rolled out across all platforms, consoles and PC alike, tackling a range of issues that the community has been vocal about. Here’s the full breakdown of what’s changed.
Clair Obscur Expedition 33 deploys a new update
This one isn’t the sweeping content event that October 2025’s major update was, no new bosses, no new features, no grand additions to the world. What it is, however, is a focused and meaningful round of bug fixes that players of Clair Obscur Expedition 33 have genuinely been waiting for. The headline fix addresses a crash that could trigger after defeating the Siren, a frustrating and widely reported issue that Sandfall says has now been properly investigated, addressed, and tested. Clair Obscur’s photo mode has received its own set of corrections as well, alongside a number of other gameplay-facing issues.
On the progression side, a save bug affecting certain collectibles has been resolved, ensuring items are now correctly logged when picked up. Several other crashes tied to specific encounters have been fully eliminated. And in true Sandfall fashion, the smaller details haven’t been neglected either, collision inconsistencies and disappearing audio sequences have both been cleaned up. Update 1.5.3 of Clair Obscur Expedition 33 is now live across all platforms.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Update 1.5.3 Patch Notes
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.
Source: Sandfall
