Summary
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33technically gives each character two weapons, but only one can be equipped. For starters, Free Aim is a technique that uses a character’s ranged abilities to attack monsters. Gustave, for example, has a gun, whereas Lune uses her innate magic abilities to strike foes.
Attack power for Free Aim weapons upgrades automatically depending on how playerslevel up their heroes inClair Obscur: Expedition 33. For the actual weapons, players can find them all over the game, they can win them in matches, or buy them. For the early hours, let’s go through the weapons best suited for Gustave, Lune, and Maelle, ranked by their power and usefulness.
8Cruleram
Fight Enemies In Flying Waters
TheCruleramis a sword for Gustave that can be obtained by fighting a wild group of monsters in Flying Waters. It’s recommended to fight mobs of enemies in dungeons at least once because they can sometimes hide weapons orPictos inClair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Unlock most weapons in the game, the Cruleram has no upgrade path for its levels, but it does have ice elemental damage. That alone makes it a good weapon for Gustave when a dungeon with monsters weak to ice does appear.
7Gaulteram
Fight Bourgeon On The World Map
TheGaulteramis another weapon for Gustave, based on earth, and it can be acquired on the world map after players obtain Esquie. If players head north of Esquie’s layer, they will find a large monster named Bourgeon, the same monster that players can encounter in Flying Waters. It’s a tough mini-boss because it can swallow allies whole, but effective dodges and using lightning-based attacks can take it down. Esquie is like a vehicle players can find in Final Fantasy games that can transport them across land, sea, and air.
6Troubadim
Fight Chromatic Troubadour In Flying Waters
TheTroubadimis a weapon for Lune, who is like the game’s equivalent of amage in an RPG. This weapon has no elements associated with it, but it does have good level upgrades, so players should find and kill the Chromatic Troubadour min-boss in Flying Waters.
The starting bonus will make Free Aim hit multiple targets. At level ten, Free Aim attacks do 50% more damage, and the final upgrade can generate a Stain. A Stain is based on Lune’s elemental attacks and can be used for various skills.
5Sekarum
Gestral Village Merchant
Compared to other weapons, theSekarumis one of the easiest to get for Maelle. Players just need to find a merchant named Eesda withinGestral Village, which is somewhere that players need to go to inClair Obscur: Expedition 33’sstory. This weapon has a starting bonus that will switch Maelle to her Virtuose Stance if players Break an enemy, and this Stance gives her a 200% attack bonus. The next level will cause Free Aim attacks to break two Shields on enemies if they have them up, and the final upgrade will make all Virtuose Stance attacks break through Shields.
4Brulerum
TheBrulerumis another weapon for Maelle, which is fire-based, and players just have to encounter a random mob of enemies within Flying Waters. The starting level bonus will cause critical hits to apply Burn. Burn is a greatstatus effect inClair Obscur: Expedition 33that will cause fire-based damage to be applied every turn for a set amount. At level ten, two Burn effects will be stacked on an enemy, and the final upgrade will cause Maelle to hit critical strikes 100% of the time so long as she has no Stance.
3Trebuchim
Fight Enemies In Ancient Sanctuary
TheTrebuchimis a weapon for Lune that can be obtained from an enemy mob within the Ancient Sanctuary. It has a lightning element attached, and the starting bonus will generate a Stain for every Free Aim attack.
At level ten, one point of AP will regenerate if players consume Lune’s accrued Stains, like if players use herMayhem skill inClair Obscur: Expedition 33. Finally, at level twenty, Lune’s normal attacks will generate two random Stains.
2Lighterim
Found In Spring Meadows
TheLighterimis another weapon for Lune, and this can be found inClair Obscur: Expedition 33’sfirst dungeon, Spring Meadows, just lying around a bunch of crates. It is imbued with fire, which will come in handy in the Ancient Sanctuary as enemies in there are weak to it.
Innately, this weapon will reduce the cost of fire-based skills for Lune, like Wildfire. At level ten, fire-based attacks will do 20% more damage, and at the final upgrade, Lune will start with one Strain of ice magic, which is odd for a fire-infused weapon to generate in any RPG.
1Medalum
Compete With Maelle In Gestral Village’s Arena
The best starter weapon in the game is for Maelle, theMedalum, and it is easily missable. During the Gestral Village arc of the game, players have to compete in a tournament, and they can only take one character into battle.
If they go through it with Maelle, she can get this weapon. With the Medalum, she will start a battle in Virtuose Stance, and all other upgrades will help with fire-based damage. Getting the Medalum is critical to finishing the One-Puncho side quest early in Gestral Village.
