Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has announced new content at the Game Awards 2025. It is so challenging that even players who have faced the toughest boss on expert difficulty are pushed to their limits.
What kind of content is that? At the Game Awards 2025, Clair Obscur won many awards. As a thank you to the fans for their support so far, the free update “Thank You” was released as patch 1.5.0.
There is a new playable area called “Verso’s Drafts”. You can reach it in Act 3 and experience more details about the story of Verso. Besides new gear, abilities, and outfits, there are new bosses that players can challenge.
The developers have reportedly made the bosses so outrageous that players are now struggling with them – even though the hardest boss from the main game was easy for them so far.
New bosses drive players to frustration in Expedition 33
How difficult are they? In addition to the chromatic lamp master, Osquio, and a “Divergent Star” version of Simon, there are also new bosses in the Endless Tower that serve as endgame content. And these are the ones that drive players to despair, as can already be seen in the Reddit thread “Are the DLC bosses the hardest ever in video games?”
Here, a player reports that he spent many hours trying to defeat Osquio. He was stuck in his last fight for 1.5 hours, only to mess up the gradient attack at the end. For him, the fight was instantly over; he couldn’t revive any team member or use the reserve team:
So I have to endure those 1.5 hours again without failing, just to get another chance, and I will probably fail again at the gradient attack? I mean, overall this DLC is fantastic, but honestly, I hate this part. I probably won’t try again; I don’t have 8 hours to maybe get 5 attempts to parry something that leads to instant death.
Other users advise him to tweak his team’s builds, as 1.5 hours is just too long for the fight. With level 99 and the right build, Osquio should go down according to another fan in just 2-3 minutes.
Another player on Reddit is further along. He writes that he needed only 2 attempts for Osquio on expert difficulty, and even Simon would’ve met his demise after only 10 attempts.
The biggest challenge for him is the final bosses in the Endless Tower. He believes he has never encountered such hard bosses in his life. Each of his team members reaches 2 to 15 million damage, but that is nowhere near enough.
Other users on Reddit share his opinion and find that the new bosses are not fun. He wouldn’t want to “sacrifice most of Sunday to get pummeled by bosses, as they literally require perfect parries.”
Have you tried the new bosses yet? Feel free to share your experiences in the comments and what has helped you defeat them.
If you want to dive into the DLC and don’t know what’s going on in the game, that’s not a problem. MeinMMO has summarized the story of the role-playing game for you and explains what lies behind certain characters like Simon: Expedition 33: Story explained – All info about the storyline of the role-playing game
