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Clair Obscur Expedition 33: Best updated spots to farm XP and Lumina (Easy Level 99)
This guide presents the 5 best places to farm XP, Chroma and Lumina in Clair Obscur Expedition 33, optimized for efficiency and consistency. It covers from the farming spots accessible at the beginning of Act 2 to the most efficient end-game methods, including character builds and strategies to maximize gains.
Steps to prepare the characters for the following locations:
Why are Creations the best place?
1. 🎮 Top 5: Monolith - The best place to level up early and get Lumina
- ✅ The Monolith is accessible at the end of Act 2 and can be optimized at the beginning of Act 3.
- ✅ It is suggested to use it as the main source of Lumina to shape your character.
- ✅ Farming build: Verso, Maelle and Sciel in a specific setup to maximize AP and damage multipliers in the first turns.
- ✅ Luminas or Pictos such as 'At death's door', 'First strike increased', 'Glass cannon', 'First offensive' and 'Immaculate' are suggested.
- ✅ The 'Auto-death' and 'Death bomb' combo is suggested to speed up executions.
- ⚠️ Suggested level: around 50 to 60 (a level 70 to 75 character is not required).
| Farming metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Execution duration | 1 minute and 18 seconds |
| Chroma per execution | 11k |
| XP per execution | 283k |
| Lumina per execution | 5 |
| Chroma per hour | 530k |
| XP per hour | 13 million |
| Lumina per hour | 230 |
00:00 - 03:11
1. 🎮 Top 5: Monolith - The best place to level up early and get Lumina
- ✅ The Monolith is accessible at the end of Act 2 and can be optimized at the beginning of Act 3.
- ✅ It is suggested to use it as the main source of Lumina to shape your character.
- ✅ Farming build: Verso, Maelle and Sciel in a specific setup to maximize AP and damage multipliers in the first turns.
- ✅ Luminas or Pictos such as 'At death's door', 'First strike increased', 'Glass cannon', 'First offensive' and 'Immaculate' are suggested.
- ✅ The 'Auto-death' and 'Death bomb' combo is suggested to speed up executions.
- ⚠️ Suggested level: around 50 to 60 (a level 70 to 75 character is not required).
| Farming metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Execution duration | 1 minute and 18 seconds |
| Chroma per execution | 11k |
| XP per execution | 283k |
| Lumina per execution | 5 |
| Chroma per hour | 530k |
| XP per hour | 13 million |
| Lumina per hour | 230 |
03:12 - 06:29
2. 🎮 Top 4: Ice Heart - Efficient XP farming to reach level 70
- ✅ The Ice Heart leveling spot allows you to hunt stalactites and regular enemies on a strategic farming route near a checkpoint.
- ✅ It can be optimized with level 50 to 55 characters to easily reach level 70.
- ✅ Location: Side dungeon called Frozen Hearts, located in the frozen region of the map, near Old Lumiere.
- ✅ Farming build: Maelle is the main source of damage, powered by Verso and Sciel for the fastest possible execution time.
- ✅ Verso suffers from Auto-death, which activates the Death Bomb Lumina to deal raw damage and Burn status effects.
- ✅ Sciel damages all enemies with his Sacrifice ability, while also draining Maelle's HP to 1, giving him even more damage multipliers.
| Farming metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Execution duration | 1 minute and 7 seconds |
| XP per execution | 714k |
| Chroma per execution | Almost 13k |
| Grandiose per execution | 1 |
| XP per hour | Almost 38 million |
| Chroma per hour | 664k |
| Grandiose per hour | 53 |
06:30 - 09:41
3. 🎮 Top 3: Dark Shores - Revenge and XP farming against the Nevrons
- ✅ The Dark Shores location allows you to hunt Noirs (Nevrons) and get a lot of XP.
- ✅ Location: In the first area of the game.
- ✅ Farming build: This method can be accessed with level 65 characters.
- ✅ Sciel and Verso suffer from Auto-death and trigger explosions when the battle begins.
- ✅ Maelle gets huge damage multipliers by activating his Auto-death plus Survivor combo, forcing his HP to drop to 1 HP, giving him access to the At Death's Door damage multipliers.
| Farming metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Execution duration | 1 minute and 20 seconds |
| XP per execution | 2.8 million |
| Chroma per execution | 43k |
| Grandiose per execution | 7 |
| XP per hour | 128 million |
| Chroma per hour | 1.9 million |
| Grandiose per hour | 315 |
Steps to prepare the characters for the following locations:
- ✅ Use the same build as in the previous location to defeat the Sprong mini-boss and get the Cheater Picto.
- ✅ Defeat the Serpenhare mini-boss to get the Energy Master Picto and a perfect Chroma Catalyst.
09:42 - 12:21
4. 🎮 Top 2: Renoir Merchant Draft - Unparalleled XP farming
- ✅ Renoir's Draft offers a Gestral merchant, which can be farmed over and over to get 2 million XP per execution.
- ✅ Location: Underwater entrance to Renoir's Draft, located in the seas of Old Lumiere (Esquie must have the ability to dive).
- ✅ Farming build: The merchant's location can be accessed with faster execution times and with level 80 characters.
- ✅ Maelle will have double turns in each fight due to the Cheater Picto.
- ✅ Verso and Sciel will take advantage of the Auto-death and Death Bomb combo, and Maelle will finish the fight with his immensely damaging abilities.
| Farming metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Execution duration | 37 to 39 seconds |
| XP per execution | Almost 2.2 million |
| Bank XP per execution | 1.1 million |
| Lumina per execution | 1 to 3 |
| XP per hour | 209 million |
| Bank XP per hour | 105 million |
| Lumina per hour | 194 (average) |
12:22 - 14:38
5. 🎮 Top 1: Renoir's Draft Creations - The best place to get XP and Lumina
- ✅ The Creations in Renoir's Draft are still the best overall place when it comes to farming XP, while allowing you to earn tons of Lumina in the process.
- ✅ Farming build: The same level 80 build that was used when facing the merchant is still used.
- ✅ Sciel and Verso will explode, giving Maelle more damage multipliers, and then Maelle will cast the Phantom Strike.
| Farming metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Execution duration | 1 minute and 20 seconds |
| XP per execution | 4.1 million |
| Lumina per execution | 4 (stable) |
| XP per hour | 185 million |
| Lumina per hour | 180 (stable) |
Why are Creations the best place?
- ✅ The merchant offers full XP to only one character (Maelle), and offers only half XP to the other party members.
- ✅ The merchant also gives variable results when it comes to Lumina (194 is just an average).
- ✅ Creations offer 185 million full XP for three party members, and gives 180 stable Lumina per hour.