{"id":72085,"date":"2026-01-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/?p=72085"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:12:18","slug":"clair-obscur-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/news\/72085-clair-obscur-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Clair Obscur Expedition 33 New Secrets Discovered Almost One Year Later"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>2025 may now be behind us, but the games that made it memorable are far from finished telling their stories. <a href=\"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/news\/72038-clair-obscur-response-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/news\/72038-clair-obscur-response-ai\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clair Obscur Expedition 33<\/a> proves this in the early days of 2026, thanks to some intriguing new discoveries. Although Sandfall Interactive\u2019s title is steadily approaching its first anniversary, players continue to explore its universe, sometimes uncovering details that were deliberately hidden by the developers during production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clair Obscur Expedition 33 reveals new secrets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This time, the discovery isn\u2019t found within the adventure itself, but rather in the game\u2019s files. An internet user noticed a large amount of information related to the names of bosses and other enemies encountered throughout Clair Obscur Expedition 33. More specifically, Sandfall appears to have carefully documented the reasoning behind each name, likely to help translators by providing additional context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, regarding Chevali\u00e8re, the team explains that it is a word \u201cthat doesn\u2019t really exist in this context, but is used as the feminine form of Chevalier, which means \u2018Knight.\u2019\u201d As for Potier, Sandfall notes that it is simply a play on the word \u201cPotter,\u201d referring to an enemy \u201cwho uses pots.\u201d The same logic applies to Lancelier, a term with \u201cno specific meaning in French,\u201d chosen because it represents an \u201cenemy wielding a lance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"601\" src=\"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/couv-news-2025-08-06T160222.762-1024x601.jpg\" alt=\"Clair Obscur: has the turn-based game been saved? The developers share their thoughts\" class=\"wp-image-45\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/couv-news-2025-08-06T160222.762-1024x601.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/couv-news-2025-08-06T160222.762-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/couv-news-2025-08-06T160222.762-768x451.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/couv-news-2025-08-06T160222.762-1536x901.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/couv-news-2025-08-06T160222.762-2048x1202.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The French-Touch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The list goes on, as the game\u2019s code is filled with similar explanations, some more inventive than others. Staying true to their French roots, the Sandfall team even included a link to the Wikipedia page for P\u00e9tanque to explain the name Petank, and another to One-Punch Man to clarify that Gestral no Puncho is a direct reference. Then there\u2019s Gestral Limonsol, whose name clearly stems from an inside joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In short, as highlighted by the Reddit post from user Responsible-Race-575, this discovery is yet another reminder that game development often hides far more depth than players initially realize. At Sandfall, inspiration seems to come from everywhere. This only heightens anticipation for the studio\u2019s future projects, especially since it recently confirmed that work has begun on a follow-up to Clair Obscur Expedition 33. Unfortunately, it may be quite some time before we get to see the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/expedition33\/comments\/1q16bft\/just_found_out_very_interesting_things_in_game\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/expedition33\/comments\/1q16bft\/just_found_out_very_interesting_things_in_game\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reddit<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":71770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21],"class_list":["post-72085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-clair-obscur","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72085"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72089,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72085\/revisions\/72089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}