Choosing which of your heroes you want to take into battle in the Gestral Village arena can actually impact your rewards in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. After the boss fight against the mysterious “Stranger” arena combatant, the winning hero will get a special weapon or an upgrade to an existing weapon.
In this Expedition 33 guide, we’ll give you a brief walkthrough of the Gestral Village arena walkthrough plus explain which weapons you’ll get depending on who you complete the fight as.
Gestral Village arena walkthrough in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
When you reach Gestral Village, you’ll find that Gestrals are aggressive little automatons, and love to settle their disagreements (and build friendships, it seems) through the thrills of combat. The chief, Golga, located in the center of the village, will tell you that you need to enter into a tournament to earn a password to progress to the next part of the story. This tournament culminates in a fight against The Stranger.
Tell Golgra you want to enter the arena and you’ll be automatically transported to that part of the village. Speak to the yellow Gestral, Limonsol, near the gate to enter the tournament.
When you enter the tournament, you’ll be asked to choose one fighter, as all battles are one-on-one. However, you can freely swap party members between battles if you’d like, or use a different one if you fail and get kicked back to town.
We’d recommend being at level 15 before starting the tournament battles. It doesn’t matter who you select for the first three fights, but the fourth and final fight against the Stranger will determine which weapon you get from the quest. The battle with The Stranger comes right after Matthieu the Colossus.
[Ed. note: The following section includes spoilers for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.]
Gestral Arena weapon rewards in Expedition 33
The battle against the Stranger — who you’ll learn is actually Sciel, a fellow member of Expedition 33 — isn’t terribly more challenging than the previous battles. However, the character that you defeat her with will get a weapon when the encounter ends.
Here are the weapons you can get from beating Sciel, including their special effects:
- Gustave — Sakaram: A non-elemental sword and pistol that has no leveling effects at this point in the game, like the rest of Gustave’s arsenal
- Lune — Trebuchim: An electric weapon that generates a random Stain on a free aim shot at level 4, gives +1 AP after consuming a Stain at level 10, and generates +2 random stains on a base attack at level 20
- Maelle — Medalum: A non-elemental sword that starts you in Virtuose Stance at level 4, doubles burn applied in Virtuose Stance at level 10, and causes burn to deal double damage at level 20
It’s actually possible for you to already have some of these weapons — at least for Gustave and Lune, as we had both — by finding them out in the world before the arena battle with Sciel. If you already have the weapon when you get the reward from the quest, that weapon will simply gain a level.
If you’re just looking for a recommendation on who to pick, Maelle is both very good at one-on-one combat — making the fights a little simpler, in our experience — and the Medalum sword has some very powerful effects on it that’s worth picking up.
For more Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 guides, see our beginner’s tips, the best attributes to level up, and learn how to break enemies.
Source：https://www.polygon.com/clair-obscur-expedition-33-guides/561953/gestral-village-arena-walkthrough-reward-weapons
