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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Ancient Sanctuary 100% Guide and all Locations

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Clair Obscur Expedition 33 - Ancient Sanctuary

Ancient Sanctuary is an area found in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's overworld, called The Continent. Learn more about Ancient Sanctuary maze including the area's bosses, fast travel points, weapons, items, and how to catch the Petank in this Ancient Sanctuary map guide.

How to Catch Petank in Ancient Sanctuary

Lead it Toward the Trap

Petanks are fast Nevrons that zoom away when you get close to them. The only way to catch a Petank is to lead it to a nearby trap.

The trap in Ancient Sanctuary is located across the river. You will need to lead the Petank across the bridge that goes over the river until it reaches the trap.

How to Catch Petanks

Ancient Sanctuary Boss Locations

All Main Bosses in Ancient Sanctuary

Boss Quest & Weaknesses
Ultimate SakapatateUltimate Sakapatate Quest: Act 1: Gustave
Location:
Ancient Sanctuary

Weakness: Fire

Ultimate Sakapatate is the only boss you can fight in Ancient Sanctuary. This boss can be found at the very end of the Ancient Sanctuary, past the Giant Bell Alley rest point.

List of Bosses

Ancient Sanctuary Fast Travel Locations

All Expedition Flag Rest Points in Ancient Sanctuary

Ancient Sanctuary Rest Points

1. Entrance
Found right at the entrance of Ancient Sanctuary.

2. Sanctuary Maze
Can be found a little after the Entrance. You will enter a cutscene then fight a Robust Sakapatate, after which the flag will be available.

3. Giant Bell Alley
Found at the end of Ancient Sanctuary, right before the Ultimate Sakapatate story boss fight.

4. Gestral Totem
Found in the area past the Paint Spike located near the Sanctuary Maze Rest Point.

This is a list of all Rest Point Flags that are used to fast travel from one point of an area to another.
All Expedition Flags

Ancient Sanctuary Weapon Locations

Sakaram

Weapon Overview
SakaramSakaram Character: Gustave/Verso
Power: 2938
Element: Physical
Vitality: -
Might: -
Agility: S
Defense: -
Luck: A

The Sakaram can be obtained from the mandatory fight against a Robust Sakapatate before reaching the Sanctuary Maze rest point.

Trebuchim

Weapon Overview
TrebuchimTrebuchim Character: Lune
Power: 3067
Element: Lightning
Vitality: S
Might: -
Agility: -
Defense: -
Luck: A

The Trebuchim drops from Catapult Sakapatates in Ancient Sanctuary.

All Weapons and Stats Guide

Ancient Sanctuary Pictos Locations

There are six Pictos you can obtain in Ancient Sanctuary:

  1. Burning Mark
  2. Energising Jump
  3. Energising Start II
  4. Attack Lifesteal
  5. Breaker
  6. Stun Boost
  7. Piercing Shot

All Pictos and Luminas Guide and Stats

Burning Mark

Burning Mark
Lumina:
Apply Burn on hitting a Marked enemy.
Bonus Stats:
Health +44
Defense +32
How to Get: Found down the cliff from the faceless child close to the Entrance flag. To get down here, you must find where the river turns into a waterfall, then climb onto the hand grips on the cliff face.

Burning Mark Lumina Effects

Energising Jump

Energising Jump
Lumina:
+1 AP on Jump Counterattack.
Bonus Stats:
Health +44
Speed +29
How to Get: Found close to the Entrance flag, just across the bridge.

Energising Jump Lumina Effects

Energising Start II

Energising Start II
Lumina:
+1 AP on battle start.
Bonus Stats:
Health +175
How to Get: From the Sanctuary Maze flag, proceed onward but stick to the right path until you crawl through a low space. Then, head into the cave to the right, head past the enemy who is a distance in front of you, then climb the hand holds on the ledge on the left to get up. The Pictos should be at the end of this path.

Energising Start II Lumina Effects

Attack Lifesteal

Attack Lifesteal
Lumina:
Recover 15% Health on Base Attack.
Bonus Stats:
Health +44
Speed +32
How to Get: From the ledge mentioned above in Energising Start II, jump down and head into the cave opposite the ledge. The Pictos will be guarded by a Catapult Sakapatate a little into the cave.

Attack Lifesteal Lumina Effects

Breaker

Breaker
Lumina:
25% increased Break damage.
Bonus Stats:
Speed +26
Critical Rate +9%
How to Get: Obtained as a reward for defeating the story boss, Ultimate Sakapatate at the end of the area.

Breaker Lumina Effects

Stun Boost

Stun Boost
Lumina:
30% increased damage on Stunned targets.
Bonus Stats:
Speed +35
Critical Rate +2%
How to Get: In the boss room of the Ultimate Sakapatate, there will be a small cave entrance you will have to crouch through to get in. The Pictos will be in here.

Stun Boost Lumina Effects

Piercing Shot

Ancient Sanctuary Piercing Shot
Lumina:
25% increased Free Aim damage. Free Aim shots ignore Shields.
Bonus Stats:
Health +
Critical Rate +
How to Get: In the Gestral Totem area behind the Paint Spike, follow the stream that branches off from the central body of water and leads into a small alcove. The Pictos is located inside near a dead Expeditioner's body.

Piercing Shot Lumina Effects

Ancient Sanctuary Outfit and Haircut Locations

Baguette Outfit for Lune

Baguette Wardrobe Set
Lune Baguette Outfit
Baguette Outfit
Lune Baguette Haircut
Baguette Haircut

In order to get the Baguette outfit for Lune, you must defeat the hidden Mime in Ancient Sanctuary.

From the , take the path on the right and look for a small opening under a rock. Pass through it and take a left until you reach an open area. In the middle of this space is a broken hut, and you’ll find the mime behind it.

All Cosmetics: Outfits and Haircuts

Ancient Sanctuary Enemies

All Enemies in Ancient Sanctuary

Enemy Elemental Affinities
Catapult SakapatateCatapult Sakapatate Weak: Fire
Resist: None
Immune: None
Absorb: None
Ranger SakapatateRanger Sakapatate Weak: Fire
Resist: Lightning
Immune: None
Absorb: None
Robust SakapatateRobust Sakapatate Weak: Fire
Resist: Lightning
Immune: None
Absorb: None

These are all the enemies you can find in Ancient Sanctuary.

List of Enemies and Weaknesses

Mime Location

Mime Location

Ancient Sanctuary Mime
From the Sanctuary Maze rest point, take the path on the right and look for a small opening under a rock. Pass through it and take a left until you reach an open area. In the middle of this space is a broken hut, and you’ll find the mime behind it.

All Mime Locations and How to Beat Them

Ancient Sanctuary Paint Cage

Paint Cage Location

Paint Cage (Chroma Elixir Shard)
From the Giant Bell Alley rest point, head back and hang a right, then move past the prowling Robust Sakapatate. Straight ahead will be the area where you collect the Journal of this area. The 3 Paint Cage locks are hidden in this area, near the Journal. From here, you can spot the Paint Cage up on a cliff. After shooting all the locks, you can get up to the Paint Cage by heading back out and turning left into a hidden path covered by trees. Do some minor platforming to across the statues to get to the Paint Cage.
World View Description
The first lock will be hidden inside a box. The box has a strange glow around it so it is easy to spot.
The second one will be hidden between some stone cracks on the opposite side from the Journal.
The third lock will be up on a cliff, opposite the Paint Cage.

All Paint Cage Locations

Ancient Sanctuary Paint Spike

Paint Spike Location

# Directions
1
From the Sanctuary Maze Rest Point, head toward the main path and take a left turn when you reach the fork.
2
Once you reah the open area with a patrolling Sakapatate, head to the left side of the area.
3
Once you reach the left side, attack and destroy the Paint Spike to gain access to the Gestral Totem area.

How to Destroy Paint Spikes

Ancient Sanctuary Journal Location

Expedition 63 - Damien

Journal How to Get

Expedition 63 - Damien

From the Giant Bell Alley expedition flag, head back and hang a right, then run past the Robust Sakapatate. Straight ahead will be a narrow nook you can enter.

Journals are records of past expeditions before Expedition 33, giving you a glimpse into how those missions failed and never returned to Lumière as the years went by.

All Journal Locations

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Related Guides

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 - Locations

All Locations and Areas

All Locations

Act 1
Spring Meadows Flying Waters Ancient Sanctuary
Gestral Village Esquie's Nest Stone Wave Cliffs
Act 2
Forgotten Battlefield Monoco's Station Old Lumiere
Visages Sirene The Monolith
Act 3
Lumiere
Optional Areas
The Manor Painting Workshop Gestral Beach
Abbest Cave Red Woods The Small Bourgeon
Hidden Gestral Arena Esoteric Ruins Twilight Quarry
Ancient Gestral City Lost Woods Yellow Harvest
Dark Shores The Meadows Crushing Cavern
White Tree Blades' Graveyard Stone Quarry
Coastal Cave Frozen Hearts The Carousel
Boat Graveyard Stone Wave Cliffs Cave Falling Leaves
Sinister Cave Renoir's Drafts The Crows
Dark Gestral Arena The Fountain Flying Casino
White Sands Crimson Forest Floating Cemetery
Sky Island Sacred River The Chosen Path
Endless Night Sanctuary Sunless Cliffs Sirene's Dress
The Reacher Isle of the Eyes The Canvas
The Abyss Flying Manor Endless Tower

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2 Anonymous Anonymous 6 months

there is a revive tint on the hut near the mime

1 Evriana Evriana 7 months

Cool, cool but there is four expedition flag points. You skipped quite big part of map. Not important one, but there is few items. It’s under that big totem. Not accessible before you can destroy that blue spikes tho 😄

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