Using and Allocating Colours of Lumina

Learn how to use and allocate Colours of Lumina in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Discover how to gain Lumina Points, learn Luminas from Pictos, and equip skills for your characters.

Colours of Lumina grant a character one Lumina Point, enabling them to equip more Luminas (passive skills). To use them, complete the Flying Waters dungeon, then make camp and speak to the Curator in a cave. Select the [Upgrade Expedition Resources] option. It's recommended to distribute these evenly, as some quests and encounters require specific characters. While there are hundreds of Colours of Lumina, making them valuable but not rare, they are finite.

Pictos can be found in dungeons, on the world map, purchased from gestral merchants, or obtained from powerful enemies. When equipped to a character, Pictos boost derived stats (Health, Speed, Defense, Critical Rate) and grant a passive skill called a Lumina. Each character can equip up to three Pictos, and higher-level Pictos offer better stats. Pictos can randomly upgrade when fighting enemies or when higher-level variants are found, but cannot be upgraded manually. The Luminas on Pictos do not improve with the Pictos' level, but higher-level Pictos might be worth equipping for their stats alone.

Similar Pictos can grant Luminas with the same or similar effects (e.g., Energizing Start I, II, III, IV all grant +1 AP at the start of battle), and these effects stack. To permanently learn a Lumina, a Pictos must be equipped for four battles. The strength of enemies defeated does not affect this progress, so weak foes can be used to learn Luminas quickly. A character must be in the active battle party for their equipped Pictos to progress. Once learned, a Lumina can be equipped by any character without needing the Pictos, though this requires Lumina Points and does not grant the Pictos' stats.

Equipping learned Luminas requires Lumina Points, which generally range from 2 to 30 points per Lumina. Lumina Points can be gained by leveling up (one point per level) or by using Colours of Lumina (one point per Colour). Prioritizing the accumulation of Luminas and Lumina Points is crucial for equipping more skills. Colours of Lumina are found in dungeons, on the world map, dropped by chromatic nevrons, or traded with gestral merchants. Distributing these evenly among party members is advised, as specific characters may be required for certain quests or encounters, even if they are not regularly used.