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Throughout your adventures inClair Obscur: Expedition 33, you will come across various locations that are either dangerous to anyone who enters, or are more fun. Considering your situation, it’s hard to believe there are areas of respite, but there are a handful of Gestral Beaches are scattered throughout the dangerous lands. Each has their own unique challenges, but they all share one thing: they come with swimsuit attire.
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Where to Find the First Gestral Beach
The first Gestral Beach you’ll be able to access is fairly early on in your adventure. This is located after the Flying Waters dungeon. Your goal at the time will be to head towards the Gestral Village to find out how to cross the seal to get to the Paintress. While you can focus on the story, at least it’s advised until you get past the Gestral Village, maybe even after Esquie’s Nest, but there is one location in the west that you’ll want to check out.
We’re, of course, talking about Gestral Beach. After exiting the Flying Waters dungeon, head immediately west until you reach the yellow sands. You’ll come across a new area called Gestral Beach where a rather large Gestral will be awaiting your arrival. He states that he’s training in parkour every day to reach his friend on the platform across the beach. It’s now your job to use your platforming techniques to get to the end of the obstacle course and receive a reward.
Obstacle Course
Head to the left of the Gestral to find the obstacle course in the water. It starts off with a long line of logs leading to some spinning platforms. The logs are by far the most challenging part due to them being circular platforms, meaning you may slip off fairly easily. Jump across to the first log and continue forth until you reach the first gap. You will need to jump across to the log below, hopefully landing at the right angle.
The next challenge is immediately after, as there’s a duo set of gaps between you and the goal. This one can be tricky because the log isn’t entirely in-line with the next one. You’ll need to angle yourself slightly to the left while hoping over, giving yourself a running start, as well. The following jump, thankfully, is more centered, so it shouldn’t be much of a problem. Be sure to jump at the latest time possible otherwise you won’t clear the gap.
At this point, it’s best to take it slow up the next logs. There aren’t any gaps between the logs, but there are tight corners that need to be traversed patiently otherwise you’ll slip off. Don’t hesitate to use the walk function rather than the sprint.
After the logs, you will come across two spinning platforms. How they are spinning in midair is beyond us? Regardless, you don’t necessarily need to time any jumps as the pillars that would look to block you are more to intimidate you. Jump across and continue holding forward to sneak right by them (but don’t’ fall through the hole in the middle).
While it’s spinning, your next goal is to jump onto the platform with no pillars coming out of it. This is where the little stakes become a little bit of trouble, as you need to position yourself between two and make a leap when it comes around. Don’t rush things and instead wait until the merry-go-round comes around. Do the same with the next platform, while not being intimidated by the pillars.
Position yourself to jump to the next wooden platform and jump through the pillars. While the next platform looks too far for you to jump to, if you sprint and jump right at the latest you can possibly jump, you’ll just reach it, pulling yourself up on the edge. Don’t immediately jump to the next platform only because it’s moving back to the left and right. Wait until it comes back and hop over. It’s basically the victory lap as there isn’t much of a gap between the platforms, and it takes you right to your destination.
Hop off the platform and meet the small Gestral down below to receive your rewards.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
