Summary

  • Hogwarts Legacy released a PC update enhancing the Creator Kit templates and fixing issues.
  • The modding community grows as players customize the game experience.
  • Official modding tools may help extend the game's shelf life.

Hogwarts Legacy has released a new update for the PC version, which primarily enhances some aspects of its Creator Kit and fixes one of its glaring issues. Developed by Avalanche Software, Hogwarts Legacy took the gaming world by storm in February 2023, accruing critical and popular acclaim, and establishing itself as one of the best-selling video games of its year. While Avalanche Software is working on a sequel to Hogwarts Legacy, it has also continued to offer post-launch support – most notably by adding official modding tools in January 2025.

Given its popularity, Hogwarts Legacy has slowly amassed a respectable modding community, allowing players to further customize their experience in the Wizarding World. Mods such as adding a first-person view to Hogwarts Legacy have only further amplified the immersion that the game provides, and many players are hoping that some of these features make their way to the sequel.

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The latest Hogwarts Legacy update launched for the PC on June 10, 2025. The bulk of its changes involve the Creator Kit for Hogwarts Legacy, streamlining the process of developing mods by adding new templates, introducing support for Spell and Spell Talent videos, and rolling out a plethora of changes to its user interface. Unfortunately, some PC players are reporting issues when booting up the game after the latest update, while others claim that the ray tracing and lighting issues still persist.

New Hogwarts Legacy Update Improves Modding Tools

Though it's all but confirmed that there will be no DLCs, expansions, or a director's cut for Hogwarts Legacy, official modding support has at least empowered the community with the tools to expand the game's original vision. As seen with games like Skyrim, modding has the potential to severely expand a title's shelf life, and this may end up being an important factor depending on player reception to Hogwarts Legacy's sequel.

Namely, Avalanche Software might be taking a bold swing with its next project, as recent job postings imply that the Hogwarts Legacy sequel will feature branching narratives and could even potentially be connected to the upcoming Harry Potter television show. While players have a lot of trust in Avalanche Software and its team, the current energy in the community can best be described as cautiously optimistic. Hopefully, the developers will be able to address Hogwarts Legacy's lingering technical issues in the near future, but for now, players can at least enjoy a streamlined and improved experience in mod making.

Hogwarts Legacy: Patch Notes for June 10, 2025 (PC)

Hogwarts Legacy Build Version – 1420267

Developer notes – This patch provides updates necessary to support the most recent Creator Kit build.

  • Patch Overview:
    • Changed default display options to prevent Low Latency settings from being applied to older unsupported cards

Hogwarts Legacy Creator Kit Build Version – 1404437

Developer notes – This patch provides additional modding options, enhancements and bug fixes for the Creator Kit.

  • Patch Overview:
    • Updated Localization Text Editor dialog box to support creating text for multiple languages, including the current "default" language
    • Added support for adding and modifying Spell and Spell Talent videos, as well as spell minigames
    • Added support for creating new SQL tables from the Database Text Entry tool
    • Removed excess plugins to reduce Kit size
    • Added new Broom, Costume, and Gameplay mod templates
    • Added a "reset mod link" button to the kit when uploading to allow for easier custom template creation
    • Added a dropdown menu for Create Mod, Create Template, and Select Active Mod
    • Made a new section for Mod specific functions on the toolbar and file menu
    • Disabled minidumps on ensure failures for the Creator Kit that were causing large log files to accumulate
    • Added ability to set custom loot in containers and not rely on random spawning
    • Fixed issue where the upload Button in the Mod Upload Window wasn’t interactable when first relaunching the Creator Kit

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Hogwarts Legacy
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Action
RPG
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Systems
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Top Critic Avg: 84 /100 Critics Rec: 88%
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Released
February 10, 2023
ESRB
T For Teen Due To Blood, Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Use of Alcohol
Developer(s)
Avalanche Software
Publisher(s)
Warner Bros. Games
Engine
Unreal Engine 4
Cross-Platform Play
Hogwarts Legacy doesn't have crossplay or crossplatform support
Cross Save
you can freely use your saved data between each console as long as you are connected to the internet and signed into the same account where the saved data was created
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WHERE TO PLAY

SUBSCRIPTION
DIGITAL
PHYSICAL
Checkbox: control the expandable behavior of the extra info

Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. For the first time, experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it.

Explore an Open World
The wizarding world awaits you. Freely roam Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest, and the surrounding Overland area.

Be the Witch or Wizard You Want to be
Learn spells, brew potions, grow plants, and tend to magical beasts along your journey. Get sorted into your house, forge relationships, and master skills to become the witch or wizard you want to be Experience a New Wizarding World Adventure
Experience the wizarding world in an unexplored era to uncover a hidden truth from its past. Battle against trolls, Dark Wizards, goblins, and more as you face a dangerous villain threatening the fate of the wizarding world.

Franchise
Harry Potter
Number of Players
Single-player
Steam Deck Compatibility
Verified
PC Release Date
February 10, 2023
Xbox Series X|S Release Date
February 10, 2023
PS5 Release Date
February 10, 2023
Nintendo Switch Release Date
November 14, 2023
Nintendo Switch 2 Release Date
June 5, 2025
Genre(s)
Action, RPG
OpenCritic Rating
Mighty
How Long To Beat
26 Hours
X|S Optimized
yes
PS Plus Availability
Extra & Premium