a new update available, what's new?

Hogwarts Legacy is being updated again, and this time it fixes a lot of frankly annoying bugs. And yet, the update isn’t very big.

Hogwarts Legacy is receiving a new patch for most of its versions with the aim of improving performance once again. After already receiving major updates with partially free content, the game is optimizing itself to make the gaming experience as pleasant as possible. We’re not going to complain. No excitement, no major additions this time, but a more classic update with a series of fixes.

A small patch for Hogwarts Legacy that fixes big problems

A rather thin patch, then, but limited to the essentials. We will note, for example, the correction of several frankly annoying, if not disabling, bugs. We are thinking in particular of the problem that simply prevented the unlocking of certain objects, problems with visual artifacts on PC or even errors in the localization of certain languages.

Hogwarts Legacy’s photo mode has also been tweaked, as it was sometimes difficult to take pretty screenshots due to the issues with the options not working properly and the visual glitches. This should now be fixed. Finally, the crashes on the PS5 should finally stop once and for all, as Massive has finally found and fixed the problem. It turns out that it was the ray tracing that was causing some problems in the fidelity mode.

Patch notes for July 12, 2024 on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC.

(Patch notes translated into French by us)

Generally

Additional content:
- Fixed an issue where the Black Lightning broom could not be obtained when resuming a game after downloading and installing the latest Hogwarts Legacy patch. HL-18766
Localization :
- Fixed incorrect Arabic translation in the popup reward message for some items.
Mode Photo :
- Fixed cases where the Hide NPCs option did not work for certain Students, Dragons, and Dementors.
- Fixed cases where players could see through dungeon ceilings without collision.

PS5 version of Hogwarts Legacy

stability :
- Fixed an issue where enabling Loyalty Mode by enabling Ray Tracing would eventually cause the game to crash. HL-18650
Visual effects :
- Fixed missing visual effects for the Diffindo combat spell. HL-18683

Xbox Series

user interface :
- Fixed an issue where pixels in the form of black dots appeared in the terrain guide or map menus. HL-14146
stability :
- Fixed a case where the game would freeze during the Fastidio boss fight. HL-19030

PC version of Hogwarts Legacy

user interface :
- Fixed a case where using the Portrait filter in Photo mode caused unwanted visual artifacts. HL-19082
compatibility :
- Fixed a case of lighting overexposure after updating NVIDIA drivers to version 555.99. HL-18678

The full patch notes can be found on the official page from Hogwarts Legacy. As a reminder, although the patch only affects the PS5, Xbox Series and PC versions, the game is also available for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.