Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts Legacy

Developers
	Avalanche Software
Publishers
	Portkey Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	February 10, 2023
Reception
Metacritic	84
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	93
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, RPG
Vehicles	Flight
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Dark, Fantasy, Europe, Victorian
Series	Harry Potter

Hogwarts Legacy is a singleplayer third-person action and RPG game in the Harry Potter series.

The PC version is missing PlayStation pre-order exclusive Felix Felicis potion recipe and Haunted Hogsmeade shop quest.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Official Discord server

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
GamersGate		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Humble Store		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.
Steam		Digital Deluxe Edition also available.

All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Version differences

The Digital Deluxe Edition includes three days early access to the game, a Thestral mount and the Dark Arts Pack downloadable content.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	The Dark Arts Pack included with the Digital Deluxe Edition can be purchased separately.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Dark Arts Pack	Includes access to the Thestral mount, the Dark Arts Cosmetic Set and the Dark Arts Battle Arena.
Onyx Hippogriff mount	Pre-purchase entitlement.
House Fan-atic School Robe and Beaked Skull Mask	Obtained by users by linking their Harry Potter Fan Club and WB Games accounts.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
No microtransactions	Developers have explicitly stated that the game will not feature any microtransactions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Hogwarts Legacy\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/990080/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Hogwarts Legacy\Saved\SaveGames
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/990080/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud		Saves and input settings.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Use HogwartsLegacyFix to fix pillarboxing in cutscenes.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Named Windowed fullscreen. There is no Exclusive Fullscreen option.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		[citation needed]
Anti-aliasing (AA)		TAA (Low and High) and DLAA. No option is present to disable anti aliasing.
High-fidelity upscaling		FSR 1.0, FSR 2.0, XeSS , DLSS 2.3, DLSS v3.1.1." class="svg-icon svg-16 os-error"> , NIS
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Can be capped up to 360 frames per second.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray traced shadows, reflections and ambient occlusion. Each setting can be toggled individually alongside a global Ray Tracing Quality setting.
Color blind mode		Protanopia, Deuteranopia and Tritanopia modes for most UI and HUD elements only.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

The game includes a benchmarking feature that calculates recommended settings for the current system, rather than a standard performance benchmark.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Binding a non-US layout key to an action that appears on the HUD causes a [KEYBOARD_UNKNOWNCHARCODE_*] message to be displayed in place of the key, deforming the HUD. Secondary key bindings can be toggled to display instead of the primary bindings.
Mouse acceleration		It can be disabled in-game, which sets it to a tiny number in GameUserSettings.ini, or through the GameUserSettings.ini in the Configuration file(s) location.
Mouse sensitivity		Sensitivity of cursor, aiming and camera can be separately adjusted.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		Broom flight controls and Camera X-axis can be also separately inverted.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity		Sensitivity of cursor, aiming and camera can be separately adjusted.
Controller Y-axis inversion		Broom flight controls and Camera X-axis can be also separately inverted.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		Also supports DualSense, however does not support additional DualSense features from the PlayStation 5 version.
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) DualSense tested

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate options to adjust volume for music, sound effects and dialogue, and a toggle to mute all sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Size scales with UI text adjustments.
Closed captions		No standard closed captioning, however an Audio Visualiser can be found in the Accessibility settings.
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Issues fixed

Controller rumble not working

Clear pcinfo.json
Make sure the game is not running. Delete %LOCALAPPDATA%\Hogwarts Legacy\Saved\pc_info.json Restart the game. Notes Rumble support will resume for whatever input is used when launching the game. Also, Steam Input should be activated in the game controller settings.

Protagonist's voice sounds robotic

Reset the Pitch slider in the audio settings to the default value.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Wwise, XAudio	XAudio 2.9
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-6600 AMD Ryzen 5 1400	Intel Core i7-8700 AMD Ryzen 5 3600
System memory (RAM)	16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	85 GB (HDD)	85 GB (SSD)
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon RX 470 4 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT Intel Arc A770

A 64-bit operating system is required.

The minimum requirements are for 720p at 30 FPS with Low quality settings, while the recommended requirements are for 1080p at 60 FPS with High quality settings. Additional system requirements for higher end systems are also available.