# Hogwarts Legacy Patch Notes - May 4 2023 (1 of 4)

- Product: Hogwarts Legacy (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hogwarts-legacy)
- Vendor: Avalanche Software
- Date: 2023-05-05
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/990080/view/3680047495738750276
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hogwarts-legacy/releases/2023-05-05-patch-notes-may-4-2023-1-of-4

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- **added** — Add Arachnophobia Mode to accessibility options that changes enemy spider appearances, reduces spider audio, removes small spider ground effect spawners, and makes static spider corpses invisible
- **added** — Add support for Professor Ronen Cosmetic Set Twitch Drops
- **fixed** — Resolve Lodgok's Helm of Urtkot quest lock that prevented players from continuing with the quest
- **fixed** — Fix multiple save game issues
- **fixed** — Fix multiple collections and Field Guide Page issues
- **fixed** — Resolve multiple issues that could cause the player to fall out of the world
- **fixed** — Resolve multiple potential crashes
- **changed** — Improve performance with fixes and optimizations

##### **Overview**

**Arachnophobia Mode**

An Arachnophobia Mode has been added to the accessibility options. When toggled on, this mode:

-  Changes all enemy spider appearances

-  Reduces and removes spider skitters and screeches

-  Removes small spider ground effect spawners

-  Makes static spider corpses in the world invisible

- Collision is still active to prevent players from getting stuck when toggling this setting

- Note that spider images in the Field Guide remain unchanged

**Professor Ronen Themed Cosmetic Gear**

- Added support for the new Professor Ronen Cosmetic Set Twitch Drops

**Additional Fixes**

-  Resolved Lodgok’s Helm of Urtkot quest lock, preventing players from continuing with the quest

-  Did some laundry after students pointed out that robes looked dirty

-  Multiple save game fixes

-  Identified and resolved multiple collections and Field Guide Page issues

-  Resolved multiple issues that could cause the player to fall out of the world

**Performance**

-  Resolved multiple potential crashes

-  Performance fixes and optimizations

And more than 500 additional fixes. You can read the full detailed notes below.