# Hogwarts Legacy Patch Notes - May 4 2023 (2 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/3680047495735742788
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hogwarts-legacy/releases/2023-05-05-patch-notes-may-4-2023-2-of-4

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- **fixed** — Non-offensive player names being restricted when naming a character
- **fixed** — Israel EULA mapping from ae-AR to en-GB
- **fixed** — Gaps between walls at various locations
- **fixed** — Collision related issues at various locations in and out of combat
- **fixed** — Re-spawning issues with Gobstones after they have been collected
- **fixed** — Avatar being able to move a lantern to an unreachable location with Windgardium Leviosa making progression impossible
- **fixed** — Ancient Magic barrier persisting after defeating all enemies
- **fixed** — Professor Weasley not being at the entrance of the Ravenclaw dorms after waking up
- **fixed** — Accio Ball fail mission becoming stuck
- **fixed** — Player being able to escape Hogwarts as Professor Black
- **fixed** — Player being able to defeat Leander and Nellie with Incendio and they remain actively moving
- **fixed** — Collision for the Slytherin common room entrance always being present
- **fixed** — Failing the mission with the key of admittance causes the key to disappear
- **fixed** — Camera shaking uncontrollably when placing the Accio box with treasure directly under the regular one
- **fixed** — Mission not progressing past defeat the enemies in final area
- **fixed** — Sebastian spinning in Devil's Snare tunnel side area
- **fixed** — No collision on the right side of Dogweed & Deathcap shop roof
- **fixed** — One of the bells being stuck behind stairs at the bell towers when using Wingardium Leviosa
- **fixed** — Intermittent fog being present close to Professor Fig's Classroom
- **fixed** — Fog having unintended behavior in a room in the Headmasters office

Developer Note - This patch addresses overall gameplay experience and stability improvements.

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**Bug Fixes:**

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**ONLINE**

-  Resolved non-offensive player names being restricted when naming a character: [HL-50](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-50)

-  Updated Israel EULA mapping from ae-AR to en-GB"

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**GAMEPLAY**
**Missions**

-  Resolved gaps between walls being present at various locations

-  Resolved collision related issues at various location in and out of combat

-  Resolved re-spawning issues with Gobstones after they have been collected: [HL-1894](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-1894)

-  Resolved avatar being able to move a lantern to an unreachable location when using Windgardium Leviosa making it impossible to progress.

-  Resolved the Ancient Magic barrier persisting after defeating all the enemies

-  Resolved Professor Weasley not being at the entrance of the Ravenclaw dorms after waking up

-  Resolved Accio Ball fail mission becoming stuck

-  Resolved player being able to escape Hogwarts as Professor Black

-  Resolved the player being able to defeat Leander and Nellie with Incendio and they will remain actively moving

-  Resolved the collision for the Slytherin common room entrance always being present

-  Resolved failing the mission with the key of admittance causes the key to disappear: [HL-974](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-974)

-  Resolved an issue with the camera shaking uncontrollably if placing the Accio box with the treasure directly under the regular one

-  Resolved mission not progressing past "defeat the enemies" in final area

-  Resolved Sebastian spinning in Devil's Snare tunnel side area: [HL-518](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-518)

-  Resolved there being no collision on the right side of the shop's roof Dogweed & Deathcap: [HL-3046](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-3046)

-  Resolved one of the bells being stuck behind stairs at the bell towers by using Wingardium Leviosa

-  Resolved intermittent fog being present close to Professor Fig's Classroom

-  Resolved fog having unintended behavior in a room in the Headmasters office: [HL-12376](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-12376)

-  Resolved volume water not calculating correctly: [HL-47](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-47)

-  Resolved an issue when untracking and activating, mission icon is in the ground

-  Resolved the Hogwarts South Battle Arena not having a checkmark after being completed: [HL-7777](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-7777)

-  Resolved the chests not being able to be collected in various locations

-  Resolved beast in a cage not being rescued after opening the cage: [HL-1390](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-1390)

-  Resolved visible gaps on the ground at various locations in the open world

-  Resolved Jackdaw's statues having a chance of not falling, remaining inaccessible.

-  Resolved issue when leaving the game just when the Avatar gets inside the book may block the progress: [HL-2953](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-2953)

-  Resolved when reloading inside the open room after solving the puzzle will cause the avatar to respawn trapped.

-  Resolved avatar falling out of world through a spot near Hogwarts West Valley

-  Resolved Graphorn disappearing during battle.

-  Resolved objective description finding and returning Rabe's wand errors.

-  Resolved hanging crate taking a long time to fall down after the pulley is destroyed

-  Resolved Dorran being immobile after the cinematic where the centaurs arrive

-  Resolved a Note disappearing from a body after the avatar casts Confringo on it

-  Resolved West Hall- Art - gameplay investigateable mesh missing and does not match with the related guide page

-  Resolved defeating Ranrok's loyalists without getting detected and using Disillusionment blocks mission progression: [HL-11365](https://hogwartsl

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