# Hogwarts Legacy Patch Notes - May 4 2023 (4 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/3680047495735881507 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/hogwarts-legacy/releases/2023-05-05-patch-notes-may-4-2023-4-of-4 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **fixed** — Resolved the Audio Visualiser's Ambient Conversation icon lingering on screen when fighting Inferi - **added** — Added Arachnophobia mode to the Accessibility option - **fixed** — Resolved the Fireplace not having any UI interaction despite being highlighted in High Contrast Gameplay - **fixed** — Resolved Teacup not having any UI interaction despite being highlighted in High Contrast Gameplay - **fixed** — Removed Corruption VFX from the Arachnophobia mode spider version - **fixed** — Removed small crawling spiders for Arachnophobia mode - **fixed** — Resolved assets of small crawling spiders in the dungeon stages and in the open world when arachnophobia mode is active - **fixed** — Resolved issue with Arachnophobia Mode enabled spiders emitting a screech when burning causing discomfort to people with Arachnophobia - **fixed** — Resolved an issue of Arachnophobia mode not defaulting to Off - **fixed** — Resolved the Arachnophobia Mode accessibility option not resetting to the default value when using the Reset to Defaults menu feature - **fixed** — Resolved the animation after killing small spiders and exploding normal spiders still showing normal spider legs with the Arachnophobia mode On - **fixed** — Resolved spiders having texture issues when toggling Arachnophobia Mode on or off during battle - **fixed** — Resolved the body of the spider for the WE_ICE_GARDEN world event failing to be displayed correctly when activating Arachnophobia mode - **fixed** — Resolved spiders in dungeons not remaining unchanged with Arachnophobia mode on - **fixed** — Resolved minimap pathing displaying correctly - **fixed** — Fixed field guide locking - **fixed** — Resolved localization of Japanese line breaking rules not displaying correctly for low screen resolution - **fixed** — Resolved Map changing to a black screen if the Player presses the Pause Button during the Map Tutorial - **fixed** — Resolved minimap breaking after leaving poacher tent - **fixed** — Resolved icons disappearing from the map when quickly zooming in or out Developer Note - This patch addresses overall gameplay experience and stability improvements. ## **BUG FIXES:** ## **GAMEPLAY** **Accessibility** - Resolved the 'Audio Visualiser's 'Ambient Conversation' icon lingering on screen when fighting Inferi - Added Arachnophobia mode to the Accessibility option - Resolved the Fireplace not having any UI interaction despite being highlighted in High Contrast Gameplay - Resolved Teacup not having any UI interaction despite being highlighted in High Contrast Gameplay - Removed Corruption VFX from the Arachnophobia mode spider version - Removed small crawling spiders for Arachnophobia mode - Adjusted the spider corpse assets that are already present in dungeons and lairs will remain on screen even if Arachnophobia mode is turned on - Resolved assets of small crawling spiders in the dungeon stages and in the open world when arachnophobia mode is active - Resolved issue with Arachnophobia Mode enabled spiders emitting a screech when burning causing discomfort to people with Arachnophobia - Resolved an issue of Arachnophobia mode not defaulting to Off - Resolved the 'Arachnophobia Mode' accessibility option not resetting to the default value when using the 'Reset to Defaults' menu feature - Resolved the animation after killing small spiders and exploding normal spiders still showing normal spider legs with the Arachnophobia mode On - Resolved spiders having texture issues when toggling Arachnophobia Mode on or off during battle - Resolved the body of the spider for the WE_ICE_GARDEN world event failing to be displayed correctly when activating Arachnophobia mode - Resolved spiders in dungeons not remaining unchanged with Arachnophobia mode is on **UI** - Resolved minimap pathing displaying correctly - Updated minimap functionality: [HL-7913](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-7913) - Fixed field guide locking - Resolved localization of Japanese line breaking rules not displaying correctly for low screen resolution - Resolved Map Changing to a black screen if the Player Presses the Pause Button During the Map Tutorial - Resolved minimap breaking after leaving poacher tent: [HL-12306](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-12306) - Resolved icons disappearing from the map when quickly zooming in or out - Resolved Player losing ability to fast travel after abandoning quest while competing in broom races - Resolved damage numbers that are 5+ digits/figures are cutoff on Death's Trolls - Resolved issue when wearing a robe's hood, equipping a gear item will cause the hood icon to appear on all slots. - Resolved Field Guide page challenge counters not being consistent: [HL-2376](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-2376) - Resolved floo flames missing for fast travel - Resolved holding the purchase key before the wand UI appears causing the cinematic to be black - Resolved an issue with giving a custom name to any beast causes its description to appear as debug/placeholder text while selling them to Brood and Peck: [HL-8818](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-8818) - Resolved floo flames not being unavailable when loading an autosave after learning an unforgivable spell in the Undercroft: [HL-5739](https://hogwartslegacy.bugs.wbgames.com/bug/HL-5739) - Resolved issue with quest beacons / icons flickering - Resolved cursor in the Menus to disappearing - Resolved missing house on the Hogsmeade map - Resolved reward icon remaining in the challenge after collecting the reward - Chance the item / tool wheel may become inaccessible after using Ancient Magic Throw - Resolved the pathing in the HUD changing and misleading the player - Resolved the Room of Requirement’s Floo Flame UI guiding the avatar to the observation deck in the Astronomy Tower - Resolved the story difficulty "Skip Sequence" prompt for Astronomy Tables is missing its description instead showing its Title / Header tw _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/990080/view/3680047495735881507]_