Hogwarts Legacy — Patch Notes - May 4 2023 (2 of 4)

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

Bug Fixes:

ONLINE

• Resolved non-offensive player names being restricted when naming a character: HL-50

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

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

• 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

• 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

• Resolved there being no collision on the right side of the shop's roof Dogweed & Deathcap: 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

• Resolved volume water not calculating correctly: 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Resolved using bone clusters meant for another part of a puzzle blocking a mission

• Resolved an invisible collision in the Central Hall near the Library

• Resolved avatar and NPCs getting stuck for a while due to an invisible collision on a step outside J. Pippin's Potions at Hogsmeade

• Resolved the target lock from Clock Tower's pendulum being misplaced blocking the avatar from casting spells on it when positioned by its side

• Resolved ehe Avatar becoming stuck on a loop by saving on the platform after losing the match and closing the title: HL-11476

• Resolved mission beacon appearing improperly if the avatar dies during the goblin fight

• Resolved Kogawa becoming stuck outside between missions

• Resolved Helga Hufflepuff being seen in a Portrait in Central Hall

• Resolved the races not being skipped if the player chooses to skip them via the "Skip Trial" prompt after failing them at least twice in Story difficulty

• Removed unintended plane observed over the water in the open world

• Resolved a black screen occurring when releasing beasts into the Vivarium

• Resolved objective updates triggering late and authority figures appearing late after unlocking first door

• Resolved avatar blocking the spot on the rock that Poppy is supposed to climb, otherwise it will cause her to walk off and not climb the rock

• Resolved Conjuration Chests not giving out their loot after being opened: HL-3868

• Resolved Fig getting stuck on a roof by using a broom at the start of the mission

• Resolved the avatar being able to jump off the bridge next to the Ravenclaw Tower while being the Headmaster

• Resolved a visible seam on the pillar in Central Hall

• Resolved an issue with quest step to Hogsmeade being delayed

• Resolved Reparo bridge not having any animation when being repaired

• Resolved Reparo bridge flickering after it is repaired

• Resolved three torches failing to light up blocking the mission from being completed

• Resolved consumables not being restored to the original amount if they're used up prior to the wave, after restarting/quitting the North Coast battle arena

• Fixed door for Headmasters room

• Resolved Vivarium animation and save locking when updating game: HL-6449

• Resolved misleading paths when tracking the missions

• Resolved the Mountain Cave Ruins stop streaming when the player loads in the game during the transition

• Resolved mission not appearing on the Quest Log if the Avatar interacts with Clothilde after defeating Selwyn

• Resolved player getting game over screen when restarting from last save after defeating the troll

• Resolved world marker pulsing when the player needs to return to Herbology class

• Resolved issue with control lockout for side mission does not occur if the player fast travels after another mission

• Resolved player getting stuck when jumping over the banister in the Hufflepuff Common Room

• Resolved Sebastian Sallow getting stuck spinning in circles outside the Restricted Section entrance

• Resolved the Phoenix being able to escape from the mountain cave when hit by Depulso

• Resolved the lore notes and the chests in the Kogawa's office disappearing when the avatar approaches the office

• Resolved avatar being able to go out of bounds by jumping over the rocks

• Resolved Ominis getting stuck on the ceiling of the undercroft making it impossible to finish the mission

• Resolved there being no interact prompt to interact with Poppy after collecting the moonstone

• Resolved avatar entering library without learning Disillusionment using collision

• Resolved ghost detecting the avatar in a wrong section and stalling the mission

• Resolved Deek appearing inside the wall of ”Room of Requirements” blocking the mission progression

• Resolved the player being able to use the wait function in-between mission objectives, blocking the player from starting the Quidditch pitch Broom Trial

• Resolved there not being any nav mesh inside of the player shop

• Resolved the wand chest streaming out when the avatar flies

• Resolved students standing on broom and having no faces when loading during the mission

• Resolved mission pathing not leading the player to the mission entry point after completing

• Resolved arena blockade lingering for a moment after casting Reparo on the destroyed house

• Resolved ancient magic not working correctly when Avatar reaches an unintended area

• Resolved handing in moons without tracking the mission causing incorrect moon requirement to be displayed

• Resolved collision related issues in and out of combat

• Resolved Sebastian Sallow being idle in library after mission

• Resolved the Avatar is able to return Biscuit to Garnuff even without having it

• Resolved the Camera following the first cinematic of the mission zooms in too much

• Resolved avatar jumping over the shifting stairs to get stuck in the treasure area

• Resolved issue with the Avatar being able to jump outside the castle into an out of bounds spot with no "return to quest area" countdown

• Resolved an issue with the user being unable to track/untrack the 'The Sky is the limit' mission directly in the map

• Resolved free aim tutorial appearing after almost completing the mission

• Resolved missing interact prompt when entering the elevator from the Underground Harbor

• Resolved avatar being able to fall OOW inside a cave below the ground from a corner of the house in front of the mill in Irondale

• Resolved a missing spider lair not showing up in open world

• Resolved the avatar getting trapped in a collision at the entrance to Rackham's vault, and will be forced to restart the game

• Resolved issue with avatar getting stuck between a chair, sofa and a box, located in Pitt-Uppon Ford Hamlet

• Resolved waypoints disappearing after failing the mission

• Resolved Jackdaw statue getting stuck inside the wooden floor of the owlery blocking mission progression

• Resolved mission being blocked when loading an autosave made after “Speak with Anne and Solomon"

• Resolved items that appear inside boxes after learning Wingardium Leviosa disappearing when the Avatar uses Accio on them

• Resolved avatar's feet clipping visibly

• Resolved out of world being visible when the avatar stands in the entrance of vault

• Resolved avatar being able to get into the water using Highwing and not getting out unless it mounts the broom

• Resolved box clipping through the Depulso platform at the final Lumos puzzle area of the Collector’s cave dungeon

• Resolved cliff base being above the ground allowing avatar to see out of bounds

• Resolved there being a long delay before the final conversation with Jackdaw triggers after the pumpkin game

• Resolved missing collision in a tree outside the Combat Challenge

• Resolved after completing the "Dark Arts Arena", defeated one time causes the enemies to not spawn when retrying

• Resolved when avatar meets Lodgok outside the tavern, he turns back and returns to Hogsmeade by walking

• Resolved Kogawa missing from her office

Doors

• Resolved leaving and reentering the dungeon may cause the doorway to become blocked: HL-2199

• Resolved the Avatar gets stuck between the wall and the spinning door.

• Resolved doors being kept open too long to help with streaming

• Resolved the haunted house door standing out when the Avatar cast Revelio: HL-6617

World Events

• Resolved black debug planes being visible when the Dancing Shoes WOW event triggers

• Resolved Dancing Shoes being triggered while still in the store

• Resolved interacting the first time with Ice Garden freezing the game

• Removed Ice Garden world events from game

• Resolved Zonko clipping with a door at the end of the WOW event

• Resolved WE_ICE_GARDEN_RUNAWAY not spawning and blocks all variations

NPC

• • Resolved issue with characters spawning in wrong direction or incorrectly

• Resolved incorrect or erratic pathing and navigation

• Resolved treadmilling issues

• Optimization adjustments to lower the distance when NPCs on the way to Hogsmeade, Hogwarts and other locations

• Resolved vendor floating over the sea at Clagmar Coast: HL-4636

• Resolved NPC hands floating far above desk with specific animation transitions

• Resolved Poacher Ranger treadmilling onto a wall when the Avatar casts Disillusionment and hides after a cutscene

• Resolved bumping the elf causing the NPC to multiply and stack on the pumpkin

• Resolved issue with Avatar talking with "Clifford Cromwell", he would reintroduce himself again

• Resolved Ellie Peck in Brood and Peck having 3 Vendor Icons

• Resolved station misplacement causing the NPC not to interact with the railing

• Resolved misplaced stations causing the NPC to clip with the couch

• Resolved animation issue with ghost painting a picture in Hogsmeade

• Resolved NPCs using certain stations being misplaced, noticeably floating in the air during Halloween

• Resolved misplaced creepy man station making the NPC lean into nothing

• Resolved NPC using station clipping with the environment

• Resolved disappearing animation from goblins NPCs not beiong displayed correctly

• Resolved generic Prefect NPC seen walking in mid-air in the room before going in the Athenaeum

• Resolved a student being seen standing next to the player while Professor Black announces the house cup winner

• Resolved floating NPCs due to winter decoration near Honeydukes

• Resolved long delay on Ronen

• Resolved station Grindstone being under the surface making Helen Thistlewood walk through the ground and then appear out of nowhere in Upper Hogsfield

• Resolved world not streaming in when loading the title after opening the legendary chest inside the Venomous Tentacula room: HL-807

• Resolved Lucan getting stuck walking in the same place after completing mission

• Resolve NPCs not being transferred between locations in low population settings

• Resolved interacting with Deek while entering the vivarium for the first time can skip the cinematic and generate issues

• Resolved Sebastian Sallow behaving incorrectly after being caught and retrying the mission

• Resolved Thornback Matriarch getting stuck on a loop between animations after spawning

• Resolved Natty walking off and getting stuck walking up a hill backwards

• Resolved the Avatar being able to push the hanging crate with Depulso when it is falling, affecting the landing

• Resolved Diffindo not targeting enemies correctly if they are falling or lying on the floor

• Resolved the ability to cause Marmaduke's sarcophagus to disappear by casting certain spells on it

• Resolved Levioso not properly destroying a Yellow Shield

• Resolved students colliding with the Avatar and getting stuck

• Resolved interacting with vendors causing an unintended camera angle

• Resolved misplaced stations causing the NPC to clip with the couch

• Resolved student NPCs not leaving the classroom after completing mission

• Resolved the avatar being able to hear the mission giver even if they are not present and suddenly appears

• Resolved NPC Alfred Lawley walking against the wall indefinitely when getting alert from the other side of the wall