Summary
Avalanche Software has finally unveiled the patch notes forHogwarts Legacy’s eagerly awaited Summer Update, which will be available on June 11, 2025. Fans already knew thatHogwarts Legacy’s new update would bring a previously PlayStation-exclusive quest to all players, include a Photo Mode, and fix several bugs, but they can now discover exactly what is changing in the Summer Update.
Hogwarts Legacywas the most popular game released in 2023, selling over 24 million units. Due to its popularity, manyHogwarts Legacyfans have been pretty interested in the Summer Update since it was unveiled earlier this year. With the update’s release getting close,Hogwarts Legacyis climbing the sales charts again, appearing as the most-sold game in the United Kingdom this week.
Now, theHogwarts Legacydevelopers have unveiled the official patch notes for the Summer Update. The patch comes with three major additions: thepreviously PlayStation-exclusive Haunted Hogsmeade Shop missionbecoming available on all platforms, the new Photo Mode, and the option to reset talent points. The Photo Mode is a major highlight of the patch, as it was among the most commonly asked features by fans. This new feature will give players a huge variety of tools to take pictures of the game, including removing characters, changing seasons, the time of day, and more. The patch will also bring new cosmetic items, including a broom.
Apart from these major additions,Hogwarts Legacy’s Summer Updatewill also fix over 30 bugs. Some of these fixes include translation issues, while others are related to gameplay elements, UI, and graphic glitches. Bugs fixed by the update include the removal of butterflies that misled players to previously opened treasure chests and a problem where a blinding light would appear as gamers left the castle. Also, some of these bug fixes are specific to some platforms, such as PS5, where the main character’s dialogue volume was increased during the final fight, or PC, where the update cleaned up glitched semi-translucent meshes in Raytracing.
Hogwarts Legacyfans will likely be wondering whether this will be the final major update for the game. While it’s possible that Avalanche Software will keep working on minor issues such as fixing bugs, it’s more likely that the team will focus ona potentialHogwarts Legacysequel. At the moment, however,Hogwarts Legacy 2is still not confirmed, and there’s no available information on possible settings or characters that the title may have.
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Developer notes
This Patch unlocks theHaunted Shop missionpreviously available only to Sony platforms on all supported platforms, as well as all previously exclusive items and cosmetics, including:
It also includes new, never seen before cosmetic items, AND a new broom:
APhoto Modehas also been added to allow players to capture screenshots of their Hogwarts Legacy experience and all their newly unlocked cosmetics. *Photo mode will become available after completing the mission to gain access the field guide.
In addition, this patch also provides players with atalent point reset function, to re-build your ideal Witch/Wizard without having to start a new playthrough. Multiple bugs have also been addressed (Details below).
Hogwarts Legacy
WHERE TO PLAY
Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. For the first time, experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it.Explore an Open WorldThe wizarding world awaits you. Freely roam Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest, and the surrounding Overland area.Be the Witch or Wizard You Want to beLearn spells, brew potions, grow plants, and tend to magical beasts along your journey. Get sorted into your house, forge relationships, and master skills to become the witch or wizard you want to be Experience a New Wizarding World AdventureExperience the wizarding world in an unexplored era to uncover a hidden truth from its past. Battle against trolls, Dark Wizards, goblins, and more as you face a dangerous villain threatening the fate of the wizarding world.
