Top 30 Hogwarts Legacy Mods to Elevate Your Wizarding Journey

A full-fledged RPG set in the world of Harry Potter has been a dream for all fans. Everyone was waiting for it, even those who are not usually into video games were eager to dive into this amazing world and personally explore Hogwarts castle. The wait was long, but in 2023, our dream came true. Almost…

Hogwarts Legacy offered everything fans expected—an open world, magic, school life within and beyond the castle walls, and even broomstick flights. It all seemed perfect, but then optimization issues surfaced, and no amount of magic could fix them.

Nevertheless, the game turned out to be very interesting for fans. Naturally, a project like this couldn't escape the attention of mod creators. These dedicated individuals helped solve the optimization problems and added even more content to the game. Don your robes and ready your wands—we're off to check out the 30 best mods for Hogwarts Legacy!

Dementor Outfit

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Harry Potter fans are not only absolutely crazy—in the best possible way—when it comes to their beloved universe, but also incredibly talented. Ever dreamed of wearing a Dementor’s cloak? Then hurry up and download this mod!

Ultra Plus Best Performance and Visuals for Everyone

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Significantly improves the visual quality of the game as well as performance. If you want to take beautiful screenshots, you should definitely install this mod.

Natural Lighting Reshade

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Everything is as described in the mod's title. If you're a fan of natural light and want to improve it in the game, this mod will definitely fix that issue. We don’t recommend playing with these settings, but for screenshots, it works perfectly.

Realistic Visual Hogwarts Legacy

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When you walk around the castle in the game, you notice blurry textures and how unpleasant they look even on the highest graphic settings. If you're not a fan of these blurry visuals, as we are, we recommend trying this mod. Just look at how much more pleasant the visuals become!

Ultra Fog Better

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Another mod for improving the game’s visuals. This one focuses not on textures but on the fog. The improvements are especially noticeable at night. How beautiful is Hogsmeade at night with a light mist!

Ultra Plus Fairy Tale Lighting

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Dreaming of turning Hogwarts into Disneyland? This mod will definitely help. It doesn’t replace the castle's texture with another, but the image becomes undeniably more "Disney-like". This is especially noticeable with the skybox. Just look at how magical the clouds now look!

Dot Reticle

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Is the crosshair bothering you? Now you have the option to change it. This mod reduces the size of your crosshair by 75%, 50%, or 25%. Choose the most comfortable option for you and enjoy the game to the fullest!

Disable Fake Lighting in Cinematics

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Removes unnecessary lighting during dialogues and adds naturalness to the image. This way, the characters become somewhat more attractive, and the visuals improve. Unfortunately, this only works during cutscenes and interactions with other characters. The mod essentially removes the "lightbulb" above the heads of characters.

Night Curfew

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If you find the game lacking excitement and want to run from the prefects just like Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the corresponding movie, this mod will give you that opportunity. It adds 16 new prefects to the game, so you'll never get bored during the night. And if you're caught, you'll be sent back to your room and have to start over!

Hogwarts Nostalgia

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You're at Hogwarts, but something feels missing? That's right, the music! Nostalgia adds the missing audio elements when entering the Great Hall, which fans of the franchise have long missed. The mod creator also demonstrated this in the video:

Change Season - UI

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Do you like to play only in the summer or winter, but can't stand waiting for the season change? We have a solution to this problem. With this mod, you can change the season with a snap of your fingers. However, it’s best to do this after completing the main storyline…

Change House UI

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Want to visit the common room of each house but don't want to create a new character? With this mod, you can be part of each house. Unfortunately, you can't be in all houses at once—this functionality isn't intended by the game itself. But if you want to change houses, you can!

Better Broom Upgrades

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Gives you full control over your broom and allows you to upgrade it in four different areas. While it doesn’t affect visual effects, it adds a bit of depth to the gameplay. As they say, keep flying, sir.

Nimbus 2001 - High Quality

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Replaces the texture of the Family Antique Broom with the Nimbus 2001. Conquer the skies of Hogwarts on the famous next-generation broom!

Firebolt

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Another opportunity to swap the Lickety Swift Broom model with the Firebolt. We hope modders continue to surprise us with new broom mods from Harry Potter, and fans will continue to support them! The more items from the films, the more players will join or return to the game...

Better Slytherins

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If you like the Slytherins, especially Sebastian or Ominis, then this mod will be to your liking. It enhances their appearances and adds a unique touch. Aren’t they handsome now?

Ascendio III

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Imagine an evil so terrifying that its name cannot even be spoken aloud. What? The Dark Lord? Ha-ha, no, he nervously hides in the shadows at the sight of the true dark power—poor optimization. A frame rate of 15 FPS hurts more than any forbidden curse, and nearly everyone encountered this issue. Adding to this were numerous bugs that broke the game. But on the vast Internet, a spell appeared capable of defeating this evil.

Ascendio III is the most popular mod for Hogwarts Legacy because it literally allows you to play the game rather than watch a slideshow. This global fix heals the engine issues in Hogwarts Legacy, boosts FPS, and fixes common errors. It's a must-have mod: without it, many problems will arise!

Hogwarts Mod Merger

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Before upgrading, it's worth considering mod optimization. Imagine you're brewing a potion. You can't just toss different ingredients into one cauldron and hope everything turns out perfectly. Unexpected reactions will occur, and the potion will hiss and explode! The same situation applies to third-party files in the game.

Hogwarts Mod Merger autonomously fixes mod compatibility issues. This method works with most files, making tuning Hogwarts Legacy much easier.

School Makeup

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As with most RPGs, the journey begins with character creation. Here, players encountered a second issue—a limited character editor. One of the main problems is the choice of faces. First, it feels like our hero is not in the fifth year but has long since graduated from school. Due to the skin texture, every face seems aged.

Secondly, because of the same skin texture, all faces appear identical. Only the anatomy changes, while everything else remains the same. The School Makeup mod allows you to make magical school students look like a real teenager and give them individuality. The makeup blends in very well and does not look out of place. I highly recommend this mod.

Brighter Eyes

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What is the first thing we often focus on when meeting someone? That's right, the eyes. In real life, this is true, but not in Hogwarts Legacy. Here, the developers made everything as modest and unremarkable as possible.

Brighter Eyes allows you to create a character with expressive, bright eyes. The mod includes options with natural colors as well as glowing eyes for true wizards.

Character Editor

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Fans of the HP universe know that wizards use magic to change their appearance. It would be strange if people didn't take advantage of this, as many of us dream of such a thing. It would be wonderful to see this feature in the game, but in the original, you'll have to stick with the character as they were created at the start.

The Character Editor mod allows you to change appearance at any time. In my opinion, every player should have this mod. It doesn’t break the gameplay, but it provides a fantastic tool for customizing the character whenever you want—for example, to change hairstyle, face, eyes, features, and much more.

AUTOHOMORA - Auto Skip Alohomora Minigame

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In large open-world RPGs, there's often an annoying detail—lockpicking minigames. The problem isn't their existence but rather their quantity and complexity. Think of Bethesda’s games and their lockpicking mechanics—it becomes tiresome after just a few hours! In Hogwarts Legacy, lockpicking is also frustrating because there’s a lot of it, and it takes up too much time.

The paradox is that for fifth-year students, lockpicking should be easy. The Alohomora spell handles this with no trouble, unless the lock is protected by a charm. Yet in the game, you’ll have to solve puzzles even on the simplest doors and chests. It's annoying! AUTOHOMORA allows you to skip the minigame for any lock in the game, which is fantastic.

NPC Schedule Enhanced

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Hogwarts Legacy is undoubtedly a beautiful and atmospheric project, offering the only chance to immerse yourself in the beloved world of magic. However, let's be honest—everything around the player is just decoration. Unfortunately, the world in the game is static and lifeless. After accepting a quest from a distressed girl, you'll find that she’ll stand in the same spot until Christmas, or even until the end of time. This applies to almost all NPCs, but there is a solution.

NPC Schedule Enhanced literally brings all NPCs to life! Now, students and professors will have schedules, attending classes, wandering around the school, and exploring its surroundings. I can’t imagine Hogwarts Legacy without this mod and would confidently call it essential!

AnyTimeCompanion

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Just like Harry Potter, the game's hero won’t fight evil alone. Students from different houses will accompany players on certain missions, give quests, and provide various forms of assistance. The companions are indeed interesting, but there are certain characters you might want to have by your side more often.

AnyTimeCompanion allows you to "recruit" some classmates and even professors. This is a very cool feature for those who have grown fond of the secondary characters.

Companions Mod

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The previous mod is a great complement to the Companions Mod. The companion system is interesting, but most of the time, the character will be traveling alone. That’s not ideal, and many players long for adventures with a friend.

The Companions Mod allows you to summon a companion permanently. From now on, one of the companions will stay by side and fully function as intended. Yes, they will fight! It’s really cool! As practice shows, the game doesn’t break because of this.

ROR Upgrado (Room of Requirement)

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It’s hard to imagine an RPG without crafting, and Hogwarts Legacy includes this mechanic. Moreover, the player can not only brew potions but also engage in animal husbandry! Fantastic creatures provide various rare materials necessary for crafting items. You need a lot of resources, so you’ll either have to do a lot of exploring or... download this mod!

Most of the crafting takes place in personal Room of Requirement, and this mod enhances that room. Users can increase the yield of potions and resources from animals, as well as conjure more tables for brewing potions and traps for animals.

Alohomora Mod

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This time, the mod doesn’t unlock just locks but the entire game. With the Alohomora Mod, all spells, cosmetic items, and flying mounts will be unlocked! Of course, it’s better not to install this for the first playthrough. Hogwarts Legacy dedicates a lot of time to finding and unlocking new cosmetic items. With this mod, all of that becomes meaningless.

Remember, for the mod to work, you need to start a new game.

Bigger Vendor Stock

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If you’re playing honestly, you can buy cosmetic items from various vendors. Trust me, hunting for beautiful outfits in the shops adds more depth to the game. However, there’s a downside—the limited selection in stores.

Bigger Vendor Stock expands the inventory of vendors. Now, each category will have up to 8 slots instead of the original 3.

Realism Overhaul Reshade Better Textures

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Let’s be honest, Hogwarts Legacy has graphics issues. In its standard state, the game can hardly be called beautiful, even on ultra settings. The problem lies in blurry images, low-resolution textures, and the limitations of the game engine. After seeing the beautiful worlds from Ubisoft, looking at this can be painful. To avoid wanting to poke my eyes out with a fork, I turned to NexusMods.

This mod provides higher resolution textures and includes 6 lighting settings. Believe me, Hogwarts Legacy will look much better! Additionally, the files fix optimization issues, making this mod very impressive.

Cinematic and Realistic RESHADE - Performance Friendly

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Due to its problematic engine, Hogwarts Legacy is very demanding on PC specs (I even had issues with an RTX 3080). Not everyone can afford to increase texture quality, as doing so may cause the game not to run at all. However, there is a solution, and you won’t have to endure a horribly blurry image.

Cinematic and Realistic RESHADE doesn’t add anything new—it’s a finely tuned user setting based on the game itself. Yes, the developers couldn’t fix it, but Deehn did. Users can achieve a sharp, clear image without changing the textures. Thanks, Deehn!

Creating Hogwarts Legacy was a challenging task for the developers. Serious issues with optimization and graphics were the main complaints from players, and the sequel will surely be much better. In the meantime, you can install these 30 amazing mods and enjoy the game. Wishing you all the best!

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