Hogwarts Legacy recently launched on the Nintendo Switch and was praised for being an impressive port of a taxing next-gen game. With all that said though, there were still plenty of issues that could be improved upon, and improved they have been, with a mammoth patch available now.

The patch fixes a huge range of issues, including improved textures and loading times. You can find the full patch notes below:

General

• Addressed book on the pedestal from clipping while playing.

• Improved loading times in and out of Hogsmeade shops

• Addressed textures flickering when avatar stands at a specific distance in the Glided Perch.

• Addressed avatar not being able to destroy the pillars after restarting mission.

• Address some save game issues.

• Addressed new additions and edits to the game credit listing.

• Addressed when reloading from last save after rescuing the phoenix makes the avatar repeat their meeting line despite the phoenix not being there.

Audio

• Addressed Edgar Adley being muffled when talking to player.

• Addressed Padraic Haggarty sounding muffled when avatar is in front of his stand.

• Addressed Professor Fig being muffled when delivering lines in the Pensieve chamber.

• Addressed creating a save with the audio language pack active causes the dialog to be muted if the user deletes the language pack.

• Addressed and updated general audio and dialog optimizations.

Avatar

• Addressed avatar not being able to interact with Claire Beaumont.

• Addressed avatar getting stuck inside the Incedio castle statue above Manor Glenn's basement.

• Addressed issue with avatar being able to leave Hogwarts through the Clocktower door as Headmaster Black.

• Addressed Avatar having rainbow colored hair.

• Addressed avatar various hair styles looking unnatural and too light. 

• Addressed avatar's hood clipping into robe HL-15635 

• Addressed avatar being able to fall out of world when rolling after waiting. HL-15937 

• Addressed scarf flaps floating behind the avatar's shoulder.

• Addressed the avatar getting stuck after a conversation with Eddie Thistlewood.

• Addressed avatar's hand popping during shot transitions.

Characters

• Addressed cosmetic coloring issues with Bernard Bdiaye.

• Addressed stitching of Sirona Ryan's clothing.

• Addressed parts of Augustus Hill's clothing having unintended colors.

• Addressed Garreth Weasley's hair looking unnatural during conversations.

• Addressed Ominis' eyes not having the blindness effect from a distance.

• Addressed Artur Plummly being lit incorrectly during a conversation.

• Addressed multiple head gear with low resolution textures.

• Addressed Olive patterned robe appearing low quality.

• Addressed Garnuff's shoulder clipping through his outfit.

• Addressed Elf-Made Ivory gloves being low textures.

• Addressed gears displaying low level of detail before appearing at proper resolution when equipped for the first time.

• Addressed Edgar Adley's eyelashes detaching when blinking.

• Addressed clipping instances with the Poacher cloak and casual school uniform.

• Addressed the "Spider Slayer" helmet having low resolution.

• Addressed Herodiana's attire clipping through several robes.

• Addressed all house emblem patches on cloak and robe shoulder slipping the sleeve.

• Addressed several outfits clipping through the lower back of the coats.

Combat

• Addressed defeating Loyalist Sentinal before the cinematic prevents the level from progressing.

• Addressed enemies getting stuck and idle pose when attacked.

• Addressed enemies not being affected by Depulso Mastery AOE blast. 

• Addressed and optimized combat with spiders.

• Addressed various spiders running around too long after being attacked with the Confringo spell.

Enemies/NPCs

• Addressed town people disappearing during time-of-day transition.

• Addressed lighting issues of NPC's hair.

• Addressed NPCs treadmilling when leaving Charms classroom after mission.

• Addressed Natsai running in circles at the beginning of Hippogriff Heist.

• Addressed Loyalist Ranger walking through the air when respawning if the avatar approaches with the Disillusionment spell on.

• Addressed Inferis disappearing when leaving the room they initially spawned in within the Glen Manor basement.

• Addressed Poacher Rangers playing unnatural animation loops. 

• Addressed Quagmire Troll and Troll Lair despawning as the avatar runs away.

• Addressed t-pose goblins not being able to be destroyed in final fight.

• Addressed a troll attacking another troll instead of the avatar in the last fight of "Lodgok's Loyalty" mission.

• Addressed Matilda Weasley appearing low resolution.

• Addressed combat persisting if avatar flies away without destroying baby spiders in the Heirloom.

• Addressed random NPC's floating in the Bell Tower when observed from the stairs.

• Addressed Amit Thakkar getting stuck behind some floating boxes during a combat encounter.

• Addressed Professor Weasley falling out of the world as avatar wonders away too far.

Highlands

• Addressed gaps/holes in terrain at various locations.

• Addressed and updated optimization to general fog throughout the game. 

• Addressed harsh shadows rendering for various foliage. 

• Addressed popping of floating foliage based on distance from avatar.

• Addressed low resolution textures appearing for various assets.

• Addressed out of world areas appearing when flying around North Ford Bog Region.

• Addressed Mooncalf tree displaying incorrectly.

• Addressed torches not displaying correctly as the avatar moves throughout the vault. 

• Addressed bright wall in Isadora's ruins basement during "In the Shadow of the Estate" mission.

• Addressed black sharp texture on the entrance of the cave, the avatar has to enter to find what Jackdaw left for Anne on "Prisoner of Love" mission.

• Addressed forgeables popping in and out. 

• Addressed avatar getting stuck in the wall inside the Tomb of the Villager.

• Addressed farm level of detail abruptly popping in and out while avatar is on the broom. 

• Addressed popping in and out of landscape from various Vaults and Hamlets. 

• Addressed various portions of Vaults and Hamlets missing based on avatar's distance and/or position. 

• Addressed a body of water appearing abruptly while flying towards it. 

• Addressed a random geo plane appearing in the middle of the Hamlet within the Deathly Hallows.

• Addressed misplaced water at the Merlin Trial.

• Addressed chest in Hamlets and various other areas clipping through the ground.

• Addressed and updated optimizations to the level of detail of various trees.

• Addressed floating chest near Keenbridge Hamlet.

• Addressed missing collision and terrain gaps on the ground and cliffs of the Forbidden Forest.

• Addressed lighting being generated without a source in the ruins.

• Addressed dark plane appearing on the exterior of the Water Mill.

• Addressed missing textures on the corner of Jackdaw's Tomb. 

• Addressed vines popping in and out inside the south ruins. 

• Addressed Bog bank popping in and out while flying next to Hogsmeade barrier on the east side. 

• Addressed avatar being able to pick up Jackdaw statue through the wall.

• Addressed background loading near Stonebridge when flying.

• Addressed assets improperly popping in and out from various locations.

• Addressed castle ruins near Brocburrow rendering in slowly as avatar approaches.

• Addressed stone stairs of Bandit camp rendering in slowly as avatar approaches.

• Addressed low level of details of Goblin camp. 

• Addressed whole sky appearing black while avatar is standing within the doorframe in several Hamlets and Bothies.

• Addressed level of details for Feature House.

• Addressed black shadow popping in and out when aoutvatar is walking in reverse in dungeon.

• Addressed giant purple toads being out of their cages in Falbarton castle.

• Addressed Natsai pathing breaking during Hippogriff Heist at Archie's hideout.

• Addressed avatar falling out of the world in The Elf, the Nab-Sack and the Loom when jumping toward the Acromantula and cutscene ending. 

• Addressed visibility variations when approaching Cragcoft on a broom.  

• Addressed various textures missing throughout Highlands.

• Addressed castle ruin's vault appearing incorrectly based on avatar's distance.

• Addressed missing ground collision around Feldcroft.

• Addressed excessive fog occurring in the Devel's Snare tunnel during the daytime.

• Addressed tree trunk Gladwin leans out level of detail.

• Addressed avatar clipping through various rock formations.

• Addressed a chain popping in and out based on avatar's position.

• Addressed several rocks disappearing.

• Addressed normal grass appearing during the winter season in the Quidditch Pitch.

• Addressed random dirt patches in the snow.

• Addressed being able to enter a passageway to Hogsmeade before starting "Dissending for Sweets".

• Addressed collision missing causing the avatar getting stuck temporarily in the wall during "It's All Gobbledegook".

• Addressed Professor Fig becoming stuck against three goblins while crossing the bridge.

• Addressed a spider floating in the air next to a spider den.

• Addressed floating rocks, stone, trees and debris.

• Addressed various chest level of detail slowly loading into the proper model. 

• Addressed a floating tree in the Forbidden Forest.

• Addressed an Oak tree not having snow and loading in too slowly.

• Addressed roots and bushes around northern house in Keenbridge popping in and out.

• Addressed a chest near Central Hogwarts Valley floo flame popping in and out based on the avatar's distance.

• Addressed avatar getting stuck out of bounds in the coastal entrance with Highwing.

• Addressed a chest in a Bandit Camp being unreachable.

• Addressed mountain and terrain in the coastal region level of detail loading in slowly.

• Addressed various seams throughout interior structures.

• Addressed seeing out of world when flying away from Percival's Tower.

• Addressed geo gaps at the entrance of a Treasure vault.

• Addressed pond not appearing correctly near "Fire and Vice" mission entry point.

• Addressed being able to see out of world flying high near the top western region.

• Addressed platforms breaking inappropriately based on avatar's proximity.

• Addressed missing rubble asset displaying correctly while collision correctly blocks path when close to it. 

• Addressed Hazel the Unicorn falling out of world from the Unicorn Den as avatar approaches.

• Addressed intense fog displaying toward the end of "It's all Goobledegook". 

• Addressed pine trees looking green during the winter season.

• Addressed avatar being able to walk to the bottom of the river.

• Addressed a bag container and poacher corpse being blocked by a tree.

• Addressed erratic animations occurring with trees within the forest reveal cinematic.

• Addressed trees used in puzzle for "Well, Well, Well" having low resolution until the avatar is super close.

• Addressed missing collision on a Bandit camp tent.

• Addressed unnatural lighting on the ceiling of the Korro castle ruins.

• Addressed bright fog occurring in the initial dungeon of "Cursed Tomb Treasure".

• Addressed plant textures appearing broken.

• Addressed specific Grillages not possessing collision allowing the avatar clip through them when standing on them.

• Addressed a waterfall in the Poidsear loading out too quickly.

• Addressed trees by the Threstral den having various levels of detail depending on the position of the avatar.

• Addressed stretched textures at the cliffside.

• Addressed lighting flickering and transitions vaults.

• Addressed a mine cart near Mine's Eye changes size abruptly based on avatar's position.

• Addressed pillars located throughout various locations having low level of detail.

• Addressed Solomon Sallow teleporting out of bounds and getting stuck inside the walls during the boss fight.

• Addressed Gobmine in coastal area having various fog inconsistencies.

• Addressed certain areas going dark based on the avatar's position.

• Addressed pumpkin mini-game not progressing after destroying the pumpkin.

• Addressed Merlin Trials being completed infinite times. HL-15947 

• Addressed wood panels clipping through the tarps in the Quidditch arena.

• Addressed mountains near Aranshire not loading fully when viewed from certain locations.

• Addressed telescopes appearing low resolution after interacting with them in the Astronomy table.

• Addressed bright light occurring in at the entrance of various dungeons.

• Addressed immense fog occurring when entering the "Charles Rookwood's Trial" dungeon.

• Addressed avatar getting stuck in the bone stairs if they are on the wrong side.

• Addressed Merlin Trail gazebos displaying incorrectly after cinematic completes.

• Addressed ambient creatures appearing low resolution.

• Addressed popping in and out of ruins while flying on the broom.

• Addressed Merlin Trial gazebos displaying low resolution when flying around.

• Addressed avatar being defeated due to misplaced scalable wood.

Hogwarts

• Addressed floating House Elf interaction point in the kitchen.

• Addressed various lighting seams throughout Hogwarts.

• Addressed white blocky fog showing up when entering Central Hall from Transfiguration Courtyard.

• Addressed avatar being able to fly through the cliffside near Viaduct Bridge.

• Addressed a gap in stairs on the Viaduct Bridge.

• Addressed treasure chest not spawning.

• Addressed Wyvern fountain's changing color depending on the game camera position.

• Addressed moth puzzle door disappearing depending on avatar's position.

• Addressed world missing when going to the top of Black's room.

• Addressed floating pumpkins being seen during ghost hide and seek mini-game.

• Addressed Peeves not sliding down the stairs in the Central Hall. 

• Addressed avatar falling out of the world when fast traveling to the Sanctum.

• Addressed avatar falling out of the world from Professor's Sharp bedroom.

• Addressed avatar falling out of the world while idling in the Hogwarts grounds near the Greenhouse.

• Addressed lamps disappearing based on the avatar's position.

• Addressed rock clipping through the castle wall. 

• Addressed banners/shield disappearing in and out based on avatar's position.

• Addressed bell being stuck in the stairs that the bell tower when using Accio.

• Addressed window inside Arithmancy door room display incorrect textures.

• Addressed not being able to exit after collecting the treasure chest in the Hogwarts grounds.

• Addressed "Burn House" not loading in correctly.

• Addressed floor in Greenhouse having low textures.

• Addressed Slytherin Common Room loading in slowly when descending the spiral staircase. 

• Addressed part of the castle wall in the Transfiguration Courtyard having different material near the courtyard floo flame.

• Addressed snow appearing on top of roof structures out of season.

• Addressed low quality Levioso statues spread throughout the castle when fast traveling.

• Addressed potted plants appearing broken because of low quality in the Slytherin Dungeon.

• Addressed invisible collision within the Viaduct Bridge. 

• Addressed one of the castles Great Hall towers missing.

• Addressed ghost throughout the castle flickering at a short distance in the Astronomy Tower.

• Addressed being unable to interact with the teacup in Headmaster's desk.

• Addressed a black hole in the wall within the Hogwarts Dungeon.

• Addressed a blue light appearing and disappearing within the library.

• Addressed chalk board decal in library looking misaligned.

• Addressed white light flickering at the bottom of the spiral staircase.

• Addressed Hufflepuff entrance and barrels appearing low resolution.

• Addressed inconsistent fog near Professor Fig's classroom when moving around.

• Addressed Sebastian Sallow not teleporting to Central Hall after conversation in the DADA tower.

• Addressed cave walls in the Swamp Vivarium having unintended pink textures.

• Addressed avatar's head missing or scarf stretching during DADA intro cinematic.

• Addressed Headmaster Black's hand popping between camera shots.

• Addressed light flickering within Central Hall various times of day.

• Addressed black screen flickering when avatar walk toward the balcony in Central Hall.

• Addressed black pillars in the Greenhouse.

• Addressed the walls in the Owlery having slipping textures.

• Addressed fog flashes when avatar enters the Central Hall from Transfiguration Courtyard.

• Addressed getting stuck on black screen when avatar falls asleep.

• Addressed geo rendering incorrectly at the doorstep of the Viaduct entrance.

• Addressed Defense Against the Dark Arts tower not loading correctly when fast traveling.

• Addressed some steps and textures leading to Hogwarts boathouse missing.

• Addressed the Greenhouse windows being too bright.

• Addressed inconsistent loading of world when avatar goes down the stairs to a room accessible through the Transfiguration courtyard.

• Addressed the doorway area before the boss arena noticeably bright.

• Addressed some gaps in a pillar in the North Hogwarts exit.

• Addressed lamppost appearing darker than expected during winter.

• Addressed the world not being fully loaded when exiting the Central Hall door to the Viaduct Bridge.

• Addressed Slytherin exterior windows not showing up as expected from certain distance when flying.

• Addressed very bright light coming from the window inside the Arithmancy door room on the Long Gallery.

• Addressed the Grand Staircase railing looking incorrect.

• Addressed pillars next to Central Hall appearing low level of detail.

• Addressed assets in the Undercroft having low level of detail.

• Addressed Slytherin common room fireplace being low resolution.

• Addressed appearing and disappearing in Hogwarts when the avatar in on the Viaduct Bridge.

• Addressed blue streaks appearing on the pillars of the DADA tower.

• Addressed an unintended shadow effect in the Slytherin dorm room.

• Addressed various textures missing throughout Hogwarts.

• Addressed door frames not loading in correctly when using "Wait" in the secret room inside the Great Wall.

• Addressed conjured items not initially displaying correctly.

• Addressed the archway decorative trim popping in and out at close distance in the Central Hall.

• Addressed stuffed troll appearing low resolution in the school dungeon.

• Addressed interior window displaying correctly within interiors of Hogwarts.

• Addressed the Bell Tower initially being seen in low resolution.

• Addressed unintended black streaks on the doorframe in the clock tower.

• Addressed various geo gaps throughout Hogwarts.

Hogsmeade

• Addressed light flickering and interior seams within interior shops in Hogsmeade.

• Addressed and updated lighting optimization in Zonko's Joke Shop.

• Addressed and updated lighting optimizations in Three Broomsticks.

• Addressed long time-of-day shift when avatar idles near Three Broomsticks.

• Addressed unintended lighting issues during the Winter around Steepley and Sons.

• Addressed issue with exterior ceiling missing from Three Broomsticks.

• Addressed game camera being obstructed when exiting Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop door.

• Addressed Lodgok staying inside Hogshead instead of meeting the player outside.

• Addressed avatar briefly getting stuck behind the "One Man Band" when exiting Honey Dukes.

• Addressed window displaying incorrectly within Ollivanders.

• Addressed lighting turning off and on in Zonko's Joke Shop.

• Addressed the lighting displaying incorrectly in the Three Broomsticks.

• Addressed potions having an orange lighting in the potions shop.

• Addressed bush and/or small trees floating in the air.

• Addressed Augustus Hill not being inside Gladrag's but behind it.

• Addressed Logdok not leaving Hogs Head Inn after retrying mission.

• Addressed ancient magic hotspot floor texture clipping the terrain.

• Addressed view of town missing during Three Broomsticks cutscene.

• Addressed flashing occurring at the end of Three Broomstick cinematic talking to your companion.

• Addressed pink textures showing up in Alfred Lawley's cellar.

• Addressed companions idling when exiting through the back or side door of Gladrags Wizardwear after purchasing your first gear.

• Addressed Sebastian not immediately apparating away after completing the gear tutorial.

Spells/VFX

• Addressed first Accio crate getting stuck on the second floor and blocking mission progression. HL-15664 

• Addressed puzzle fireflies not displaying correctly.

• Addressed Diffindo spell not displaying correctly.

• Addressed Glacius being overridden by target highlight outline.

• Addressed flashing lights around Ranrok.

• Addressed fire effect staying on screen too long.

• Addressed Ancient Magic not displaying correctly based on avatar's position on top of tower.

• Addressed various VFX spells not displaying correctly.

• Addressed and optimized Glacius spell vertical surface effect.

• Addressed and optimized fireflies

• Addressed and optimized casting enchanted compass to track a marker at a longer distance.

• Addressed abnormal VFX when using the Alteration spell.

• Addressed flashing lights around Ranrock.

• Addressed misplaced flashing red VFX on Ranrok as the avatar makes an escape.

• Addressed casting Bombarda spell while not in combat could cause intense light flashing.

UI

• Implemented new home icon menu icons for multiple languages.
  Updated in-game icons for home menu display.

• Addressed mini-map not displaying correctly when loading into Hogwarts.

• Addressed compression issues with tutorial pop-ups.

• Addressed issues with voice and subtitles not being available when using language packs. HL-15585 

• Addressed being unable to use the d-pad when selecting languages. HL-15577 

• Addressed an Arithmancy Door being hard to see. 

• Addressed Arithmancy symbols of the puzzle being barely visible.

• Addressed text size option not being available in the menu settings.

• Addressed mini-map appearing blurry in Docked mode.

• Addressed black screen flickering in Dungeons when UI pops up.

• Addressed spell minigame icons not being resizable in hand-held mode.

• Addressed blue flame icons appearing pixelated. 

• Addressed "Field Guide Pages" and "Room of Requirement" accessible from other sections of the Challenge menu.

• Addressed the Field Guide page "Slytherin's Sink" not being counted on the map after saving and exiting the game.

• Addressed floating vendor icon over various locations.

• Addressed several icons appearing at once on the mini-map during "Professor Sharp's Assignment 1".

• Addressed min-map zoom out when approaching various shop entrances.

• Addressed when pressing "B" when initiating an Alohomora lock causes the player to be unable to use the "Back" button when inside the mini-game.

• Addressed screen flickers when using fast travel during loading screens.

• Addressed a texture rainbow strip appearing on the side of the menu screen.

• Addressed mini-map pathing towards the Manor Cape leading the avatar away from the destination.

• Addressed Three Broomsticks missing an interactive icon to enter.

• Addressed "X" and "Y" buttons having the description changed when pressing the "ZR" button to read them.

• Addressed the missing language pack DLC message does not automatically update in the main menu.

• Addressed player being unable to use touchscreen functionality on the menu prompts with dropdown menus.

• Addressed primary settings still being able to be navigated with other options open.

• Addressed challenges sub-menus position is misplaced when changing to another menu while any challenge sub-menu is open.

• Addressed red gel glue clipping letter the first time the avatar opens the Owl Post.

• Addressed Reparo spell tutorial pop-up video shuttering.

• Addressed quest not updating properly after picking up first note.

Performance

• Addressed general stability, performance, and asset optimizations.

• Addressed hitching when doing a Merlin Trial Sphinx Puzzle. 

• Addressed and updated "Single Player" mode of Nintendo Controller. 

• Addressed and optimized Jackdaw's Tomb loading

• Addressed crash occurring during cinematic in the library. 

• Addressed hitching when using the tool wheel when selecting an item.

• Addressed a crash occurring when fighting the guardian knights in the void.

• Addressed a crash when progressing into the Athenaeum.

• Addressed a crash occurring after picking up pages and before fighting knights in "Jackdaw's Rest" mission.

• Addressed and applied various optimization enhancements to cinematics.

• Addressed better way of handling load/unload on fast travel cycle. 

• Addressed and applied general optimization updates to various locations.
  Addressed a crash when passing by the Greenhouse's floo flame station.

• Addressed low frame rate when casting Revelio spell after burning the vines. 

• Addressed and applied general optimization enhancements to various foliage instances.

• Addressed crash occurring after completing "Professor Hecat's Assigment 2" in the Forbidden Forest.

• Addressed and applied various conversation optimizations.

• Addressed low frame rate when avatar opens any traits or wand chests.

• Addressed low frame rate when casting the Conjuration spell in the "Room of Requirements".

• Addressed a hitch when grabbing a broom in "Fly Class".