How to Change Difficulty in Hogwarts Legacy (Differences Explained)

The difficulty you choose to play Hogwarts Legacy will have a big impact on your experience. There are four difficulties in this game, and with each of them the game becomes more difficult. But don’t worry, the game is designed in such a way that everyone can enjoy it, regardless of your skill level. So, here’s how you can change the difficulty of your Hogwarts Legacy game, what’s the difference between the two, and which one is right for you.

How to Change Difficulty in Hogwarts Legacy

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You can change the difficulty in Hogwarts Legacy when creating your character. This is currently the confirmed method, but you can also change it in the settings. Both methods are actually quite simple:

• During character creation: This isn’t exactly a change, but more of a difficulty choice. Once you choose the difficulty here, this is how you will experience the rest of the game. Don’t worry, you can change it later.
  1. Go to the “Complete Your Character”tab once you’ve finished customizing your character.
  2. The third option here would be “Select Difficulty”. You have four options here
     • Story
     • Easy
     • Normal
     • Hard
  3. Select the difficulty level you want to play on and click Start Journey.
• From Settings: During playthrough, if you feel like everything is too easy or maybe you need to slow down the game a little, just open Settings. Look for the option to change gameplay features, and here select the new difficulty level you like.

Differences between all difficulties in Hogwarts Legacy

Here’s what each difficulty offers you in this game:

• Story: This mode is for players who just want to experience the game’s story mode. You should not find any difficult or impossible tasks and should be able to complete the game without crashing.
• Easy: This mode is for players who are more casual or new to games. You will still fight enemies and solve puzzles. But they won’t bother you much, and you’ll still progress relatively faster.
• Casual: This mode is for the average player, allowing both of you to enjoy the story. But will give you enough difficulties and challenges that you won’t be able to get through the game.
• Hard: This mode is for players who are looking for a challenge. The gameplay will be the most difficult compared to the previous difficulties. The puzzles will be very difficult and you won’t be able to fight your way through the enemies.

What difficulty to play?

You should play in story mode if you only want to play through the Hogwarts Legacy story. But if you like fights and challenges in your games, then depending on how difficult you want your playthrough to be, you should choose between normal and hard modes.

This guide explains all the difficulties in Hogwarts Legacy, how to change them and which one you should play. For more help on other topics in this game, I suggest you check out our Hogwarts Legacy guides.