Hogwarts Legacy brought fans of the potterverse one step closer to living out their wizarding dreams. The game was praised for its loyalty to the lore and creatures of the universe. Among those creatures was the Acromantula, a giant spider species from the Harry Potter series. Undoubtedly, facing them wasn’t the best experience for fans with Arachnophobia (fear of spiders). Taking note of this, the developers have introduced a new mode into the game to deal with it.
Hogwarts Legacy introduced a new Arachnophobia Mode
For anyone wondering what it looks like in game. This is what it looked like for me on ps5. It definitely takes the fear of spiders away. I used to have a fear but I’m over it now but for anyone that does it helps 😄👍 pic.twitter.com/OOnkxebqBC
— MrMainEvent1 (@chrisam0923) May 4, 2023
On May 4, Avalanche Software released a new patch for Hogwarts Legacy to improve the game’s stability and introduced arachnophobia mode. Here’s what the patch contained:
Arachnophobia Mode
- Changes all enemy spider appearances
- Reduces and removes spider skitters and screeches
- Removes small spider ground effect spawners
- Makes static spider corpses in the world invisible
- Collision is still active to prevent players from getting stuck when
toggling this setting
- Collision is still active to prevent players from getting stuck when
- Note that spider images in the Field Guide remain unchanged
Professor Ronen Themed Cosmetic Gear
- Added support for the new Professor Ronen Cosmetic Set Twitch Drops
Additional Fixes
- Resolved Lodgok’s Helm of Urtkot quest lock, preventing players from
continuing with the quest - Did some laundry after students pointed out that robes looked dirty
- Multiple save game fixes
- Identified and resolved multiple collections and Field Guide Page issues
- Resolved multiple issues that could cause the player to fall out of the world
Performance
- Resolved multiple potential crashes
- Performance fixes and optimizations
Although developers have introduced these major changes for fans to enjoy this action-adventure game to its fullest, some things remain unchanged. The spider images in the Field Guide will appear the same as before. Further, defeating the spiders will still drop the item they previously dropped.
Get your wands ready! Grab the Professor Ronen Cosmetic Set by watching Legacy Live! on 5/5 at 9 a.m. PT, or by watching any streamers playing #HogwartsLegacy with Twitch Drops enabled. To obtain, you must watch for at least 30 mins per reward. Drops will be available 5/5 – 6/1. pic.twitter.com/k2NIHpgWM2
— Hogwarts Legacy (@HogwartsLegacy) May 3, 2023
Aside from this major mode update, this patch also introduced Professor Ronen Themed Cosmetic Gear for the Hogwarts Legacy. This patch also fixed multiple bugs and glitches that fans experienced while playing Hogwarts Legacy.
