Hogwarts Legacy System Requirements – Minimum, recommended & ultra PC specs

Sourav Banik
a student holding a wand in Hogwarts Legacy

The magical world of Hogwarts Legacy is massive, and if you’re wondering if your PC can run it well, here’s everything you need to know about the PC specs and requirements, from minimum to recommended, & ultra.

Hogwarts Legacy gives Harry Potter fans the ability to experience the magic of Hogwarts and other Wizarding World locations. Featuring a vast open world, there’s plenty for you to explore — meaning you’ll want to know if your PC can handle Hogwarts Legacy’s recommended specs to run it.

With such stunning visuals on display and some great Hogwarts Legacy mods to download, your PC will need similar specs to what the developer team has recommended. So, here’s a rundown of what the game’s PC requirements look like, including minimum, recommended, and ultra 4K specs.

Alternatively, be sure to check out our list showcasing all of the spells and abilities your character can learn, Hogwarts Legacy’s potion recipes, and the mounts you can use to travel from place to place.

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The Grand Staircase inside Hogwarts Legacy
The Grand Staircase is an iconic part of Hogwarts.

Hogwarts Legacy system requirements on PC

Hogwarts Legacy recommends players have a GTX 1070 to run the game on minimum settings, which makes sense as the environments seem to be absolutely massive.

It’s not that a 1050ti or 1060 will be completely useless, though, as you can always turn down the settings to maintain the balance between graphics quality and frames. With that said, here are the minimum and recommended specs of the game.

Minimum specs

Here are the minimum requirements to run Hogwarts Legacy at the lowest settings (1080p/60fps) on PC.

HardwareRequirement
OSWindows 10 64-bit
RAM8 GB
CPUIntel Core i5-8400 / Ryzen 5 2600
GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD RX Vega 56
Storage85 GB HDD

Here are the recommended specs to run the game at High settings (1080p/60fps) on PC.

HardwareRequirement
OSWindows 10 64-bit
RAM16 GB
CPUIntel Core i7-8700 / Ryzen 5 3600
GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti / AMD RX 5700 XT
Storage85 GB SSD

Ultra specs

Here are the required specs to run the game at Ultra settings (1440p/60fps) on PC.

HardwareRequirement
OSWindows 10 64-bit
RAM32 GB
CPUIntel Core i7-10700K / Ryzen 5 5800X
GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti / AMD RX 6800 XT
Storage85 GB SSD

Ultra 4K specs

Here are the required specs to run Hogwarts Legacy at 4K Ultra settings (2160p/60fps) on PC.

HardwareRequirement
OSWindows 10 64-bit
RAM32 GB
CPUIntel Core i7-10700K / Ryzen 5 5800X
GPUNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti / AMD RX 7900 XT
Storage85 GB SSD

So, there you have it — that’s everything about Hogwarts Legacy’s recommended specs for PC. In the meantime, be sure to check our other content and guides to learn more about the game:

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About The Author

Sourav is a Games Writer at Dexerto, specializing in writing tips and guides for a number of games, including Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo 4, Hogwarts Legacy, Palworld, The Finals, XDefiant, and occasionally Tech. He is also passionate about esports, following games such as Valorant, Rainbow Six Siege, and Apex Legends. He previously wrote for Sportskeeda. Contact Sourav at sourav.banik@dexerto.com