Hogwarts Legacy difficulty settings explained

Melvin Mathew
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Once you step into the enchanting realm of Hogwarts Legacy, you have the chance to tailor your wizarding experience with a variety of difficulty settings. This guide highlights the range of options available, affecting everything from magical duels to the main questline, and more.

Whether facing adversaries in spellbinding battles or tackling the main quests, the difficulty you choose will significantly influence your gaming experience.

That being said, you might be curious as to how many difficulty settings the game offers.

Let’s take a look at all the difficulty settings in Hogwarts Legacy and how each one differs from the others.

Hogwarts Legacy difficulty settings explained

Hogwarts Legacy features a total of 4 difficulty settings with each setting providing a slightly increased challenge. Here’s a list:

  • Story
  • Easy
  • Normal
  • Hard

As always, the Normal difficulty is the best one, as it doesn’t make the game too hard while also avoiding a lot of handholding that other modes might have. If you’re a fan of Harry Potter and are looking for a balanced experience, this should be your go-to mode.

If you prefer to delve into the story of Hogwarts Legacy without any interruptions or difficulty spikes, the Story difficulty should be perfect. This setting is perfect for Harry Potter fans who might not be gamers per se.

The Easy difficulty is quite similar to the Story setting, while providing a slight challenge to keep things interesting.

The Hard setting is the hardest difficulty setting in Hogwarts Legacy as you get to experience a brutal experience that doesn’t pull any punches.

That’s everything you need to know about Hogwarts Legacy difficulty settings. For more content on the game, check out our guides below:

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Melvin is a games and guide writer at Dexerto. He is an avid gamer and cinephile. When he's not breaking his controller while playing Soulsborne games, he's watching films and making small lists on Letterboxd. When he's not playing games or watching movies, he's probably breaking his shin while skateboarding.