Hogwarts Legacy: How to advance time, skip day/night & change the weather

In Hogwarts Legacy, you’ll need to master the art of time manipulation, as it is key to go through certain quests. This guide provides all the details on how to fast-forward time and change the weather in the game.

The open-world nature of Hogwarts Legacy features a dynamic day-night cycle and weather system, creating unique opportunities at different times. Understanding and utilizing this system is crucial for accessing various aspects of the game’s content.

Additionally, players will spend a good deal of time exploring the grounds outside of Hogwarts. Quests and main narrative plot points will offer plenty of opportunities to sneak out after curfew, and some of these events will require players to jump between times of the day.

Below is everything you need to know to advance the time or skip between times of day in Hogwarts Legacy.

How to advance time in Hogwarts Legacy: Change weather, day and night

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To advance or skip time in Hogwarts Legacy players will need to navigate to the main Map screen. This can be done by pausing the game and selecting the “Map” tab. By pressing the right analog stick on the PS5 or Xbox Series X, players will then be able to advance the time of their games.

It is important to note that time advances by day and night cycles. Jumping forward during the day will advance to night while waiting at night will make it daytime. There is no way to advance hour-by-hour.

Additionally, when certain quests require you to wait for until either day or night, you can simply go to the quest marker and press either ‘Square’ or ‘X’ to advance to the correct time automatically.

And that’s everything players need to know about skipping or passing the time in Hogwarts Legacy! Those interested in more guides can find some of them listed below:

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