Hogwarts Legacy: Godric’s Hollow Announced

Hogwarts Legacy really was an unmitigated success for Warner Bros. Games and Avalanche Studios, accruing millions of players and righting many of the wrongs of the direct movie tie-in games. It was also immensely profitable, and so it was little surprise to see a sequel ordered relatively quickly, with that currently under development.

While we wait to hear more about that, the first game is our only real port of call in a magical storm, but happily there’s plenty to be getting on with. One of the biggest complaints about the initial iteration is that the game world didn’t offer enough in the long term to remain compelling to players who prioritize exploration.

As such, the game’s immense modding community have been working really hard to bring players all kinds of new places to uncover. Now, the latest of those is now live, and it brings to life one of the most important locations in the Harry Potter series.

Over on Curse Forge, you should be able to find the download page for Godric’s Hollow, which adds the titular location to the game. Taking inspiration from both the books and films, it brings Harry Potter’s birth home to life, alongside several other key locations, including the graveyard where his ancestors, the Peverells, are buried.

The description for the mod reads as follows:

Open to explore, with iconic places like Potter’s House, Graveyard, town square and more — at magical Christmas time — the same time of year as Harry Potter saw it in Deathly Hallows, when he first visited.

• To make experience more interesting, in town iconic places you can find info notes to read and learn.
• Some of building are open to explore – they have tiny candle near the door so you know where to enter (8 buildings, exaption is potter house).
• Also at the beginning you can meet deer – because Potter patronus

The only real drawback of the mod is that it doesn’t come with a thematically appropriate quest or anything to actually do in the location. It’s certainly a fun little aside, but it likely won’t have much to offer beyond being a point of interest for big fans of the franchise.

That said, the mod’s developer shared further in the description that they have updates planned for the immediate future, so that could include adding narrative elements to make the whole thing more interesting. As Hogwarts Legacy is a prequel, however, any potential story wouldn’t be able to take into account Voldemort’s attack on Harry’s family in the hollow.

As with all mods available on Curse Forge, it’s entirely free to download, so there really isn’t any risk to downloading it and giving it a go for yourself.

As for the sequel, it could be a very different prospect from the first game. Those in charge of the franchise have already stated that they want the Hogwarts Legacy sequel to tie directly to the upcoming HBO adaptation, which could remove the original story elements that made the first so interesting. Whatever they do decide to do, making it a direct translation of the Harry Potter story could easily be the biggest risk they take.

Systems

Released

February 10, 2023

ESRB

T For Teen Due To Blood, Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Use of Alcohol

Developer(s)

Avalanche Software

Publisher(s)

Warner Bros. Interactive

Engine

Unreal Engine 4

Cross-Platform Play

Hogwarts Legacy doesn’t have crossplay or crossplatform support

Cross Save

you can freely use your saved data between each console as long as you are connected to the internet and signed into the same account where the saved data was created

Number of Players

Single-player