The Hogwarts Legacy Creator Kit & Mod Manager are both here, and players can now use them to modify the game to their liking. It is a new way for players to interact with the PC version of the game, and one that should excite anyone who likes to create their own content. There is plenty to see and do, and players who don’t want to create will have access to the library to use other mods for themselves.
Now that modding is an official part of Hogwarts Legacy, there are new options. Previously, people were making less official mods, but it seemed like it didn’t get quite the popularity other games have. However, that doesn’t mean they didn’t exist. Most games have mods of some kind these days, and that was no less true for this one. One popular one was a Companion Mod that changed how the NPCs interacted with you, as well as one that allowed players to duel anyone they wanted.
How Hogwarts Legacy’s Creator Kit Works For Modding
A Streamlined Process That Everyone Can Use
The official Creator Kit is run by CurseForge, and it allows players to do quite a lot in of creating their own quests, locations, and characters. The Creator Kit is a simplified version of the Unreal Engine 4 Editor. It can be found in the Epic Game Store for free, and it opens up a fairly broad range of things for players to do. All players have to do is the link from the store to start their modding journey.
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It seems that players will be able to:
- Create Dynamic Items
- Add Custom Audio
- Create Characters, Skins & New Gear
- Create New Quests/Levels
- Create A Dungeon
Players will even be able to change the player wand to their preferences, with many more advanced options as well. There are a lot of possibilities, as the all players to create mods for themselves.
The Creator Kit has depth to it, however, for those who want to go deeper and make entire quests and dungeons. There is a Dungeon of Doom mod already available that lets players go through an endless dungeon. While players will have only just got their hands on the Creator Kit, there are already a handful of options from the testing period, and more will be sure to come soon.
All Tutorials Available For Hogwarts Legacy’s Creator Kit
Every Resource Players Need To Use The Creator Kit
For players who want to learn everything they can about the Creator Kit, there are already a lot of good tutorials that go into a lot of depth on the subject. There is a lot of and many features that players can learn how to do already. These tutorials can be found as a list on CurseForge, but more specifics can be found in the box below.
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This one mainly tells players where to find the and how to use the website. |
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Make sure the mod is ready for publication. |
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Getting the mod into the game. |
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Where to find more resources. |
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How to get the mod on the project page and get it approved. |
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Some of the more detailed aspects of modding. |
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This explains what blueprints are and how to use them. |
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This explains how to add a lot of the "little" details, like brooms, icons, gear, etc. |
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This goes into more interactive mods like puzzles, dungeons, and bodies of water. |
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Direct instructions for creating unique quests, including things like dialogue. |
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Get a WB Games . |
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Little customization details, ie clothes, hair, heads, etc. |
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The basics on the Creator Kit. |
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The rules and boundaries players need to follow to get their mods approved. |
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Repairing the Creator Kit installation. |
As the box shows, there is already quite a lot possible and players can dive in immediately to make their creations come true. The tutorials even include for testing and editing the mods so that players know how to improve on them from the beginning. Each tutorial has a full table of contents at the top, allowing players to decide if they are looking for something specific, or if they want to scroll through the whole thing.
While this can look intimidating, having the full outline is great because if a player is just struggling with one step, they know exactly where to go. The tutorials also include some of the mod guidelines, so that players know where the boundary is to keep things fun and to not overstep. More news is expected for Hogwarts Legacy in 2025, so there will likely be more tutorials and options added to the Creator Kit as well.
What To Expect From Creator Kit Mods
The Limit & How Far Players Can Push It
While the full effects will not be seen for some time, there is already reason to expect that the Creator Kit Mods will change how players interact with the game. Mods do that at a basic level anyway, but with the ease of integration, it looks like more and more players will be doing so. The peeks from the trailer revealed a lot of possibilities on their own, but that was just what a small team of people worked on, now there are many more people trying.
The mods do go through an approval process before they will appear in the in-game library for any PC player to explore. There are a few customization mods available pre-release, but more and more are going to . The official Discord also allows players to interact with CurseForge and each other, potentially working together to create even bigger and better things.
Of interest, the mods will be kickstarted by a contest that began on January 30th when the update went live. It is the Goblet of Mods Contest, and players will get to compete to create a mod that will wow people. There are monetary prizes for these mods including:
- Worldbuilding Mods: $5000 for 5 Winners
- Cosmetic Mods: $2500 for 15 Winners
- Weekly Winners: $500 for 60 Winners
- Community Favorites: $2500 for 3 Winners
If a player is interested in entering the contest, they just have to start creating within the Creator Kit, submit their mods, and fill out this registration form so that any mods they create are now eligible to win. This will create some incentive and some friendly competition to see who can make the best mods for Hogwarts Legacy.
10 Features Hogwarts Legacy 2 Needs To Leave Behind
Hogwarts Legacy was a great game, but it had a lot of bad gameplay mechanics that the sequel absolutely need to leave behind in order to succeed.
Right now, while the current options for modding are already fairly extensive, the developers have announced more options will be added later. This opens up possibilities to change a lot more within the game. It will be interesting to see what players come up with, but if the past mods are to be taken into , it seems players will likely want to affect the companions in Hogwarts Legacy as well as the behavior protocols, such as being able to duel anyone, anytime.
While the sky isn’t quite the limit just yet, it kind of is as one of the main draws seems to be the ability to change a broom or a flying companion into a dragon. Being able to truly test combat with never-ending dungeons also seems like a fun possibility. All of the options currently available from the Creator Kit can be found in the game’s menu in the PC version of Hogwarts Legacy.
Source: YouTube/Hogwarts Legacy; CurseForge
Hogwarts Legacy
- 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
- Franchise
- Harry Potter
- Platform(s)
- PC
