Hogwarts Legacy Crashing Fix [PC, XBOX, PS5/PS4]

The day is finally here when I can say with confidence, this is the best game I’ve played set in the harry potter universe…Oh, it crashed; well I still stand by my word. Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue is real and it’s coming in a lot of players’ way into living their wizarding world fantasies. The game randomly is crashing either to the desktop or gives off a black screen on startup. It’s a similar situation on consoles and players keep wondering if there are any dark arts at play here. The answer is yes, it’s called technical issues that plague almost every AAA game out there. 

For example, there’s a common crashing issue called “Out of Video Memory” in Hogwarts Legacy crashing that you get after a few minutes into the game. It usually stems from the game being unable to utilize your GPU properly and assumes that your PC isn’t fit to run the game, even if you have a tricked-out system.

Crashing Errors And Problems in Hogwarts Legacy

There are different error messages that pop up once Hogwarts Legacy crashes on you. These errors are completely random and occur due to different reasons.

You can find the most common problems in Hogwarts Legacy ones listed below: 

• Crashing Error
• Black Screen 
• The Game Won’t Launch
• Out of Video Memory Bug/Error
• Video_Scheduler_Internal_Error
• Hogwarts Legacy Disk Write Error
• Out of Memory Allocation on Shared Compilation
• Server Is Not Reachable Error
• Hogwarts Legacy Crashing After Tutorial
• Ram Usage 100% crash

We’ve tried to compile a complete list of error messages that you might be experiencing in Hogwarts Legacy. The potential fixes listed below are meant to fix all these errors so you can experience the magical world of Hogwarts Legacy without hitches. 

Fix Hogwarts Legacy Crashing Issues on PC

Verify System Requirements First

Before we start exploring other potential reasons for the Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue, let’s first verify whether your system is beefy enough to handle the game. This is a demanding game with a vast open world and densely packed environments that can put a strain on your PC ultimately leading to crashing. So you’ll be needing decent hardware if you want to restore balance to the wizarding world. Check the system requirements below:

Minimum System Specs

• Operating System: 64-bit Windows 10
• Processor: Intel Core i5 6600 (3.3 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 5 1400
• System Memory: 16GB
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage Space Requirement: 85 GB HDD
• Notes: SSD (preferred), HDD (Supported), Low-Quality Settings.

If you fall in this bracket, you’ll be able to run the game at 30FPS in 720P just fine.

Recommended System Specs

• Operating System: 64-bit Windows 10
• Processor: Intel Core i7 8700 (3.2 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
• Memory: 16GB
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 4
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage Space Requirement: 85 GB HDD
• Notes: SSD, High-Quality Settings.

If your system requirements match these, you’ll be able to run the game at 60FPS in 1080P without hitches.

Ultra System Specs

• Operating System: 64-bit Windows 10
• Processor: Intel Core i7 10700K (3.80 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 5 5800
• Memory: 32GB
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080Ti or AMD Radeon RX 6800
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage Space Requirement: 85 GB HDD
• Notes: SSD, Ultra-Quality Settings.

Players with similar system requirements like these will be able to run the game at 60FPS in 1440P with ease.

Ultra 4K System Specs

• Operating System: 64-bit Windows 10
• Processor: Intel Core i7 10700K (3.80 GHz) or AMD Ryzen 5 5800
• Memory: 32GB
• Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090Ti or AMD Radeon RX 7900
• DirectX: Version 12
• Storage Space Requiement: 85 GB HDD
• Notes: SSD, Ultra-Quality Settings.

If you have a beefy system like this, your PC is going to give you the most pretty experience by running the game at native 4k at 60FPS. Yes, I envy you big time!

So, did you finally compare your hardware specifications to these system requirements? If your hardware falls even below the minimum system requirement, then I’m afraid we’ve found the reason behind your Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue. I recommend upgrading your system just a tad bit so you can enjoy this great experience. For others who have appropriate specs, let’s explore other fixes.

Fix#1: Get Your GPU Drivers Up To Date

Updating your graphics card driver is one of the most important things you need to do before playing Hogwarts Legacy. Whether you’re facing the Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue or performance hitches, you should always update your Nvidia or AMD GPU drivers. These get you the latest performance improvements and bug fixes that GPU manufacturers push out right before a major game’s release. So let’s update your GPU drivers and see if it fixes your problem. 

Updating Your Nvidia GPU Drivers

There are several ways you can update your Nvidia GPU drivers, however, the easiest way is through Nvidia Geforce Experience Application. It comes with a driver update utility and lets you download and update any new drivers from Nvidia in a few clicks. Let’s see how to do it:

1. Start by launching the Geforce Experience application by either right-clicking on the desktop or through the taskbar in the bottom right.
2. Once the application opens up, head over to the Drivers tab to see if you have any updates available.

3. Here you’ll see 2 options. If you have updates available you’ll see a download button in the oval area. If your GPU drivers are up-to-date, you can click on Check for Updates to confirm if you’re on the latest driver. 
4. If there are updates available, let the driver download them as it can take anywhere from a few minutes to several depending on your internet connection.
5. Once the driver downloads, click on Express installation and let the driver wizard complete the installation for you.
6. Reboot your PC after the driver installation finishes. 

And there you have it, you’ve successfully installed the latest Nvidia GPU drivers. Try launching the game now and verify if you’re still experiencing Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue. If you’re done updating your GPU drivers, why not tune them for the best performance too with our best Nvidia Control Panel settings guide?

Updating Your AMD GPU Drivers

As discussed before, AMD is also one of the major GPU manufacturers that send out the latest driver updates before a major game release. These updates contain a ton of helpful fixes and performance improvements that help you get those FPS up in-game. So, let’s try updating your AMD drivers and see if it fixes Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue. 

1. First, you’ll have to open the AMD Adrenaline software by either right-clicking on the desktop or from the taskbar on the bottom right. 
2. Once the AMD Adrenaline utility opens up, go to the Drivers & Softwares panel and you’ll see the driver updating section here. 
3. You’ll either have updates available that you’ll need to download and install. In case it shows that your driver is up to date, click on check for updates to confirm. 
4. If you see updates available, start downloading them and once it finishes, click on the install button and let the updating wizard guide you through the update process. 
5. Once updated, close the utility and reboot your PC to finalize the update. 

Now your AMD drivers are completely up to date. Try launching the game and see if you still face Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue even after the update. You can also tweak your AMD driver further to get extra performance in the game through our AMD best settings guide. 

If you’ve successfully updated your GPU driver and still facing the issue, don’t worry as we’ve got more fixes brewing in the cauldron. 

Fix#2: Try Running Hogwarts Legacy as an Admin

Usually, game files have problems communicating with the system resources or each other which can lead to abrupt crashing or black screen. This is a common issue that can be fixed simply by providing higher access privileges to the game. This means you can try running Hogwarts legacy as an administrator to see if the issue prevails. You can do it like this:

1. You’ll first have to locate the local files folder for Hogwarts Legacy. You’ll find it somewhere around here: 
   C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common
   Just in case you have the game installed on another drive, you’ll need to right-click Hogwarts Legacy in your Steam Library -> go to properties -> local files -> click on locate local files.
2. Once you reach the game install location, right-click on the main game’s executable and select properties. 

3. As you open the properties, click on the compatibility tab and check the option that says, “Run This Program as an Administrator.”
4. Once you’re done, click on OK.

After giving administrative privileges to the game, try launching Hogwarts Legacy now and see if you’re getting the crashing issue. If it’s resolved, then great, otherwise keep following the upcoming fixes.

Fix#3: Verify Hogwarts Legacy Files Integrity in Steam

If you’ve tried running the Hogwarts legacy as admin and still facing crashes, chances are you’ve got a case of missing or corrupted files. Files can get damaged or simply deleted due to several reasons. It’s a common issue in games and game clients like steam have a built-in verification utility that goes through each and every file. Once its inspection is complete, steam will automatically re-download any missing or damaged files that lead to the Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue.

1. First, you’ll need to launch the Steam application from the taskbar in the bottom-right corner. In case you don’t find it there, you can simply search Steam in the Windows search and click on the first result.
2. Once the Steam game library opens up, locate Hogwarts Legacy in the list of games you own and right-click on it. In the context menu, click on properties.

3. Once the properties open up, go to the local files tab on your left. 
4. Here, select the “Verify Integrity of Game Files” option to start the process.

As you start the process of file verification, this will take Steam anywhere from a few minutes to several depending on your storage drive. Steam will first check all your Hogwarts Legacy install files one by one verifying what’s wrong with them. Once it finds a file missing or damaged, it’ll inform you at the end of the process. After the process finishes, you’ll see a downloaded executed by steam and after it finishes, you can proceed to launch the game and check whether you’re still getting the Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue or not. 

Fix#4: Eliminate Background Applications Interference

Windows is one of the most powerful OS to do a plethora of things, among which gaming is one. Hence, when you launch Hogwarts legacy, there are a ton of applications using your system resources and running in the background. While most applications are harmless and light on resources, some may cause interference with the game causing Hogwarts Legacy crashing issues. Let’s see how you can terminate any useless applications that might be causing this issue: 

1. First, you need to open the Task Manager by hitting the shortcut key CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.

2. Once the task manager opens up, all you need to do is eliminate any foreground or background applications that you don’t need. 
3. To close an application, simply right-click on it and select end task.
4. Repeat this process until you’ve freed system resources from all unnecessary applications. 

By eliminating excess background applications, you’ll not only free up your system resources but prevent any 3rd-party applications from messing up your game. Yes, when there’s no application that will disrupt your gaming experience, there’s a high chance you’ll fix the Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue.

Please note that there are some applications that you may need to close manually as they keep running in the background. Simply head over to the details section of the task manager and close them off from there for good. 

Fix#5: Disable Third-Party Application Overlays

As a gamer, you’ll have tons of applications installed on your system that keep running in the background. Even though you’ve disabled some in the previous, there are these special too menus called overlays that remain active. You can pop up an overlay by hitting a specific key and performing various quick actions or simply getting some vital information. 

Now, even though these application overlays sound helpful, they can cause problems with a few games. So, Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue might be caused by one of these overlays disrupting your game’s operation. Here’s how to disable overlays for popular applications that you may have installed. 

Here’s how you can disable the overlays of a few applications that you may have installed on your PC:

Disable Steam Overlay

This overlay is always running in the background whenever you’re playing a Steam game. It’s mostly used to access steam functionalities while in-game, but if you don’t need it, here’s how to turn it off:

1. Open up steam from either the Windows Search or from the taskbar in the bottom right corner of the windows. 
2. Once you have steam opened up, locate Hogwarts Legacy in your library and go to its properties. 

3. In properties, you’ll see the General tab. Simply uncheck the option that says Enable Steam Overlay In-Game. Simply uncheck this option. 

Now you’ve successfully turned off Steam Overlay for Hogwarts Legacy.

Disable Discord Overlay

When you’re playing Hogwarts Legacy solo, you won’t be needing the discord overlay to see which friend is chatting and whose quiet. Here’s how to get rid of it:

1. First, fire up the discord application from either the taskbar or look it up in the Windows Search and launch it from there.
2. As discord opens, click on the settings (gear icon) right next to your voice controls in the bottom left. 

3. Once you open the settings, scroll down until you see the Game Overlay tab on the left. Click on it to further expand its settings. 
4. Within Game Overlay settings, simply turn off the In-Game Overlay from here. That’s about it.

You have successfully disabled Discord Overlay from your PC.

Disable Xbox Game Bar

Xbox Game Bar is one of the many gaming features that Microsoft introduced in Windows 10 and 11. Xbox Game Bar helps you monitor your system resources and also record gameplay highlights on the fly. However, if you aren’t really using it, best disable it to avoid it clashing with Hogwarts Legacy. Here’s how to do it:

1. Launch Windows Settings by short key WIN Key + I.

2. Once you open Windows Settings, go to the Gaming tab and then to the Captures menu. Here, disable all the options shown above.
3. After this, head over to the apps tab and go to the Apps and Features setting.

4. Here, type Game Bar into the search.
5. Once the Game Bar App pops up, click on its menu button and select Advanced Option.
6. Once you open the Advanced Options, you’ll see the Let This App Run In Background option under Background App Permissions. Here you should select Never.
7. Once done, scroll down and click Terminate to close down Game Bar for Good.

You have successfully disabled Windows Game Bar now.

Fix#6: Whitelist Hogwarts Legacy In Antivirus

Antivirus software shields your PC from various dangers and viruses. It is, however, Antivirus software does tend to react too strongly to games and reveal false positives that end up eliminating important game files. That could result in one of the primary causes behind the Hogwarts Legacy crashes and you’ll have to deal with this.

First, turn off your Antivirus software completely and then launch Hogwarts Legacy. You should play for about 10 minutes, and then check whether the issue of crashing occurs once more. If the game doesn’t crash anymore, you’ve identified the cause.

But, you don’t have to uninstall or permanently disable your Antivirus solution. Just look through the settings and then whitelist Hogwarts Legacy’s installation folder. This will keep your Antivirus software from interfering with your game’s local files, and then eliminate the files.

Fix#7: Edit Engine.INI File and Increase Windows Page File

This is one of the most recent fixes that players have discovered in forums. It includes you tinkering with the Engine.INI file that you can find in the local game files. This will prevent your RAM from maxing out its usage and preventing an abrupt crash. Here’s how to apply this fix: 

1. Go to the following folder (You may have the game installed in a different directory, go there):
   < C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Hogwarts Legacy\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor >
2. Here you’ll find an “Engine.ini” file. Open it with Notepad.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the file and add the following lines of parameters:
   • [SystemSettings]
   • r.TextureStreaming=1
   • r.Streaming.PoolSize=3096
4. Save and close. Open the game. I was able to compile my shaders.

First, try the parameters exactly like above and see if it works well for you. If they don’t then you’ll need to adjust the Pool Size according to your GPU VRAM. You can try increasing or decreasing it to see what works best for you. Set this Pool Size to half of your VRAM value. Here are a few settings for popular GPU cards.

• RTX 3090 > set pool size to 9000
• RTX 3080 > set pool size to 3096
• RTX 3060 > set pool size to 400
• GTX 1080ti >set pool size to 6192

After applying this fix, you also need to tinker with the Windows Page File. Simply go to the Paging File menu by following the steps below: 

1. In Windows Search enter Advanced system settings and click on the first result. 
2. When advanced system settings open up, go to the Advanced tab and click on the Change button under the Virtual Memory section. 
3. In the Virtual Memory menu, uncheck the option that says Automatically manage paging file size for all drivers. 
4. Once you uncheck the previous option, click on the custom size right under the space available. 
5. Put the size of your RAM in MBS in the initial size and double it and put that number in the maximum size. 
6. Click ok and reboot your PC for changes to take effect.

Please note that these numbers work best for me, your mileage may wary for the paging file. This will stop your ram from maxing out and causing Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue. 

Fix Hogwarts Legacy Crashing on PS4/PS5

Although there aren’t many players that have reported Hogwarts Legacy crashing issues on their Playstation consoles, however, it tends to happen every now and then. Since consoles aren’t much customizable as PCs so you’ll have limited fixes to try, but they’re effective nonetheless. 

Fix#1: Update Your PS4/PS5

Most of the time, outdated firmware can cause several issues with games, and Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue is one of them. Some players ignore console updates as they take a bit of time and focus on booting up games. However, not updating your console every time an update shows up can cause crashing and several other issues in games. Here’s how you can update your PS4/PS5:

1. On the home screen, go to the PS Settings menu. 
2. Go to the System Software Update section and select Check for Updates. 
3. If there are any available updates, install them after closing down every other application or game you might use in the background. 

Fix#2: Rebuilding Database

Rebuilding your Database using PS5 is a great way to boost your console’s performance. Doing this will remove any problems that might be plaguing your games and causing them to crash.

The Rebuilding Database process analyzes your drive, indexes the files, and creates a completely new database with every single item in it. It is possible that you try rebuilding the database since it could help in solving various issues in the system including game icons that are missing, games that don’t work, or the Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue. Here’s how to do it:

1. Close Your PS5 console first.
2. Press then hold down the power button for approximately 7 seconds, until you get the sound. After the second beep then release the button and let your console restart.
3. Connect your PS5 controller with cables to the console, and then hit the PS button to change to safe mode.
4. There will be an option that is titled Rebuilding Database option. Select it and then you’ll be informed that your PS5 is now building a database. Click OK to start this process.

This process could take some time to get completed. Once the procedure is complete, you are able to restart your console and then play Hogwarts Legacy to see if the crash has subsided or not. I hope it does following this method.

Fix#3: Reinstalling Hogwarts Legacy

Lastly, if nothing else works for you, you can try uninstalling and then reinstalling Hogwarts legacy. Sometimes, the files can get corrupted due to an abrupt shut-off of the console or game. Corrupted files can lead to issues like Hogwarts Legacy crashing. So, to solve this, you’ll need to first uninstall the game entirely, then download it again from the PS Store. This will get you all the fresh files from the server and hopefully resolve any issues that were plaguing your experience in the wizarding world. 

Fix Hogwarts Legacy Crashing on Xbox

Fix#1: Updating Your Xbox Console

Keeping your Xbox firmware up-to-date is essential for running the latest games without problems. Xbox releases the most recent firmware that comes with a variety of configurations to run the latest games that are released. Therefore, you must look for updates for the firmware of your Xbox first. Here’s how:

1. On the Xbox home screen, click the settings tab.
2. Select from the All Settings options.
3. Visit the Updates section in the settings and look for updates on your Xbox. If they are, then click Update Console.

The process can last up to a couple of minutes, depending on the size of the update. Be sure to close all other applications running in the background because you’ll have to restart your console after the update has finished.

Fix#2: Using a Different Xbox Profile

Sometimes, corrupted profile information could also trigger Hogwarts Legacy crashing issues on Xbox. If you want to determine whether your profile is causing the crash, you can try using a different account to log in to the Xbox to play your game. In case you do not have a different profile, make a new one for a test play.

If the Hogwarts Legacy works perfectly when using an ID that is different, the original profile information is probably damaged. To fix this issue, you must follow the steps below:

1. Click the Xbox button on your controller to navigate there to Profile & System.
2. From here, choose Add or Switch and select add a new option.
3. Enter your credentials here and create a new profile. After that then you can start Crisis Core FF7.

It’s likely that you will not face Hogwarts Legacy crashing issue on Xbox again.

Fix#3: Clearing Up Persistence Storage

It is recommended to clean persistent storage frequently since it can help to keep your Xbox gaming system running at a high speed. It’s a safe procedure that eliminates any remaining garbage memory from the cache of your system. The junk you have left can cause problems and can cause problems such as Hogwarts Legacy crashing. To eliminate Persistent Storage on Xbox Follow this procedure:

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