How to put your hood up in Hogwarts Legacy

Pop up your hood in Hogwarts Legacy

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In the Harry Potter books and movies, wizard fashion wasn’t really a massive thing. Most of the wizarding community wore basic black apparel, with only slight embellishments that made their clothes ultimately boring. This went double for the students of Hogwarts, who were stuck with wearing the robes of their House for all seven academic years.

Thankfully, in Hogwarts Legacy, you can customize your character in whatever way you fancy. You can go for a geeky look, that will instantly advertise your seemingly higher IQ, or you can opt for a dumber wardrobe if the stat benefits are worth it. You can always Transmog gear too!

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As you’ll notice, most robes and cloaks in Hogwarts Legacy come with a hood. By default, the hood is down. But what if you’re going for a mysterious and ominous look for your character, for which you need to put the hood up? To that end, let’s find out how you can put the hood up for your character.

Changing appearance of gear

Similar to the newer Assassin’s Creed titles, your character can change the appearance of their gear. This allows you to equip a gear item that has higher stats but use the appearance of an item that looks cooler, making it no different from a spell that highly fashionable wizards use. This is known as Transmogrification (or Transmog, for short) in games such as World of Warcraft.

While this might seem a bit unrealistic in Assassin’s Creed or some other RPGs, this feature sits perfectly in the magical world of Harry Potter.

How to put your hood up in Hogwarts Legacy

So, now the time has come to learn about these neat little feature of the game. Putting your hood up is thankfully very simple and straightforward. Just follow these steps below.

Equip the right gear

In order to make your character look like he just stepped out of the Chamber of Secrets, you’ll have to equip the right gear. Make sure that the robe you have on has a hood attached to it.

Alternatively, if the stats of a non-hooded robe or cloak are too good to give up, you can simply change the appearance of the robe to a hooded one. You can do this with the fan-favorite Merlin’s Cloak as well, making your character emanate pure magical prowess.

Equip/toggle the Hood on or off

Here’s exactly how to toggle your hood on or off once you’ve found yourself a suitable robe or cloak to dress your wizard or witch to perfection.

• Once you have the right robe or appearance of the robe equipped, head into the gear menu.
• From the gear menu, hover the cursor over the robes icon, which will make a small window pop up.
• You can spot a small “Hood On/Off” option at the bottom of the window, along with a button prompt. For PS5 users, it will be the “X” button, and for Xbox users, the “Y” button.

How to put your hood up in Hogwarts Legacy FAQs

What are the benefits of having your hood up in Hogwarts Legacy?

There are no gameplay benefits to having your hood up. So, see this as a purely cosmetic change.

Even though your character may make other students fear your presence, don’t expect your character to go invisible or start spewing deadly spells after their hood goes up.

How much gear lets you put your hood up?

From what we’ve seen so far, every piece of gear that features a hood allows you to put your hood up. So, if you’re the kind of wizard or witch that wants to seem a little more illusive, this is a nice option.

Have a look through your cloaks and robes to check out some gear which will allow you to rock a different style.

How to put your hood up in Hogwarts Legacy : Final word

The best thing about Hogwarts Legacy is that it allows players to play dress-up with their wizard.

All of the gear fits perfectly in the wizarding world, and players will be glad to know that there are even cooler cosmetic items that they can win through game drops or Twitch drops.