How to Change Your Gear Appearance

A useful quality of life feature in Hogwarts Legacy can be seen through the appearance of Gear, which you can customize and change based on the items acquired throughout your adventure. From the General Appearance of their Outfit to the external look of wand handles, brooms, and even flying mounts, you have a wide range of options to create their best-looking witch or wizard. Through simple prompts seen past an easy-to-understand menu, you will have little to no issues changing their Gear as they see fit.

Once you complete the first quest of the Hogwarts Legacy‘s main story, “Welcome to Hogwarts,” they can access their Field Guide, which leads them to a Gear section. From here, there are six categories of General Appearance that may be modified individually, though choices will be slim at this point in the game unless you have purchased extra content through the deluxe edition. Wands themselves will have to be customized at the shop where they were originally purchased, however, their handle can be customized here. Brooms must be found or purchased.

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How To Transmog in Hogwarts Legacy

While in the Gear Menu, hovering over any item will show an option at the bottom of its stats panel labeled “Change Appearance.” Only the 6 items can have their appearance changed: Handwear, Facewear, Headwear, Neckwear, Cloaks, Robes, and Outfits. The default key bind to change the appearance of your gear for each system is as follows:

• PS5 : Square
• XBOX: X
• PC: F

When making a choice based on the aforementioned prompt, you will be taken to a screen that shows two subsections called “Collections” and “Other.” This represents the other appearances of gear you have encountered during the game, as current equipment may only be changed externally based on items seen before. Collections are based on pieces of Gear gathered for finishing quests or missions, while “Other” reflects every piece of gear you have ever kept in your inventory. Simply choosing which appearance from these options alters the Gear being worn, visible from the character model being shown. If you are looking for an easier way to change your appearance in Hogwarts Legacy, this video by DPJ makes it look incredibly easy.

More abstract pieces of Gear are also subject to transmog mechanics in the game, as you can change Wand Handles after completing the quest, “Welcome to Hogsmeade.” Brooms become available to modify once their “Flying Class” mission has concluded with Professor Kogawa, while Flying Mounts may be given a new cosmetic adjustment once seasons change to Fall and “The High Keep” mission is finished. The same process used to change the appearance of Gear in Hogwarts Legacy applies to these items as well, letting you navigate the menu without any complicated differences.

Source: Youtube/DPJ