Tougher Enemies (by 7-12 levels)

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Introduction

Once you get used to the combat system in Hogwarts Legacy it can become a little too easy to defeat your enemies. If you add in potions, deadly plants and gear perks... you become quite significantly overpowered compared to your foes. There are several mods out there that seek to address this by making enemies more aggressive or giving them more health. This mod takes the simpler approach of merely giving all NPC's a level boost. (There is even a mechanism for doing this built into the Hogwarts Legacy SQL database)

In this mod I have given NPC's an average boost of 10 levels, but it can vary from 7 to 12. You should also be aware that the game already boosts some of the more deadly enemies by 2 or 3, so you could occasionally find yourself facing an enemy that's up to 15 levels higher than you. That's still do-able, given your advantages, but if they have a couple of friends with them (who are also ten levels above you)... well... then you might have a real challenge on your hands! 😁

I should emphasise, however, that this mod will only boost NPC's by 10 levels from the level the game was planning to give them. How the game decides what level to assign is anyone's guess. It's not based solely on the player's level (though that does play a part) so you won't always face enemies that are 7-12 levels above you. A lot of the time they will be less than that. But at least they'll be 10 levels higher than you would have been facing!

Installation

This mod should install automatically via the "Vortex" or "Mod Manager Download" buttons.

Alternatively (or if Vortex fails) do a manual download then extract the PAK file from the ZIP file and put it in:

Steam\steamapps\common\Hogwarts Legacy\Phoenix\Content\Paks\~mods\

If the ~mods directory doesn't exist, create it.

How to Un-Install

If you installed using Vortex, hit the "Remove" button on the mod inside Vortex... BUT afterwards ALSO check the folder "Hogwarts Legacy\Phoenix\Content\Paks\~mods\" to make sure there are no folders called something like "XXX-TougherEnemies10_v?_?_?" (where XXX is a three-letter prefix which depends on how many mods you have installed). If such a folder exists, delete it. Vortex should have deleted it but sometimes doesn't. If that folder is still there, the mod is still installed.

If you installed manually, just delete the TougherEnemies10 PAK file from the "Hogwarts Legacy\Phoenix\Content\Paks\~mods\" folder.