Hogwarts Legacy how to get back to Main Menu

Dec 14, 2023
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New PC, HL on steam, playing it. ..

How do I get back to the menu if I want to end playing for the day ?

[Mod edit: changed title for clarity from "Hogwarts legacy noob".]
 
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Brian Boru

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Welcome to the forum :)

I haven't played HL, but in every game I've played it's press the Escape key—'ESC' top-left of keyboard. Maybe need to do it 2-3 times to get back to main menu.

If that's not it, a HL player should be along soon :)

ETA: Er… have you tried waving your wand and chanting 'Escapio Damgamio'?
 

Zloth

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Well, using ALT-F4 nearly always works. Games designed purely for consoles, then ported way after the fact often don't have a way to quit the game easily, so you just save and then hit ALT-F4 on the keyboard to end it fast.

Hogwarts is way too big to need that, though. There's got to be a cleaner way!
 
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Brian Boru

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Found a couple of answers:

This one looks clearest from ImDaFrenchy:
"Press ESC and click on Settings, you can save, load your game and also exit to main menu, or exit the game."

Another here.

Another comment says "The layout of the menus is horribly unintuitive on this game for PC", so you're not alone :)
 
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Well, using ALT-F4 nearly always works. Games designed purely for consoles, then ported way after the fact often don't have a way to quit the game easily, so you just save and then hit ALT-F4 on the keyboard to end it fast.

Hogwarts is way too big to need that, though. There's got to be a cleaner way!
ALt-F4 restart everything, but how do you save ? How do you get to any menu when you are in the game ?
 
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Found this on His Majesties Internet:

  • Mouse Left and Right, Up and Down/Arrow Keys: Move Camera
  • WASD: Move Avatar
  • Shift: Sprint
  • C: Walk
  • Spacebar: Jump
  • Tab: Tool Wheel
  • Esc: Acess Field Guide
  • F: Interact

Tool Wheel:​

  • LMB: Confirm
  • 1: Select Ground Mount
  • 2: Select Flying Mount
  • 3: Select Broom

Menu:​

  • L: Acess Inventory
  • I: Acess Gear
  • U: Access Challenges
  • J: Access Quests
  • M: Access Map
  • Y: Access Collections
  • O: Access Owl Post
  • T: Spell Selection
  • N: Talents
  • F10 or P: Settings
  • H: Best Management

Inventory:​

  • C: Drop Item
  • V: Sort Inventory
  • F: Use/Inspect/Equip
  • F: Change Gear Appearance
  • F: Confirm Purchase
  • M2: Preview Vendor Gear
  • M2: Toggle Hood
So F10 or P should do it, didn't try it yes though ...
 
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