Complete Spell Balance

by Damien3092·v1.4·Updated 2025-12-15

This mod adjusts spell balance to a more reasonable level. Most spells have been nerfed, and some have been buffed.

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About this mod Machine translation

This mod adjusts spell balance to a more reasonable level. Most spells have been nerfed, and some have been buffed.

Complete spell balance

✨ **Welcome to the spell-rebalancing world of Hogwarts Legacy! ** This mod aims to make magic duels more strategic and challenging. Most spells have been weakened and a few have been enhanced to create a fairer and more exciting gaming experience.

🧙‍♂️ **Mod Overview**

I created this balance mod with all my other balance mods in mind. I'm not sure how effective it would be if you just used this mod on its own, so please let me know your experiences! 😊 It is important to note that the **Equipment Balance** mod will have an impact on this mod. Links to all relevant mods are below.

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⚔️ **Spell change details**

**💥 Damage spells**

  • **🔥 Thunderbolt Explosion (Confringo)**
  • Damage reduced from 25 to 20 (-20%)
  • Casting sound effect: loud, impact sound effect: huge
  • Added projectile gravity, speed -500
  • **💣Bombarda**
  • Damage reduced from 35 to 28 (-20%)
  • Casting sound effect: loud, impact sound effect: huge
  • **🔥 Flame (Incendio)**
  • Damage reduced from 50 to 40 (-20%)
  • Range increased from 500 to 800
  • Boot time reduced from 0.1 seconds to 0.075 seconds (25% faster)
  • Casting sound effect: loud, impact sound effect: huge
  • **✂️ Diffindo**
  • Damage reduced from 45 to 36 (-20%)
  • Impact sound effect: big
  • **🛡️Expelliarmus**
  • Damage significantly reduced from 20 to 8 (-60%)
  • Projectile speed +50%

*Impact sound effect: interfere with shooting

  • Boot time reduced from 0.5 seconds to 0.4 seconds
  • Reduced physical impact

**🖤 Black Magic Curse**

  • **😖 Crucio**
  • Damage x2
  • Duration greatly reduced from 20 seconds to 6 seconds
  • Casting sound effect: huge, impact sound effect: huge
  • **🧠 Imperio**
  • Duration increased from 30 seconds to 45 seconds
  • **Unable** to control XL or XXL sized enemies
  • Casting sound effect: none, impact sound effect: low (in memory of Harry's experience in Gringotts: D)
  • **💀 Avada Kedavra**
  • Range reduced by 20%
  • Casting and impact sound effects: Huge
  • (Considered weakening its instant death effect, but if we do that, the Death Curse will be meaningless)

**🌀 Force field spell**

  • **🧲Accio**
  • Duration reduced from 0.5 seconds to 0.4 seconds
  • Boot time significantly reduced from 0.5 seconds to 0.1 seconds
  • Casting sound effect: medium, impact sound effect: large
  • **⬇️ Descendo**
  • Base damage increased from 11 to 15
  • Casting sound effect: medium, impact sound effect: large
  • **🔄 Flippendo**
  • Casting sound effect: medium, impact sound effect: large
  • **💨 Retreat the enemy three feet (Depulso)**
  • Casting sound effect: medium, impact sound effect: large

**🎯 Control spells**

  • **🐸 Transformation**
  • Duration reduced from 10 seconds to 4 seconds
  • **🪶 Levioso**
  • Duration reduced from 8 seconds to 3 seconds
  • **❄️ Freezing Curse (Glacius)**
  • Duration reduced from 10 seconds to 4.5 seconds
  • Casting sound effect: medium, impact sound effect: large
  • **⏸️ Time Pause (Arresto Momentum)**
  • Duration reduced from 15 seconds to 5.5 seconds

**🛡️ Basic spells**

  • **🛡️ Armor Protection (Protego)**
  • Boot time reduced from 0.01 seconds to 0.005 seconds
  • **🔓 Alohomora**
  • Casting and impact sound effects have been adjusted from silent to quiet
  • **👻 Disillusionment**
  • Cooldown increased from 0 seconds to 12 seconds
  • Duration 30 seconds
  • **🎮 RPG Ability Stealth**
  • Duration 30 seconds
  • **💎 Petrificus Finisher**
  • Cooling time 15 seconds (not tested)

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⚠️ **Known limitations**

I **failed** to adjust the following:

  • Ancient magic (damage and cooldown)
  • Duration of Revelio
  • Damage from thrown objects

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🎮 **Game experience impact**

  • This mod will **indirectly affect the game difficulty**, but is fully compatible with all difficulty adjustment mods.
  • **Does not affect any enemy attributes**, only adjusts player spells.

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🔗 **Balance Module Family Bucket**

This is part 4 of my balan …

Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions

  1. Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
  2. There is no universal mod manager for this game: some mods replace game files directly, some go into a game-specific Mods folder, and some need a game-specific community loader or tool first — follow the bundled readme.
  3. Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
  4. Launch the game to confirm it loaded; some games require enabling mods in settings or an in-game mod menu.

Install locations vary a lot between games and mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.

File & checksum

Filename
Spell Balance
File size
1.7 MiB