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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Gets A New Update To Portkeys

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Niantic threw in a brand new update to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite that quietly fixed a few things, including portkeys. The devs are currently in the process of updating the game to version 2.12.0, and some of those changes mean small updates here and there with little fanfare. We have the notes from the latest update for you below with the changes that they made. The biggest change to what happened is that the Portkeys acquired after the update are going to have their distance requirement decreased by half for the time being. Why is this important? Because with everyone on lockdown or in self-quarantine, there's not a lot of people going out into the world running around playing wizards with each other. So the reduction was done for people who are traveling short distances or not at all and are basically just walking around their homes to get the requirement finished. With Niantic working on a stay-at-home version of Pokémon GO, it only makes sense that the devs are going to be implementing the same kind of system to Wizards Unite. It's just a matter of when.

Niantic provided a quite update to the game last week.
Niantic provided a quite update to the game last week.

New Features/Updates

Portkeys:

  • Increased Spell Energy and Wizarding XP in 5km and 10km Portkey rewards.
  • Portkeys acquired after the update will have their distance requirement decreased by half until further notice.

General:

  • Players with iOS devices will now be able to sign into Harry Potter: Wizards Unite with their Apple ID. Visit Settings to link your Apple ID to an existing account.
  • Logging into Harry Potter: Wizards Unite will now display your login provider, along with your Code Name and email address.
  • Improved the layout of the Settings menu to better display the email addresses that are linked to Harry Potter: Wizards Unite.
  • Improved the initial startup screen design: Players will now see a clock at the bottom left corner of their screen that indicates loading progress
  • Players can now disable push notifications for Portkeys and Gifts received in the Settings menu.
  • Until further notice, we will be turning off Landmarks on the Map.

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