Marvel's Wolverine: Can You Turn Off Scent Trails?

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Core answer: the blue scent trail is treated as Logan's sense power, not a HUD assist, so it stays on during tracking. What you can do today is install the hotfix that makes trails less loud, and strip the extra hand-holding around it.

What Is Actually Controllable

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Blue scent trail: cannot be disabled in settings.
It appears when Logan is tracking a person, a clue, a story beat, or a nearby collectible. It drops during combat.
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Yellow mission waypoint icons: can be turned off.
This is the toggle people mix up with scent. It is not scent.
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Navigation Assist: a separate green/directional line.
Turning it off does not remove the blue scent trail. Turning it on stacks a second guide on top of the scent.
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Hotfix v.01.001.005 (Sept 19, 2026): reduces opacity.
Scent Trails and Audio Sense indicators are less thick and less intense after this patch. A full toggle is being explored for a later update.

1Install the Hotfix First

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Update to v.01.001.005.
This is the only official "tone it down" change that exists today. Quit to the PS5 home screen, let the update finish, then boot the game so the new presentation actually loads.

2Kill the Extra Guides

Open Settings → Accessibility / HUD / Gameplay Assists and turn off the overlays that stack on top of the scent trail.

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Mission Waypoint Display → Off.
Removes the yellow objective icons. This is the toggle people mix up with scent.
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Navigation Assist → Off.
This is the extra directional trail. Leave it off unless you want a second line. Scent is not this setting.
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Chase Assist → Off
if you do not want chase targets slowed. This also does not hide scent.
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Lower or disable tutorials/reminders
if they are stacking with the visual trail.

Why this order: most "I turned everything off and the gas is still there" reports happen because people only flipped Navigation Assist and assumed that was scent. It isn't.

3Know When the Trail Can Appear

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Story follow sections
where Logan tracks a specific person.
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Clue and scent moments
during investigation beats.
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Nearby collectibles
trigger once you get close enough to catch the scent. It is proximity-based, not a constant map-wide highlighter. Stay off the side rooms until you want them.
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Off in combat.
The trail drops during fights, which is why footage looks inconsistent.

Decision Points

You want	Do this
Least UI possible today	Hotfix + Mission Waypoints Off + Navigation Assist Off
Still need a hint sometimes	Mission Waypoints set to R3 Hint, Navigation Assist Off
Maximum guidance	Waypoints On, but do not also turn Navigation Assist On
No scent at all	Not available yet. Wait for the toggle under exploration

Choose R3 Hint if your real complaint is "always-on yellow arrow," not the scent itself. A lot of the stacked-HUD look comes from leaving every assist at default.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

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Thinking Navigation Assist Off = scent off. The blue particles remain in the world with those options disabled.
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Turning Navigation Assist On to test. You end up with a green line plus the blue scent.
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Judging launch opacity without the hotfix. Today's patch is specifically a visual nerf.
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Expecting the trail during combat. It drops in fights.
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Waiting for a hidden accessibility switch. Community agreement after launch: no full off switch in the current build.

After the hotfix, the trail reads as a thinner ground wash instead of a thick neon tube. It still points the way. If a full toggle ships later, it will almost certainly live in the same Accessibility / HUD list. Check that menu after every update.

What Is Actually Controllable

1Install the Hotfix First

2Kill the Extra Guides

3Know When the Trail Can Appear

Decision Points

Common Mistakes to Avoid

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