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After many years of development and plenty of controversies,Hogwarts Legacyhas finally been released. Though some are choosing to boycott the title due to controversial comments made by the woman whose work helped to inspire it, others couldn’t be more excited to dive right in, and for very good reason. Review scores for the game have been incredibly impressive, with the average critic ratingHogwarts Legacyaround the 85% mark.
Most seem to be in agreement thatHogwarts Legacyis the bestHarry Pottergame ever made and the most impressive thing to come out of the franchise since the release of the second part ofHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallowsmore than a full decade ago. With this in mind, it’s the perfect game for those wishing to live out their childhood fantasies of being a witch or wizard, and Game Rant’sHogwarts Legacywalkthrough will help them on the way to greatness.
Getting Started in Hogwarts Legacy
Given the broad demographic that the game aims to cater for, it should come as no surprise to learn thatHogwarts Legacyis full of tutorials, particularly during the opening stages of the story. As a result, most of the game’s core mechanics are fully explained in a very deliberate and easy-to-understand way, though that’s not to say that there aren’t still a few things that have the potential to confuse players.
Even after all of the tutorials, there’s a good chance that some players will be left with questions, either about how to do certain things or when certain mechanics become available. This section of Game Rant’s complete guide and walkthrough forHogwarts Legacywill providehow-to guides,tips and tricksto help players optimize their playstyle, andanswers to some of the more frequently asked questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Main Story Guides & Walkthroughs
The main story ofHogwarts Legacysees players take on the role of a young witch or wizard in the midst of a Goblin rebellion. As they explore the titular school of witchcraft and wizardry and the areas that surround it, they’ll find out about an ancient type of magic that had long been thought lost to the wizarding world. They’ll also be introduced to a huge cast of interesting original characters as they take classes, complete assignments for their professors, and learn powerful new spells that can help them on their journey.
The game’s narrative is broken up into 13 main story quests, with each consisting of several smaller sub-quests and missions. A lot of the objectives that players will be tasked with completing are relatively straightforward and shouldn’t require too much thought or effort, though there may be times when players find themselves struggling with a particularly tricky puzzle or enemy encounter. In these situations, Game Rant’sHogwarts Legacywalkthroughandindividual puzzle guidesshould come in handy.
Individual Puzzle Guides
Side Quests & Relationship Quests
As is the case with most other modern open-world games,Hogwarts Legacyis full to the brim with side content. This serves not only as an excellent distraction for those looking to take a break from the main story, but also as a way to keep players busy long after they’ve completed it. There are more than 100 non-linear side quests inHogwarts Legacy, meaning that those who plan on fully completing the game are going to have to set aside an awful lot of time.
Players will be able to start tackling side quests not long after their enrollment at Hogwarts, with more becoming available as they make their way through the main story. Some are relatively simple, with players simply needing to go to a location and find something, though others can be a lot more involved, requiring players to solve puzzles or defeat powerful foes. This section of the guide will include walkthroughs for some of the more difficultside questsandrelationship quests.
Relationship Quests
Spells & Talents
Spells are the bread and butter of any would-be witch or wizard, with players learning as many as 34 of them throughout the course ofHogwarts: Legacy. The vast majority of these are locked away behind Assignments and main story progress, though others, such as the three Unforgivable Curses, can be learned by completing some of the game’s many side and relationship quests.
Understanding how to use each spell and when exactly in the game they become available will be important to players, particularly those playing on harder difficulty settings. Others may just be curious to learn when they’ll get a chance to use all of their favoritespells, or whichTalentsthey should unlock first to best complement them. To that end, this section of the guide should be a big help.
Items & Potions
Potion-making plays an important role inHogwarts Legacy, with players needing to brew and use potions for several of the game’s Assignments. They can also be incredibly useful in combat though, particularly when up against some of the more challenging enemies thatHogwarts Legacyhas to offer and while playing on the game’s hardest difficulty setting.
Unfortunately, brewing potions means finding ingredients, some of which can be incredibly hard to come by. This section of the guide will focus on where players can find some of these rare ingredients as well as the locations of other keyitems, while also providing information about all of thepotionsinHogwarts Legacyand how exactly players can go about brewing them.
Items & Ingredients
Gear Guides & Collectibles
Being able to customize the playable character’s outfit is an important part ofHogwarts Legacyfor many players, but there’s actually a lot more to Gear than just cosmetic flair. In addition to using it to change their appearance, players can use certain pieces of Gear to boost the stats of their character, which can be incredibly useful later on during some of the game’s more challenging combat encounters.
Gear can be bought from stores or found hidden inside some of the many chests in and around Hogwarts. That’s not all that players can find hidden throughout the iconic wizarding school either, with the castle also home to plenty of collectibles. These mainly come in the form of Field Guide pages, of which there are 150. This section of the guide will be dedicated toGear guidesas well asField Guide page locations.
Gear Guides
Location Guides
Being set in the wizarding world ofHarry Potter, it’s only natural that some players are going to want to track down their favorite locations from the iconic books and movies. This could mean searching out the Gryffindor common room where Ron and Harry became such good friends or taking a trip down to the gamekeeper’s hut that Hagrid will someday come to call home.
There are also plenty of brand-new locations created specifically for the game, many of which are well worth seeking out and contain secrets that players definitely won’t want to miss. This section of the guide will focus on these points of interest; namely, keylocationsthat players may want to visit and miscellaneouspuzzlesthat can be found scattered around the map.
Treasure Vaults
Beasts & Enemies
Despite Beasts being a hugely important part of theHarry Potteruniverse, it won’t be until the midway point of the game thatHogwarts Legacyplayers get a chance to interact with them properly. Once they do though, they’ll not only be able to rescue Beasts and keep them in the Room of Requirement but also breed them in order to farm certain potion-making ingredients.
Unfortunately, figuring out where exactly to find every Beast inHogwarts Legacyisn’t easy, nor are all of the magical creatures that players can encounter tameable. In fact, a lot of the toughest enemies inHogwarts Legacyare magical beasts of some kind, such as Dugbogs and Trolls. This section of the guide will cover rescuableBeastsas well as hostile ones, and also a few of the game’s other enemy types.
