Hogwarts Legacy: Complete Guide | Story walkthrough, collectibles and side quests

Get started with Hogwarts Legacy

Given the broad demographic the game aims to cater to, it should come as no surprise to learn that The legacy of Hogwarts is full of tutorials, especially during the initial 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 manner, although that's not to say there aren't still some things that have the potential to confuse players.

Even after all the tutorials, there's a good chance some players will be left with questions, either about how to do certain things or when certain mechanics become available. This episode of Game Rant's complete guide and walkthrough for The legacy of Hogwarts will give instruction guides, tips and tricks to help players optimize their playing style, and answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.

• Frequently asked questions

Main guides and walkthroughs

The main story about The legacy of Hogwarts sees players take on the role of a young witch or wizard in the midst of a troll rebellion. As they explore the titular school of witchcraft and wizardry and the areas that surround it, they will discover an ancient type of magic long thought lost to the wizarding world. They will also be introduced to a large cast of interesting original characters as they take classes, perform tasks for their professors, and learn powerful new spells that can help them on their journey.

The game's story is divided into 13 main missions, each of which consists of several smaller sub-missions and quests. Many of the objectives players will be tasked with completing are relatively simple and shouldn't require too much thought or effort, although there may be times when players find themselves struggling with a particularly tricky puzzle or enemy encounter. In these situations, Game Rant's The legacy of Hogwarts review and individual puzzle guides should come in handy.

Side missions and relationship missions

As is the case with most other modern open-world games, The legacy of Hogwarts is full to width with side content. This not only serves as an excellent distraction for those looking to take a break from the main story, but also as a way to keep players occupied long after they've completed it. There are more than 100 non-linear side missions in The legacy of Hogwartsmeaning that those planning to fully complete the game will need to set aside a great deal of time.

Players will be able to start tackling side quests not long after registering at Hogwarts, with more becoming available as they progress through the main story. Some are relatively simple, with players simply needing to go to a location and find something, although others can be much more involved, requiring players to solve puzzles or defeat powerful enemies. This section of the guide will include walkthroughs for some of the more difficult ones side missions and relationship assignment.

Spells & Talents

Spells are the bread and butter of any would-be witch or wizard, with players learning as many as 34 of them over the course of Hogwarts: Legacy. The vast majority of these are locked behind Quests and main story progression, though others, like the three Unforgivable Curses, can be learned by completing some of the game's many side quests and relationships.

Understanding how to use each spell and when exactly in the game they become available will be important for players, especially those playing on harder difficulty settings. Others may just be curious to learn when they get a chance to use all their favorites spellsor which one Talents they should unlock first to best complement them. For this purpose, this section of the guide should be of great help.

Items & Potions

Potion crafting plays an important role in The legacy of Hogwartswith players needing to brew and use potions for several of the game's missions. However, they can also be incredibly useful in combat, especially when pitted against some of the more challenging enemies such as The legacy of Hogwarts has to offer and while playing on the game's hardest difficulty.

Unfortunately, brewing drinks involves finding ingredients, some of which can be incredibly difficult 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 keys subjectwhile providing information about everyone beverages in Hogwarts Legacy and how exactly players can go about brewing them.

Gear guides and collectibles

Being able to customize the playable character's outfit is an important part of The legacy of Hogwarts for many players, but there's actually a lot more to Gear than just cosmetic styling. In addition to using it to change their appearance, players can use certain pieces of Gear to increase their character's stats, which can be incredibly useful later on during some of the game's more challenging combat encounters.

Equipment can be bought from shops or found hidden in some of the many chests in and around Hogwarts. That's not all players can find hidden in 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 devoted to Gear guides as well as Field Guide Page Locations.

Location guides

Set in the wizarding world Harry Potterit's only natural that some gamers will want to track down their favorite locations from the iconic books and movies. That might mean finding 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 one day call home.

There are also tons 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 places of interest; namely key places which players may want to visit and misc puzzle which can be found scattered on the map.

Beasts and enemies

Despite Beasts being a hugely important part of Harry Potter universe, it won't be until mid-game The legacy of Hogwarts players get a chance to interact with them properly. Once they do, they will not only be able to rescue beasts and keep them in the requirement room, but also breed them to grow certain ingredients to craft potions.

Alas, figuring out where exactly to find each beast in The legacy of Hogwarts is not easy, nor are all magical creatures that players may encounter tamable. In fact, many of the toughest enemies in the The legacy of Hogwarts are magical beasts of some kind, like Dugbogs and Trolls. This section of the guide will cover salvageables Beast as well as hostiles, and even some of the game's other enemy types.

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them