The Hogwarts Legacy Player cuts out of the map and makes bizarre discoveries

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Important takeaways

  • A Hogwarts Legacy player accidentally squeezes into the castle walls and finds something surprising.
  • Specifically, the player saw one of the NPCs used for the castle's talking portrait standing around as if they were a normal character.
  • Players have discovered other magical portrait subjects, such as The Fat Lady, in out-of-bounds areas.



A Hogwarts Legacy the player made an interesting discovery after cutting inside the walls of Hogwarts Castle, where they found a mysterious woman standing alone. While exploring the castle and surrounding areas is a big part of Hogwarts Legacy experience, this is a secret that the developers probably did not want the players to reveal.

Hogwarts Legacy first launched in February 2023 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Subsequent ports brought the game to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Although both fans and professional critics have left it with generally positive overall reviews, there have been a number of persistent bugs in Hogwarts Legacyeverything from character models that appear to be swimming on land and NPCs that pass through walls that should be solid.


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For one player who accidentally managed to squeeze through the castle's walls and posted their findings to Reddit, the exploration led them to encounter a woman in an area outside of the area that is normally inaccessible. A few other sharp-eyed viewers were able to ascertain the woman's identity as the occupant of the divination portrait located in the grand staircase section of Hogwarts Castle. That identity explains why developers would have placed her out of bounds and out of sight, for while the subjects of the portraits in Hogwarts Legacy can move and sometimes talk or make other sounds, they are not meant to appear as ordinary people walking the halls.


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The woman from the portrait in the Grand Staircase isn't the only subject of a painting that players may accidentally encounter in the game. Players have also reportedly found other subjects of magical portraits in Hogwarts Legacy after cutting through the walls of the castle, including The Fat Lady barring the entrance to the Gryffindor common room entrance, orchestra conductor Heath Heatherton and the lute-playing minstrel whose portrait appears in a few different places.


While the halls of Hogwarts Castle continue to reveal their secrets to players as the game approaches its two-year anniversary, fans of the game can look forward to having even more to explore in the not-too-distant future. In early October, Insider Gaming reported a rumor that the game would receive a Definitive Edition that could be released sometime in 2025. If that report is true, this Definitive Edition could include 10-15 hours of new Hogwarts Legacy content, which is rumored to also be available as a purchasable DLC for those players who already own other versions of the game.

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