Our Hogwarts Legacy tips and tricks will help you get off to a better start now yer a wizard. This might be a familiar setting but with a whole new time period and story to explore, there's a lot to learn in Hogwarts Legacy's expansive open world. There's a lot features and abilities tied to a branching story progression for example, which can often obscure that the thing you need will only be available once you completed a certain quest or assignment.
To help make sense of it all, and help you proceed in a timely manner here are nine top Hogwarts Legacy tips you can make use of early on in the game.
Hogwarts Legacy quick tips:
- Spam Revelio all the time to reveal things, even through walls
- Almost everything is locked behind story progression
- Always check the gear you pick up to swap in better stuff and boost your stats
- Visit vendors regularly ro clear out unwanted gear and make some money
- You can still transmog with gear you've sold
- Eye chests get you quick cash once you have Disillusionment
- You can change your look once you reach Hogsmeade
- Collect all the ingredients you see as it'll all be useful for potion-making later
- Missions list rewards so you can see if it's worth it
1. Use Revelio all the time to reveal hidden things and earn XP faster
Revelio is wizard vision and highlights objects, enemies and more in the world. It works through walls, showing enemies, loot, interactable objects and basically anything you might need or want. So use it all the time to make sure you don't miss out on anything. It'll also reveal the countless Field Guide Pages you'll need to collect and that can turn up in lots of insignificant corners. Out of all Hogwarts Legacy spells you'll unlock, this is the one you'll use the most.
2. Almost everything is locked behind main mission progress
While you might want to branch off to get your Hogwarts Legacy broom, or learn a particular Hogwarts Legacy spells straight away, the game absolutely won't let you do anything unless you complete key parts of the story. Everything, absolutely everything, is locked behind the story. So don't waste time looking for anything outside of that - check mission rewards to see what you get, and if you need or want an ability, just stay on the main story.
3. Check gear all the time to swap in higher level stuff and improve stats
You'll be hoovering up slightly better robes and gear almost the entire time you're playing. You'll be getting so much it's easy to forget to actually check it and see what you've got. Make a point of checking regularly though as you can advance pretty quickly with a extra point here and there as you upgrades boots, gloves and so on. If you see a green arrow next to an item as you collect it, it means it has better stats (and red means weaker). So, as soon as you can, swap things out.
4. Visit vendors regularly to clear out your Gear Slots and earn cash
You are going to get a lot of gear in Hogwarts Legacy, with almost constant drops and rewards. However, you only start the game with 20 Gear Slots in total which fills up very quickly. Until you start completing Hogwarts Legacy Merlin Trials to get you more Hogwarts Legacy gear slots, you should get into the habit of selling off anything you're not wearing to the vendors littered around the map. Even when you have more slots you'll still probably have plenty to clear out as you play. You can destroy items if you're desperate, but it's always better to turn it into cash.
5. Transmog saves any appearance you find even if you don't keep it
Don't be afraid to sell off anything you find, as transmog means you can still use the appearance of anything you find. Once you've got it, it's a transmog option. Even if you sell it without even trying it on once. You can change the appearance of each items of clothing by hovering over it and pressing square or X. Handy for retaining that badass look you've honed, regardless of what gear you're actually wearing. You can even make items invisible if you don't fancy looking like you're wearing glasses, say, but want the stat boost they give.
6. Eye chests are a quick way to get cash fast
You'll see Hogwarts Legacy eye chests early in the game and wonder what to do with them as they slam shut the second you get near them. Opening them will earn you 500 Galleons which is useful cash, but like everything in the game, being able to access them is tied to the story. To open them, keep playing main missions until you reach the 'Secrets of the Restricted Section'. This mission unlocks the Disillusionment charm, and makes you invisible, more or less. Once you have this in your arsenal, you can sneak up on the eyeball chests and pop them open to get the cash inside.
7. You can change your hair, and facial features at Hogsmeade
Once you've chosen your Hogwarts Legacy witch or wizard you can change your hair color, style, eyebrows, and facial features like scars and freckles at Madam Snelling's Tress Emporium in Hogsmeade. For a small fee you can switch up your look whenever you like. You can't change your overall face though, so you're stuck with that I'm afraid. No Polyjuice Potion for you.
8. Collect every ingredient, it'll all be useful later for potion-making
You'll come through plenty of potion ingredients in the wild. Some ingredients such as Horklump Juice and Jumping Toadstools are imperative for brewing helpful concoctions like Wiggenwald Potion and Erdurus Potion. To save time, scavenge as many wild ingredients as you can all the time. There is no max capacity for the ingredients you can hold, so it's better to take all you can. When you eventually unlock the Hogwarts Legacy Room of Requirement you'll be able to grow and harvest your own resources.
9. Missions tell you what rewards you'll get
Generally you'll want, or need, to do, all the main missions as it's the only way to unlock all your powers and abilities. However, if you want to know whether a mission will be worth your effort, check the quests menu to see what rewards you'll earn for completing the task. These can vary from unique spells to new Gear, gold, and more. You can even choose to double-cross the quest-giver sometimes, keeping whatever item they wanted you to retrieve for them as well as your rewards, or extort them for more gold. Just expect them to be cross about it and make comments about your treachery whenever bump into them.
The release of Hogwarts Legacy has been the subject of criticism and debate due to J.K. Rowling's public stance on gender identity, which continues to challenge the inclusivity at the heart of the Harry Potter community. Here is our explainer on the Hogwarts Legacy controversy.
