As a vast open-world game, Hogwarts Legacy is packed to the brim with things to do instead of preparing for the end-of-year O.W.L.s. In lieu of revision and study, there are plenty of puzzles scattered throughout Hogwarts and beyond, to keep the minds of young wizards and witches engaged.
While some of the puzzles in Hogwarts Legacy can be fun at first before entering the realm of repetition, there are others that keep on giving, as well as a handful of one-hit wonders.
7 Arithmancy Door Puzzles
Arithmancy is one of the more niche branches of magic taught at Hogwarts and happens to be one of Hermione's favorite classes. While players cannot attend Arithmancy in Hogwarts Legacy, they can engage in a series of Arithmancy door puzzles around the castle. Presented with two mathematical equations that feature depictions of magical creatures as well as numbers, players have to work out which other images make the equation whole.
While this can be done by trial and error, trying to come up with a plausible solution is more fun. If players can't work out how to solve these puzzles, they will actually find the answer on a note outside the Arithmancy classroom. Although completing successive door puzzles can become a bit tedious after the solution is worked out, players will be rewarded with plenty of loot behind the doors.
6 Viaduct Courtyard Bridge Puzzle
The Viaduct Courtyard Bridge plays an important role in connecting the two halves of Hogwarts, and on their countless trips across it, players may notice the bridge also poses a puzzle. While it may appear easy at first, players will soon find out that the other three cogs don't move as easily as the first.
To figure out why and make their way beneath the bridge to claim loot, players will have to use their magic. This puzzle challenge centered around solving Hogwarts' secrets, which unlocks some of the best-looking outfits in Hogwarts Legacy.
5 Merlin Trials
The Merlin Trials are by far the most numerous of the puzzles found throughout Hogwarts Legacy, with ninety-five available to be completed. There are a variety of different types of Merlin Trials that are then repeated, making them fun at first before monotony sets in.
To initiate each trial, players will have to place Mallowsweet Leaves, which will first be provided by Nora Treadwell who introduces them to the trials. After exhausting her supply, players can either grow more Mallowsweet or purchase it from vendors. The trials themselves often require different spells to be used and players will have to consider which form of magic could help them best.
4 Clock Tower Puzzle
The Clock Tower puzzle is one of the three Hogwarts secrets, which can be solved to unlock fashionable robes, that Ron Weasley will one day wear to the Yule Ball. To reach the upper part of the Clock Tower, which happens to be one of the most interesting places to visit in Hogwarts Legacy, players will need to complete The Caretaker's Lunar Lament.
The puzzle itself involves four doors that are sealed by a mechanism, and players must figure out what is denying them access before deciding which spell will help them. Successful players will be well rewarded, finding loot behind each door.
3 The Hall Of Herodiana
By talking to Ravenclaw student Sophronia Franklin just beyond the Charms classroom, players can start "The Hall of Herodiana" side quest. Inside the chamber created by Herodiana Byrne, players will find a series of rooms filled with cubes that can be controlled with the summoning and banishing charms, Accio and Depulso.
Not only will players have great difficulty and fun manipulating the movement of these blocks to reach the other side, but they can also try to find all the chests too. Each section of the hall rewards the player with one item from Herodiana's outfit.
2 Keeper Trial Puzzles
As part of the main story, players will take part in a series of Keeper Trials, which more often than not involve puzzles as well as combat. The puzzles in these quests are some of the most intriguing in the entire game, especially the ones involving Ancient Magic mirrors which present alternate dimensions.
Players will have to manipulate objects through the two different dimensions in order to progress, and naturally extra loot can be found by those with the most astute minds.
1 Depulso Puzzle Rooms
After completing "The Hall of Herodiana" side quest, players will gain access to two Depulso Puzzle Rooms which are significantly more challenging and therefore more fun than the original hall.
The first of these can be found by going down the staircase next to the Potions classroom, while the second is hidden behind a locked door in the History of Magic classroom. Inside these two chambers, players will find the most engaging puzzles in Hogwarts Legacy and must figure out exactly how and where to move the blocks in order to reach the loot.
Hogwarts Legacy is out now for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X with PS4 and Xbox One versions coming April 4 and a Switch release dropping July 25.