Hogwarts Legacy is a massive open-world game that brings the late 19th-century Wizarding World to life. As the game is chock-full of things to do and magical interactions, there will naturally be many things that most players miss.

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Even after hundreds of hours played, want-to-be wizards and witches are still finding more of Hogwarts Legacy's secrets. Some of these hidden features offer players a tangible advantage, but most are just for fun. To find these secrets, players need to test all the different spells on all sorts of objects, even those that don't appear to be interactable at first.

Updated January 12, 2024 by Joe Grantham: Now available on all consoles after its release on the Nintendo Switch, Hogwarts Legacy is able to fulfill the lifelong dreams of even more want-to-be wizards and witches around the world. While there are many obvious fun things to do in Hogwarts Legacy, there are also plenty of secret activities, some of which have only been discovered more recently.

As more and more players get their hands on the game, new secrets are uncovered. For those on PC, mods allow things to get wild, with players either able to lean more heavily into deep immersion or the silly side of things.

1 Recreate Iconic Locations From The Books & Films

Players Can Get Creative When Designing Their Room Of Requirement, Using Certain Props

Once players have unlocked the Room of Requirement and a handful of the best conjurations, they can make some truly incredible designs, using architecture, color, and atmosphere, and by magically altering the sizes of objects.

Fans of the Harry Potter series, however, will soon realize that some of the items they can place are iconic items from the main series, such as Professor Umbridge's cat plates or the House-elf heads mounted on the walls of Sirius' house. With this in mind, one of the most fun things to do in Hogwarts Legacy is to recreate iconic locations or scenes from the series.

2 Use Mods To Change The Game

PC Players Can Download Funny, Immersive, Or Gameplay Mods

Not all games are moddable, but for players on PC, Hogwarts Legacy thankfully is. There are a plethora of mods that can be downloaded, from hilarious silly mods that swap out the broom for a lovable ogre to immersive mods that make all the NPCs adhere to a standard school schedule.

How players choose to play the game is completely up to them, and by mixing and matching mods, things can get very interesting.

3 Freeze Fireplaces And Enter Them

Use Glacius To Find Secret Rooms & Loot

Glacius, the freezing spell, is one of the most underrated spells in all of Hogwarts Legacy and most players don't know one of its secret uses. There are several large fireplaces in the game, and players can use Glacius to freeze the fire and climb through it.

Behind these fireplaces, players can be sure to find loot, but sometimes they will also find fascinating secret rooms like the one found behind Professor Sharp's bedroom in the Faculty Tower. Finding secret places within Hogwarts is one of the best things about the game, and players can't help but imagine future troublemakers, such as the Marauders and the Weasley twins, similarly stumbling upon these rooms.

4 Go To Azkaban

Hufflepuffs Have A Unique Mission Where They Visit The Infamous Wizarding Prison

Near the start of the story, there are some House-exclusive quests in Hogwarts Legacy, which while different all lead players to the ghost of Richard Jackdaw. For this reason, players who weren't sorted into Hufflepuff likely won't know that they can visit Azkaban in Hogwarts Legacy.

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The Hufflepuff exclusive quest, "Prisoner of Love," is by far the best and is in itself an incentive to try out a Hufflepuff playthrough. In this mission, players will visit the infamous wizarding prison to try to learn of Jackdaw's whereabouts from one unfortunate inmate.

5 Use Wingardium Leviosa In Combat

Players Can Drop Rocks & Other Heavy Objects On Foes

Wingardium Leviosa is one of the most iconic spells in the Harry Potter universe and players can learn the spell from Professor Garlick. Players will soon learn that the levitation charm is particularly helpful on numerous puzzles and exploration in general.

What Professor Garlick or the game doesn't tell players, is that Wingardium Leviosa can also be used to deadly effect in combat. Although it is not easy at first, players can levitate interactable objects such as rocks and then swing them around into enemies. Unlike the Ancient Magic throw, which throws an object once before making it obsolete, this can be done as much as the player wants.

6 Decorate The Great Hall In Your House Colors

Players Will Only Have One Chance To Do This During A Specific Quest

During one of the most fun quests in Hogwarts Legacy, "The Polyjuice Plot," where players go undercover as Headmaster Black using Polyjuice Potion, there is a unique interaction that most players will have missed.

Before talking to Scrope who is cleaning the Owl Lectern, players can click on the lectern to give the students of Hogwarts a quick speech and declare that a change of decoration is in order. The Great Hall will then be decorated with the banners of whichever House the player belongs to.

7 Mount A Broom Mid-Air Or On Water

This Is A Great Trick To Avoid Dying From Fall Damage

Out of all the mounts in Hogwarts Legacy, the best and most flexible has to be the broomstick, especially when fully upgraded. Other than its speed and agility in the air, one of the best things about the broom is how fast it can be mounted, allowing for quick getaways.

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However, many players don't know that they can mount their brooms while falling, making for some epic moments of suspense. Beyond this, while less exhilarating, players can also take off on their broom while swimming in water. This is particularly useful to know when diving for treasure.

8 Have A Snowball Fight

Players Can Playfully Attack Snowmen During Winter

One of the things that help make Hogwarts Legacy so beautiful is how the seasons change throughout the story. Each season has its charm, but there is something truly magical about Hogwarts and Hogsmeade at Christmas.

As winter descends on the Scottish Highlands, players will also find the occasional snowman. What most players don't know is that attacking these snowmen will cause them to throw a snowball back. Even more of a secret is the fact that players can cast the two fire spells Incendio and Confringo to melt these snowmen, and then Glacius to reform them.

9 Transfigure Any Animal

Each Animal Has A Few Unique Objects They Can Be Turned Into

Later on in Hogwarts Legacy, players will learn the Transfiguration spell from Professor Weasley. They will soon come to realize how strong of a spell it can be in combat, especially in tandem with its Spell Talent upgrade.

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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy

Platform(s)

PC , Switch , PS4 , PS5 , Xbox One , Xbox Series S , Xbox Series X

Released

February 10, 2023

Developer(s)

Avalanche Software

Genre(s)

Action , RPG