Hogwarts Legacy quiz answers and questions for Sophronia Franklin and Weasleys assignments

From secret passages to spell mechanics, we tackle the questions every witch and wizard has about Hogwarts Legacy-so you can master the magic without a single Confundus Charm.

Hogwarts Legacybrings you into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter as a fifth-year transfer student at Hogwarts. As you explore Hogwarts, you’ll realize just how huge the school is, only to find out there is an expansive world outside of its gates. Hogwarts Legacy has a ton of content to experience, which can be a little overwhelming. To ease the burden, we’ve compiled some of the questions we had while playing and answered them below.

Is J.K. Rowling involved with Hogwarts Legacy?

J.K. Rowling was not directly involved in the development of Hogwarts Legacy. The game’s story and characters were created by the team at Avalanche Software, while Portkey Games, a Warner Bros. label, manages projects set in the Wizarding World. Although the game draws from the universe she invented, Rowling did not write the story or contribute to the game’s creative direction.

According to Warner Bros. Interactive, J.K. Rowling is not involved in the creation of the game, and Hogwarts Legacy is not a new story from her. For more information on the context around Hogwarts Legacy‘s release, check out our explainer.

How long is Hogwarts Legacy?

Hogwarts Legacy offers a substantial playtime that varies depending on how much you explore. The main story typically takes around 25 to 35 hours to finish, but completing side quests, finding collectibles, and exploring every corner of the castle and surrounding areas can easily extend that to over 70 hours. Players who pursue 100% completion or enjoy experimenting with different character builds can expect to spend well beyond that timeframe in the game.

As of this writing, I have around 35 hours in the game, and I haven’t completed the main story yet. However, if you were to only do main story quests, you should be able to finish the game in 30 to 35 hours. If you’re taking your time and thoroughly exploring Hogwarts and the surrounding areas, Hogwarts Legacy can be upwards of 60 to 70 hours of gameplay.

When do I learn the unforgivable curses?

You can learn the three Unforgivable Curses-Crucio, Imperio, and Avada Kedavra-through Sebastian Sallow’s quest line in the Slytherin companion storyline. Each curse becomes available during specific mission choices as you advance his narrative. If you accept to learn them when offered, you’ll be able to use these powerful spells during combat afterward. Missing those dialogue choices means you’ll lose the chance to add them to your spell list.

As you progress through the main story line, you’ll meet a Slytherin student named Sebastian Sallow. Follow Sebastian’s relationship quests to learn more about the unforgivable curses – Crucio, Imperio, and Avada Kedavra – and potentially learn them yourself.

When I received “In the Shadow of the Study,” the quest that unlocks Crucio, I had roughly 20 hours in the game, but this is with me searching for collectables, completing side quests, exploring every nook and cranny I can. If you rush through Sebastian’s quests as soon as you get them, I imagine you can learn them within 10 to 15 hours.

Can I use unforgivable curses on students and professors?

No, you won’t face real consequences for using the Unforgivable Curses in Hogwarts Legacy, but doing so can affect how other characters view you. Spells like Avada Kedavra, Crucio, and Imperio are all available through specific quests, and you can choose whether to use them or not. While professors and students won’t punish you, your decisions shape your character’s morality and how the story reflects your choices.

No, as far as I know, you cannot harm the other students and faculty. There may be situations in quests where you can, but you can’t just casually cast Avada Kedavra on a student wandering the halls of Hogwarts.

Is there a morality system in Hogwarts Legacy?

Hogwarts Legacy doesn’t feature a traditional morality system that tracks good or evil choices. Players can cast dark spells, make morally questionable decisions, or act kindly without facing lasting judgment or changes in reputation. While NPCs may occasionally react to certain actions, these moments don’t influence story progression or character alignment. The game focuses instead on player freedom, allowing you to shape your wizard’s behavior without moral restrictions.

There is no morality system, but you’re given many choices regarding dialogue and actions that may influence your relationships with other characters in Hogwarts Legacy.

Can I see characters from the books and movies in Hogwarts Legacy?

Hogwarts Legacy features original characters created for the game, set in the 1800s, so you won’t encounter familiar figures like Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, or other main heroes from the books and films. Professors such as Phineas Nigellus Black and Poppy Sweeting appear as new additions, with some nods to established lore through portraits, ghosts, or mentions. This keeps the story fresh while staying true to the Wizarding World timeline.

Yes and no. You’ll be able to spot some minor characters like the poltergeist, Peeves, and maybe some ancestors, but if you’re looking for the main trio of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, you won’t find them here. Hogwarts Legacy takes place in the 1800s, well before the time period the Harry Potter series takes place.

Is Hogwarts Legacy canon?

Hogwarts Legacy is not officially considered part of Harry Potter canon. The game takes place in the 1800s, long before the events of the books and films, and introduces original characters and storylines created with approval from Warner Bros. and Portkey Games. While it draws heavily on lore from J.K. Rowling’s universe, its events stand apart from the main timeline and do not directly influence the established canon of the Wizarding World.

Hogwarts Legacy is cemented in the Wizarding World, but there has been no confirmation from J.K. Rowling that Hogwarts Legacy is canon. So, in short – no.

Can I ride magical beasts in Hogwarts Legacy?

Yes, players can ride several magical beasts in Hogwarts Legacy, including the Hippogriff, Thestral, and some flying mounts that allow fast travel across the map. These creatures can be summoned once unlocked through quests or progression in the game. Ground mounts like the Graphorn also provide unique advantages in exploration and combat, letting you traverse different terrains with speed and power.

Yes! There are a variety of magical beasts, such as hippogriffs, that you can tame and ride.

When do I learn how to ride a broom?

You’ll earn your first broom during the “Flying Class” quest, which becomes available after finishing several main story missions at Hogwarts. Once the lesson is complete, you can purchase your own broom from Spintwitches Sporting Needs in Hogsmeade. Afterward, broom flight becomes a regular feature of exploration, allowing you to soar across the castle grounds and nearby regions whenever you’re outdoors.

After completing the main story quest “Jackdaw’s Rest,” you’ll receive the quest “Flying Class.” You’re required to be level six to start this quest, so you can learn how to ride a broom very early on, depending on how fast you complete the main story quests before it.

Can I play quidditch in Hogwarts Legacy?

Quidditch is not a playable activity in Hogwarts Legacy, but broom flight still plays a major role. You can soar over the castle grounds, race through time trials, and explore the open world from above. Several quests and side activities feature broom use, but full matches or team-based Quidditch gameplay are not included. The sport is referenced through story details and NPC dialogue, giving players a sense of its presence without direct participation.

No, you can’t play quidditch. In the narrative, it has been banned by Headmaster Black.

What about wizard chess?

Wizard chess isn’t part of the playable activities in Hogwarts Legacy. While the enchanted game pieces appear in several areas of the castle as decorative nods to the wizarding world, players can’t actually sit down and battle it out across a moving board. It serves more as a nostalgic reference to the classic scenes from the Harry Potter series than as an interactive feature within the game.

Also no, unfortunately.

When can I access the Room of Requirement?

You gain access to the Room of Requirement partway through the main story after completing several early quests at Hogwarts. Professor Weasley introduces it during a key mission that teaches you how to use the space for practical magic and crafting. Once it becomes available, you can return to it anytime through the castle map to customize the room, grow plants, brew potions, and manage magical creatures.

After completing the quest “Flying Class,” you’ll unlock the quest “Room of Requirement.” You’re required to be level six to start “Room of Requirement,” so you can unlock it fairly early on. If you stick to the main story quests, you’ll gain access to the Room of Requirement in just a few hours of gameplay.

What can I do in the Room of Requirement?

The Room of Requirement adapts to your needs, offering spaces for potion brewing, spell practice, or gear storage. Conjure training dummies to hone combat skills against trolls or spiders. Plant seeds in its vivarium for rare creatures like unicorns or graphorns. Store excess items without inventory clutter. Customize the room with furniture and decorations from the conjuration menu.

The Room of Requirement is where you’ll grow plants, brew potions, and nurture magical beasts. The Room of Requirement is also fully customizable. You can change everything from the ceiling to the floor including the ambiance and furniture.

Are the Deathly Hallows in Hogwarts Legacy?

The Deathly Hallows do not appear as collectible items or usable artifacts in Hogwarts Legacy. However, their legend is acknowledged through references and symbols found across the game, such as the iconic cloak symbol and mentions in dialogue or lore books. These nods serve as Easter eggs for fans familiar with the wider wizarding history, connecting the story to the events and myths known from the Harry Potter series without directly including the Hallows themselves.

Yes! Without giving too much away, the Deathly Hallows do make an appearance in Hogwarts Legacy.

Can I skip classes?

No, you cannot skip classes in Hogwarts Legacy. They form a core part of the main story during your early semesters at Hogwarts, advancing the plot and unlocking new spells through attendance. Missing them blocks progress until you complete the required sessions with professors. After the main campaign, classes remain inaccessible, so catch them while available.

You could skip classes, but you won’t learn spells if you do.

How do I learn spells in Hogwarts Legacy?

You learn spells in Hogwarts Legacy by attending classes, completing specific quests, and interacting with spellmasters around the castle. Professors teach you new incantations as you progress through the story, often requiring you to master short mini-games where you trace symbols or complete quick-time events. Side quests and exploration also reward you with additional spells, giving you more options for combat, puzzles, and exploration throughout your adventure.

Attend your classes once or twice to start learning spells from their respective professors. Afterwards, your professors will start sending you assignments by owl, and you’ll have to complete those to learn more spells. You can read up on all spells available – including alohomora – in our dedicated page.

Do you get to choose between a cat, toad, or owl as your pet?

No, you can’t pick between a cat, toad, or owl in Hogwarts Legacy. The game assigns your pet automatically when you arrive at Hogwarts, based on a randomized selection from those three options. It follows you around the castle and grounds, offering minor perks like carrying extra potions or revealing hidden loot nearby. Your choice is cosmetic only-pets don’t affect gameplay mechanics or story progression.

No, there is no option to choose which pet you want in Hogwarts Legacy, but you do have an owl that stays beside your bed.

Can I choose which house I’m sorted into in Hogwarts Legacy?

You can influence which house you join in Hogwarts Legacy, but the final choice is yours. Early in the game, the Sorting Hat suggests a house based on your answers to a short quiz, similar to the Pottermore experience. If you link your Warner Bros. Games account to one associated with Wizarding World, your existing house preference carries over. However, you can override the suggestion during sorting and manually select any of the four houses-Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin-before the ceremony ends.

Yes, you can! Like Harry Potter, the sorting hat will take your choice into consideration when sorting you into your house. After taking the short quiz, you’ll be given a chance to pick whichever house you’d like to join.

Does my house have an effect on the rest of Hogwarts Legacy?

No, your house choice in Hogwarts Legacy stays mostly cosmetic after the sorting ceremony. It sets your common room, uniform colors, and house-specific quests or appearances, but it does not alter the main storyline, companion relationships, or access to spells and locations. Everyone can visit all areas of the castle and grounds regardless of house, and major events unfold the same way for every player.

Yes, but only a little bit. Your house will change how your clothes look and which common room you reside in. It will not change your gameplay, relationships, or the broader story.

Can I create my own wand in Hogwarts Legacy?

Yes, you can create your own wand in Hogwarts Legacy. During your visit to Ollivanders, you’ll choose details like wood type, core, length, and flexibility, allowing you to shape a wand that suits your character’s personality. While these choices mainly affect appearance and role-playing rather than gameplay mechanics, they add a personal touch to your wizarding experience.

Yes, you can! Early on, you’ll receive a quest from Professor Weasley to get a new wand at Ollivanders. The wand will choose you, but you can customize the wand however you’d like.

How do I link my Harry Potter Fan Club and WB Games accounts?

To connect your Harry Potter Fan Club and WB Games accounts, sign in to both on the same browser. Visit the WB Games account settings page, then select the option to link your Fan Club account. Follow the prompts to approve the connection. Once linked, any exclusive rewards or appearances tied to your Fan Club profile, such as your wand or Hogwarts house, will appear in Hogwarts Legacy automatically.

Follow our step-by-step walkthrough on linking accounts here.

Are there seasons in Hogwarts Legacy?

Yes, Hogwarts Legacy features a dynamic seasonal cycle that changes as players progress through the main story. Each term at Hogwarts brings a new season, affecting the environment with unique weather, lighting, and decorations. Snow covers the grounds in winter, leaves turn golden in autumn, and these shifts help reflect the passage of time in the school year rather than functioning as a real-time calendar system.

Yes! The timing of the season cycle isn’t 100% known, but Hogwarts and the surrounding areas change their appearance according to the season.

Are there microtransactions in Hogwarts Legacy?

Hogwarts Legacy does not include microtransactions or pay-to-win features. All character upgrades, outfits, and cosmetic items are earned through exploration, quests, or completing challenges in the game. While players can purchase different editions that include bonus items, there are no in-game purchases for additional content or advantages once you start playing.

No, there are no microtransactions.

On numerous occasions in recent years, billionaire and Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has taken public stances against inclusive transgender laws and trans rights, and has written fiction that has been condemned by LGBTQ organizations for its use of harmful anti-trans tropes. Hate crimes, as well as legislation that denies the rights of trans people, have become more prevalent in the U.K. since 2019, and, more recently, in the United States as well.

According to an FAQ from Hogwarts Legacy publisher Warner Bros. Interactive – the parent company of Avalanche Software, the game’s developer – Rowling is “not directly involved” with the creation of Hogwarts Legacy. Regardless, the sales and widespread attention generated by a AAA video game will benefit Rowling, and that has led some fans to decide not to buy the game. For a more in-depth explainer of the yearslong controversy leading up to Hogwarts Legacy‘s release, read AELGAMES’s breakdown.

Best choices for Sebastian questline

In Hogwarts Legacy, the Sebastian Sallow questline (“In the Shadow of…”) is one of the game’s most impactful side stories, unlocking the three Unforgivable Curses while exploring his desperation to cure his sister Anne. The “best” choices depend on your goals: unlocking all curses requires consistently supporting Sebastian’s darker impulses, while sparing his uncle and turning him in prioritizes a “good” moral path with closer ties to Ominis Gaunt.

Choices to Unlock All Curses

Support Sebastian at every key decision to gain Crucio (“In the Shadow of the Study”), Imperio (“In the Shadow of Time”), and Avada Kedavra (“In the Shadow of the Relic”).

• Agree to learn Crucio on the spider despite Ominis’s pleas.

• Let Sebastian take the relic in the library (he does it anyway, advancing to Imperio).

• Encourage using Imperio on the goblin.

• Side with Sebastian against Solomon, allowing the questline to culminate in Avada Kedavra.

This path fully completes his 9 quests, but leads to tragedy.​

Final Choice: Turn In or Spare?

In “In the Shadow of Fate,” after Sebastian kills his uncle Solomon with Avada Kedavra:

• Don’t turn him in (popular for completionists): Sebastian shows remorse, stays at Hogwarts (appears in epilogue/post-game), and you get a hopeful final letter from Anne. Maximizes his content and curse access without major losses.

• Turn him in (moral/high road): Ominis approves, Sebastian is expelled (no epilogue appearance), but you bond more with Ominis and avoid enabling murder. Misses minor post-quest interactions.

Outcomes Comparison

No choices lock you out of main story content; prioritize curses and sparing him for the fullest experience.

Should you turn Sebastian in or spare him consequences

Spare Sebastian to avoid major content loss and align with the game’s completionist-friendly design. Turning him in fits a strict moral playthrough but limits interactions afterward.

Turn Sebastian In

Ominis reports him after “The Final Repository,” leading to expulsion and Ministry questioning. Sebastian vanishes from Hogwarts, skips the epilogue and post-game appearances, and you bond more with Ominis. Ideal for “heroic” runs emphasizing accountability, as murder warrants consequences despite his remorse.

Spare Sebastian (Recommended)

He stays at Hogwarts, shows deep regret in “In the Shadow of Friendship,” and sends letters reflecting on his guilt-Anne cuts ties regardless. You retain full access to him for Unforgivable Curses (even post-choice), epilogue cameos, and minor dialogues. Most guides and players favor this for richer storytelling and no missables beyond flavor.

Outcomes Comparison