Hogwarts Legacy: A Complete Guide to Mastering the Wizarding World (The Best Tips & Tricks)

Are you ready to embark on a magical journey through Hogwarts? This video serves as your ultimate guide to getting started in Hogwarts Legacy! A complete walkthrough full of important information, strategy, tips, and tricks to make sure you set off on the right path!

Hogwarts Legacy has been out for a few weeks now and I decided to make an extensive walkthrough of the game's first few hours. Getting started in Hogwarts Legacy can be a bit overwhelming, but fear not – that's where this starter guide comes in. It will guide you through the basics, giving you all the tools you need to navigate this magical world with ease. Focusing on the best strategies to help you succeed, this video will guide you through the basics of the game, including character creation, spell and talent selection, hidden secrets and combat strategies. In this guide, you will find important strategies to optimize your character build, solutions to almost all of the puzzles in the game and many tips and tricks to help you succeed in your journey in and around Hogwarts!

This starter guide for Hogwarts Legacy is based on dozens of hours of gameplay experience with several characters and features over two weeks of research. In a walkthrough covering the first 8-10 hours of gameplay, we go over all important mechanics and choices you will encounter in the early game. Beginning with character creation and the selection of your Hogwarts house, we will learn the basics of earning experience points and levels and talk about which quests and missions to focus on first for the best possible start.

This starter guide also features a complete early-game character build optimized to make the most out of the available talents and spells. Additionally, we will talk about the most useful spells against all the different enemies you will encounter during the start of the game and unlock as many magical abilities as possible.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:36 Character Creation
3:07 Early Chest Locations
5:31 House Choice
7:30 Hogwarts Exploration Tips
9:09 First Side Quest
10:16 Arithmancy Doors
11:08 First Spells
13:36 Field Guide Pages
15:51 Hogsmeade Preparations
17:48 Hogsmeade Tips & Tricks
24:07 Getting started on Day 2
24:34 Daedalian Keys Tips
26:33 Combat Tips
30:33 Spell Acquisition
31:29 Your first Dungeon
34:04 How to increase gear capacity
36:42 Plants & Potions Tips
39:00 The House Quest
41:56 Talent Points
44:14 Character Build
48:10 Broom Flight
49:05 Hogsmeade Money Farming Tutorial
50:22 Early Game Purchases Guide
52:00 Room of Requirement Efficient Setup
54:58 Learning more spells
56:18 Unlock all early game spells
01:03:23 Enemy Scouting Tips
01:04:30 The most powerful spell combo
01:05:08 Finishing Act I
01:06:05 Final Boss Tips
01:06:50 Closing Words / Outro

Hogwarts Legacy is an action-role-playing video game developed by Avalanche Software and published by Warner Bros. Games. The game is set in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, allowing players to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as a student in the late 1800s, in a time before the events of the Harry Potter series. The game offers an open-world experience with spellcasting, potion-making, combat, magical creatures, customizable characters, and exploration, and promises an immersive and detailed world.

As a new student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, you will embark on an exciting journey filled with magic, mystery and dangerous adventure! In Hogwarts Legacy, you attend classes and learn magic while exploring a vast open-world environment full of dangers and mysteries. You get to create your own character, customize their appearance, and choose your Hogwarts house, each with its own unique set of values and traits. As you progress through the game, you encounter a variety of magical challenges and obstacles. These challenges can range from simple puzzles to intense battles with powerful foes. This starter guide will teach you how to master your spells, potions, and magical creatures, as well as utilize your wits and strategy to succeed.

[HappySquid]

As someone who hasn't played the game, I'm honestly impressed that you managed to put so much useful information in the video while still not spoiling any major plot points and just setting people up for their own playthrough.

I know this must've been a huge amount of work, but the result speaks for itself.
I wouldn't mind this format for other games in the future.

No matter what people think of the game, the quality of this video is as high as I've come to expect from your channel. Great work!

[zenammu]

I really like this format. It is obvious that you put a lot of time and care into writing the script, and it paid off. Information is delivered concisely, the editing is snappy and not dizzying like I've seen with some content creators. I'm excited to see more of videos like this one. Well done!

[TheCobraCom]

This is astonishing ... a professional level of content that really hits the spot.

[spritenado]

I know the game is a bit old, but would you consider doing a playthrough of Vampyr? You play as a doctor who was turned into a vampire, caught between healing the citizens of London or feeding on them instead.

[baol]

Long time subscriber and, as much as I’m not interested in this serie (not a Harry Potter fan), I think that you so don’t deserve the hate. You’re entitled to like and share the games you want without people harassing you or others because of it. Just want to show you my support. Keep going with your great job!

[benx]

I fully support your decision to play this game. I'm sorry for the hate you've received. Keep your head up, Pete. ❤

[Dace]

I just wanted to say, I appreciate the guide Pete, I haven't played the game yet, so I'd rather not spoil myself. But I will definitely come back and give this a full watch again once I've done so

[davysmith]

Dearest Pete. I owe you one. One favour.
Why? Because you inspired me. You showed me what I could be. I'm sorry to see that you've encountered such suffering. I saw this video, and I was confused.... But I remember your Sims playthrough... And your Mass Effect Playthrough... Both games I never thought I'd care that much about. You made me care. Your quality is unmatched. I remember thinking; "if Pete has made a guide on Hogwarts Legacy, it's going to be good". I... I owe you a favour Pete. For all the inspiration you have been; for all the effort you have put in...I will do my best to repay you for seven years of content that is unrivaled in brilliance. You have my highest praise.

[Sytesh]

Great guide. I'm seeing this after already getting 100% game and challenge completion last week so I feel like it's pretty spot on. Only thing I disagree with is the Glacius spell talent. I got it eventually but any time I tried to use it (mainly to do one of the random combat challenges) it felt very difficult to have enemies close enough for the icy blast to hit anyone mid-combat. A different option I got a lot out of was the Levioso talent which would levitate a group of enemies which was often a nice starter of combat to disable a few enemies all at once. Similar for the accio talent in conjunction with the Incendio talent, which would pull a bunch toward me then blast them all right back with lots of fire. Given that the main standout weakness of many enemies is fire, it's a great combo.

[claykalmar]

I really like this format of all-in-one-place starting guide. I see why you haven't been uploading much lately, working on this beast of a project haha. Nice video!

[jabborif]

I for one have enjoyed the game so far (a few hours in), and I greatly appreciate the time and effort you have put into making this guide. Thanks for all the useful tips!

[christopherlien]

One caviot to the "nothing matters on the character creator screen" I've found that choosing NOT to start out with glasses losses you 30 gold when going to sell off your basic gear.

[jessefee]

I want to add you don't technically have yo start the sidequest for the moth mirrors to open the possibility of them, as long as you know lumos is the key. Lol I kinda figured out the mirror where her quest starts way before she was ever there

[michaelnelson]

What I love about this video is the hope that Pete is willing just to do simple one off coverage of games. Like that's dope

[Isak]

As an actual trans person, I don't understand all the hate in these comments, nor can I imagine it coming from persons who are actually pro trans.

I do think it is an issue that needs to be discussed as many of us (trans people) are exposed to violence and threats on a daily basis when we just want to express ourselves as we really feel.

However, in my opinion, this complex topic has nothing to do with the game itself and certainly not with Pete.
In my Opinion, people who spread hate in these comments are not people who are pro trans, but actively ensure hate instead of education regarding the subject.

I've really enjoyed your Mass Effect and Xcom Series in the past and hope you continue to create such a great content for us in the future.

Keep it up Pete!

[trahanddarkeyes]

Good work with the video as always. Thats a great guide, i can see how much work you put in it and im sure that it will help out a lot of people. Awesome content!

[kristyallen]

I realize this was posted a while ago, but I just started the game and followed this to the T. Really glad I did. I'm the explorer game type so this kept me on track and really excited to keep playing. Thank you for all your time and effort, I liked and subscribed

[SwedePotato]

This is the best early game walk thru for this game, hands down. No spoilers, super helpful without being condescending or long winded, everything I was looking for. I realize I’m super late to the party but I just recently started playing through this. I preordered it for PC but only got a few hours in and never went back and then bought it again on Switch when I realized I still do love gaming I’m just too tired to play at a desk at the end of the day, I gotta play in bed or on the couch lol. It’s not even half bad on switch, not even enough to make get up off the couch and play on PC lol I appreciate the time and work I’m sure this video took, and for how well you explained everything while being entertaining. I’m sorry this video got any negativity for something that has literally nothing to do with you lol. I hope you’re well ❤

[FedralBI]

Thanks sp much for this guide. This type of game isn't my usual choice, but I got it as a gift. I was feeling a bit overwhelmed. I appreciate knowing that completionitis is not required to make the game play well. This is why I love your channel, I never know what to expect.

[Sol-phxc]

You are the best. I love this game! It is fun!