Hogwarts Legacy tells the story of a young fifth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. While schoolwork should be their main concern, they quickly become entangled in a much more sinister plot due to their connection with Ancient Magic. To save the wizarding world from an all-out war, they must stop a power-obsessed goblin named Ranrok, but doing so is easier said than done.
To prepare for Hogwarts Legacy's final battles, the player should acquire new spells, level up, and obtain powerful gear. While most of the gear found during the late game can be quite useful, they can be made even more powerful with the right ingredients. Some even come with traits.
What Are Traits?
While exploring the world of Hogwarts Legacy, players will come across countless chests containing pieces of gear. These gear pieces can then be equipped via the main menu, and each piece will vary in terms of the buffs they provide.
Most gear pieces only offer increases in Offense and Defense, but some come with a unique trait. Depending on the gear item, these traits usually offer effective buffs regarding specific spells. Defensive traits affect the damage the protagonist can receive from particular enemy attacks, while offensive traits enhance the damage the protagonist can dish out.
Depending on the protagonist's level, gear stats and traits will vary, but they can always be enhanced if the player has reached a certain point in the story. There are 77 traits available in Hogwarts Legacy, each with unique properties and bonuses.
How To Upgrade Gear And Craft Traits In Hogwarts Legacy
To upgrade gear and craft traits, the player will first need to have completed The Elf, The Nab-Sack, and the Loom, a main quest that unlocks various upgrades in the Room of Requirement. Players will obtain a Loom when they complete this quest and will be able to place it wherever they like in their Room of Requirement.
Once placed, the Loom can then be interacted with to enhance the Offense and Defense of gear and also to apply certain traits to each piece.
To upgrade gear, the player will need to satisfy the needs of the beasts residing in their Vivariums and then collect the materials they leave behind. To acquire new traits, however. the player must locate the chests in the world that contain them, open them, and use the Loom to craft them.
To craft a trait, the player should interact with the Loom in their Room of Requirement, hover the cursor over whatever gear piece they wish to upgrade, select the "View Traits" option, and choose the trait they wish to apply. Creating traits requires the player to spend Puffskein Fur, Diricawl Feathers, and Kneazle Fur, all of which can be farmed from Vivariums by tending to the beasts there.
How To Stack Traits
Traits can and should be stacked in Hogwarts Legacy to maximize the potential of the protagonist's gear. With 77 traits to choose from, however, deciding what traits to apply can be a little complicated, especially since the player can only have 6 pieces of gear equipped at one time.
That said, each trait applied to the 6 gear pieces will stack, allowing players to benefit from a total of 6 trait buffs whenever they are equipped. To stack traits, the player should equip their best Handwear, Facewear, Headwear, Neckwear, Cloaks and Robes, and Outfit gear, and then apply whatever traits they want to each piece by interacting with the Loom.
Hogwarts Legacy is available now on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. PS4 and Xbox One versions will release on April 4, and a Switch version will release on July 25.