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In this part of Hogwarts Legacy players will attend Astronomy Class, thwart poachers in a distant castle, and set out for the next Keeper Trial. This also unlocks a new collectible type, along with a new means of traversing the world.
Starting out, Hogwarts Legacy Players will want to visit Astronomy Class to learn about Astronomy Tables, which can be found throughout the game world and interacted with at night to complete a field guide challenge and learn about constellations.
Astronomy Class
Astronomy Class, taught by Professor Shah, has players partnered up with Amit Thakkar, a Ravenclaw Student who is particularly interested in Astronomy. Follow the prompt on the screen to focus the telescope and then Ammit will offer to let the player borrow his old telescope for future classes. After retrieving it from the storeroom downstairs, Ammit asks for some help investigating the Astronomy Tables Professor Shah mentioned earlier, and players join him on a trip into the school grounds to locate one.
Follow Ammit to the tower, use incendio or confringo to clear away the spider webs blocking the path forward and blast away the wooden boxes, and locate the Astronomy Table. Players must rotate and zoom the telescope so that the Constellation is lined up correctly to complete the minigame, which is also how other Astronomy Tables throughout the game are used. They can only be activated at night, so use the map to adjust the time if needed.
The High Keep
It's time to meet Natty and see how things are going in the war against Harlow. On meeting her at a ruined castle players are informed that she wants to break into the poacher hideout inside the castle and retrieve a letter that she believes has evidence of Harlow's misdeeds, which can then be given to Officer Singer.
How to Climb the Battlements
Climb up the Battlements and use depulso on the lever to spin it and open the gate, leading to a large box that can be moved using Wingardium Leviosa, revealing a chest behind it. Move the chest out and use it as a platform to reach the next ledge up by casting Levioso on it and then climbing onto it once it's in position. Head through to the next area and wrap around the outside to summon the box in the room towards the window, then head back and use depulso or confringo to blast away the wood blocking the crawlspace, which can then be used to get inside.
Use depulso to spin the lever and open the main castle gate, then use accio to pull the handle above and stop the gate from falling back down. Natty arrives now the gate is open, and players can now head towards the main keep with Natty. This reveals that the poachers have captured Highwing, and this turns into a rescue mission. Climb up to the right of the door and move the box visible through the hole ahead back, so that it drops down (depulso or wingardium leviosa should do the trick). Then head down the stairs, grab the box, and move it into position in the gap by the broken stairs opposite. Cast levioso on it to make a floating platform, and use it to jump across and get up the stairs. Arresto momentum can also be used to freeze the box in place for this.
Fight or sneak through the Poachers ahead, perhaps making use of the large drop from the castle walls to eliminate them instantly with spells that knock enemies backward, and then head through the door and climb up the ledge on the right. Heading up and around players will encounter a Poacher Ranger at the top of the stairs. They're positioned perfectly to get launched clean off the edge by Depulso, removing them from the equation immediately. Take out their reinforcements and unlock the door nearby to get inside the castle again. Through the door straight ahead of that is a room full of magical beasts to rescue using the Nab-Sack.
Head back out into the castle and follow the stairs upward, keeping an eye out for a destroyable wooden blockade that can be passed through to reach a chest. Keep on moving up to find Highwing and the other Hippogriff the Poachers captured, and escape with Natty on Hippogriff-back. After this scene, and a short playable flight, players gain Highwing as a magical beast to take care of, and can summon them as a mount when exploring the world too.
Back On The Path
It's time to head back to the Map Chamber and fill in Professor Fig and the Keepers on what's been happening since the last Trial. Charles Rookwood's portrait reveals that he's been hearing an unusual amount of activity when visiting the portrait at Rookwood Castle, the site of his trial. In light of this, and the ongoing issues with his descendent and Ranrok joining forces, he sends the player and Fig to his castle to continue the trials.
Charles Rookwood's Trial
After meeting with Fig, players should sneak or fight their way past the Loyalists outside the castle and head around to the side, where a hole can be found in the castle wall. A Loyalist Ranger will appear here and attack the player and Fig. There is a box nearby that can be moved using wingardium leviosa and used to climb up and reach the hole. After heading through a cutscene will play, showing just how flimsy Ranrok and Rookwood's alliance is. After this, approaching the entrance to the castle will trigger another cutscene and cause multiple Ashwinders and Loyalists to arrive and attack.
The Ashwinder Executioner that appears here uses a powerful lightning spell that takes time to charge, and hitting them with arresto momentum right after they've cast it will lock them in a vulnerable position and open them up to further attacks. After they're beaten, players should loot the camp before heading into the castle and finding a rune puzzle, similar to the one seen when tracking down Jackdaw's body. Use revelio to locate all three runes, blast away any debris or blockages preventing them from being seen, and then hit all three with Basic Cast to open the door forward.
A disturbing, glowing, sinister construct is found in the next area. Presumably one of the stores of ancient magic Ranrok and Victor Rookwood are looking for. Find Charles' Portrait hanging over a fireplace in a room to one side of the store to tell him what happened to it and find the trial. Use the Ancient Magic Reservoir to open up the Trial, and it's time to say goodbye to Professor Fig for now.
After entering the trial and finding the first large hall, players should head up the right-hand staircase to find an Ancient Magic Reservoir. After activating it, the gateway in the hall will activate, and two objects will appear. One is a pillar, and the other is a box that can be levitated and moved around, but when players pass through the gateway, the box will become a pillar, and the pillar will become a box. Take advantage of this to position them, so they can be climbed to reach the exit, which is opposite the Ancient Magic Reservoir.
Proceed until reaching the room seen in the image above, and check on the left for a ledge with a rune above it, which can be hit with a Basic Cast to create a path over there, where a chest can be found. At the far end of the bridge is a gateway with an Ancient Magic Reservoir nearby that will activate the gateway. The rune on the wall at the back will spin the gateway when hit. The path on the left side has a chest behind a metal grate with a gap at the top, and when passing through the gateway, that chest becomes a box that can be moved using wingardium leviosa, so grab it as a box and move it somewhere more accessible, then head back through the gateway and open it. At the same time, spinning the gateway once and entering it from behind will lead to a chest that only exists in one version of this room.
There's a pillar here that turns into a box when passing through the gateway, too, and moving it to the position shown in the image below will allow players to climb up onto a ledge and grab another chest. It's somewhat easier to tell the difference between the two versions of the room by noting the color of the outline around the edge of the screen, and in the red version of the room, the exit can be accessed (it's behind the gateway).
In the next room, players can find a Pensieve Protector, and several Pensieve Sentinels drop from the ceiling and join the fight once the player reaches the middle of the room. Take them on using the usual tactics (expelliarmus works a treat here and Depulso can throw the Sentinels over the edge) and carry on to the next room. Using the Ancient Magic Reservoir here will activate the gate and also cause a Rune to appear that can rotate the platform and move the gateway. Hit the rune with Basic Cast and then grab the chest under it once the gateway is out of the way, then head through the gateway into the "red" version of the room and shoot the rune to get the gateway out of the way. There is now a bridge on the left side of the main platform that leads out of the room.
In this next room, activate the Ancient Magic Reservoir and fight off the Pensieve Protectors that appear on entering the lower part of the room. The rune down here spins the gateway and the bridge attached to it, allowing players to reach it by positioning the climbable pillar near the entrance properly. In the "blue" version of the room, it is a box that can be moved using wingardium leviosa. float it into the air and freeze it in place or cast levioso on it, then climb onto it to get up onto the bridge and open the chest in the blue version of the room, then spin the bridge by hitting the rune and jump to the exit.
Head down the shifting staircase and turn left, looking on the left for a door leading to a chest, and then head into the huge chamber with the statue in the middle. On the left is another room containing a gateway, and Pensieve Sentinels will attack once the player is in the middle of the first room. Players can use the Ancient Magic Reservoir in the side room to activate the gateway, and then use accio through the portal to summon the box that replaces the chest through the gate as it is spinning (use the rune to spin the gate). After it reaches the gate, it will turn back into a chest and fall to the ground, allowing players to open it.
Proceeding into the next room, there is a staircase leading up to the boss of this Trial, with the usual assortment of Wiggenweld Potions to collect on the way up for some extra healing. In the boss arena players face an assortment of Pensieve Protectors and Sentinels, but some of them are invisible in one version of the room, so players will need to hop through the gateway in the middle of the room to be able to see and attack some of them. Luckily protego and dodging remain viable tactics even if dealing with attacks from invisible foes.
After all the enemies are beaten a Pensieve Guardian will appear as a final threat. It fights identically to the previous Pensieve Guardian but also has a flail slam attack that can be blocked or parried with Protego, but cannot be dodged, so players should watch out for it and block it at all costs to avoid massive damage.
After this, players can head on through to the Pensieve to view the somewhat disturbing memory of visiting Isidora Morganach's home and witnessing her use Ancient Magic to remove her father's pain. After witnessing this memory, players are able to use a crystal wall to return to the Map Chamber, discuss what happened, and meet former headmistress Neamh Fitzgerald. This ends the chapter and changes the season to winter.
Hogwarts Legacy is available now for PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S. It's coming soon to PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.