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In this chapter of Hogwarts Legacy, players break into a poacher beast fighting pit, learn how to turn enemies into throwable objects, continue investigating the triptych with Sebastian, and take Amit on an adventure into a goblin mine for Lodgok.
This chapter of Hogwarts Legacy begins, of course, with Poppy Sweeting helping the player uncover the poachers and their secret dragon fighting pit known as "Horntail Hall."
Fire and Vice
Meeting with Poppy, players follow her toward a poacher camp, interrupted briefly and terrifyingly by some understandably irritated centaurs. They also encounter a Dugbog pulling some prey beneath the water, near an old poacher camp. Investigate the various cages and pelts, along with the suspicious goblin metal, and then head back to Poppy to carry on.
On arriving above the main poacher camp, players could get quite a lot of mileage out of using the disillusionment charm and petrificus totalus to get rid of the poachers. Direct combat is also a viable option, especially with good use of spells like depulso to take advantage of the long drops nearby. After clearing out the poachers and looting the camp, check the tent for a surprising reveal.
It appears the poachers are concealing a dragon fighting ring inside an enchanted tent, and Poppy thinks it's time to strike back against them. The guard near the entrance can easily be eliminated by luring them with a Basic Cast and using petrificus totalus from behind, and then players can take a right turn and head further into Horntail Hall. down the stairs players will find some of Ranrok's Loyalists, but they shouldn't be much trouble at this point.
Make sure to grab the chest before heading onward and up the ladder, where players will be able to spot a trapped dragon being subdued violently by some poachers. Poppy reckons it's time to even the odds, so let's give 'em hell. On the way to the dragon players will find and recover a dragon egg in a room full of other items to loot (using alohomora to break open the lock to the egg's cage), and then head down to the room where they're holding the dragon.
This is a fight against poachers and loyalists, neither of which should be any trouble for players by now, but it's worth noting that spells that hit multiple targets are very good here, as is expelliarmus with the Ancient Magic Throw upgrade for chucking Loyalist axes around for tons of damage. Expelliarmus can also be used to interrupt poacher executioners when they try to charge up their blast attack, and players who dodge a blast attack can freeze the caster in place with arresto momentum to leave them vulnerable for a while.
A poacher animagus will show up as part of the reinforcements, using their wolf form to accost the player with quick melee attacks. The wolf form functions as an extra health bar, so players will need to defeat the wolf and then take out the animagus before they transform again. Even in their human form they have strong magic attacks and shields to break through, so they should be a priority target.
With the poachers' dealt with for the moment, free the dragon and watch as it deals with the remaining poachers and makes its escape through the newly open roof. Unfortunately, there wasn't a chance to return its egg, but Poppy is going to look into fixing that.
Complete Professor Weasley's Assignment
This assignment is mandatory for progressing the chapter and is fortunately very easy as the game will guide players right to the necessary field guide pages if the quest is currently being tracked. The underground harbour is a lovely callback to Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone/Sorcerer's Stone, while the intermediate transfiguration tome in the library requires an extra step to reach.
There's a student nearby who tasks players with taking on her quiz before she'll return the book. The answers are, in order: "The Golden Snidget", "Felix Felicis", "The Deathly Hallows", "The Quaffle", and "False." With the quiz answered (correctly or otherwise), she places the book back on its pedestal and allows the player to retrieve the field guide page.
Head over to Professor Weasley's class to learn the transformation spell, which can be used to turn objects into other objects for puzzle-solving purposes, and also to transfigure enemies into throwable objects. She'll also comment on the protagonist's progress during the year so far.
In the Shadow of the Mine
Sebastian has made some progress tracking down information on the triptych from the Undercroft, so it's time to check in with him and investigate further. Sebastian recognized the view depicted in the portion of the Triptych that remained in the Undercroft and has located an abandoned mine nearby that is swarming with Ranrok's loyalists.
Head down there and sneak or fight through the Goblin Loyalists, looting chests from the camp along the way, until reaching the entrance to the mine proper. Once inside, eliminate the loyalists at the entrance and burn away the webs on the right-hand side, making it possible to jump to a ledge and grab some loot. After that, players should head back and take the left path, jumping and climbing to reach a section of the mine infested with spiders. Sliding down leads to more loyalists that need defeating, and then players can burn through the web on the left side of the room to get some loot, before levitating the box on the right side of the room to use as a platform to climb the ledge nearby.
Head to the right here first and jump over the broken bridge to reach a chest, then head back and slide the left path to continue. At the bottom, turn right and climb up the ledge straight ahead, then look to the left and burn through the webs to reach a chest. Head back to the main room and cast reparo on the bridge to open up a path forward. Before crossing the bridge and moving on, head back down and blast the wooden blockade on the other side of the room to reach a lightable bonfire and some loot. Head back and cross the bridge to encounter a Venomous Scurriour.
This spider can burrow beneath the ground and reappear elsewhere in the combat area, but it's no trouble on its own. Players can pull it out of the burrowing animation with most spells that move the target, such as levioso or accio. After killing it two more spiders will spawn, but they're no harder to handle.
Head further in and make a right turn, using lumos to push back the devil's snare plant blocking the way and reach a collection chest, on the right side, then continue down the side path and light the torch with incendio to keep the devil's snare at bay whilst climbing up a ledge. Grab the chest and backtrack to find the main path forward, taking one final detour to break a barricade on the right and grab one more chest.
Head through the crawlspace, fight off a spider, and then follow the path to another slide that leads to some Loyalists. It's time for another fight. After most of the goblins are defeated the spiders will arrive to cause chaos, so players will need to fend them off too. Try to prioritize the matriarchs, since they have the largest health pools and deal more damage. Once the room is clear, get to work burning away webs blocking access to the runes on the walls.
There's also a box blocked behind webbing that can be used as a platform to climb up a nearby ledge. Use the box to get up there and grab some loot, then hit all three runes with Basic Cast to open up a door leading onward. This leads to another of Morganach's studies, where players should search around to find parts of her journal and a chest containing a missing piece of the triptych. Speak to Sebastian and then head over to the familiar-looking crystal wall to teleport back to the Undercroft.
Speak to Sebastian after putting the missing piece into the triptych and an argument will occur regarding goblins, ending the quest for now.
It's All Gobbledegook
Since Lodgok asked players to bring someone who speaks Gobbledegook with them to the mine, players will need to speak to Amit, the Ravenclaw student who lent them a telescope earlier. His telescope has a Gobbledegook inscription, and he claims to know how to read it, so he seems perfect for this. Luckily, Amit is happy to help, and now it's just a matter of meeting up with Lodgok.
Lodgok fills players in on how things went when he presented the helm to Ranrok, and seems decidedly unimpressed with Amit's spoken Gobbledegook, but fills players in that the Loyalists are looking for something in the mine, and Amit is needed to translate their plans for the player since Lodgok can't follow them into the mine in-case Ranrok finds out they're working together.
To fool the eye above the door to the mine and gain entry, players will need to cast a disillusionment charm before approaching it. After heading inside with Amit, players should head down into the mine and light the fire beneath a large brass boiler, which will power up the elevator. Take the elevator down and pull the accio lever above on the left after exiting to open up the door to a side-area. To continue onward instead turn right and follow the path to a platform that can be pulled closer with accio and then pulled back to its original position using a hook on the far side.
Past that players will need to take out the goblins in the next room before they can continue. After that, players should search the side path up the stairs on the left for loot, then return to the eyeball door and pass it using the disillusionment charm, making sure to light the boiler in the room beyond it. Proceeding further, players will reach a large room with a balcony wrapping around above it. Head up the stairs and search the balconies for plans that Amit can translate, then sweep the first floor too, taking out loyalists along the way with petrificus totalus or, if stealth fails, normal combat.
After finding some plans and heading further in, players should keep heading further in until they reach another large room full of loyalists, with an eyeball door on the right-hand side. Take down the Loyalists, light the boiler on the left side of the room, then pull the lever with accio to open a nearby gate that allows players to move further in, but players should head up the stairs and blow open the crawlspace with confringo or depulso first, so they can get into a locked room and grab a collection chest.
After heading through the aforementioned gate and through a cave (full of moonstone to collect), players will reach another room full of loyalists. Take them out and check the tunnel on the right side of the room to get a chest, then head back and through the eyeball door to find more schematics and learn that Ranrok is building huge drilling machines. Light the boiler in this room and then pull the accio lever back in the main room to activate the elevator. On the way to the exit there's a door that can be opened with alohomora level 2 to reach a chest.
Report in to Lodgok to finish the quest and learn that he once met Mirriam, Professor Fig's wife, while he worked with Lodgok.
Hogwarts Legacy is available now for PS5, PC, and Xbox Series X/S, and coming soon to PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.