Hogwarts Legacy allows its players to take control of a fifth-year student during their first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The story kicks off with the young protagonist journeying to the famed wizarding school via a Thestral-pulled carriage, but things take a turn when their carriage is attacked by a dragon.
When the protagonist eventually reaches Hogwarts, they will need to attend a few classes before they are permitted to explore the world outside, but when they have, they can seek out Hogwarts Legacy's side quests. One such side quest, The Hippogriff Marks the Spot, can be quite difficult to complete if the player doesn't know where to look.
How To Start The Hippogriff Marks The Spot Side Quest In Hogwarts Legacy
To begin The Hippogriff Marks the Spot, the player must first battle their way through the Goblin encampment located at East South Sea Bog. This will entail entering a small cave at the southeast corner of the bog and traveling to the opposite side to North Poidsear Coast. From there, they should mount their broom and fly southeast until they reach Poidsear Castle, a ruin crawling with dangerous foes.
If the player wishes to avoid facing these enemies, they should cast the Disillusionment charm and sneak into the tent at the castle's southwest corner; otherwise, they will need to face the Infamous Foe, Iona Morgan, and her goons.
Inside the tent, the player can find Henrietta's Map, an item that, when interacted with, reveals the location of a unique treasure. Sadly, the map doesn't explicitly state how to acquire this treasure, so the player might struggle in figuring out where to begin their search.
Finding Henrietta's Hideaway
According to Henrietta's Map, the treasure can be found by entering a passage underneath a ruin, but seeing as Hogwarts Legacy is full of these structures, finding the correct one can be a tad challenging. Though the protagonist will remark that these ruins are near to where the map was found, they will actually need to travel quite far to reach them.
To find the ruins referenced in the map, the player will need to mount their broom and travel southwest until they reach Henrietta's Hideaway. It's quite easy to get lost on the way, given the size of this region, but players can follow the cliffs leading southwest if they are struggling.
Like in Poidsear Coast, it is possible to avoid fighting the enemies here, so long as the player makes use of the Disillusionment charm. The entrance of Henrietta's Hideaway can be found by descending the southeast stairs of the ruins next to the Merlin Trial. At the end of this path, the player will be faced with the door that leads inside.
How To Solve The Block Puzzle
Upon entering Henrietta's Hideaway, players will be faced with a puzzle in which they must place a block on its corresponding plate. To find the block needed to open the way forward, they must cast Confringo of Incendio at the brazier to the left. Doing so will spin the statue around, revealing the missing block.
Then, with Wingardium Leviosa, the player must levitate the block onto the flame-etched plate in front of the door. Once both blocks are in place, casting Incendio or Confringo on the left block and Glacius on the right will open the way forward. There are several Ashwinders in the next area, but once they have been dealt with, the player will be able to focus solely on finding the treasure.
How To Solve The Hippogriff Puzzle
After dealing with the Ashwinders lurking in the next room, players should focus their attention on the Hippogriff statue. According to Henrietta's Map, the braziers surrounding the statue need to be lit in a certain way in order for the treasure to be revealed. To solve this puzzle, the player must rely on Glacius and Incendio to ignite and extinguish the braziers depicted on the map.
This process can be completed with relative ease, as all the player needs to do is extinguish the already-lit flames and ignite the flameless ones. That said, it is easy to lose track of what braziers need to be lit, especially since Glacius and Confringo might not work the first time. So long as the player refers to the map while casting, and only four braziers are lit at the end, the passage to the hidden treasure will open.
To obtain the treasure, all the player needs to do is venture behind the Hippogriff statue and enter the newly opened chamber. There, they will be faced with a chest containing 400 Galleons and the Treasure-Seeker's Gloves. Upon opening the chest, The Hippogriff Marks the Spot side quest will end.
Rescuing Rococo And Solved By The Bell Side Quests
Before leaving Henrietta's Hideaway, players can also complete the Rescuing Rococo side quest if they have already encountered Agness Coffey in Bainburgh. This quest requires the player to venture to Henrietta's Hideaway and delve deeper into the ruins than they did during The Hippogriff Marks the Spot.
In the next room filled with Ashwinders, players can discover a hidden chamber behind an enchanted wall on the right-hand side of the room. Inside, they can find the Musical Map, an item that must be collected in order to begin the Solved by the Bell side quest.
What's especially handy about the location of these quests is that players won't need to solve the block puzzle again in order to pursue them, which makes completing them a great deal easier. That said, the yet-to-be-explored areas of Henrietta's Hideaway are home to even more Ashwinders, so players should proceed with caution if they plan to complete all the available quests there.
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.