How to unlock every spell in Hogwarts Legacy

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During your time in Hogwarts Legacy you'll learn all kinds of spells, charms and jinxes to cast, alongside a few unforgivable curses. You'll learn spells as you attend classes and complete extra assignments for professors. Not only are they useful in combat, but you'll be able to use them to locate Field Guide pages, care for beasts and more.

With that in mind, here's where to find each spell—except the unforgivable curses—and what they do.

Where to find each spell in Hogwarts Legacy

Spells in Hogwarts relate to Hogwarts school subjects such as transfiguration, charms, herbology and more. Even the potions master has a few spells to teach you outside of brewing concoctions.

To learn a spell, you have to draw a pattern following a set path. If the red beam catches up with you, you have to start again, but if you hit the correct keys at the right time, you'll get a speed boost.

It's well worth doing every assignment you're offered after attending a class for the first time if you want to build up your repertoire. Most of the spells aren't required to progress the main story, but you will need some optional spells to complete all those Merlin trials scattered along the countryside. Here are all the spells, who you get them from, and their uses. Keep in mind that the light green conjuring spell, altering spell and Evanesco, the vanishing spell, can only be used within the Room of Requirement.

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Hogwarts Legacy Spells
Spell	How to get it	What it does
Reparo	Professor Ronan's first assignment	Fixes broken objects
Incendio	Professor Hecat's first assignment	Fire spell, can be used to light torches and destroy webs
Levioso	Defence against the dark arts lesson	Levitation
Accio	Charms class	Summons an object to you
Disillusionment	Secrets of the restricted section quest	Invisibility
Expelliarmus	Professor Hecat's second assignment	Disarms your opponent
Depulso	Professor Sharp's first assignment	Pushes an object/ opponent
Diffindo	Professor Sharp's second assignment	Severing/ slashing attack
Confringo	From Sebastion in the undercroft	Blasting fire attack
Wingardium Leviosa	Professor Garlick's first assignment	Levitation with more control
Flipendo	Professor Garlick's second assignment	Flips enemies/objects around
Glacius	Madam Kogawa's first assignment	Freezing spell, can be used on water and fire
Alohomora	The Caretaker's lunar lament quest	Unlocks doors, can be upgraded
Arresto Momentum	Madam Kogawa's second assignment	Slows down enemies and objects
Descendo	Professor Onai's first assignment	Slams target into ground
Bombarda	Professor Howin's assignment	Deals heavy damage, explosive
Petrificus Totalis	Secrets of the restricted section	When using Disillusionment, sneak up behind an enemy to perform a silent bind attack
Transformation	Professor Weasley's assignment	Changes target into alternative form

Spell mastery

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Once you unlock Talents, you'll be able to upgrade your spells, such as being harder to detect when invisible. You'll get a Talent Point every time you level up, and can even explore upgrades for the dark arts, so be sure to check them out.

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