Although the main characters of Harry Potter are absent in Hogwarts Legacy, some, such as Nearly Headless Nick and Peeves the Poltergeist, make appearances. D. by four of the greatest wizards and witches of the age: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. The school's motto was Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus (Draco Dormiens Nvnqvam Titillandvs), which, translated from Latin, means "Never tickle a sleeping dragon". Besides passages in and out of the school, there are also numerous short-cuts that lead from one part of the castle to another.

There are usually seven secret passages in and out of the school, and in addition, the series describes the use of twin vanishing cabinets to create another.She later suggested around six hundred, while acknowledging that this number was still inconsistent with the small number of people in Harry's year. While house points for the four Hogwarts houses play a part in the game's plot, they are not influenced by player actions. Most exterior scenes were shot on location at Alnwick Castle, but views of the exterior of the entire school were created from shots of Durham Cathedral with a digital spire added to the towers. As the protagonist leaves Ollivander's, they are ambushed by Victor, who proposes an alliance against the goblins. Hardcore Gamer nominated Hogwarts Legacy for "Best Action Game", [196] while IGN named it as a runner-up for "Best Open-World Game".

The diadem is finally destroyed when Crabbe fills this version of the Room with what Hermione believes to have been Fiendfyre; a destructive magical fire. After your payment has been processed, the content will be downloaded to the applicable system linked to the respective Nintendo Account, or respective Nintendo Network ID in the case of Wii U and Nintendo 3DS family systems. HARRY POTTER, WIZARDING WORLD and related trademarks, characters, names and indicia are TM and © Warner Bros.

Some praised the developer's handling of the narrative to tell an original story in a setting that felt overly familiar. After its release, the game peaked at over 879,000 players, placing it as the game with the eighth-highest concurrent player peak overall. Amid the controversy, he resigned from his roles at both Avalanche Software and the Hogwarts Legacy project. Lead designer Troy Leavitt stated that the studio had the flexibility to select the elements that fans were most enthusiastic about.