HOGWARTS Legacy allows Harry Potter fans to explore the wizarding world as their own character for the first time.
There are a number of spells you can collect for both combat and exploration, which can be even more powerful if you invest in talents.
Level up you spells with talents.
As you get further through the game, you’ll need to invest in some talents to stand your ground in combat.
Here’s all the talents in Hogwarts Legacy, and which ones you should invest in.
Hogwarts Legacy: Spell Talents
Spell talents increase the power of individual spells, and add extra effects to them.
These can help out in both combat and exploration and can be helpful to invest in.
Here are the options for each level.
- Level 5 – Incendio Mastery – Casting Incendio unleashes a ring of flame around you.
- Accio Mastery – Enemies near a target summoned by Accio are also pulled to you.
- Levioso Mastery – Enemies near a target levitated by Levioso are also levitated.
- Confringo Mastery – Confringo impacts produce fiery bolts that seek enemy targets.
- Diffindo Mastery – Diffindo slices through impacted enemies to strike additional targets.
- Depulso Mastery – Casting Depulso releases an additional blast directly around you.
- Level 16 – Bombarda Mastery – Bombarda causes an explosive blast with a massive area of effect.
- Descendo Mastery – Descendo slams create a damaging shockwave around your target.
- Glacius Mastery – Striking an enemy frozen by Glacius blasts damaging shards outward from the target.
- Level 22 – Transformation Mastery – Enemies struck with the Transformation spell transform into explosive objects.
Hogwarts Legacy: Dark Arts Talents
These talents focus on the dark arts, and while they are the most powerful, using them will make you a dark wizard.
There is no punishment for doing this, so how evil you are is only a moral choice.
Here are the options for each level.
- Level 5 – Knockback Curse – Flipendo has the same effect as a curse on enemies. Cursed enemies take increased damage.
- Disarming Curse – Expelliarmus has the same effect as a curse on enemies. Cursed enemies take increased damage.
- Stunning Curse – Stupefy has the same effect as a curse on enemies. Cursed enemies take increased damage.
- Blood Curse – Dealing damage to a cursed target inflicts damage to all cursed targets.
- Level 16 – Imperio Mastery – An enemy under your control with Imperio curses other targets with each successful strike.
- Crucio Mastery – Striking an enemy cursed by Crucio releases a projectile that curses a nearby enemy.
- Slowing Curse – Arresto Momentum has the same effect as a curse on enemies. Cursed enemies take increased damage.
- Enduring Curse – A cursed effect remains on an enemy for a longer period of time.
- Level 22 – Avada Kedavra Mastery – Killing an enemy with Avada Kedavra kills all cursed enemies.
- Curse Sapper – Defeating a cursed enemy restores some of your health.
Hogwarts Legacy: Core Talents
These are the foundation talents of everything you do in Hogwarts Legacy, and the ones you will want to invest in first.
Doing these early, means you can decide what spells you are most likely to use before you invest in the corresponding talent.
Here are the options for each level.
- Level 5 – Swift – Holding down Dodge allows you to vanish quickly and reappear nearby.
- Basic Cast Mastery – Basic Cast impacts reduce spell cooldowns.
- Protego Absorption – Successful Protego blocks will contribute to the Ancient Magic Meter. Perfect Protego blocks contribute even more.
- Ancient Magic Throw Expertise – Ancient Magic Throw catches and throws disarmed enemy weapons.
- Spell Knowledge 1 – A new Spell set is added. Hold R2 button and tap the D-Pad in a direction to swap to an unlocked Spell Set.
- Spell Knowledge 2 – A new Spell set is added. Hold R2 button and tap the D-Pad in a direction to swap to an unlocked Spell Set.
- Wiggenweld Potency 1 – Wiggenweld heals you to a greater effect.
- Level 16 – Spell Knowledge 3 – A new Spell set is added. Hold R2 button and tap the D-Pad in a direction to swap to an unlocked Spell Set.
- Wiggenweld Potency 2 – Wiggenweld heals you to a greater effect.
- Stupefy Mastery – Enemies struck with Stupefy remain stunned for a longer period of time.
- Evasion Absorption – Successfully evading an unblockable attack with Dodge contributes to the Ancient Magic Meter.
- Revelio Mastery – Increases the range of Revelio.
- Protego Expertise – Blocking a spell with Perfect Protego will send two projectiles back at enemies.
- Basic Cast Airborne Absorption – Basic Cast impacts on airborne enemies contribute more to the Ancient Magic Meter.
- Level 22 – Protego Mastery – Perfect Protego releases a damaging blast that breaks enemy shields.
- Stupify Expertise – Stupefy deals direct damage on impact.
Hogwarts Legacy: Stealth Talents
If you prefer to avoid head-to-head combat, then you will likely want to invest in some stealth talents.
These help you to sneak past enemies and take them down from the shadows.
Here are the options for each level.
- Level 5 – Sense of Secrecy 1 – Enemies’ ability to detect you is reduced.
- Human Demiguise – Allows you to Sprint while using Disillusionment.
- Level 16 – Sense of Secrecy 2 – Enemies’ ability to detect you is reduced.
- Level 22 – Petrificus Totalus Mastery – Petrificus Totalus emanates an area of effect that can impact nearby enemies.
Hogwarts Legacy: Room of Requirement Talents
There are lots of useful things you can do in the Room of Requirement, and working on these talents will improve the items you make here.
If you use a lot of potions and plants in battle, these are the talents to invest in.
Here are the options for each level.
- Level 5 – Edurus Potion Potency – Edurus Potion makes you invulnerable and deflects projectile attacks back to enemies.
- Invisibility Potion Potency – The Invisibility Potion’s undetectable effect lasts for a longer period of time.
- Fertiliser – For each Chinese Chomping Cabbage thrown, a second Chomping Cabbage is generated and released at no cost.
- Level 16 – Headache – The damage and duration of the incapacitating effect of Mandrakes are increased.
- Maxima Potion Potency – Maxima Potion causes attacks to have additional increased damage and break enemy shields.
- Level 22 – Thunderbrew Potency – The range and damage of the potion effect are greatly increased.
- Focus Potion Potency – The duration of the Focus Potion’s effect will be extended when any spell from the Spell Set is cast during its use.
- Noxious – Venomous Tentacula attacks deal additional damage and break shields.
Hogwarts Legacy: Best Power Mage build
There are a number of talents that are more useful than others, so it’s best to invest in these ones first.
We’ve worked out the best spells you can invest in. We’ve also included dark arts, but have marked them on the list if you would rather avoid them.
This is what we recommend.
Level 5 to 16:
- Basic Cast Mastery
- Accio Mastery
- Diffindo Mastery
- Levioso Mastery
- Incendio Mastery
- Confringo Mastery
- Disarming Curse *dark art
- Ancient Magic Throw Expertise
- Spell Knowledge 1
- Depulso Mastery
- Knockback Curse *dark art
- Stunning Curse *dark art
Level 16 to 22
- Bombarda Mastery
- Descendo Mastery
- Imperio Mastery *dark art
- Crucio Mastery *dark art
- Slowing Curse *dark art
- Enduring Curse *dark art
- Maxima Potion Potency
Level 22+
- Spell Knowledge 2
- Spell Knowledge 3
- Avada Kedavra Mastery *dark art
- Curse Sapper *dark art
- Stupefy Expertise
- Protego Mastery
- Thunderbrew Potency
Written by Kirk McKeand and Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.
