First Year Guide to Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts is so old that it's hard to fathom the amount of history soaked into every room and corridor, so if you're coming to the school looking to really unveil all those secrets, you'll need to look hard. We mean checking every nook and cranny and turning every stone — including in the common rooms!

If you really want to maximise your time at Hogwarts, you'll have to make use of all of the available resources... even those under lock and key. Don't you think that if they really didn't want us to read those books in the library, they would just take them away? Go on and explore the restricted section — just don't get caught.

Once you've spent some time at the school, you'll start hearing about the skeleton in Professor Hecat's classroom — Defence Against the Dark Arts. If you really want to be part of Hogwarts, you need to mess with it at least once. It's a rite of passage!

Once you settle down in school, whatever you do, just avoid Peeves at all costs. You'll know him when you see him — he’s the mischievous and annoying poltergeist. If you give him too much attention, you'll wish you could pack your bags and fly home; seriously, just ignore him.

Zonko's Joke Shop is your one-stop if you're feeling mischievous. You'll find all you need there to cause some proper mayhem! Just make sure to bail from the crime scene before you get caught by any of the professors.

This is our last little tip for you, newbie — if you want to leave a mark before graduating from Hogwarts, you just have to go to the Forbidden Forest. If you do and you come back to tell the tale... well, let's just say, you'll leave here a legend.