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Lockpicking Made Easy
No story spoilers here, but you don’t actually unlock the ability to…err…open locks until pretty late in Hogwarts Legacy. Once you do unlock that spell, you may find that the game doesn’t make much of an effort to tell you how to pass the lockpicking minigame.
However, it turns out that lockpicking minigame is a bit easier than it may initially seem. Simply use the Left Stick (or another compatible control option) to move the green light into one of the available slots on the lock’s outer green circle. From there, move the outer green circle in a circular motion until you see the small gears on the bottom right start to move. Once you’ve found the sweet spot for that part of the lock, use the Right Stick to manipulate the inner red part of the lock. This time, though, keep an eye on the smaller gears at the center of the lock. Once they start moving, you’ve found the next sweet spot. Once the inner and outer gears are moving, you will open the door.
The big “secret” to this minigame is that those sweet spots will always be exactly to the North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, or Northwest. Just try to point your chosen slot in one of those directions, and you’ll unlock even the trickiest locks in no time.
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Always Check Your Owl Post Mail
You’ll actually receive mail throughout your Hogwarts Legacy adventure, but don’t be surprised if you quickly forget that mechanic exists. In fact, comes a point in the game when you’ll probably think that people have stopped sending you letters altogether.
However, it turns out that you just need to occasionally check one of the available Owl Post centers in order to see if you have new mail. While I think there might be a glitch that prevents you from receiving new mail automatically as you are sometimes supposed to, it’s still best to periodically check your Owl Post inbox for updates. That way, you can be sure you don’t miss out on anything.
There Are Many, Many Things You Can Not do Right Away
One of the things I like most about Hogwarts Legacy is the almost Metroidvania-esque nature of its design. That is to say that there are many aspects of the world that you’ll know you’re able to interact with somehow but won’t be able to actually interact with right away.
