How to Solve the Door Puzzle in 'Hogwarts Legacy'

May 2024 · 3 minute read

Trying to figure out how to solve the door puzzles in 'Hogwarts Legacy'? All you need to use is a bit of math. Here's how the strange puzzles work.

Jon Bitner - Author

While exploring the dusty old halls of Hogwarts Legacy, you’ve probably stumbled upon a mysterious door filled with bizarre animal iconography and a series of numbers. These are aptly referred to as Puzzle Doors (or Door Puzzles, take your pick) and require a bit of brainpower to open. You’ll find several of these Door Puzzles throughout Hogwarts, but they all follow the same basic principle. If you’re trying to figure out how to solve these puzzles here’s what you need to know.

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How to solve Door Puzzles in 'Hogwarts Legacy'.

The key to solving every single Door Puzzle in Hogwarts Legacy can be found in the Library Annex. This is also the location of one of the first Door Puzzles in the game – but more importantly, it’s home to an inconspicuous note that can be found on a chest sitting on a nearby bench. Pick up this note, and you’ll see 10 animal pictures accompanied by a number between zero and nine.

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With this note in hand, you’re ready to start solving Door Puzzles. They seem challenging and convoluted at first glance, but they’re actually remarkably simple. As long as you know how to add, you can solve every Door Puzzle in Hogwarts Legacy.

Here’s how it works:

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Long story short, you’ll be solving simple addition problems in order to unlock the Door Puzzles. By understanding that the three outside values all add up to the inner value, you should be able to deduce the solution.

Another useful tip – even if you don’t find the note with animals and their numbers, you can use the icons surrounding the door frame as your guide. For example, the first animal at the bottom left is a bizarre furry creature (which is number 0), while the lizard is in the seventh position (which, counting up from 0, makes it number 6). With these tips in mind, you'll be able to solve every Door Puzzle in Hogwarts Legacy.

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