The Hippogriff Marks The Spot Hogwarts Legacy Walkthrough

The Hippogriff Marks The Spot is a side quest in Hogwarts Legacy where players must use a map to reach a particular landmark and use hints to solve a Hippogriff brazier puzzle. However, with Hogwarts Legacy’s map expanding over 2.95 square miles, finding the location and solving the puzzle is daunting. 

Seeing that, we have prepared a handy Hogwarts Legacy guide that will walk you through each phase of The Hippogriff Marks The Spot quest. Whether you want to learn how to get the said quest or how to complete it, you will find it all here. 

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The Hippogriff Marks The Spot Hogwarts Legacy Walkthrough

To complete The Hippogriff Marks The Spot quest in Hogwarts Legacy, players must head to Henrietta’s Hideaway. Once there, they must solve a block puzzle to open the gate that leads to a central location inside the hideaway that holds a Hippogriff statue in the middle. 

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Once you are there, you must Incendio to light all braziers around the Hippogriff statue and then use Glacius to extinguish certain braziers. Doing so will solve the puzzle and open a secret gate where you will find a treasure chest. Open it, and you will complete The Hippogriff Marks The Spot quest.

How To Get The Hippogriff Marks The Spot Quest In Hogwarts Legacy

In Hogwarts Legacy, you can get The Hippogriff Marks The Spot quest by picking up Henrietta’s Map from a table at the Poidser Castle.

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That said, the place is heavily guarded by Rookwood’s Ashwinders, so make sure you clear them first. If violence is not an option, you can always rely on an Invisibility Potion or the Disillusionment spell to sneak near the table and pick up Henrietta’s Map.

Henrietta’s Map In Hogwarts Legacy

Picking up Henrietta’s Map will open the map and trigger The Hippogriff Marks The Spot side quest in Hogwarts Legacy. If you pay close attention to the map, you will get the following details:

• A stair near a building leads to an underground location. 
• A cross mark on the map shows the location of the said building.
• A Hippogriff statue with braziers all around it. 
• Glacio and Incendio/Confringo spells with arrows indicating to each other.  

You can use these hints to complete the quest. If you are still struggling, you can check out the solution below. 

How To Solve The Hippogriff Marks The Spot Puzzle In Hogwarts Legacy 

To solve the puzzle, you must light all the braziers and then use the Glacius spell to extinguish the ones shown in the screenshot.

That concludes our guide on The Hippogriff Marks The Spot quest walkthrough in Hogwarts Legacy. For more on Hogwarts Legacy, keep reading The Games Cabin.