Hogwarts Legacy: BEST Talents [Detailed Comparison]

These skills enhance spell abilities, improve stealth, and boost core stats. Access talents via the “Field Guide” menu after reaching a certain point in the main storyline. There are 5 skill categories: Spells, Dark Arts, Core, Stealth, and Room of Requirement. Focus on Core talents first, as they are crucial for character development.

Each category contains various talents divided into three levels: 5, 16, and 22. While Core talents are recommended, understanding the best talents in each category is essential due to limited talent points. Choose wisely to make the most of your points.

Everything you need to know about the Talents: 

These talents provide valuable buffs, like reducing spell cooldowns and enhancing potion effects. They’re divided into three sections unlocked at levels 5, 16, and 22. Here are the best Core Talents in Hogwarts Legacy:

1. Spell Knowledge 1 (Level 5): Adds another spell set for quick switching in duels.
2. Spell Knowledge 2 (Level 5): Adds yet another spell set to your character’s build.
3. Basic Cast Mastery (Level 5): Reduces spell cooldown times.
4. Swift (Level 5): Allows your wizard to briefly disappear and reappear using dodge.
5. Wiggenweld Potency 1 (Level 5): Boosts the healing effect of the Wiggenweld potion.
6. Wiggenweld Mastery 2 (Level 16): Further enhances the healing potion’s effect.
7. Protego Expertise (Level 16): Enables you to throw back projectiles after successful blocks.
8. Stupefy Mastery (Level 16): Extends the stun duration of the Stupefy spell.
9. Spell Knowledge 3 (Level 16): Adds a 4th spell set, giving access to 16 spells without menu navigation.
10. Protego Mastery (Level 22): Amplifies the effects of Protego, reflecting blasts on perfectly blocked spells.

Core Talents are pivotal for setting up and enhancing your character’s passive abilities throughout your Hogwarts Legacy journey.

1. Disarming Curse (Level 5): Enhances Expelliarmus by adding the Curse effect, causing cursed enemies to take more damage.
2. Blood Curse (Level 5): A crucial talent in the Dark Arts category, it deals damage to all cursed enemies in the battle zone when you hit one with a damaging spell.
3. Stunning Curse (Level 5): This talent adds the Curse effect to the Stupefy spell, further expanding your arsenal of unforgivable curses.
4. Enduring Curse (Level 16): Increases the duration of curses on enemies, making it a valuable talent for Dark Arts enthusiasts.
5. Curse Sapper (Level 22): Allows you to heal a portion of your health when defeating a cursed enemy during duels.
6. Avada Kedavra Mastery (Level 22): Unleash the devastating power of Avada Kedavra, instantly killing cursed enemies upon its use.

These Dark Arts Talents provide significant advantages in battles, especially against multiple foes.

Despite being one of the smaller categories, here are some of the best Stealth Talents to consider:

1. Human Demiguise (Level 5): Allows you to sprint while the Disillusionment ability is active, giving you increased mobility during stealth missions.
2. Petrificus Totalus Mastery (Level 22): Enhances the Petrificus Totalus spell, enabling you to sneak up on an enemy and use the spell, affecting nearby enemies in an area of effect.

While there are also Sense of Secrecy 1 & 2 Talents that reduce the chances of detection while in Disillusionment, they may not provide significant benefits. Overall, it’s advisable to invest talent points in other categories unless you specifically prefer a stealthy playstyle or want to explore different strategies in the game.

This hidden room serves as a sanctuary for your wizard, where you can brew potions, grow plants, and more. The Room of Requirement Talents enhance the effects of these potions and plants. Here are some of the best Room of Requirement Talents to consider:

1. Invisible Potion Potency (Level 5): Increases the duration of the Invisibility potion, which is essential for completing certain missions and escaping tricky situations.
2. Edurus Potion Potency (Level 5): Enhances the Edurus potion, which boosts your defense during battles. With this talent, the potion will not only enhance your defense but also reflect enemy projectiles while active.
3. Maxima Potion Potency (Level 16): Boosts the damage dealt to enemies by the Maxima Potion, making it effective against tougher foes and allowing you to break enemy shields more easily.
4. Headache (Level 16): Improves the damage and stun duration of Mandrakes, which can be used to stun and damage enemies within a specific area of effect.
5. Focus Potion Potency (Level 22): Reduces spell cooldown times, especially useful when you have a variety of spells with different cooldowns. The talent further decreases spell cooldowns for efficient spell combos.
6. Noxious (Level 22): Enhances the Venemous Tentacula plant, increasing its damage output and effectiveness in breaking enemy shields.

While the Thunderbrew Potency talent (Level 22) is another option that boosts the Thunderbrew potion’s damage and range, the Noxious talent is generally considered a slightly better choice. These talents will help you make the most of the Room of Requirement and its various magical resources.