Secrets of the Restricted Section

The Hogwarts Legacy story quest immerses you in a nighttime adventure involving infiltration of the Restricted Section of the library. This guide will walk you through all stages of the quest and help you collect collectibles.

Start of the quest: conversation with Professor Fig

After learning the Incendio spell from Professor Hecate, head to Professor Fig’s office. Your plans are interrupted by the sudden appearance of Director Black, who summons Fig to his office. The trip to the library is postponed, and you must find an alternative route—through Sebastian Sallow.

Union with Sebastian

Sebastian agrees to help and keep your secret. The meeting place is the central hall at the entrance to the library, and the time is night.

Studying the spell Desillumination

Before infiltrating, Sebastian will teach you the invisibility spell. Complete the standard mini-game to learn the spell, assign Desillusionment to a slot, and activate it.

Important: While under the spell’s effect, avoid the elders patrolling the corridors. Move slowly—moving quickly reduces the effectiveness of the cloaking.

Penetration into the library

Go down the stairs and hide behind the bookcase on the left. After a short scene, Sebastian will distract the librarian. Your actions:

1. Go to the librarian’s desk and take the key.
2. Open the gate to the Forbidden Section

Forbidden section: secret promotion

Ghost guards await you here. The distraction system is simple: use a basic attack on surrounding objects (such as the armor to the left of the stairs) to divert the ghost’s attention, then bypass it from the opposite side.

Collectibles on the first floor

Subject	Location	How to obtain
Page from the guidebook “Enchanted Books”	First room after the descent	Use Revelio
“Statue of the Forbidden Section” page	Storage room below	Use Levioso on the statue with the ball
Chest with a wand handle	Far corner of the storage room	Just open it
Half-beast statue	Table by the door	Only accessible after starting the quest “The Moonlight Complaint of the Caretaker”

Once you have passed the ghosts and descended to the lower level, you will be safe — you can move around freely here.

Meeting with Pivz

Around the corner, Pivz the poltergeist appears, threatening to give you away. Sebastian rushes after him, and you continue on your way alone. Remove the armor blocking the path with the Reparo spell.

In the round hall below, find the ancient magic point on the floor. Before activating it, open the large chest on the steps — there is a cosmetic item inside.

Interacting with the magic point will open a portal to the Athenaeum.

Ateneum: Battles and Puzzles

The mechanics of ancient magic in combat

Before entering the Athenaeum, take the contents of the large chest to the left of the stairs. Trials await you behind the doors.

Ancient Magic Accumulation System:

• A combo of 10+ hits generates spheres of power
• The spheres fill the ancient magic gauge and restore health
• A full gauge allows you to perform powerful attacks that break through shields

The First Battle

The Four Guardians of the Memory Pool are melee opponents. Practice your combo attacks and collect power spheres.

The Second Battle

Two Watchers of the Memory Pool possess long-range attacks. Dodge and counterattack.

Bridge puzzle

The glowing spheres above the arches control the bridges. A basic attack raises the structure for a short time.

Secret chest in the room with the Guards: there is a ledge to the left of the platform. Approach it and a hidden bridge will rise up to the chest in the niche.

Walkthrough of the main puzzle:

1. Hit the sphere — the first half of the bridge will rise
2. Walk onto it and hit the sphere again
3. Quickly run to the second half before the first one collapses

Before entering the final room, look in the niches on the right and left—there are two more chests there.

The Final Battle

In the last room, you will be attacked by Guards and Watchmen at the same time. Use your accumulated ancient magic to achieve a quick victory.

Completion of the quest

After the battle, a memory from the Memory Pit is activated. You will see wizards from the past carrying water and vegetation to a starving village. Among the observers is a young Isidora Morgana, who will later enroll at Hogwarts in her fifth year, just like you.

The quest ends with a return to the library. Sebastian is caught by Pivz and the librarian, but takes all the blame upon himself without giving you away.