Ancient Magic Hotspots | Hogwarts Legacy Wiki

Ancient Magic Hotspots in Hogwarts Legacy are hotspots for the hidden Ancient Magic activity. Discover the sources of where the returning Ancient Magic is coming from. Uncover all Ancient Magic Hotspots that can be found in each of the different Locations and Regions of Hogwarts Legacy. Below are all the known Ancient Magic Hotspots, their Locations and how to find them. 

 

 

All Ancient Magic Hotpots Hogwarts Legacy

 

North Ford Bog

• No Ancient Magic Hotspot

 

Forbidden Forest

Ancient Magic Hotspot#1 - Forbidden Forest North

Ancient Magic Hotspot found just west from the North Fog Bog Entrance Floo Flame, but within the Forbidden Forest

• Location: Map Link
• Requirement: n/a

Ancient Magic Hotspot#2 - Forbidden Forest West

Ancient Magic Hotspot found 78 meters South from the West Forbidden Forest Floo Flame. Players will find four frogs along the wall in front of them as they explore the area, two on either side of a door. You'll be directed to another area with a sphere by the frog on the side closest to the door on the right. Take it, then use the frog to return to the main area. You can reach the top of the ruins by using the frog on the farthest side to the right of the door. Use Revelio and carefully navigate the trail above the ruins to reach there from there.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: Revelio

 

Hogsmeade Valley

Ancient Magic Hotspot#3 - Hogsmeade Valley East

Ancient Magic Hotspot found in East Hogsmeade Valley, among some ruins near a merchant. Activate the Magic Investigation and use your broom to enter the ruins from the roof. Then make your way down by destroying the hanging materials blocking your way and collect all 3 Ancient Magic Traces. You should climb the ladder to the right of the iron gate after exploring the area. A window covered with leaves and vines will be present, and a fire spell like Incendio can be used to destroy it. You can climb the two wooden platforms in the same place to grab another sphere, which will be sitting on the opposite side. You can also use a spell to break the pulley holding the cargo up in the region, then follow the hole it made in the floor to the third sphere.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: Incendio

 

North Hogwarts Region

Ancient Magic Hotspot#4 - Collector's Cave

Ancient Magic Hotspot found 78 meters West from the Collector's Cave Floo Flame. Activate the Magic Investigation and explore the ruins to collect all 3 Ancient Magic Traces. You must break the ground to drop down to the lower level, where you can use Depulso, Wingardium Leviosa and Accio to manipulate the tiles and pillars. A small group of Inferi will attack you. After defeating them, levitate the bones within the tomb to create a staircase and exit. Players must splinter the wooden ground slabs after exploring the hotspot. Players can find one sphere in the actual room by jumping into the opening that will appear in the ground. After using Accio on a wall block, you can grab the second sphere. Players can use Accio to build a stairway by using it on all of the skeletons to exit the underground region. A few bones are discovered inside the walls, and one is found inside a tomb in the center of the space.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: Depulso, Wingardium Leviosa and Accio

 

South Hogwarts Region

• No Ancient Magic Hotspot

 

Hogwarts Valley

Ancient Magic Hotspot#5 - West Hogwarts Valley

Ancient Magic Hotspot located 289 meters north-east from West Hogwarts Valley Floo Flame. Activate the Magic Investigation and explore the ruins to collect all 3 Ancient Magic Traces. You can bypass most of the mechanics by simply flying on your broom to each target.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: n/a

Ancient Magic Hotspot#6 - West Hogwarts Valley

Ancient Magic Hotspot found 333 meters south-east from the "West Hogwarts Valley" Floo Flame. This hotspot is next to a Merlin Trial. Defeat the Dark Wizards in the area then Activate the Magic Investigation and defeat the spiders and climb up the nearby rooftop as you explore the ruins to collect all 3 Ancient Magic Traces.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: n/a

Ancient Magic Hotspot#7 - Brocburrow 

Ancient Magic Hotspot found 195 meters south and west from Brocburrow Floo Flame. The spot is on the grounds of a ruined castle by a large spider lair. Activate the Magic Investigation and defeat the spiders and climb up the nearby rooftop as you explore the ruins to collect all 3 Ancient Magic Traces. Where the map icon sits, there is a hotspot there on a wooden platform in the ruins. When you've finished looking, fly over to the sphere opposite the investigation site. Players must remove some vines and boxes before they may get the first sphere. Find a rotating mechanism along one of the walls at the base of the ruin. To get the second sphere, use Depulso on the device that raises the iron gate. Along the ruins, there will be a gateway encircled by plants. Burn them, enter through the entryway, and Accio the box, directing it in the direction of the wooden slats along the wall's side. Up to the final sphere, climb upward.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: Depulso

Ancient Magic Hotspot#8 - West Keenbridge

Ancient Magic Hotspot found West from Keenbridge. Activate the Magic Investigation and defeat the spiders and climb up the nearby rooftop as you explore the ruins to collect all 3 Ancient Magic Traces. One of the magic traces is actually east of the ruin in a field with sheep. Players should use their broom to fly to the top of the collapsed chimney after exploring the region. Use Revelio to scan the area around them from there. There will be two spheres traveling in opposite directions that can only be seen using Revelio.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: Revelio

Ancient Magic Hotspot#9 - Southeast Keenbridge

Ancient Magic Hotspot found just east and south from Keenbridge, in the same ruins that hold an astronomy table. Use a fire spell to dispell the vines and explore the ruins, or simply fly up with your broom to get all three traces. Burn the vines at the entryway after examining the hotspot. Destroy the boxes to the right after entering to obtain the first sphere. Place the mobile box where the broken boxes were, and then ascend. There will be more destructible boxes hiding another sphere when you climb. After obtaining the second sphere, keep climbing until you reach the roof, at which point you can use the broom to fly to the third sphere.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: n/a

Ancient Magic Hotspot#10 - Northwest Keenbridge

Players must first eliminate a few adversaries before they can investigate this hotspot. After that, move in the direction of the ruins to the hotspot's left. To get to the platform holding the first sphere, players should utilize their broom to fly there. The second sphere can be found once the player has destroyed a few wooden barrels that must first be destroyed. Go to the ruins on the other side after obtaining the sphere. The door will be blocked by vines that can be burned down. As soon as you enter the ruins, turn to the right and duck under the sagging beams. Behind a few boxes, there will be a destructible sphere.

• Location:
• Requirements: n/a

 

Feldcroft Region

Ancient Magic Hotspot#11 - North Feldcroft

Ancient Magic Hotspot found 178 meters north from North Feldcroft Floo Flame. Activate the Magic Investigation and explore the ruins to collect all 3 Ancient Magic Traces. The traces are on a small ruined tower above the bandit camp, slightly to the east of the marker. Use a broom and Revelio to locate the stone tower that contains the first sphere after you've looked into it. Land on the roof, then proceed down on foot while grasping the second sphere. Burn the vines using Incindio to leave the tower, then proceed straight ahead to the third sphere, which is up a stairway that is not part of the tower.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: n/a

Ancient Magic Hotspot#12 - Feldcroft

Ancient Magic Hotspot found meters North from the Feldcroft Floo Flame, overseeing the lake. There are goblin loyalists here to defeat. Activate the hotspot then climb the stairs to the tower and explore to retrieve all three traces.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: n/a

Ancient Magic Hotspot#13 - Feldcroft Central

Ancient Magic Hotspot found 250 meters East from Feldcroft Floo Flame. Activate the Hotspot and hunt for the three traces, found at the Troll Lair and on the higher edges of the cliff by the landing platform.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: n/a

Ancient Magic Hotspot#14 - Irondale South

Ancient Magic Hotspot found 172 meters South and slightly west from the Irondale Floo Flame. After activating the hotspot, go toward the ruins and to your right to find some vines, destroy them to get the magic cube for the Treasure Vault and your first Trace. Go further up for the second trace, and toward the Treasure Vault for the final one.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: n/a

South Sea Bog

• No Ancient Magic Hotspot

 

Coastal Cavern

• No Ancient Magic Hotspot

 

Poidsear Coast

Ancient Magic Hotspot#15 - Phoenix Mountain Cave

Use Alohomora to enter the structure after researching the hotspot. There will be wooden slats in the room's center along the back wall. Go through the door and destroy those. A sphere will be blocked by a mass of rocks, but Depulso can move the boulders out of the way. Returning inside, burn down the vines on the left-hand side of the area to uncover a mobile crate. Bring the container to the other side of the structure by accio. Place the crate atop the platform with a variety of spells. Climb the wall next to it once you've located it. Jump to the other side after carefully navigating the spiderweb-covered wooden slabs. Some pots in the path are susceptible to destruction. Continue along the trail of wooden planks once you've located one sphere until you get to a ladder. To reach the final sphere, proceed beyond the ladder and onto the wooden planks.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: Alohomora Level 1

Ancient Magic Hotspot#16 - South Poidsear Coast

After a little bridge, which may be discovered by exploring the region, are two structures. Break the wood blocking the door by ascending the wooden platform next to the structure on the left. Grab the sphere by leaping to the wooden planks on the other side. An entrance can be found on the right side of the second building from the right. Crawl through the area to the left after entering it. Destroy the two sets of vines that are present in the new room. One will take you directly to a spot where you can grab a ball. The other will expose a wall block that you can remove with the Accio maneuver. Additionally, a portable crate that can be moved till it is next to the wall block will be present. Jump onto the closest wooden platform after climbing up the wall block using the wooden block. Grab the final sphere by moving across the wooden platform from there.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: Lumos and Wingardium Leviosa

 

Marunweem Lake

Ancient Magic Hotspot#17 - Marunweem Bridge

Ancient Magic Hotspot found 98 meters East from the Marunweem Bridge Floo Flame. Use Reparo to repair the wooden slats to the left after doing an investigation of the region. For a sphere, climb the wooden platforms. The wooden walkway should be followed until there is nowhere to turn. From there, bring down a drawbridge by using Accio on the wall block across the gap. Continue down the trail until you reach the top, where you might need to deal with a few goblins. Next, take the second sphere with Alohomora.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: Alohomora Level II

Ancient Magic Hotspot#18 - Coastal Mine Shore

Ancient Magic Hotspot found south from the Coastal Mine Floo Flame. Defeat the Inferi in the area then activate the hotspot. You can use Reparo or your broom to reach the traces on the second floor, but you will need to use DEPULSO on the mechanism by the iron gate to access the final one. You should use your broom to capture two spheres that are within easy reach after exploring the region. You should also destroy the wooden crates next to the iron gate within the ruins. After that, Depulso will appear on a golden object that players should use. The gate will open, allowing players to seize the final sphere.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: Depulso

 

Manor Cape

Ancient Magic Hotspot#19 - West Manor Cape

Ancient Magic Hotspot found 133 meters north-east from the West Manor Cape Floo Flame. Travel to the manor ruins and activate the hotspot. You don't need to use spells to go up and can simply use your broom to fly to the second floor and get the traces. If you don't have the higher level Alohomora, use your broom and get into the locked room from the back opening, then use the frog to teleport to the final trace.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: Alohomora Level II.

 

Cragcroftshire - Cragcroft Shore

Ancient Magic Hotspot#20

Ancient Magic Hotspot found 280 meters south from Cragcroft Shore Floo Flame. Activate the spot then use your broom to fly up the tower and collect all three. One is inside, two are outside. Players should explore the area first before climbing the stairs and hopping over gaps in order to reach the first orb. Then proceed to the roof, where there will be a second orb perched atop one of the four pillars. The final orb can then be found by using Revelio and a broom to fly around the building's exterior.

• Location: Map Link
• Requirements: n/a

 

Clagmar Coast

• No Ancient Magic Hotspot

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