Energy Optimization Guide – Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery

Hello everyone, welcome to our Energy Optimization Guide for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. As most of you are well aware of, the energy is one of the key features of the game and it is important to know the best way to spend it and optimize its usage. In general, there are two different ways of using energy – on story tasks/quests and on classes/lessons. There are some major differences between each of those and this guide will cover each of them and explain the best and the most efficient way to spend energy.

The first part of this guide will cover the story tasks. These are the ones that are in the Story part of the Chapter.

Those tasks can have three different durations – one, three or eight hours. In most cases, you will need to obtain five stars to complete each of those. Also, the passing requirement can be either one or all of the stars.

There are some things to take into consideration when doing these tasks. First, to complete it, you need to obtain a certain amount of stars. This can be done by tapping on the highlighted objects to complete actions. Each action will fill the progress of the star meter according to its cost. Once the action is completed, it will fill up the star meter by a certain amount of “progress points”. Each action will award the amount of those points equal to its cost, except for the actions with 5 energy cost, which will award 6 “progress points”. What this means is that completing actions with 5 energy cost will fill up the star meter by 20% additional “progress points” per energy point spent, compared to the other actions.

What this means is that you should almost always prioritize the actions with 5 energy cost. However, this is not always the case. First, unlike the classes and lessons, in the story tasks, after earning a star, any excess “progress points” will carry over to the next star. Second, any excess “progress points” earned after the fifth star will essentially be wasted. For example, if you are only 2 “progress points” short of completing the task and you do the action with 4 energy cost, the excess 2 energy points will NOT be refunded and will go to waste. Because of this, keep an eye on the star meter and try not to overcap it when you are nearing the fifth star.

There is another important issue to consider. In the vast majority of the cases, the rewards for story task are coins. Since those are very easy to acquire, in some cases it is not worth doing all five stars. Here is why. If you are doing one-hour or three-hour tasks, and you know that after you are done there is no waiting time before proceeding to the next task, you should consider letting the task expire after you earn a certain amount of stars.
For the one-hour tasks, you should spend 15 energy points, which will earn you 2-3 stars and then simply wait for the task to expire. The reason for this is fairly simple – by the time the task expires, you will regenerate 15 energy and you’ll have full energy bar before proceeding to the next task. This, of course, takes into consideration that you have full energy bar prior to starting the task. If you don’t, then simply earn one star and then if you have less than 15 energy points missing from your bar, you can continue spending energy until you have around 15 energy points missing from a full energy bar.

As for the three-hour tasks, the situation is a bit different there. On average, it takes around 55-60 energy points to complete a three-hour task, depending on the actions you take. For example, at the start of the fifth-year, students have a maximum of 36 energy. In three hours, players can regenerate 45 energy points. Together with 36 maximum energy, it is 81. If you subtract the 57 energy from it (average cost of three-hour task), you are left with 24 energy. This means that at the time the task is about to expire, you will be missing 12 energy points if you decide to earn all five stars. In other words, you should spend 45 energy, which is around 4 stars and then wait for the task to expire. This is also taking into account that you start the task with a full energy bar. Otherwise, subtract the energy you are missing from 45 and spend that amount, but make sure you earn at least one star. For example, if you are at the start of the fifth year, and you have 21/36 energy currently, you should spend in total 30 energy before waiting for the task to expire. That means spending 21 energy you have and then returning after an hour or so to spend 9 more energy (for a total of 30 energy spent) after which you should wait for the task to expire.

Keep in mind that this is ONLY applicable to the story tasks which require 1 star to pass, and ONLY if there is no waiting time before the next task. Otherwise, it is recommended to earn all the stars as fast as possible in order to trigger the waiting time. Also, if there are some rewards other than coins – Attribute or House Points, you should definitely earn all the stars in that case.

As for the eight-hour tasks, it is almost always better to complete them entirely. There are some rare cases in which it is recommended to let them expire, but in the vast majority of situations, you should fully complete them.

Also, it is NOT recommended to wait for the tasks to expire if you are about to level up. In that case, it is better to complete the task and get the entire energy bar recharged.

Now we can go over the classes and lessons. There are some notable differences between the two. First, you can take classes freely at any point and you can choose between one, three or eight-hour ones. The passing requirement for these is only one star. Unlike them, the lessons are only learned once, and each one in the specific chapter of the game. Also, in most cases, lessons will require earning all of the stars to pass. Other than that, they are fairly similar.

While doing these, earning each star is a separate three-stage task. The first stage involves completing actions until the star meter fills enough to earn you a star. In the second stage, you’ll be offered to pick one out of three rewards. And finally, in the third stage, you will be given a mini-task which can be either a question, focus or tracing.

We are mainly interested in the first stage, which involves spending energy. As for the actions and their costs, the same rules apply as with the story tasks. This means that completing actions with 5 energy cost will grant you 6 “progress points” and these actions should always be completed.

Now for the main and perhaps the most important difference – all of the overcapped energy WILL be refunded. This means that if you are only a few “progress points” away from earning a star and you complete action with the higher cost than necessary, any excess energy spent will be returned to you. For example, if you are 1 “progress point” away from earning a star and you complete 5 cost action which awards 6 “progress points”, you will get all 5 energy points returned. This returned energy can go past the energy limit, so it will never go to waste. This is evident from the following two pictures. On the first one, we have 2/37 energy and are 1 “progress point” away from earning a star while also having 4/5 progress on 5 cost action. This means that after completing said actions, we should be on 1/37 energy if there were no energy returns. However, since the excess energy is returned after completing this action, we get 5 energy points refunded and are on 6/37 energy, which is evident in the second picture.

Another important thing to note is that you will get to keep all the coins and experience gained, meaning that it is actually recommended to complete the action with the highest cost whenever you are close to earning a star during classes and lessons.

Hopefully, this guide will come in handy for you on your Curse-Breaking adventures. Thank you for reading and see you soon!