Chapter 4 – Curse-breakers

Introduction

Hello everyone, welcome to our Walkthrough for Chapter Four of Year Four of Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery. In the previous one, you took the advice Madam Rakepick gave you and went to ask Professor Kettleburn about how to get into the Forbidden Forest.

Sadly, he was hesitant to share that information with you, so you had to help him by studying Bowtruckles in order to find a home for one of these magical creatures. Thankfully, many of your friends offered their assistance with studying, so in the end, you didn’t have much trouble with it.

Lastly, you went to meet Professor Kettleburn in the Courtyard, but instead of him, you were greeted by a hooded figure called the Messenger. This mysterious magic user struck you by surprise with the Petrificus Totalus and walked away after issuing a warning.

Summary

Walkthrough

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Once you start, you will be met with a waiting period of three hours, so you can kick things off by doing the lessons part of the chapter first. Proceed to the Charms classroom when you are ready.

To unlock the Vermillious lesson, you need to earn a total of nine stars from Charms classes. Choose the class duration suitable to your liking and hit Start to begin.

Prioritize bonus progress actions whenever they are available. Also, give it your best to finish all of the mini-tasks successfully in order to receive some additional rewards.

After you collect enough stars, the Vermillious lesson will be unlocked, so head back to the classroom to attend it.

Once you arrive, you will be able to interact with some of the students by tapping on their speech bubbles.

Learning Vermillious spell requires you to earn five stars within three hours. Since all five stars are needed to pass, it is highly recommended to have full energy before starting the lesson.

Focus on bonus progress actions if you are looking to save as much energy as possible.

When you obtain all five stars, you’ll need to cast Vermillious. Trace the wand movement on the screen to successfully cast the spell.

Proceed to the training grounds when you are ready to attend the second lesson of the chapter.

In order to unlock the Formation Flying lesson, you need to obtain a total of nine stars from the Flying classes. There are numerous ways to do this. Some of those are faster than others but are less rewarding. Find the class combination that suits you best and hit the Start button to begin.

As always, complete the actions by tapping on various glowing objects in order to fill up the star meter. After a certain amount of the meter has been filled, you will earn a star.

After earning each star, you’ll be given a mini-task. Completing it successfully will award you ten Courage points.

When you are done, hit the Collect button to continue. Once you unlock the lesson, you can head back to the training grounds to attend it.

In order to complete the Formation Flying lesson, you need to obtain five stars within eight hours. Given that all of the stars are required to pass, you might want to consider having full energy prior to starting this lesson.

Follow the same steps you did during the previous classes, and you shouldn’t have much trouble completing this lesson.

When you earn the fifth star, you will be tasked to fly in formation. Trace the path on the screen to perform this successfully.

What follows is a breathtaking scene during which you and your classmates fly together. It is truly a sight to behold.

Congratulations! You’ve now increased your energy limit by one. This will come in handy for your future adventures. Hit the Collect button to claim your rewards.

Your next task is to talk to Professor Kettleburn. Proceed to the Castle grounds when you’re ready. You will inform him that you brought an essay on Bowtruckles, and a Wiggentree. The Professor will be pleased with this good news.

But, before the Professor could share the information about the Forbidden Forest, you’ll have to think of a name for one of the Bowtruckles. You have three options to choose from.

If your friendship level with Barnaby is three or higher, you will be able to pick the name Barnaby Junior.

You’ll then get the task to play with the Bowtruckle. Completing it requires earning five stars within three hours. One star is needed to pass, so overall, it’s an easy task to complete.

There is an action with bonus progress tied to Professor Kettleburn. Prioritizing his actions should save you some energy.

After you’re done, the Professor will ask you to tell him why you want to go inside the Forbidden Forest. You have three options to reply with.

Each of the options will trigger a different response from Kettleburn, but eventually, they will all lead to the same outcome, so if you meet the attribute requirements, it is recommended to go for the second or the third choice.

You’ll then learn that the best way to enter the forest is by using a broom.

Your next task is to talk to Madam Rakepick on the Training Grounds. When you are ready, hit the GO button and proceed there.

Once you get there, you can check out what some of the other students have to say by tapping on their speech bubbles.

You’ll talk to Rowan about the mysterious messenger you encountered before. Your prime suspect is none other than Patricia Rakepick. Sadly, without solid proof, there isn’t much you can do about it, so for now, you’ll have to behave as if nothing has happened.

Shortly after, Madam Rakepick will show up and ask if anyone knows why she invited you. You have three response options.

Each of the choices will award you five points in a different attribute and since all of them will lead to the same outcome, you can feel free to pick the answer you prefer. Some of those are followed by quite humorous lines of dialogue.

Madam Rakepick will explain that she needs assistance with locating the next Cursed Vault. She believes that you or one of your friends can serve as her assistant. Madam Rakepick will promise more knowledge to whoever becomes her new assistant, knowledge that cannot be obtained in Hogwarts.

She will say that she wants to teach you and your friends the Blasting Curse – Confringo, a powerful spell usable in dueling. Learning this spell requires obtaining five stars within three hours.

Do this like any other story task you had so far and you’ll be done in no time. There is a bonus progress action linked to your character. Prioritize it to save some energy.

When you get all five stars, you’ll be tasked with performing the spell. Trace the wand movement on the screen to successfully cast it.

Rakepick will then ask you to tell her who would be most suitable to help her with the cursed vaults. You have three options to choose from.

This choice won’t significantly impact the story, so feel free to pick whoever you deem the most appropriate for this.

Next, you’ll need to meet Tulip in the Three Broomsticks and discuss the Forbidden Forest. There will be a waiting period of three hours before you can do so. Since you will likely be low on energy at this point, it is recommended to wait and let your energy recharge in the meantime.

Once you get there, you’ll notice the speech bubbles above some of the characters. Simply tap on those if you want to check out what they have to say.

Afterward, Tulip will tell you that she narrowed down the location of the Cursed Vaults from the clues you discovered earlier on. There are three options for you to reply with. This choice won’t change the story in any big way, so feel free to go with the option you prefer.

It’s also worth noting that no matter which option you pick, you’ll stay at the inn and wait for Charlie to arrive. In the meantime, you can practice the Engorgement Charm while you’re at it.

Waiting for Charlie requires you to earn five stars within one hour. This is a relatively easy task to do since only one star is needed to pass.

Bear in mind that you can slide the screen left and right to see all the available actions. There are actions with bonus progress tied to some of the students. Prioritize those actions if you are looking to save a bit of energy.

Once you’re done, Charlie will arrive. While he won’t be too happy to see everyone drinking Butterbeer without him, he will give you some useful bits of advice for getting into the forest.

Your next task involves talking to Penny. Once the waiting time of three hours is over, you’ll be able to go to the training grounds and meet her.

As soon as you arrive, you’ll get to interact with certain characters and check out what they have to say. You’ll find that Madam Rakepick invited Penny for a meeting too. Penny refused because she was busy experimenting with a potion that prevents sleepwalking, and she was not interested in curse-breaking topics.

You’ll tell Penny that you have to be better on a broom so you can fly into the Forbidden Forest with Charlie Weasly. Both of you will wonder if the mysterious group was responsible for the attack.

Penny will offer to investigate the mysterious group for you. You have two options to reply with. Picking the first option is recommended as long as your Knowledge attribute is level eighteen or higher.

After that, you’ll have to attend the Flying class for your next task. Completing it requires earning five stars within three hours. One star is needed to pass.

This one is pretty similar to any other Flying class you had so far, so simply follow the same steps and you’ll finish it without any trouble.

When you are done, hit the Collect button to claim your rewards and continue. On top of those, you’ll also get ten House Points from Madam Hooch.

You’ll ask if she thinks that you are skilled enough to fly safely into the Forbidden Forest. Interestingly enough, she will say that you are.

Your next task is learning the Ferula Charm. However, you’ll have to wait three hours before you can proceed. Head to the Hospital Wing once the waiting time is over.

After getting there, you will notice that there is an increasing number of sleepwalking students in the Hospital Wing. You can react to this in three ways.

Each response will award you five attribute points with minor dialogue differences. Pick the one you prefer since the outcome won’t be affected.

You’ll then be able to learn the Bandaging Charm. To do so, you’ll need to earn five stars within one hour. All five stars are required to pass, which is why it’s not recommended to start this task with an empty energy bar.

The only bonus progress action here is linked to Madam Pomfrey, so focus on her actions if you want to save some energy.

When you get all five stars, you’ll be tasked with performing the spell. Trace the wand movement on the screen to cast the Bandaging Charm.

Congratulations! This spell could potentially save you or one of your friends, so learning it was definitely a smart move.

For the next task, you should head to the training grounds once again and talk to Madam Rakepick.

Like before, you’ll be able to check out what some of the other students have to say by tapping on their speech bubbles.

You’ll then learn the reason you and your friends were summoned to the training grounds. As it seems, Madam Rakepick wants you and your classmates to duel one another and pick the last one standing as her assistant. You’ll be given the option to choose your opponent. Select one of the three possible options.

All of the opponents will have similar attribute levels, so regardless of who you select, the duel will have the same difficulty.

There are a few ways to approach this duel. If your attribute levels are at least three levels higher than the recommended ones, you can go Aggressive or Sneaky and use Depulso or Flipendo. As long as you don’t get stunned, you should easily be able to win the duel in a few turns.

If your attribute levels are close to the recommended ones, you can go Aggressive during the first turn and use Incendio. If you get the burn effect, you can go Aggressive or Sneaky on the second turn and use Depulso or Flipendo. With some luck, you should be able to win the duel. However, if you don’t get the burn effect from Incendio, or if you get stunned, you might end up losing the duel.

Lastly, you can constantly go Aggressive or Sneaky and just use Depulso or Flipendo. While this strategy is somewhat random, you will eventually win the duel using it.

When you manage to win, Madam Rakepick will ask if you are interested in having a private lesson to learn a spell that will be useful in your future adventures. Accepting her offer is highly recommended as long as your Knowledge attribute is level eighteen or higher.

She will let you know that you’ll receive her owl once it’s time for that lesson. This will also conclude Chapter 4 of Year 4. Hit the Collect button to claim your rewards. You will receive 250 Coins and 1400 Experience points.

You are now almost ready to head into the Forbidden Forest. The only thing you are missing is a broom. Will you be able to acquire one? And will everything go according to plan? Find out in the next chapter of Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery! 

Thank you for reading.