Chapter 5

Hello everyone, it is time for Chapter Five of Year Four of our Magical Journey Walkthrough for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. Last time, you assisted Professor Kettleburn with one of the Bowtruckles. You got a nice Wiggentree that would serve it as a new home and you even got to name it! In return, the Professor told you that the best way to enter the Forbidden Forest unnoticed is by broom. Because of that, you had some additional practice with flying since landing in the Forest is a very challenging feat. Meanwhile, Madam Rakepick arranged a secret meeting with you and some of your classmates. Apparently, she wants to train you and take the most promising one as her assistant. She even had you duel one of the other students in order to see how good you are.

As for this chapter, you can start things off with the lessons part. Tap on the GO button and proceed to the Potions Classroom.

Unlocking the Shrinking Solution Lesson requires you to earn a total of six stars from the Potions Class. Feel free to pick the class combination you find the most suitable and hit the Start button to begin.

Follow the usual routine when dealing with these classes. Tap on the glowing objects to complete actions. This will fill up the star meter and you’ll get stars eventually.

Whenever you earn a star you will be given a mini-task. Completing it successfully will award you ten Knowledge points.

Once you unlock the Shrinking Solution, head back to the Potions Classroom.

To learn how to brew the Shrinking Solution, you need to obtain five stars within three hours. Given that all of the stars are required to pass, you might want to have the full energy before beginning this lesson.

Do this one in a similar manner to the classes you took before and you’ll be done in no time.

When you are done, tap on the Collect button to claim your rewards.

For the second lesson in this chapter, proceed to the Transfiguration Classroom.

In order to unlock the Vera Verto Lesson, you need to get six stars from Transfiguration Classes. This can be achieved in several different ways, so simply take the class combination that suits you best and hit the Start button to begin.

There isn’t much of a difference between these classes and the ones you had before. Simply try to focus on high-cost actions whenever you can since it’ll save you some energy.

And do try to succeed at the mini-tasks. With this, you could gain a considerable boost to your Knowledge attribute.

Once you have all the stars necessary to unlock the lesson, proceed back to the Transfiguration Classroom to attend it.

Completing this one requires you to earn five stars within three hours. As long as you start with the full energy, this shouldn’t be much of an issue.

Repeat the same steps you took in the previous classes and you should be able to complete this lesson without a problem.

When you earn the fifth star, you’ll be tasked with casting the spell. Trace the wand movement on the screen in order to turn the rat into a water goblet.

Congratulations! Tap on the Collect button to claim your rewards and continue.

Now that you’re done with the lessons part of the chapter, you can resume the story. Proceed to the Courtyard to meet Charlie and discuss your plans for entering the Forbidden Forest.

As you arrive, you’ll notice that you can interact with certain characters. Simply tap on their speech bubbles if you want to check out what they have to say.

After talking to Charlie, you’ll realize that you’ve been missing one crucial part of the whole puzzle – the broom. You can’t really fly into the forest without it.

Your next task involves making a plan. To complete it, you need to earn five stars within an hour. Since only one is needed to pass, this should be fairly easy to do with one energy bar.

It will take you somewhere between twenty-five to thirty energy to finish this, depending on the actions you complete.

When you are done, Charlie will suggest that you ask Madam Hooch for one of her brooms.

Hit the GO button and proceed to the Training Grounds for your next task.

Some of the characters there will be willing to chat with you. Tap on their speech bubbles to find out what they have to say.

When you ask Madam Hooch for a broom, she will tell you to see her after class. This one will require you to obtain five stars within one hour.

The best thing about this task is that you can complete it with a single energy bar. Since it is treated as a class, you will be able to earn a reward for each of the stars you obtain. And not only that, you’ll also get five mini-tasks, each with a ten Courage points as a reward.

Once the class is over, Madam Hooch will ask you for the reason behind wanting to borrow one of the brooms. You have two response options.

There are no consequences for either of the choices, so you can feel free to pick the one you find more appropriate. Bear in mind that the second option gives you more attribute points, so you might want to stick with that one since you won’t get a broom regardless of the answer you pick. For the next task, you should go and meet your friends in the Library after three hours. You can reduce this waiting time with gems in case you are impatient.

When you get there, you’ll be able to check out what some of the characters have to say by tapping on the speech bubbles above them.

After talking for about the Black Lake incident for a while, you’ll decide to figure out how to get a broom. This task requires you to earn five stars within three hours. Because only one of those is needed to pass, it should be fairly easy to complete this.

Sadly, most of the actions have a relatively low energy cost, so you can expect to spend almost sixty energy to finish this task.

When you are done, Tulip will suggest that you simply steal a broom. You can react to this in two ways.

Both of the options are worth five attribute points, but regardless of what you pick, she will explain that you will be stealing those brooms from Filch, so in the end, your character will agree to it.

In order to enter Filch’s office unnoticed, you’ll need a distraction. And there is no better place to find one than Zonko’s. Unfortunately, you will have to wait for three hours until Tonks get out of detention or you can simply spend some gems to remove the waiting time entirely.

Either way, when you get there, you’ll be able to interact with some of the characters by tapping on their speech bubbles.

You’ll then be able to choose an item which you’ll use to trick the caretaker. The interesting thing about this choice is that you’ll be able to pick between Stink Pellets and the item you didn’t pick the last time you pranked him, back in year three – either Fanged Frisbee or Nose-Biting Teacup.

Both of the items are equally effective, so select the one you like more. When you ask the shopkeeper for the item you want to buy, you’ll be able to hear a funny story about it. After that, he’ll go into the storeroom to find the item while the three of you look around. For that task, you need to get five stars in one hour.

There are plenty of high-cost actions available for this task, just make sure to slide the screen left and right in order to see them all.

Once you finish the task, Bilton will return with the item you requested.

Next, you should proceed to the Great Hall to trick Filch.

When you get there, you’ll notice the speech bubbles above several characters. Tapping on those will reveal what they have to say to you.

For the next task, you need to hang around until you can get the perfect opportunity to place a prank. To do that, you need to obtain five stars within three hours.

To complete this task, you will likely need between fifty-five and sixty energy because of the fact that most of the actions have pretty low cost, so you won’t be able to save some energy by doing the actions with the high cost.

Once you are done with the task, you’ll witness a rather comical event involving Filch and a prank item of your choosing.

Now that the caretaker has been taken “care” of, you can go and search his office.

When you get there, you’ll have to cast the Wand-Lighting Charm to illuminate the room in order to have an easier time searching.

Searching Filch’s office requires earning five stars within one hour with one being needed to pass.

You can expect to finish this with around thirty energy, so there shouldn’t be much trouble with this task.

During your search, you’ll find plenty of brooms, but none of those would be functional as all of them have been snapped in half. The only thing left unsearched is one locked drawer. Use Alohomora to open it and see what’s in there.

Inside it, you won’t find a broom, but another Black Quill. Your next task will be meeting with Rowan in Jacob’s room to see if that Quill is perhaps another message. However, you’ll either have to wait three hours or spend some gems to speed up the process.

When you get there, you’ll have a brief talk with your friends, and then you’ll need to cast Reparifarge to untransfigure the quill.

The spell will work and the quill will turn into another note. You’ll carefully read it and realize that “R” is threatening to kill Madam Rakepick for investigating the Cursed Vaults.

Rowan will be the most surprised by this. Apparently, his theory of “R” being Rakepick is not correct after all. He’ll ask you who do you think “R” is. You have three options to respond with.

Each of the options will give you five attribute points. These don’t affect the story in any meaningful way, but some of them could lead to rather interesting lines of dialogue, so feel free to pick the option you prefer. Afterward, you’ll need to talk to Charlie and figure out another way to obtain a broom. Hit the GO button and proceed to the Great Hall.

When you get there, you can check out what some of the characters have to say to you by tapping on the speech bubbles above them.

For your next task, you’ll have to discuss the situation with Charlie and see if there’s a solution you can find. This involves earning five stars within three hours.

Sadly, there are no actions with five energy cost, so you’ll most likely have to use around sixty energy to complete this task.

Once you’re done, both of you will agree that the best option at the moment would be borrowing a broom from one of your classmates. You’ll have three possible options to choose from.

This choice will determine the next part of the chapter. However, you will be able to obtain a broom from each of those characters, so the general outcome won’t be affected. Still, picking either Ismelda or Merula can result in some interesting scenes.

Once you’ve made up your mind, proceed to the Three Broomsticks to meet your classmate.

As you arrive, you will notice that you can interact with some of the characters. This can be done by simply tapping on the speech bubbles above them.

Regardless of your choice, none of your classmates will be willing to borrow you their broom immediately.

You’ll have to do some convincing in order for this to work. Tap on the handshake icon to bring up the task window. It’ll display the recommended attribute levels as well as the gold cost.

Approach this in a similar manner to Drink Butterbeer mini-game. Simply choose the answers that fit best with your classmate’s personality and you should be able to finish this without a problem. Below are some of the questions and answers for convincing Merula.

When you are done with the task, your classmate will agree to let you borrow their broom.

When you are done with the task, your classmate will agree to let you borrow their broom.

Now you finally have all the necessary things needed for entering the Forbidden Forest. Soon enough, you’ll be able to embark on another exciting adventure! How did you like this chapter, by the way? What were your favorite moments? Which classmate’s broom did you borrow? Let us know in the comments below.

Thank you for reading. Until next time.

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