Chapter 29 – Final preparations

Introduction

Hello everyone, welcome to our Walkthrough for Chapter Twenty-Nine of Year Five of Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery. In the previous chapter, you helped Merula prepare for the upcoming Cursed Vault adventure, and in the process, you were able to learn a lot about her past.

Now is the time to do some final preparations and decide which one of your friends will accompany you on this dangerous quest!

Summary

Walkthrough

But before that, you can complete the lessons. Head to the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom for your first lesson of the chapter.

To unlock the Everte Statum lesson, you need to acquire nine stars from Defence Against the Dark Arts classes. Pick the class duration suitable to your liking and hit Start to begin.

As always, prioritize actions with bonus progress to save energy and earn stars faster.

Also, try completing all of the mini-tasks to maximize the gain of attribute points.

Return to the classroom once you unlock the lesson.

To learn Everte Statum, you need to obtain five stars within three hours. All five stars are needed to pass, so avoid starting this lesson with an empty energy bar.

Other than the passing requirement, this lesson is pretty similar to regular Defence Against the Dark Arts classes.

Once you earn the fifth star, you’ll be tasked with casting the spell. Trace the wand movement on the screen to do that.

Hit the Collect button to claim your rewards.

You’ll earn an additional reward for completing the lesson. You can claim it in the Defence Against the Dark Arts section of your Hogwarts Record.

For the second lesson, proceed to the Charms classroom.

Unlocking Lumos Maxima lesson requires obtaining nine stars from Charms classes. Select the class duration that suits you best and hit the Start button to begin.

In general, Charms classes offer a good number of bonus progress actions, so focus on those to save some energy.

Try succeeding at as many mini-tasks as possible to earn some bonus Empathy points.

Once the lesson is unlocked, head back to the classroom to attend it.

Learning to cast Lumos Maxima requires obtaining five stars within three hours. All five stars are needed to pass, which is why you shouldn’t start this lesson if you are low on energy.

There are some rather interesting dialogue lines after completing actions, so be sure to check them out.

Once you acquire all five stars, you’ll need to demonstrate the spell. Trace the wand movement on the screen to do so.

Hit the Collect button to claim your rewards.

You will earn an additional reward for completing the lesson. You can claim it in the Charms section of your Hogwarts Record.

Now that the lessons are out of the way, you can focus on the story. Head to the Clocktower Courtyard to meet Madam Rakepick.

When you get there, you can interact with some of your friends by tapping on their speech bubbles.

It looks like you’ll be entering the Cursed Vault very soon.

Madam Rakepick will ask if you have any friends that would be willing to join you on this dangerous adventure.

What follows is an interesting banter you don’t want to miss.

Shortly after, you’ll get to consider who to pick for this dangerous quest. This requires earning at least one out of five stars within three hours.

There are bonus progress actions tied to Madam Rakepick, Barnaby, and your character. Prioritizing those actions should save you some energy.

When you are done, you’ll be able to choose either Charlie or Penny. This choice will heavily influence the rest of the chapter as well as the following one, so pick carefully. Both of them are viable options, but the story will be slightly different, depending on this choice.

Once you’ve made up your mind, proceed to the Hog’s Head Inn to meet the friend you chose.

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

Regardless of your choice, both Charlie and Penny will be quite shocked to hear you want them to go with you into the Cursed Vault.

By the looks of it, you’ll need to do some convincing. The task window will display the recommended attribute levels and the cost. Those are pretty much the same for both Charlie and Penny.

This is fairly similar to drinking butterbeer, but it is the first time you’ll do so at the Hog’s Head Inn. Basically, you want to reassure your friend that everything will be fine and that you really need their help.

Also, the attribute requirements are quite low, which will pretty much trivialize this task. Below are the questions and answers.

Charlie:

• Why ask me at the last minute? – You’re the best wizard for the job. (Empathy)
• My mum would not like this… – She”ll never find out. (Courage)
• How would I be able to help? – We’re expecting dragons. (Knowledge)
• All of you are prepared. I’m not. – We’re prepared to protect you. (Empathy)
• Does Bill want me to join you? – Yes, Bill wants you by his side. (Knowledge)
• What if we can’t break the curse? – We won’t give up until we do. (Courage)

Penny:

• Why ask me at the last minute? – You’re the best witch for the job (Empathy)
• My Mum would not like this… – She”ll never find out. (Courage)
• How would I be able to help? – You’ll motivate the rest of us. (Knowledge)
• All of you are prepared. I’m not. – We’re prepared to protect you. (Empathy)
• Does everyone want me to go? – Yes, I’m sure of it. (Knowledge)
• What if we can’t break the curse? – We won’t give up until we do. (Courage)

Once you are done, you’ll earn some friendship experience with the friend you chose.

Thankfully, your friend will agree to accompany you into the Cursed Vault.

Shortly after your friend leaves, Ben will approach you. Apparently, he heard your conversation and he wants to help you with the Cursed Vault situation.

It looks like he’s quite determined to help you break the portrait curse.

You have two options to choose from. This choice will have some minor story consequences. If you like Ben, it is highly recommended to go with the first option.

Bear in mind that this option requires you to have level 10 friendship with him, which shouldn’t be a problem at this point.

He’ll be overjoyed if you agree to let him join you. In case you don’t, he’ll be quite sad, but eventually, you’ll allow him to join you on this curse-breaking adventure.

Your next task involves meeting your curse-breaking friends, but there is a waiting period of five hours before you can proceed.

Head to the History of Magic classroom once the waiting time is over. Both Merula and Madam Rakepick will be quite surprised to see Ben arriving with you.

After you explain everything to them, Madam Rakepick will allow Ben to go with you to the Cursed Vault.

She’ll also praise you for being able to convince Charlie or Penny to join you.

You can then choose to rebel against her or praise her. This choice will have some minor impact on the dialogue, but other than that, the outcome is pretty much the same.

Shortly after that, you’ll get lectured about Portkeys. You need to earn one out of five stars within three hours to complete this task.

There are two actions with bonus progress tied to Professor Binns, so complete them whenever they are available to save energy.

Once the lesson is done, Madam Rakepick will tell you that the vault portrait is actually a Portkey that will soon activate.

And that is how you’ll enter the next Cursed Vault.

Now everything makes sense. The only way into the vault is by using a Portkey.

Ben will be quite shocked by this revelation. He’ll quickly realize that the vault most likely has no exit.

Moments later, Madam Rakepick will ask you to come with her. Go to her classroom when you are ready to continue.

As it turns out, she wants to speak to you about your brother. She’ll advise you to think about what you’ll say to Jacob in case you find him.

She’ll also say that you’ll more than likely have to fight against the vault’s guardian.

And it looks like you’re the one she trusts the most. She will ask you to take the lead in case anything happens to her.

You’ll be surprised to hear that, especially since Merula is her favorite apprentice. Madam Rakepick will explain that Merula simply isn’t ready. She’ll ask you to look after Merula if anything happens.

She’ll then tell you to get a proper outfit for the upcoming battle.

Your next task is to change your outfit. You can feel free to switch to any of your outfits and the task will be complete.

Return to Madam Rakepick once you’re done changing.

She’ll approve of your new outfit, regardless of what you decided to put on, which can be quite funny in some cases.

She’ll then ask you to get the vault portrait and follow her to the Training Grounds.

And with this, Chapter 29 of Year 5 will come to an end. Hit the Collect button to claim your rewards. You will receive 250 Coins and 2000 Experience points.

Now that all the preparations are complete, you can finally venture into the next Cursed Vault and try to put an end to the portrait curse. But is there really a dragon awaiting you there? And will you manage to break the curse? Find out in the next chapter of Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery!

Thank you for reading.