Egg Hunt

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Introduction

Hello everyone, welcome to our Walkthrough for the Egg Hunt Side Quest for Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery. This quest becomes available shortly after the start of Year Five. During it, Charlie and you will embark on an adventure full of danger and excitement. So, let’s get right into it. Once you receive the quest, you’ll receive a message from Charlie, telling you to meet him in the Great Hall.

Summary

Quest Summary:

  • Task 1:Talk to Charlie
    • Location: The Great Hall
    • Requirements: 1 hour – 1/5 stars
    • Choice: Tell Charlie what you think about the rumors.
      • I bet it’s a dragon egg (Charlie level 4): +10 Empathy
      • It’s probably a scam: +5 Courage
      • It might be a trap: +5 Knowledge
  • Task 2: Meet Charlie
    • Location: Three Broomsticks
    • Waiting Time: 3 hours
    • Requirements: 3 hours – 1/5 stars
  • Task 3: Visit the Red Cap Hole with Charlie
    • Location: The Red Cap Hole
    • Requirements: 1 hour – 1/5 stars
    • Choice: Answer Charlie, why risk angering Red Cap?
      • It’s the quickest option (22 Knowledge level): +10 Knowledge
      • I know what I’m doing: +5 Courage
      • It’s exciting (20 Empathy level): +10 Empathy
  • Task 4: Check in with Charlie
    • Location: The Great Hall
    • Choice: Tell Charlie how you can make more money.
      • Work at The Three Broomsticks: +5 Knowledge
      • Work at Zonko’s: +5 Empathy
      • Help Tulip reclaim confiscated items: +5 Courage
  • Task 5a: Work at The Three Broomsticks
    • Location: Three Broomsticks
    • Waiting Time: 3 hours
    • Requirements: 3 hours – 1/5 stars
    • Choice: Respond to the offer made by Madame Rosmerta..
      • I’d love to (24 Empathy level): +10 Empathy
      • I’ll consider it: +5 Knowledge
      • No thanks: +5 Courage
  • Task 5b: Work at Zonko’s
    • Location: Zonko’s
    • Waiting Time: 3 hours
    • Requirements: 3 hours – 1/5 stars
    • Choice: Answer Zonko do you want to take over the job when he retires?
      • I’d love to (24 Empathy level): +10 Empathy
      • I’ll consider it: +5 Knowledge
      • No thanks: +5 Courage
  • Task 5c: Search Filch’s Office
    • Location: Filch’s Office
    • Waiting Time: 3 hours
    • Requirements: 3 hours – 1/5 stars
    • Choice: Tell Professor Flitch what you are doing in his office.
      • Checking the banned list: +5 Knowledge
      • Admiring torture objects: +5 Courage
      • Visiting Mrs. Norris (24 Empathy level): +10 Empathy
  • Task 6: Meet Alistair
    • Location: The Forest Grove
    • Choice: Alistair asks you if you will ask him about your brother, answer him.
      • How did you know each other?: +5 Empathy
      • Where did you last see him? (24 Knowledge level): +10 Knowledge
      • Did he mention the Cursed Vaults?: +5 Courage
  • Task 7: Consult Hagrid
    • Location: Hagrid’s Hut
    • Waiting Time: 3 hours
    • Requirements: 3 hours – 1/5 stars
    • Choice 1: Tell Hagrid why you decided to seek his help.
      • You’re a good friend (24 Empathy level): +10 Empathy
      • You’re an expert: +5 Knowledge
      • You’ll break the rules: +5 Courage
    • Choice 2: Charlie apologizes to you, answer him
      • I owed you: +5 Knowledge
      • Now we’ll know better: +5 Courage
      • Don’t worry about me (Charlie level 5): +10 Empathy
  • Task 8: Follow Hagrid
    • Location: Spider’s Lair
    • Requirements: Your Courage, Empathy, and Knowledge levels 20; 300 Coins
    • Choice: Tell the Acromantula where you found the egg.
      • Tell the truth: +10 Empathy
      • Lie to him: +5 Knowledge
      • Attack him (22 Courage level): +10 Courage
  • Quest Rewards: 50 Knowledge, 8 Gems, 2000 Experience Points

Walkthrough

Meet at The Great Hall with Charlie. When you are ready, proceed. When you get there, you’ll notice that some characters have speech bubbles above them. Tapping on those will reveal what they have to say to you.

After that, Charlie will tell you that he found out that some strange wizard is selling an egg, which supposedly is a Dragon Egg. You can react to this in three different ways. All of the options lead to the same outcome, but Charlie will react best to the first one, so it is somewhat preferred to select that one.

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You’ll talk some more about the matter and then you’ll decide to help him. Your first task is to check if someone in the Great Hall knows anything about the strange wizard. This is an hour-long task that requires you to earn at least one out of five stars to pass.

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Make sure to slide the screen left and right to see all the available actions.

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As soon as you’re finished, you’ll realize that the wizard in question is probably hanging out at The Three Broomsticks. However, before you can proceed, there is a waiting period of three hours, so you’ll either have to wait for a while or use some gems to speed up the process.

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In any case, after your wait is up, go to the Three Broomsticks to see Charlie. You’ll be able to interact with specific characters and hear what they have to say once you’ve arrived. Your next mission will be to search the inn for the Merchant. To finish it, you must gain five stars in three hours. It only takes one star to pass, so it shouldn’t be too difficult.

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Do this just like all the other story tasks so far and you won’t have any problems with it.

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Once you are done, you’ll be approached by the mysterious hooded man named Alistair Fidgen.

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He’ll instantly offer to sell you the Dragon Egg, and judging by what he’s telling, his story might be legit. He is willing to sell the egg for five hundred Galleons. You’ll also learn that Alistair knew Jacob. Not just that, he frequently visited him in Knockturn Alley.

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In the end, you’ll strike a deal with him to tell you everything he knows about Jacob and give you the egg for four hundred and ninety-five Galleons. Charlie will be a bit worried about getting that much money, but thankfully, you have an idea that could make things easier. Hit the GO button and proceed to the Red Cap’s Hole when you are ready.

Upon arriving, you’ll tell Charlie that your idea involves selling some of the Red Cap’s treasure in order to earn the money you need. You even have Sickleworth to help you with searching for treasure. Charlie, however, will find this particularly dangerous and he’ll ask why you want to risk angering the Red Cap. You have three options to respond with.

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Regardless of what you select, Charlie will agree with your idea. You’ll then receive a task to search through the Red Cap’s hole. You have one hour to complete it by obtaining five stars. Like before, only one star is required to pass.

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It’ll take you around thirty energy to complete this task, which should easily be doable with one energy bar.

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After finishing, you’ll receive a ton of items, some of which appear to be really expensive. Return to the Great Hall to speak with Charlie about the next task. You’ll notice that some of the students are talking to you when you arrive. Click on their speech bubbles to learn what they said.

Charlie will then tell you that even after selling all of the Red Cap’s stuff, you are still a bit short, so you’ll need to think of a way to make more money. You have three possible options. Bear in mind that this choice will significantly change your next task. While the general outcome of the quest will remain unchanged, the story will differ quite a bit.

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The next section will feature the part where you work at The Three Broomsticks. Keep in mind that the other options have similar tasks and the same number of choices, so from that perspective, all of them are equally rewarding. There is also a waiting period of three hours before you can proceed to this task.

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Once you are able to continue, head to The Three Broomsticks to meet Charlie. Upon arriving, you can interact with some characters and see what they have to say to you. Madam Rosmerta will agree to your proposition and you’ll be allowed to work a shift at her inn. You have three hours to complete this task and earn at least one out of five possible stars to pass.

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If you want to optimize energy usage, focus on completing the reward actions whenever they appear.

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When you are done, Madam Rosmerta will be so pleased that she’ll offer you to run the Three Broomsticks after she retires. You have three response options. Neither of these will change the outcome of the quest, but they might have some influence in the later chapters, so if you like the cozy atmosphere of the inn, you might want to consider choosing the first option as long as your Empathy level is twenty-two or higher.

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For the next task, you should proceed to the Forest Grove in the Forbidden Forest. This is where all of the previous paths converge, so regardless of the way you earned the money, each path will lead you to this point. Upon arriving, you’ll notice that Alistair is already waiting for you. After a bit of conversation, you’ll trade the Galleons for the egg.

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Afterward, you’ll get the chance to ask him one question about Jacob. Each of these options will reveal some new information to you, so be sure to pick the one you’re most curious about. However, keep in mind that these choices could potentially have some influence in future Chapters and since the second option contains some of the most recent information about Jacob, you might want to consider picking that one.

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Shortly after, Alistair will leave the place. For the next task, you need to go to Hagrid and see if the egg you have is actually a Dragon Egg. However, you’ll have to wait for three hours before you can continue.

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You should head over to the Castle Grounds as soon as the waiting period is over. You’ll describe the entire scenario to Hagrid and enlist his assistance in locating the egg. He’ll want to know why you decided to ask for his assistance. You have three options for a retort. Choose whatever you think is most appropriate because they will all result in the same result.

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Identifying the egg is a three-hour task that requires you to earn at least one out of five stars to pass.

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You’ll need around 55-60 energy to complete this task, depending on the actions you take. This shouldn’t be too hard as long as you didn’t start with an empty energy bar.

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When you are done, Hagrid will share the disappointing news that the egg you bought isn’t a dragon egg. Charlie will be devastated to hear this and he’ll apologize to you for having to do all the work to obtain the egg. You can respond in three ways. He’ll react the best to the third option, but for that one, you need to have a level-five friendship with him. Otherwise, you can pick any of the other options since all will eventually lead to the same outcome.

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Hagrid will also say that despite not being a dragon, the egg you got is special. For the next task, you need to follow him to the Forbidden Forest. Hit the GO button and proceed there when you are ready. He’ll lead you to the Acromantula’s Lair. Could it be that the egg belongs to the spider? And that’s precisely the case. The Acromantula will arrive and it’ll be furious to see you with its egg.

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The spider will demand to know where you got the egg from. You have three options to choose from. Each of those will lead pretty much to the same outcome, so pick the one you prefer.

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You’ll then have to fight Acromantula. The task window will display the recommended attribute levels as well as the gold cost of each attempt.

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This fight is fairly similar to the one you had near the end of Year Four. However, for some reason, it appears that the Spider is following the set pattern for the stances. It will go Defensive in the first round, then Sneaky, and finally Aggressive in the third round. Afterward, it’ll just repeat that pattern until the end of the fight. It is yet unknown if this was intended or not, so it could get changed in one of the future updates, in which case you can just refer to the tactic used in the fight near the end of Year Four.

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Once you win, Acromantula will calm down and shortly after, you’ll witness the egg hatching into a baby-spider.

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As a special token of appreciation, you’ll get a Hebridean Black scale. By the looks of it, Acromantula found it in one of its webs and has no use for it whatsoever. You’ll decide to let Charlie keep the dragon scale which will make him overjoyed.

Shortly after, the quest will be over. Hit the Collect button to claim your rewards. You will receive 50 Knowledge, 8 Gems, 2000 Experience Points

What an eventful quest, full of twists and surprises! It is kinda sad that the egg didn’t turn out to be the dragon, but at least you got the next best thing. Also, Dark Wizard seems very shady and secretive and there is a high chance this is not the last you’ll see of him.

Thank you for reading and see you soon with more amazing adventures. Until next time.