What good is a wizard without his spells and potions? Granted that learning powerful spells like the Avada Kedavra spell or the Leviosa spell is essential to wizards, potions can also come in handy in a variety of different situations.
They may be able to provide buffs during combat like the Edurus or the Wiggenweld potions or help you in exploration like the Felix Felices potion.
As you learn to become the best wizard in Hogwarts Legacy, you will surely come across potions in the early stages of the game – specifically in Quest 13: Potions Class. This is a main quest, which means that you cannot miss out on it.
There are a total of 7 potions in the game, but you will have to obtain 6 of them to get the “Going Through the Potions” trophy. This is because the Felix Felices potion is exclusive to PlayStation 4 and 5.
Once you have taken the Potions Class and obtained the recipe for your first potion, you can start brewing/crafting potions in Hogwarts Legacy.
How potions work in Hogwarts Legacy
The potions work in a simple manner. You can use them to gain back your lost health, or some potions are perfect to increase your battle strength. The potions improve several of your stats during battles, making you inflict more damage on your foes. Your single-boosted shots can drain the maximum health of your enemies.
How to use potions
You can simply utilize your active potion by pressing (Tab/L1/LB) depending on your playthrough platform.
However, if you want to choose any other potion, simply hold down the button and use the mouse or left analog stick to find the one you require in Hogwarts Legacy.
Only one potion, Winggenweld Potion, in Hogwarts Legacy, can only be utilized using the G or Down-D Pad, as the buttons are assigned automatically.
How to brew potions in Hogwarts Legacy
To craft/brew potions in Hogwarts Legacy, you will require two main things – the potion’s crafting recipes and ingredients. You can unlock your first potion recipe and start brewing potions after you have completed the first Potions Classroom by Professor Sharp.
After the quest, the Potion Stations at the Potions Classroom will become accessible, and you can use them to brew potions. You can also, later on, unlock the Room of Requirement to get even more Potion Stations and make the brewing process faster.
You can obtain the potion’s recipe either by completing a few quests or buying them from J. Pippin’s Potions Shop or the Tomes and Scrolls Shop in Hogsmeade.
The other thing you will need is crafting ingredients, which can either be different types of Plants or materials obtained from beasts. These can also be bought from the vendors in Hogsmeade like The Magic Neep.
Hogwarts Legacy potions and their recipes
There are a total of 7 different potions in the game, each having a different crafting requirement and giving a different effect.
How to make Edurus Potion
You can unlock the recipe for this potion automatically as you complete the Potions Class quest. Drinking this potion protects the user with a rocky armor, hence providing stronger defense. It has a brewing time of 30 seconds.
Brewing the Edurus potion requires
- 1x Ashwinder Eggs – buy for 150G
- 1x Mongrel Fur – defeat Mongrel dogs in Forbidden Forest or buy for 50G
How to make Felix Felicis
This particular potion is exclusive to the players who pre-ordered Hogwarts Legacy – you cannot brew it otherwise. Makes the drinker extremely lucky and reveals the locations of large chests on the mini-map for a span of 24 hours in the game. It has a brewing time of 1 minute.
Brewing the Felix Felicis requires
- 1x Fluxweed Stem – buy seeds and grow in Room of Requirement or buy for 150G
- 1x Lacewing Flies – Explore open fields using Revelio to find some hidden in the bushes or buy for 100G
Note that you do not require this potion for the Going Through the Potions trophy.
How to make Focus Potion
You can get the potion recipe from J. Pippin’s Potions shop for 1200 Galleons. Drinking this potion reduces the user’s spell cooldown durations, allowing them to regenerate faster. It has a brewing time of 1 minute.
Brewing the Focus Potion requires
- 1x Fluxweed Stem – buy seeds and grow in Room of Requirement or buy for 150G
- 1x Lacewing Flies – Explore open fields using Revelio to find some hidden in the bushes or buy for 100G
- 1x Dugbog Tongue – Defeat Dugbog enemies found in Swampy areas of South Sea Bog.
How to make Invisibility Potion
You can get the potion recipe from J. Pippin’s Potions shop for 800 Galleons. Drinking this potion grants the user invisibility for a limited time period. It has a brewing time of 1 minute.
Brewing the Invisibility potion requires
- 1x Leaping Toadstool Caps – Explore the open world or buy for 150G
- 1x Knotgrass Sprig – Grow through seeds in Room of Requirement or buy for 150G
- 1x Troll Bogeys – Defeat a troll or buy for 100G
How to make Maxima Potion
You can get the potion recipe from J. Pippin’s Potions shop for 500 Galleons. Drinking this potion grants a boost to the user’s spell damage for a limited time period. It has a brewing time of 30 seconds.
Brewing the Maxima potion requires
- 1x Leech Juice – Pick leeches near water or buy for 150G
- 1x Spider Fang – Defeat Spiders in the Forbidden Forest or buy for 50G
How to make Thunderbrew Potion
You can get the potion recipe from J. Pippin’s Potions shop for 1200 Galleons. Drinking this potion casts a layer around the user which stuns and damages any enemy that comes near. It has a brewing time of 1 minute and 30 seconds.
Brewing the Thunderbrew potion requires
- 1x Shrivelfig fruit – Grow in a potting table or buy for 150G from The Magic Neep
- 1x Leech Juice – Pick leeches near water or buy for 150G
- 1x Staunch of the Dead – Defeat Inferi around the world to collect
How to make Wiggenweld Potion
You can unlock the recipe for this potion automatically as you complete the Potions Class quest. Drinking this potion heals the user by restoring some of the lost HP. It has a brewing time of 15 seconds.
Brewing the Wiggenweld potion requires
- 1x Dittany Leaves – Grow in a potting table or buy for 100G from the Magic Neep
- 1x Horklump Juice – Found outside the Treasure Vaults or buy for 50G
