Hogwarts Legacy Door Puzzles: All Locations and Solutions

While exploring the grand castle in Hogwarts Legacy, you'll come across ornate doors carved into the walls. Hidden throughout the building, these door puzzle diagrams feature odd creatures and also have different numbers on them.

There are a total of 12 different Hogwarts Legacy door puzzles, which all require some sort of solution. Surprisingly, they can be solved quite simply with a little math.

Need some help solving these mysterious puzzle doors? If so, keep reading to get the complete guide to the locations of the 12 Hogwarts Legacy door puzzles and how to solve them.

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Hogwarts Legacy symbols and numbers explained

Every animal symbol that appears in Hogwarts Legacy door puzzles has an associated number (between 0-9), as shown in the image and the list below.

0 - Furry creature with eyebrows

1 - Unicorn

2 - Tentacle Goat

3 - Three-headed snake

4 - Weird owl

5 - Spider with a face

6 - Lizard

7 - One-eyed squid

8 - Spider

9 - Hydra

To be more specific, there is a note or cipher page (like in the above image) that tells what number each animal symbol represents. If you want to find the note yourself, you can find it in the Library Annex area. It’s in a blue box located beside a door puzzle that leads to the Arithmancy Classroom.

How to solve all the Hogwarts Legacy door puzzles

As stated above, there are 12 Hogwarts Legacy door puzzles, and here’s how to solve each one of them.

Door puzzle #1: Walkway to the Arithmancy Classroom

• Location

Get to the Library Annex area, and then fast travel to the Divination Classroom Floo Flame.

Next, walk up a small flight of stairs, then walk down some wooden planks before you take your first right. Now, you’ll find the puzzle door.

• Solution

Left dial: Weird Owl (?)

Right dial: Three-headed Snake (??)

• Rewards

Getting through this door puzzle will grant you access to the Arithmancy Classroom, along with two more Hogwarts Legacy door puzzles.

Door puzzles #2 and #3: The Arithmancy Classroom

• Location

In the Library Annex area again, you’ll need to head through Door Puzzle #1 to reach the Arithmancy Classroom as well as 02 other Hogwarts Legacy door puzzles.

• Solution for the first door puzzle on the left

Left dial: Weird Owl (?)

Right dial: Spider with a face (??)

• Solution for the door puzzle on the right

Left dial: Lizard (?)

Right dial: Unicorn (??)

• Rewards

The rewards for solving these Hogwarts Legacy door puzzles can be one object for Room of Requirement and one item of clothing.

Door Puzzle #4: The Central Hall

• Location

Again, in the Library Annex area, head to the Potions Classroom Floo Flame location. Next, simply turn around to find the Central Hall door puzzle a little way off.

• Solution

Left dial: Spider (?)

Right dial: Three-headed Snake (??)

• Rewards

The reward for solving this door puzzle can be 01 object for Room of Requirement and 01 item of clothing.

Door Puzzle #5: Long Gallery

• Location

In the Library Annex area, once again, head to the Potions Classroom Floo Flame location. Move through the doors, and simply go left down the stairs. Next, open the locked level one door using Alohamora Level 1. Then, keep running down the corridor until you see a more open area with the door puzzle on the left.

• Solution

Left dial: Tentacle goat (?)

Right dial: Unicorn (??)

• Rewards

The rewards for solving this door puzzle can be 01 object for Room of Requirement and 01 item of clothing.

Door Puzzle #6: Charms Classroom

• Location

In the Astronomy Wing area, get to the Charms Classroom Floo Flame and go around the corner to the left so you will locate the puzzle door.

• Solution

Left dial: Tentacle Goat (?)

Right dial: One-eyed Squid (??)

• Rewards

The rewards for solving this door puzzle might be 01 object for Room of Requirement and 01 item of clothing.

Door Puzzle #7: Ravenclaw Tower

• Location

In the Grand Staircase area, simply head to the Ravenclaw Tower Floo Flame. Here, go down the corridor, and don’t forget to look to the right to find the door.

• Solution

Left dial (Far side of the room): Weird Owl (?)

Right dial: Spider with a face (??)

• Rewards

The rewards for solving this door puzzle can be 01 object for Room of Requirement and 01 item of clothing.

Door Puzzle #8: Grand Staircase

• Location

In the Grand Staircase area again, after getting to Grand Staircase Tower Floo Flame, you’ll need to head down the curved stairs to see the door.

• Solution

Left dial (left on stairs): Lizard (?)

Second dial (behind you): One-eyed Squid (??)

• Rewards

The rewards for solving the Grand Staircase Door Puzzle might be 01 object for Room of Requirement and 01 item of clothing.

Door Puzzle #9: House Hourglasses

• Location

Also in the Grand Staircase area, head to Grand Staircase Floo Flame and run up the stairs in front of you, then turn right. When you find the House Hourglasses, turn and go up the flight of stairs. The door is around the left corner.

• Solution

Left dial (?): Furry creature with eyebrows

Second dial (??): Spider with a face

• Rewards

The rewards for solving the House Hourglasses door puzzle can be 01 object for Room of Requirement and 01 item of clothing.

Door Puzzle #10: Faculty Tower

• Location

In the South Wing area, head to the Faculty Tower Floo Flame. Note that you will have to start "The Caretakers Lunar Lament" quest in order to get to this one. When you do the quest, the Faculty Tower will be unlocked, and you can head inside.

The puzzle door is on the next floor up from the main entrance. However, if you are here at night, you will need to distract a prefect in order to get to the puzzle.

• Solution

Left dial (?): Furry creature with eyebrows

Right dial (??): Hydra

• Rewards

The rewards for solving the Faculty Tower door puzzle might be 01 object for Room of Requirement and 01 item of clothing.

Door Puzzle #11: The Great Hall

• Location

This one is in the Great Hall. To get there, fast travel to the Great Hall Floo Flame location first. Next, head left towards the fireplace and make a left again to find the door at the end of the hallway.

• Solution

Left dial (?): Spider

Right dial (??): Three-headed Snake

• Rewards

The rewards for solving this door puzzle can be 01 object for Room of Requirement and 01 item of clothing.

Door Puzzle #12: North Hall

• Location

In the Astronomy Wing, simply head to the Transfiguration Classroom Floo Flame. Next, after going through the double doors, you’ll need to go up some flights of stairs to reach the top floor. Here, you should find a level-one locked door; open it and run down the corridor so you can see the puzzle door on the left.

• Solution

Left dial (?): Lizard

Right dial (??): Three-headed Snake

• Rewards

The rewards for solving this North Hall door puzzle might be 01 object for Room of Requirement and 01 item of clothing.

Bottom line

All of these 12 Hogwarts Legacy door puzzles have helpful items. Well, it’s always great to successfully solve them and get the rewards. In fact, solving these puzzles is as easy as understanding what number each animal symbol represents and doing simple math equations. Have fun looking around the grand castle and trying to figure out what other secrets it holds.

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