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Hogwarts Legacy has several Animal Symbol Door Puzzles. One of these happens to be in the Grand Staircase, one of the most iconic and memorable areas in the movies. Remember that place where students walked up the winding, magical steps, all while portraits greeted them? Yes, that one. Here’s our Hogwarts Legacy Grand Staircase Door Puzzle guide to help you solve this particular brain teaser.
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Hogwarts Legacy Grand Staircase Door Puzzle guide
To solve the Grand Staircase Door Puzzle in Hogwarts Legacy, you’ll want to make your way to the area via the Floo Flames fast travel point (Grand Staircase tab). Once you spawn, you’ll notice a plate with the “??” symbol. From there, walk east and you should see steps that loop around. You’ll find the puzzle, as well as the “?” plate next to it.
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To solve it, you’ll want to remember these clues:
- Similar to other puzzles of this type, each animal symbol corresponds to a number from zero to nine, going from the bottom-left of the arch to the bottom-right.
- Interact with the puzzle by pressing the “F” key to see the equation. There are two sets that require unknown symbols (i.e., “?” for the top equation and “??” for the bottom equation).
- You’ll notice a number in the center of each equation. This represents the sum of the numbers and/or symbols around it.
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Given the above, we can solve the Grand Staircase Door Puzzle in Hogwarts Legacy by doing the following:
- Top equation (“?”) requires the Sloth (0) -> 4 + Elephant (2) + Sloth (0) = 6. The plate is beside the puzzle.
- Bottom equation (“??”) requires the Headcrab (5) -> 1 + 5 + Headcrab (5) = 11. The plate is on a wall near the Grand Staircase fast travel point.
For your efforts, you’ll receive an item for your Collections tab (i.e., Unicorn Statue) and an epic-quality gear piece. Don’t forget to check out all the other Hogwarts Legacy Animal Symbol Door Puzzles to obtain nifty rewards. In fact, there’s one just above you in the Grand Staircase Tower which we discuss in a separate guide.
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Hogwarts Legacy is available via Steam.
