Hogwarts Legacy fulfills all of your wildest wizardry dreams. If you’re accustomed to the Harry Potter franchise, you’re going to be extremely well-versed in the wizarding world, and there is nothing more synonymous with the pinnacle of the Slytherin dream than the “Avada Kedavra” spell.
Avada Kedavra, aka the killing curse, is the most potent and unforgivable dark magic spell in the Harry Potter universe. In this guide, we’re going to show you precisely what you need to do to unlock it in Hogwarts Legacy. Now we will preface that Avada Kedavra will not be available until very late in the main story, as with all the three unforgivable curses in the game.
Unlocking Avada Kedavra in Hogwarts Legacy
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Using Avada Kedavra in Hogwarts Legacy
To unlock “Avada Kedavra” you need to complete Sebastian Sallow’s quest line in order to unlock it. Sebastian’s quests are pretty hard to miss since he will contact you via OWL at various points in the game to help research a potential cure for a curse placed on his sister Anne. The specific quest where you have the opportunity to learn Avada Kedavra is called “In the shadow of the Relic”.
When this quest is given varies from player to player, but it is usually unlocked just before you complete the final Keepers trial, so I’d like to once again preface this by saying that the spell is unlocked very late in the main story.
Here’s what you’ll need to do to unlock it. After finishing the final boss fight of the Sebastian Sallow quest line, you’ll need to chase Sebastian to the entrance of the catacombs. During the conversation you’ll have with him, you need to choose the following dialogue options in order for Sebastian to teach you Avada Kedavra.
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- Sebastian: “I had to use the killing curse you know I did if I hadn’t known how to cast it-”
- *Select the dialogue prompt “Everyone should know that curse”*
- You: He did attack us. You had no choice, it was Brave Sebastian you clearly care more about Anne than your uncle ever did.
- Sebastian: I knew you’d understand. I did do the right thing.
- You: You did. I would have done the same if I knew how.
- Sebastian: I could teach you.
- *Select the dialogue prompt “Yes please”*
- You: No time like the present.
- Sebastian: The killing curse won’t be easy to master, as with all unforgivables, you have to mean it.
And there you go, follow the routing spell learning mini-game, and “Avada Kedavra” is unlocked, and you have learned the final unforgivable curse in Hogwarts Legacy. Avada Kedavra instantly kills your opponents just as it does in the books and movies, so obviously, it’s incredibly overpowered.
Unfortunately, you won’t be able to use it against other students in the crossed-wands duels, but the instant-kill potential more than makes up for it.
In conclusion, unlocking Avada Kedavra in Hogwarts Legacy is a challenging but rewarding task, that requires players to make tough choices and commit to the path of dark magic with this powerful spell at their disposal.
Players will be able to take on some of the toughest challenges in the game with relative ease and become a true master of the dark arts, and fulfilling their maniacal wizarding dreams.
