The Best Talents in Hogwarts Legacy

A few features in Hogwarts Legacy can be a bit tricky to wrap your head around. One such feature is the talent trees. To determine which are the best talents in Hogwarts Legacy, you should figure out which are the most generally useful and which ones most suit your playstyle.

The Best Talents for Every Playstyle

There are five talent trees in Hogwarts Legacy. However, some have better talents than others. The best talents for the early and mid-game are in the Core Talent Tree. The next most useful talents are in the Spells Talent Tree and the Stealth Talent Tree.

The Dark Arts Talent Tree contains good talents, but they won’t really pay off until you unlock the Unforgivable Curses—which will take a little while. Dead last in terms of usefulness is the Room of Requirement Talent Tree because it only affects consumables, which are tedious to obtain and expensive.

Here’s a list of the best talents in Hogwarts Legacy:

Talent Name	Talent Tree Where It's Found	Level Requirement	Description	Why It's Useful
Spell Knowledge I	Core	5	Adds 4 active spell slots	Less spell swapping
Spell Knowledge II	Core	5	Adds 4 active spell slots	Less spell swapping
Spell Knowledge III	Core	16	Adds 4 active spell slots	Less spell swapping
Wiggenweld Potency I	Core	5	Increases healing of Wiggenweld Potions	Increases survivability
Wiggenweld Potency II	Core	16	Increases healing of Wiggenweld Potions	Increases survivability
Basic Cast Mastery	Core	5	Basic Casts that hit foes reduce spell cooldowns	Lets you cast stronger spells more often
Protego Absorption	Core	5	Blocking successfully with Protego fills up the Ancient Magic meter	Lets you cast powerful Ancient Magic more often
Evasion Absorption	Core	16	Evading successfully with dodges fills up the Ancient Magic meter	Lets you cast powerful Ancient Magic more often
Revelio Mastery	Core	16	Increases the range of Revelio	Lets you spot loot easier
Transformation Mastery	Spells	22	Turn enemies into explosive objects	Every successful cast is a double kill; enemy turned into the explosive and enemy struck with the explosive both die instantly
Bombarda Mastery	Spells	16	Increase area of effect of Bombarda	More likely to get double and triple kills with Bombarda
Descendo Mastery	Spells	16	Increases area of effect of Descendo	Stun multiple enemies instead of one
Glacius Mastery	Spells	16	Causes Glacius to deal damage	Lets you deal damage with a spell that normally is only useful for crowd control
Incendio Mastery	Spells	5	Adds an area of effect to Incendio	Useful when fighting many Inferi
Depulso Mastery	Spells	5	Increases area of effect of Depulso	Stun multiple enemies instead of one
Accio Mastery	Spells	5	Increases area of effect of Accio	Stun multiple enemies instead of one
Confringo Mastery	Spells	5	Causes Confringo to produce 2 projectiles on impact	Homing projectiles created by Confringo help when fighting crowds
Levioso Mastery	Spells	5	Increases area of effect of Levioso	Stun multiple enemies instead of one
Human Demiguise	Stealth	5	Lets you sprint while using the Disillusionment Charm	Moving faster while invisible is more convenient
Petrificus Totalus Mastery	Stealth	22	Adds an area of effect to Petrificus Totalus	Taking down multiple foes while invisible is convenient when clearing out groups of enemies

Every Talent and What They Do

Besides those mentioned above, there are other talents that may be useful to you on your magical journey. However, some are only viable in certain situations. Also, your personal preferences impact how much use you’ll get out of the less ideal talents.

Spells Talent Tree

Spell Name	Level Requirement	Description
Levioso Mastery	5	Increases area of effect of Levioso
Confringo Mastery	5	Causes Confringo to produce 2 projectiles on impact
Accio Mastery	5	Increases area of effect of Accio
Depulso Mastery	5	Increases area of effect of Depulso
Incendio Mastery	5	Adds an area of effect to Incendio
Diffindo Mastery	5	Causes Diffindo to pierce through enemies
Glacius Mastery	16	Causes Glacius to deal damage when shattering afflicted enemies
Descendo Mastery	16	Increases area of effect of Descendo
Bombarda Mastery	16	Increase area of effect of Bombarda
Transformation Mastery	22	Turn enemies into explosive objects

Dark Arts Talent Tree

Talent Name	Level Requirement	Description
Blood Curse	5	Dealing damage to cursed enemies also deals damage to all cursed enemies
Stunning Curse	5	Stupefy has the same effect as a curse on enemies. Cursed enemies take increased damage.
Knockback Curse	5	Flipendo has the same effect as a curse on enemies. Cursed enemies take increased damage.
Disarming Curse	5	Expelliarmus has the same effect as a curse on enemies. Cursed enemies take increased damage.
Enduring Curse	16	Curse effects on enemies last longer
Slowing Curse	16	Arresto Momentum has the same effect as a curse on enemies. Cursed enemies take increased damage.
Imperio Mastery	16	Enemies affected by Imperio curse other enemies
Crucio Mastery	16	Enemies struck by Crucio release 2 projectiles that home onto other enemies
Curse Sapper	22	Defeating a cursed enemies restores some health
Avada Kedavra Mastery	22	Killing an enemy with Avada Kedavra kills all cursed enemies

Core Talent Tree

Talent Name	Level Requirement	Description
Spell Knowledge I	5	Adds 4 active spell slots
Spell Knowledge II	5	Adds 4 active spell slots
Spell Knowledge III	16	Adds 4 active spell slots
Wiggenweld Potency I	5	Increases healing of Wiggenweld Potions
Wiggenweld Potency II	16	Increases healing of Wiggenweld Potions
Swift	5	Holding down the dodge button/key lets you dash a short distance
Ancient Magic Throw Expertise	5	Causes Ancient Magic Throws to catch and use disarmed weapons on enemies
Protego Absorption	5	Blocking successfully with Protego fills up the Ancient Magic meter
Basic Cast Mastery	5	Basic Casts that hit foes reduce spell cooldowns
Stupefy Mastery	16	Causes enemies stunned by Stupefy to stay stunned longer
Evasion Mastery	16	Evading successfully with dodges fills up the Ancient Magic meter
Protego Expertise	16	Perfectly blocking a spell with Protego cause 2 projectiles to shoot back at enemies
Revelio Mastery	16	Increases the range of Revelio
Basic Cast Airborne Absorption	16	Basic Casts that hit airborne enemies fills up the Ancient Magic meter
Stupefy Expertise	22	Stupefy deals damage on impact
Protego Mastery	22	Perfectly blocking with Protego lets out a shockwave that destroys enemy shields

Stealth Talent Tree

Talent Name	Level Requirement	Description
Sense of Secrecy I	5	Makes it harder for enemies to spot you when you're using the Disillusionment Charm
Sense of Secrecy II	16	Makes it harder for enemies to spot you when you're using the Disillusionment Charm
Human Demiguise	5	Lets you sprint while using the Disillusionment Charm
Petrificus Totalus Mastery	22	Adds an area of effect to Petrificus Totalus

Room of Requirement Talent Tree

Talent Name	Level Requirement	Description
Edurus Potion Potency	5	Edurus Potions make you invulnerable for a short time and cause enemy projectiles to bounce back at them
Invisibility Potion Potency	5	Makes the effects of Invisibility Potions last longer
Fertiliser	5	Causes 2 Chomping Cabbages to spawn instead of 1 when deploying a Chomping Cabbage
Maxima Potion Potency	16	Spells cast after consuming a Maxima Potion do even more damage and break enemy shields
Headache	16	The damage and duration of Mandrakes is increased
Thunderbrew Potency	22	The damage and range of Thunderbrew Potions are increased
Noxious	22	The damage of Venomous Tentacula attacks is increased and its attacks also breaks shields
Focus Potion Potency	22	The effects of Focus Potions get extended when using spells from the current spell set