Summary
AHogwarts Legacyplayer made an interesting discovery after clipping inside the walls of Hogwarts Castle, where they found a mysterious woman standing alone. While exploration of the castle and surrounding areas are a big part of theHogwarts Legacyexperience, this is one secret the developers likely didn’t want players to uncover.
Hogwarts Legacyfirst launched in February 2023 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Subsequent ports brought the game to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. While both fans and professional critics have left it with generally favorable overall reviews, there have been a number of persistentbugs inHogwarts Legacy, ranging from character models appearing to swim while on land and NPCs passing through walls that should be solid.
For one player who accidentally managed to clip through the walls of the castle and posted their findings to Reddit, exploring the grounds led them to run into a woman in an out-of-bounds area that’s normally inaccessible. Some other keen-eyed viewers were able to ascertain the woman’s identity as the occupant of the divination portrait located in theGrand Staircase section of Hogwarts Castle. That identity explains why developers would have placed her out of bounds and out of sight, because while the subjects of the portraits inHogwarts Legacycan move and sometimes talk or make other noises, they’re not supposed to appear as regular people wandering the halls.
Hogwarts Legacy Players Find Portrait Occupants Living in the Walls
The woman from the portrait in the Grand Staircase isn’t the only subject of a painting that players can unintentionally come across in the game. Players have reportedly also found other subjects ofmagical portraits inHogwarts Legacyafter clipping through the castle’s walls, including The Fat Lady who bars access to the Gryffindor common room entrance, orchestra conductor Heath Heatherton, and the lute-playing minstrel whose portrait appears in a few different locations.
While the halls of Hogwarts Castle continue to reveal their secrets to players as the game nears its two-year anniversary, fans of the game may be able to look forward to having even more to explore in the not-too-distant future. In early October,Insider Gaming reporteda rumor that the game would be receiving a Definitive Edition that could be released sometime in 2025. If that report is correct, this Definitive Edition could include10-15 hours of newHogwarts Legacycontent, which according to the rumor, would also be available as a purchasable DLC to those players who already own other versions of the game.
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Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. For the first time, experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. Now you can take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it.Explore an Open WorldThe wizarding world awaits you. Freely roam Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest, and the surrounding Overland area.Be the Witch or Wizard You Want to beLearn spells, brew potions, grow plants, and tend to magical beasts along your journey. Get sorted into your house, forge relationships, and master skills to become the witch or wizard you want to be Experience a New Wizarding World AdventureExperience the wizarding world in an unexplored era to uncover a hidden truth from its past. Battle against trolls, Dark Wizards, goblins, and more as you face a dangerous villain threatening the fate of the wizarding world.
