Hogwarts Legacy puzzle doors: How to open the number doors
By Ryan Woodrow
As you wander the halls of Hogwarts, you’ll quickly encounter some strange doors. On them is a blackboard with pictures of various magical creatures on the doorframe. Interacting with these doors will bring up two circles with numbers and pictures on the outside, surrounding a big number in the middle.
If you’re stumbling across one of these for the first time, you’ll likely be clueless as to what to do, as there is no indication of how to solve the puzzle. Never fear though, as we’re here to explain how they work. If you want to know more about what secrets Hogwarts hides, check out how to solve the Hall of Herodiana puzzles and where to find all the Daedalian Keys in Hogwarts Legacy.
Puzzle door solution – Hogwarts Legacy
To solve these puzzles all you need to do is a bit of basic addition. All three points on the edge of the circle represent numbers that you must add up to reach the number in the middle.
This is all well and good when the numbers are written plainly, but what about the pictures of creatures? As you probably guessed, these too represent numbers, but it’s hard to tell what each one represents just by looking.
Thankfully, hidden away in the rafters of Hogwarts, we found a cheat sheet that shows what number represents:
If you want an easy way to memorize this, then they’re in order from left to right on the doorframe, just remember to count from zero, not one. The number each creature represents is based on particular features. A Unicorn has one horn, a Hydra has three heads, a Spider has eight legs, and so on.
Knowing this you should easily be able to add up the numbers and work out which creature you need to set the question mark displays to.