How to start & complete the Cursed Tomb Treasure in Hogwarts Legacy
Hogwarts Legacy has a variety of quests and Cursed Tomb Treasure may be one of the more challenging. Here's how to complete it.
It may shock you to know Hogwarts Legacy doesn’t stay to the confines of the school. There’s a whole wide world to explore, and we’re not just talking about Hogsmeade. The surrounding areas are filled with secrets, quests, and mysteries to solve.
One of the most curious side quests is Cursed Tomb Treasure, which has you exploring an old manor to discover its contents. It’s an intriguing quest and one that sends you on a bit of a treasure hunt. If you want to know how to complete Cursed Tomb Treasure in Hogwarts Legacy, we have a full walkthrough for you.
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How start the quest
In order to begin this quest, a few prerequisites need to be done to obtain it: First of all, make sure you have completed the main quest mission, The Helm of Urtkot. Additionally, also make sure you are level 23.
Finally, you also need to make sure you have Alohamora upgraded to level 3, as this will be needed to unlock certain doors in Cursed Tomb Treasure. Once you have all of these objectives complete, you will be able to start the quest.
Steps to complete the Cursed Tomb Treasure in Hogwarts Legacy
To begin this quest, you want to look at the most southern area of the map in Hogwarts Legacy. It’s right near the bottom and is called Cursed Tomb Treasure when highlighted.
Your first objective is to open the locked chest under the old manor in Manor Glen. You can do this by using the side entrance which takes you below. Continue forward until you reach a level 3 lock and use Alohamora to open it.
Make sure you’re prepared for a fight, as this manor is also home to some fairly strong enemies that can easily overwhelm you given the chance.
Eventually, after fighting your way through enemies, you will reach a chest. Open it to reveal its contents, which appear as a sketch with clues to your next location. This is where things become a bit tricky, as you need to decipher the markings in order to move on to the next objective in Cursed Tomb Treasure.
The clue is pointing you toward the Tomb of Treachery, which can be found north on the map. If you’re struggling to find the exact location in Hogwarts Legacy, here is precisely where you need to go:
Travel to this location and enter to continue the Cursed Tomb Treasure quest. You will find an open room with a coffin residing in the middle when you enter. From this point, go to the left and use Incendio on the spider web to advance. Eventually, you will reach a room with a butterfly door blocking your path.
To open it, you need to cast Incendio on three butterflies that are trapped around the room, and then use Lumos to lead them to the door. Here is where you can find them:
- Right of the door trapped in a web.
- Roaming freely to the right side of the door.
- Left of the door. Use Incendio to release a trapped block, before using Wingardium Levioso to move it around. Climb on top of the block to find the third and final butterfly.
With all three butterflies found, the door will open and you can advance forward. Your next puzzle will see you needing to fire Flipendo on the tiles on the floor. You need to hit the correct ones, which are the middle block in the top row and the two bottom corner tiles.
After this has been done, a chest will finally emerge which you can search for. Do so, and you will receive a reward, along with the Cursed Tomb Treasure quest finally being marked as complete.
Also, check out how to unlock and use Petrificus Totalus in Hogwarts Legacy.
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Daniel Hollis
Daniel is a former Guides Writer for GGRecon. Having originally focused on film journalism, he eventually made the jump to writing about games in 2020, writing for sites such as NME. Eurogamer, GamesRadar, Tech Radar, and more. After a short stint in PR, he is back in the world of games media writing about his favourite games, including Bioshock, Fable, or everything Fortnite and Xbox Game Pass related.
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