How To Unlock The Dark Arts Battle Arena In Hogwarts Legacy

The Dark Arts Battle Arena is an exciting challenge for Hogwarts Legacy players, pitting you against waves of enemies whilst you use all three Unforgivable Curses and Confringo. Here is how to unlock the Hogwarts Legacy Battle Arena for this Dark Arts challenge.

• Here is how to unlock the Unlocking Charm, Alohomora.

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Hogwarts Legacy Battle Arena: How To Unlock

Firstly, to get this Hogwarts Legacy Battle Arena in your game altogether, you'll need to have the Dark Arts Pack. Unfortunately for some players, this is only included with the Deluxe Edition and Collector's Edition of the game.

Finding The Dark Arts Battle Arena

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Next, you'll need to find the Dark Arts Battle Arena, which is located north of the Forbidden Forest as marked on the World Map above. Once there, you'll have a couple of Level 20 Ashwinders to fight. However, you should be able to take these out with no problem if you're a high enough level yourself and have some health-and-stat-boosting potions.

Ahead, you'll find a large stone statue marked with the arena's symbol on your hue.

Unlocking The Dark Arts Battle Arena

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Just because you've found the Hogwarts Legacy Battle Arena, it doesn't mean you can enter it just yet. Cast Revelio, and you'll see a load of vases marked in a blue hue, with a counter starting with 0/10 in the top right-hand corner of your screen.

Destroy all ten vases in the immediate area using any spell, continuously using Revelio to find any you might have missed, and a small cutscene will play where the statue opens up and flames alight on either side. The Hogwarts Legacy Battle Arena is now unlocked, ready for you to take on its waves of enemies. 

• Here is the exact size of the Hogwarts Legacy map.

That's all you need to know on how to unlock the Hogwarts Legacy Battle Arena. For more tips on the game, check out how you can visit Azkaban or how to unlock more spell slots. 

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