Hogwarts Legacy is full of secrets to discover and puzzles to solve. While some of these puzzles can be quite easy to solve, others are very confusing and will leave you guessing how to solve them for hours. One of those puzzles that can be irritating to complete is the chess puzzle. This puzzle presents you with a large chessboard that you must interact with. This guide will show you how to solve the chess puzzle in Hogwarts Legacy.
Where to find the chess puzzle in Hogwarts Legacy
The chess puzzle is not one of the many puzzles you will find scattered around Hogwarts like the steeple puzzle. Instead, this puzzle is hidden in one of the treasure chests scattered around the highlands. Specifically, you will have to head to the coast of Poidsear, which is in the southern part of the map, after the goblin camp in South Sea Bog.
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Once you reach the coast of Poidsear, head east and locate Floo Flame’s fast travel point called Pheonix Mountain Cave. From there, continue east and you’ll find the treasure chest on the east side of the map.
How to Complete the Chess Puzzle at Hogwarts Legacy
Like other treasure chests in the game, you’ll need to solve a puzzle if you want to get the treasure inside. Before entering the vault, make sure you have the following spells:
You will need these three spells to access the safe and complete the chess puzzle inside. When you get to the vault, use Depulso on the two rotating turbine-shaped objects on either side of the door. This will cause the beams blocking the door to open.
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Follow the path to the safe. Once inside, you will see a chess board carved into the stone floor with various pieces placed on it. Note that you cannot move any of the pieces. Instead, you can move a single pot that is in the room.
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Use Wingardium Leviosa on the pot in the room and move it to the chessboard square shown in the image above. Once the pot is in place, use the Transformation spell to turn it into a bishop’s piece. As long as the piece is in the right place to initiate a checkmate against the opponent, the puzzle will be solved and the chest will appear at the bottom of the safe.
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