Secrets of the Restricted Section in Hogwarts Legacy

Return to Professor Fig’s classroom

• This quest can be found in The Astronomy Wing

Head into Professor Fig’s office to have a chat with him.

Since learning the spell Incendio, you’re better prepared to face whatever awaits in the restricted section of the library.

Unfortunately, the headmaster comes in and pulls Professor Fig away on some other random errand and won’t take no for an answer, because Fig has inconvenienced him with us showing up late to the sorting hat ceremony.

Yeah, bit of an bunghole, that one.

We’re ready to go right now, even without Fig, so it’s time to have a chat with the one guy that might be able to help us.

Talk to Sebastian

• Fast travel to Defence Against the Dark Arts Tower.

Sebastian is located by the painting of the woman who’s enjoying the plumes of fire.

You can choose to tell him more about what happened at Hogsmeade or not. Even if you do tell him it doesn’t make sense to someone on the outside. We’re terrible at explaining our predicament in layman’s terms.

No worries though, Sebastian will help you get into the Restricted section, either way.

Meet Sebastian in the Central Hall at night

You’re automatically teleported into the appropriate area.

Approach Sebastian down the steps and he’ll end up teaching you Disillusionment, which you’ll be needing in order to open all those chests with the eyes on them, as well as sneaking around certain characters.

Sneak into the Library

Add Disillusionment to your spell bar and cast it before heading down the steps.

You’ll get a prompt that teaches you about being caught in areas you’re not supposed to be. As a consequence of someone catching you in this quest and possibly others, you will fail it. But you do get time to try and hide from their sight if someone does catch wind of your presence.

You might need to distract one of the prefects here, because there’s one on the left side that walks to the right. They almost caught me, but I managed to hide behind the pillar before they really saw me.

You shouldn’t need to worry about the other two before entering the door.

Talk to Sebastian

Of course the librarian is going to be here, so turn to the left where Sebastian urges you for a conversation.

You’ll need to grab the librarian’s key that’s in her desk, because the lock to the Restricted Section can no longer be opened via Alohomora. Not to mention, you don’t even have that spell yet.

Sebastian will provide a distraction for you.

Get the key from the librarian’s desk

You’ll need to wait for Sebastian’s distraction to make the librarian move away before you make a move toward the librarian’s desk.

Note that she does turn toward you, then walks ahead, so if you’re crouched in the open, there’s a chance she’ll take notice.

Once she walks away, head to her desk for the key.

Find the book

Walk toward the right side of the room, but pay attention to where the librarian is, in case she notices you. Near where Sebastian is is the locked door to the Restricted Section.

Head inside and make your way downstairs where a prompt comes up for distracting people away from your position.

There are two ghosts. The first one you can cast toward the statue at the far end and make your way around to the next area without being noticed. In the next area is another ghost–you can hit the wall on the right side to make her move away from the doorway you need to go down into.

You’re in the clear once you’re away from the ghosts, so proceed as normal until you come across a closed door.