The Hogwarts Legacy map with floating candles is one of the first secrets you will come across as you are playing the game on PlayStation, Switch, and Xbox. Placed directly on the main story path, it is likely you will find it and be curious about exactly where it is pointing.
Well, to help you out, we solved it during our Hogwarts Legacy review playthrough. You won’t need to worry about combat in this quest though, so you can forgo crafting any great Hogwarts Legacy builds if you are taking it on. This map is one of many mysteries that have made Hogwarts Legacy one of the most intriguing RPG games of recent times. So, grab your wands – or rather your best PlayStation controller, best Switch controller, or best Xbox controller – and let’s dive into finding and solving it.
Hogwarts Legacy map with floating candles explained
The Hogwarts Legacy map with floating candles is an item needed to start the Ghost Of Our Love side quest. This map points to a secret hiding somewhere in the Hogwarts Legacy map. The map’s item description differs depending on your house, as it will appear in a different location for each one.
Upon finding this secret you will complete the quest and also get a gear item in the process.
Hogwarts Legacy map with floating candles location
The Hogwarts Legacy map with floating candles has four potential locations, depending on which house you’re sorted into. Gryffindors will need to have ‘The Hunt for the Missing Pages’ house quest active to access it, while Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, and Slytherins need ‘Prisoner of Love’, ‘Ollivander’s Heirloom’, and ‘Scrope’s Last Hope’ respectively.
Here are the map with floating candles’ locations:
- Gryffindor – Hogsmeade Graveyard. It is sitting on a gravestone at the outer edge of the village, beside The Tomb of the Villager.
- Hufflepuff – Upper Hogsfield. It is in a chest behind Claire Beaumont’s stall.
- Ravenclaw – Hogwarts Owlery. It is on the top floor, lying on the ground to the left of the ladder leading up to it.
- Slytherin – Apollonia’s secret grotto. It is in a chest. The grotto can be found beneath Hogwarts Castle’s Great Hall.
Hogwarts Legacy map with floating candles solution
To solve the map with floating candles, head to the Forbidden Forest Floo Flame, just north of Hogwarts, and use Lumos by the bridge at night. This will reveal some candles, which will guide you to the end point of the quest – a chest next to a table and chairs.
That is all there is to the Hogwarts Legacy map with floating candles, location, solution, and how to solve it. It is quite simple but if you don’t have a keen eye it can leave you stumped for a while. For more secrets and guides, be sure to check out our Hogwarts Legacy walkthrough which is filled with useful information.
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Hogwarts Legacy has drawn considerable criticism during its development, largely due to the fact that the creator of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling, has made a number of transphobic remarks on social media in recent years.
While Avalanche has confirmed that J.K. Rowling is not “directly involved” in the development of Hogwarts Legacy, it has been working with “her team” and Portkey Games, a Warner Bros. label dedicated to launching new experiences inspired by J.K. Rowling’s original stories. It is currently unclear whether she will earn any royalties from the game’s sale, but it is likely given it is based on her original body of work.
If you would like to learn more about transgender rights or lend your support, we’d encourage you to check out the National Center for Transgender Equality in the US and Mermaids in the UK.