In Hogwarts Legacy, players can only take a limited number of talents. Talents are passive abilities that further enhance your spells, items, or movement. Get to know which talents are the best to have in Hogwarts Legacy, which ones you should avoid, and more using this guide.
Note that this guide may not work for you as it may not fit your style of play. For the full lsit of talents, check out the Hogwarts Legacy Talent List.
Talent points are limited in Hogwarts Legacy. With that said, proper allotment of these points should be something you should heavily ponder on. To make things a tad easier, we have listed the best talents in the game below:
| Talent | Description | Required Level |
| Confringo Mastery | Confringo impacts produce fiery bolts that seek enemy targets. | 5 |
| Transformation Mastery | Enemies struck with the Transformation spell transform into explosive objects. | 22 |
Spell Talents add more to the usual effects of your spells. Generally, they add more AoE and affect more enemies instead of the standard single target. Confringo Mastery helps in burning lots of enemies with a single cast, perfect for battles against Inferi. Transformation Mastery allows you to one-hit a target as it transforms them into a more fragile object.
| Talent | Description | Required Level |
| Basic Cast Master | Basic Cast impacts reduce spell cooldowns. | 5 |
| Ancient Magic Throw Expertise | Ancient Magic Throw catches and throws disarmed enemy weapons. | 5 |
| Swift | Holding down Dodge allows you to vanish quickly and reappear nearby. | 5 |
| Spell Knowledge I | A new Spell Set is added. | 5 |
| Spell Knowledge II | A new Spell Set is added. | 5 |
| Spell Knowledge III | Increases the range of Revelio. | 16 |
| Revelio Mastery | A new Spell Set is added. | 16 |
The talents above are must-haves as they grant you significant advantage when properly used. Aside from that, some of these skills provide quality of life improvements to the game itself.
| Talent | Description | Required Level |
| Enduring Curse | A cursed effect remains on an enemy for a longer period of time. | 16 |
| Crucio Mastery | Striking an enemy cursed by Crucio releases a projectile that curses a nearby enemy. | 16 |
| Imperio Mastery | An enemy under your control with Imperio curses other targets with each successful strike. | 16 |
| Avada Kedavra Mastery | Killing an enemy with Avada Kedavra kills all cursed enemies. | 22 |
| Curse Sapper | Defeating a cursed enemy restores some of your health. | 22 |
The curses that should not be used in the wizarding world are apparently the strongest in the game. With that said, you should take the talents that accompany these spells. Once you unlock the spells above, maximize them by allotting points to their respective talents.
| Talent | Description | Required Level |
| Accio Mastery | Enemies near a target summoned by Accio are also pulled to you. | 5 |
| Levioso Mastery | Enemies near a target levitated by Levioso are also levitated. | 5 |
| Bombarda Mastery | Bombarda causes an explosive blast with a massive area of effect. | 16 |
| Talent | Description | Required Level |
| Stunning Curse | Stupefy has the same effect as a curse on enemies. Cursed enemies take increased damage. | 5 |
| Blood Curse | Dealing damage to a cursed target inflicts damage to all cursed targets. | 5 |
| Disarming Curse | Expelliarmus has the same effect as a curse on enemies. Cursed enemies take increased damage. | 5 |
| Slowing Curse | Arresto Momentum has the same effect as a curse on enemies. Cursed enemies take increased damage. | 16 |
| Talent | Description | Required Level |
| Protego Absorption | Successful Protego blocks will contribute to the Ancient Magic Meter. Perfect Protego blocks contribute even more. | 5 |
| Basic Cast Airborne Absorption | Basic Cast impacts on airborne enemies contribute more to the Ancient Magic Meter. | 16 |
| Evasion Absorption | Successfully evading an unblockable attack with Dodge contributes to the Ancient Magic Meter. | 16 |
| Talent | Description | Required Level |
| Depulso Mastery | Casting Depulso releases an additional blast directly around you. | 5 |
| Glacius Mastery | Striking an enemy frozen by Glacius blasts damagin shards outward from the target. | 16 |
| Talent | Description | Required Level |
| Stupefy Mastery | Enemies struck with Stupefy remain stunned for a longer period of time. | 16 |
| Stupefy Expertise | Stupefy deals direct damage on impact. | 22 |
As we have winners, we should also have losers. Below are talents that you should avoid when you can.
If stealth is not something you prefer doing in Hogwarts Legacy, it’s okay to not touch the Stealth Talent tree and leave it as is. You can even completely finish the game or do stealth without allotting a point or two here. Use these talents only if you like sneaking.
While the Room of Requirement talents grant you additional yield for your plants and potions, they technically do not give anything significant in the field. You may use them if you prefer using items during battles but more often than not, it’s best to just get something passive that affects you as you explore the game world.
Hogwarts Legacy is available on PC, PS5 & PS4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch. Get to know more about the game via the official website.
