Hints & Tips

Talking Gargoyles
To find the five Talking Gargoyles for Dean, look in these areas:

In the courtyard where Dean is standing.

The spiral staircase when you walk up to DADA.

In the Viaduct.

The fourth floor outside in the balcony.

In the Paved Courtyard.. You must repair the broken staircase in the corner. It is at the end of the balcony in the corner.

Note: You can use Incendio on Talking Gargoyles for Discovery Points.

Flying Creatures
The flying creatures below have to be found for the Room of Rewards

Seagulls can be found at the boathouse.

Crows are at the Stone Circle.

Pixies are in a desk in the Defense Against the Dark Arts room.

Doves are at the bridge at the Viaduct.

Bats are below the Stone Bridge. Go to the Stone Bridge and light all the torches with Incendio. Then, climb down the pipe shown and maneuver your way to the bottom. You will find the bats.

Luna's lost belongings

In the Entrance Courtyard. Use Wingardium Leviosa on the broom and sweep the leaves on the right side of the courtyard.

In the Great hall on the table.

In the Viaduct Entrance in front on the bookcase next to the stuttering portrait.

In the Clock Tower Courtyard directly in front of the Fountain.

In the Library on the table.

Swamp Boxes
You will first help Luna Lovegood in the Clock Tower Courtyard. After you talk to her, use Wingardium Leviosa on a bench and move it to the small "X" by the pear tree. Climb up and Reparo the roof. Then use Reducto on the "X" then levitate the Swamp Box down. Climb down. The box should be on the big "X" by the fountain. Step back and cast either Incendio or Reducto. The Swamp Box will explode.

You will then help Ginny Weasley in the Transfiguration Courtyard. After you talk to her, use Wingardium Leviosa on the Swamp Box in the tree. Then you will enter a Wizard Encounter with a few Slytherins. Once you beat them, use Wingardium Leviosa on the box again and move it to the big "X". Use Incendio or Reducto. The Swamp Box will explode.

Lastly you will go to the Paved Courtyard. No one will be there to tell you what to do, but Ron and Hermione will talk to you. Walk up the stairs and go along the path until you come to the broken pipe. Use Reparo. Climb up the pipe, jump onto the ledge, go beyond the second pipe, climb up the third pipe, jump onto the roof, run along the rooftop, use Wingardium Leviosa on the Swamp Box, and drop it off the roof. Then climb down to the ground. Use Incendio or Reducto. The Swamp Box will explode. Ron will tell you that you are done.

Library: Portrait shortcut
Go to the library and talk to the portrait that wants to know the headline of the Daily Prophet. Then, go to the Great Hall and walk up to the front table and turn to face the crowd. You will see a podium with candles on it. Now cast Depulso for Discovery Points and Incendio to make candles appear everywhere. Then cast Wingardium Leviosa and an owl will drop a newspaper on a table by a Gryffindor student. Examine the paper. Then, go to the library again. Talk to the portrait. The password turns out to be "No news is good news." This shortcut will lead to the fourth floor.

Owlery: Helping Colin
When you're helping Colin with Fred and George's boxes at the Owlery, stand in the center of your area when he sends the last box to keep it from falling down the stairs.

Fred and George Hidden Parcels
When you are outside, search for small patches of grass on or near pathways. If they flash when you walk by them with your wand out, try casting Accio on them. A Fred and George Hidden Parcel could appear. You can find these more so in the Stone Circle and behind Hagrid's Hut.

Flitwick's mini-quest
The Charms book you need for Professor Flitwick's essay is in the Great Hall. It is being read by a Ravenclaw student sitting beside the fire.

Trophy Room: Discoveries
Use Wingardium Leviosa on the feather duster in the Trophy Room. Hold it over the two dusty trophies beside it, and it will clean them. Then examine each trophy. Those four Discoveries will register a 100% on the Marauder's Map.

Flitwick's Charms O.W.L.
After you finish Professor Flitwick's mini-quest, the Charms room becomes available. Go inside and talk to him. He will call out spells that you need to cast on certain objects. If you pass and get an "Outstanding," it counts it in the Room of Rewards. The order he calls the charms are listed below.

1. Wingardium Leviosa: Use it on a bench.
2. Reducto: Use it on a statue of a bird.
3. Reparo: Use it on the pile of broken dishes.
4. Accio: Use it on a rope near the fireplace.
5. Depulso: Use it on a chair.
6. Accio: Use it on a rope near the fireplace.
7. Incendio: Use it on the plaque.
8. Reducto: Use it on a statue of a bird.
9. Reparo: Use it on the pile of broken dishes.
10. Wingardium Leviosa: Use it on a bench.

Howlers
When you ascend or descend the steep, narrow staircase that connects the Dungeons to the Viaduct Entrance, you can hear howlers being played.

Beating Voldemort
When your playing as Dumbledore fighting against Voldemort, do not try casting Levicorpus or Petrificus Totalus as they will not work on him. When Voldemort is on the platform the first time, you can only hurt him when he unleashes his stored power at you. Then use Protego to deflect his magical blast.

Percivel Pratt: Shortcut to the Boathouse
Locate the portrait on the fifth floor of the Grand Staircase that rhymes. He will tell you to find the portrait with three faces. Now go to the seventh floor corridor and find that three-faced portrait. He will tell you to ask Professor Basil Fronsack. Then go to the third floor and go up the stairs to the Defense Against The Dark Arts room, but stop at the talking gargoyle. Take the passage beside him. Keep on going until you come to the portrait before the Charms room. He will tell you to find the shepherdess on the second floor landing. Go back the way you came, but go through the door on the left before you get to the stairs to third floor. Go down the stairs until you see a portrait of a lady in pink with a staff and sheep. She says to see Google Stump in the Viaduct Entrance. When there, go to the only portrait in the area, beside a bookcase. He says to ask Gifford Abbott. Go all the way down the stairs in the Grand Staircase. He is the last portrait before you reach the entrance. He tells you that the password is "This password is absurd." Go back to Pratt's portrait and tell him.

House Ghosts
To expose the House Ghosts needed for the Room of Rewards, locate the fallen portraits throughout the Hogwarts corridors. Use Wingardium Leviosa to hang them back up on the wall. The Bloody Baron's portrait is in the Dungeons. The Grey Lady's portrait is close to the library on the second floor. The Fat Friar's portrait is on the first floor by the exit to the Stone Bridge.

Attacking teachers
Even though they cast Expelliarmus and deduct ten house points, you can still cast combat spells at teachers.

Herbology discoveries
In the Herbology classroom, walk into the room with four flower pots on a table. You will see a bucket hanging on the ceiling above the dancing water can. Wingardium Leviosa the bucket and let it hover over each of the pots. It will pour dirt into them. Then Wingardium Leviosa the water can. Hover it over each dirt-filled pot until it spews water on them. Spikey-plants will then grow. You will receive Discovery Points. Then, go to the entrance of the Herbology room. Walk forward into the dead-end hallway in front of the door in the classroom. You will see a rope hanging up in a corner. Now use Accio. It will air out the room and you receive Discovery Points.

Tidying Up Hogwarts
Go into the Entrance Hall. Then go in the small custodian room to the left of the big exit doors. Wingardium Leviosa the mop and hover it over each of the four odd tiles by the golden statue. It will clean them. You will receive Discovery Points, and Hermione will talk, giving you a 100% on the Marauder's Map. Then, go to the Viaduct Entrance. Wingardium Leviosa the mop by the dungeon stairs and clean the odd tiles by the large staircase. You will receive Discovery Points.

Discovery Points