Want to know how long Hogwarts Legacy takes to beat? We break down the playtime for all quests and show how many hours a complete playthrough can take.
How long the RPG Hogwarts Legacy will keep you busy largely depends on how deeply you want to immerse yourself in the world of Hogwarts. The game doesn’t just offer a lengthy main story, but also plenty of side missions, classes, collectibles, and optional challenges. We’ve summed up the most important details about overall playtime for you.
Hogwarts Legacy playtime: How much time the main story and side content take
The open-world adventure is significantly larger than many comparable games in the genre. Depending on your playstyle and goals, you can expect the following playtimes:
- Main story only: If you focus exclusively on the main quests, you’ll finish the game in around 30 to 40 hours. Highly focused players can even come in under 30 hours.
- Main story + side quests: If you also complete many of the roughly 100 side missions and optional activities such as class assignments, relationship questlines, or exploration, playtime increases to about 55 to 80 hours.
- 100% completion run: Players who want to explore every corner, complete all challenges, and collect every trophy should plan for 70 to well over 120 hours. In some cases, players report even longer playthroughs—especially if all four houses are completed to unlock the Platinum trophy.
Beyond the sheer number of quests, the open-world design also plays a major role. The world of Hogwarts Legacy invites exploration and is packed with hidden locations, challenges, and collectibles—all of which can dramatically increase playtime if you don’t rush straight through the main story.
More than 150 quests for long-term motivation
The sheer scope of Hogwarts Legacy is largely due to its wide variety of quests. More than 40 main quests guide you through the central storyline, which revolves around an ancient secret in the wizarding world:
Exclusive house quests (1 per playthrough, but 4 different ones in total)
- The Hunt for the Missing Pages (Gryffindor)
- Ollivander’s Heirloom (Ravenclaw)
- Prisoner of Love (Hufflepuff)
- Scrope’s Last Hope (Slytherin)
Main story quests
- The Path to Hogwarts
- Welcome to Hogwarts
- Charms Class
- Defence Against the Dark Arts Class
- Weasley After Class
- Welcome to Hogsmeade
- The Locket’s Secret
- Secrets of the Restricted Section
- Tomes and Tribulations
- The Girl from Uagadou
- Herbology Class
- Potions Class
- Trials of Merlin
- Jackdaw’s Rest
- Flying Class
- The Room of Requirement
- In the Shadow of the Undercroft
- The Map Chamber
- Percival Rackham’s Trial
- Beasts Class
- The Caretaker’s Lunar Lament
- The Helm of Urtkot
- In the Shadow of the Estate
- The Elf, the Nab-Sack, and the Loom
- The High Keep
- Astronomy Class
- Back on the Path
- Charles Rookwood’s Trial
- Fire and Vice
- In the Shadow of the Mine
- It’s All Gobbledegook
- The Headmistress Speaks
- The Polyjuice Plot
- Niamh Fitzgerald’s Trial
- In the Shadow of the Mountain
- Lodgok’s Loyalty
- San Bakar’s Trial
- Wand Mastery
- The Final Repository
- In the Shadow of Revelation
- Weasley’s Watchful Eye
- The House Cup
Side quests
Side quests are spread across the entire game world—from Hogsmeade and Hogwarts to small villages like Irondale or Cragcroft.
- A Demanding Delivery
- A Friend in Deed
- A Thief in the Night
- Absconder Encounter
- All’s Well That Ends Bell
- ‘Beeting’ a Curse
- Birds of a Feather
- Breaking Camp
- Brother’s Keeper
- Cache in the Castle
- Carted Away
- Crossed Wands: Round 1
- Crossed Wands: Round 2
- Crossed Wands: Round 3
- Cursed Tomb Treasure
- ‘Dissending’ for Sweets
- E-vase-ive Manoeuvre
- Flight Test
- Flying Off the Shelves
- Foal of the Dead
- Follow the Butterflies
- Ghost of Our Love
- Gobs of Gobstones
- History of Magic Class
- Interior Decorating
- Kidnapped Cabbage
- Like a Moth to a Frame
- ‘Mer-ky’ Depths
- Minding Your Own Business
- Phoenix Rising
- Portrait in a Pickle
- Rescuing Rococo
- Sacking Selwyn
- Solved by the Bell
- Spell Combination Practice 1
- Spell Combination Practice 2
- Spot Removal
- Summoner’s Court: Match 1
- Summoner’s Court: Match 2
- Summoner’s Court: Match 3
- Summoner’s Court: Match 4
- Summoner’s Court: Match 5
- Sweeping the Competition
- Take the Biscuit
- Tangled Web
- The Daedalian Keys
- The Hall of Herodiana
- The Hippogriff Marks the Spot
- The Lost Astrolabe
- The Tale of Rowland Oakes
- The Man Behind the Moons
- The Plight of the House-Elf
- The Sky is the Limit
- The Unique Unicorn
- Troll Control
- Venomous Revenge
- Venomous Valour
- Well, Well, Well
Relationship quests
Relationship quests with characters such as Sebastian Sallow, Poppy Sweeting, and Natty Onai feature their own multi-part stories.
Natsai Onai
- The Lost Child
- Mum’s the Word
- A Basis for Blackmail
- Grief and Vengeance
- Finding Focus
- Harlow’s Last Stand
- Acting on Instinct
Poppy Sweeting
- A Dragon Debrief
- Poached Egg
- The Poachers’ House Call
- Surprise Meeting
- The Centaur and the Stone
- It’s in the Stars
- A Bird in the Hand
- Poppy Blooms
Sebastian Sallow
- In the Shadow of the Bloodline
- In the Shadow of the Study
- In the Shadow of Discovery
- In the Shadow of Time
- In the Shadow of Distance
- In the Shadow of Hope
- In the Shadow of the Relic
- In the Shadow of Fate
- In the Shadow of Friendship
Assignments
Assignments unlock new spells and are sometimes required to progress further in the game. The spells you receive and the quest after which the respective assignment is available are shown in brackets.
- Professor Ronen’s Assignment (Reparo / Weasley After Class)
- Professor Hecat’s Assignment 1 I(ncendio / The Locket’s Secret)
- Professor Hecat’s Assignment 2 (Expelliarmus / Tomes and Tribulations)
- Professor Sharp’s Assignment 1 (Depulso / Jackdaw’s Rest)
- Professor Sharp’s Assignment 2 (Diffindo / Jackdaw’s Rest)
- Professor Garlick’s Assignment 1 (Wingardium Leviosa / The Room of Requirement)
- Professor Garlick’s Assignment 2 (Flipendo / The Map Chamber)
- Madam Kogawa’s Assignment 1 (Glacius / The Map Chamber)
- Madam Kogawa’s Assignment 2 (Arresto Momentum / The Map Chamber)
- Professor Onai’s Assignment (Descendo / Percival Rackham’s Trial)
- Professor Howin’s Assignment (Bombarda / Charles Rookwood’s Trial)
- Professor Weasley’s Assignment (Transformation / Fire and Vice)
