It’s time to do Snape proud in Hogwarts Legacy.
Professor Snape hasn’t even been born yet, but we can’t help but hear his voice in the back of our minds every time we’re brewing Hogwarts Legacy potions.
Making potions in Hogwarts Legacy requires a fair bit of legwork, from collecting recipes to buying ingredients and finally lobbing it all into your cauldron.
Of course, you can just buy potions, but where would be the fun in that? If you want to know all about how to make potions in Hogwarts Legacy, including all the recipes and ingredients you need to know about, read on!
How to make potions in Hogwarts Legacy
If you follow the main story in Hogwarts Legacy, it won’t take you long to learn how to make potions. Once you’ve had your first lesson with Professor Sharp, you will be able to make potions in two main places — those would be the Potions classroom and the Room of Requirement, the latter of which will be unlocked later in the main story.
If you’re in one of these places, head to your potions station and interact with it. In the menu that comes up, simply select the potion you want to make. As long as you have the recipe and the ingredients listed on it, the potion should be ready to collect soon (they take a few seconds to brew, and a timer should be visible when you hover nearby).
How to get potion recipes in Hogwarts Legacy
Before you make a potion in Hogwarts Legacy, you will first need to get the recipe for it. Some of these recipes are picked up during the main story, but most of them need to be bought from the potions shop in Hogsmeade.
This handy store is called J Pippin’s Potions and you should be able to spot it on the Hogsmeade map. And remember, you can always sell your unwanted gear to make a bit of extra spending money when you need it.
Where to find potion ingredients in Hogwarts Legacy
So you’ve bought the recipe for the potion of your dreams, but where exactly are you meant to get the ingredients? The easiest way is to buy potion ingredients from the shops in Hogsmeade — you’ll find some of the ingredients at J Pippin’s Potions, while others are only available at The Magic Neep.
Note: if you’re trying to find Fluxweed Stem for Professor Sharp’s assignment homework, you need to go to The Magic Neep in this case. This herb-stuffed stall is also located in Hogsmeade and it has slightly different stock to J Pippin’s Potions.
Of course, you will also find potions ingredients as you explore the open world. We’d highly recommend picking up any random mushroom or item that you happen across, because it will probably come up later in some sort of useful way.
Hogwarts Legacy potions list: All recipes & ingredients
Before you head to your potion station, you’ll need the right ingredients as well as the recipe, of course. The full list of potion recipes, what they all do, and what you need to make them are all listed below:
Wiggenweld Potion recipe (restores health)
- 1 Horklump Juice
- 1 Dittany Leaves
Edurus Potion recipe (improves defence for a short time)
- 1 Ashwinder Eggs
- 1 Mongrel Fur
Maxima Potion recipe (increases spell damage for a short time)
- 1 Leech Juice
- 1 Spider Fang
Focus Potion (reduces spell cooldowns)
- 1 Lacewing Flies
- 1 Fluxweed Stem
- 1 Dugbog Tongue
Felix Felicis (reveals locations of large chests for one in-game day)
- 1 Lacewing Flies
- 1 Fluxweed Stem
Invisibility Potion (makes you invisible for a short time)
- 1 Leaping Toadstool Caps
- 1 Knotgross Sprig
- 1 Troll Bogeys
Thunderbrew Potion recipe (stuns and damages nearby enemies)
- 1 Leech Juice
- 1 Shrivelfig Fruit
- 1 Stench of the Dead
It’s important to note that even if you know the recipe in your real-life head, your in-game character will need to own the recipe before the game will let you make it. So as much as this list might come in handy, it won’t save you in-game money!
How to use potions in Hogwarts Legacy
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Now that you’ve made some potions, how are you actually meant to use them? In most cases, to use a potion in Hogwarts Legacy, you will need to press L1 to bring up a wheel of options — you can choose the potion you want to drink by using your right analogue stick.
On an Xbox controller, that would be LB instead of L1 to bring up the wheel, where you can also choose magical plants to throw at your enemies (providing that you have any of those to hand, which is a whole other matter entirely).
The only major exception to this method is the Wiggenweld Potion. To use this health-restoring potion, you just need to press down on the D-pad (as long as you have some Wiggenweld in your inventory).
We’d definitely recommend keeping a strong supply of potions about your person if you want to make the combat easier!
Read more on Hogwarts Legacy:
- Hogwarts Legacy release date – staggered launch explained
- Hogwarts Legacy cast – Simon Pegg and more
- Hogwarts Legacy house sorting quiz – take the test
- Hogwarts Legacy character creator – customisation revealed
- Hogwarts Legacy common rooms – tour all four
- Who is Phineas Nigellus Black? Sirius ancestor explained
- Hogwarts Legacy year – when is it set?
- Hogwarts Legacy multiplayer – is it co-op?
- Hogwarts Legacy Switch – handheld version explained
- Hogwarts Legacy PC requirements – the specs you need
- Hogwarts Legacy Deluxe Edition – price for early access
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