It’s time to become the ultimate wizard or witch.

By Toby Saunders

Published: Wednesday, 08 February 2023 at 12:00 am

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During your playthrough of Hogwarts Legacy, you will level up your character and unlock new talents and skills. There is a limit to how much you can improve your skills, however, with a level cap stopping you from getting too powerful.

As with most RPGs of a similar ilk, there is a max level your created character can reach. Reaching the level ceiling will mean that your character can get no stronger. Unfortunately, this means that there is a limit to how many talent points you can earn and spend.

Levelling up will unlock talent points that you can spend on improving spells. This process should begin from level 5 onwards. These talent points can only be spent once and cannot be reassigned, so you will need to choose what spells to improve carefully.

If you’re looking to know what the Hogwarts Legacy level cap is, read on below for that and more, including how to spend talent points, and what the best talents are in the game.

Hogwarts Legacy level cap: What is the max level?

The Hogwarts Legacy max level is 40. This is the level cap in the open-world game. Your character will stop levelling up once they reach level 40. Unfortunately, this means that you won’t be able to unlock every talent point and you will need to instead focus on just one or two areas to improve.

While there is the possibility that the development team will add in a new game plus mode or increase the level cap alongside a future update or DLC release, for now, you won’t be able to climb above level 40.

If you’re after every trophy/achievement, meanwhile, you will want to reach the game’s max level as doing so will unlock the ‘A Forte for Achievement’ trophy. Also, you will be a massively powerful witch/wizard with the best abilities the game has to offer.

Hogwarts Legacy talent points: What are the best talents?

The best way to spend your Hogwarts Legacy talent points will be down to how you wish to play the game. Given there is a limited number of talent points to spend, you will need to plan your spending carefully to maximise your character’s potential before hitting level 40.

Let’s say, though, that you’re looking to play in a gung-ho manner, favouring powerful magic attacks over stealth and potion or plant use. If playing in this style, it will be wise to spend your points on the Spells, Dark Arts, and Core skill trees. This will maximise your attack power.

Focus on talents that beef up your offensive spells to make battling the toughest enemies a little easier and more fun. Look out for talents that increase the effect range on fire spells, and make offensive spells chain multiple enemies at once, for example.

In general, it’s a great idea to spend talent points in the Core section of the skill tree. There are some learnable skills here that will let you have more spells applied as shortcuts. The less time you spend fumbling around in menus looking for spells to use, the better.

Obviously, if you’re looking for stealthy options, spend your points in the Stealth section. The Human Demiguise skill is a useful one as it allows you to sprint while using the Disillusionment spell.

And if you want to beef up your character in other ways beyond the spending of talent points, head to the Room of Requirement regularly to get the most out of potions, plants, creatures and upgrades to your gear.