Hogwarts Legacy Moth Paintings Guide

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Of all the puzzles of Avalanche Software The Hogwarts Legacynone are more mysterious than his empty paintings scattered around Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. These The Hogwarts Legacy The paintings start out as nothing more than an empty frame, but with a little work, players can bring them back to life and reap valuable rewards for their efforts. These quirky puzzles are fairly easy to solve, but it does take a while to find all of the locations of the empty paintings and their corresponding moths. However, players will want to complete as many moth paintings as possible, so they can fully complete The Hogwarts Legacy.

The quest to solve every moth painting in The Hogwarts Legacy begins after speaking to Lenora Everleigh in Central Hall shortly after the game's introduction. The quest, cleverly titled “Like a Moth to a Loom,” tasks players with first solving a The Hogwarts Legacy painting as a tutorial. Then, players are free to solve all the other moth paintings they discover as they play The Hogwarts LegacyAs there are a multitude of empty paintings scattered throughout the magical world, Players will find 20 locations for painting frames in both Hogwarts and Hogsmeade and the moths needed to bring them back to life, which are usually a little difficult to spot.

Updated September 10, 2024 by Lynette Guzman: Hogwarts Legacy is filled with collectibles and secrets hidden within its living castle, some of which are tied to player progression through the game. This guide has been expanded to include more information on what rewards players will receive for completing all of the Hogwarts Legacy moth paintings, as well as updated to match CBR's current formatting style.

How to solve moth paintings in hogwarts legacy

• Lumos is the first spell players learn in The Hogwarts Legacy. Professor Fig teaches them this during the quest “The Path to Hogwarts” before the game officially begins.

The paintings of moths in The Hogwarts Legacy are easier to solve than to find. Players will find these paintings during their adventures in several new and hidden locations throughout Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. The easiest way to find moth-framed paintings is to cast the Revelio spell, which highlights any puzzle or interactive element in the game with a blue glow. The paintings are recognizable by their distinctive oval shape and the moth-shaped indentation at the bottom of the frame. Once players come across one, Lumos is the key spell to solving the moth painting puzzleCasting Lumos will reveal an image with the location of the moth that belongs to the painting.

Typically, the location is close to the painting, but some moths are further away than others, meaning players will have to do a bit of exploring. Revelio also works to find moths, but since they are small objects, players need to be fairly close to them for the spell to be useful. They are also not very noticeable, so players must also pay close attention to their surroundings. Once players find the moth, they simply cast the Lumos spell again. The moth will follow the player from then on as long as they keep the spell activated. When players reach the empty painting with the moth, they simply need to deactivate Lumos or use a basic attack. The moth will fly directly into the painting. The puzzle will disappear permanently and players will get a Field Guide page.

Where to find every moth painting location in Hogwarts

• To learn Level 1 Alohomora, players will need to speak to Gladwin Moon to start the quest “The Keepers' Moon Lament” and retrieve the Demiguise statues.
• To learn the Depulso spell, players must complete the quest “The Jackdaw's Rest”, after which they will complete Professor Sharp's first assignment, which will teach them the Depulso spell.

There are 15 moth paintings to find in Hogwarts with only a few of them requiring the use of The Hogwarts Legacy's Level 1 Alohomora spell to unlock the doors they are behind. One painting requires the Depulso spell, however, so be sure to unlock it before attempting to locate each painting. Additionally, Revelio is extremely helpful in finding them, as it highlights their exact locations. Here are all 15 locations of the empty Hogwarts paintings, where to find them, and where to find their moths.

Division	Subdivision	Empty frame location at Hogwarts	Moth Position
Astronomy Section	Astronomy Tower	Much higher up, at the base of a spiral staircase.	Climb the spiral stairs from the frame, leaning on a blackboard.
Astronomy Section	Dark Arts Defense Tower	On the top floor, near the flying flame.	Near the flying flame in Professor Fig's classroom, just above the ledge.
Bell tower wing	North Hall	In the stairwell of North Hall.	Requires Level 1 Alohomora Behind a locked door in the History of Magic room nearby.
Bell tower wing	North Lawn (Hogwarts grounds)	Requires Level 1 Alohomora In the locked room to the right of the north exit.	Leaning on a wall near the door to the South House of Hogwarts.
Bell tower wing	West Tower (Pungent Passage)	In the corridor of the Pungent Passage.	Near the painting of a centaur, just around the corner.
Grand staircase	Grand staircase	Requires Level 1 Alohomora In a locked area up the stairs above the trophy room, near the gargoyle in the principal's office.	Resting on some supports in the stairwell leading down from the structure.
Grand staircase	Ravenclaw Tower	On a wall at the base of the spiral staircase.	Climb a flight of stairs on a wall near some paintings.
Great Hall	Great Hall	Inside the entrance to the Great Hall.	Behind the Headmaster's seat in the Great Hall.
Great Hall	Outside	On the stairs along an outside wall of the Great Hall.	Near the Kelpie sculpture in the corridors just outside the Great Hall.
Great Hall	Slytherin Dungeon	On a wall near the bathroom.	Around the corner, in the corridors, near a large painting.
Library Attachment	Central Hall	Near the fountain (completed as part of the quest given by Lenora Everleigh).	Near the statue of Gregory the Slimy.
Library Attachment	Library	On the second floor, between two paintings.	Near the painting The Old Librarian on the second floor.
Library Attachment	Long gallery	Requires Level 1 Alohomora On a wall of the Long Gallery, accessible through a locked door down the stairs from the Potions Classroom.	Leaning on a glass case depicting an ogre in the room at the end of the corridor from the frame.
South wing	Clock Tower Courtyard	Requires Level 1 Alohomora In a locked room on the right when fast traveling towards the flying flame.	In the corridors on the right as you enter the external courtyard.
South wing	Gryffindor Tower	Requires Depulso In the room behind the Argyllshire Map, which can be accessed by using Depulso on the switch above it.	In the work bathroom at the end of the corridor, compared to the map.

Where to find every place to paint moths in Hogsmeade

While there are 15 paintings to find in Hogwarts, there are only five in Hogsmeade. Luckily, though, these are all the moth paintings in The Hogwarts Legacy. Players do not have to worry about finding other painting puzzles in the Highlands or any other location in The Hogwarts Legacy. Unlike the moth paintings in Hogwarts, the ones in Hogsmeade don’t require any special spells, but Revelio still helps highlight their locations. Here are all five locations of the empty paintings in Hogsmeade, where to find them, and where to find their moths, too.

Rewards for completing all Hogwarts Legacy Moth Paintings

In addition to XP, Players are rewarded with a Field Guide page for each The Hogwarts Legacy moth painting puzzles they solve. These pages are a useful collectible that counts toward the Field Guide Pages Challenge, where players follow a progression to earn special gear aspects. Once players collect the amount of Field Guide Pages needed for Level 1, they can claim the reward and then must collect an additional amount of pages for Level 2, and so on.

Completionist The Hogwarts Legacy Players will want to collect all of the Field Guide pages from the moth paintings scattered around Hogwarts and Hogsmeade to obtain all of the gear aspects available in each region's respective reward sequence. However, players do not need to solve every single The Hogwarts Legacy Moth Painting Puzzles: Finding and completing as many of these as possible is an easy way to progress through these rewards faster and explore the magical world in style.