House quest theories

[Dragon Master]

Considering that it seems that Gryffindors get a quest with Nearly Headless Nick and trying to help out with the headless hunt in exchange for his aid it got me thinking about the quests that the other houses could get.

Would they be with each house ghost? Does each head of house also give a house quest?

As a Ravenclaw I think it would be great to work with the Gray Lady or a Hufflepuff with the Fat Friar to expand a bit of lore within those houses as Harry never really focused on Ravenclaws or Hufflepuffs during his time at Hogwarts.

Also, who do you all think would be the head of each house? Matilda Weasley seems an obvious choice for Gryffindor but that also feels on the nose and too similar to McGonnagal, having the transfiguration teacher ALSO being the deputy headmistress.

I think that the Charms professor would be a fun head of Slytherin house and the DADA be a cool head of Ravenclaw and having unique quests with them for your house would be cool.

[orthostatic]

They name a bunch of characters on the official community page. Just keep hitting the "show more" button and scrolling down.
https://www.hogwartslegacy.com/en-us/community

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by orthostatic:

They name a bunch of characters on the official community page. Just keep hitting the "show more" button and scrolling down.
https://www.hogwartslegacy.com/en-us/community

Awesome. How many of them are going to be involved in unique House quests? That would be awesome.

[orthostatic]

I don't know, my dude. :) All I remember is that the little blurbs about characters on that page gave out some tidbits of info about who is who. We'll be discovering this at the same time I expect, minus three days since I went with vanilla standard.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by orthostatic:

I don't know, my dude. :) All I remember is that the little blurbs about characters on that page gave out some tidbits of info about who is who. We'll be discovering this at the same time I expect, minus three days since I went with vanilla standard.

Sweetums.

Anywho, since we know one gryffindor quest involves nearly headless nick, what do you think of the Bloody Baron being involved in a Slytherin quest?

[orthostatic]

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

Anywho, since we know one gryffindor quest involves nearly headless nick, what do you think of the Bloody Baron being involved in a Slytherin quest?

I'm all about it. I can't say I've developed enough depth in my fandom of HP to really care what they do, but I like the material enough that I'm kinda predisposed to like anything they put in the game, so long as there's enough to keep me entertained for a while. So much good story potential here.

I'm just hoping I don't have to do four profiles on whatever that Wizardingworld thing is just to experience the game for each house, as I expect a lot of the initial differences will pertain to that.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by orthostatic:

Originally posted by Dragon Master:

Anywho, since we know one gryffindor quest involves nearly headless nick, what do you think of the Bloody Baron being involved in a Slytherin quest?

I'm all about it. I can't say I've developed enough depth in my fandom of HP to really care what they do, but I like the material enough that I'm kinda predisposed to like anything they put in the game, so long as there's enough to keep me entertained for a while. So much good story potential here.

I'm just hoping I don't have to do four profiles on whatever that Wizardingworld thing is just to experience the game for each house, as I expect a lot of the initial differences will pertain to that.

I think it was confirmed that you can choose still your house without having to link to a separate house. Basically it is effectively the Hat's first choice but we can pull a Harry and go "not Slytherin" or whatever like Harry did in his first year when it became apparent to him that the Hat was considering Slytherin.

[Stacker Camper]

In canon each Hogwarts house has its own ghost (Nearly Headless Nick, Fat Friar, Grey Lady, Bloody Baron), as well other ghosts (Peeves). So I would say they would almost certainly be included in the game and probably quests.

They have revealed 3 main 'friends' from each of the houses (except Ravenclaw). There is some evidence to suggest the Ravenclaw friend quest line has been removed and become the PS5 exclusive - which is probably why they suspiciously did not show a Ravenclaw student bio but did for the other 3 houses (notice also the PS5 exclusive student is a ravenclaw who speaks with a voice that is not the 'hero' of the story - so is meant to be an actual character).

There isn't really any indication of any quests being house specific, I would assume house specific quests are minimal, as you are effectively excluding 75% of content from each playthrough for quests in that class.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by Stacker Camper:

In canon each Hogwarts house has its own ghost (Nearly Headless Nick, Fat Friar, Grey Lady, Bloody Baron), as well other ghosts (Peeves). So I would say they would almost certainly be included in the game and probably quests.

They have revealed 3 main 'friends' from each of the houses (except Ravenclaw). There is some evidence to suggest the Ravenclaw friend quest line has been removed and become the PS5 exclusive - which is probably why they suspiciously did not show a Ravenclaw student bio but did for the other 3 houses.

There isn't really any indication of any quests being house specific, I would assume house specific quests are minimal, as you are effectively excluding 75% of content from each playthrough for quests in that class.

No, the Ravenclaw companion has recently been revealed to be voiced by the person who played Dean Thomas in the movies. That is likely why he was kept secret.

Also, PS5 is getting the shop for one year and a potion recipe permanently as exclusives, not any companions so I'm not sure where you got the idea that they would be getting the Ravenclaw companion as an exclusive when what is exclusive has been confirmed for months now.

I'm not saying that each house misses out on 75% of the game's content, but that there will be a handful of quests and maybe one or two story quests, that are unique to each house but the story will by and large remain the same.

Anywho, what kind of quest do you think the Fat Friar (if he does) would give to Hufflepuffs?

[Stacker Camper]

OK that's good know!

I have a feeling the game won't really make a distinction over what is a 'house' quests and what isn't. So its really just a question of are there side quests that only are startable if you pick a certain house. You would think they would have to add something house specific other than just the common rooms/dorms.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by Stacker Camper:

OK that's good know!

I have a feeling the game won't really make a distinction over what is a 'house' quests and what isn't. So its really just a question of are there side quests that only are startable if you pick a certain house. You would think they would have to add something house specific other than just the common rooms/dorms.

It is confirmed that only Gryffindor characters get that side quest with Nearly Headless Nick.

[orthostatic]

Don't want to hijack the thread here, but if any of you happen to know what the Hogmeade's shop is and offers in-game (esp. to the exclusives who "get their own") I'm interested to know what you know. Cheers.

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by orthostatic:

Don't want to hijack the thread here, but if any of you happen to know what the Hogmeade's shop is and offers in-game (esp. to the exclusives who "get their own") I'm interested to know what you know. Cheers.

It's apparently one side quest where you clear out a dungeon and then have ownership of the shop it's based in....where you can buy cheaper and sell higher than you can in other shops.

[orthostatic]

Thanks Dragon Master. Presumably then, that side quest is the exclusive for the PS5 players?

[Dragon Master]

Originally posted by orthostatic:

Thanks Dragon Master. Presumably then, that side quest is the exclusive for the PS5 players?

For one year.

The potion recipe seems to be a permanent exclusive.

[Stacker Camper]

Originally posted by orthostatic:

Don't want to hijack the thread here, but if any of you happen to know what the Hogmeade's shop is and offers in-game (esp. to the exclusives who "get their own") I'm interested to know what you know. Cheers.

There are multiple shops in Hogsmeade, including versions of shops that would otherwise be at diagon alley (such as ollivanders) in harry potter time.

Its not clear if the ps5 mission shop even sells anything either before or after you do the quest.