Hogwarts Legacy fans finally solve castle's last mystery

Hogwarts Legacy players have discovered an in-game secret that harkens back to the PlayStation 2/3 days.

It’s no secret that Hogwarts Legacy packs a lot of detail into its open-world, making it the most immersive Harry Potter game so far when roaming the castle grounds is concerned.

Take a look at what we mean through this Hogwarts Legacy video below

Fans have spent hours and hours roaming the halls, riding across the fields and exploring every nook and cranny of the game for more hidden content.

Recently players uncovered a mystery that had been bugging them for ages, a stone phoenix carved into a wall that looked like it served an important purpose, but couldn’t be interacted with.

The stone carving was the topic of discussion in a Reddit thread by AdoraLovegood, who said the phoenix is “on the wall in the same spot where Dumbledore’s office was in the older games.”

Sure enough a screenshot of one of the older games from the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 compared to Hogwarts Legacy show the image in the exact same spot, even though it doesn’t actually lead to the headmaster’s office in the latter game.

Other players were quick to express their gratitude at the post, as apparently it’s been bugging quite a few people who didn’t notice the callback to the old games.

“Oh, is THAT what that means!! I thought it was another secret or puzzle, I've been trying to figure it out for ages.”

“Wow. That is really cool. No idea bc I didn’t play the older games. Neat how many little Easter eggs there are in this game.”

“Stuff like that is what shows the amount of love put into crafting the Castle and the grounds.”

There aren’t many secrets left to uncover in Hogwarts Legacy, but rest assured we’ll have a Hogwarts Legacy 2 at some point with a fresh batch of mysteries to solve.