Over the past few weeks, developer Jam City has slowly been adding more content to Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, allowing players to progress through Year 4 in the ongoing story. With the latest update to the game, players can finally visit the Forbidden Forest as well as access new energy sources, and some may be wondering what all is new.
Here is everything that's been added to Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery for Year 4.
New Locations
Like previous years, Year 4 in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery adds new locations for players to explore. In the Castle Grounds, players can now visit the Care of Magical Creatures class, taught by the eccentric Professor Kettleburn. More notably, however, players unlock the Forbidden Forest upon reaching Chapter 6 of Year 4, which brings with it a number of sub-areas to explore, and even offers up its own free energy source.
Free Energy
Once players progress far enough in Year 4 to reach the Forbidden Forest, they can scroll the screen to the right to find a large spiderweb with a spider crawling on it, which can be tapped for some free energy. In addition to the new free energy source in the Forbidden Forest, the Year 4 update has added another way to get free energy in the game.
By adopting pets, Hogwarts Mystery players can add up to four more free energy sources to the game, all of which can be found in their dormitory. Players will earn free energy by tapping on these pets to wake them up, though it should be noted that the pets themselves aren't free. In fact, adopting pets is rather expensive, but may be worth the investment for hardcore players who want to maximize the amount of energy they can get in any given day.
New Classes
So far, each new year in Hogwarts Mystery has added new classes for players to complete, and Year 4 is no different. Players can now attend the Care of Magical Creatures class, taught by Professor Kettleburn, and they will be rewarded with some gems, house points, and more for their efforts.
Below is a list of all the Year 4 classes and rewards players can get in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery.
Potions
- Calming Draught (+5 Gems)
- Shrinking Solution (+5 Gems)
- Weedosoros (+5 Gems)
- Pepperup Potion (+5 Gems)
- Beautifucation Potion (+5 Gems)
- Ageing Potion (+5 Gems)
- Skele-gro (+5 Gems)
Charms
- Protego (+5 Gems)
- Bombarda (Usable in dueling)
- Confringo (Usable in dueling)
- Ferula (+5 Gems)
- Vermillious (+5 Gems)
- Cistem Aperio (+5 Gems)
- Scourgify (+5 Gems)
- Diffindo (Usable in dueling)
- Arania Exumai (+5 Gems)
- Colloportus (+5 Gems)
Flying
- Formation Flying (+1 Energy Limit)
- Sloth Grip Roll (+1 Energy Limit)
- Broom Surfing (+1 Energy Limit)
- Extreme Dive (+1 Energy Limit)
Transfigurations
- Evanesco (+5 Gems)
- Vera Verto (+5 Gems)
- Beetle into Button (+5 Gems)
- Colovaria (+5 Gems)
- Serpensortia (+5 Gems)
- Orchideous (+5 Gems)
Herbology
- Wiggentree (+5 Gems)
- Flitterbloom (+5 Gems)
- Shrivelfig (+5 Gems)
- Wormdwood (+5 Gems)
Care of Magical Creatures
- Fire Crab (+5 Gems)
- Bowtruckle (+5 Gems)
- Niffler (+5 Gems)
- Murtlap (+5 Gems)
- Streeler (+5 Gems)
- Kneazle (+5 Gems)
New Friends
The friend encounter system in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery has allowed players to interact with their friends more so than ever before. These interactions reward players with gems and energy, as well as give them more options when they have to choose characters to take with them on quests. Year 4 of the game adds two more characters that players can interact with in the form of Ravenclaw student Andre Egwu and Gryffindor student Charlie Weasley.
In the coming weeks, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery fans should expect Jam City to add even more story content to the game. It's also possible that romance options will be added as well, especially when one considers dialogue from Year 3 that suggested Hogwarts students typically start dating in Year 4.
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery is out now for iOS and Android mobile devices.