Hogwarts Legacy has three main endings for players to discover in addition to Sebastian's dialogue choices which change how his companion quest line ends. Hogwarts Legacy includes a good ending, a bad one, and a universal final end scene for both "good" or "bad" dialogue pathways.
Players must first complete all four Keeper trials in the main story before they can access a main story quest, The Final Repository. This quest contains the good and the bad endings, with Hogwarts Legacy's ending affected by player choices to a certain extent. Players must also defeat Ranrok during the quest before they can view their chosen ending cutscene. Players should be aware that significant spoilers lie ahead.
How To Get Hogwarts Legacy's Good Ending
Although Hogwarts Legacy has no morality system, one crucial dialogue option during The Final Repository quest dictates the ending players get before the final ending. This takes place after Professor Fig asks players what they plan to do with the Repository. To get the "good" ending, players should respond, "I intend to keep it contained here." The second dialogue option has no impact, so players can choose either response to see the good one: "I intend to keep it hidden forever" or "I intend to keep it a secret for now."
After players defeat Ranrok, a cut scene triggers, showing players containing the Repository's power, followed by an injured Professor Fig, one of Hogwarts Legacy's best professors. The cutscene returns to the Great Hall at Hogwarts, where Professor Black gives a speech. Here players will also take part in a conversation with either Sebastian or Ominis, depending upon their earlier Sebastian choices in the side quest called In The Shadow of Fate.
How To Get Hogwarts Legacy's Bad Ending
To get the "bad ending," players should select the second dialogue option stating "I intend to open it" when Fig asks what players will do with the Repository. This option opens up three additional dialogue responses. If players select the first option agreeing with Professor Fig, "You're right," they'll redact their initial choice and see the good ending. Therefore, players who want to receive the bad ending should select either the second or third dialogue choices:
- "This power should not be kept from the world."
- 'I want the power for myself."
After players beat Ranrok, the evil ending activates, showing a clip of the player absorbing the Repository's ancient power and grinning before presumably containing it for future use. It doesn't seem there's anyone else to watch this unfold, and it's left unclear what the impact of this action will be. The scene returns to the same cutscene at Hogwarts that follows the good ending.
Hogwarts Legacy's Universal True Ending
Regardless of whether players choose the good or bad ending, the main story quest has a final, true end for all players in the last mission called The House Cup, which is accessible once players reach level 34. Players visit the Great Hall to hear the outcome of which Hogwarts House has won the Cup for the school year. They will receive 100 points to lead their House to victory owing to their role in stopping Ranrok. The ending also contains a short series of clips of some other classes in the year, and players even get to see students facing a Boggart in Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
However, Hogwarts Legacy's ending leaves some lingering questions, including why everyone seems to be celebrating even if players opened the Repository, though it's presumed this is kept secret. The presence of unanswered questions also puts a question mark over what legacy players leave behind for the school and the wider magical community, though perhaps that remains to be seen in potential future DLC or content.
Hogwarts Legacy is available now for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. PS4 and Xbox One versions are due for release on April 4 and July 25 for Nintendo Switch.