When you start playing Hogwarts Legacy, you will soon notice that many doors and gates are locked. If you cast Revelio near them, chests and other valuable items will be highlighted, but with no chance to enter the room. This happens because you need a specific spell, Alohomora, to open locks, and no other enchantment or potion can serve this purpose.
You will learn Alohomora as the story progresses, but you must reach level 14 first. If you have completed some side tasks alongside the main missions, this won’t be a problem.
How to learn Alohomora in Hogwarts Legacy
Alohomora will be taught to you as part of The Caretaker’s Lunar Lament mission, and you can’t miss it because it is one of the main quests. You will meet Gladwin Moon, the Hogwarts caretaker, which will ask you a favor. Demiguise statues terrify him; unfortunately, they are scattered around the castle and its surroundings. During this mission, you’ll need to find two of them, pick their moons and get rid of the statues. They’re both in the Faculty Tower. More specifically, one is in the Prefects’ bathroom, while the other is in the Hospital Wing.
Mr. Moon will teach you Alohomora so that you can enter the tower. This is an Essential charm, so once learned, you will always have it at your disposal, and it won’t occupy any spell slot. You just need to get near a lock and use the spell.
When you enter the Faculty Tower, you need to use the Disillusionment charm to reach the Demiguise statues by going unnoticed. To make things easier, you can unlock Sense of Secrecy I and II, and Human Demiguise, three of the best Talents in Hogwarts Legacy. They will lower the chances of being spotted and enable you to sprint while using the spell.
How to open locks in Hogwarts Legacy
You can open locked doors and chests with the Alohomora charm in Hogwarts Legacy. After you complete The Caretaker’s Lunar Lament mission, you will permanently have this Essential spell at your disposal.
Unlike other enchantments, a minigame will start every time you use Alohomora on a lock. You’ll see different gears on the screen, along with a green and a red spark. You have to move them to rotate the dials clockwise or counterclockwise until you find the exact combination that will open the lock. You will notice that the smaller gears on the right will start spinning when you get the right angle. While it may seem tricky initially, you will find it easier and easier as you complete more of them.
When you first learn this spell, you will only be able to open level 1 locks. Mr. Moon, however, will assign you a new quest, The Man Behind the Moons, asking you to retrieve more Demiguise moons and bring them back to him. As a reward, you will get Alohomora II and III.
Remember that you can only collect these moons at night. If you need to switch from daytime to nighttime in the game, open the Map and use the Wait button. And if you are still looking for Zenobia’s Gobstones, you can check our guide with their exact location.
