Chapter 11 – Beautification potion

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Introduction

Hello everyone, welcome to our Walkthrough for Chapter Eleven of Year Four of Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery. Last time, you met Charlie and made plans for searching the Forbidden Forest. You decided to play it safe and invited one more person to join you on this venture.

After searching for some time, you stumbled upon a strange hole full of awful things. As it turned out, it was a Red Cap’s hole – home of a dangerous creature.

To make matters worse, it showed up and you were forced to flee. Afterward, you met with your friends in the library and discussed the situation. You came to a realization that Red Caps are generally repulsed by all things beautiful, so you decided to seek Penny’s help with brewing a Beautification Potion.

Summary

Chapter Summary:

  • Lesson 1: Streeler
    • Location: Care of Magical Creatures Classroom
    • Unlock: 9 Care of Magical Creatures stars
    • Requirements: 8 hours – 5/5 stars
  • Lesson 2: Shrivelfig
    • Location: Herbology Classroom
    • Unlock: 9 Herbology stars
    • Requirements: 3 hours – 5/5 stars
  • Task 1: Talk to Penny
    • Waiting Time: 3 hours
    • Location: The Great Hall
    • Requirements: 19 Courage, 19 Empathy, 20 Knowledge; 250 Coins; 6 turns – 3/3 Diamonds
    • Questions and Answers:
      • Why a Beautification Potion? – To get rid of a Red Cap. (Empathy)
      • Where do we get Ginger Root? – Herbology Class. (Courage)
      • How about Fairy Wings? – Care of Magical Creatures. (Empathy)
      • What about Unicorn Hair? – The Forbidden Forest. (Knowledge)
      • We need a place to brew in private. – The Artefact Room. (Courage)
    • Reward: 160 Friendship Experience
  • Task 2: Get Ingredients
    • Location: Herbology Classroom
    • Requirements: 3 hours – 1/5 stars
    • Choice: Tell Sprout why you need Ginger Root
      • To bring to Potions (20 Knowledge): +10 Knowledge
      • To put in drinks: +5 Empathy
      • To scare a Red Cap: +5 Courage
  • Task 3: Get Ingredients
    • Waiting Time: 3 hours
    • Location: Hagrid’s Hut
    • Requirements: 3 hours – 1/5 stars
  • Task 4: Get Ingredients
    • Location: Care of Magical Creatures Classroom
    • Requirements: 3 hours – 1/5 stars
    • Choice: Tell Merula about your search for the Cursed Vaults
      • It’s going good: +5 Empathy
      • It’s going bad: +5 Knowledge
      • It’s not your concern (19 Courage): +10 Courage
  • Task 5: Get Ingredients
    • Waiting Time: 3 hours
    • Location: Forest Grove
    • Requirements: 3 hours – 1/5 stars
  • Task 6: Brew Beautification Potion
    • Waiting Time: 3 hours
    • Location: Artefact Room
    • Requirements: 3 hours – 1/5 stars
    • Choice: React to Penny’s theory
      • That’s ridiculous…: +5 Empathy
      • That’s interesting… (Penny level 6): +5 Knowledge
      • That’s terrifying…: +5 Courage
  • Task 7: Get Rid of the Red Cap
    • Location: Clocktower Courtyard
    • Requirements: None
    • Choice: Explain yourself to Snape
      • I’m not doing anything: +5 Empathy
      • I’m not saying anything: +5 Knowledge
      • I’m flying to the forest: +5 Courage
  • Chapter Rewards: 250 Coins and 1700 Experience Points
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Walkthrough

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Once you start the chapter, you’ll be met with a waiting period of three hours, so you can kick things off by doing the lessons first. Hit the GO button and proceed to the Care of Magical Creatures.

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Unlocking the Streeler Lesson requires you to earn a total of nine stars from the Care of Magical Creatures classes. There are several different ways to do it, depending on your playstyle, but one of the fastest ways involves completing three three-hour classes.

However, if you want to earn some additional rewards, you might want to consider taking two of the eight-hour classes. Once you decide, hit the Start button to begin.

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Do these classes in a usual way – complete actions by tapping on the glowing objects. This will fill up the star meter and eventually, you’ll earn stars. You should prioritize actions with bonus progress since those will fill up more of the star meter per energy point spent.

Also, every time you earn a star, you’ll be given a mini-task. Complete it successfully to gain ten Courage points.

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When you are done, hit the Collect button to claim your rewards and continue. Once you unlock the lesson, you can head back to the Care of Magical Creatures to attend it.

To complete the Streeler lesson, you need to obtain five stars within eight hours. All five stars are required to pass.

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There is not much of a difference between this lesson and regular eight-hour classes. The biggest one is that all five stars are needed to pass, so you should keep that in mind. 

When you are done, hit the Collect button to continue. You can claim an additional reward in the Care of Magical Creatures section of your Hogwarts Record.

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Proceed to the Herbology classroom for the second lesson of the chapter.

To unlock the Shrivelfig Lesson, you need to obtain nine stars from the Herbology classes. Like before, select the class combination that suits you the most and hit the Start button to begin.

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Focus on completing bonus progress actions to save energy. Also, pay attention to the mini-tasks in order to gain some additional Empathy points.

When you obtain enough stars, the Shrivelfig lesson will be unlocked so you can head back to the classroom to attend it.

To complete this lesson, you need to earn five stars within three hours. Since all of the stars are required to pass, having full energy before starting is highly recommended.

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Follow the same steps you took in the classes beforehand and you shouldn’t encounter any problems. During the lesson, Professor Sprout will ask you a question about Shrivelfigs.

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Once you get all five stars, you’ll be tasked with fertilizing your plant. Trace the path on the screen to do so.

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Hit the Collect button to claim your rewards and continue. You can get an additional reward in the Herbology section of your Hogwarts Record.

Now that you’ve completed the lessons, you can resume the story. Proceed to the Great Hall to meet Penny.

When you arrive, you’ll be able to interact with several characters by tapping on the speech bubbles above them.

Penny will ask if you are all right. You will start analyzing things: your brother is still missing, a sleepwalking curse is overtaking the school, a secret group wants to kill you, a wizard threatens your life, a villain sends you threatening letters, and a Red Cap wants to kill you. On the bright side, Madam Rakepick let you borrow her Niffler Sickleworth.

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You will ask Penny if she can brew a Beautification Potion. You’ll tell her you might be able to use it to get rid of the Red Cap. Penny will admit that she never brewed that potion, but she knows the ingredients, and some of them will be difficult to find.

After that, you’ll get the task to form a plan with Penny. The task window will display the recommended attribute levels and the cost. Hit the Start button when you are ready to begin.

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This is fairly similar to the Meal With a Friend mini-game. Simply use the logical answers to Penny’s questions and you shouldn’t encounter any problems. The images below contain some of the questions and the answers to them.

  • Why a Beautification Potion? – To get rid of a Red Cap. (Empathy)
  • Where do we get Ginger Root? – Herbology Class. (Courage)
  • How about Fairy Wings? – Care of Magical Creatures. (Empathy)
  • What about Unicorn Hair? – The Forbidden Forest. (Knowledge)
  • We need a place to brew in private. – The Artefact Room. (Courage)

Once you’re done, you will earn some friendship experience with Penny. She will be fairly satisfied with the plan.

She will ask you to gather some of the ingredients for the Beautification Potion. In the meantime, she will gather the Morning Dew.

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Your next task involves getting the ingredients from the Herbology classroom. Proceed there when you are ready.

Upon arriving, you’ll be able to check out what some of the characters have to say by tapping on their speech bubbles.

You’ll ask Professor Sprout if she has any Ginger Root you could borrow. Sadly, she doesn’t, but she’ll be curious to know what you were planning to do with it. You can respond in three ways.

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The first option will give you ten Attribute points compared to five you’d gain from the other two. However, some of those can lead to pretty interesting lines of dialogue and are definitely worth checking out.

Regardless of your choice, you will need to do well in class if you want to learn where to find the Ginger Root.

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To complete this class, you need to earn five stars within three hours. One star is required to pass.

Do this task just like most of the other ones and you shouldn’t encounter any problems. When you are done, you’ll learn that Hagrid occasionally grows Ginger Roots in his garden.

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Your next task involves visiting Hagrid at his hut. Sadly, there is a waiting period of three hours before you can proceed. Since you will likely be low on energy at this point, it is recommended to wait and let your energy recharge in the meantime.

Proceed to Hagrid’s hut once the waiting time is over.

Hagrid will be very happy to see you. You’ll ask him if he has Ginger Root. Luckily he does, but he will need your help finding it.

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To complete this task, you will need to earn five stars within three hours. Since only one star is required to pass, this shouldn’t be too difficult.

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There is a bonus progress action tied to Fang. Prioritize it whenever it is available if you want to save a bit of energy.

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When you are done, Hagrid will hand you some fresh Ginger Root.

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For the next ingredient, you should attend the Care of Magical Creatures class and see if Professor Kettleburn has any Fairy Wings.

When you arrive, you’ll notice that some of the students have something to tell you. Tap on the speech bubbles above them to see what they have to say.

Professor Kettleburn will tell you that you can feel free to take some Fairy Wings once the class is dismissed.

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Speaking of class, this one requires you to obtain at least one out of five stars within three hours.

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The only major difference between this and the regular Care of Magical Creatures classes is that you’ll get Empathy points instead of Courage as a reward. Whether this is intentional or not is unclear, but regardless, you should do it just like you’d do any other regular class.

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When you are done, Merula will approach you and ask about the search for the Cursed Vaults. You have three response options.

The third option requires level nineteen Courage and awards ten attribute points, while the first two are worth five points each. No matter what you select, you’ll find out that Merula is working for Madam Rakepick now.

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You’ll then get the task to gather the remaining ingredients. However, there is a waiting period of three hours before you’re able to continue. Once the waiting time is over, head to the Forest Grove to search for Unicorn Hair.

Shortly after you arrive, you’ll need to cast Wand-Lighting Charm to illuminate your surroundings and make the search easier. Trace the wand movement on the screen to perform this spell.

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Finding the ingredients requires earning five stars within three hours. One star is needed to pass.

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There is an action with bonus progress tied to the roots. Focus on completing it whenever it is available in order to save some energy.

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Luckily, you will manage to find some Unicorn Hair. All that’s left is to meet with Penny and brew the potion.

Once again, you’ll have to wait three hours before moving on. As soon as you’re able to continue, head to the Artefact Room to meet Penny.

Penny will ask if you’ve been able to gather the ingredients. You’ll smile and say that you did. You will also tell her that Sickleworth wasn’t particularly helpful. The Niffler won’t be too happy to hear that.

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Penny will say that she needs your help to brew the potion. Brewing a Beautification Potion requires earning five stars within three hours. One star is needed to pass.

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There is a bonus progress action tied to the books. Prioritize it if you want to save some energy.

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When you are done brewing the potion, Penny will tell you an interesting theory. According to her, there is a possibility that Jacob doesn’t want to be found. There are three ways to react to this.

Selecting the second option requires a friendship level of six. However, all three choices will award you five attribute points without affecting the story in any significant way.

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Your next task is to get rid of the Red Cap. Hit the GO button and proceed to the Courtyard.

Unfortunately, just as you’re about to fly off to the Forbidden Forest, you’ll be greeted by Professor Snape. He’ll give you one chance to explain yourself.

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Each choice is worth five attribute points, but regardless of what you select, Snape will break the broom, thus preventing you from flying into the Forest.

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Shortly after, Chapter 11 of Year 4 will be complete. Hit the Collect button to claim your rewards. You will receive 250 Coins and 1700 Experience points.

Now that’s a rather interesting turn of events. Without a broom, it’s going to be much harder if not impossible to reach the Forbidden Forest. But what does Snape have in store for you? What punishment is he planning? And will you be able to find some alternative way to reach the forest? Find out in the next chapter of Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery!

Thank you for reading.