The Curse-Breaker’s Gambit Part 1

Introduction

Hello everyone, welcome to Part 1 of our Walkthrough for The Curse-Breaker’s Gambit Adventure of Harry Potter Hogwarts Mystery. This adventure is available for students of Year 5 and above, and during it, you’ll learn that Murphy wants to sign up for a wizard chess competition. However, in order to do so, he’ll need a team.

Summary

Walkthrough

[Disclaimer: This walkthrough will feature the gameplay from the perspective of a Year 7 student. Since the adventure is available for students of Year 5 and above, the star and attribute requirements for certain tasks might be different for you, depending on your current progress of the main story.]

Once you start the adventure, Andre will ask you to check on Murphy, so head to the Great Hall when you are ready to do so. When you arrive, you will notice the speech bubbles above some of your friends. Tap on those if you are curious to see what they have to say. You’ll notice Murphy playing wizard chess all by himself. Needless to say, you’ll find it quite odd.

He will tell you he is trying some new strategies. If this is your first time meeting Murphy, he’ll introduce himself. If the two of you played wizard chess in the past, Murphy will mention it.

You’ll notice that he’s not acting like his usual self. This line will differ if this is your first time meeting Murphy.

He will admit that he is feeling more glum than usual. You’ll ask if he wants to talk about it. Murphy will gladly agree to tell you what’s troubling him.

Talking with Murphy is your next task. To complete it, you need to earn five stars within one hour. Three stars are needed to pass.

There are reward actions tied to Murphy, your character, and the chessboard. Prioritizing those actions should save you some energy.

Murphy wishes to compete in the Walter Aragon Wizard Chess Competition. All of the top wizard chess players, he claims, will be competing. Celine Castillon of Beauxbatons is one of those players. She appears to be the world’s best student player.

Her cruel playstyle earned her the nickname ‘Matagot of Wizard Chess’. Murphy will be eager to see her play. You’ll encourage him to compete in the tournament. Unfortunately, there is one slight problem. You’ll learn that only teams of four players can compete in the Walter Aragon Wizard Chess Competition.

In order to compete, Murphy will need three other teammates. Luckily, you’ll have a simple solution to the problem. You’ll suggest forming a wizard chess team to represent Hogwarts in the tournament. Murphy will like your idea.

Still, forming a good team won’t be an easy task. Murphy will be curious to know why you want to help him. There are three options to respond with. If you like Murphy, it is recommended to pick the third option. Bear in mind that picking this option requires you to have friendship level 7 with Murphy.

There is a long road ahead of you before you can compete in the tournament. And the first step on that road is getting a professor’s permission to form a team to represent Hogwarts.

The following lines will differ, based on your previous wizard chess experience. In the end, both you and Murphy will agree that you should talk to Professor McGonagall.

You will shortly leave the Great Hall. When you’re ready to continue, go to the Transfiguration classroom. Professor McGonagall will be delighted to see you. You’ll tell her you’d like to discuss an extracurricular activity. She’ll be intrigued to learn more about it.

Murphy will tell her about the upcoming wizard chess tournament.

You’ll ask her for permission to form a team to represent Hogwarts in the tournament. Professor McGonagall will tell you that many great wizard chess players were once students at Hogwarts.

Even the great wizard chess master, Walter Aragon, had a history with the school. Professor McGonagall will ask if you can guess what Walter Aragon’s connection to Hogwarts is. There are three options to choose from. The correct answer is ‘He was a Headmaster here’.

You’ll find it odd that Hogwarts isn’t competing in more wizard chess competitions. Professor McGonagall will explain why that is the case. The last time Hogwarts students competed in a wizard chess tournament, they suffered a crushing defeat by a rival school.

Murphy will be quite sure she’s talking about Beauxbatons. Ever since then, they have remained undefeated and unchallenged by Hogwarts. To make matters worse, the Hogwarts team crumbled under pressure and its members turned on each other.

If you complete the Tournament of Clubs adventure, you’ll get an additional line of dialogue.

Professor McGonagall will be afraid that history might repeat itself. You have two options to reply with. This choice will impact some of the dialogue lines later on, but it won’t significantly change the story, so feel free to go with the option you prefer.

After carefully considering everything, Professor McGonagall will decide to grant you permission to compete in the tournament. Murphy will be quite happy to hear that.

You’ll be grateful to Professor McGonagall for believing in you. She will offer to assist you in your tournament preparations. You’ll ask her for some pointers on how to improve your game. These lines will vary depending on your prior wizard chess experience. Professor McGonagall will gladly agree to help you.

Getting chess tips is your next task. You have three hours to complete it and earn five stars. Since all five stars are needed to pass, it is not recommended to start this task if you are out of energy.

Make sure to slide the screen left and right to see all the available actions. There are multiple reward actions tied to the chessboard, so focus on those if you want to save energy.

You’ll thank Professor McGonagall for the tips. She will say that you have great potential. You’ll notice that she has a lot of faith in you. If you told Murphy that the reason you want to compete is to make Hogwarts proud, you’ll get an additional line of dialogue.

You will tell Professor McGonagall you will do your best to represent the school with honor and dignity. However, you will need to recruit two more teammates before you can enter the competition. And to do that, you’ll need to spread the word about your chess team. Luckily, you’ll get an idea.

You will decide to ask Badeea for help. Proceed to the courtyard when you are ready to meet with her. Once you arrive, you will be able to interact with some of your classmates and see what they have to say. You’ll find Badeea working on a painting.

She will admit she is lacking inspiration. You’ll offer to help her with that. She will be eager to hear you out.

You will inform her of the wizard chess tournament. Badeea will be overjoyed to hear this. You’ll say you’re going to compete against the best student wizard chess player.

You will then ask her to help you by creating an advertisement poster. After considering it for a moment, Badeea will happily agree to help you.

To make a poster, you will need to earn five stars within three hours. All five stars are needed to pass. Because of that, it is not recommended to start this task if you are low on energy.

There are bonus actions tied to your character and the canvas. Prioritize those actions if you want to save energy.

Once she is done painting, Badeea will use the Doubling Charm to multiply the poster.

You’ll be more than happy with the way the posters turned out. Badeea will tell you she wants to join your wizard chess team. You’ll be glad to hear that. She’ll admit she doesn’t play wizard chess. However, she will be eager to learn.

She will ask if you think she can pick up the rules of the game quickly. There are two options to reply with. This choice won’t significantly impact the story, so feel free to pick either option.

Badeea will look forward to joining your team. You’ll be more than happy to have her on the team.

You now need to find one more teammate before you can enter the tournament. Badeea will suggest that the posters be displayed throughout the school. Hopefully, this will assist you in finding another team member. Following that, you will convene in the Great Hall for the team’s first meeting.

Speaking of the Great Hall, go there when you are ready to continue. Upon arriving, you’ll notice the speech bubbles above some of the characters. Tap on those if you are curious to see what they have to say. Murphy will ask you about the posters.

You’ll tell him Badeea did an amazing job creating a poster for your team. You will also say she decided to join the team. Murphy will be glad to hear that. He’ll welcome Badeea to the team.

She will say she always wanted to learn wizard chess, and finally, she’s been given the opportunity to do so. Murphy will be surprised she never played wizard chess before. Your previous choice will affect the following lines of dialogue.

According to Murphy, anyone can become a great chess player. All that matters is hard work and dedication. He’ll look at the pile of books on the table. Badeea will wonder if she’ll need to read all of it. Murphy will say that reading strategy books is only a start.

You’ll notice a note lying on top of one of the books. Murphy won’t recall seeing it before. You’ll ask him to read it.

By the looks of it, the note is from a student who wants to join the team. Unfortunately, the note won’t contain the student’s name. Hopefully, the mystery teammate will arrive soon.

You’ll suggest talking about the team in the meantime. To complete this task, you will need to earn five stars within three hours. All five stars are needed to pass, so avoid starting this task if you are out of energy.

There are reward actions tied to your character and the chessboard. Prioritizing those should save you some energy.

Unfortunately, the mystery teammate won’t show up. Murphy will wonder if the note was a prank. Suddenly, Tulip will arrive.

As it turns out, she was the one who sent the mysterious note.

You’ll ask if she knows how to play wizard chess. Tulip will say she is quite confident in her skills. Apparently, her grans taught her to play when she was little.

Murphy will doubt her grans are as good as Celine Castillon’s. If you completed the Great Hogwarts Cook-Off adventure, you’ll get an additional line of dialogue.

With Tulip on the team, you finally have enough players to enter the tournament. Murphy will say there is one slight problem that needs to be solved first.

You’ll ask him about it. He will tell you that each member of the team needs to have their own wizard chess set in order to play. He’ll explain why that’s the case.

According to Murphy, one of you is missing a set of chess pieces. If you completed A Special Celebration of Hogwarts Teachers adventure, you’ll say that you received your set of pieces from Professor McGonagall. In that case, Badeea will be the one without the set. If you didn’t complete that adventure, you’ll be the one without the set.

If Penny borrowed you her wizard chess set in the past, you’ll get some additional lines of dialogue.

Unfortunately, borrowing her chess set again won’t be an option.

After thinking about it for a moment, you’ll decide to ask Jae for help.

This will mark the end of Part 1 of The Curse-Breaker’s Gambit adventure. Hit the Collect button to claim your reward. You will receive 300 coins.

Now your team has enough members to enter the tournament. However, you’ll still need to find another chess set first. Will Jae be able to help you with that? Find out in the next part of this adventure!

Thank you for reading.