All animal symbol puzzle doors in Hogwarts Legacy and their solutions

Hogwarts Legacy has countless open-world activities, including numerous puzzles with unique rewards to keep you busy. One such activity is solving the symbol door puzzles.

During your ventures around Hogwarts Castle, you will have encountered a strange locked door with symbols around it and two dials nearby. At first, it might be a bit confusing to understand. But it is much simpler than you think.

There are a total of twelve such locked symbol doors around Hogwarts Castle. This guide will show you how to solve the puzzle and where to find all twelve locked doors.

Overview

Puzzle Solution & Door 1

While you can brute force your way into the locked doors by rotating the dials with the '?' symbol, there is a way to solve the puzzle and access these locked rooms.

First, you need a "cheat sheet" or a note containing different animal symbols corresponding to a specific number from 0 to 9. These are the same animal symbols you see on and around the locked symbol doors.

To get this note, first, fast travel to the Divination Classroom floo flame in the Library Annex.

Divination Classroom floo flame location on the map.

From here, go through the small archway that leads to the wooden platform.

Follow the wooden platform until you see the first right.

Take the first right, and you will find your first locked door directly ahead.

You will also find a small chest on a bench before the locked symbol door.

The small chest with the "cheat sheet" helpful for solving the puzzles.

Open it, and you will find the note with the animal symbols and the numbers they represent. We've given some names to the symbols to remember them better.

This will be saved in you inventory so you can access it anytime you like.

0 - Furry Beast.
1 - Unicorn.
2 - Graphorn.
3 - 3-Headed Dragon.
4 - Owl.
5 - Furry Spider.
6 - Lizard.
7 - Squid.
8 - Spider.
9 - Hydra.

Now, we will unlock the first door and use it as an example to explain how to solve the puzzle. The puzzle is simple mathematics, where you add numbers to get the target number.

When you approach the locked symbol door, you will get a prompt to 'Reveal' the content of the door. Upon doing so, it will show two numbers, each within a triangular shape.

These numbers won't be shown until you reveal them by interacting with the door.

Each corner of the triangular shape will have a number, one of the symbols on the note, and either a '?' or '??.'

There are two numbers, one at the top and the other at the bottom. Both are enclosed within their triangular shape. The top always has one question mark '?' and the bottom has two question marks '??.'

The dials on either side of the door represent the value that will go in those question-marked circles.

All you have to do is change them to a number that will add to the rest of the numbers, to get the final middle value.

The middle values are always the target values And the numbers (or symbols representing numbers) must equal the target value.

Let's take the first door as an example. For the first door, we have 9 and 4. The 9 is surrounded by a triangular shape having 2, 3-headed dragon, and a '?.'

Now, we already have one numerical value, which is 2. To know the value of the 3-headed dragon symbol, we refer to the note we got from the chest.

According to the note, the 3-headed dragon represents 3. This means that the total now is 5.

We need 4 more to get the target value which is 9. This is where the dials come into play. First, go to the dial with '?', which is the value surrounding the target number 9.

You will notice that the dials only have animal symbols. The same symbols as the one on the note. Since we need the number 4, refer to the note to see which symbol represents 4. In this case, it is the owl symbol. So, change the dial to the owl symbol.

Similarly, look at the bottom number, 4, in this case. And it is surrounded by 0, 1, and '??.' This means the dial with '??' must be changed to a number that will add up with 0 and 1 to give us our target numerical value, 4.

For the bottom one to total up to 4, the '??' must be 3. So, once again, we refer to the note and see that the 3-headed dragon represents 3. We change the dial with '??' to the 3-headed dragon symbol.

After changing both dials, you can go to the door and see a prompt to open the door.

Interact with it to open, and it will unlock if you've set the dials to represent the correct symbols.

Now that you know how to solve the symbol puzzle door. Let's look at where you can find the rest of the doors and their solutions.

Door 2 & 3

The next two doors are relatively easier to find. Once you've opened Door 1, go through it and find two more doors inside the Arithmancy Class.

To open Door 2 (15 & 18), set the dials as follows:
? = Owl.
?? = Furry Spider.

To open Door 3 (17 & 8), set the dials as follows:
? = Lizard.
?? = Unicorn.

Door 4

Fast travel to the Potions Classroom floo flame in the Library Annex and turn around.

Potions Classroom floo flame location on the map.

You will see the symbol puzzle door before you, just past the stairs.

The symbol puzzle door after you turn around.

The open Door 4 (21 & 17), set the dials as follows:
? = Spider.
?? = 3-Headed Dragon.

You might not see the second dial with '??' near the door. It will be on the floor above.

You can use Revelio to highlight the dials and the door.

Door 5

Once again, fast travel to the Potions Classroom floo flame and, this time, go through the double doors ahead of you.

Double doors ahead of you after fast traveling to the Potions Classroom floo flame.

After going through the doors, turn left and go down the spiral staircase.

Spiral staircase next to the Potions Classroom entrance.

Once you're at the bottom, keep going forward until you come across a locked door to your left. It will have a level 1 lock on it. Use the Alohomora spell to unlock it.

You get the Alohomora spell by speaking to Gladwin Moon during his quest, The Caretaker's Lunar Lament.

Go through the door and keep going forward until you come out in an open area.

Go to the end of the corridor after going through the locked door.

The locked symbol puzzle door will be located on your left in this open area.

The locked symbol puzzle door at the end of the corridor.

To open Door 5 (22 & 9), set the dials as follows:
? = Graphorn.
?? = Unicorn.

Door 6

Fast travel to the Charms Classroom floo flame in the Astronomy Wing area.

Charms Classroom floo flame location on the map.

Once fast traveled, turn around and go left.

You will find the door as soon as you turn left around the corner.

Locked symbol puzzle door right around the corner.

To open Door 6 (5 & 12), set the dials as follows:
? = Graphorn.
?? = Squid.

Door 7

Fast travel to the Grand Staircase floo flame in the Grand Staircase area.

Grand Staircase floo flame location on the map.

Go out in the main staircase and go upstairs.

Go upstairs from here. If you don't see the stairs. Approach the railing and they will appear.

Keep going up until you see a blue corridor interior which is the Raven Claw tower.

Go through the corridor, and you will find a locked symbol puzzle door to your right at the end of the corridor.

Locked symbol puzzle door at the end of the Ravenclaw Tower corridor.

To open Door 7 (13 & 21), set the dials as follows:
? = Owl.
?? = Furry Spider.

You can also reach this door by fast traveling to the Ravenclaw Tower floo flame in the Grand Staircase area, if you've chosen Ravenclaw as your house.

Ravenclaw Tower floo flame location on the map.

Door 8

Fast travel to the Grand Staircase Tower floo flame in the Grand Staircase area.

Grand Staircase Tower floo flame location on the map.

Go to the main stairs, and go downstairs.

If the stairs are not there, approach the railings and they will appear.

Keep going down until you see the locked symbol puzzle door to your left on the wall. You will find the first dial on the wall to your left as you go downstairs. The second dial is on the wall directly in front of the symbol puzzle door.

Locked symbol puzzle door on the outer wall.

To open Door 8 (23 & 19), set the dials as follows:
? = Lizard.
?? = Squid.

Door 9

Fast travel to the Grand Staircase floo flame in the Grand Staircase area.

Go up the stairs directly ahead of you.

Stairs ahead of you after fast traveling to the Grand Staircase floo flame.

As soon as you reach up the stairs, turn right, and keep going up.

Take a left after going up another set of stairs.

Go forward, and you will find the locked door on your left.

The locked symbol puzzle door at the end.

The first dial will be by the door, and the second will be on the floor below next to the floo flame you just came from.

Once again, use Revelio to reveal the locations of the dials.

To open Door 9 (6 & 11), set the dials as follows:
? = Furry Beast.
?? = Furry Spider.

Door 10

Fast travel to the Faculty Tower floo flame in the South Wing area. This area is only available once you've completed the Caretaker's Lunar Lament quest. You don't need to fully complete the quest as you will unlock the area with the locked symbol puzzle door during the quest.