Hogwarts Legacy: A Bird In The Hand Guide

A Bird In The Hand is one of the final quests in Hogwarts Legacy you can complete to help build your friendship with Hufflepuff student Poppy Sweeting. Passionate about protecting magical creatures, Poppy reaches out to you to help her with fighting poachers hunting down fantastic beasts all over Hogwarts Valley. In A Bird In The Hand, Poppy and you must join the centaur Dorran to track down and protect extremely rare Golden Snidgets, previously considered extinct.

To start A Bird In The Hand, you need to have used all spells you may have unlocked in Hogwarts Legacy to help Poppy free a dragon during the Fire and Vice main story quest. This opens Poppy’s relationship questline, where you can help Poppy confront the poachers and build a steady friendship with her. During A Bird In The Hand, you will receive a message from Poppy, asking them to meet her and Dorran south of Brocburrow to investigate a mysterious sanctuary where they suspect some Golden Snidgets are hidden.

How To Help Poppy Sweeting And Complete A Bird In The Hand

To start the quest properly, you need to travel to the spot marked on the map to meet Poppy and Dorran. After speaking to them, you need to find a way inside the ruins by solving a puzzle. Like Hogwarts Legacy’s Bell Tower puzzle, the solution is a bit simpler than it might seem. First, you need to place the moonstone on the pedestal, which causes two symbols on the Ruin entrance to glow. These symbols also appear on the ground near the two pillars with lights.

How To Solve The Pillar Puzzle

You can use Accio to move both pillars around to solve this puzzle.

On the ground opposite each pillar, you can spot bronze needles which indicate where the pillar’s shadow is currently located. Next, rotate each pillar so its shadow falls on one of the symbols matching the ones on the door. Then, the door to the sanctuary should open.

Follow the path until you reach a dead end with an Elemental Cube Puzzle from one of Hogwarts Legacy’s Treasure Vaults. The first cube is behind the tree to the left. You can use Wingardium Leviosa to move it onto the platform with the fire symbol, then use Incendio or Confringo to light it.

The second cube is up on the landing to the right. To get it, you should use Wingardium Leviosa to move the block on the left to the right, then use it to climb up onto the second level to grab the cube. This cube should be placed on the other platform, and you should cast Glacius to open the door.

You and Poppy will have to battle a sudden poacher ambush inside. This can be a tough fight due to the number of enemies, but Hogwarts Legacy’s best spell combos and Ancient Magic should ensure you emerge victorious. After the battle, you can unlock the door to the Snidget Sanctuary by casting Glacius on it. After the following cutscene, you will have helped Poppy ensure the Golden Snidgets are safe, completing Hogwarts Legacy’s A Bird In The Hand side quest.