How to Learn Avada Kedavra in Hogwarts Legacy

A complete guide showing how to learn Avada Kedavra in Hogwarts Legacy. Make good use of the deadliest spell and one shot enemies.

How to Unlock Avada Kedavra in Hogwarts Legacy

Hogwarts Legacy gives players an opportunity to learn Avada Kedavra, the most powerful out of the three unforgivable curses in the Harry Potter series. Getting this spell has its fair share of advantages, the most notable of which is killing an enemy with a single strike.

Avada Kedavra is a killing curse, so unlocking it won’t be that simple since you’ll have to complete various tasks before you can use it, but don’t fret. This guide will teach you how to learn the Avada Kedavra spell, including all the ins and outs of using it in Hogwarts Legacy.

How do you learn Avada Kedavra in Hogwarts Legacy?

You can get Avada Kedavra in Hogwarts Legacy by completing a quest called In the Shadow of the Relic, which you’ll learn from Sebastian Swallow (a student from the Slytherin house) as part of his Relationship Questline.

Hogwarts Legacy - How to Unlock the Avada Kedavra Killing Curse

During the “In the Shadow of the Relic” quest, you’ll eventually have to follow Sebastian outside the Catacomb until reach a snowy area on the Feldcroft Region. From here, talk to Sebastian and choose the following dialogues to learn the Avada Kedavra killing curse:

  1. “Everyone should know about that curse”
  2. “Yes, please”

Following this, Sebastian will then teach you Avada Kedavra. Unlocking and using it has no negative consequences, including no changes to the main story or any penalties. So make sure to utilize it properly.

Can you get Avada Kedavra in Hogwarts Legacy early?

Unfortunately, you can’t start the “In the Shadow of the Relic” quest until your character reaches level 28. Also, you need to finish the quest “Lodgok’s Loyalty” and go forward in the main plot to the “Prepare for Your OWLS” chapter. Additionally, there are a lot of sidequests that you’ll have to finish first in Sebastian’s relationship questline, beginning with “In the Shadow of the Undercroft”.

With all that, it’s safe to say that there is no way to get a head start on learning Avada Kedavra in Hogwarts Legacy early.


That’s how players can learn Avada Kedavra in Hogwarts Legacy. For more guides, be sure to check out our other Hogwarts Legacy articles here.