Hogwarts Legacy Loom: How To Enchant And Upgrade Gear
The loom is a utility item you can summon in the Room of Requirement in Hogwarts Legacy. The main function of this Hogwarts Legacy item is to add enchantments to gear and to upgrade gear stats. If you want to know how to unlock the loom in Hogwarts Legacy and how to use it, read here.
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How To Unlock The Loom In Hogwarts Legacy
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You'll unlock the ability to capture beasts, the Vivarium to keep them in and the loom spellcraft after completing the quest 'The Elf, The Nab-Sack, And The Loom'. This quest is given by Deek, the house elf upon completing the main quest of Rackham's Trial.
To progress further in the main quest 'Prepare For Your Search For The Final Keeper' you must complete Deek's quest.
Deek will contact you if you are far enough into the game and meet the above prerequisites. After speaking with him in the Room of Requirement he will teach you how to use the Nab-sack to capture endangered magical beasts and will give you the recipe for a loom.
How To Use The Loom In Hogwarts Legacy
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To summon the loom into the Room of Requirement, cast the Conjuring Spell, go to the 'Utility' menu, and select the Enchanted Loom. After placing it wherever you wish in the room, simply interact with it to bring up the loom menu.
As with any piece of furniture you can customise the colour of the piece and change its placement with the Altering Spell.
To upgrade gear, select the gear item you wish to upgrade and click the button prompt for 'View Upgrade', this will bring up a menu which will tell you what materials you will need to upgrade the gear and how much the stat increase will be.
You can get upgrade materials by housing and taking care of beasts in your Vivarium. Or, you can buy materials from various vendors around Hogwarts. The easiest of which to visit is the vendor from Brood and Peck in Hogsmeade.
Click to enlargeAdding enchantments to gear essentially gives it a stat boost. This can mean a higher defensive rate against certain enemy types, an increase of damage when casting a certain spell, an increased damage to Ancient Magic etc.
To equip an enchantment to an item of gear, interact with the loom and select the gear item you wish to enchant. Then, press the button prompt 'View Traits'. This will bring up a menu of all the enchantments you have unlocked thus far, of which you can pick one to equip for your gear item.
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How To Unlock Enchantments In Hogwarts Legacy
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Other than finding them in random chests throughout the world, the main way to unlock enchantments in Hogwarts Legacy is by completing combat challenges.
Go to the 'Challenges' menu and select 'Combat'. Here you'll see a multitude of enchantments available to unlock after defeating several enemies. Here, you can prioritise which ones you would like to unlock first.
Often, the type of enemy will correspond with the trait you will unlock. For example, defeating 40 spiders will unlock the anti-venom trait and defeating dark wizards will unlock better Protego shielding.
The 'Room of Requirement' challenge menu also offers increases to Ancient Magic damage in return for upgrading your gear a certain number of times.
Upgrade Materials In Hogwarts Legacy
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Upgrade materials for gear are usually animal by-products which you can get in return for caring for magical beasts in your Vivarium.
You can save beasts from poachers in the wild and bring them to your Vivarium. There, feed and pet them and they will produce materials every so often that you can harvest and use on your loom.
You can also buy materials from the Brood and Peck in Hogsmeade, which will unlock at the same time as the loom and Vivarium.
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