Crucio is an Unforgivable Curse in Hogwarts Legacy. It causes enemies to get stunned and take damage over time. This guide explains how to unlock it. You get this curse as part of Sebastian’s Side-Questline by picking specific dialogues.
The first side quest “In the Shadow of the Bloodline” starts in The Great Hall of Hogwarts. It automatically gets added to your quest log after progressing the story far enough, after having completed Main Quest #29: Astronomy Class. You must complete the following Side Quests from Sebastian:
- In the Shadow of the Bloodline
- In the Shadow of the Study –> Unforgivable Curse: Crucio
During “In the Shadow of the Study“, after going through the dark dungeon and talking to Sebastian, you have to pick the following dialogue: “Teach me the Cruciatus Curse and I’ll cast it on you”.
Then you are taught Crucio Unforgivable Curse and can use it in combat against enemies. There are no negative side effects of unlocking and using it. It doesn’t change anything in the story or side quests and you don’t get any sort of punishment for it. The only drawback is that this spell has a very long cooldown time compared to regular damage spells. However, you can create multiple quick-select spell sets to keep it in your quick select alongside all other Combat Spells and chain them together for massive combos.
If you didn’t unlock Crucio during “In the Shadow of the Study” you can talk to Sebastian in the Undercroft after finishing his questline to still learn it. In this case you will be temporarily locked out of it until you finished his other quests.
For unlocking all other Spells refer to Hogwarts Legacy How to Unlock All Spells. For everything to get 100% completion see Hogwarts Legacy Wiki & Strategy Guide.
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