This Hogwarts Legacy guide page describes the main quest Secrets of the Restricted Section.

after learning the Incendio spell.

Nevertheless, don’t forget that this is only a camouflage -your character is not completely invisible.

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Go down the stairs.

The entrance to the library is straight ahead.

Go around the benches from the leftto find yourself behind the librarian.

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Stay where you are and wait for your companion to distract her.

The librarian will go right.

Use the opportunity to quicklyapproach the desk and search it- you will find the Library Key.

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Hide behind the shelves andwait for the librarian to turn the other way.

Only then reach the gate that you might open with the newly found key.

Once in the basement, you must avoid being detected by ghosts-here distraction will prove useful.

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Go through the blue gate.

The linear route will lead you to theentrance to The Athenaeum.

Hit the blue button with magic- this will cause the nearby bridge to slide apart.

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In the next area, there be some guards patrolling -fight them.

After the area is cleared, continue forward.

You’ll encounter new buttons that have to be hit with magic.

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Moreover, some bridges may be revealed only moments before stepping on them.

Eliminate the encountered guards (preferably one by one) and reach thechamber with the levitating book.

After the cut-scene, you’ll be back in the Library and the quest will be concluded.

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