After completing the short tutorial and customizing your student’s initial appearance, you get sorted into your house. Professor McGonagall and Prefects then guide you through interactions introducing the basic mechanics.
Core gameplay revolves around completing story-based quests by reading dialogue, making dialogue choices to progress conversations , and finishing lessons to earn stars and attributes. Dialogue choices allow you to shape your student’s personality and relationships. Lessons focus on learning spells, brewing potions and other magical concepts through mini activities like pattern recognition and timed taps. Earning 5 stars passes the lesson and awards attributes, which improve your student’s skills.
In your dormitory, you can change your outfit and access daily tasks, friendships, your wand, pet, creature reserve and more. Coins let you buy clothes, furniture and supplies while gems provide premium currency for special options. You explore using an interactive map, visiting locations like the Great Hall and various secret passageways. During key story moments, you play gobstones, drink butterbeer with friends and attend events like dueling club.
As you progress, you learn magical abilities like casting spells and flying on brooms. The main goal is continuing your character’s adventure through new years at Hogwarts while building friendships and relationships and becoming a great witch or wizard. Limited time events also offer special storylines. In-app purchases provide bundles, clothing/customizations and energy restoration, but are not required to play.