Exploring the vast Highlands in Hogwarts Legacy leads adventurous players to numerous secret quests, but few are as rewarding as Cursed Tomb Treasure. This side quest combines map reading, tomb navigation, and spell-based floor puzzles into one engaging challenge. Completing it grants powerful cosmetic gear while testing your overall spell utility.
Finding the Cursed Tomb Treasure Map
To begin your search, travel south to Manor Cape and explore the old abandoned estate ruins. Head down into the subterranean basement beneath the manor to locate a locked chest containing the treasure parchment. Defeating the dark wizards residing in the area will clear a safe path to collect the map.
Examining the parchment reveals an illustration of a distinct entrance buried within a rocky cliffside. The drawing depicts a tomb guarded by statues alongside a schematic showing a specific floor tile layout. Understanding this diagram is essential before setting out toward the destination.
Navigating to the Tomb of Treachery
The map points directly to the Tomb of Treachery, located near the coastal waters in the Poidsear Coast region. Fast travel to the nearest Floo Flame and proceed toward the waterfall where the hidden entrance sits. Prepare your combat loadout before stepping inside, as hostile Inferi patrol the interior corridors.
Fight through the initial chambers by using fire spells like Incendio or Confringo to break the defenses of undead enemies. Proceed deeper into the cavern until you reach a large stone doorway sealed with empty moth slots. Clearing the surrounding rooms allows you to safely locate the missing moths.
Solving the Moth Door Puzzle
To unseal the portal, you must guide three glowing moths back to the door frame using the Lumos spell. Two moths are resting on roosts nearby inside the main hall, while the third is trapped behind a wall of dense spiderwebs. Burn away the webbing, light your wand to attract each insect, and walk them over to the door.
Once all three moths are attached to the gate, the massive stone doors will slide open into the central burial chamber. Inside, you will find an intricate floor grid featuring stylized arrows engraved into the stone tiles. Clearing out the remaining enemies in this room grants you peace to solve the mechanism.
Flipping Floor Tiles for the Final Reward
Refer back to the treasure map diagram to identify which specific floor stones need to be altered. Use Flipendo on the designated tiles to rotate them until they match the exact directional orientation shown on the parchment. Aligning the symbols correctly triggers the central pedestal to rise, unlocking the hidden reward chest.
Opening the chest completes the quest and rewards you with high-tier gear to customize your wizarding style. Mastering these quick tile-flipping mechanics ensures you can effortlessly conquer similar puzzle tombs across the world.
