Hogwarts Legacy has 42 Wand Handle locations. Finding all Wand Handles is required to complete all Collections for the Collector’s Edition trophy & achievement. They unlock cosmetic alterations for your Magic Wand that can be equipped in the Gear Menu.
None of the Collectibles in Hogwarts Legacy are missable. You can still find everything after the story in free-roam. Some story areas can’t be revisited but those don’t contain any collectibles. It’s best to play through the main quests first to gain access to everything, then do all assignments to unlock all spells, find all Demiguise Statues to open Level 3 locks, then do all side quests to open up all optional side areas for exploration. As you play through the game grab any collection chests you find. After all of this you should have most items already. Then you can clean up the remaining Collection Chests. Fully zoom out on the world map to see a collectible tracker for each region. In Hogwarts Castle you can select a section of the castle to see how many collection chests there are in that particular area.
In the Collection Menu you can keep track of how many Wand Handles you found and how to obtain them. The menu has a heading for each obtaining method, e.g. some collectible types are bought from vendors, some come as challenge rewards (after completing a challenge tier click on it in challenges menu to get the reward), some are from exploration which means collection chests, some are quest rewards. DLC bonus items are not needed for any trophies & achievements.
This guide lists the items in the same order as the in-game Collection Menu. This makes it easy to compare against your in-game list what you are missing.
Related Guides:
- Hogwarts Legacy All Collectible Locations – 100% Completion
- Hogwarts Legacy All 168 Collection Chest Locations
- Hogwarts Legacy All 15 Butterfly Chest Locations
Exploration
The following items are rewards from Collection Chests. It is RANDOM which chest contains which item. For example, when you make a manual save in front of a Collection Chest, open it, reload save, you will get a different item each time. Every Collection Chest in the game is assigned one category of collection item – meaning it will always give either an “Appearance” or “Trait” or “Wand Handle” or “Conjuration” – but which item exactly it gives is random. For example, the same chest will always give a Wand Handle, but it’s complete luck which Wand Handle exactly you receive. Because they are all random no specific location data can be provided because there is no fixed location for any of these items. You will have to open ALL Collection Chests in the game to obtain all Collection Items / Exploration Items. When you fully zoom out on the map it shows how many Collection Chests there are per region. They are mostly in settlements and bandit camps (both marked on map after unfogging it). They also show up on the minimap as white chest icons when nearby. A few are from following butterflies which only show on the minimap when nearby (butterfly icon) but don’t stay marked. See All Butterfly Locations. In Hogwarts you can click on a section of the castle to see how many there chests there are in that specific section, check the minimap and constantly cast Revelio to highlight chests. Make sure you have the HUD Minimap enabled in the Settings under User Interface Options.
The best approach is to check all named settlements (house icons on map) first for chests. Then check all bandit camps in the region. If your region counter shows any chests missing, fly over the region in a line pattern (west to east or north to south) and check the minimap to see the chest icon or butterfly icon. If a chest is nowhere to be found it’s either from following butterflies to a treasure or from an optional area unlocked in a side quest (can return to those areas after the quests). For this reason you should focus on clearing all quests first (see All Side Quests).
For all Collection Chests by reward type see Hogwarts Legacy All Collection Chest Locations.
- Shell – Grey
- Shell – Honey Brown
- Shell – Metallic
- Shell – Brown
- Sabre – Grey
- Sabre – Ash Brown
- Arrow – Pink Swirl
- Arrow – Brown
- Basketweave – Black
- Basketweave – Red
- Basketweave – Blue
- Checkerboard – Teal
- Checkerboard – Blue
- Corkscrew – Light and Dark Brown
- Corkscrew – Teal Blue
- Corkscrew – Brown
- Regal – Pink
- Regal – Blue
- Regal – Black
- Column – Teal and Brown
- Column – Dark Brown
- Orbicular – Brown
- Orbicular – Gold
- Swirl – Lilac
- Swirl – Brown
- Swirl – Dark Grey
- Imperial – Brown and Gold
- Imperial – Grey and Silver
- Imperial – Grey and Bronze
- Celestial – Dark Grey
- Celestial – Blue
- Celestial – Light Grey
- Botanical – Gold Leaf
- Botanical – Bronze Leaf
- Botanical – Silver Leaf
- Avian – Brown
- Avian – Beige
Quests
The following are automatic unmissable quest rewards from Main Quests / Side Quests / Assignments / Relationship Quests. Simply complete all quests in the game and you will automatically get these. Refer to Hogwarts Legacy All Quests Walkthrough, to figure out your missing quests compare this list against your in-game list under Quests > click bottom icon in right sidebar for ‘completed quests’.
- Arrow – Black – Side Quest: Brother’s Keeper
- Checkerboard – Brown – Side Quest: Absconder Encounter
- Column – Beige – Side Quest: E-Vase-Ive Manoeuvre
- Orbicular – Violet – Side Quest: Gobs of Gobstones
- Avian – Grey – Side Quest: Flying Off the Shelves
That’s all of the Wand Handles in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy.
For all other Collectibles see Hogwarts Legacy Collectibles Guide.
JD says
Hi all,
I‘m missing 19 revelio pages and a Single Wand handle. I’ve done all the butterflies, have collected all chests ( on chests missing on settlements, overview for each map shows max value) I‘ve backtracked all the butterflies and have done the butterfly quest properly…
any ideas where to get the Last missing wand handle?
AlexPH says
Same.
i am only missing one wand handle as well and the chest in the Gilded Perch bugged out on me too. -_-
Andre says
Same problem
Zach says
Shell-Brown is a typo. It is actually called Sabre-Brown.
JD says
It is Not. You can find both – Shell Brown and sabre Brown
And I’m still missing Shell Brown ?
tiffany says
its definitely sabre brown.