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What Cause Your Wand to Backfire in Hogwarts Legacy? Answered

In this guide, we will try to discover what causes your wand to backfire in Hogwarts Legacy.

Alina Novichenko

Published: Feb 20, 2023 12:37 pm

If you are a big fan of J.K. Rowling’s books and Harry Potter movies, you probably know that the wand in Hogwarts Legacy can easily backfire. Surprisingly, Hogwarts Legacy also has a backfire function. In this guide, we will try to discover what causes your wand to backfire in Hogwarts Legacy.

Why Does Your Wand Backfire in Hogwarts Legacy?

If you try to cast a spell, but it results in a little spark at the end of the wand, you suffer from backfire. It is a special cooldown on specific spells that prevent players from endlessly casting spells. Every spell in Hogwarts Legacy has a unique cooldown. You can find all the cooldowns in the table below.

Spell	Cooldown
Basic Cast	No Cooldown
Revelio	No Cooldown
Lumos	No Cooldown
Protego & Stupefy	No Cooldown
Levioso	8 sec
Accio	8 sec
Reparo	No Cooldown
Ancient Magic Throw	No Cooldown
Ancient Magic	Variable

Expelliarmus	10 sec
Incendio	8 sec
Depulso	10 sec
Disillusionment	No Cooldown
Evanesco	N/A
Conjuring Spell	N/A
Altering Spell	N/A
Confringo	10 sec
Petrificus Totalus	N/A
Diffindo	15 sec

Wingardium Leviosa	No Cooldown
Alohomora	N/A
Glacius	10 sec
Descendo	10 sec
Beast Petting Brush	N/A
Beast Feed	N/A
Nab-Sack	N/A
Bombarda	15 sec
Flipendo	5 sec
Arresto Momentum	15 sec
Transformation	20 sec
Crucio	20 sec
Imperio	30 sec
Avada Kedavra	90 sec

If you play Hogwarts Legacy on PC, there is a way to decrease the cooldown of your spells significantly. You only need to head to Nexus Mods and install the special Reduced Cooldown On All Spells.

That’s it with Backfire in Hogwarts Legacy. To avoid getting into trouble with backfire, turn on your spell hood. It displays spells’ cooldown, allowing you to cast magic on time. Also, we have a guide on how to beat Fastidio’s Monster in Hogwarts Legacy, make sure to check it out!