If you've been in and around your Hogwarts Legacy common room, you will have encountered a mysterious chest called the 'House Chest.' This chest requires 16 House Tokens to unlock, rewarding players with a unique cloak.
To get these tokens, you must find 16 Daedalian keys scattered throughout the Hogwarts castle. You find the keys and follow them to their locked cabinet.
You then play a small mini-game to unlock the cabinet. The mini-game is quite simple. All you need to do is 'slap' the key when it passes over the keyhole on the cabinet.
It would be best to learn the Alohomora unlock spell to access some keys, as they are locked behind doors and not accessible otherwise. You can get the Alohomora spell by talking to Gladwin Moon in the Faculty Tower located in the South Wing. It is automatically given as part of The Caretaker's Lunar Lament main quest.
To begin collecting the keys, you must start the side quest associated with the Daedalian keys. The keys won't appear unless you start the side quest.
Once you've spoken to Nellie, she will direct you to your first Daedalian key, which will be marked on the map for you, and you can navigate to it using the on-screen navigation.
The keys are a bit difficult to spot at first, especially if you are running past them. You can use the Revelio spell to highlight them in blue to locate them easily. You can also listen for the fluttering wings sound when you're near them. They will also create a slight jingle sound.
Once you've located the key, approach it, and it will fly away. Keep following the key, as it will always go to its designated locked cabinet nearby. If you find it difficult to follow the keys and get to the cabinet, we also have the locations of all the cabinets, along with the locations of the keys, below.
As mentioned before, once you reach the cabinet, you will find the key hovering next to it. Interact with it, and a mini-game will begin.
It will sometime pass on top of the keyhole. Whenever the key flies across the keyhole, quickly 'slap' it to insert it into it. On PC, it is the Space key on the keyboard. On PS5, it is the Square, and on Xbox, it is the X button on the controller.
Once you've picked up the first House Token as part of the side quest, return to Nellie in the Transfiguration Courtyard and speak with her. Now, you will be left to collect the remaining 15 Daedalian keys and House Tokens. They will not be marked, which is where this guide comes in.
Daedalian Key Locations
We've separated the Daedalian key locations by their wings and areas. This way, it'll be easier to keep track of the collected Daedalion keys and their locations.
Astronomy Wing
There are five Daedalian keys in the Astronomy Wing.
Astronomy Tower
This key is quite easy to locate as it will be indicated on the map as part of the quest initiation. As mentioned before, it will be marked since it is the first one. Fast travel to the Astronomy Tower floo flame.
Once you spawn in after fast traveling, go through the doorway to your right that will take you upstairs.
When you reach the top, you will find the Daedalian key directly in front of you.
Once you get close enough, the keys are "activated," and they fly to their respective locked cabinets. This one will go inside the Astronomy classroom.
As soon as you enter, look to your right to find the locked cabinet with the Daedalian key hovering next to the keyhole.
Defence Against the Dark Arts Tower
The next one is inside the Defence Against the Dark Arts Tower. First, fast travel to the Transfiguration Courtyard floo flame in the Astronomy Wing.
Turn around, and you will see a huge door that leads to the Defence Against the Dark Arts Tower.
When you enter, go up the stairs directly ahead of you.
You will find the Daedalian key flying next to a Rhino skeleton statue.
Follow the key, and it will take you up another floor, where you will find the locked cabinet.
Transfiguration Classroom
First, fast travel to the Transfiguration Classroom floo flame in the Astronomy Wing.
From the fast travel point, turn around and you will find a large golden door that leads to the North Hall.
Head inside and walk up a small set of stairs to find the Daedalian key directly in front of you.
Follow the key upstairs, where the locked cabinet is.
Hogwarts Dungeon #1
From the same Transfiguration Classroom floo flame, go back through the golden door and this time go downstairs that lead to the Dungeons.
You will find a small door at the end of the stairs. Go through it.
After going through the door, continue going downstairs. You will find the cabinet to your left as you pass through the door. Ignore it for now and continue going down, passing the horse statue.
You will find a sleeping Dragon statue to your left. The Daedalian key is hovering around the Dragon statue.
Follow the Daedalian key back up where you came from. You will see the locked cabinet upstairs just after passing the horse statue.
Hogwarts Dungeon #2
Continue going downstairs and go past the sleeping Dragon statue.
At the end of the corridor, you will get a right turn. Turn right and you will see the next Daedalian key in the corridor.
Continue following the Daedalian key ahead of you and it will enter a cellar / basement area with the locked cabinet.
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The Grand Staircase
You will find two Daedalian keys in the Grand Staircase area.
Grand Staircase Tower
From the floo flame, go to the tower and start going downstairs.
Keep going down until you see a Daedalian key halfway through.
Get closer to the key and it will go even further downstairs. Follow the key until you see a one of the symbol puzzle doors. The locked cabinet is on the left side of the symbol puzzle door.
Approach the locked cabinet and complete the usual mini-game to get the House Token.
Grand Staircase
Go to the Grand Staircase floo flame fast travel point.
From here, look straight ahead and you will find stairs leading up to a room with two large adjoining doors.
Go through the door to the left.
As soon as you enter, you will see the Daedalian key directly in front of you.
Follow the key and it will lead you downstairs to the locked cabinet on the right side of the large door of the Entrance Hall downstairs.
The Great Hall
There are two Daedalian keys in The Great Hall area.
Great Hall
First, fast travel to the Great Hall floo flame fast travel point in the Great Hall area.
You will find the Daedalian key directly ahead of you, near the fireplace.
Approach the key, and it will start moving. It will go up the stairs on the left side of the floo flame.
Go up the stairs, and as soon as you reach the end of the first set of stairs, you will find the cabinet directly ahead of you.
Quad Courtyard
The next Daedalian key is in the Quad Courtyard. However, to get there, you must use the same Great Hall floo flame. After traveling back to the Great Hall floo flame, you will find a door to your right.
Go through the door, and you will enter a small garden area. Run past the statue and go downstairs from the right side towards the archway ahead.
As soon as you go through the archway and come out, you will notice the Daedalian key right in front of you.
Follow the key as it goes downstairs.
You will find the locked cabinet behind the spiral staircase.
The Library Annex
There are four Daedalian keys in the Library Annex area.
Library
Fast travel to the Library floo flame in the Library Annex.
From the floo flame, you can see a couple of bookshelves in the distance to your right. Use Revelio to reveal the position of the Daedalian key which is in between the bookshelves.
Go to the key and chase it to the locked cabinet, which is on the right side of the floo flame, when you turn back around from the bookshelves.
Central Hall
Travel to the Central Hall floo flame.
Go downstairs and turn right from the central statue.
When you turn right, you will find an emerald door.
Go towards the door but take a sharp left as soon as you are at the base of the staircase. You will find the Daedalian key to your left, in the nook off the side of the stairs.
The key will fly on the opposite side of the Central Hall and go into the locked cabinet which is in the exact same spot but on the opposite end. It is like a mirror replica.
Viaduct Entrance
From the same Central Hall floo flame location, go upstairs.
Once you reach the upper floor, you will find a door ahead of you. From the door, go right.
When you go right, look behind the stairs to find the Daedalian key.
Follow the key back down to the main stairs. You will find the locked cabinet on the side of the first set of stairs on your way back down.
Potions Classroom
Fast travel to the Potions Classroom floo flame and go through the double door ahead of you.
Once you go through the door, you will find the Daedalian key right outside the classroom. It will be in between an archway with a spirtal staircase leading downstairs.
Approach the key and follow it downstairs. You will find the locked cabinet at the end of the corridor at the bottom.
The South Wing
There are three Daedalian keys in The South Wing.
Faculty Tower
For this one you need to first meet up with Gladwin Moon and complete The Caretaker's Lunar Lament main quest. If you don't do it, you won't be able to access the Faculty Tower which is where you need to go next. Fast travel to the Faculty Tower floo flame in The South Wing.
Go towards the open area into the tower and you will find a door to your immediate right. This leads to the area which is only available after the completion of The Caretaker's Lunar Lament quest.
Unlock the door and head inside. You will see stairs in front of you. Go up the stairs.
When you go upstairs, you will find the Daedalian key on the floor with the symbol puzzle door.
Follow the Daedalian key and it will go back downstairs. You will find the locked cabinet at the base of the staircase.
Hospital Wing
Now, go back upstairs and continue going up until you see a spiral staircase with a statue next to it.
The stairs lead to the Hospital Wing. Go up the stairs and you will come into a room with a statue next to you. From here, go left into a corridor with a bunch of paintings on the walls. You will find the Daedalian key at the end of this corridor.
Go to the key, and it will start flying towards the locked cabinet. The locked cabinet is back in the room with the statue when you first come upstairs. It is by the stair railing.
Clock Tower Courtyard
Fast travel to the Clock Tower Courtyard floo flame.
Enter the courtyard, and you will see a locked door ahead of you.
Once opened, you will find some stairs.
When you reach the first floor, turn left and you will find the Daedalian key in the distance.
Go to the door, and it will start going to an upper floor. Go through the doorway you just came through and keep going upstairs.
Exit through the doorway and turn left to find the locked cabinet.
House Chest
Once you've acquired all the House Tokens, return to your common room and insert them all into the House Chest.
After inserting the 16th Token, the chest will open, rewarding you with a unique Relic House Uniform. The Uniform differed from house to house. For us, since our character was in the Ravenclaw house, we got a cloak representing Ravenclaw.
Remember to once again speak with Nellie Oggspire in the Transfiguration Courtyard of the Astronomy Wing to complete the Daedalian Keys quest.
The Relic House Uniform has a unique property where it glows whenever you cast a spell.
Common Room Locations
The House Chests are always found inside your own common rooms. Each house has a different common room location. You can always check where your common room is by checking all the main floo flame locations within Hogwarts.
Other common room floo flames can be found in the following areas: Slytherin Common Room - The Grand Staircase. Gryffindor Common Room - The South Wing. Hufflepuff Common Room - The Great Hall.
Frequently Asked Questions
My Hogwarts Legacy house chest won't open.
To open the house chest in Hogwarts Legacy, you must find 16 Daedalian Keys. They're spread all over the castle. Each key opens a cabinet with a House Token. Gather up all the tokens, drop them into the chest, and the chest will open.
My Hogwarts Legacy house chest is empty.
An empty chest means that you've already claimed the reward. The chest won't refill or respawn. When you opened the chest you should have gotten a robe for transmogrification. Check your inventory if you can't remember!
