| Level Progression | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ← Mischief Managed | The Shrieking Shack | Dementor's Kiss → | ||
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| Number | Y3-4 |
| Game | LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 |
| Universe | Harry Potter |
| Episode | The Prisoner of Azkaban |
| Chapter | 4 |
| Playable Characters | Harry (Grey Jacket)* Hermione (Red Hooded Top)* Professor Lupin* Sirius Black* |
| Unlockable Characters | Hermione (Red Hooded Top) Witch (Grey)* Peter Pettigrew* |
| True Wizard Status | 22,000 |
The Shrieking Shack is the sixteenth level of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4. It is the fourth level of The Prisoner of Azkaban.
Story[]
After divination class, Harry sees Professor Trelawney go into a trance and prophesies that the Dark Lord will return. Watching Buckbeak's execution, Ron's pet rat Scabbers bites him and escapes, but a large black dog drags them both into a hole at the base of the Whomping Willow. This leads the trio through an underground passage to the Shrieking Shack, where the dog is revealed to be Black, an Animagus who can transform into an animal.
Lupin appears, embracing Black as an old friend before revealing himself to be a werewolf. Snape arrives to stop Black, but is knocked unconscious by Harry's disarming spell. Lupin and Black reveal that Scabbers is actually the Animagus form of Pettigrew, who betrayed Harry's parents, faked his death and framed Black for his own crimes. Turning Pettigrew back into human form, the group returns to the castle, but the full moon causes Lupine to transform and Pettigrew escapes. As Black fights off Lupin in their animal forms, Dementors attack Black and Harry, but an unseen figure casts a powerful Patronus. Harry falls unconscious and wakes up in the hospital wing with Dumbledore and Hermione.
Walkthrough[]
Level Prelude[]
Gryffindor Common Room[]
You start inside the Gryffindor Common Room.
The Grand Staircase[]
Together with Nearly Headless Nick, head to the 2nd Defense Against the Dark Arts Classroom.
Defense Against the Dark Arts[]
- Main article: Expecto Patronum Lesson
Level Walkthrough[]
The Whomping Willow[]
You start off with a fight with Whomping Willow. Avoid all the attacks until it attacks the central field with its hand, onto which you can jump. Once you're in the air, attack the tentacles. Then, repeat this action three times - you will unlock a passage to the underground.
Beneath the Whomping Willow[]
Create a bridge from Devil's Snare using Lumos Solem. Go right and attack the brown vines sticking out of the ceiling. First the ones on the right, then the ones on the left. Once the green orb falls, approach the flower on the left and use magic on it - it will create a ladder from the leaves, go up. Jump up to the first platform and onto the upper ledge on the left. Destroy the blockade set on the vines. Jump to the right and once on the last platform, go down and destroy the blockade. Then, once you're on a wooden platform supported by water, use Wingardium Leviosa on two purple spheres sticking out of the wall, then block the holes with each one. You can get even higher - firstly head left and destroy the third Devil's Snare blockade, unlocking the further path - to the right, onto the stairs.
The Shrieking Shack[]
Now you have to catch Wormtail. The rat will continue to run between the furniture in the room. Use magic on the piece of furniture it's under - it will begin to shake. You have to eliminate the chair, the pot, the piano, the sofa and the fireplace. Use Wingardium Leviosa to build a giant mousetrap with the bricks earned.
The Forbidden Forest[]
Once in the woods, head to the right while casting Lumos Solem spells on the Devil's Snare. Use Wingardium Leviosa to build a big cube with the bricks lying around and two bricks will fall out. Use Wingardium Leviosa to arrange them so that you can reach the top ledge. Move on, switch Hermione and use Crookshanks to dig up the cauldron. On the ground behind the cauldron you will find a snake skeleton - shoot its head to get an ingredient. There is a skeleton in the nearby web - use magic first and then Wingardium Leviosa to put it back together. After a while you will get the second ingredient. You will find three black boulders round the cauldron - treat every with magic and eventually a plant with another ingredient will grow from below one of them. Drink the Strengthening Potion and pull the chain by the two yellow platforms. Use Hermione and Crookshanks to jump up the stairs - dig there for a ladder to appear. Avoid the attack of the six spiders and use Wingardium Leviosa to arm the red mushroom. Jump to the upper rock ledge to end the level.
Collectables[]
S means that the collectible can be obtained both in Story and in Free Play. F means the collectible can only be obtained in Free Play.
- House Crests
- Gryffindor
- (F) During the fight with the Whomping Willow, you will find a digging spot on the left - dig up a black box and use Dark Magic to destroy it and get this house crest.
- Slytherin
- (F) There are five black rocks in the clearing - destroy them with Dark Magic. They are impossible to miss.
- Between the first ledge and the swamp.
- Near the two yellow blocks.
- On the right side of the excavation site.
- To the left side of the red mushroom that leads to the end of the level.
- To the right side of the red mushroom that leads to the end of the level.
- (F) There are five black rocks in the clearing - destroy them with Dark Magic. They are impossible to miss.
- Hufflepuff
- (S) After defeating the tree, you need to find five ears of corn. The first one is right at the beginning, the second one to the right after you jump, the third one right before the platforms, the fourth one behind the platform - jump down. The last one is just behind the next wooden platform.
- Ravenclaw
- (F) After leaving the Shrieking Shack, you will find a dig spot behind it - dig up the glass display case. After getting to the potion and pulling the chain, you will find a cabinet with a padlock - unlock it with Reducto. Put on the earmuffs and back up a little - you will find a Mandrake. Pick it up and return to the glass showcase to destroy it and get this house crest.
- Gryffindor
- Student in Peril
- (S) In the place where you fight the spiders, there is a student trapped in a web. Use magic on it to save him.
- Tokens
- Hermione (Red Hooded Top)
- (F) After finishing the Shrieking Shack, you will find a locked chest right next to you - use Reducto on it to get this character token.
- Witch (Grey)
- (F) During the fight with the Whomping Willow on the right, you will find a digging spot - dig up a black chest and use Dark Magic to destroy it and get this character token.
- Peter Pettigrew
- (F) Inside the Shack, you will find a black showcase on the left - destroy it with Dark Magic to get this character token.
- Hermione (Red Hooded Top)
Unlockables[]
Hermione (Red Hooded Top), Witch (Grey), and Peter Pettigrew can be purchased from Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions in Diagon Alley after collecting their Character Tokens. You will also be able to continue to Dementor's Kiss.
Data[]
| Game | LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 |
|---|---|
| Start point | The Whomping Willow |
| Characters | Harry (Grey Jacket) Hermione (Red Hooded Top) Professor Lupin Sirius Black |
| Length | Medium |
| Unlocks |
Hermione (Red Hooded Top) Witch (Grey) Peter Pettigrew |
| Enemies to defeat | Acromantula |
| Bosses to defeat | The Whomping Willow |
Gallery[]
