How to grow and harvest Fluxweed in Hogwarts Legacy

You'll need to do some shopping first.

two students work on a potion in hogwarts legacy
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Wizards and witches around the globe began their journeys into the Wizarding World with the release of Hogwarts Legacy.

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Throughout your adventure, you’ll likely rely on potions. From Wiggenweld Potions that heal you to Maxima Potions that increase your spell damage, these concoctions are very useful to all spellcasters. But while you can purchase potions from vendors in cities and traveling merchants, you might want to consider crafting your own to save those precious galleons.

To craft potions, you need a number of plants and ingredients that you can purchase, collect in the wild, or grow and harvest. One of these ingredients is Fluxweed Stem, a necessary component for crafting Focus Potions. And, luckily for you, Fluxweed is easy to grow.

Here’s how to farm Fluxweed in Hogwarts Legacy.

How to get Fluxweed seeds and grow Fluxweed in Hogwarts Legacy

fluxweed on a potting table slowly growing, it takes 15 minutes
Selecting the Fluxweed option. Screenshot via Avalanche Software

Before you can grow Fluxweed in a Large Pot, you need to have unlocked the Room of Requirement, as well as the Conjuring spell. When you’ve acquired both, it’s time to do some shopping in Hogsmeade.

You can buy Fluxweed Seeds for 300 Galleons at The Magic Neep on the northeastern side of the village. Next, you need to purchase a Spellcraft for a Potting Table with a Large Pot so you can plant the Fluxweed seeds. Thomas Brown at Tomes and Scrolls, the southernmost shop in Hogsmeade, sells this Spellcraft for 1,000 galleons.

After you’ve completed your shopping, visit the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts and create a Potting Table with a Large Pot using the Conjuring spell. Then, simply select the Fluxweed option.

You need to wait 15 minutes before you can harvest the plant, and it yields five Fluxweeds. You can also add Fertilizer, which you can also buy from the Magic Neep for 300 Galleons, to increase the plant’s yield. Once the timer is up, simply interact with the Potting Table once more to automatically collect all your Fluxweed Stem.

Now that you know how to farm Fluxweed in Hogwarts Legacy, it’s time to get out there and harvest some Fluxweed Seeds!

What are Fluxweed Stems used for in Hogwarts Legacy?

There are a few key quests that require Fluxweed Stems throughout your playthrough. Witches and wizards must provide Flexweed for two key Professors’ assignments, including Sharp’s Assignment 1 and Professor Garlick’s Assignment 2.

For Professor Sharp’s Assignment 1, you’re tasked with brewing a Focus Potion, which, when crafted, reduces the cooldown of spells. It takes about one minute to Brew and requires three Lacewing Flies, one Fluxweed Stem, and one Dugbog Tongue. Sharp’s Assignment 1 asks you to make a Fluxweed Stem for yourself, which you can do swiftly using the above method.

The Focus Potion is also great to use outside of the mission, as the ability to cast incantations faster is great for darker playthroughs if you want to use the Unforgivable Curses faster than you could usually.

Equally, you can also use Flexweed Stems to make the Felix Felicis Potion to reveal the locations of large loot chests. The effect lasts for one in-game day but is only available to those who pre-ordered the game. You can’t get the recipe any other way. To make it, you need to use 1 Lacewing Flies and 1 Fluxweed Stem. We think it’s a shame it isn’t available to all players, considering how useful it is to finding everything in every sub-area.

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