Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (PlayStation 3)

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Easy Mini-Crests

You can get a large amount of Mini-Crests one time only, when you have used the Luck Potion and are making your way to Herbology. At this point, every time you use Diffindo to get the Mini-Crests to appear, you will get the full amount of Mini-Crests available, due to your luck. Get as many as possible at this point to help reach the 25,000 pieces goal.

Hogwarts Crest bonuses

Collect the indicated number of crests to unlock the corresponding bonus.

BonusCrests
Dungbombs in prank boxes around Hogwarts21 Hogwarts Crests.
Exploding Cauldrons in prank boxes around Hogwarts48 Hogwarts Crests.
Love Potion in Potions Club98 Hogwarts Crests.
More health in duels8 Hogwarts Crests.
Even more health in duels71 Hogwarts Crests.
More mini-crests with each cast129 Hogwarts Crests.
Score boost in flying events38 Hogwarts Crests.
Two Player Dueling Pack 1: Draco and Luna3 Hogwarts Crests.
Two Player Dueling Pack 2: Crabbe and Goyle29 Hogwarts Crests.
Two Player Dueling Pack 2: Training Ground Dueling Arena14 Hogwarts Crests.
Two Player Dueling Pack 4: Paved Courtyard Dueling Arena113 Hogwarts Crests.
Two Player Dueling Pack 4: The Transfiguration Dueling Arena59 Hogwarts Crests.
Two Player Dueling Pack 5: Ginny and Hermione84 Hogwarts Crests.

Knocking down crests

Find the crest you want to knock down. Cast Wingardium Leviosa on the object you want to use to knock it down. Note: This object can be anywhere and does not have to be in throwing range of the crest. Using either a Dung-bomb or an Exploding Cauldron is recommended. Once the object is in the air, hold [Run]. You can now walk around the castle and grounds while still carrying the object in the air. Make sure that you keep [Run] held until you get to where the crest is located. Note: During this time Harry will not run fast. Throw that object at the crest to knock it down.

Secret Trophies


TrophyHow to unlock
Escaped the Cave (Bronze)Escape the Cave.
Mystery Solved (Bronze)Retrieve Slughorn's missing Memory.
Quidditch Champion (Bronze)Win the Quidditch Cup.
The Burrow Defender (Bronze)Protect The Burrow.

The match

Playing match is very easy. You must fly through all the stars in the sky to catch the snitch. Passing all stars is not required if the star's color is going from red to light. This indicates your time is going over, so try to pass through most of the stars in the sky.

Trophies

Complete each condition to get the allotted Trophies.

TrophyHow to unlock
Adventure completed (Gold)Conclude the adventure.
Combo Flyer Badge (Bronze)Earn the Combo Flyer Badge.
Crest Collector 1 (Bronze)Complete Crest Collector Level 1.
Crest Collector 2 (Bronze)Complete Crest Collector Level 2.
Crest Collector 3 (Bronze)Complete Crest Collector Level 3.
Crest Collector 4 (Bronze)Complete Crest Collector Level 4.
Crest Collector 5 (Silver)Complete Crest Collector Level 5.
Crest Collector 6 (Bronze)Complete Crest Collector Level 6.
Crest Collector 7 (Bronze)Complete Crest Collector Level 7.
Crest Collector 8 (Bronze)Complete Crest Collector Level 8.
Crest Collector 9 (Bronze)Complete Crest Collector Level 9.
Crest Collector 10 (Silver)Complete Crest Collector Level 10.
Crest Collector 11 (Bronze)Complete Crest Collector Level 11.
Crest Collector 12 (Bronze)Complete Crest Collector Level 12.
Crest Collector 13 (Bronze)Complete Crest Collector Level 13.
Crest Collector 14 (Silver)Complete Crest Collector Level 14.
Duelling Beginner (Bronze)Earn the Duelling Beginner's Luck Badge.
Duelling Champion (Bronze)Earn the Duelling Club Champion Badge.
Duelling Veteran (Bronze)Earn the Duelling Veteran Badge.
Good Deed (Bronze)Help the student retrieve her stolen Gobstone.
Great Party (Bronze)Create a great Christmas party for Slughorn.
Great Mate (Bronze)Help Ron avoid Lavender.
Grime Buster (Bronze)Clean up after Fred and George at The Burrow.
Hidden the Book (Silver)Hide the Half-Blood Prince's Potions Book.
Keen Flyer Badge (Bronze)Earn the Keen Flyer Badge.
Master Duellist Badge (Gold)Earned the Master Duellist Badge.
Master of Flying (Gold)Earn the Master of Flying Badge.
Master Potioneer (Gold)Earn the Master Potioneer Badge.
Quidditch Beginner (Bronze)Earn the Quidditch Beginner's Luck Badge.
Quidditch Captain (Silver)Assemble the Gryffindor Quidditch Team.
Platinum Trophy (Platinum)Earned all trophies.
Portrait Novice (Bronze)Used your first portrait shortcut.
Potions Beginner's Luck Badge (Bronze)Earn the Potions Beginner's Luck Badge.
Potions Club Star (Bronze)Earn the Potions Club Star Badge.
Potions Club Veteran (Bronze)Earn the Potions Club Veteran Badge.
Portrait Pro (Silver)Use all of the portrait shortcuts.
Precision Flyer Badge (Bronze)Earn the Precision Flyer Badge.
Reflex Badge (Bronze)Earn the Reflex Badge.
Speedy Brewer Badge (Bronze)Earn the Speedy Brewer Badge.
Used the Pensieve (Bronze)View Dumbledore's first memory of Tom Riddle in the Pensieve.

Winning duels and fights

Use the following combo to defeat any enemy. Use Expelliarmus to knock them down. Charge up your Stupefy. While getting it charged, walk directly next to your dueling opponent. Fire your charged Stupefy for a one hit kil. This trick can give you 5 stars for the challenge very quickly and easily.

An easy way to win almost any fight or duel is to cast Levi Corpus or Petrificus Totalus. Then just charge your Stupefy until it chimes twice, then release it. It will result in a one hit victory until later in the game, then it will require two. Note: This does not work on Fenrir Greyback.