PROBLEM SOLVER

THE LIBRARY ANNEXE - THE RESTRICTED SECTION
When you wake up, Hermione will ask you to get Hogwarts: A History. Sounds easy enough, doesn't it? Well...it's in the Restricted Section...which makes it a lot harder. AND it's guarded by a lot of prefects.

This is easily the biggest'dungeon' in the game, with 2 bosses, a spell, a lot of backtracking, and a couple of obstacles; ie. ghosts. Make your way down to the library, avoid the flying books, walk past the prefects, or...sneak, go into the next room (ignore the large door, go into the smaller one on the right)and this is one of the larger 'wall sneak on the shelves or get caught' rooms.

Make your way to the last shelf or so, then run the rest of the way to the portrait. If you didn't
get caught the previous night, you won't lose any points at all. Open the portrait to emerge in the Restricted Section.

ENTERING THE RESTRICTED SECTION
When you enter, bookcases will slam behind you and there is no way of escape...or is there? Look up with R and investigate the room above you. Seems hard? You have to make your way up to the top safely. To make it worse, there are a number of obstacles to pass. Climb up the ladder to a ledge. The bottom two shelves of each floor are the ones to worry about, since some of the books can hit you and knock you off.

Wall sneak across to the other side, climb the ladder, wall sneak again, climb another ladder, wall sneak to another ledge. You will have to do this a few times before you reach the top. Go through the door again. Feel relieved to be on terra firma? Wait...the Hogwarts: A History book is somewhere on the top of the shelves. Notice a owl's perch? Go to the other side where you can see ectoplasm(green gooey stuff)on the door. Nearby is a chest containing Owl Treats. Get the owl treats and head back to Hedwig. Call her and feed her for her to drop a ladder near the chest. Climb the ladder. Notice that some of the bookcases are almost flush against the wall? Meaning...You have to wall sneak across! Jump across to the other side, watching the ectoplasm, then open the treasure chests if you need health.

Then wall sneak across the wide gap, and cast Diffindo on the tapestry to gain access onto the balcony. Diffindo the second tapestry to create another point of access to the bookshelves on the other side. Grab some more health from the treasure chests if you need it; then wall sneak again to the other side, then jump across the gap to pick up Hogwarts: A History. One of the doors will open mysteriously. Go through that door. When you enter the room, you'll see a bookcase, a bunch of square and circular bookcases leading to a spellbook. Enter the room itself and you'll find yourself face to face with the Mad Bookcase.

MAD BOOKCASE (BOSS BATTLE)
The Mad Bookcase guards the Skurge Spellbook and the only way to get up to the ledge. The Mad Bookcase is relatively easy, just cast Flipendo at it until it falls over. It is one of those scenarios where rapid firing can actually do more damage to an enemy that charging up. From time to time, the bookcase will shoot out books, just sidestep or duck to avoid them. Follow the guide, and you'll be fine. There was one case, though, where I didn't cause any damage to it, and it suddenly fell over. I had no problem with that, anyway. After defeating the bookcase, climb up to the top of the first one, blast away the flying bookcase, jump to the next one, avoiding the ghosts, and keep on going until you reach the spellbook. You have Skurge, a Scouring Charm.

SKURGE 'SKURGEING AWAY!'
Cast Skurge on the ectoplasm blocking the door, then climb up to the next floor. Enter the door, to go back into the circular room. Cast Skurge on the ectoplasm to make it disappear. You'll emerge in a circluar room with a barred door, four doors covered with ectoplasm. I have a map here, for the sake of
organisation, let's label them.
D= Door
1,2,3,4= Switches
4
***
3*******d2
*********
2*******1
***
d1
This is only a simple map. I hope it is sufficient.
(As close to a circle I can)

Door 1 contains a shelf and a lot of flying books. Dodge them or cast Flipendo on them to get rid of them. Go behind the bookcase to activate the first switch.
o-s-o---o---o-d-o s= switch
| :: | := bookcase
o o
| |
o---o---o---o---o

Door 2 contains...nothing! Go straight across the room to activate the second switch.
o-d-o---o---o-s-o s= switch
| |
o o
| |
o---o---o---o---o

Door 3 contains five tapestries. Cast Diffindo on tapestries 1 and 2 to get to the switch. Activate it, and go to the last door.
o---o---o---o---o s= switch
| 4 5 |
o-3-o---o---o o
| 2 1 |
o-s-o---o---o-d-o

Door 2 contains a ghost patrolling the area, and two ectoplasm walls(*). Get rid of them using Skurge, and press the final switch. When you press the final switch, the door is unbarred and Goyle appears. Obviously...it's another duel.
o---o---o---o---o s= switch
| * | := bookcase
o * o
|***::::::::: |
o-s-o---o---o-d-o

GOYLE (BOSS BATTLE) +++DUEL+++
This is another duel. It's similar to the duel with Malfoy, only that Goyle is faster at blocking spells. It's the same as before. When he is defeated, go through the barred door, and this is the last room before entering the Library Annexe. Go down the corridor to the next room.
HEADING BACK TO GRYFFINDOR TOWER
Drag the box to one of the platforms and climb up it. Cast Skurge on it to make it disappear. Cast Flipendo on the switch that appears. One of the bars covering the door will disappear. Push/Pull the box to the other side and cast Skurge to the ectoplasm and cast Flipendo at the switch. Both bars are gone, so go through the now open door. Go down the short corridor to a portrait hole. Go through it to emerge back in the Library Annexe.

Exit the Annexe to Gryffindor Tower. Enter Gryffindor Tower and talk to Hermione to give her the book. End the day.