Hogwarts Legacy

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Flight the Good Flight

Flight the Good Flight

Beat Imelda's time in all broom races

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How to unlock the Flight the Good Flight achievement in Hogwarts Legacy - Definitive Guide

There's a total of 3 races in which you need to beat Imelda Reyes "Best Time". During the races ensure you don't miss any rings and collect the yellow speed bubbles for a burst of speed. The target times are fairly lenient and you should achieve them even with mistakes. If you fail to beat the target time you can just revisit the race starting line to try again. See below for more detail on quest names and when the races unlock:

Race #1 Questline: "Flight Test."
Unlocked After Main Story: "The Room of Requirement."
Required: Buy A Broom (600) from Albie Weeks - Spintwitches Sporting Needs Shop (Hogsmeade).
Race Location: Hogwarts "Quidditch Pitch."
Target Time: 2:20.

Race #2 Questline: "Sweeping the Competition."
Unlocked After Main Story: "The Elf, The Nab-Sack, and the Loom."
Required: Purchase Broom upgrade (1,000) from Albie Weeks - Spintwitches Sporting Needs Shop (Hogsmeade).
Race Location: Outside "Irondale."
Target Time: 2:26.

Race #3 Questline: "The Sky is the Limit."
Unlocked After Main Story: "It's All Gobbledgook."
Required: Purchase Broom upgrade (4,000) from Albie Weeks - Spintwitches Sporting Needs Shop (Hogsmeade).
Race Location: Southern tip of the "South Clagmar Coast."
Target Time: 2:42.

Shortly after completing all Albie Weeks quests he'll sell a legendry upgrade for your broom at a price of 7,500.
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13 Feb 2023 01:25

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Race 3 isn't unlocked after 'gobbledegook' mission. It's not available until you complete 'in the shadow of the mine' with Seb Sallow.
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By Doc Buddha on 26 Feb 2023 10:01
I've even best Ruby Wiel's time on all 3 races, and it's still not unlocking. This achievement is for sure bugged
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By Knucklehead923 on 03 Mar 2023 15:19
I’ve done all 3 and beat the time but stuck at 66%. Any suggestions?
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By tskxsniper1 on 23 Feb 2023 13:17
Make sure to do all the races on the same difficulty.
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By eSKibOy22 on 25 Feb 2023 10:06
I'm on normal difficulty. Are the times in the guide on easy?
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By THE1BANDIT on 25 Feb 2023 18:49
Just to clarify, you only need to beat Imelda’s time in the three races. These are all done during Albie’s quests to upgrade the broom, as noted above. You do NOT have to beat the fastest posted times (by Ruby Wiel) at each location
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By penn19 on 01 Mar 2023 09:12
I can confirm it’s tracking when you skip

Story mode is great.
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By SwordofWhedon on 16 Feb 2023 12:30
On the second race the best time is 1:55 for me. Really hard to beat...
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By THE1BANDIT on 20 Feb 2023 18:21
What difficulty you running?
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By Lordacris on 20 Feb 2023 22:40
The second quest is glitched for me. Skipped it after my first failure and now I have it in my quest log but can't talk to Imelda.

As I see, I'm not the only one with this glitch. Anyone an idea how to solve this? I'm at 99% and way too far away to load an older save.
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By Basileus on 08 Apr 2023 09:18
Wow not sure how the 3rd race was done so fast or easy in the video. My best was 2:47 hitting about half the yellow bubbles and making all rings...
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By MustangNights on 21 Jul 2023 20:11
I am at a loss. This is the only thing keeping my wife and I from unlocking a bunch of achievements because neither of us can fly very well. :( She's playing on the easiest mode also - kinda surprised she doesn't have a skip solution like she does for beast catching, etc.
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By MrAndyPuppy on 27 Mar 2023 22:25
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The first two races I managed to do legitimately after a couple tries. The third however I did twice and didn't get it, so the game gave me the option to skip it and I did (I thought I'd come back to it later when I felt like spending more time practicing it). Instead, after going through the motions with the conversations following the achievement popped. Not sure if it's supposed to do that, or if it's a bug. If it is, better hurry up and get it.

Note: As I said I got the times legit for the first two races, though maybe the skip will work for them as well.

Edit: I did play on story difficulty. That may be a factor and thought I mentioned it originally.
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12 Feb 2023 14:26

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Unfortunately didn't work for me. Only got the option to quit or try again if my time didn't make the cut. Quitting after 3 or 4 attempts didn't pop the achievement. Went back and tried a few more times and eventually got it legit (and only just, time was 2:42:06 so thought I'd blown in by a few milliseconds). So maybe they have removed the skip option unless it's difficulty level specific? (I was on easy on this playthrough)
Posted by ZeBeDee32 On 27 Feb at 02:51
Yeah, I didn't simply quit, I gave it a couple tries then it gave the option to skip it. I may be a story difficulty option specifically.
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By JVPSHARK on 05 Mar 2023 12:53
Replying here - this works if you have difficulty set to Story only
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By MintedRogue on 10 Mar 2023 05:00
I was gonna post this lol
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By Apostle92627 on 09 Jul 2023 23:18
This guide worked perfectly, you just need to change the difficulty to Story Mode and after one or two missed races, the game offers the option to skip the mission. At the end of the 3rd, I received the achievement. I usually like to play on the hardest difficulties, but the broom missions in this game were driving me crazy, haha.
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By GU18R4NC0 on 19 Nov 2023 22:37
Unfortunately didn't work for me. Only got the option to quit or try again if my time didn't make the cut. Quitting after 3 or 4 attempts didn't pop the achievement. Went back and tried a few more times and eventually got it legit (and only just, time was 2:42:06 so thought I'd blown in by a few milliseconds). So maybe they have removed the skip option unless it's difficulty level specific? (I was on easy on this playthrough)
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By ZeBeDee32 on 27 Feb 2023 09:51
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Video guide for unlocking Flight the good Flight achievement:
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22 May 2023 15:32

In order to be able to beat Imelda Reyes’s times in Hogwarts Legacy, you’ll need to do a few things first.
  • Firstly, you need to unlock the broom. You’ll do that by completing the main quest, “Flying Class,” and then heading to Spintwitches Sporting Needs in Hogsmeade to buy a broom.
  • This will then initiate the side quest, “Flight Test” which will pit you against the first of Imelda’s course, which starts at Hogwarts’ very own Quidditch pitch.
From there, you’re on your own, kind of. Imelda will have set times to beat at all three courses: Hogwarts’ Quidditch pitch; one at Irondale; and then the last one, the “south coast course.” You won’t be able to start all of these straight away, you need to wait for certain story triggers. The first one is open to beat when you have the broom.

In terms of tips for setting each record, you won't need then. The times are incredibly generous. As long as you hit the yellow bubbles which are boosts, you'll be fine. Once you've finished the first course though, you'll have to wait a short while for the second course.

The story trigger for competing in the Irondale course (pretty much west of the Northern South Sea Bog Floo Flame) is the “Percival Rackham’s Trial” main quest. When that is complete, you can compete. Albie Weekes will first message you, however, to say that he has an upgrade available for purchase. This upgrade is 1,000 Galleons, and should be purchased to make the Irondale course easier.

The second and final story trigger, for the last Imelda time trial, is “Niamh Fitzgerald’s Trial,” which will give you access to the south, as well as unlocking the trial. This will of course give you access to the second broom upgrade as well, which will cost a cool 4,000 Galleons.

The trial itself can be found right on the southern coast, at the bottom of the map, west of Cragmoor Castle and near the Kneazle den. There won’t be a map marker until you get down low enough.

Beat Imelda’s final time and this will unlock the achievement. It’ll also open up the broom’s third and final upgrade, which will set you back a whopping 7,500 Galleons! Yikes!
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It is enough to win three quest races. There is no need to set your best time on the leaderboard.
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24 Feb 2023 17:08

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The achievement may be buggy. I completed all 3 races and even broke all the records, but the achievement did not drop, and the progress remained hanging at 66%. I had to start NG.
Therefore, it is better to save before each race and check your achievement progress after each race
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By primgladiator on 07 Mar 2023 13:33
You don’t have to win the last race at the History difficulty level (minimum), I also decided to postpone it and try to fly another time, an offer appeared to skip the quest, I agreed and it was protected as a win.
P.S. You can also skip the first two races like that - I haven’t tried it.
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By Poisonishes on 01 Apr 2023 22:59
To win on normal difficulty in the last race you need to make almost no mistakes and penalties for missing rings, unfortunately, can be fatal. Save money for improvements in the circle - the comrade is simply an impossible huckster.
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By AraimRenmazuo on 17 Feb 2024 21:35
I caught a funny bug and the achievement opened without completing the last race.
After the tenth unsuccessful attempt in the third race, I decided to postpone it until later.
Then, immediately after completing the quest “Classes on the History of Magic,” a dialogue with Imelda automatically began at the location, saying that I had set her up, etc. and after that the achievement popped up.
Perhaps someone else can check the pattern or coincidence.
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By Sonic on 02 Mar 2023 09:10
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