Spells are grouped by colour in your loadout. Match a spell's type against an enemy's coloured shield to break it instantly, then chain into your combos.
Control
Yellow — reposition, disable and set up enemies.
Levioso
Suspends a target helplessly in the air.
Glacius
Freezes an enemy, raising the damage it takes.
Arresto Momentum
Slows a target or projectile to a crawl.
Transformation
Turns a foe into an explosive barrel or object.
Force
Purple — pull, push and slam enemies and objects.
Accio
Pulls an enemy or object toward you.
Depulso
Blasts a target away — great off ledges.
Flipendo
Flips a target, exposing it to follow-ups.
Descendo
Slams an airborne enemy hard into the ground.
Damage
Red — raw offensive spells.
Incendio
Close-range burst of flame that burns over time.
Confringo
A fiery projectile you can rapid-fire.
Diffindo
A slicing spell with heavy single-target damage.
Expelliarmus
Disarms an enemy and deals a quick hit.
Bombarda
Area blast that damages grouped enemies.
Utility & Essential
Learned through the story — used for exploration and puzzles.
Revelio
Reveals nearby collectibles and points of interest.
Lumos
Lights the way and lures moths in puzzles.
Alohomora
Picks locks — upgraded via Demiguise Statues.
Wingardium Leviosa
Lifts and moves objects to solve puzzles.
Reparo
Repairs broken bridges and mechanisms.
Disillusionment
Turns you near-invisible for stealth.
Petrificus Totalus
Stealth spell — instantly knocks out an unaware enemy.
Protego / Stupefy
Blocks attacks, then counters with a stun.
Evanesco & Altering
Vanish creatures / restyle gear at the loom.
Unforgivable Curses
Optional dark magic, taught by Sebastian Sallow — using them has narrative consequences.
Crucio
Torture curse — deals damage over time to all nearby foes.
Imperio
Forces an enemy to fight on your side.
Avada Kedavra
The Killing Curse — an instant kill on almost any enemy.
Two ways of grouping, and both are real
The colours above are the combat axis — match the colour to break a shield. The
spell book sorts by a different taxonomy of seven categories, which also files spells that carry no shield colour,
such as the Essential and Transfiguration ones. Neither is wrong; they answer different questions.
Essential — 8
The largest group, and all story-taught
Damage — 5
The red ones above
Control — 4
The yellow ones above
Transfiguration — 3
Its own category in the book
Unforgivable — 3
Crucio, Imperio, Avada Kedavra
Utility — 4 or 7
Lumos, Reparo, Disillusionment and Wingardium Leviosa for Vandal; PowerPyx, Game8 and the Fandom wiki add the Nab-Sack and the two beast-care spells
You can carry sixteen
Not four.
16 equipped, at maximum
Four sets of four. You start with one set and buy the rest
Where they come from
Spell Knowledge talents, in the
Core tree — see
builds
Which reframes the loadout advice on this page: the colour-matching
above stops being a juggling act once you have the slots, because you can keep one of each colour permanently
equipped and still have room for utility. Spending Core points early is worth more than it looks.
Still to verify
Cross-checked on 5 September 2026 and re-checked on 1 October 2026 against PowerPyx, Game8,
the Fandom wiki, Fextralife and Vandal. The category a given spell falls into is the detail most likely to be
off, since our list groups by loadout colour. What is still unverified is the only
thing reading cannot settle — nobody here has played it.