A lil FAQ for The Floo Network's Witchcraft and Wizardry Minecraft map


***Edited to add: if you're here looking for how to ask for help in the Discord and you can't type, look at the #welcome channel you landed on in the Discord and accept the rules by clicking the reaction button. That's it!


Preview: This FAQ will tell you about common troubles with
  • Menu navigation 
  • Where to go
  • Money stuff
  • Puzzle stuff
  • Jumping
  • Minor tech support

Want to walk around Hogwarts? And the entire wizarding world? And London??? Get ready because your Hogwarts acceptance letter has arrived!

I've just lost about a week (maybe? what even is time in 2020) to trying to fix my sleep schedule, and in this trying time this game has been my Lumos. I've been trying to give back by helping out in the Discord chat answering people's questions, and I decided I'd make my own lil FAQ to send to my friends as I inevitably pressure them one by one into playing this :P

Anyway right to the point, you can learn how to download the game here:
https://floonetwork.fandom.com/wiki/Getting_Started
And you can see their FAQ here:
https://floonetwork.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Guides
And you can join their Discord server here:
https://discord.gg/8UjNHEy

But this is just my own lil additional FAQ, based on what I've seen new players need! Enjoy the game! <3

Tip #1 that applies to everything: s l o w  d o w n. If you can't do something, it's very possible you aren't meant to yet. Look around! I believe in you!

Q. Why can't I open the inventory like the game told me to?


A. Use your scroll wheel to highlight the inventory first. There should have been a lil arrow pointing to it when the game told you to do this.

Q. Help, how do I close out of this menu!


A. 1) Regular menu? Press shift. 2) Casting a spell like Wingardium Leviosa and it's acting weird and won't let you do anything else? Double right-click.

Q. Where do I go now for this quest?


A. There is a helpful compass that might not be immediately obvious! Many (but not all) quests have a lil yellow arrow down where it's telling you to go somewhere. Spin around. You'll see it move. Follow that arrow! Note: the arrow doesn't care there is a wall between you and your goal. You may need to find your way around.

Q. I sold something I shouldn't have, how can I get it back :( :(


A. Nearly everything you can sell, you can buy. (Not everything though!) Do be careful and try to sell only "junk" category items mostly, but to buy something, think about where it would be sold! Parchment/quills at a parchment/quill shop, novelty items at a joke shop etc. Relatedly: not all shops let you sell stuff. Keep looking for one that does. There are quite a few.

Q. But I need lots of money right now!


A. Nah man, slow down, remember? You will actually end up with way more money than you need, eventually. Do a different quest: side quests will give you lots of money.

Q. How do I solve this puzzle?


A. You might need some extra supplies from another room nearby. Look around. Otherwise, keep trying for a while; some main quest puzzles will let you skip if you try long enough.If you've been trying for a while and you hear something click that you didn't cause, look around. It was probably the game offering you a way out.

Q. But I need the location/quest/item/puzzle solution NOW


A. Try using the search function in the Discord, or the wiki! Neither are fully complete with all answers yet, but most will be there. I still recommend slowing down and trying another quest tho. It's a beautiful and chill map, good for experiencing in detail!

Q. But I can't make this jump and I've been trying for so long :(


A. Okay I really feel you on this one, I've been there. You get a running start by sprinting (double tap the walk button or hold ctrl), and jump at the last minute. But I was still falling to my doom! This was my question that I finally had to ask on the Discord. Discord user CCCXLII answered "It's a little counterintuitive, but after you've lined yourself up, try keeping your head down at the ground as you make the jump. That way you can be absolutely sure you're jumping at the last moment." THIS WORKED FOR ME AND NOW I AM A MINECRAFT JUMPING GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH

Q. EVERYTHING IS BROKEN OH NO


A. Several steps to try if things have just gone horribly wrong (like your wand disappearing):
~Save and quit and reload
~Fast travel somewhere else with the map
~Use the settings menu (Hogwarts crest) to "respawn"
Basically all ways of "turning it off and back on again." If it's still broken... things are buggy sometimes. Know that sometimes things might break and you might have to restart (reinstall the map completely). It hasn't happened to me personally yet, but. These things happen, it's a handmade map on Minecraft. There is a "tech support" channel on the Discord where they may be able to help you with more tricky things, but, these are the basics here. If it's a question about how Minecraft itself works rather than this map, best to search online for that specific issue.

Q. What are the best secrets?


A. Find them for yourself ;) I have been running around the map yelling SEEEEEECRET TUNNELLLLLLL whenever I find hidden doors etc; EVERYTHING on this map is awesome. Tons of secrets and easter eggs. Probably one of my favorite "secrets" was the wonder-moment when just walking into a ROOM and seeing a certain object started a quest. THE POSSIBILITIES

Q. This map is ****ing amazing and I didn't pay money when I first downloaded it because I didn't know what it was, can I go back and donate now because the creators are amazing?


A. YEP: https://gumroad.com/l/floomap


Anyway, I love this map and I will be living there for the foreseeable future. If you like Harry Potter and you have or don't mind acquiring Minecraft for PC (and uh, you have a reasonably fast PC), please give this a try. It's gorgeous and so carefully designed. Now if you'll excuse me imma go hang out in the Hufflepuff Common Room.

Comments

  1. Hey, so I'm trying to play multiplayer again; we played fine yesterday but today it wasn't working. I downloaded the resource pack but when i join i only have the option to spectate

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    1. Okay so we restarted the game but now my skin is gone, I'm just plain alex even though in minecraft it says that i have my skin

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    2. Okay so I tried to join again but I don't have the option to join, only to spectate

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    3. Try the Discord linked near the beginning, they have a tech support channel :)

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  2. Hello , everything worked well , but the game crashed when we started to fly with nymbus 2000, i tryed many things but nothing works

    I just jump on nymbus 2000 i can fly a bit and 10 -15 sec after my game crash or i have a black screen from minecraft

    So any one got a solution ? pls

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    1. I can't run tech support in blog comments, but try the Discord linked at the beginning of the post :) they have tech support there

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  3. Heyooooo, loved the game. Incredible. Just wondering, how do we unlock the quest to get to moaning myrtle's bathroom?

    Thanks xoxo

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    1. I won't see these comments quickly, so definitely ask on the Discord or check the wiki! That particular quest isn't available until after you've done the main quest, because the person is in one of the last places you unlock. :)

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  4. When I try to interact with the NPCs ("enter conversation with "F") I do get into conversation mode by no dialog options / textual speech is displayed. I checked chat display settings aleady, they are fine. What else could it be?

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  5. Does anyone know how to change your patronus?

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    1. You just talk to Lupin again :) but again, folks, lol, this is a blog post, not checked often. Y'all will get more help in the Discord linked in the post :)

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  6. Hey, I'm in the maze trying to find the stars. I started the lumos charm, the tip of the wand glows but everything else stays dark. Is that ment to be oder am I doing anything wrong?

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    1. scroll on the hotbar to settings, open settings, scroll down to "Lumos Effect" and find the option where it says "Lumos Effect: Simple (for AMD)"

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    2. I have the same bug, and the fix didn't work. When I open the crest symbol, the menu glitches and everything goes black again. Help?

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  7. I dont know how to install manually de resource pack, some help plis

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    1. You can download the installer in the map download page, the process is automatic, you just have to follow tje steps

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  8. Hello, I've tried going to the Discord to find the tech support page but it appears that it's been deleted? I'm not too sure, but I feel like posting here may help.

    So I've reached the part of the game where you get your broom for the first time, but whenever I bring my broom out it instantly disappears. I can't use the broom, or interact with it before it goes away.

    I am playing in multiplayer on a server if that's of any help.

    Thanks.

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    1. Hello,
      I was wondering if you ever figured this out, as I am now having the same problem. Q brings out the broom, but when I press F it just disappears, and therefore right clicking does nothing! I have searched and have not found anything to help with this. Any advice would be really appreciated!
      Thanks.

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  9. I know you've said to ask on the discord but I've gone to the discord and there's no where to openly post questions. The only way is to DM a mod and that seems rude. I can't even find the bug report channel like it says in the 'how to report bugs' cause none of the channels have permission for posting. Am I missing something? I have a completely bugged out death eater battle where I'm completely blind, can't cast spells, and just keep dying over and over and really need some help :(

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    1. So I figured out how to fix my issue kinda. I just ended up poking the death eaters to death with my wand since I couldn't cast any spells. It took forever and I died a lot but after the battle was done I could use the map to teleport somewhere else and spells started working again.

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  10. Me and my friends have been playing multiplayer and its awesome. But.. he went ahead when I had to get off. He completed 3 more spells than me. When I played it again, I went to complete the Vera Verto Spell but the part where there is the parts saying 1, 2, and 3, I pull the chain on part 1 but it dosen't open the door for part 2. The IP for the server is 154.16.168.145:25587 if you want to look for yourselves.

    Thanks

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  12. In stupefy's mission, targets that move are supposed to appear but only one seemed, I gave it and the others do not appear. I cannot unlock the third phase because the objectives do not appear

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  13. The Lumos spell wont work, i double clicked and light came out of the wand but everything else was pitch black, and when i turn to creative i cant put things in my inventory so i cant place torches, and i endeed up going to far into the maze and now i cant get out, i have left the game and joined again and tried everything else that i can think of but nothing works! What should i do?

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    1. same my lumos spell is doing the same

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    2. i dont have shaders but same thing happens

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    3. Scroll to the settings (Hogwarts crest in your hotbar) and press q, then scroll down till you see "lumos effect" and switch it to simple.

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  14. I downloaded the map today for 1.13.2 and whenever I try to talk to someone the chat doesn't come up, I tried exiting and reloading and completely redownloading the map again and they both dont work. Can someone tell me what I can do to fix it please?

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  15. hello a main quest item has dropped in a unreachable place, can i reset the quest? its behind a barell in the maze with armor statues(where you learn veraverto).

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    1. i sent that message, i alredy found a way

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  16. I'm stuck in the maze and the Lumos spell doesn't work, when I use it, my screen just goes black. Help me please.

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    1. I have the same problem, cant see the wand, quest log, settings and cant get out of the maze ://

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  17. Ive redownloaded the map more than 5 times and the wand still doesnt want to do the first spell"Lumos". The map hates me XD

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  18. How do I pick up the stars in the maze I left the game for awhile and forgot I’m also stuck in the maze please help

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  19. How do I pick up the stars in the maze I left the game for awhile and forgot I’m also stuck in the maze please help

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  20. Hi I am having a problem. The Expecto Patronum quest is not displayed, upon arrival at the Defense Against The Dark Arts Classroom nothing happens and Lupine does not say anything about the quest. what should I do?

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  21. Hello, I play on Mac and up until now everything was running smoothly and I didn't really encounter any major issues, but when I got to the Lumos lesson it said I had to doubke-click in order to cast the spell. I don't have a mouse, and nothing else I try seems to be working either so I'm stuck. Please help with this; the map is so amazing I want to get back to playing it as soon as possible. Thank you!

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  22. Hello! Why do I have black screen? All controls are fine

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  23. is it just me or in creative mode i cant interact with npcs. pls help

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  24. wingardium leviosa spell is not working for me others spells and everything are working fine...i restarted my game many times, i reset the map but still its not working

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    1. The exact same thing is happening to me and my friends

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    2. Ok, try this: Paper has a setting by default that can cause issues with the map, but you can change your server to allow non-player-entities on the scoreboard in your server properties to fix that. In the paper.yml file you need to enable allow-non-player-entities-on-scoreboards. Then restart the server, and then you can run this command close to any Wingardium Leviosa box that is broken /tag @e[type=minecraft:armor_stand,limit=1,sort=nearest] remove wingardiumBoxPickedUp

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  25. For some reason my spells arent working, i double click and i cant fast travel cuz im in the maze, im trying to cast lumos, did i do something wrong in settings?
    pls help.

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  26. we broke the redstone over the command blocks, and the black room, what to do

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  27. i cant get optifine to work on it idk why it works on other profiles(i use forge)

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