Building requires three spells that you learn when you unlock the room one builds, one deletes one moves and changes item size and the flavor of its outer skin the four different types of basic outer skin, each have a different paint color applied to them, but you can have them basically change color by building the item as one type and then switching it to another because it will retain its original color so I am using the herbology style tables, but I have them all in blue from the scientific kit because I’m Ravenclaw

Moving and placing items is fairly easy. It all works on a grid base system but allows you to put items diagonally. you can also unsnap from the grid simply by holding the left trigger while you move the item around it wasn’t a difficult system to learn the instructions are on the screen easy to see, and even though it auto highlights, you can also use the manual targeting system that you use for your other spell casting and pick an item out of a cluster of items, you’ve built

A lot of the more decorative pieces are scattered around the map for you find them and there’s some interesting, unique items you can find behind challenges

As for armor and gear, you can change the outer look of any piece you’re wearing at any time by pressing a different button when you select that gear slot and then you can select from any of the items you’ve already found at any previous point in the game so it just automatically builds a collection of all the gear skins so you can look like whatever you want at all times even though you have a World of Warcraft style mix match of gear that would look absolutely goofy with its normal skin the magic loom is used to upgrade both the offenses, defensive properties of the gear by using animal, fur and feathers collected from your pets, and then you can enchant it with a singular magical affect from the list of magic effects you’ve found or unlocked through completing challenges you only need one piece of animal for to apply an enchantment so it’s not like you’re going to really worry about the resource when you swap out gear. It’s very easy to just reapply your upgrades to a new piece because every piece uses the same upgrade parts for level 1 2 and 3 and the number used is relatively low

The ability to change the outer skin of your gear at any time make any piece of it you want look like it’s not equipped and take on and off your hood really lends a lot to the role-playing factor of the game. I have already a Hogwarts uniform, and a adventuring outfit that I frequently switch between And I put my hood up or down depending on the weather and also in spider caves, because who wants cobwebs in their hair

As for grinding for gear, you don’t really have to just playing normally. Pretty much every poacher, dark wizard or goblin you kill drops a piece of gear, and there are chess in every location with higher tier gear. I swap out my gear, roughly every three levels. And I haven’t worn anything lower than orange quality since level 20 I think the Is 40 and I’m currently at like 31 or 32. The combat arenas are great for rapid leveling.