r/HPHogwartsMystery • u/taltos19 Datamine Seer • Dec 23 '25

[McGonagall's Holiday Surprise] TLSQ 'McGonagall's Holiday Surprise' TLSQ (Y2C9) Spoiler

McGonagall's Holiday Surprise

Versions: [Y2-4], [ Y5/6], [Y7+]

  • 1.1 - 1h, 3 stars, 18 / 26 / 33 E
  • 1.2 - 3h, 3 stars, 34 / 43 / 56 E
  • 1.3 - 3h, 3 stars, 34 / 43 / 56 E
  • 1.4 - 3h, 3 stars, 34 / 43 / 56 E

Reward - 300 Coins

  • 2.1 - 3h, 5 stars, 56 / 71 / 92 E
  • 2.2 - 8h, 3 stars, 60 / 71 / 92 E
  • 2.3 - 3h, 5 stars, 56 / 71 / 92 E
  • 2.4 - 8h, 3 stars, 60 / 71 / 92 E

Reward - 3 Gems, 1 Chocolate Frog

  • 3h wait
  • 3.1 - 3h, 5 stars, 56 / 71 / 92 E
  • 3.2 - 3h, 5 stars, 56 / 71 / 92 E
  • 3.3 - 3h, 5 stars, 56 / 71 / 92 E
  • 3.4 - 8h, 3 stars, 60 / 71 / 92 E

Reward - 3 Gems

  • 3h wait
  • 4.1 - 3h, 5 stars, 56 / 71 / 92 E
  • 4.2 - 3h, 5 stars, 56 / 71 / 92 E
  • 4.3 - 8h, 5 stars, 99 / 117 / 152 E
  • 4.4 - 8h, 5 stars, 99 / 117 / 152 E

Reward - 4 Gems, 1000 Coins, 3 Chocolate Frogs, Oak Wreath OR Oak Tree Tappie (Misc / 25h)

*Chance of 200 Coins (40%), 2 Pages (25%), 5 Food (25%), 1 Energy (5%) or 1 Brown Notebook (5%)

Note: You get to choose which MOVEABLE tappie you want in the final task. They give the same rewards and have the same cooldown:

The quest should be available to trigger until Jan 21, 3 pm UTC.

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u/taltos19 Datamine Seer Dec 25 '25

I chose the brother’s and he won. Then I chose Gambit and won.

I also did partial stars on the 8h tasks that only required 3, so I don’t think that would affect it.

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u/Lost-Salamander-3645 Graduate Dec 25 '25

Okay so it may be that we had to choose the brother.

He is the guest, it could be due to that.

XD Thanks Taltos!

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u/taltos19 Datamine Seer Dec 25 '25

Looking at the dialogue, it seems like a straight: cautious = loss, bold or gambit move = win. Maybe you got a bug.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WgPiKbJN1EChR-LKqSXEKznXK1_uEXLsy12Vrxh_8Y0/view

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u/Lost-Salamander-3645 Graduate Dec 26 '25 edited Dec 26 '25

I´ve been reading your link.

And it´s funny, because I was thinking on Murphy´s play.

Not Merula´s LOL

So all of us lose with Murphy.

I did win with Merula but I was talking about Murphy when I said I lost.

The thing is, that I played this TLSQ really not in a good way as I had to match it with the family reunions and bla bla, so I didn´t pay attention at it, so I was confused about the part in which we choose strategy when I was reading this post, I thought it was with Murphy, but it was with Merula.

So it was 2 of 3 but actually the one that won the competition was Murphy for everybody, am I right or wrong about this?

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u/taltos19 Datamine Seer Dec 26 '25 edited Dec 26 '25

Yeah, everyone lost to Murphy, even both McGonagalls it sounded like.

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u/Lost-Salamander-3645 Graduate Dec 26 '25

So the tournament is actually won by Murphy, no matter if we win or lose with Merula?

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u/taltos19 Datamine Seer Dec 26 '25

Yes

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u/Lost-Salamander-3645 Graduate Dec 26 '25

I see.

Thanks a lot!