Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World

Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World
Video game information
Developer	Mediatonic
Publisher	Warner Bros. Games
Released	17 November 2016
Genre	Hidden Object / Mystery
Platforms	Android and iOS

Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World (or Fantastic Beasts: Cases) was a mobile hidden object game available on Android and iOS devices, developed by Mediatonic and published by Warner Bros. Games. Players take on the role of a new recruit for the Ministry of Magic's Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, who investigates mysteries involving magical beasts.

The player's character is partnered with Mathilda Grimblehawk, a fellow employee in the Beast Division, to solve cases that centre around the uncovering and protection of magical beasts. Gameplay requires the player to find hidden objects, cast spells, brew potions, and identify beasts to solve the mystery. The various cases take the player to familiar locations in the wizarding world, such as the Leaky Cauldron, Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade, as well as to other unfamiliar ones.

The game was removed from the app store on 10 December 2019 and officially closed on 14 January 2020.

Main & recurring Characters

Main characters

• Mathilda Grimblehawk's partner, whom the player controls, and whose name is chosen by the player
• Mathilda Grimblehawk, a fellow investigator from the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
• Cerberus Langarm, an officer from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement
• Omar Abasi, a Healer working for St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
• Sage Bragnam, a historian working for the Ministry of Magic
• Gethsemane Prickle, a herbologist and potioneer
• Myra Curio, an employee of the Muggle Liaison Office

Recurring characters

• Laura Thorn, a Muggle monster hunter in search of magical beasts (Cases 2 and 4)
• Leaky Cauldron's bartender (Cases 2 and 6)
• Percival Shacklehorn, a wizard adventurer (Cases 2 and 12)

Cases

Case 1: Something in the Air

The Keeper for the Chudley Cannons, Gordon Horton, was found injured on the Cannons' training grounds; Grimblehawk and her partner are tasked to identify the mystery attacker.

• Gordon Horton, Keeper for the Chudley Cannons

Case 2: The Smell of Fear

The Leaky Cauldron was devastated by an unknown beast, prompting the search for, and relocation of, the creature.

• Leaky Cauldron's bartender
• Laura Thorn, a Muggle monster hunter in search of magical beasts
• Percival Shacklehorn, a wizard adventurer

Case 3: Out of the Woods

Muggle construction workers, led by foreman Don Harrison, were attacked when beginning their construction project on a forest home to magical species. The situation warranted action from the Beast Division.

• Don Harrison, a Muggle foreman
• Bethany Harrison, Don Harrison's daughter
• Winifred Whittle, an advocate for the protection of fairy habitats
• Magnus, a centaur

Case 4: Into the Deep

Grimblehawk and her partner set off to investigate attacks on the Muggle owner of the Siren's Rest pub by a magical aquatic creature.

• Landlord of the Siren's Rest pub
• An unnamed Siren
• Laura Thorn, a Muggle monster hunter in search of magical beasts

Case 5: Trouble Brewing

Wizard Bilius Finbok was reported to have disappeared from his home, while the Ministry of Magic had also received reports of a strange affliction plaguing Muggle livestock.

• Bilius Finbok, a Ministry of Magic employee
• Sara Farnham, Finbok's Muggle neighbour
• Astor Bellchant, a wizard from the prominent Bellchant family
• Michael Babatola, a Muggle nurse at St David's Hospital

Case 6: A Filthy Business

Prompted by the disappearance of wizard Philbert Chivers and complaints of wailing sounds from toilets received by the Muggle Liaison Office, Grimblehawk and her partner set off to investigate the sewers of London for beastly activity.

• Philbert Chivers, an eccentric wizard
• Silas Crump, a petty criminal and Langarm's pet peeve
• Humphrey Balsamo, a shop assistant at Slug & Jiggers
• Leaky Cauldron's bartender

Case 7: Flames of Attraction

After a mysterious fire broke out in Hogwarts' boathouse, Grimblehawk and her partner are tasked to investigate.

• Jeremiah Garnet, a reporter for the Wizarding Wireless Network
• Gwendoline Babcocke, a vendor at The Magic Neep
• Eustace Fawley, a Hufflepuff student from the Fawley family

Case 8: Trial and Error

The influential witch Brunhilde Stokke of the Wizengamot complain that the Beast Division has not yet solved the case about the beast ransacking her house. Grimblehawk and her partner search for the lost file in the Ministry of Magic leading to a new case.

• Brunhilde Stokke, a witch part of the Wizengamot
• Lydia Scarlett, a well-known thief
• Ernest Hawkworth, a wizard part of the Wizengamot

Case 9: Cloke and Dagger

The Spirit Division asks the Beast Division to investigate ruins near Upper Flagley where strange lights and shapes were seen.

• Megan Scott, a Muggle of Upper Flagley
• Catherine Tyler, Megan Scott's grandmother
• Jacturus Cloke III, the last scion of the old Cloke family
• Horatio Cloke, a Ghost of the Cloke Mansion

Case 10: Counting Sheep

Grimblehawk and her partner are instructed to investigate in Cornwall after a farmer has reported the disappearance of his sheep and claimed to hear strange noises during the night.

• Howard Chalk, a Muggle farmer
• Amos Hopkins, an aggressive man
• Dotty McNiven, a sick witch

Case 11: I'll Fly if I Want to

After wizards reported seeing a big flying creature over a train station, the Beast Division is sent to investigate in Bamport, Scotland.

• Hugo Pepper, a Muggle boy
• Janice Pepper, Hugo's witch sister
• Lucy Lanyon, a vendor at Zonko's Joke Shop
• Wally Wimbles, a Squib cleaning man at Zonko

Case 12: Lost at Sea

The beast Divison is sent onboard the Merlin's Pride, the cruise ship of the wizards. While sailing on the North Sea, the captain sent a distress howl to ask for help with a loose beast as a storm was rising.

• Captain Riggin, the Captain of the Merlin's Pride
• Cordelia Vexmoor, the heiress of the Vexmoor family which own the Merlin's Pride
• Veronica Vexmoor, Cordelia's younger sister
• Percival Shacklehorn, a wizard adventurer

Case 13: Family Duels

While trying to find a gift for Gethsemane's birthday in Hogsmeade, the team is accosted by an old witch who complains about her tenant, suspecting him of keeping a magical beast. Their investigation later led them to St Oswald's Home for Old Witches and Wizards.

• Agnes Nutt, an old witch living in Hogsmeade.
• Abraham Grimblehawk, Mathilda's uncle and a resident of St Oswald
• Betty Huxley, a waitress at the Three Broomsticks Inn

Case 14: Fool's Gold

The Ministry receives an anonymous letter informing them about a magical beast and a missing wizard working at the Cauldron Workshop. The Beast Division is sent to investigate in the Diagon Alley.

• Simeon Woderuff, the missing wizard
• Edwin Avarus, the owner of the Cauldron Workshop
• Louka Phyllian, a worker at the Cauldron Workshop
• Snaglok, a Goblin of Gringotts Wizarding Bank

Spells

Playable spells

• Scourgify, the Scouring Charm, often used to clean up dirty objects to reveal clues
• Reparo, the Mending Charm, frequently used to put broken clues back together for analysis
• Alohomora, the Unlocking Charm, used on locked receptacles like trunks or chests
• Obliviate, the Memory Charm, to be cast on Muggles inadvertently involved in the wizarding cases
• Tergeo, for collecting liquids or cleaning them up
• Revelio, to reveal the contents of more complex devices

Mentioned only/Non-playable spells

• Silencing Charm, mentioned in a Ministry notice on Fwoopers.
• Confundus Charm, mistakenly used by the Leaky Cauldron's bartender on a portrait.
• Portaberto, used by Officer Langarm at a secret Owlery.
• Expulso, only partially used by Langarm.
• Stunning Spell, used to subdue a Runespoor and later Jacturus Cloke.
• Lumos, used by Grimblehawk while investigating sewers in London.
• Incendio, suggested by Officer Langarm to be a cause of the fire at Hogwarts.
• Incarcerous Spell, used by Jacturus Cloke on Megan Scott.

Potions

Playable potions

• Invigoration Draught
• Memory Potion
• Wit-Sharpening Potion

Non-playable potions

• Baruffio's Brain Elixir
• Invisibility Potion
• Narglecide (Mentioned only)
• Swelling Solution (Mentioned only)

Behind the scenes

• It is possible that this game takes place in real time in 2016, seen as how many of the characters that appear in this game make an appearance in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. This is supported by the fact that many of the same characters make an appearance in both games, and by how while the middle-aged ones retain the same character models, the younger ones are visibly aged up a little.
  • This make sense, given how those who based off of their physical appearance can be estimated to be early middle-age, or in their late forties to early fifties, would typically not change much in the three years between when the games would be set, whereas individuals like Mathilda Grimblehawk and Myra Curio, who appear to be in their early to mid-twenties and thirties respectively, look somewhat older.

Notes and references

J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series
Philosopher's Stone	book	film	games	film soundtrack	game soundtrack
Chamber of Secrets	book	film	games	film soundtrack	game soundtrack
Prisoner of Azkaban	book	film	games	film soundtrack	game soundtrack
Goblet of Fire	book	film	games	film soundtrack	game soundtrack
Order of the Phoenix	book	film	game	film soundtrack	game soundtrack
Half-Blood Prince	book	film	games	film soundtrack	game soundtrack
Deathly Hallows	book	film 1	games 1	film soundtrack 1	game soundtrack 1
		film 2	games 2	film soundtrack 2	game soundtrack 2
Cursed Child	script	play
Fantastic Beasts film series
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them	book	screenplay	film	game	film soundtrack
The Crimes of Grindelwald		screenplay	film		film soundtrack
The Secrets of Dumbledore		screenplay	film		film soundtrack