Hogwarts Loyalty Track
A seven-space Side Board track controlling the Dark Detector and access to the Room of Requirement.
Also indexed as：Loyalty Track · Loyalty · 忠诚 · 忠诚度 · 忠诚路径
Reference facts
- Type
- Rule mechanism
- Category
- Rules & objectives
- Rules basis
- MinaLima public rulebook; printed-page references below.
Effect & use
At space five or above, a leading eligible player obtains the Detector and the Room is revealed. On reaching an occupied final space, the newcomer takes the Detector; its former holder retreats one space and draws one card. Exchanging the Detector for a shield retreats its user three spaces.
Where to find it / how to resolve it
Advance by ending movement on a Dark Detector icon space, resolving a suitable card, or acquiring an Advanced Row card through the applicable Learn or Bonus Space option.
Restrictions & timing
- The Detector requires at least space five and track priority; an equal position does not automatically steal it.
- When every House Player is below space five, remove the Room. A pawn inside remains until it reopens.
Where guides use this entry
Each house uses four pawns: three in the Great Hall, and the fourth on the Loyalty Track. That fourth pawn tracks Loyalty rather than exploring. Setup: printed pages 6–9.
House Players & the Four Houses →Coordinate without losing your own objectiveThe Dark Detector is a useful discussion point because only one is in play. Its ownership follows the Loyalty Track. D.A. Coins offer another route to compatible shields once the Room of Requirement is accessible. The room opening…
Cards, Spells & Tokens →Read the card before building a planNewly acquired cards go face-down on top of the draw deck, rather than straight into your hand. House players can Learn from the ordinary Acquire Row or face-down deck by discarding one hand card, or from the Advanced Acquire Row …
Hogwarts Map & Movement →A board built for movementThe main board adapts Hogwarts Castle and its grounds for play. Read spaces and icons as game information, rather than a floor plan for another game. The side board separately records Loyalty and the Dark Arts Path. The component …
How to Collect Defence Shields →Where the resources come fromLibrary Book: visit the Library, take one of two face-up books and immediately resolve its effect and knock-on effects; refill the empty book space. Hold at most one book. Scroll: satisfy two of three House Location Cards simultan…
Compare Your Next Action →Ordinary Learn or Advanced Learn?Advanced Learn spends one more current hand card and adds one Loyalty step. That does not prove its unknown candidate is better.
Compare Your Next Action →Spend the Detector or the Coin for your first shield?Both shields count toward victory, but the spent third item changes what you retain and whether the Room stays open.
Sources & revision history
Page numbers refer to printed rulebook pages. Each link opens the PDF spread containing that page.
- The Loyalty Track and Room sections describe advancement, threshold, handover and closure; the Card Acquire continuation lists the bonus advance.
Rules source review: · Initial entry checked against the publisher’s public rulebook.
Changes affecting this page
- · 1.6.0
Consistent terms, section search and two-side teaching
Unified 35 sourced English–Chinese terms and registered all three open rule questions. Search and guide backlinks now lead to matching sections in the current language. Added card-flow diagrams, conditional Dark Arts lessons and exact movement allowances alongside the five existing House comparisons. Unknown rules, routes, card effects and future draws remain unfilled.
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Content quality work in this revision
Added a 24-category component catalogue, nine sourced card examples and a rechecked Alohomora entry; the catalogue remains an identified sample rather than a complete Acquire Deck. Added a complete setup and first-round walkthrough with a player-count checklist, cross-links across all eight guides, reference information boxes, a clarification register, page-specific history and local correction drafts. This records reviewed preview content, without announcing the custom-domain launch.
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Diagrams, tabletop reference and navigation
Added original component, movement and encounter schematics, a printable quick reference, site-wide search, spelling suggestions and shareable filters. Reference entries and examples gained section navigation. Diagrams explain rules without claiming exact board coordinates.
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First source-checked reference library
Published 40 bilingual entries and eight hypothetical rule examples alongside eight guides. Entries and examples include printed-page sources, related terms and review dates. Full-text search indexes the visible guide, entry and example text.
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