The answer is Toujours Pur — French for "always pure". If you arrived here mid-puzzle, that is the whole solution; the rest of this page is what it means and why the game expects you to know it.
Short answer
Toujours Pur. It is the ancestral motto of the House of Black, one of the oldest pure-blood wizarding families, and Hogwarts Legacy treats it as general knowledge rather than something it teaches you.
What the motto means
"Toujours Pur" translates as "always pure", and it is a statement of blood purity rather than virtue. The House of Black built its identity on descending from wizards only, and the motto is the family's summary of that obsession — it appears on the family tapestry alongside the burn marks where relatives who married outside it were removed.
The phrase is not invented for the game. It comes from the wider Harry Potter material, which is why the game assumes you either know it or will go looking.
See also: Hogwarts Legacy Bell Tower Puzzle — the same Hogwarts question from the other direction.
Why the Blacks matter in this era
Hogwarts Legacy is set well over a century before the Harry Potter books, so the Blacks you encounter are ancestors rather than the characters readers know. The family is already old, already wealthy and already unpleasant about blood status — which is the point the game is making by including them at all.
The continuity is deliberate: the same attitudes, the same house, the same motto, generations before the events that made the name notorious.
See also: Hogwarts Legacy Chest with Eye — another Hogwarts answer people look up right after this one.
If the puzzle still will not accept it
- Check the spelling. Two words, both capitalised in most presentations: Toujours Pur.
- Make sure you are at the right prompt. Several puzzles in the game look similar; only one is asking for a family motto.
- Confirm you have the quest active. Some interactions are inert until the associated quest has begun.
- Look for the in-game source. The answer is also findable through field guide pages and books, which is how the game intends you to learn it if you do not already know.
See also: Call of Duty Warzone Active Players — same shape of answer, different game.
Other Harry Potter knowledge the game assumes
| Reference | Where it shows up |
|---|---|
| House founders and their traits | Common rooms, sorting, and several quests |
| The Unforgivable Curses | A major branch of the game's dark arts content |
| Pure-blood family politics | The Black, Gaunt and Rookwood threads |
| Goblin history | The entire main plot, which assumes you find that history plausible |
None of it is required to finish the game, but a lot of the writing lands differently if you recognise the names.
Hogwarts Legacy FAQ
What is the Black family motto?
Toujours Pur — "always pure".
Is the motto invented for Hogwarts Legacy?
No. It comes from the established Harry Potter material and is used here as continuity.
Do I need to know Harry Potter lore to play?
No, though a handful of puzzles assume familiarity and this is the most-searched of them.
Are the Blacks in the game related to Sirius Black?
They are his ancestors — the game is set roughly a century before the books.
Toujours Pur, spelled exactly that way, and the door opens.