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Tips & Hints for Crests in the Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince on the Wii

In "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" for Nintendo's Wii console, one of the keys to getting 100 percent completion of the game is collecting crests. This task is easier said than done, however, as there are 150 crests in the game and not all of them are easy to find. While some are simply lying about and waiting for you to chance on them, some require you to apply your magical skills or fulfill some specific task in order to obtain them.

Commonly Used Spells
- There are a few spells you use frequently in your hunt for crests. These include Incendio, Repairo, Depulso and Wingardium Leviosa. Some crests only require one spell, such as Incendio for burning away a plant that is in the way. Others require multiple spells to completely free the crest for you to pick up. Try different spell combinations in order to pick them up.
Minicrests
- Of the game's 150 crests, 25 are acquired through the acquisition of minicrests. These fragments are picked up by destroying glowing objects with Depulso. By collecting 1,000 minicrests, you can acquire a single full crest. This means you have to accumulate no less than 25,000 minicrests during the course of the game, but it is also the only way to obtain these 25 crests.
Lion Statue Crests
- There are 10 crests throughout the game that are held by lion statues. These statues require you to complete a side-quest in order to release their crest. Typically, these tasks involve dueling with other students or preparing potions. Each statue informs you of your required task, and releases the crest once you have completed it and returned to the statue.
Banner Crests
- As you move through Hogwarts, you may notice several sets of purple banners hanging from the ceiling. Not all of these banners contain a crest, but at least four sets do. You have to completely unfurl the rolled up banners in order to see the crests.
Embedded Crests
- Several crests are embedded in walls and must be dislodged by throwing an item at them with Wingardium Leviosa. You can distinguish these crests by the sparks they emit.
Crests Behind Gates
- Some crests are located behind gates and are too big to slip through the bars with Wingardium Leviosa. In order to obtain these, you have to smash them against a wall and break them to pieces, then use Wingardium Leviosa to float the pieces through the gate, and Repairo to fix them.
Loose Crests
- Many crests are simply lying around, waiting to be discovered. If you're thorough in your explorations of Hogwarts, you should find them all. Some of them will be broken, requiring you to use Repairo to fix them before they can be collected.

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