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* [[Lampshade Hanging]]/[[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: At least one set of storyboards is Hermione Granger explicitly pointing out the seemingly random nature of the traces caused by the Calamity and speculating on the mechanism behind them.

* [[Loading Screen]]: Before any encounter or visit to a location, you will have to wait through a black screen with a faint grey "Statute of Secrecy Task Force" logo on it.

* [[Mana]]: Spell Energy. One of the more unpleasant surprises for new players is that Spell Energy does not regenerate; it can only be regained by eating at Inns, completing certain special assignments, harvesting potions ingredients at a greenhouse, or as the occasional daily bonus. (Or by buying it outright at Diagon Alley.) During the [[COVID-19 ~~Pandemic~~|COVID-19 lockdown]], spell energy also became available in greenhouses, as a drop from portkeys, and as a randomly-appearing resource on the map, like potions ingredients.

* [[Mana]]: Spell Energy. One of the more unpleasant surprises for new players is that Spell Energy does not regenerate; it can only be regained by eating at Inns, completing certain special assignments, harvesting potions ingredients at a greenhouse, or as the occasional daily bonus. (Or by buying it outright at Diagon Alley.) During the [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19 lockdown]], spell energy also became available in greenhouses, as a drop from portkeys, and as a randomly-appearing resource on the map, like potions ingredients.

* [[Microtransactions]]: In addition to buying them with in-game currencies, you can spend real money to get various supplies for your character, or just buy oodles of gold outright. The in-game store frequently offers a discounted bundle of some sort to tempt you into spending cash.

* [[Morton's Fork]]: The "You're Going Too Fast" nag screen. This appears when your speed increases too much, drops too much, if you've moved too far while in any other screen than the map (or while using a different app on your phone), or any time the game can't figure out you're actually standing still. It presents two buttons, both of which amount to agreeing that you're in a car: press one to [[Too Dumb to Live|admit you're playing while driving]] and the game offers to shut down so you're not distracted; press the other to admit you're in a car, but you're a passenger. There is no "your damned GPS trace is screwed up and I'm not moving at all, you stupid game" option.