Professor Albus Dumbledore learns that the powerful dark wizard Gellert Green-de-Wald is planning to take over the world. Realising that he cannot stop him alone, Dumbledore asks magozoologist Newt Salamander to lead a team of eminent wizards and one brave Muggle baker. They are faced with incredibly dangerous adventures, meeting old and taming new magical creatures and battling the Green-Wald supporters, who are growing in number. But what role does Dumbledore himself have in this mission?