Hogwarts Legacy

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The Nature of the Beast

The Nature of the Beast

Breed every type of beast

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How to unlock the The Nature of the Beast achievement in Hogwarts Legacy - Definitive Guide

There's a total of 12 beasts you can breed. See below for details regarding the questline and where to capture the beasts:
During the main story quest "The Elf, The Nab-Sack, and the Loom" you'll be introduced to the "Nab-Sack" for capturing beasts and a Vivarium to house them. Shortly after that Deek will give you a further two side quests “The Plight of the House-Elf” & “Foal of the Dead.” During the "Foal of the Dead" quest you'll obtain the breeding pen and conjure it into a Vivarium. Now that we have a pen placed, ensure you have a Male & Female beast of the same species in that Vivarium. Interact with the book in front of the breeding pen entrance to start the breeding process. The pair will take 30 minutes to produce an offspring.

Notes:
  • If you visit a Beast Den that only has one sex of beast available to capture. Just return at a later time and hopefully it's been swapped out for the one you need (e.g. Graphorn & Unicorn).
  • Utilize the spell "Arresto Momentum" to stop the beast you wish to capture from running away. It makes it a lot easier to catch them with the Nab-Sack.
  • You can place up to 4x Breeding Pens in each Vivarium. So in theory, if you had enough Moonstone you could breed all 12 species at the same time.
  • The achievement tracking progresses when you place a beast inside the Breeding Pen. Achievement pops when you place in the 12th.
Beasts:
Puffskein - Den discovered & captured during the "The Elf, The Nab-Sack, and the Loom."
Jobberknoll - Den discovered & captured during the "The Elf, The Nab-Sack, and the Loom."
Mooncalf - Den discovered & captured during the "The Elf, The Nab-Sack, and the Loom."

Common:
Diricawl - Found at any of the 5 Dens. South West of Marunweem:
Fwooper - Found at any of the 4 Dens. West of Feldcroft:
Giant Purple Toad - Found at any of the 8 Dens. North of North Ford Bog:
Hippogriff - Found at any of the 3 Dens. 1x Male & 1x Female rewarded during main story quest "The High Keep." Forbidden Forest just North of Jackdaws Rest:
Kneazle - Found at any of the 4 Dens. East of Irondale:
Niffler - Found at any of the 6 Dens. South West of Jackdaw's Rest:
Thestral - Found at any of the 2 Dens. Bred during the "Foal of the Dead" side quest. South of Coastal Mine:

Rare:
Graphorn - Found at the 1 Graphorn Den. Only 1x Graphorn spawns at a given time here. Must complete main story quest "San Bakar’s Trial" before they will appear at the den. South Clagmar Coast:
Unicorn - Found at the 1 Unicorn Den. Only 1x Unicorn spawns at a given time here. Forbidden Forest:
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13 Feb 2023 12:06

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Great guide. Thank you for putting this together!
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By The Hot Glue on 15 Feb 2023 23:50
Try capturing her then wait a day.
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By Lordacris on 17 Feb 2023 19:28
Same as Suffering IV. stuck at 91% bred all beasts twice.
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By IxAfr0sAmura1xI on 25 Feb 2023 12:26
Captured 28 female unicorns, 0 males so far 🤦‍♂️
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By Itz Tubez on 26 Feb 2023 04:49
Same as Suffering IV & IxAfroAmura1xI stuck at 91%
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By TheKingsWay on 26 Feb 2023 10:44
If anybody is looking for the male unicorn, I did a quest from a women in hogsmead who wanted her shiny friend unicorn saved. That happened to be a male, it was found in the same area as the unicorn nest.
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By alfielee on 01 Mar 2023 22:44
As an additional tip I've not seen mentioned here, changing difficulty to Story will auto catch Beasts, no 'X meters' to complete
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By NAG0N on 04 Mar 2023 08:51
I am also stuck at 91%... If anyone figures out a solution let me know. Just going through the hole list again to ensure I haven't missed one.
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By Jake Mc3wan on 10 Mar 2023 13:49
I read a fix on reddit for being stuck on 91%, the glitch seems to be centred around the Jobberknoll. Went and bred another one achievement immediately popped for me.
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By Spartan Tom 551 on 18 Mar 2023 15:18
Spartan Tom’s solution worked. Jobberknoll a second time got me the achievement
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By SonnieSlim on 20 Mar 2023 18:12
What about the Pheonix?
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By DaveyLugs on 25 Mar 2023 21:09
Arresto didn't work that well for me capturing animals. Using Glacius makes catching animals a breeze though
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By CHEAP SUSHI on 05 Apr 2023 15:09
I find going in invisible is all you need to catch a single beast.
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By DragyneSlayre on 10 Apr 2023 22:19
@DaveyLugs There is only one Pheonix available in the game therefore you can't breed it and it is not needed for the achievement.
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By DarthIke7 on 17 Apr 2023 01:37
Mine is also stucked at 91%. Already breeded another one for each of the 12, but no success
I think for the Diricawl (?) I've taken one from a Sidequest. May this cause the problem?

Edit: After the 3rd try with the Puffskein it finally unlocked
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By CommanderKeen11 on 07 May 2023 00:16
I can't seem to find a female Graphorn. It's literally my last one I don't have. Is there a trick to getting it to spawn so I don't have to keep fighting them?

Edit: Nevermind. Reloading my last checkpoint a couple times after I posted did the trick.
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By Apostle92627 on 16 Jul 2023 21:38
Every time i try to breed it just tells me to release beasts in order to free them, i don't get it??
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By Iron Man TStark on 29 Feb 2024 10:02
You probably have all bros.
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By beavis on 06 Mar 2024 03:24
nah, I didn't release them before trying to breed lmao - all done now :D
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By Iron Man TStark on 08 Mar 2024 09:34
Ive been waiting for a male unicorn for a while, if I go to the closest fast travel spot, then wait 1 day (until the next night) and go to the den there’s a new unicorn but it hasn’t been a male one yet. 9 female unicorns in a row seems suspicious. Do I have to wait longer than that or is that just extremely bad luck ?
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By Frother on 16 Feb 2023 23:24
So to add to the tips for catching - disillusionment does work very well to get as close to them as possible as the closer you are to a beast does make using the nab sack a lot more effective, and I like to put the nab sack in the same slot as the button I’ll have to press to catch (for example I’m on Xbox so you have to hit the ‘x’ button during catching so placing it in the same space as activating with ‘x’ means I’m already able to press time or spam the ‘x’ button with out hesitation)…

Save reloading - if you are missing a gender or looking for shiny… you can catch all the beast in the den, then save, and reload that save and the den will reset (versus map-waiting a in game day)… you have a higher chance at reloading shiny/gender in the same den if you don’t clear out the den first (tho this is a positive thing if your shiny hunting) before waiting or reloading… as a bonus tip - shiny parent (even just one parent) has a high chance of the offspring being shiny, if it doesn’t pop / just sell and re-breed…
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By KingSuperbia on 27 Feb 2023 23:14
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To unlock this achievement you need to progress the main quest for a bit, until you have a side quest from Professor Weasley (and Deek) where you can purchase the breeding pen.

Once you do this quest (where they teach you how to breed animals) you can start breeding your animals.

A few notes:

-Phoenix doesn't count for this achievement
- To breed the Graphorn you need to go even further in the main quest, until you defeat one during a trial. After that, you can breed it
- Unicorn and Graphorn have only one spot each in the game, Forbidden forest for the Unicorns and at the very bottom of the map in the Clagmar coast for the Graphorn (if you go there before defeating one in the main quest, the spot will be EMPTY, you need to beat it first in the main quest)
-If you have a male or female only of a specific animal, wait a while and then re-visit the spot, a new one will be spawned, hopefully the one you need it.

Happy hunting!
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11 Feb 2023 17:40

There are a total of 13 tamable beasts, however only 12 are available to breed.

Breeding is unlocked through the completion of Deek's side quest "Foal of the Dead" - you can buy a breeding pen spellcraft from Tomes and Scrolls in Hogsmeade.

You require a male and female of the following:

Diricawl
Fwooper
Giant Purple Toad
Graphorn
Hippogriff
Jobberknoll
Kneazle
Mooncalf
Niffler
Puffskein
Thestral
Unicorn
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Noting that you can only get the Graphorn after completing the mission , where you'll get one, afterwards, you'll need to travel back to the area to catch the other one.
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By Manofixe on 10 Mar 2023 07:38
I ended up stumbling into this just because the game was getting boring and i wanted to speed it up.

If you want to make it much much easier to capture beasts, turn the difficulty down to story. The little minigame where you have to wait and click cn_X as the bar fills up will be taken away. Just using the capture bag will instantly capture any beast!

The minigame isn't too bad but is just kinda pointless and more time consuming imo, so this was nice to find
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11 Jul 2023 17:16

There are 13 different beasts you can collect in Hogwarts Legacy. However, only 12 of those you can breed - there is one elusive beast that doesn’t have a mating partner. 

In order to be able to breed though, you need to have unlocked the Room of Requirement (which you’ll get in the main quest, titled “Room of Requirement”). On top of that you’ll have to have unlocked the Vivarium, and the ability to capture beasts, which you do in another main quest, “The Elf, The Nab-Sack and The Loom.”

Once you have the Vivarium, you’ll need to get the following 12 beasts - a male and female variant of each - and then set them up to breed at your Breeding Pen at your Vivarium.

The 12 beasts you need to mate for this achievement are:
  • Jobberknoll - Northwest of Upper Hogsfield is a Jobberknoll den. Slightly east of the North Ford Bog Entrance.
  • Fwooper - A small bandit camp has this creature in a cage (southwest of Keenbridge). There’s also a den northeast of Feldcroft.
  • Mooncalf - Introduced to one during “Beast Class.” There’s also a northwest of Hogwarts.
  • Puffskein - Introduced to one during “Beast Class.” There’s a den north of Feldcroft.
  • Kneazle - Introduced to one during “Beast Class.” There’s a den south of Brocborrow.
  • Niffler - Can rescue from “The High Keep” and there’s a Niffler den east of Keenbridge.
  • Thestral - Reward from “The High Keep” quest. There’s also a den north of the East North Ford Bog Floo Flame.
  • Hippogriff - Reward from “The High Keep” quest. There’s a den west of Keenbridge.
  • Giant Purple Toad - There’s a den by the West Forbidden Forest Floo Flame.
  • Diricawl - There’s a den in the hills, northwest of Keenbridge.
  • Unicorn - Complete the side quest, “The Unique Unicorn.” Unlocks Unicorn den on the map in the east part of the Forbidden Forest.
  • Graphorn - Part of the main quest, “San Bakar’s Trial.” Return to the same southern coastal area where you fought it to find the den.
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A little tip to make catching animals easier: use Levioso from afar, run up to the target, and then Glacius (freeze), then immediately use the bag.
As soon as you have the opportunity to catch animals, immediately catch the male and female to save your time.
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11 Feb 2023 14:06

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All the creatures that can be bred in the vivarium:
1) Fluffy
2) Lunt calf
3) Fwooper
4) Niffler
5) Hippogriff
6) Dirikol
7) Boltrushaika
8) Large purple toad
9) Zhmyr
10) Thestral
11) Unicorn
12) Dromarog
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By den17g on 23 Feb 2023 10:32
Don't forget to take the female Dromarog. According to the plot, he himself is caught, after which we fly again to the same place, pick him up and send him off to give birth to offspring. Phoenix doesn't have a partner
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By Darknesskarin on 13 Feb 2023 09:18
it can be even simpler, fly up to the place on a broom and, under the invisibility, approach almost tightly, use the bag
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By Pan1ker on 11 Feb 2023 17:07
The opportunity to breed creatures opens up after completing the first two side quests from Deek - The Fate of the House Elf and the Offspring of Death Itself . Once completed you will open the critter pen. Place a male and female animal of the same species in a vivarium. Interact with the book before entering the breeding pen to begin the breeding process. After 30 minutes of real time the process will be completed.
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By OverMexaHuk on 12 Feb 2023 13:09
The counter is triggered as soon as you place the animal in the enclosure, you can take everyone into your pocket, build one enclosure and place and cancel all 12 species in turn. No need to wait 30 minutes.
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By TimonS on 13 Sep 2023 18:15
Unicorn can be found in one place
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By feinord on 16 Feb 2023 20:16
You can come closer with your visa and check it, then the bag.
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By 317 on 21 Mar 2023 13:08
When catching livestock, it is best to freeze it, and freeze it in a bag, it’s faster.
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By AlcatrasDSS7 on 10 Feb 2024 17:19
For me, the most difficult thing was to find a female Unicorn, only males respawned one at a time, I had to visit their habitat more than once. With the dromahorn, everything is much simpler in this regard; females appear in the same place where you fought with the male in the story.
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By AraimRenmazuo on 17 Feb 2024 21:57
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