If you like catching animals in various games, then you’ll likely do the same in Hogwarts Legacy. The Vivarium, a special location in the Room of Requirement, acts as a sanctuary for captured and tamed Beasts. Still, if you progress further in the campaign, you’ll unlock a method that allows your animals to have their own offspring. Here’s our Hogwarts Legacy guide to help you breed your Beasts and animals in the Vivarium.
Foal of the Dead quest: The breeding mechanic
To start breeding magical creatures in Hogwarts Legacy, you’ll need to complete Plight of a House Elf and Charles Rookwood’s Trial. Once you’re done with these quests, Deek, the house elf in the Room of Requirement, will give you another task: the Foal of the Dead.
Foal of the Dead entails doing the following:
- Capture a male and female Thestral.
- Buy the Breeding Pen Spellcraft from the Tomes and Scrolls shop in Hogsmeade.
Finding a couple of Thestrals
Buying the spellcraft recipe is fairly self-explanatory. As for the Thestrals, you can find a den in the northeastern corner of the world map near San Bakar’s Tower.
The idea is to approach stealthily by casting Disillusionment, then choosing a target and casting Levioso. This is when you should use the Nab-sack to begin the capture minigame. Also, since you need one male and one female Thestral, take note of their sex when you check their info.
The Breeding Pen
Return to the Room of Requirement and talk to Deek. A cutscene will play, which will unlock the Swamp biome (just one of four Vivarium biomes in the game). Enter the new world space and release the two Thestrals. Here are some other tidbits:
- Build the Breeding Pen by spending 18 Moonstones.
- Choose the Thestral as the species.
- The Beast breeding process in Hogwarts Legacy takes 30 minutes, so do a quest or grab some food if need be.
- When that’s done, you’ll see an offspring. Pet and give it treats.
- Return to Deek to complete the quest.
This is just one particular example for a specific type of animal. Don’t forget that the same Beast breeding mechanics apply as long as you can find a male and female of the same species.
Hogwarts Legacy is developed by Avalanche Software, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game has been embroiled in controversy due to transphobic remarks from Harry Potter author JK Rowling. Although she is not personally involved with its development, she stands to profit from its success. For more, read our in-depth article on how Rowling’s comments have impacted the trans community. In this article, you will also find links to trans creators you can support, as well as charities you can donate to.
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