All Beasts Ranked Worst to Best in Hogwarts Legacy

A detailed look at all 13 Beasts in Hogwarts Legacy. Which are cutest? What are they useful for? Where to find them and more...

Comment below your favourite beasts in Hogwarts Legacy and why! #hogwartslegacy #fantasticbeasts #harrypottergame

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:16 Puffskein
02:10 Giant Purple Toad
03:20 Fwooper
04:22 Diricawl
05:39 Thestral
07:52 Niffler
08:51 Jobberknoll
09:51 Mooncalf
10:42 Kneazle
12:08 Graphorn
14:26 Phoenix
15:44 Unicorn
17:18 Hippogriff
19:13 Conclusion

[SamBram]

I was wrong about there being only one Graphorn. Return to the Graphorn den and you can acquire multiple for breeding and get shiny ones too!

Also, as many have said, you can indeed just switch to story mode in order to capture all beasts instantly and avoid the minigame. I feared doing this would screw up some difficulty based achievements but it seems achievements of that kind don't exist for this game. So feel free to change difficulty as you like with no consequences!

[AlexPlaysEN]

I would argue that there is a bit more than just an aesthetic difference to the preorder bonus of a black hippogryph: You see, Highwind is female and you get her for completing the quest, while Caligo is male, meaning that you immediately get a pair and don't have to go out searching for one.

[kindlewood]

If you're having a difficult time capturing beasts, use Glacius to stop the beasts from fleeing. It keeps them frozen for longer than any other spell. Plus, the beasts remain stunned for a moment longer after unfreezing, which makes it easy to catch even the most difficult beasts. It also causes flying beasts to fall out of the sky.

Another important thing is that the vendor in Irondale (far to the south, in the Feldcroft Region) sells both Phoenix feathers and Graphorn Horns. He sells one each but restocks often. The Brood and Peck also sold me 1 Phoenix Feather but never restocked them. She does restock Graphorn Horns on a regular basis, though. I hope this helps!!!

[enoughothis]

One of the funnest parts of this game, which is saying something because there's a LOT that's fun about this game, is catching and taking care of the animals in the vivarium.

[ashleyselman]

I got the onyx hippogriff pre-order bonus, but I'm going to be honest I prefer riding highwing because your character talks to high wing and says her name So it feels more immersive and personal

[amandasafterword]

Just want to call out that it is not the only Grapehorn in the game! You can definitely go back and get more, but it’s always a battle and there will always only be one at a time.

I collected two more to get a female and complete the “breed every beast” trophy.

[sigreid]

one note on the bonus beasts from the packs, both of them can be placed in your vivarium, without losing them as mount options. What this means is you got a free breedable pair of hypogryphs and half a pair of thestrals.

[tomkemp]

Incidentally, the quest that frees Highwing also provided the second one. So these can be bred immediately. The only major omission is dragons. You have to give the egg up and cannot capture one.

[spatchmo]

There is a quest to capture a unique unicorn named Hazel, given by an NPC in Hogsmeade. I am pretty sure Hazel will always be a female if you are only seeing male unicorns

[TerryHesticles]

If you are having trouble capturing beasts, do not forget that you can use disillusionment to get closer to them before trying to catch.

I haven’t had trouble catching any beasts and I haven’t seen any one do or even mention it.

[dustinmylesdiou]

if u set the game difficulty on ‘Story Mode’ u can catch the beasts very quickly w/o having to do the mini-game. (Also gives an AutoSolve Option for the Alohomora lock picking bits). (lastly u can change game difficulty on the fly/without having to reload).

[MrSpleenboy]

Best way I've found to get thestrals in the bag is to go into the nest using Disillusionment, and wait until one lies down, then hit it with Arresto Momentum and immediately go to the bag. The Arresto Momentum does wear off before you can nab it, but it has to stand up before it can fly off, and I found that did make enough of a difference to make them just that bit easier.

I've found Unicorns to be the trickiest so far, But I've not got hold of a Graphorn yet...

I found a couple of interesting interactions within the Vivarium:
1. Unicorns and Thestrals don't seem to get along
2. Hippogriffs scare Nifflers
3. Kneazles don't give a monkey's about any other beasts

I also love some of the animations when the animals are being brushed - The Nifflers try to nick the brush and stick it in their pouch, and both the Hippogriffs and Thestrals stretch out a wing and go like "you missed a spot"...

[-yeme-]

capturing any beast is super easy. you dont have to do it in the time given by one yellow spell, whichever you use. like w unicorns or thestrals, cast glacius or levioso, do the bag thing a couple of times, then cast your yellow spell again, repeat until bag

[Peteb]

I love Graphorn it is just so cute and their lore is awesome. I also love how it is tied into the main quests. If you want to get places fast do broom, if you want to kill everything you want and feel extremely cool use Graphorn.

[whatchahowsya]

Use levioso, especially for flying beasts. It lifts the beast up and after the spell wears off, it drops the beast back to the ground giving you extra time to capture it. From my experience, it's much more useful than the stop/slow spell.

[cainwallace]

Yeah, I was going to say before I read your comment there are multiple graphorns. You can get a white one and you can also get phoenix feathers from other vendors.

[rjsteyn]

The Nab Sack minigame is all about managing your distance from the beast, so for the hard-to-capture beasts, cast Levioso or Arresto Momentum, move in as close as you can get to the beast (like, RIGHT next to them), cast Levioso again, and then move through the Nab Sack sequence as quickly as you can. Works every time.

[sebasteanjanzen]

Glacius works really well when trying to capture beasts as well.

[isisch]

omg I thought the same thing about the score that plays when you ride the graphorn, it's how to train your dragon to a tee. Great content as always! Love your cyberpunk videos

[caraevans]

I managed to find 3 female unicorns and 5 male unicorns, bred them all and got a bunch of gold babies, (as soon as that part of the game came about, I cared more about the animals than the plot XD). I noticed that the closer to the end of the game you got, the more poachers were around, how much harder it was to find the animals, niffler nests, kneazle nests and mooncalfs were so rare to come by towards the end. I thought it was a sad but good touch. Hippogriffs, Thestrals and unicorns were in no shortage though luckily. Kind of sad there wasn't more phoenix birds but with how rare they are I get it. Would have been nice to breed them.