Hogwarts Legacy - How to FARM SHINY BEASTS + Best Den Locations

[@IC0NICK]

When farming shinies, the best thing to do is chang your game difficulty to “story”. This makes it a one button collect. No more need to play the collection, minigame pressing X or square repeatedly after using levioso or glacius.

[@paganidude2149]

Also, a tip for those not wanting to fight every time, well you still have to fight, but just fight from the rock, and you can fight untouched as long as you don't fall off, or get on the ground for whatever reason. Graphorn will basically just stay put while you fight it.

[@gsdlife09]

Thank you I got my shiny unicorn after 45 tries and also a shiny graphorn on the 5 time( wasn't even searching for it, I just had fun jousting with them with the Lord of the Shore and one of them was shiny)

[@KreedDeath]

What I found to help was to just spawn near the closest floo powder, change from day to night and then it reloads the den

[@Patientintime]

If you want to make it faster for farming change the difficulty to story. It instantly captures the beats not needing to press X or □ no matter the beats will capture instantly. Them after change it back to your desired difficulty bam easy farming thank me later..

[@brodyschram3524]

The fact that this doesn’t have more likes is a crime, thank you so much

[@ch3micalromanc369]

My male and female normal thestral produced a shiny offspring 👍

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

Same! I think its 100% shiny offspring rate right?

[@ch3micalromanc369]

@@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial na bro Its just RNG I think tbh, and they should sell for more imo 👍

[@Avis-jb3tg]

@@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial yes it should be with 2 shinys, but already 50/50 with one part. Unicorn and graphorn are the most frustrating ones.😅

[@ianleblanc679]

​@@Avis-jb3tg My second ever unicorn was shiny, and all its offspring have been shiny. Gonna try my luck on thestrels

[@Avis-jb3tg]

@@ianleblanc679 Wow you got really lucky then. Congrats :) Thestrals should be easy in comparison.

[@denwolf11]

I breed Caligo and Highwing and got a shiny offspring first offspring. Didn't even know there was a thing as shiny beast and I love my hippogryph baby.

[@denwolf11]

I guess my question is what's the purpose of them? Same as Pokemon just different look not much else?

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

yeah same as pokemon, just for the flex lol

[@delonixregia11]

Same. I got a shiny from Highwing and Caligo.

[@meagpie91]

It’s easier to run up on them if you use disillusionment (you can upgrade it so you can run while invisible in your stealth talent tree) and then cast glacius once your close and can hit that nabsac right away. Makes it almost too easy to catch them

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

Thanks nice tip!

[@wgabr2]

+glacius

[@Patientintime]

It's even easier of you change the difficulty to story it doesn't require you to press in button captures instantly no matter the beats then change it back to your desired difficulty once done capturing

[@crimsongold6980]

Levioso also works too, causing the beast to hover in place for a while.

[@sleter2414]

If the shiny runs away, just cast disillusionment and wait around. The flock will eventually return to the den after awhile, and may even walk right to you. Tried this during the introduction quest for Deek, and also when i spotted a Shiny Thestral.

[@justinagar6573]

Thanks for the video! I got a shiny toad, jobberknoll, hippogriff, and unicorn using this trick!

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

Catch em all!!!

[@Z3r0_g]

Thanks! I really want to give my phoenix a little kingdom of shiny beasts to reign over. (Going with mooncalves, puffskeins, and kneazles because they are so cute!) Edit: Currently have a male and female pair of shiny mooncalves. I’m hoping to get a shiny baby.

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

Good luck!

[@Z3r0_g]

@@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial I actually got the shiny baby first try, and I read somewhere that there’s a 100% of shiny babies if you have two shiny parents.

[@gsdlife09]

Hey, today I was playing the game on nintendo switch and discovered something. Hopefully it still works on the Play station version also. In cragcrortshire there is a kneesle den close to cragfort ( in normal compass position the position is high northwest) if you have found the right place there should be some inferi, spiders and poachers battling...so in this kneeze den there is only 3 kneezles and they were shiny. All of them were unfortenetly females, I caught them, changed the time of day, saved and then loaded the save. To my surprise the 3 kneezles were again shiny( this time I had a male between them) so again I caught them and this time curious did the respawn steps and again the 3 cats were shiny. I respawned few times and they were always shiny. The second location was for nifflers again in the same region, however this time at the far island east of the hamlet where the merlin trial is. I went there three different times with two different characters and between the normal nifflers there were 4 shiny ones. The interesting thing is that the number in my nintendo switch version was always 4 shiny nifflers . Hopefully this will appear on the play station platform also. Hopefully that helps with the shiny hunting. Does anybody know the best place for thestral shiny hunt btw?

[@charlesdunbar]

Literally been playing since the 7th, and I just found the 2 hippogriffs dens close to hogwarts. I been going through the mountains towards where there graphorn is.

[@diegohitman5842]

Do you have to continuously skip time save and load or do you just load the save?

[@briansmith303]

You skip time once to force the game to request a new spawn, and then each time you reload the save it will spawn a different new group.

[@Tofutomo]

I've only needed a few attempts to respawn every other beast but I've spent about 3 hours now on unicorn. I know it's recycling new ones as the gender is changing time to time, but I swear I cannot land the shiny. Ugh.

[@paganidude2149]

But thanks, this was exactly the info I wanted. I was just browsing around trying to find out what the plus symbol meant. I got a shiny graphorn. Wasn't sure if that meant it's an offspring or not, since my baby HIpporgriff is also shiny.

[@kronicgamer3604]

Accio followed by arresto momento, top tier beast catching 👍🏾

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

nice! others been recommending that as well. thanks for the tip!

[@DavidBrielmaier]

Switch to story mode and instantly capture is even easier.

[@Avis-jb3tg]

You can get a shiny graphorn. It‘s a white color and it’s visible in the fight itself too. :)

[@nicoled4980]

How long did it take you to get the shiny graphorn? I’ve been trying for 4 hours

[@Avis-jb3tg]

@@nicoled4980 Both genders about 7 hours. Got a female on my second shiny tho so I must have been really lucky. I also got the graphorn female with black horns while doing it. Look out for that too since it‘s a rarer version like the black cat. Until I got the male it must have taken me about 3 hours at least, can‘t remember.

[@Avis-jb3tg]

Don‘t give up you’ll get it :)

[@darkurge69]

@@Avis-jb3tg I needed this. I am about 5 hours in and struggling today. I got a few other shinys so it's definitely possible but this Graphorn is non-existent xD

[@Avis-jb3tg]

Took me 10-11 hours to get all shinys in both genders now. You‘ll get it. If you feel unlucky just travel to another den to break up your mood, I found 2 shinys I was missing that way. :)

[@pauljohnson8921]

Great video

[@dragonmaster3182]

Can somebody please explain how this happened. When casual shiny hunting I went to a mooncalf den at night trying to see if I could find a shiny. When I got there every mooncalf was a shiny. Really all of them. I double checked and everything. I naturally caught all of them, but only ended keeping a few. So can someone please explain what happened. Was this some sort of glitch, event or did I just get the most amazing RNG result possible.

[@kaylamcgath9304]

I found a shiny hippogriff as my second hippogriff(it would be my first but I counted highwing).

[@kennedymiller6707]

levioso then arresto momentum is the best to catch beast IMO, let me know your thoughts

[@Avis-jb3tg]

Btw setting your difficulty to history removes any button presses on catching beasts.

[@broomhilder]

So just to confirm: is the method to save, check for shiny, wait, save, and reload (repeating each step every time)? Or is it just one cycle and then reloading until you get the shiny?

[@briansmith303]

Just one cycle. Then every time you reload the save it will spawn a new group of beasts.

[@arisehades8797]

Do you have to get to a certain point in the game to get shinys? I caught 16 hippogriffs and not a single one was a shiny

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

Not entirely sure but I don't think so. Just the luck of the draw

[@DirtyDanh]

Spent an hour trying to get the diricrawl lol. How many times did it take you to get a thestral?

[@jpsailorallaboardmatey461]

First thestral I encountered was shiny

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

Hahahaha same here! First den I checked was a shiny thestral. Diricawl was a pain for me tho

[@RPGSilverGoddess]

The first time I encountered a shiny thestral was when I stumbled upon the den by accident while exploring, and I didn't have the bag... 😭 Luckily, I came back with it and got it the 3rd time I went back to the den.

[@Louisvuittdon]

If you catch a shiny hippogriff, is it possible to equip it and fly around with it?

[@DesmoChoJo]

No it’s only preorder bonus

[@MacCheekz1990]

Idk why but at first it worked fine and then they got stuck and I had the same colors and genders over and over again, so it were the same ones for some reason.

[@megodynamite]

You could also just catch each unicorn, then it will auto respawn and you’ll have extras to sell and make money

[@BasicBartender]

Tyy

[@cmurray279]

Does this method also work for graphorns?

[@DesmoChoJo]

To find my shiny graphorn all i did was take a floo flame nearest to the den, hit wait, fly over to check for shiny, then repeat. I found male and female shiny by doing this.

[@martinlawli905]

what is the spawn time for the graphorn? Also are shinies just 1 colour patern or they can be different shiny colours for 1 species like diricawls which have different non shiny colours?

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

just 1. offspring i guess could be considered a different color. check out our latest vid for all spawn locations

[@DesmoChoJo]

Idk spawn time but you can refresh all beast locations just by hitting the wait button when you leave the area.

[@paganidude2149]

Beasts will respawn right after you get a certain distance away. So fly for a bit/fast travel, then come right back.

[@paganidude2149]

Well, selling for the same price doesn't surprise me at all. If they can charge 120 for a hippogriff and 120 for a niffler, I'm pretty sure that all beasts will be worth that much. Which is very disappointing. They should have a value based on rarity/difficulty.

[@翡翠マイコ]

which line of sight? the beast or mine?

[@ezioauditore1216]

Idk I feel like glacius is kinda mean I use levioso they float up then drop and rag doll for a few just seems gentler to me

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

oh nice tip!

[@RandomZeroGravity]

If males breed with females and both are shiny, will the offspring be shiny?

[@RandomZeroGravity]

The answer will be a yes.

[@djrosette]

I've tried this multiple times and still no shiny unicorn. I'm try 10 more times and if it still don't work then I'm call this method as bogus lol 😅

[@randibroadbent]

I got shiny graphorn it’s so cool!

[@K-POP_FAN717]

The only question i have to ask is, how long it takes for baby beasts to grow into adults, Its okay if u dont know the answer though

[@Buffalogirl_23]

They don’t grow up, unfortunately

[@0916mickey]

Ok not sure what im missing i tried this about 5 times and not sure what am i missing 😂 no luck

[@isaacfisher3630]

I can't seem to get one I try it at least 5 different time with 3 different beast

[@annajohnson7964]

I have tried this so many times with the unicorn and it’s the same gender every time I load I can do it 50 times and it would still be a male 😩 I have a shiny male I just need a female

[@edzty318]

i wonder what the highest defence and offence possible is. i’m level 36 and it seems for me it could cap around 500 or so is anyone level 40 with max gear?

[@Wblaw801]

I’m currently lvl 36 with 389 D and 398 O and gear upgrades are getting SUPER hard to find

[@GeniusButton]

450 defense 450 offense. Max gear I've seen is 114 & I haven't seem anything higher since hitting level 40.

[@MisterMan4Twon]

Is there any bonus to a beast being shiny? or just for flex

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

nah just to flex lol

[@DesmoChoJo]

Graphorn can be shiny. Its entire body is white. I have a shiny breeding pair of each beast plus shiny babies. Shiny male and female Graphorn took me literal hours to find.

[@GeniusButton]

Where did you get the male thestral from? It's the only thing missing. Farmed all day yesterday with no luck. I even did the save trick

[@xanderkreul5316]

The graphorn is so painstaking. I’ve been grinding for 3 hours and just have the male shiny. Still trying for the female.

[@delonixregia11]

I wonder if shiny unicorns are in golden color. Mine is golden but it's not shiny. Anyone can tell?

[@Maxx_XIII]

This isn't working. I'm trying to catch shiny Hippogriffs, one male and one female. I saved outside a den when a white male Hippogriff and a brown female one were there. Reloading my save, it's not even changing the color or gender, there's always a white male and brown female, every time. Tried for 30 minutes. If the genders and colors aren't changing, I know one wont be shiny at any point either.

[@politecat9207]

Same thing here, even changing between spawn points.

[@anonysmith48]

this didn’t help at all?? the unicorn isn’t changing gender at all it’s the same unicorn every time and im literally going so far from the den

[@joshpotter1780]

first time i did this got a shiny unicorn lol

[@goku1878]

This trick won't work anymore I've tried it many times and no shiny

[@Number1SethRollinsFan]

I caught a Shiny Female Threstral!

[@seth7372]

Anyone know if graphorns can be shiny

[@kccates711]

im also trying to figure that out but I dont think so basied off of the fact that i havnt seen anything on it

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

Yessir!!! I got one after making this video. Can even get shiny graphorn offspring

[@WhatBigClawsYouHave]

Just randomly caught a white Thestral and named her Luna

[@enzogomes9371]

do baby pets grow up? i got a shiny baby unicorn

[@Z3r0_g]

I’m pretty sure the offspring don’t grow up. There’s no visible timer, and I bred my first beast offspring about a week ago and it looks exactly the same now as when I first got it. I actually like this though, the offspring are super cute!

[@aarongeorge6263]

I’m only getting female hippogriffs

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

Make sure to wait first, save then reload. You might be getting the same spawn?

[@orionwolfie2015]

Does anyone know the odds of finding a shiny beast? I've stumbled across two dens so far that had all shiny, and I was curious what the odds of that were

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

i ran into dens with all shinies too! others i've had to farm for an hour

[@freakindamnshiki]

in the ission to get 2 thestrals, i got a male and a female shiny, the odds seems fairly high ngl, and if you breed 2 shinies the baby is 100% shiny too

[@Avis-jb3tg]

They are probably different for every one and some are bound to be. I happened to encounter a shiny puff in a camp. Couldn‘t catch it tho.

[@thefoxonthewall]

I was shocked too see 6 mooncalves all shiny in one den!

[@arend23021992]

Doesn't work at all this method

[@1omeagashen]

I think they patched this

[@heyimstarlord6]

They patched this I feel like:/

[@xEzioAuditoreXD]

Wait.. you cant change ur flying mount into a shiny? Why is this locked wtf!

[@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial]

yeahhh!! i totally thought we could do that. kinda sad we cant show off shinies as a mount

[@xEzioAuditoreXD]

@@SamPhamNBA2KTipsandTutorial i just dont get the point in collecting them if i cant use them.. what. that kinda shocked me tbh

[@hellqueendemo3637]

For people like me who Don't get shinys. The rng is rigged so dont bother. 20+ hrs of trying yea no fuck this

[@rocmort1007]

When hunting animal swap difficulty to story mode and you instant catch animals. Then swap difficulty back afterwards or the game will be boring 😜

[@jay-gbeatproductions]

Lol it’s Hogwarts Legacy why people calling them shiny. Is it actually called a shiny or is there another terminology for the preference? Just curious. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Luna-fy5zp]

They’re actual shinys bc of the color and there is a spark logo next to their name and gender, But not with regular ones. But it kinda is a “waste of time” since they don’t do anything special…. They are just like the other beast just other colors and a little harder to get for some people

[@KamikazeMORH]

Best way to farm the Graphorn is USE THE GRAPHORN AS MONT :)

[@RandomZeroGravity]

Slight mistake there, too long, I found a shorter way by one step, there is an extra one step wasted. Not saying this method not working, it just have one step unneeded.