The newly-launched Hogwarts Legacy may primarily be a Harry Potter RPG, but partway through the 30-hour story you'll find it's something of a zoo management simulator also.
Yes, unlike in the books where the students had a more mixed reaction, in Hogwarts Legacy the Care of Magical Creatures classes are a real highlight, and soon you have free reign to breed and raise your own Potter-themed pets.
However, there are a few hoops you have to jump through before you're qualified to handle some of these fantastic beasts, so here's how to go all Newt Scamander and breed creatures in Hogwarts Legacy.
You'll have to complete a few quests in order to get access to the Room of Requirement, a Vivarium and the breeding mechanic.
To unlock the ability to breed beasts in Hogwarts Legacy, look for these quests and tick them off as soon as you can:
You should be all clued up on magical creatures now, and you will also be able to buy a Beast Breeding Pen (from the Tomes and Scroll shop in Hogsmeade) to place in your Vivarium.
Now all you need are the beasts themselves, which you should have been taught how to catch using a Nab-sack. You'll need a male and a female of the same species in order to breed, which should then be placed in — you guessed it — the Beast Breeding Pen in the Room of Requirement.
You can't be interrupting, however. You'll then have to wait 30 real-time minutes for the breeding process to finish. You can breed four pairs of species per Vivarium, so make sure it's not too crowded!
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