In the “Harry Potter” novels and movies, fantastic beasts have names, but they were probably named by their owners themselves, such as Hogwarts gamekeeper and groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid – who taught Harry and his friends how to fly with a Hippogriff – and Newt Scamander of the spinoff movie, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”
But, surprise, surprise, a player who has never left their console playing “Hogwarts Legacy” discovered that you can actually name fantastic beasts in the game! True, yes. Here’s how.
Level 36
Surprised and dazed by what they found out, this player discovered an exciting feature that allowed them to name their beasts. However, the requirement is to first reach Level 36, which is quite a challenge, considering the quests you must complete before reaching this level.
The player, named Haunted_Souls on Reddit, stumbled upon a feature in the game that let them give fantastic beasts some personal names they chose their own.
“level 36 and i just now found out you can name your beasts so i’ve been doing that for the last hour! (emoji) i love fantasy names that would be considered weird otherwise. with some improvising, i was able to use this fantasy name generator for all my names,” Haunted_Souls wrote.
They added they were able to give names to Hippogriffs, Thestrals, Basilisks, and more.
They further said they gave their pet beasts unique and cute nicknames by heading to the Vivarium, opening the beast inventory, and choosing a beast they wanted to rename. Note that in “Hogwarts Legacy,” there are 13 magical beasts you can catch from various locations using their Nab-Sacks after completing the quest: The Elf, The Nab-Sack, and the Loom.
No idea
Surprise, surprise, as well: Even most players who have been gaming “Hogwarts Legacy” for so long did not know this.
“Wait, what?!? You can name them?!? I didn’t know this,” commented one Redditor.
However, somebody else said otherwise, letting the world know that they discovered this long before.
Redditor gs448 wrote, “I was level 30 ish on my fourth play through that I learned of naming, so no shame there…”
Fun names
In the comments section of Haunted_Souls’ post on Reddit, other “Hogwarts Legacy” players share how they are naming their beasts.
One said they named theirs after flowers, trees, Greek gods, Shakespeare characters, constellations, and galaxies. Another named theirs after characters in “Game of Thrones.” Whoa.
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