Shiny Hogwarts Legacy: How to get all these magical creatures in ultra rare colors!

If you like the Pokémon license, you may have been interested in “shiny”, very rare pocket monsters that are not the same color as their peers. Hogwarts Legacy Hogwarts Legacy has a similar system implemented, although it is much easier to find shiny because there are only 13 magical creatures.

How do you get creatures with a star?

If you’re wondering why some of your creatures have a star/cross next to their name, you’ve simply found a “shiny” one and their color is rarer than the other colors available for this species.

• Don’t hesitate to switch to Story difficulty when you start capturing magical creatures: this happens automatically! Otherwise, don’t forget to make yourself invisible by approaching a nest and then use Levioso.
• Note that the Phoenix is ​​the only creature that doesn’t have a shiny version, as you can only get it in one instance during a Cheek mission

The list of shiny available in the game

The shining Thestral

You will find that most shiny magical creatures are white and this is the case with the Thestral! Be careful, it’s hard to see him in the dark, so look closely for a star next to his name.

• Colour : white
• Number of nests on the map : 2
• Our complete Thestral drape

The shiny giant purple toad

Again, instead of being purple or grayish, the glossy toad will be all white!

• Colour : white
• Number of nests on the map : 7
• Our complete toad skin

The shiny Niffler

And another all-white creature to add to your collection. The Niffler is the iconic beast from the Fantastic Beasts movie, and in Hogwarts Legacy, he lives in nests filled with gold and other treasures.

• Colour : white
• Number of nests on the map : 5
• Our complete Niffler sheet

The shiny bloomer

Again a few white hairs, but the shiny Fléreur is especially a bit golden!

• Colour : white gold
• Number of nests on the map : 5
• Our complete file of de Fléreur

The shiny Boursouf

Come on, you guessed what color the shiny Boursouf was, didn’t you? And yes congratulations, he is white! It’s not very hard to find, as you have to visit seven nests to have a chance of finding it.

• Colour : white
• Number of nests on the map : 7
• Our complete Boursouf magazine

The shining unicorn

Finally a shiny worthy of Magikarp in Pokémon! The shining unicorn, like the baby unicorn, is all golden and magnificent. It is also one of the rarest shiny ones in the game, as there is only one unicorn nest in the Forbidden Forest.

• Colour : golden
• Number of nests on the map : 1
• Our complete Unicorn Skin

The shiny Jobarbille

Another shiny one that this time is not white but all gray!

• Colour : grey
• Number of nests on the map : 5
• Our full Jobarbille sheet

The shiny Dirico

Well, it was nice to see gold or gray among the shiny people, but let’s get back to basics: white! Note that it is possible to get a Dirico Albino (glossy) thanks to the side quest “Birds of a feather flock together” given by Marianne Moffett in Grottalau.

• Colour : white
• Number of nests on the map : 5
• Our complete Dirico magazine

The Shiny Hippogriff

If you pre-order the game, you already own a kind of all-black shiny Hippogriff named Caligo. Otherwise, you can catch some in the nests, but they won’t serve as mounts.

• Colour : black
• Number of nests on the map : 4
• Our complete dossier on the Hippogriff

The Shiny Focifer

And again for a glossy all white but frankly beautiful let’s face it!

• Colour : white
• Number of nests on the map : 4
• Our complete sheet of Focifère

Shiny Moon Calf

And no, the one with the cow color is not the rarest. The shiny Moon Calf is… white.

• Colour : white
• Number of nests on the map : 4
• Our complete Mooncalf sheet

The shiny joker

And here’s the hardest shiny one to catch and the rarest because there’s only one nest and only one Grapcorne to face every time you go there. Note that this is only possible after the fourth attempt.

• Colour : we haven’t found it yet!
• Number of nests on the map : 1
• Our complete Grapcorne plate