Only Shiny Beasts
All captureable beasts will spawn in their rare shiny variants or other balancing options.
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About this mod Machine translation
All captureable beasts will spawn in their rare shiny variants or other balancing options.
Only Shiny Beasts
✨ **Make your collection of magical animals sparkle! ** This mod will change the spawning rules for all captureable beasts in the game, making it easier for them to appear in rare shiny forms.
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🦉 Module function
The **Only Shiny Beasts** module provides three different generation options, you can choose according to your preferences:
- **Main File - Full Shiny Beast** 🎯
- All beasts have a **100%** chance of spawning in their rare shiny variants.
- **Optional File - Balanced Shiny Beast** ⚖️
- All beasts have an **equal chance of appearing** for each color option (including shiny forms).
- For example, if a beast has 4 colors (including shiny), the probability of each color appearing is **25%**.
- **OPTIONAL FILE - Part of Shining Beast** 🎲
- All beasts have an increased chance of spawning shiny variants by **10% - 15%**.
- This is the balance option that is closest to the original game experience while increasing the chance of shining.
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🐾 Affected Beast
The mod works on all of the following captureable beasts:
- Diricawl (ball escape bird)
- Fwooper
- Giant Purple Toad
- Graphorn (horned camel beast)
- Hippogriff (hippogriff)
- Jobberknoll (silent bird)
- Kneazle (cat civet)
- Mooncalf
- Niffler
- Puffskein (Puffskein)
- Thestral (Thestral)
- Unicorn (unicorn)
**⚠️ NOTE: ** Phoenix is ** not affected ** as it does not have a shiny variant.
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📥 Installation Guide
- Extract the downloaded **.pak** file into your **~mods** folder.
- The default path is: `HogwartsLegacy/Phoenix/Content/Paks/~mods`
- If the `~mods` folder does not exist, please create it manually.
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🔧 Compatibility and Important Tips
- **Compatibility**: This mod modifies the `PhoenixShipData.sqlite` file and may need to be merged with other mods using the **Hogwarts Mod Merger** tool to work properly.
- **Important Note**: After the module is installed, **the loaded beast will still maintain its original form**. The mod will only affect newly spawned beasts after it is installed.
🌀 How to refresh beast spawn points (make old beasts shiny)
If you want to refresh the beast in an existing location into a shiny form, you can follow the steps below:
- **Capture** all old beasts at the current location (can be sold or released).
- **Fast travel** to a distant place.
- Open the map and use the **Wait** function.
- **Save** the game.
- **Load** the save file you just saved.
- Return to the original beast spawning location. All beasts should now be shiny! 🎉
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**💡 Tips: ** Although the author stated that this mod cannot be updated for the time being, many users have reported that the mod can still work normally after merging it manually using the **Hogwarts Mod Merger** tool. If you're having trouble, give it a try!
I wish you a happy hunting and collect all the shiny magical animals as soon as possible! 🦄✨
Install & use Install: follow the bundled instructions
- Unzip the archive from playbuff and read the bundled readme / instructions first.
- There is no universal mod manager for this game: some mods replace game files directly, some go into a game-specific Mods folder, and some need a game-specific community loader or tool first — follow the bundled readme.
- Place the files exactly as the readme says; mods with listed dependencies need those installed too.
- Launch the game to confirm it loaded; some games require enabling mods in settings or an in-game mod menu.
Install locations vary a lot between games and mods — the bundled readme is the most reliable guide.