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AHogwarts Legacyplayer was recently visited by a large dragon while exploring the wilderness surrounding the famous Hogwarts castle. Approaching its second anniversary next month,Hogwarts Legacybecame the best-selling new video game of 2023 and impressed fans of theHarry Potterfranchise with its detailed depiction of Hogwarts and surrounding areas like the village of Hogsmeade and the Forbidden Forest.
While dragons are rarely at the forefront of theHarry Potterfranchise, they do exist in 2023’sHogwarts Legacyin a small capacity. One of the many questlines players can partake in is with fellow Hogwarts schoolmate Poppy Sweeting, which involves freeing a dragon from the antagonist Rookwood’s poachers. Outside of Poppy’s questline, and a brief moment near the end of the game’s main quest,dragons are seldom seen inHogwarts Legacy.
It would seem that dragons can make surprise appearances inHogwarts Legacy, with these experiences being quite rare. On Reddit, Thin-Coyote-551 shared images of a dragon swooping down from the sky and grabbing a Dugbog they were fighting. The user included several screenshots in the post, which showed the gray, purple-eyed dragon flying at ground level and flinging the Dogbog it had picked up into the air. Many people beneath the post commented that they’ve never randomly come across a dragon while exploringHogwarts Legacy’s open world, even after completing the game and spending countless hours poking around the different hamlets and areas around the castle.
Hogwarts Legacy Player Encounters a Dragon While Exploring
While certainly an epic moment, many fans of the game think it would be even more impressive if players were able to fight these rare dragons inHogwarts Legacy. The Reddit user mentioned in a reply to a comment that this particular encounter happened around Keenbridge, which is a bit south of the castle in Hogwarts Valley, though these dragons can likely pop up almost anywhere on the map outside the castle, Hogsmeade, orHogwarts Legacy’s Forbidden Forest. Exactly what triggered the dragon to show up is unknown, but some comments on the post jokingly speculate about it having to do with the players' dragon-skin coat.
Warner Bros. has confirmed that aHogwarts Legacysequel is currently being plannedand is aiming to be connected in some way to the newHarry PotterTV series that’s currently in development. It would be interesting to know whether the follow-up will feature dragons more prominently, potentially letting players battle, or even fly them. However,Hogwarts Legacy’s sequel is several years away at least, and no concrete details have been confirmed by Warner Bros. or developer Avalanche Software so far.
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Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive, open-world action RPG set in the world first introduced in the Harry Potter books. For the first time, experience Hogwarts in the 1800s. Your character is a student who holds the key to an ancient secret that threatens to tear the wizarding world apart. Now you’re able to take control of the action and be at the center of your own adventure in the wizarding world. Your legacy is what you make of it.Explore an Open WorldThe wizarding world awaits you. Freely roam Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest, and the surrounding Overland area.Be the Witch or Wizard You Want to beLearn spells, brew potions, grow plants, and tend to magical beasts along your journey. Get sorted into your house, forge relationships, and master skills to become the witch or wizard you want to be Experience a New Wizarding World AdventureExperience the wizarding world in an unexplored era to uncover a hidden truth from its past. Battle against trolls, Dark Wizards, goblins, and more as you face a dangerous villain threatening the fate of the wizarding world.
