Beast Encounters
Has beasts spawn outside of dens. Allows Graphorn and Phoenix to very rarely spawn before respective missions.
What beasts spawn where is dependent on biome.
Spawns
Puffskein – Scarce in densely forested areas. In groups.
Phoenix – Ultra rare in mountains. — Changed in 1.1 —
Graphorn – Ultra rare in mountains and highlands. — Changed in 1.1 —
Diricawl – Somewhat rarely in light forests and grasslands. In groups.
Fwooper – Somewhat rarely in dense forests and dark forests. Can be in groups.
Unicorn – Very rarely in dark forests.
Hippogriff – Very rarely in highlands, coastal and grasslands. Can be in groups.
Thestral – Somewhat rarely in wetlands.
Giant Purple Toads – Scarce in wetlands and coastal regions. In groups.
Kneazle – Rarely in grasslands and light forests. In groups.
Jobberknoll – Rarely in forested areas. In groups.
Mooncalf – Scarce in dense and dark forests. In groups.
Niffler – Scarce in coastal grasslands and rarely near towns.
Beasts despawn if you move very far away, not as persistent as beasts in dens, but should be big enough radius.
Installation
If there are other mods that change values in PhoenixShipData.sqlite then it needs to be merged with Hogwarts Mod Merger.
Merged file (zMergedMods_P.pak) or z_BeastEncounters_P.pak needs to be located in HogwartsLegacy/Phoenix/Content/Paks/~mods.
Can be merged mid game, but back up saves and zMergedMods_P.pak if you have it.
Midgame merge order is:
zMergedMods_P.pak
z_BeastEncounters_P.pak
If no merge file exists then:
–Other mods–
Any mod that changes beasts
z_BeastEncounters_P.pak
–Other mods–
Important!
Hogwarts Mod Merger lets you check if mods need to be merged (will tell you if they don’t need to) and also right side shows what data is changed:
In midgame merge new values should be on lists bottom as new entries mostly.
