Magical Creatures Reserve

Magical Creatures Reserve
Location information
Location	Scotland, Great Britain
Affiliation	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

This Magical Creatures Reserve was a reservation set up in a secluded area somewhere on or near the grounds of Hogwarts Castle for the protection of magical creatures which had difficulty existing in Muggle-inhabited areas.

History

The reserve was overseen by the groundskeeper, and the Care of Magical Creatures professor was sometimes also involved, with the occasional help of volunteering student assistants. Rubeus Hagrid and Jacob's sibling regularly took care of a wide variety of magical beasts in this reserve from the mid-1980s to their graduation in 1991. The decision of which magical creatures could stay at the reserve was reserved for the Hogwarts Headmaster, sometimes with the input of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures if said creatures were particularly dangerous.

Jacob's sibling and Penny Haywood caring for the Common Welsh Green in the Forest

Between 1984 and 1991, the reserve was visited by Jacob's sibling mostly to bond with or feed creatures they'd made acquiantance of. They also helped Hagrid with several of their quests that concerned various creatures. Starting with their first year, Jacob's sibling was introduced to the Niffler in the Grasslands first, and throughout their seven years of school life, they subsequently met the Abraxan, Thestral and the Common Welsh Green and helped Hagrid with several errands that focused on every one of them.

They also helped Hagrid with tasks about other creatures in their second to fifth year. Despite their young age, they were introduced to the Chinese Fireball in the Scorched Vale in the second year. The dragon was unable to breathe fire, which considerably lowered the harm she could do to the student, and after they helped her gain the ability to breathe fire, she was noticeably grateful and developed a special bond with them.

1986–1987 school year

Murphy McNully, Jacob's sibling and Barnaby Lee doing Pixie Spotting

Jacob's sibling's third year was fruitful for them, as they met the Chimaera, the Unicorn and the Imp in a single year. In the middle of the school year, Jacob's sibling invited Murphy McNully to the Forest to practise Pixie Spotting with them and Barnaby Lee. In the Imp's case, Jacob's sibling first encountered the mischievous Imp with Nymphadora Tonks in Zonko's Joke Shop, but throughout continual bonding with him in the Foggy Moor, Hogsmeade and even on the Hogwarts grounds, he became cooperative enough to demonstrate his wrongdoing to Bilton Bilmes and take the blame himself in order to regain Tonks permission to visit Zonko's that had been mistakenly revoked.

Jacob's sibling, Barnaby Lee and the Mooncalf in the Forest

1987–1988 school year

In their fourth year, Jacob's sibling was introduced to the Quintaped by the name of Caelan in the Foggy Moor, and the Mooncalf in the Dusklands. They helped Caelan with his broken arm and prevented him from being Untransfigured by Merula Snyde (while Hagrid also received the word from the Ministry that they wouldn't Untransfigure him too and would let him continue living in the reserve), and the Mooncalf with its dancing pattern so that it could be accepted by the Forbidden Forest Mooncalf herd.

1988–1989 school year

During the fifth year, Jacob's sibling visited the fairy in the Forest to invite her and her friends to provide fairy light at the Valentine's Day Ball. Later in the school year, Jacob's sibling helped Hagrid procure a feather that Professor Dumbledore needed from the Augurey in the Foggy Moor. It turned out to be a misunderstanding, as the feather was in fact only for Dumbledore's diary, while Hagrid thought it was for the Quill of Acceptance.

1989–1990 school year

In their sixth year, Jacob's sibling met the Hebridean Black in the Foggy Moor.

Known inhabitants

Habitat	Magical creatures
Grasslands	Pixie, Niffler, Knarl, Porlock, Diricawl, Abraxan
Forest	Fairy, Bowtruckle, Gnome, Hippogriff, Common Welsh Green
Dark Forest	Unicorn, Chimaera, Thestral, Acromantula, Hungarian Horntail, Fanged Puffskein
Lake	Plimpy, Grindylow, Murtlap, Flobberworm, Norwegian Ridgeback, Kelpie, Clabbert
Rocky Mountains	Mountain troll, Manticore, Griffin, Doxy, Frost Salamander, Yeti
Scorched Vale	Fire Crab, Salamander, Swedish Short-Snout, Chinese Fireball, Ukrainian Ironbelly
Foggy Moor	Augurey, Leucrotta, Dugbog, Imp, Hebridean Black, Kappa, Quintaped, Hodag
Dusklands	Mooncalf, Matagot, Chupacabra, Ashwinder, Glow Bug
Desert Dunes	Giant Dung Beetle, Graphorn, Billywig, Thunderbird, Antipodean Opaleye
Open Ocean	Sea serpent, Giant Squid, Swooping Evil, Mackled Malaclaw, Horned Serpent, Shrake

Gallery

A Gnome burrowing in the Forest

A Fairy found in the Forest

A Thestral found in the Dark Forest

A Chimaera found in the Dark Forest

A Unicorn found in the Dark Forest

A Griffin found in the Rocky Mountains

A Yeti found in the Rocky Mountains

A Diricawl found in the Grasslands

A Quintaped found in the Foggy Moor

A Chinese Fireball found in the Scorched Vale

A Porlock found in the Grasslands

A Bowtruckle found in the Forest

An Abraxan found in the Grasslands

A Knarl flung in the Grasslands

A Plimpy found in the Lake

A Grindylow found in the Lake

A Pixie found in the Grasslands

A Murtlap found in the Lake

A Flobberworm found in the Lake

A Mountain Troll found in the Rocky Mountains

A Manticore found in the Rocky Mountains

A Doxy found in the Rocky Mountains

A Frost Salamander found in the Rocky Mountains

A Yeti found in the Rocky Mountains

A Fire Salamander found in the Scorched Vale

An Imp found in the Foggy Moor

A Kappa found in the Foggy Moor

A Wampus cat taken to the reserve

A Fanged Puffskein taken to the Dark Forest

Behind the scenes

• This wildlife preserve might be reached by way of the Forbidden Forest, as it was not situated anywhere that is typically frequented by students, yet remains under the purview of the school.
• Given the proximity of the vastly different environments that constitutes the designated areas for the different creatures, the preserve was presumably created by magical means in a manner similar to the enclosures found within Newton Scamander's suitcase.
• The "Scorched Vale" location was originally called "Volcanic Pasture" but this was changed in an update in July 2020 when the location became available.
• Oddly enough, the player is able to openly interact and care for various creatures in this reserve which are extremely dangerous and carnivorous, such as dragons, the Yeti and Quintapeds, which are all said in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them to eat humans upon sight. It is likely the player is only able to interact with these beasts for purely gameplay/aesthetic reasons.
  • Another possibility was that these normally aggressive creatures were simply abnormally tame compared to most of their kind, which, considering that the Headmaster and the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures had to approve of any creatures living there, may have been a prerequisite for such dangerous creatures to live on the reserve in the first place.

Overview

In Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Jacob's sibling is able to take care of Magical Creatures form Year 1 Chapter 5 on. Hagrid introduces the Magical Creatures Reserve and the Niffler. As a start 10 red notebooks will be gifted to adopt the gold loving creature to level up to Level 2. Multiple side quests with Hagrid are tied to Magical Creatures. Jacob's sibling can only take care of magical creatures depending on their Magizoologist Level.

• Each magical creature can be adopted with a certain amount of red, blue and yellow notebooks.
  • Notebooks can be won during various events, during class rewards or gifted from Jam City on special occasions.
• Creatures can be fed and bonded with to collect Creature XP, which leads ultimately to the next level.
  • Creature food is received via class rewards, by searching for food in the Artefact Room (3h = 4+2+2 Food, 4 HP), from random rewards for winning sets of duels and from club rank rewards and club tappies or watching ads for 1 food while in the Magical Creature Reserve.
  • Options to feed a creature 1, 2 or 3 food are available. Feeding 3 will level up the creature faster, as the refresh time between feeding is the same no matter what amount is chosen.
  • Bonding is free of charge, but has a longer refresh rate.
• XP for bonding and feeding values were updated on 26 March, 2020.
• Upon reaching the next level a reward is given. These can be different amounts and colours of notebooks, coins, energy, and gems. Energy is stackable above the limit.
• If the maximum trust level of a creature is reached, the creature no longer gives XP towards the Magizoologist level.
• Creatures with maximum trust can be feed 3 food to receive a reward (very much like class rewards). There is a 7h refresh rate. Bonding and interaction are still available at no cost and no gain.

Statistics

Magizoologist Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Total creature XP reqired	0	12	812	4592	9242	11942	26822	39801	51612	100000
XP between levels	n/a	12	800	3780	4650	2700	14880	12979	11811	n/a

Magical creature	Lv	Location	Cost to adopt			XP	Total rewards
Niffler	1	Grassland	10			211	1	2			450	7	2
Porlock	2	Grassland	2			601		5			450	6	1
Fairy	2	Forest	30			2016	1	10			400	6	2
Fire Crab	2	Scorched Vale	50	10	2	2402	4	10	4	2	1050	54	15
Bowtruckle	3	Forest	40			1764	1	11			1350	54	15
Abraxan	3	Grassland	90			2550	1	12			1350	54	15
Diricawl	2	Grassland	40	5	1	1932	6	8	4	1	1050	54	12
Flobberworm	3	Lake	60	35	5	2584	8	12	6	2	1050	54	15
Salamander	3	Scorched Vale	60	20	10	2958	8	12	5	3	1050	54	15
Frost Salamander	3	Rocky Mountains	60	20	10	3745	8	10	8	4	750	54	20
Hippogriff	3	Forest	55	25	20	3600	7	16	6	3	750	54	15
Welsh Green	4	Forest	60	30		2100	2	12	2	2	600	54	15
Acromantula	4	Dark Forest	40			2430	1	18	2	2	750	54	20
Thestral	4	Dark Forest	75	15		3180	5	12	2	2	750	54	15
Chinese Fireball	4	Scorched Vale	65	40	25	5627	20	24	8	4	750	54	15
Knarl	5	Grassland	30			2700	4	12	2	2	450	54	15
Chimaera	5	Dark Forest	50	25		3000	2	12	2	2	1050	54	15
Mountain troll	5	Rocky Mountains	50	10		3990	2	12	2	2	1050	54	15
Pixie	6	Grassland	80	10		2550	16	24	4		1050	54	15
Grindylow	6	Lake	50	15		2720	2	6	1	1	1050	54	15
Plimpy	6	Lake	40			2880	2	6	1	1	1050	54	15
Gnome	6	Forest	70	10		3400	12	24	4		1050	54	15
Manticore	6	Rocky Mountains	75	25	10	4540	16	20	5	3	750	54	15
Swedish Short Snout	6	Scorched Vale	70	20	15	4840	20	18	6	4	750	54	19
Murtlap	7	Lake	50			2660	6	12	4	2	750	54	15
Yeti	7	Rocky Mountains	45	20	15	2850	10	12	4	2	750	54	15
Doxy	7	Rocky Mountains	50	10	10	3000	10	12	4	2	750	54	15
Unicorn	7	Dark Forest	90	25		3600	11	15	4		1050	54	15
Griffin	8	Rocky Mountains	30	25	15	2800	20	24	8	4	750	54	15
Norwegian Ridgeback	8	Lake	60	20	30	4200	20	24	8	4	750	63	27
Hungarian Horntail	8	Dark Forest	95	30	25	4980	20	24	8	4	600	54	18
Ukrainian Ironbelly	8	Scorched Vale	70	45	30	5220	16	26	4	8	900	54	18
Kappa	2	Foggy Moor	50	12	5	2958	12	8	4	2	750	54	13
Quintaped	3	Foggy Moor	66	60	10	2924	20	16	4	3	750	54	19

Appearances

• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (First appearance)

Notes and references

	Magical Creatures Reserve