Summary
Spiders were on the receiving end of fatal spells from many a wizard’s wand inHogwarts Legacy, with the first-anniversary statistics from Avalanche Software revealing that players have killed over 5 billion of the creatures while traversing the magical world. As talk of a sequel ramps up thanks toHogwarts Legacy’s staggering sales numbers, the developer could rework the spider combat mechanism for the eight-legged menaces to challenge players in the future.
Hogwarts Legacyhad a ton of missions to take players through the story of Ranrok’s goblin revolution, and a sizable number featured hairy spiders—both small and gigantic—for wizards to overcome. Unlike the Dugbogs, which required gamers to stay on their toes due to their wicked damage-dealing potential, spiders posed little more than a nuisance to delay players from reaching a boss fight. However, as shown in the Absconder Giant Spider boss fight, the creatures have more than enough in their arsenal to be as effective in combat as other enemies and play an expanded role in a potential sequel.
Spiders Need Some Love and Justice in Hogwarts Legacy 2
There’s always a jobber in every combat-based RPG, and spiders have earned the unwanted tag inHogwarts Legacyfrom fans of theHarry Potter-inspired franchise for being markedly easy to defeat. Although the Avalanche Software IP specializes in mob-styled fights, featuring the protagonist facing off against multiple waves of goblins or wizards, some of these foes are formidable and can hold their ground for a few moments in an entertaining 1v1 combat.
Acromantulas Have Untapped Potential in Hogwarts Legacy
However, in the case of spiders, there are precious few of the creatures that give players a tough time enough to pique interest. While it’s necessary for RPGs to feature fodder enemies to help elevate player-character’s XP, the Acromantulas can offer aHogwarts Legacysequel much more than a simple leveling pastime experience than the 2023 project. IncanonHarry Potterlore, Acromantulas are capable of speech, even though Aragog is the only spider shown to speak to Harry and Ron in the series.
The ability to speak would have placed the spiders on the same enemy plane as the goblins, with significant lore behind their appearance—an opportunityHogwarts Legacymissed with its Absconder Giant Spider. Speech makes an intriguing villain component for the spiders, but in and of itself, doesn’t improve its outlook as an effective enemy. With regard to theAbsconder Encounter side quest, there are areas Avalanche Software could build out the species to create a worthy opponent for players to duel with.
Increased Poison Potency Could Set Up Epic Showdowns
For instance, the Acromantula boss spawns miniature children during the fight to distract players while it continues its onslaught, but otherspiders inHogwarts Legacydon’t take advantage of the spawning ability. Another option the developer has is to increase the Acromantula’s venom potency in the game, leveraging their abilities in the canon material.
Professor Slughorn once proclaimed that a single pint of the creature’s poison was worth a whopping 100 Galleons, telling the story of the lethal nature of their bite. However,Hogwarts Legacyneglected to include any visuals of the spiders biting the protagonist and missed the opportunity for the arachnid’s venom to impact HP in a fight, like theCrucio Unforgivable Curse. With little tweaks like the introduction of venom and an increased focus on spawning, the Acromantulas could be a genuine peril to players in the wizarding world, and a potential sequel could give the creatures some much-needed combat redress.
