A Hogwarts Legacy player has turned a routine troll encounter into a full-blown dance battle, using a mod to emote alongside Sebastian Sallow while 'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars plays over the chaos. The clip, which first surfaced during the game’s early modding wave and is circulating again in 2026, lasts just 13 seconds but packs in enough absurdity for a full semester of Defense Against the Dark Arts.
In the video, Reddit user PrimPygmyPuff activates the Emote with any NPC mod and challenges a troll to a dance-off in broad daylight. Sebastian Sallow, the Slytherin charmer, joins in with main-character energy, hopping to the beat as the troll—for its part—appears to treat the whole affair as a particularly aggressive audition. Meanwhile, Ominis Gaunt keeps casting spells at the troll, which shrugs them off like a bad review. The clip ends with the player character dropping into a squat dance, because nothing says victory like a well-timed squat.
A Mod That Lets NPCs Cut Loose
The Emote with any NPC mod comes from creator nathdev and had accumulated 5,466 downloads at the time of the clip’s original posting. It allows players to emote solo or with an NPC in close range, opening up interactions such as hugging, flirting, greeting, and mocking. For dancers, the mod offers several options: Gala, Slow, Move, and Electric. Judging by the folk-like steps in PrimPygmyPuff’s video, the characters are using the Move Dance feature. Honestly, who hasn’t wanted to settle a grudge with a dance-off?
| Mod at a Glance | Details |
|---|---|
| Mod name | Emote with any NPC |
| Creator | nathdev |
| Platform | Nexus Mods |
| Emotes | Hugging, flirting, greeting, mocking |
| Dances | Gala, Slow, Move, Electric |
| Downloads at time of clip | 5,466 |
The mod fits neatly into a broader modding culture around Hogwarts Legacy. PC players have used the game’s Unreal Engine 4 foundation to dream up everything from Thomas the Tank Engine as the 'Hog-Thomas Express' to Shrek as a flying broom. Such projects often land on Nexus Mods, where players share and compare their creations. The Emote with any NPC mod is a gentler example of that creativity—less about breaking the game and more about giving its NPCs a little room to breathe. The game’s students and side characters, usually content to loiter like extras in a school play, suddenly become co-stars.
The Internet Reacts in Character
The clip drew humorous comments in which users typed as if they were the characters themselves. Some wrote in Sebastian Sallow’s voice while referencing the troll; one user questioned where the mod could be found, prompting PrimPygmyPuff to point curious players toward Nexus Mods. Others zeroed in on Ominis’s lone attempt to take down the troll, which—bless him—did not get the memo. The contrast is the joke: two characters dance, one character fights, and the troll keeps dancing. Needless to say, the dance floor was not the only battlefield.
For a game in which the main character is always getting into trouble when not in class at Hogwarts Castle, the video offers a cheeky alternative. It lets a troll, a Slytherin student, and the player share a ridiculous moment without a single health bar in sight. The clip stands as a reminder that mods can add charm as easily as chaos. The troll kept dancing. Ominis kept casting. And somewhere in the Highlands, a 13-second dance battle became a small piece of Hogwarts Legacy folklore.