Tips

TIPS

o   Read the instructions carefully and make sure you understand them before proceeding

o   Refresh the page if you make mistakes or you potion starts to smoke or turn green

o   Use the pewter cauldron if you will be going out or doing other stuff for a while


o   Keep an eye on the counter, some ingredients pour out faster that others

o   Your wand is the stick behind the bag of green standard ingredients to the right

o   Click and move your wand over the cauldron to wave it, let go of your wand to stop waving. You can wave it for as long or short time as you like.

o   Drag the spoon in huge circles to stir and it helps if the spoon touches both sides of the cauldron

o   The mortar is the bowl. You can click on this to crush instead of the pestle (stick) as it’s quicker

o   Alternate between the blue and orange buttons to keep the heat in range. If the heat meter's really small click the orange/blue buttons continuesly without stopping. Not blinking helps too.

o   In sleeping draught you can add the valerian sprigs to the cauldron then stir it 7 times at the same time as it’s heating for a minute to save time. Not recommended if you have trouble with heating.

 o   In polyjuice part 2 when you have to add lacewings lay the bottle down on the table so the lacewings fall out then catch one before it hits the table and add to cauldron. Pouring them in the normal way will more then likely result in adding too many as they come out really fast.

o   Hold bottles/jars by the neck and balance against the edge of the cauldron or mortar for better control

o   Set an alarm so you don’t forget your potion when it’s brewing

o   Try and learn the steps by heart as time doesn’t stop to keep looking at instructions

o   Check that each step is crossed out before moving on if you’re not sure you completed said step



Many thanks to PurpleErised and PurpleStrike29022 (Strike) for posting most of these tips on facebook and pottermore :)



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Ingredients

Ingredients

The following are free ingredients which can be re-collected from the moments when you run out

Dried billywig stings and wolfsbane – Found in chapter 8 moment 3. Wolfsbane is the plant just to the left of the barrel and billywigs are in the bottle on the right hand window sill, shown below.

Horned slug – Found in chapter 10 moment 3, zoom in twice and they are by the last sink

Mistletoe berries – Chapter 12 moment 2, zoom in twice and they’re in the holly hung on the Christmas tree

Bezoar – Chapter 17 moment 2, zoom in twice and they’re in the medicine cabinet at the back left of the room

Wolfsbane can also be found in chapter 15 moment 2, no screen shot available.

Horklump juice - CoS Chapter 3 moment 2, zoom in twice and it's in the Weasley's yard

Other ingredients can be bought from the Apothecary in Diagon Alley.

Snake fangs - 2 G

Porcupine quills - 2 G

Lavender - 1 G

Flobberworm mucus - 1 G

Lethe river water - 4 G

Spines of lionfish - 2 G

Valerian sprigs - 1 G

Unicorn horn - 21 G

Don't waste your galleons on free ingredients or any others not listed above!!

You can request potion ingredients/and or send as gifts from others in the common room and be sure to offer something back.

Antidote to common poisons

Antidote to common poisons

Antidote to common poisons is the fastest potion to make and gives you most points when brewing multiple times. E.g. A sleeping draught will give you  11 house points if brewed successfully but it takes 53 minutes (in copper cauldron) whereas the antidote will only give you 7 points  but it only takes 30 minutes (in copper cauldron) so in the time it takes you to brew one sleeping draught worth 11 points you could have almost brewed 2 successful antidotes giving you a total of 14 points. It may only be 3 extra points difference but they all count towards the house cup!

Ingredients: bezoar, mistletoe berries, unicorn horn (see "ingredients" for help on where to find them)

Pewter cauldron – 40 minutes

Brass cauldron – 34 minutes

Copper cauldron – 30 minutes

Instructions

Step 1: Add 1 bezoar to the mortar. Click on the bezoar and you’ll automatically pick up one piece which can then be put in the mortar.

Step 2: Crush into a very fine powder. Continusesly click on the pestle and a green bar will start to fill up, do this until the green bar reaches the point inbetween the 2 lines. Note> it’s easier and quicker to click on the actual mortar instead of the pestle.

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Step 3: Add 4 measures of the crushed bezoar to your cauldron. Same as step 1 but you’re taking 4 lots of the crushed bezoar from the mortar this time not from the actual bezoar on the table. Watch the counter that shows how much you’ve put in.

Step 4: Add 2 measures of standard ingredients to your cauldron. See step 1 and don’t forget to watch the counter.

Step 5: Heat to a medium temperature for 5 seconds. Click on the red button beneath your cauldron and this will make a meter similar to the one when you were crushing the fangs come up, again with 2 lines. The red button will make the meter fill up at a fast rate, wait until it reaches inbetween the 2 lines, at this point a timer will appear. Then click the orange button which will still increase the meter but at a slower speed. BEFORE the meter goes above the 2 lines (which is where you must keep it between for the 5 seconds) click the blue button which will decrease the meter. Keep alternating between the orange and blue to increase and decrease the meter as necessary to keep it between the lines. When the 5 second timer runs out click the blue button to turn off the heat otherwise you risk your cauldron exploding!

Step 6: Wave your wand. Your wand is located behind the bag of standard ingredients click on it once and the wand will do the rest.

Leave your potion to brew for X amount of minutes. All you do now is wait.

When the potion has finished brewing move onto the next steps.

Step 1: Add 1 pinch of unicorn horn to your cauldron. Click on the unicorn horn and you’ll automatically pick up  one pinch which can then be put in the cauldron.

Step 2: Stir 2 times clockwise (à) Click and drag the spoon inside the cauldron and drag it around in circles’ 2 times. Note> you may find it easier to make big circles around the screen when doing this. Watch the counter to see when you've reached 2.

Step 3: Add 2 Mistletoe berries to your cauldron. Balance the jar on the edge of the cauldron for better control as seen below.

Step 4: Stir 2 times anti-clockwise (ß) Click and drag the spoon inside the cauldron and drag it around in circles’ 2 times. Note> you may find it easier to make big circles around the screen when doing this. Watch the counter to see when you've reached 2.

Step 5: Wave your wand to complete the potion. (I don’t recall wands ever being needed in potions “there will be no foolish wand waving in my class” –Snape)

Now have a victory dance you've done it :D

Cure for boils

Cure for boils

Cure for boils only gives you 3 points but it is a good potion to practise with and learn the basics until you feel more confident to move onto more complex potions.

Ingredients: Snakes fangs, horned slugs, porcupine quills (see “ingredients” for help on where to find them)

Pewter cauldron – 45 minutes

Brass cauldron – 39 minutes

Copper cauldron – 34 minutes

Instructions

Step 1: Add 6 snake fangs to the mortar. To do this simply click on the snake fang bag and drag them across to the mortar then let go to release them in. Each time you do this 3 snake fangs will be added so only do the process twice and watch the counter which will appear showing you how many went in.

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Step 2: Crush into a fine powder using the pestle. Continusesly click on the pestle and a green meter will start to fill up, do this until the green meter  reaches the point inbetween the 2 lines. Note> it’s easier and quicker to click on the actual mortar instead of the pestle.

Step 3: Add 4 measures of the crushed fangs into your cauldron. Do this in the same way as step 1, don’t forget to watch the counter.

Step 4: Heat the mixture to 250 for 10 seconds. Ignore the “250” it’s pointless. Instead click on the red button beneath your cauldron and this will make a meter similar to the one when you were crushing the fangs come up, again with 2 lines. The red button will make the meter fill up at a fast rate, wait until it reaches in between the 2 lines, at this point a timer will appear. Then click the orange button which will still increase the meter but at a slower speed. BEFORE the meter goes above the 2 lines (which is where you must keep it between for the 10 seconds) click the blue button which will decrease the meter. Keep alternating between the orange and blue to increase and decrease the meter as necessary. When the 10 second timer runs out click the blue button to turn off the heat otherwise you risk your cauldron exploding!

Step 5: Wave your wand. No that doesn’t mean wave a stick you broke off a tree ;) Your wand is located behind the bag of standard ingredients click on it once and the wand will do the rest.

Step 6: Leave your potion to brew for X amount of minutes. This is the easiest step! All you have to do is wait. While you’re waiting you can duel to get even more points, post tips or answer/ask questions in the common room, start a food fight, do muggle stuff or better yet add me as a friend (WizardSun27762) and send me a rock cake as a gift... oh yes I love collecting them :)!!

When your potion has finished brewing move onto the next steps.

Step 1: Add 4 horned slugs to your cauldron. Again do this the same way as the snake fangs.

Step 2: Add 2 porcupine quills to your cauldron. You should know how to do this by now!

Step 3: Stir 5 times clockwise. Click and drag the spoon inside the cauldron and drag it around in circles’ 5 times. Note> you may find it easier to make big circles around the screen when doing this. Watch the counter to see when you’ve reached 5 and in case you’re unsure clockwise is in this direction à

Step 4: Wave your wand. Same as last time, click the wand which is behind the standard bag of ingredients and leave it to do the rest and feel free to mutter hocus pocus enchantments under your breath as I do ;)

If you made it this far then congratulations you’ve successfully brewed a potion and are ready to brew more!