A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration

A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration was a textbook used by sixth and seventh year students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it was a N.E.W.T.-level textbook, used for advanced study in the subject of Transfiguration.^[1]

History

Cedric Diggory kept a copy of this book in his book-bag in the 1994-1995 school year, although it was splattered with ink after Harry Potter used a Severing Charm on the book-bag so he could have a word with Cedric about the first task of the Triwizard Tournament, in which they were both champions.^[1]

Known contents

• Complications in Iguana Transfiguration (pg. 17-27).^[2]

See also

• A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration
• Intermediate Transfiguration

Behind the scenes

• In the Harry Potter films, the prop depicting this book bears the title An Advanced Guide to Transfiguration instead.^[2]

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
• Harry Potter Limited Edition

Notes and references

Transfiguration (class)
Branches of Transfiguration	Transformation · Vanishment · Conjuration · Untransfiguration
Notable practitioners	Circe · Emeric Switch · Falco Aesalon · Mirabella Plunkett · Thaddeus Thurkell
Professors	Albus Dumbledore · Minerva McGonagall
Textbooks	A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration · Intermediate Transfiguration · A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration
Transfiguration spells studied at Hogwarts
Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Change of hair colour and style (Crinus Muto) · Hardening Charm (Duro) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Reparifarge · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Switching Spell · Vanishing Spell (Evanesco)
Conjuring Spells	Bird-Conjuring Charm (Avis) · Inanimatus Conjurus Spell · Orchideous · Snake Summons Spell (Serpentsortia)
Transforming Spells	Animal to Water Goblet (Vera Verto) · Beetle Buttons · Cat to Cauldron (Felifors) · Cauldron Cakes to Cabbages · Chair to cat · Cross-Species Switches · Desk Into Pig · Goldfinch to Golden Snitch · Flobberworm to Fritter · Gnomes to Lawn Gnomes · Guinea fowl to guinea pig spell · Gobstone to skunk · Hedgehog to pincushion spell · Lovebird to Love Note · Match to needle · Meddling Man to Monkey · Mice to Snuffboxes · Owl to Opera Glasses (Strigiforma) · Pawn to Queen · Porcupine to Pin Cushion (Hystrifors) · Puffskein to Paperweight · Small Child to Rat · Small Object to Dragon (Draconifors) · Snail to Teapot · Target to Bird (Avifors) · Target to matchbox (Flintifors) · Target to Rabbit (Lapifors) · Teacup to gerbil spell · Teacup to Rat · Teapot to tortoise spell · White Rabbits to Slippers