Apothecary

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"Then they visited the apothecary, which was fascinating enough to make up for its horrible smell, a mixture of bad eggs and rotted cabbages. Barrels of slimy stuff stood on the floor; jars of herbs, dried roots, and bright powders lined the walls; bundles of feathers, strings of fangs, and snarled claws hung from the ceiling. While Hagrid asked the man behind the counter for a supply of some basic potion ingredients for Harry, Harry himself examined silver unicorn horns at twenty-one Galleons each and minuscule, glittery-black beetle eyes (five Knuts a scoop)."

— Description^[src]

The Apothecary^[2] was a shop located at North Side, Diagon Alley, which supplied merchants with ingredients for potion-making.^[1] This seemed to be Harry Potter and the Weasleys' apothecary of choice.^[1]^[3]^[4]

History[]

After graduating from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Penny Haywood was employed as a potioneer at the Apothecary. She loved her job, as she got to brew potions and gather ingredients all day.^[2]

On 31 July 1991, Rubeus Hagrid took Harry Potter to Diagon Alley to purchase supplies for his first year at Hogwarts. Harry looked around the store while Hagrid dealt with the man behind the counter, noting that unicorn horns were on sale for twenty-one Galleons apiece, and black beetle eyes for five Knuts per scoop.^[1]

Beetle Eyes — Beetle eyes on sale for five Knuts a scoop in 1991

Harry Potter returned here in 1993, in the summer before the beginning of his third year at Hogwarts School, to replenish his store of potions ingredients.^[3]

In the summer of 1996, Harry joined the Weasleys in shopping for the upcoming school year. Neither Harry nor Ron Weasley bought any ingredients at the apothecary, as they thought they would not be studying Potions in the school year to come.^[4]

Ingredients sold[]

Bat spleens (1 Galleon)^[5]
Bat wings (5 Galleons)^[5]
Bezoar (10 Galleons)^[5]
Beetle eyes (5 Knuts a scoop)^[5]
Castor oil (4 Galleons)^[5]
Dragon blood (12 Galleons)^[5]
Dragon livers (3 Galleons)^[5]
Dragonfly thoraxes (2 Galleons)^[5]
Billywig stings (7 Galleons)^[5]
Eel eyes (1 Galleon)^[5]
Flobberworm Mucus (1 Galleon)^[5]

Honey (4 Galleons)^[5]
Horklump juice (3 Galleons)^[5]
Horned slugs (1 Galleon)^[5]
Infusion of Wormwood (1 Galleon)^[5]
Jobberknoll feather (5 Galleons)^[5]
Knotgrass (5 Galleons)^[5]
Lacewing flies (2 Galleons)^[5]
Leaping Toadstool (3 Galleons)^[5]
Leeches (6 Galleons)^[5]
Lethe River Water (4 Galleons)^[5]
Mistletoe berries (1 Galleon)^[5]
Peppermint (3 Galleons)^[5]
Poppy heads (2 Galleons)^[5]

Porcupine quills (2 Galleons)^[5]
Puffer-fish eyes (5 Galleons)^[5]
Root of aconite (1 Galleon)^[5]
Rose oil (8 Galleons)^[5]
Rose thorns (3 Galleons)^[5]
Salamander blood (2 Galleons)^[5]
Shrivelfigs (3 Galleons)^[5]
Snake fangs (2 Galleons)^[5]
Spine of lionfish (2 Galleons)^[5]
Sprig of Lavender (1 Galleon)^[5]
Unicorn tail hair (10 Galleons)^[5]^[1]
Unicorn horn (21 Galleons)^[5]^[1]
Valerian sprigs (1 Galleon)^[5]
Wolfsbane (1 Galleon)^[5]

Ingredient images[]

Behind the scenes[]

ApothecaryCarkittMarket — The apothecary in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

In The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, the apothecary is located in the Carkitt Market area, above the Museum of Muggle Curiosities.

Appearances[]

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter Trading Card Game
Pottermore
The Making of Harry Potter
The Wizarding World of Harry Potter
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 ^1.9 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Beyond Hogwarts, Volume 1, Chapter 1 (BEYOND HOGWARTS)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 4 (The Leaky Cauldron)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 6 (Draco's Detour)
↑ ^5.00 ^5.01 ^5.02 ^5.03 ^5.04 ^5.05 ^5.06 ^5.07 ^5.08 ^5.09 ^5.10 ^5.11 ^5.12 ^5.13 ^5.14 ^5.15 ^5.16 ^5.17 ^5.18 ^5.19 ^5.20 ^5.21 ^5.22 ^5.23 ^5.24 ^5.25 ^5.26 ^5.27 ^5.28 ^5.29 ^5.30 ^5.31 ^5.32 ^5.33 ^5.34 ^5.35 ^5.36 ^5.37 Pottermore
↑ ^6.00 ^6.01 ^6.02 ^6.03 ^6.04 ^6.05 ^6.06 ^6.07 ^6.08 ^6.09 ^6.10 ^6.11 ^6.12 ^6.13 ^6.14 ^6.15 ^6.16 ^6.17 ^6.18 ^6.19 ^6.20 ^6.21 ^6.22 ^6.23 ^6.24 ^6.25 ^6.26 ^6.27 ^6.28 ^6.29 ^6.30 ^6.31 ^6.32 ^6.33 ^6.34 ^6.35 ^6.36 ^6.37 ^6.38 Pottermore - Apothecary
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 12 (The Polyjuice Potion)

Diagon Alley North Side
Locations
Apothecary · Bats! Bats! Bats! · Belcher's Bottled Beers · Bernie Balls Fireworks · Blinkhorn's workshop · Boogermongers · Brigg's Brooms · Bufo's · Caput Mortuum · Creepy Scrawlers Stationers · Crispa Culpepper's Drugs & Preparations · Eeylops Owl Emporium · Flail & Hyde Furriers · Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour · Flourish and Blotts · Gaberlunzie Garments · Grandma Gramercy's Grandiloquent Gramophones · Gringotts Wizarding Bank · The Harpy's Bazaar · Herbert's Sherbets · Janus Galloglass · Krakens · Leaky Cauldron (1 Diagon Alley) · Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions · The Magic Lantern · Magical Menagerie · Mandrake Mufflers · Marcus Minucius Myomancer · Mourning & Starr Armourers · Mr Milvus Grizedale, Kitemaker · Mr Trismus, Mouth Magician · Mulligrubs Materia Medica · Nell's Bells · Nollikins for Scrolls & Skins · Noltie's Botanical Novelties · Oldknowe Books · Pettichaps · Potage's Cauldron Shop · Praedico Predico · Quality Quidditch Supplies · Shrew & Scold's Bridal Wear · S. Starling · Tangle & Noils Wigmakers & Perruquiers · The Three Sheets · Tut's Nuts · Twinkle's Telescopes · Vietch's Leeches · What Larks! Songbird Specialists · Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment
Known residents, shop owners and employees
Blinkhorn · Belcher · Bufo · Crookshanks (formerly) · Eeylops Owl Emporium female employee · Eeylops Owl Emporium male employee · Florean Fortescue (deceased) · Flourish and Blotts manager · Hedwig (formerly; deceased) · Madam Malkin · Noltie · Madam Potage · Magical Menagerie salesman · Magical Menagerie saleswoman · Milvus Grizedale · Marcus Minucius · Trismus · Tut · Twinkle · Vietch · Wiseacre's Wizarding Equipment employee

[PS5-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 ^1.9 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley)

[HM81-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Beyond Hogwarts, Volume 1, Chapter 1 (BEYOND HOGWARTS)

[POA4-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 4 (The Leaky Cauldron)

[HBP6-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 6 (Draco's Detour)

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[POAG-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)

[COS12-8] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 12 (The Polyjuice Potion)

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