Ashwinder egg

Ashwinder egg
Potion ingredient information
Taken from	Ashwinders
Properties	Cured ague when swallowed whole
Physical characteristics	Bright red in colour Hot and flammable
Preparation	Frozen
Used in	Felix Felicis Love Potions

"Any wizard realising that one or more Ashwinders are loose in the house must trace them immediately and locate the nest of eggs."

— Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Ashwinder eggs were the eggs of the Ashwinder, a magical serpent which was born from the embers of an unattended magical fire.

Description

A frozen Ashwinder egg

The Ashwinder eggs were extremely hot and flammable, and, if not frozen in time, would light fire to the surrounding area. They were bright red and very valuable when frozen.

Potions

Frozen eggs were a common ingredient in potions, particularly love potions. They could also be swallowed whole as an antidote to ague. An Ashwinder egg was essential to the creation of Felix Felicis.

History

A bottle of Ashwinder Eggs

Some enlarged Ashwinder eggs played a large part in the ending of the Hogwarts school pantomime tradition. In the play The Fountain of Fair Fortune, an Ashwinder was supplied by Professor Kettleburn to play the 'blind and bloated' worm. The Ashwinder was enlarged with the use of an Engorgement Charm; however things got out of control, and the Ashwinder laid its eggs. These eggs, presumed to be enlarged like the Ashwinder, set fire to the floorboards in the Great Hall and ended the Hogwarts pantomime tradition.

On 7 December 1926, Newton Scamander attempted to pay Gnarlak with a frozen ashwinder egg for information about his missing beasts.

Professor Severus Snape kept Ashwinder eggs in his personal stores. In the 1989–1990 school year, he was telling Argus Filch and Madam Pince one day that he had awoken to find Ashwiner eggs, Murtlap tentacles and Occamy eggshells missing. Beatrice Haywood stole them (following Ismelda Murk's advice) from Snape in order to brew Felix Felicis in Classroom 3C, along with several books on advanced potion-making from the Hogwarts Library without checking them out.

During the Calamity, which happened across the Wizarding world in the 2010s, wizards and witches who worked as volunteers for the Statute of Secrecy Task Force often collected and used these eggs, as ingredients for various potions brewed to help address the mysterious situation.

Behind the scenes

• The eggs were featured in the mobile version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and can be found on top of the Astronomy Tower. Why they were there is unknown.
• In Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, this ingredient was featured in Beta testing for the game, but it along with other ingredients and potions were cut from the final edit and were not released in the game.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (First appearance) (PSP/NintendoDS/Mobile and website version only)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (First mentioned)
• The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter for Kinect
• Wonderbook: Book of Potions
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Cut from edit)