Dungeons

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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in: Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery & Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells & Harry Potter: Magic Awakened & Hogwarts Legacy.
As such, spoilers will be present within the article.

"Potions lessons took place down in one of the dungeons. It was colder here than up in the main castle, and would have been quite creepy enough without the pickled animals floating in glass jars all around the walls."

— Description^[src]

The dungeons of Hogwarts Castle were located under Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and it was colder there than in the main castle.^[1] The Potions classroom was located in the dungeons,^[1] as was the entrance to the Slytherin common room.^[2] The dungeons were also once used as places of detention according to Argus Filch, where misbehaving students would be hung from their thumbs in the dungeons.^[3]

Locations within the Dungeons[]

Portraits & Statues[]

A Sleeping dragon statue stood at the entrance to the dungeons during the 1890–1891 school year.^[16]

Elizabeth Burke's portrait was hung here in the 1995–1996 school year, connecting it with the Entrance Dungeon. She gave special passage to the main dungeons to Slytherins who said the password "Slytherins are supreme".^[13]

Professor Basil Fronsac's portrait was hung here in the 1996–1997 school year, connecting it with the Grand Staircase.^[12]

Behind the scenes[]

In the first versions of the video game adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the dungeon is very dirty, filled with spiders and loads of gooey ponds, it also shows that it is a long walk to the classroom. The dungeons classroom is really just downstairs when you enter the Dungeons.
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, all of the Slytherins were sent to the Dungeons until they escaped at the start of the Battle of Hogwarts. However, this is not canon, as Minerva McGonagall does not send Slytherins into the dungeons in the book, as she instead orders those unwilling to fight to leave the school.

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 8 (The Potions Master)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 12 (The Polyjuice Potion)
↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) - Chapter 25 (The Forbidden Forest)
↑ Hogwarts Legacy
↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 13 (The Very Secret Diary)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 8 (The Deathday Party)
↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - GBA version
↑ Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 5 (The Whomping Willow)
↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 16 (Through the Trapdoor)
↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - GBC version
↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - PS1 version
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
↑ ^13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 ^13.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - PS1 version
↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery - Duelling Club
↑ Hogwarts Legacy (Wizard's Field Guide Page)

Below the ground floor of Hogwarts Castle
Classrooms
Alchemy Class · Defence Against the Dark Arts dungeon · Potion-Mixing Room · Potions Classroom
Common Rooms
Hufflepuff Basement · Hufflepuff Boys' Dormitory · Hufflepuff common room · Hufflepuff Girls' Dormitory · Slytherin Boys' Dormitory · Slytherin common room · Slytherin Dungeon · Slytherin Girls' Dormitory
Corridors
Boathouse passageway · Corridor of Secrets · Dungeon cave · Dungeon Corridor · Forgotten Cavern · Hidden Herbology Corridor · Hieroglyphic Hall · Kitchen corridor · Lost Tunnel · Lower Chambers Corridor North-East · Lower Chambers Portrait Corridor · Lower Chambers Corridor West · Poltergeist Passage · Porticus Circumscriptus · Porticus Periculum · Porticus Imago · Porticus Medius · Prowling Passage · Quidditch cave · Secret way to Slytherin Common Room · Slytherin Corridors · Undercover route to the Kitchens · Unexplored passage to Hogsmeade · Way to Courtyard · Way to the Forbidden Forest
Halls and rooms
Athenaeum · Bottom of the Well · Campaign Room · Cauldron Room · Chamber of Secrets · Conical Crypt · Dark Hall · Deathday Ballroom · Deathday Party Hall · Duelling Room · Dungeons · Dungeon Chamber · Dungeon Five · Dungeon foyer · Dungeon hall · Dungeon Pit · Dungeon Portrait Room · Forgotten Dungeons · Grate Chamber · Kitchens · Map Chamber · Potions Classroom adjoining room · Potions Classroom dungeons · Room of Doom · Room of Runes · Shop · Slug Pit · Slytherin Duelling Dungeon · Undercroft · Vestibule of Mischief · Werewolf Saga Tapestries room
Offices
Secret study beneath Greenhouse One · Severus Snape's office · Slytherin's Scriptorium
Other locations
Boathouse · Dungeons cell · House-Elf Living Quarters · Lever Rooms · Lower Hogwarts Castle · Keepers' Caverns · Troll Bedroom · Underground Chambers
Portraits, statues and other artwork
Basil Fronsac · Bearded man with book · Bloody Baron · Cecilia Gallerani · Charles Rookwood · Emily · Elizabeth Burke · Hooky · Horace Slughorn · Howard · Mad old man · Mopsus · Niamh Fitzgerald · Old man · Percival Pratt · Percival Rackham · San Bakar · Salazar Slytherin · Sleeping Dragon Statue · Sleeping hermit · Slytherin Dungeon tapestries · Urn of Ashes
Staircases
Detention Escape Route · Dungeon foyer exit · Dungeon Staircase · Grand Staircase · Slughorn's Staircase · Slughorn's Stairs · Staircase to the Quad
Storerooms
Basement · Firefly Room · Neville Longbottom's storeroom · Potions basement · Store Room · Troll Storeroom

[PS8-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 8 (The Potions Master)

[COS12-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 12 (The Polyjuice Potion)

[PSF25-3] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film) - Chapter 25 (The Forbidden Forest)

[HL-4] Hogwarts Legacy

[COS13-5] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 13 (The Very Secret Diary)

[COS8-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 8 (The Deathday Party)

[PSG_GBA-7] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - GBA version

[COS5-8] Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 5 (The Whomping Willow)

[PS16-9] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 16 (Through the Trapdoor)

[PSG_GBC-10] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - GBC version

[PSG-11] Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) - PS1 version

[HBPG-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)

[OOTPG-13] 13.0 ^13.1 ^13.2 ^13.3 ^13.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)

[COSG_PS1-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) - PS1 version

[HM-15] Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery - Duelling Club

[fieldguide-16] Hogwarts Legacy (Wizard's Field Guide Page)

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