Fred Weasley's wand

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Fred Weasley's wand was of an unknown length, wood and core material.

History[]

Fred was a powerful and gifted wizard along with his brother George, and could perform a wide variety of magic and spells with his wand, ranging from charms, transfiguration to martial magic. He could also produce a fully corporeal Patronus in the shape of a magpie.^[1]

During the 1995–1996 school year, Fred joined Dumbledore's Army as a loyal and committed member, and learnt how to cast various offensive and defensive spells in the Defence Against the Dark Arts training supervised by Harry Potter.^[2]

Near the Christmas of 1996, he used it to easily transfigure a knife thrown by his brother Ron into a paper aeroplane.^[3]

On 2 May 1998, he used it in combat during the Battle of Hogwarts.^[4]

Behind the scenes[]

The wand prop used in the films was dark in colour with a handle resembling a pine cone.^[5]
Despite having what looks to be a pine cone for a handle, the wand wood is not likely pine, as pine wands select owners destined for long lives, whereas Fred died young.
In the films, Fred's wand was depicted as 13½" long.^[6]
While Fred's wand length has never canonically been confirmed, the Universal Store created one replica of Fred's and one replica of George's wand; one is 13⅞ inches, while the other is 13⅜ inches. It is known which length corresponds to which twin's wand.^{[citation needed]}

Appearances[]

Wand as seen in *Harry Potter: Wizards Unite*

Notes and references[]

↑ J. K. Rowling on X: "Magpies. I thought I'd said that before? We have a saying about them in the UK, 'one for sorrow, two for joy', as you might know. Plus, they're talkative thieves."
↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 18 (Dumbledore's Army)
↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 16 (A Very Frosty Christmas) - "Mrs Weasley entered the room just in time to see Ron throw the sprout knife at Fred, who had turned it into a paper aeroplane with one lazy flick of his wand."
↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 31 (The Battle of Hogwarts) - "Fred and Percy had just backed into view, both of them duelling masked and hooded men."
↑ James and Oliver Phelps talk about the wands they used shooting the films and how they would have liked to take them home.
↑ Harry Potter: The Wand Collection

[1] J. K. Rowling on X: "Magpies. I thought I'd said that before? We have a saying about them in the UK, 'one for sorrow, two for joy', as you might know. Plus, they're talkative thieves."

[OOTP18-2] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 18 (Dumbledore's Army)

[3] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 16 (A Very Frosty Christmas) - "Mrs Weasley entered the room just in time to see Ron throw the sprout knife at Fred, who had turned it into a paper aeroplane with one lazy flick of his wand."

[4] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 31 (The Battle of Hogwarts) - "Fred and Percy had just backed into view, both of them duelling masked and hooded men."

[5] James and Oliver Phelps talk about the wands they used shooting the films and how they would have liked to take them home.

[TWC-6] Harry Potter: The Wand Collection

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