Locomotion Charm

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The Locomotion Charm^[3] (Locomotor)^[4]^[2] is a charm that enables a witch or wizard to levitate a target a few inches off of the ground and then move said object in any given direction.^[4] This spell was described as basic.^[5]

Similarly to the Summoning Charm, a specific object can be moved by saying the object aloud after saying the incantation.^[3]

Known uses

Caster(s)	Dates	Notes
Porpentina Goldstein	6 December, 1926	Tina used a Locomotion charm to set the table for a dinner she had with her sister, Newton Scamander and Jacob Kowalski.^[6]
Nymphadora Tonks	5 August, 1995	Tonks used Locomotor trunk in 4 Privet Drive to move Harry Potter's trunk downstairs before flying off to 12 Grimmauld Place.^[4]
Fred Weasley	1 September, 1995	Used it on his trunk in 12 Grimmauld Place, causing Ginny Weasley to fall down the stairs.^[7]
George Weasley	1 September, 1995
Filius Flitwick	8 March, 1996	Flitwick used Locomotor trunks to move Trelawney's belongings back up the main staircase, back to her lodgings.^[8]
Lavender Brown	June 1996	Practised this charm beside each other while studing for their Charms O.W.L.s.^[3]
Parvati Patil	June 1996

Known practitioners

Etymology

The incantation is derived from Latin "loco" meaning "place" or "set down"^[10], and "moto" meaning "moving about" or "keep moving"^[11]

Appearances

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film)
LEGO Dimensions
Pottermore

Notes and references

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 3 (The Advance Guard)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Pottermore - From the Story: Locomotion Charms
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 3 (The Advance Guard)
↑ LEGO Dimensions (see this video)
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay identified as a Locomotion Charm in LEGO Dimensions (see this video)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 10 (Luna Lovegood)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 26 (Seen and Unforeseen)
↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 3 (The Advance Guard)
↑ See this translation, courtesy of Google Translate.
↑ See this translation, courtesy of Google Translate.

Charms (class)

Charmbook writers and developers
Daisy Pennifold · Delfina Crimp · Miranda Goshawk · Jarleth Hobart · Basil Horton · Randolph Keitch · Levina Monkstanley · Orabella Nuttley · Mnemone Radford · Scarpin · Elliot Smethwyck · Felix Summerbee · Fred Weasley · George Weasley · Violeta Stitch
Professors	Fortinbras · Filius Flitwick
Textbooks	Achievements in Charming · Extreme Incantations · Quintessence: A Quest · The Standard Book of Spells
Charms studied at Hogwarts
Banishing Charm (Depulso) · Cheering Charm · Cistem Aperio · Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra) · Descendo · Disillusionment Charm · Drought Charm · Eradication Spell (Deletrius) · Engorgement Charm (Engorgio) · Exploding Charm (Bombarda) · Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Freezing Charm (Immobulus) · Freezing Spell (Glacius) · Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus) · General Counter-Spell (Finite Incantatem) · Growth Charm · Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) · Leg-Locker Curse (Locomotor Mortis) · Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa) · Locking Spell (Colloportus) · Locomotion Charm (Locomotor) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Memory Charm (Obliviate) · Muffliato Charm (Muffliato) · Nonverbal spell · Pack Charm (Pack) · Red Sparks (Vermillious) · Reductor Curse (Reducto) · Scouring Charm (Scourgify) · Seize and Pull Charm (Carpe Retractum) · Severing Charm (Diffindo) · Shrinking Charm (Reducio) · Silencing Charm (Silencio) · Slowing Charm (Arresto Momentum) · Skurge Scouring Charm (Skurge) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Spell for growing legs · Substantive Charm · Summoning Charm (Accio) · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Unlocking Charm (Alohomora) · Vinegar into Wine · Wand-Extinguishing Charm (Nox) · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos) · Wand-Lighting Charm Duo · Lumos Maxima · Water-Making Spell (Aguamenti)

[OP3-0] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 3 (The Advance Guard)

[PM-1] 2.0 ^2.1 Pottermore - From the Story: Locomotion Charms

[OOTP31-2] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)

[OOTP3-3] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 3 (The Advance Guard)

[LEGO-D-4] LEGO Dimensions (see this video)

[FBS-5] 6.0 ^6.1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay identified as a Locomotion Charm in LEGO Dimensions (see this video)

[OOTP10-6] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 10 (Luna Lovegood)

[OOTP26-7] 8.0 ^8.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 26 (Seen and Unforeseen)

[8] Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 3 (The Advance Guard)

[loco-9] See this translation, courtesy of Google Translate.

[moto-10] See this translation, courtesy of Google Translate.

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