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What Rare Potion Ingredient Best Represents Your Soul?

Dragon claw? Murtlap tentacle? Take this quiz and we'll find out which magical potion item from Harry Potter is most like you!

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Beano Quiz Team • Updated January 13th 2025

There's an unbelievable amount of magic ingredients out there in the Harry Potter universe - but which rare potion ingredient has the most in common with your personality? Would you like to master harmless charms? Practise throwing deadly curses? Whatever kind of magic you're into - this quiz will tell you excatly which rare potion ingredient you need!

So what are you waiting around for? Let's get quizzing!

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Which House would you rather be in?

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Pick a non-magic animal:

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Would you ever use dark magic?

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Choose a potion:

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Pick an unusual superpower:

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Pick a magical animal:

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Pick a professor:

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What is your patronus?

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It's your turn to make some potions! Which of these are you collecting first?

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Pick a spell:

Occamy Eggshell!

The shell of Occamy eggs is the rare potion ingredient that best fits your personality, as whilst it might look fragile on the outside it is actually very, very powerful. It's an important ingredient in the Felix Felicis potion! The yolks of Occamy eggs are also used in some magical shampoos! Not sure about this one? Take this quiz again and let's see what you get next time!

Dragon Claw!

You're a real brain box - so dragon claw is the right potion ingredient for you! This very rare ingredient makes the eater much smarter for a few hours, and it's a much sought-after ingredient! Baruffio's Brain Elixir and Tolipan Blemish Blitzer use powdered dragon claws. Not sure about this one? Then have another go!

Murtlap Tentacle!

Murtlaps are squashy, sea-dwelling animals that are covered in fleshy tentacles. It's the most important ingredient in Murtlap essence, which helps heal small injuries and even fends off against dark magic! Not sure about we've got the right one? Then have another go!

Acromantula venom!

The rare potion ingredient is the one for you! It's incredibly expensive and difficult to get hold of - because it comes from the gigantic breed of spider creatures that, like Aragog, live in dark forests. Acromantula Venom is used to make Armadillo Bile Mixture - a very strong concotion. Not the ingredient you wanted? Have another go at this quiz, then!