Every witch and wizard remembers their first visit to Diagon Alley: a bustling street lined with vendors hawking their extraordinary wares. The vibrant energy reaches its peak during school shopping in the summer. From broomsticks to boomslang skin to Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans, you can find it in those wondrous stores. Being properly equipped is essential in the wizarding world, whether you’re buying school supplies for your first year at Hogwarts or stocking up for cursebreaking an ancient tomb.
Starting Equipment
Wizards and witches start their journey at a very young age and most of their expenses are covered by their parents or Hogwarts. Because of this, a typical student will be given a Student’s Pack and a small amount of spending money.
Equipment Packs and Family Finances
Because a first-year student at Hogwarts is typically 11 years old, a character starting at level 1 will depend on their family to buy their school supplies. Their financial situation decides how much spending money they start with and what quality of equipment they receive.
Hand-Me-Down Student’s Pack. Includes a patched-up schoolbag, 3 sets of darned and worn work robes (black) with name tags sewn in, a crumpled pointed hat (black), a 10-foot roll of parchment, a quill, and a bottle of black ink. Also includes a pouch containing 5 sickles.
Standard Student’s Pack. Includes a standard schoolbag, 3 sets of plain work robes (black) with name tags sewn in, a plain pointed hat (black), 2 10-foot rolls of parchment, 3 quills, and 2 bottles of black ink. Also includes a pouch containing 15 sickles.
Wealthy Student’s Pack. Includes a rip-proof schoolbag, 3 sets of luxurious work robes (black) with name tags sewn in, a fancy pointed hat (black), 3 10-foot rolls of parchment, 5 quills, 2 bottles of black ink, a bottle of emerald green ink, and a bottle of scarlet ink. Also includes a pouch containing 2 galleons.
Hogwarts also requires some fundamental supplies from a potioneer’s kit, like a full-size cauldron and measuring scales, and herbologist’s tools, like dragon-hide gloves. Despite them being on the official shopping list, these items won’t be carried around by your average Hogwarts student and require the appropriate toolset to keep them handy.
Tools
A tool helps you to do a number of things, usually associated with a Hogwarts subject or wizarding profession. A defining factor of all of these tools is that they come in a compact and convenient container.
Astronomer’s Tools. This tubular case contains a featherlight-charmed travel telescope, a sextant, an astro-compass, several star charts, spare parchment, ink and a quill.
Curse-breakers’ Tools. Includes a curse sneakoscope, a compact secrecy sensor, an eye loupe set, a collapsible retriever tool with a hook on the end, a small mirror and a very large pair of tweezers. Proficiency with these tools lets you add your proficiency bonus to any ability check you make using finite incantatem or to remove a curse from an object or an area.
Diviner’s Kit. A small carpet bag containing tea leaves, a tea cup and saucer, a travel tea pot, grindylow bones, rune inscribed sticks, a deck of tarot cards and a small crystal ball. Proficiency with this kit allows you to make more accurate predictions with your Divination Abilities.
Herbologist’s Tools. This set of tools includes a trowel, hand cultivator, pruning shears, dragon-hide gloves, twine, small burlap sacks, a few small pots and a pair of earmuffs.
Potioneer’s Kit. Includes a set of brass scales, silver knife, cutting board, mortar and pestle, measuring cups, eye dropper and vials, jars and flasks, as well as some staple ingredients that aren’t included in recipes.
Wealth
Wizarding Currency
Wizard money can often seem strange and incomprehensible to Muggles, so they may be more comfortable using terms they’re familiar with, like gold pieces.
The copper Knut is the smallest denomination. 29 Knuts make one silver Sickle. 17 Sickles (or 493 Knuts) make one Galleon, the large gold coin. A Gringott’s Standard ruby is worth 20 galleons.
| Name | Conversion | USD | D&D Equivalent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knut | - | $0.05 | 1/5 cp |
| Sickle | 29 Knuts | $1.50 | 6 cp |
| Galleon | 17 Sickles | $25.00 | 1 gp |
| Ruby | 20 Galleons | $500.00 | 2 pp |
Cloaks (Armor)
In the wizarding world, mundane armor is useless against spells. The best way to survive a duel is to avoid being hit.
| Cloak | Cost | AC | Stealth | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Cloak | 9 g | 11 + Dex (max 2) | Disadvantage | 20 lb. |
| Silk Cloak | 25 g | 11 + Dex | - | 12 lb. |
| Shield Cloak | 75 g | 12 + Dex | - | 12 lb. |
| Demiguise Cloak | 400 g | 13 + Dex (max 2) | Advantage | 18 lb. |
| Disillusionment Cloak | 750 g | 14 + Dex | Advantage | 10 lb. |
Winter Cloak. One of the required supplies for attendance at Hogwarts, this heavy winter cloak keeps its wearer quite warm in cold, snowy winters. A winter cloak helps conceal a duelist’s intended movements from their opponents, but the weight and bulk can be a hindrance.
Silk Cloak. All of the concealing benefits of a cloak with none of the unwieldy bulk, a silk cloak is the preferred travel wear of experienced duelists.
Shield Cloak. Popular in times of war and always in high demand among Aurors, a shield cloak is a standard silk cloak that’s been enchanted with the protego charm.
Demiguise Cloak. A cloak woven with hair from a Demiguise, a rare creature with the ability to turn invisible. The cloak functions as perfect camouflage, but movement causes a perceptible delay before the cloak matches its new surroundings.
Disillusionment Cloak. Created by weaving pellucidi pellis and other enchantments into a silk cloak, this has no delay and functions as an effective invisibility cloak. However, an onlooker may see a slightly distorted outline.
Donning and Doffing Cloaks
The time it takes to don (put on) a cloak is one action, and the time it takes to doff (take off) a cloak is also one action.
Potions
Potions fulfill a variety of purposes that spells alone cannot accomplish. Almost every potion must be drunk to receive its effects.
Potion Conversions
| New Potion | Equivalent 5e Potion/Spell |
|---|---|
| Antidote of Common Poisons | Antitoxin |
| Baruffio’s Brain Elixir | Enhance Ability |
| Confusing Concoction | Confusion |
| Draught of Peace | Calm Emotions |
| Essence of Dittany | Potion of Supreme Healing |
| Felix Felicis | Foresight |
| Fire Protection Potion | Potion of Fire Resistance |
| Gillyweed | Alter Self |
| Girding Potion | False Life |
| Invigoration Draught | Potion of Superior Healing |
| Murtlap Essence | Potion of Greater Healing |
| Shrinking Solution | Potion of Diminution |
| Sleeping Draught | Sleep |
| Star Grass Salve | Potion of Healing |
| Strengthening Solution | Potion of Hill Giant Strength |
| Swelling Solution | Potion of Growth |
| Veritaserum | Zone of Truth |
| Wideye Potion | Potion of Vitality |
Poison Conversions
| New Potion | Equivalent 5e Potion/Spell |
|---|---|
| Bloodroot Poison | Pale Tincture |
| Death-Cap Draught | Purple Worm Poison |
| Draught of Living Death | Imprisonment |
| Essence of Insanity | Eyebite |
| Garrotting Gas | Drow Poison |
| Herbicide Potion | Blight |
| Moonseed Poison | Serpent’s Venom |
| Noxious Potion | Burnt Othur Fumes |
| Weedosoros | Wyvern Poison |
Antidotes
If a potion is listed as an antidote to another potion or spell, the effects of that potion or spell immediately end. If the antidote has a duration, you are immune to the effects of the countered potions or spells for the duration.
Potion List by Rarity
Common Potions
- Antidote of Common Poisons
- Babbling Beverage
- Baneberry Poison
- Blemish Blitzer
- Confusing Concoction
- Doxycide
- Dreamless Sleep Potion
- Elixir to Induce Euphoria
- Forgetfulness Potion
- Fungiface Potion
- Garrotting Gas
- Herbicide Potion
- Hiccoughing Solution
- Moonseed Poison
- Oculus Potion
- Pepperup Potion
- Shrinking Solution
- Star Grass Salve
- Swelling Solution
- Wound-Cleaning Potion
Uncommon Potions
- Aging Potion
- Antidote of Uncommon Poisons
- Baruffio’s Brain Elixir
- Beautification Potion
- Befuddlement Draught
- Blood-Replenishing Potion
- Bloodroot Poison
- Draught of Peace
- Exstimulo Potion
- Fire Protection Potion
- Gillyweed
- Girding Potion
- Memory Potion
- Murtlap Essence
- Noxious Potion
- Sleeping Draught
- Strengthening Solution
- Vitamix Potion
- Volubilis Potion
- Wideye Potion
- Wiggenweld Potion
Rare Potions
- Erumpent Potion
- Essence of Insanity
- Hate Potion
- Invigoration Draught
- Invisibility Potion
- Mandrake Restorative Draught
- Skele-Gro
- Weedosoros
- Wit-Sharpening Potion
Very Rare Potions
- Death-Cap Draught
- Draught of Living Death
- Essence of Dittany
- Polyjuice Potion
- Wolfsbane Potion
Legendary Potions
- Drink of Despair
- Felix Felicis
- Veritaserum
Magical Pets
Every Hogwarts student is permitted to bring an owl, a cat, or a toad to school. In recent years, rats have been informally added to this list. Magical pets provide companionship and sometimes practical benefits to their owners.
For detailed information on magical pets available to wizards, see the Magical Pets compendium section.
Note on Love Potions
The morality of love potions is questionable at best. While love potions are often handled humorously in the original series, we must recognize the importance of consent. Love potions do not allow for consent and should not be used to cross any character’s boundaries. If you are going to play W&W with love potions, please have a conversation with your table to ensure everyone is comfortable and will behave respectfully. Otherwise, do not include them in your game.