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| Login and Registration Issues |
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Why can't I log in?
Have you registered? Seriously, you must register in order to log in. Have you been banned from the board? (A message will be displayed if you have.) If so, you should contact the webmaster or board administrator to find out why. If you have registered and are not banned and you still cannot log in then check and double-check your username and password. Usually this is the problem; if not, contact the board administrator -- they may have incorrect configuration settings for the board.
(see also: Arrests and Banning, I've lost my password!, I registered but cannot log in!, I registered in the past but cannot log in anymore!)
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Why do I need to register at all?
Guests can only view the main website and a few of the forums. If you would like to participate in battles, use the shops, earn knuts, post new topics or replies (which includes participating in classes) or any of our many features, you must be a registered member. After registration, you may sign up with a house, interact with the other users and play different types of games. It only takes a few minutes to register and it's really worth it!
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Why do I get logged off automatically?
If you do not check the "Log me in automatically" box when you log in, the board will only keep you logged in for a preset time. To stay logged in, check the box during login. This is not recommended if you access the board from a shared computer, e.g. library, internet cafe, university cluster, etc. because this option stores a cookie on the computer you are currently on. That cookie will not disappear so other people that have access to that computer will also have access to your account! If you reset your cookies recently, it will delete this cookie and log you off of the site.
(see also: Cookie Problems)
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How do I prevent my username from appearing in the online user listings?
In your profile you will find an option Hide your online status; if you switch this on you'll only appear to board administrators or to yourself. You will be counted as a hidden user.
(see also: Staff Options)
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I've lost my password!
Don't panic! While your password cannot be retrieved it can be reset. To do this go to the login page and click I've forgotten my password. Follow the instructions and you should be back online in no time.
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I registered but cannot log in!
First check that you are entering the correct username and password. If they are okay then one of two things may have happened: if COPPA support is enabled and you clicked the I am under 13 years old link while registering then you will have to follow the instructions you received. If this is not the case then maybe your account need activating. Some boards will require all new registrations be activated, either by yourself or by the administrator before you can log on. When you registered it would have told you whether activation was required. If you were sent an email then follow the instructions; if you did not receive the email then check that your email address is valid. One reason activation is used is to reduce the possibility of rogue users abusing the board anonymously. If you are sure the email address you used is valid then try contacting the board administrator.
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I registered in the past but cannot log in anymore!
The most likely reasons for this are: you entered an incorrect username or password (check the email you were sent when you first registered) or the administrator has deleted your account due to inactivity or failure to activate your account within 48 hours. The admin removes users who have not used their account in 30 days to reduce of the database. Try registering again.
(see also: Arrests and Banning, Security Measures)
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What is the Sorting Hat ?
This is where you go to join a house. By joining a house, you will earn house points for your house, and have access to your house common room and be able to participate in Practical and Forum Based Classes.
Your choices are of course Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin.
Click Here to go to Sorting Hat
You need to go to the Sorting Hat to be able to participate in Practical Classes.
Click Here to go to Practical Classes
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How do I change houses?
House Changes can be requested after the first of each month until the 10th of the month. This is in place due to the house competition here at Xauror. House changes too late in the month seem to be an effort to get into the winning house at the time. Every house gets a prize every month and no house can win 2 times in a row.
If it is between the 1st and the 10th of the month, request your house change in the Site Help Forum.
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How do I earn knuts?
There are several ways to earn knuts.
You can get started by visiting Dumbledore.
Click Here to go see Dumbledore
You can earn more knuts by playing Muggle Games.
Click Here to play Muggle Games
You will also earn knuts in killing monsters in the Practical Classes/Lessons.
Click Here to go to Practical Lessons
Or you can earn knuts by taking quizzes.
Click Here to take quizzes
Also you can buy a ticket each day to enter into the Daily Prophet Daily Drawing.
Click Here to buy your ticket
If you are devious and don't mind perhaps being thrown into Azkaban, you can pick others pockets. You will have to figure out how to do this yourself. Be warned it will use up your daily allotment of 250 prize limits. One prize for every pocket picked.
Sometimes the staff will offer special knut games in the forums. Be on the look out in the Games Forum, and Hogwarts Classes Forums.
There are other ways too if you do a little exploring and participating you might find those as well.
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What happened to my knuts?
Well it depends on what you have done.
If you buy anything your knuts will go down. If you submit a negative score in a Muggle Game your amount on hand will go down. If someone fined you for something-if this is the case check your posts or Owls to find out why. If someone picked your pocket, you might lose some knuts too.
Never fear knuts are not too hard to earn. Check Here to find out how to earn some more.
To prevent those sneaking thieves from stealing your hard earned money. Be sure to deposit your extra money into your Gringotts Bank Account for safe keeping.
Click Here for Gringotts
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What about Sickles and Galleons?
Galleons and Sickles are a later addition to the site initially created for a troubleshooting project. Currently most things on the site need to be purchased with knuts. Converting your knuts to sickles and then to galleons is not wise unless you are doing it for fun or you have too many knuts.
Eventually items will be created that use Galleons and Sickles but that will be in the future. So far only Pygmy Puffs can be purchased using Galleons.
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| House Points and House Cup Competition |
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What are House Points?
House Points are the way the 4 houses can compete with one another like in the Harry Potter Books.
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What is the House Cup?
The House Cup is the prize you and your housemates win if you have the most adjusted house points at the end of a month.
Currently the prize is some spending money, butterbeers, Fizzing Whizbees and phoenix downs. Each house will get a prize depending on their standing and no house can win 2 months in a row.
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How do you earn House Points?
You must have been sorted into a house.
Once sorted you earn points for your house by doing Practical Classes, participating in Classroom Forums, doing homework for those classes, and special games held in the Great Hall Forum or in other forums.
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How do you lose House Points?
House points are lost for a variety of reasons. Chiefly they are lost for spamming in the forums, inappropriate posts, or rude behavior. You can also lose house points when you lose a battle in the Practical Classes.
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What are Adjusted House Points?
Adjusted House Points are used to determine the winners of each month's house cup. Adjusted House Points are calculated based on each house's current membership divided into the total number of house points each house earned. We came to this decision to make it fair and possible for each house to have a chance to win especially after a time when Gryffindor won 5 months in a row that no other house could possibly catch if they played night and day.
Have no fear about the inactive members of your house, we have done statistical studies and each house has an equal percentage of inactive members and does not help nor hurt your adjusted house points total. What makes the difference is your house's members desire to win in any given month. If you can get your house excited, your house will most likely win. Good Luck!
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What do you win for House Cup?
1st Place - 100,000 knuts and 10 Butterbeers, Fizzing Whizbees, and Phoenix Downs
2nd Place - 75,000 knuts and 7 Butterbeers, Fizzing Whizbees, and Phoenix Downs
3rd Place - 50,000 knuts and 5 Butterbeers, Fizzing Whizbees, and Phoenix Downs
4th Place thru Honorable Mention - 25,000 knuts and 2 Butterbeers, Fizzing Whizbees, and Phoenix Downs
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| Diagon Alley and Special Items |
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What shops are in Diagon Alley?
Flourish And Blotts - a store to purchase spells and spell books.
Flourish And Blotts
Furniture - a place to purchase supplies and furnishings for your house.
Furniture
Madame Malkins - A shop to purchase school robes to protect you during practical classes.
Madame Malkins
Ollivanders - Wizarding Wands also good for doing spell work and keeping you safe.
Ollivanders
The Apothecary - Potion ingredients shop. Perhaps you can find some useful combinations.
The Apothecary
The Leaky Cauldron - Drinks to help you do more than 250 classes in a day. It will cost you however.
The Leaky Cauldron
Weasleys Wizard Wheezes - Watch out these are jokes. Some items may be hazardous to your health and others may help a lot.
Weasleys Wizard Wheezes
Forums: Avatars And Signatures - Want a pretty picture under your name. Come here. Then go to edit my profile to add your url to have the picture show up in the forums. Please do not hotlink the pictures. Be sure you are hosting the images and you have permission to use the images.
Forums: Avatars And Signatures
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How can we get butterbeer?
Your House must win the
House Cup in order to get Butterbeer
or be lucky and find one.
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How do I purchase and get an Avatar?
Well I know some people are having problems with their avatars.
First you need to buy the privillage to have an avatar at Diagon Alley Forums:Avatars and Signatures then you need to buy it where it says avatar.
Okey then you need to put image tags around your avatar so you need to do right click on your picture go to Properties then it says url then copy that you need to put image tags around it when your posting click on the mountain at the boxes then put your url in and copy it when it is done.Go to then Edit My Profile and at the end it has a white box paste your url in there with image tags your tags should look like this
[img]put ure url beetween there[/img]
eg:[img]/images/xauror2.jpg[/img]
Thanks - LyndzSOC for the submission
P.S. Be sure you have permission to use the image if possible and make sure you are hosting the image yourself. Please do not hotlink any images. Try photobucket.com or walagata.com if you need someone to host images for you.
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Site Secrets?
There are several special items, secret battles, promotions, and puzzles to figure out here at Xauror. However asking about them is not allowed publically and giving them away publically or privately is also against the rules.
When you feel you are ready you may apply to join the Chamber of Secrets Club where hints are given about the secrets and where you are allowed to vaguely discuss them with the fellow users.
Remember most of the fun of doing secrets is to figure them out for yourself - if you find a secret try not to ruin it for anyone else.
If a site secret for some reason is not working you may say so in the Chamber of Secrets Club or owl Xauror.
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What are fanfics?
Fanfics are user written mini-stories based on the Harry Potter book series and perhaps a unique magical creation. Every user can submit one fanfic at a time for consideration by our librarians. All fanfics are to be written with all ages in mind. Fanfics that are inappropriate or not geared for the whole Harry Potter audience will be rejected.
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What happens after I submit my fanfic?
After you submit your fanfic, it will be reviewed by one of our librarians. This process could take hours or days depending on when the librarians are on, the amount of editing needed, etc. So please be patient. If the fanfic is approved it will appear on the check out fanfic page where it will be on sale. You will get the purchase price for every book sold. So if you buy your own fanfic, the knuts will be subtracted from your account and added back.
If the fanfic is rejected, the librarian will most likely send you an owl letting you know why.
To see how many times your fanfic has been purchased, go to my fanfics. Click on read fanfic and scroll to the bottom of the page where it will tell you how many times the fanfic has been purchased.
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Can I sell back a fanfic?
At the present time selling back fanfics is not possible.
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Can I duel other members?
Go to Dueling Club in the Wizarding World to challenge a user.
As many of you found out Dueling Club can be hazardous to your stats. So I have a few words to help you out:
Save, Save, and Save.
The way the dueling club works is that it locks in your statistics when you are challenged or when you challenge someone. This allows a duel to be in progress over several days without your opponent running off to better themselves or their stats. However because it locks in the statistics, any gains you make while in the midst of dueling or being challenged will be lost if you do not save.
If you have saved, once the duel is over you can restore your stats and nothing is lost. However if you have progressed and have not saved, all the items purchased, and any stat gains can be and in most cases will be lost.
I know this is a pain but saving and restoring does work well.
Be CAREFUL when starting a duel! It is wise to Owl your intended opponent before heading to the Dueling Club. It is possible to get stuck in duels. Make sure that your opponent is going to be around to duel you, for if they leave, and do not return, you stay locked in that duel until it is ended. While locked in a duel, you can not do Practical Classes, Secret Battles, or duel anyone else. If you do get stuck in an unwanted duel, contact a forum Administrator, and they will release you from the duel.
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When you are dueling someone can you stop the duel?
Cause Im dueling this person that is taking forever to equip and I dont want to fight 'em anymore!
When ever you need to get out of a duel due to the fact the person didnt get on after you accepted ask Minister of Magic, or a Junior Minister. One of them will undo the duel for you.
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What happened to all my stuff?
If you were dueling and are now missing your wand, spell book, and robes, don't panic. Unfortunately, you have probably lost the items. The best way to prevent the loss is to finish the duel, don't equip for a duel twice, and save your character before entering the duel.
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How will I be able to keep my owl/pet healthy when I am gone or on vacation?
When you are away be sure to check your owl into the hotel, I believe any animal can stay there for up to 50 days. The hotel will do everything for your pet while you are gone. So no worries.
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How do I stop getting notices about my pet?
Go to the Magical Menagerie. Once there click on Preferences and turn off the option to received updates about your pet. Hit submit and you are done receiving notices.
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How can I get my pet to evolve?
This option is currently not available.
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I cannot send Owls!
There are three reasons for this; you are not registered and/or not logged on, the board administrator has disabled Owling for the entire board, or the board administrator has prevented you individually from sending messages. If it is the latter case you should try asking the administrator why.
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I keep getting unwanted Owls!
In the future we will be adding an ignore list to the Owling system. For now, though, if you keep receiving unwanted Owls from someone, inform the Minister of Magic, your Head of House or a Security Troll -- they have the power to prevent a user from sending Owls at all.
(see also: Security Measures, Staff)
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I have received a spamming or abusive email from someone on this board!
We are sorry to hear that. The email form feature of this board includes safeguards to try to track users who send such posts. You should contact the Security Troll immediately with a full copy of the email you received and it is very important this include the headers (these list details of the user that sent the email). They can then take action.
(see also: Security Measures, Staff)
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Why am I getting more than fifty owls at once?
This will happen when you check the Recieve Mass Owl option when you edit your profile. To change this simply say No to that option and you will not get so many owls at once unless someone is spamming you, then you report them.
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How do I start?
First off - Welcome to Hogwarts. Be sure you have visited the Sorting Hat and joined a house. Next Visit Dumbledore Here to get your Hogwarts admissions letter(just an item you can not read it) and some knuts to buy school supplies.
Now go to Diagon Alley to get your supplies and then off to classes Click Here to begin
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I died in the Practical Classes, how do I revive?
Calm down. Take a deep breath and listen. Yes, you can be revived. Go to St. Mungo's Major Injuries division. You will have to pay 10 knuts per level.
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I died in battle, and now my stats don't replenish and I can't use healing items! Why?
This is an option controlled by the forum Admin, and is perfectly normal if they've disabled replenishing/healing when users are at 0HP.
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Why are there so few items on my list in the Practical Classes?
Certain items can only be used in battle when you reach a particular level or are a particular year. At low levels, you'll only be able to use few lesser weapons, equipment or spells. As you progress, you'll be able to use tougher weapons, spells and items in battle. Note that Spells will only be available to you if you are at a high enough level/right class to use them, and have sufficient MP.
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Why can't I graduate?
When you reach Level 70 with your character you are eligible to graduate. In order to graduate your character must be a Year 7 Student, a Prefect, or a Head Student. When you are ready and meet the above qualifications, go to the NEWTs Practical Exam in the Wizarding World. If you are successful, you will receive a NEWTs award, click on it in your inventory or at the end of the battle and you will be a graduate of Hogwarts.
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What are prizes?
PL , Prizes or Prize Limit, and determines how many special activities you can engage in a day. This is to help ensure everyone has the chance to use some, and also to keep bandwidth on the server down. Participating in a practical classes and pickpocketing use up prize limits. Once your prize limit is used up for the day you can either wait for your statistics to replenish or use a Butterbeer from your inventory (from winning house cup competition). Or visit the Leaky Cauldron for some expensive drinks that can raise the prizes too. To refresh your prizes each day you have to click on VIEW MY PROFILE in the page header. You will be able to refresh your PLs each day about the same time but that time is different for each user.
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Can I use the Unforgivable Curses?
Unforgivable curses are perfectly valid and necessary to use against some enemies especially in the practical classes. These are powerful spell that like the spells in the book can do major damage and yes Avada Kedavra can kill instantly if you are a good shot and a little luck helps too.
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How do I increase my Battling abilities/How can I get healing items/Where can I buy stuff?
Diagon Alley (the icon of the yellow buildings at the top of your screen) is where you can purchase items. Flourish & Blotts - a shop to purchase antidotes, spells for Battle, and Spell Books. Furniture - a shop to purchase furniture for your house, if you choose to get one, as well as Healing Seeds and Fairy Tears for Battle. Madem Milkin's - a shop to purchase all you school robes. Ollivander's - a shop to purchase all you wands from. The Apothecary - a shop to purchase Potion ingredients from, now I wonder what these are for... Weasley's Wizard Wheezes - a joke shop that sells a few things you may find useful in Battle. The Leaky Cauldron: Purchase Drinks to replenish your prizes. Forums: Avatars and Signatures - just what it says, this is where you purchase your Avatar and Signature abilities as well as a few other goodies for the forums.
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If we are in year one do we have to buy a year one wand?
Wands, robes, and standard book of spells are optional purchases but they will have keep your enemy from hurting you. They are all defensive items. The higher the year robe, wand, and book you have the more help it is keeping you safe. Of course if you are only a year one you will not be able to use a year 7 wand.
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What are the HP/MP/PL bars (and other stats) in my profile for?
HP stands for Hit Points, these are used during battles.
MP stands for Magic Points, these are used during battles and sometimes when using items.
PL stands for Prize Limit, and determines how many Prize Items you can use in a day, to help ensure everyone has the chance to use some, and also to keep CPU usage on the server down.
ATT & DEF are your Attack and Defense stats for use in the battle system.
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How do I go up a level?
After a certain amount of Experience Points have been gained, you will go up a level - level-ups occur when you click on the level up page - link at the top of the page and in the Wizarding World. If your Experience is more than the required amount, any remaining experience will carry over.
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How do I use an Admissions Letter?
You can either buy one from the Flourish and Blotts shop or as a new member, visit Dumbledore's Office by clicking the purple Dumbledore icon in the page header. You can only get it from him one time, but it never disappears, so there is no reason for duplicate tickets. The Admissions Letter allows you to enter Practical Classes and battle monsters for knuts, experience, house points and you might even find an item.
(see also: How Do I Increase These Statistics?, House Points)
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Why do some monsters take longer to defeat than others?
The Monsters' stats are generated based on your own stats.. This means monsters will vary from being marginally weaker than you, to much stronger, and so some will be easy to defeat, some will take a while... or defeat you!
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I was poisoned/muddled!! Help?!
Antidote's what you need! Or Go to the Hospital Wing and Madame Pomfrey will fix you right up!
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What is the point of escaping a practical class using a spell or item, when I can just close the browser window?
When you use an Admissions Letter, a point is deducted from your Prize Item usage limit (assuming the Admin has set it up this way), so by closing the browser down, you are effectively wasting a Prize Item usage. If you use a spell or item to escape the battle, you'll at least gain some experience for it!
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Why don't you include the actual stat numbers beside the bars?
That would take up more space and look messy, IMHO. If you mouse-over the bars, you can see the numbers though!
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How do I increase these statistics?
There are various items available to increase your stats, even your Attack and Defense stats. Your stats will also increase when you go up a level. Note that the Prize Limit cannot be increased, it's the same for everyone.
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After the battle I was low on HP/MP, how can I get them back?
Healing items are available at the shop to replenish your stats, and if you check your profile every day, you will replenish some of your stats too. This happens based on your joining date and time, so if you joined the forums originally at 2pm, that's the time your stats will be ready to replenish each day. Note that only a certain amount (based on your maximum stats) will be replenished each day, so you will not necessarily be at full HP/MP after you have replenished your stats.
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How do I know what items I can use in battle?
Any items which can be used in battle have their battle info listed in their shop information, for example the classes which can use it, the level you must be at and the MP cost, if any.
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What are the special items?
Comprehensive List of Special Items
Antidote - Heals poison - Can be won in Practical Classes or bought from Flourish and Blotts
Admission's Letter - Allows you to take Practical Classes - Received from Dumbledore upon registration, or bought from Flourish and Blotts
Healing Seed - Heals back some HP (Note-You must have at least 5 MP for this to work) - hard to find but very useful.
Fairy Tear - Returns some MP - Can be won in Practical Classes or purchased in the Furniture Store
Award - DarkMark* - Can be used to Promote to DeathEater or used as a weapon in Practical Classes - Must be won in DeathEater Secret Practical Classes only
Award - Order Of The Phoenix* - Can be used to Promote to Order Of The Phoenix - Must be won in Order Of The Phoenix Secret only
Award - Newts* - Can be used to Promote to Graduate - Must be won in Newts only
Award - Head Student* Can be used to Promote to Head Student - Must be won in Head Student Secret only
Award - Prefect* - Can be used to Promote to Prefect - Must be won in in the Prefect Secret only
There are special treats for doing your practical classes. You will just have to try them and see what they do.
Note - All items listed with an * can NOT be sold.
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Help - I can not beat the monsters what do I do?
There are several helps available to you if you are having trouble in the practical classes. Go to the Library and click on Study to take some or all of the following classes that will increase your skills in various things around the site:
Charms - Effects strength of spells
Care of Magical Creatures - Effects Pet Values
DADA - Raises Experience Earned
Dark Arts - Effects prices you pay in the shops
Divination - Increases the number of House Points earned in Practical Classes
Dueling - Increases your spell effectiveness when casting spells in forums
Herbology - Lowers healing costs at St Mungo's and Hospital Wing
Legilimens - Changes instant kill chances from 1 in 3 to 1 in 23
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