How To Make Polyjuice Potion

Polyjuice potion is a potion that allows you to morph into the person of your choice. The effects of the potion last for about an hour. If you want to continue the effects, you will need to drink another serving of the potion once an hour.

There are several steps to take when making a Polyjuice potion. Keep in mind that this is a very advanced potion, and beginners should ask for help from more experienced wizards. There are two parts to the recipe.

The total process takes approximately one month to complete.

If you're in a rush and don't have time to brew your own Polyjuice potion,
you can pick some up at The Apothecarium of Horace E. F. Slughorn.

List of Ingredients

Lacewing flies (stewed 21 days)
Leeches
Powdered bicorn horn
Knotgrass
Fluxweed (picked at full moon)
Shredded Boomslang skin
A bit of the person one wants to turn into (typically a lock of hair)

Recipe Part 1

1. Add three measures of fluxweed to the cauldron.

2. Add two bundles of knotgrass to the cauldron.

3. Stir three times, clockwise.

4. Wave your wand then let potion brew for eighty minutes (for a Pewter Cauldron. A Brass Cauldron will only require sixty-eight, and a Copper one only sixty.)

5. Add four leeches to the cauldron.

6. Add two scoops of lacewing flies to the mortar, crush to a fine powder, then add two measures of the crushed lacewings to the cauldron.

7. Heat for thirty seconds on a low heat.

8. Wave your wand to complete this stage of the potion.

Recipe Part 2

1. Add three measures of Boomslang skin to the cauldron.

2. Add one measure of bicorn horn to the mortar, crush to a fine powder, then add one measure of the crushed horn to the cauldron.

3. Heat for twenty seconds at a high temperature.

4. Wave your wand then let potion brew for twenty-four hours (for a Pewter Cauldron. A Brass Cauldron will only require 1224 minutes, and a Copper one only eighteen hours.)

5. Add one additional scoop of lacewings to the cauldron.

6. Stir three times, counter-clockwise.

7. Split potion into multiple doses, if desired, then add the pieces of the person you wish to become.

8. Wave your wand to complete the potion.