UPDATED 9/30/2012 to include all items through chapter 11 of Chamber of Secrets.
This list is in alphabetical order as it will appear in your trunk. There are other ingredients that can be purchased at the Apothecary in Diagon Alley, these are your COLLECTIBLE ingredients. As with all collectibles on Pottermore, these regenerate when your inventory of that object is at zero.

In Philosopher’s Stone you will have collected 13 total ingredients (double wolfsbane). In the first eleven chapters of Chamber of Secrets you will collect 21 total ingredients. For a total of 34 collectible ingredients (double wolfsbane, dried nettles, and valerian sprigs).
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Philosopher’s Stone Collectible Potions Ingredients (13 total, 12 types) |
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Ingredient |
Chapter |
Moment |
Where |
| Bat Spleens |
10 |
Jar lying on the floor to the left of the shadow | |
| Bezoar |
17 |
In the cabinet by the door, second shelf from the bottom on the right side | |
| Dried Billywig Stings |
8 |
Bottle sitting in the window sill | |
| Dried Nettles |
8 |
Hanging from the eaves above the barrel | |
| Eel’s Eyes |
9 |
Jar lying on the ground in the hall | |
| Horned Slugs |
10 |
Will crawl out of the far sink when you hover over it (zoom lots of people have trouble finding this one) | |
| Infusion of Wormwood |
12 |
Green bottle sitting on the table | |
| Leaping Toadstool |
15 |
On the ground below the left tree | |
| Mistletoe Berries |
12 |
Hanging on the wall to the right of the main tree | |
| Salamander Blood |
17 |
On the window sill | |
| Unicorn Blood |
15 |
Silver puddle to the right of Wolfsbane after a zoom | |
| Wolfsbane (1) |
8 |
On the ground to the left of the barrel | |
| Wolfsbane (2) |
15 |
Snarled bush on the left after a zoom | |
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| Chamber of Secret’s Potions Ingredients Ch 1-11 (21 total, 20 types) | |||
| Ingredient | Chapter | Moment | Where |
| Bat Wings | 6 | Herbology | These are hard to spot. Zoom in and look on the bottom shelf all the way to the right. These tiny wings are sitting atop the contents of a sack. |
| Bicorn Horn | 5 | Snape’s Office | Return to Snape’s office after acquiring Swelling Solution and retrieve this from Snape’s private stores. |
| Boomslang Skin | 5 | Snape’s Office | Return to Snape’s office after acquiring Swelling Solution and retrieve this from Snape’s private stores. |
| Dragon Liver | 4 | Borgin and Burkes | In the right window behind the glass case |
| Dragonfly Thoraxes | 5 | Flying to Hogwarts | Grab the squashed dragonfly stuck to the car near the right headlight. |
| Dried Nettles | 1 | Two Enormous Green Eyes | In the wheel barrel |
| Eel’s Eyes | 5 | Snape’s Office | Zoom once. It’s on the second shelf down of the right set of shelves. Its near the center of the shelf. |
| Flower Heads | 1 | The Magic Word | Hanging plant beside the door |
| Fluxweed | 5 | Crash Landing | After the car has backed away from the tree, you will see it growing just above and to the side of your right headlight. If you can not collect it try adjusting the zoom on your browser to show more of the moment. 75% worked for me. |
| Horklump Juice | 3 | The Weasleys’ | In the garden of the Burrow |
| Horned Slugs | 7 | Quidditch Practice | Look in the pile of slug sludge on the ground next to Ron. |
| Jar of Honey | 1 | The Magic Word | On a shelf in the kitchen |
| Knotgrass | 7 | Quidditch Practice | Growing in the grass between Malfoy and Ron. |
| Lavender | 5 | Flying to Hogwarts | To the right of the train, in the slight valley on the south bank of the river after the second cloud bank. |
| Leeches | 9 | Moaning Myrtles Bathroom | Zoom in twice and look in the puddle in front of the bathroom stalls. |
| Peppermint | 4 | Lucius Malfoy | From a woman’s shopping basket |
| Poppy Heads | 10 | Colin is Petrified | Zoom in and click on the flowers sitting on the bedside table behind Dumbledore. |
| Root of Aconite | 5 | Flying to Hogwarts | In the purple field to the right of the car, after the first c loud bank. |
| Rose Thorns | 1 | Two Enormous Green Eyes | In the bushes behind the wheel barrel |
| Slytherin Student Hair | 8 | Enemies of the Heir, Beware | Pluck this from the top of the tall boys head in the left hand crowd of students. For me I had to be at 75% on my browser so that it wasn’t blocked by the Read About menu. |
| Spines of Lionfish | 5 | Snape’s Office | Zoom once. The bottle is on the third shelf down of the right set of shelves. It’s all the way to the left on that shelf. |
| Valerian Sprigs | 5 | Flying to Hogwarts | Down and to the right of the car bumper, on the shore after the second cloud bank. |
| Valerian Sprigs (2) | 6 | Herbology | Zoom in and click on the white bloom in the pot to the right of the swaying plant with purple blossoms. |
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| All Collectible Potion Ingredients thru CoS Chapter 11 (34 total, 31 types) | ||||
| Ingredient | Book | Chapter | Moment | Where |
| Bat Spleens | Philosopher’s Stone | 10 | The Mountain Troll | Jar lying on the floor to the left of the shadow |
| Bat Wings | Chamber of Secrets | 6 | Herbology | These are hard to spot. Zoom in and look on the bottom shelf all the way to the right. These tiny wings are sitting atop the contents of a sack. |
| Bezoar | Philosopher’s Stone | 17 | The Hospital Wing | In the cabinet by the door, second shelf from the bottom on the right side |
| Bicorn Horn | Chamber of Secrets | 5 | Snape’s Office | Return to Snape’s office after acquiring Swelling Solution and retrieve this from Snape’s private stores. |
| Boomslang Skin | Chamber of Secrets | 5 | Snape’s Office | Return to Snape’s office after acquiring Swelling Solution and retrieve this from Snape’s private stores. |
| Dragon Liver | Chamber of Secrets | 4 | Borgin and Burkes | In the right window behind the glass case |
| Dragonfly Thoraxes | Chamber of Secrets | 5 | Flying to Hogwarts | Grab the squashed dragonfly stuck to the car near the right headlight. |
| Dried Billywig Stings | Philosopher’s Stone | 8 | Hagrid’s Wooden House | Bottle sitting in the window sill |
| Dried Nettles | Philosopher’s Stone | 8 | Hagrid’s Wooden House | Hanging from the eaves above the barrel |
| Dried Nettles (2) | Chamber of Secrets | 1 | Two Enormous Green Eyes | In the wheel barrel |
| Eel’s Eyes | Philosopher’s Stone | 9 | The Trophy Room | Jar lying on the ground in the hall |
| Eel’s Eyes | Chamber of Secrets | 5 | Snape’s Office | Zoom once. It’s on the second shelf down of the right set of shelves. Its near the center of the shelf. |
| Flower Heads | Chamber of Secrets | 1 | The Magic Word | Hanging plant beside the door |
| Fluxweed | Chamber of Secrets | 5 | Crash Landing | After the car has backed away from the tree, you will see it growing just above and to the side of your right headlight. If you can not collect it try adjusting the zoom on your browser to show more of the moment. 75% worked for me. |
| Horklump Juice | Chamber of Secrets | 3 | The Weasleys’ | In the garden of the Burrow |
| Horned Slugs | Philosopher’s Stone | 10 | The Mountain Troll | Will crawl out of the far sink when you hover over it (zoom lots of people have trouble finding this one) |
| Horned Slugs | Chamber of Secrets | 7 | Quidditch Practice | Look in the pile of slug sludge on the ground next to Ron. |
| Infusion of Wormwood | Philosopher’s Stone | 12 | Christmas at Hogwarts | Green bottle sitting on the table |
| Jar of Honey | Chamber of Secrets | 1 | The Magic Word | On a shelf in the kitchen |
| Knotgrass | Chamber of Secrets | 7 | Quidditch Practice | Growing in the grass between Malfoy and Ron. |
| Lavender | Chamber of Secrets | 5 | Flying to Hogwarts | To the right of the train, in the slight valley on the south bank of the river after the second cloud bank. |
| Leaping Toadstool | Philosopher’s Stone | 15 | Into the Forbidden Forest | On the ground below the left tree |
| Leeches | Chamber of Secrets | 9 | Moaning Myrtles Bathroom | Zoom in twice and look in the puddle in front of the bathroom stalls. |
| Mistletoe Berries | Philosopher’s Stone | 12 | Christmas at Hogwarts | Hanging on the wall to the right of the main tree |
| Peppermint | Chamber of Secrets | 4 | Lucius Malfoy | From a woman’s shopping basket |
| Poppy Heads | Chamber of Secrets | 10 | Colin is Petrified | Zoom in and click on the flowers sitting on the bedside table behind Dumbledore. |
| Root of Aconite | Chamber of Secrets | 5 | Flying to Hogwarts | In the purple field to the right of the car, after the first c loud bank. |
| Rose Thorns | Chamber of Secrets | 1 | Two Enormous Green Eyes | In the bushes behind the wheel barrel |
| Salamander Blood | Philosopher’s Stone | 17 | The Hospital Wing | On the window sill |
| Slytherin Student Hair | Chamber of Secrets | 8 | Enemies of the Heir, Beware | Pluck this from the top of the tall boys head in the left hand crowd of students. For me I had to be at 75% on my browser so that it wasn’t blocked by the Read About menu. |
| Spines of Lionfish | Chamber of Secrets | 5 | Snape’s Office | Zoom once. The bottle is on the third shelf down of the right set of shelves. It’s all the way to the left on that shelf. |
| Unicorn Blood | Philosopher’s Stone | 15 | Into the Forbidden Forest | Silver puddle to the right of Wolfsbane after a zoom |
| Valerian Sprigs | Chamber of Secrets | 5 | Flying to Hogwarts | Down and to the right of the car bumper, on the shore after the second cloud bank. |
| Valerian Sprigs (2) | Chamber of Secrets | 6 | Herbology | Zoom in and click on the white bloom in the pot to the right of the swaying plant with purple blossoms. |
| Wolfsbane (1) | Philosopher’s Stone | 8 | Hagrid’s Wooden House | On the ground to the left of the barrel |
| Wolfsbane (2) | Philosopher’s Stone | 15 | Into the Forbidden Forest | Snarled bush on the left after a zoom |




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