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{{Ingredient infobox
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|name = Dragon liver
|image=[[File:DragonLiver.png|250px]]
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|image = DragonLiver.png
|name=Dragon Liver
 
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|madefrom = [[Dragon]]s<ref name="PM"/>
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|alias =
|sold=[[Apothecary]]
 
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|properties =
|price= 3 galleons
 
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|characteristics = Pink in colour<ref name="WU"/>
|ingredients=Dragons' livers}}
 
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|preparation = Chopped<ref name="PM">{{PM}}</ref>
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|usage = *[[Doxycide]]<ref name="BOP"/>
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*[[Healing Potion]]<ref name="WU"/>
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{{Quote|The liver from these [[magic]]al, [[fire]]-breathing [[beast]]s can be used in [[potion]]s.|Description|Pottermore}}
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A '''dragon liver''' was the [[liver]] taken from a [[dragon]]. They cost sixteen [[Wizarding currency|Sickles]] an ounce,<ref name="PS5">{{PS|B|5}}</ref> and were used as [[potion]] ingredients, particularly in the brewing of [[Doxycide]]<ref name="BOP">{{WBP}}</ref> and the [[Healing Potion]].<ref name="WU">{{WU}}</ref>
   
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==History==
'''Dragon liver''' is sixteen [[Wizarding currency|Sickles]] an ounce.<ref name=PS>''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]''</ref>
 
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[[File:Dragonliver.png|150px|thumb|left|A dragon liver]]
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In late [[1994]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]], [[Rubeus Hagrid]] had [[Fourth year|fourth-year]] students in [[Care of Magical Creatures]] feed [[Blast-Ended Skrewt]]s dragon livers.<ref name="GOF22">{{GOF|B|22}}</ref>
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Dragon livers were collected and heavily used by volunteer members of the [[Statute of Secrecy Task Force]] in the late [[2010s]] and early [[2020s]] for the brewing of the [[Healing Potion]], in order to help them combat the [[Calamity]].<ref name="WU"/>
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==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
* The price in the older versions of the novel was given as seventeen Sickles, but this was changed because seventeen Sickles is equal to one Galleon, so it would be like saying "One hundred pence".
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*Originally, {{PS}} read that the price of dragon liver was seventeen Sickles, but this was changed in subsequent editions because seventeen Sickles is equal to one [[Galleon]], so it would be like one was saying "one hundred pence" or "one hundred cents".<ref name="lexicon">[http://www.hp-lexicon.org/about/books/ps/changes_ps.html Harry Potter Lexicon - ''Philosopher's Stone'' - Changes to the text]</ref>
*In ''[[Pottermore]]'', dragon liver instead costs 3 Galleons. However, it is possible that the jar you buy contains more than a single ounce of liver.
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*In {{PM}}, dragon liver instead cost 3 [[Galleon]]s. However, it is possible that the jar you buy contains more than a single ounce of liver.
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st Mention}}
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*{{PS}} {{1st Mention}}
*''[[Pottermore]]'' {{1st}}
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*{{GOF}} {{1st}}
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*{{PM}}
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*{{WBP}}
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*{{HM}}
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*{{WU}}
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
 
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[[de2:Drachenleber]]
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[[es:Hígado de dragón]]
 
[[fr:Foie de dragon]]
 
[[fr:Foie de dragon]]
 
[[it:Fegato di drago]]
 
[[it:Fegato di drago]]
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[[ru:Печень дракона]]
[[Category:Dragon parts]]
 
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[[pl:Smocza wątroba]]
 
[[Category:Dragon parts|Liver]]
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[[Category:Offal]]
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[[Category:Pet food]]
 
[[Category:Potion ingredients]]
 
[[Category:Potion ingredients]]

Latest revision as of 16:53, 19 March 2023

"The liver from these magical, fire-breathing beasts can be used in potions."
— Description[src]

A dragon liver was the liver taken from a dragon. They cost sixteen Sickles an ounce,[4] and were used as potion ingredients, particularly in the brewing of Doxycide[3] and the Healing Potion.[2]

History

Dragonliver

A dragon liver

In late 1994 at Hogwarts, Rubeus Hagrid had fourth-year students in Care of Magical Creatures feed Blast-Ended Skrewts dragon livers.[5]

Dragon livers were collected and heavily used by volunteer members of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force in the late 2010s and early 2020s for the brewing of the Healing Potion, in order to help them combat the Calamity.[2]

Behind the scenes

  • Originally, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone read that the price of dragon liver was seventeen Sickles, but this was changed in subsequent editions because seventeen Sickles is equal to one Galleon, so it would be like one was saying "one hundred pence" or "one hundred cents".[6]
  • In Pottermore, dragon liver instead cost 3 Galleons. However, it is possible that the jar you buy contains more than a single ounce of liver.

Appearances

Notes and references