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"From lighting a warm hearth to igniting a Christmas pudding, the Fire-Making Spell is always useful around the wizarding household. However, the ability to produce fire with the flick of a wand can be dangerous to your fellow students (and worse, your books)."
Miranda Goshawk, Book of Spells[src]

The Fire-Making Spell,[2] also known as the Fire-Making Charm[3] (Incendio)[3][1][2] was a charm that conjured a jet of flames that could be used to set things alight.[2]

History[]

This spell was listed in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1 by Miranda Goshawk.[1] This spell was also taught to students during their first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Charms (and revised during the second year)[3][4] and Herbology class to deal with the Devil's Snare and other dangerous plants,[3] and was reviewed in the fifth year for students sitting their O.W.L. examinations.[5]

This spell was mentioned in the lyrics of Celestina Warbeck's song "A Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love".[6]

Known uses[]

"Flames rose at once in the fireplace, crackling merrily as though they had been burning for hours."
— Arthur Weasley uses this spell at the Dursleys' house[src]
Caster(s) Dates Notes
New fifth-year student 1890–1891 school year Used it to burn away the canopy of the Horntail Hall tent in order to help set free a Hebridean Black dragon.[7]
Anne Sallow 1891 Used it to incinerate an army of Inferi in Feldcroft Catacomb, creating a stream of fire from her wand.[8]
Anne Sallow burning Inferi with Incendio HL
Albus Dumbledore 1895 or 1896 He may have used this spell in his fourth year at Hogwarts, "accidentally" setting his bed curtains on fire.[9]
1938 Used it nonverbally combined with a Flame-Freezing Charm, to demonstrate his magical ability to eleven-year-old Tom Riddle in a Muggle orphanage.[10]
Carrow Late 1932 Used it to set Vicência Santos campaign banners on fire during a rally outside the German Ministry of Magic for the ICW election.[11]
Minerva McGonagall 1985–1986 school year Used this spell to save Ben Copper from the cursed ice.[12]
Severus Snape
Jacob's sibling Used this spell to break down the door to the Vault of Ice.[13]
Bill Weasley
Jacob's sibling's friend (possibly Penny Haywood, Rowan Khanna or Ben Copper)
Charlie Weasley 1986–1987 school year Used this spell to pretend to put fake Occamy eggs (actually Ostrich eggs) in danger so as to lure Squawk out.[14]
Charlie casting the Fire-Making Spell
Jacob's sibling Attempted to use this spell on Corrine Cribb with wandless magic in Knockturn Alley, although Cribb was able to dodge the spell.[15]
Rubeus Hagrid 31 July 1991 Used it nonverbally to light a fire in the grate in the Hut in which the Dursleys and Harry Potter were staying to avoid the barrage of Harry's Hogwarts letters.[16]
Hagrid conjuring fire
Minerva McGonagall 1 September 1992 Used it nonverbally to light a fire in the grate in Severus Snape's office before Dumbledore arrived when Harry and Ron smashed a Flying Ford Anglia into the Whomping Willow.[17]
Tom 7 August 1993 Used it nonverbally to light a fire in the grate in the Leaky Cauldron.[18]
Arthur Weasley August 1994 Used it to light a fire in the grate in 4 Privet Drive.[19]
Death Eater August 1994 Used it nonverbally to set fire on tents during the attack at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup.[20]
Death Eater riot GIF
Rita Skeeter 13 November 1994 Used it nonverbally to light the candles in the Broom cupboard.[21]
Peter Pettigrew 24 June 1995 Used it nonverbally to light a fire under Voldemort's cauldron in the Little Hangleton graveyard.[22]
Alastor Moody 5 August 1995 Used it nonverbally to burn a piece of parchment used to reveal the location of 12 Grimmauld Place to Harry Potter.[23]
Dolores Umbridge 2 September 1995 Umbridge burned a flying paper bird charmed by Padma Patil.[24]
Thorfinn Rowle 30 June 1997 Used it to set fire to Rubeus Hagrid's cabin, with a cast which was so powerful it ignited the hut in a fiery explosion.[25]
Incendio Hut
Hermione Granger 1 August 1997 Used it nonverbally to ignite some old gas lamps in the drawing room at 12 Grimmauld Place.[26]
4 August 1997 Used it nonverbally to light a fire in the grate in 12 Grimmauld Place.[27]
3 September 1997

She used this spell to try and destroy the locket of Salazar Slytherin.[28]

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Harry Potter He, too, used this spell to try and destroy the locket, though without any incantation (nonverbally).[28]
31 October 1981 (alternate reality) Harry cast this spell nonverbally while duelling with Delphini after time-traveling.[29]
Delphini Delphini cast this spell while duelling with Harry Potter after time-travelling.[29]
Tom Riddle 2 May 1998 Used it nonverbally to burn the Sorting Hat on Neville Longbottom's head during the Battle of Hogwarts.[30]
Albus Potter 1 September 2019 Used it to set fire to his Hogsmeade permission form — and surprised himself as it was not usually a charm he could perform successfully.[31]

Known practitioners[]

Etymology[]

  • In Latin, incendio is the dative or ablative singular of incendium, "fire", and can mean "to fire" or "for fire" (dative), "by fire" or "with fire" (ablative of instrument or means). Thus, the incantation is a way of calling upon fire to burn a desired object, since the spell caster wills harm to be done to an object "by (means of) fire."
  • The magic word could also be a variant of the Latin incendo, "I set [something] on fire", with an "i" added before the final "o" for euphony.
  • "Incendio" is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "wild fire". Also, in Italian, the word "Incendio" refers to a great fire similar to that one made by Thorfinn to Hagrid's house.
  • "Incendio" is also the first person singular of the present of the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian verb "incendiar(e)", meaning "to set fire to".

Behind the scenes[]

Spellpath incendio 3 light

The wand movement for the Fire-Making Spell as seen in Harry Potter: Wizards Unite

IncendioPAS

This spell's icon as seen in Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells

Appearances[]

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Notes and references[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pottermore
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Wonderbook: Book of Spells
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
  6. Inside the Magic: "Singing Sorceress: Celestina Warbeck and the Banshees in Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando" on Youtube
  7. 7.0 7.1 Hogwarts Legacy, Main Quest "Fire and Vice"
  8. 8.0 8.1 Hogwarts Legacy, Relationship Quest "In the Shadow of the Relic"
  9. 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) - Chapter 31 (Everything is going to change)
  10. 10.0 10.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 13 (The Secret Riddle)
  11. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Chapter 3 (The Black Quill)
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Chapter 10 (The Vault of Ice)
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, "A BAD OMEN" Achievement
  15. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 3, Side Quest "The Amazing Adventures of the Spectacular Giant Dung Beetle"
  16. 16.0 16.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 4 (The Keeper of the Keys)
  17. 17.0 17.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 5 (The Whomping Willow)
  18. 18.0 18.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 3 (The Knight Bus)
  19. 19.0 19.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 4 (Back to The Burrow)
  20. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 9 (The Dark Mark)
  21. 21.0 21.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 18 (The Weighing of the Wands)
  22. 22.0 22.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 32 (Flesh, Blood and Bone)
  23. 23.0 23.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 3 (The Advance Guard)
  24. 24.0 24.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film) - Chapter 10 (Professor Umbridge's Class)
  25. 25.0 25.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 28 (Flight of the Prince)
  26. 26.0 26.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 9 (A Place to Hide)
  27. 27.0 27.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 11 (The Bribe)
  28. 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
  29. 29.0 29.1 29.2 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act Four, Scene Eleven
  30. 30.0 30.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 36 (The Flaw in the Plan)
  31. 31.0 31.1 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act One, Scene Four
  32. 32.0 32.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Chapter 6 (Bill Weasley)
  33. 33.0 33.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Chapter 8 (Training the Team)
  34. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, Side Quest "Tournament of Clubs"
  35. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
  36. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
  37. Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 3: Out of the Woods, Act 4
  38. Harry Potter: Magic Awakened
  39. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 5 (The Dementor)
Charms (class)
PS Wingardium Leviosa feather
Charm-book writers and developers
Blagdon Blay · Daisy Pennifold · Delfina Crimp · Miranda Goshawk · Jarleth Hobart · Basil Horton · Helixa Hyslop · Syna Hyslop · Randolph Keitch · Levina Monkstanley · Orabella Nuttley · Mnemone Radford · Scarpin · Elliot Smethwyck · Felix Summerbee · Violeta Stitch
Professors Fortinbras · Filius Flitwick · Abraham Ronen · Unidentified male professor · Unidentified medieval professor
Textbooks Achievements in Charming · Extreme Incantations · Quintessence: A Quest · The Standard Book of Spells
Charms studied at Hogwarts
Anti-Alohomora Charm · Ascension Charm (Ascendio) · Banishing Charm (Depulso) · Blackboard Writing Spell · Blue sparks · Bombardment Spell (Bombarda) · Box Blasting Charm (Cistem Aperio) · Bubble-Head Charm · Cheering Charm · Cleaning Charm · Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) · Confundus Charm (Confundo) · Counter-charm for hiccoughs · Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra) · Descendo · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Disillusionment Charm · Drought Charm · Entrancing Enchantments (theoretically) · Eradication Spell (Deletrius) · Engorgement Charm (Engorgio) · Extinguishing Spell · Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Freezing Charm (Immobulus) · Freezing Spell (Glacius) · Full Body-Bind Curse (Petrificus Totalus) · General Counter-Spell (Finite Incantatem) · Gouging Spell (Defodio) · Growth Charm · Ice Jinx · Impervius Charm (Impervius) · Knitting Charm · Knockback Jinx (Flipendo) · Leg-Locker Curse (Locomotor Mortis) · Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa) · Locking Spell (Colloportus) · Locomotion Charm (Locomotor) · Lumos Solem Spell (Lumos Solem) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Memory Charm (Obliviate) · Muffliato Charm (Muffliato) · Nonverbal spells · Pack Charm (Pack) · Red Sparks (Vermillious) · Reductor Curse (Reducto) · Scouring Charm (Scourgify) · Seize and pull charm (Carpe Retractum) · Severing Charm (Diffindo) · Shrinking Charm (Reducio) · Silencing Charm (Silencio) · Slowing Charm (Arresto Momentum) · Skurge Charm (Skurge) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Spell for growing legs · Substantive Charm · Summoning Charm (Accio) · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Unlocking Charm (Alohomora) · Vinegar to wine spell · Wand-Extinguishing Charm (Nox) · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos) · Lumos Maxima · Water-Making Spell (Aguamenti)
Herbology
Pottedmandrake
Herbologists
Astrid Cole · Clifford Cromwell · Marmaduke Dale · Blossom Degrasse · Miranda Goshawk · Alfred Lawley · Olgae Marinus · Beaumont Marjoribanks · Nepali wizard · Gethsemane Prickle · Sanjay Shanker · Selina Sapworthy · Phyllida Spore · Yubert Thorne · Tilden Toots · Hadrian Whittle · Winogrand
Herbology at Hogwarts
Herbology Award · Herbology Lesson Cup · Herbology Race Cup · Herbology Store · Hidden Herbology Corridor
Greenhouses One · Two · Three · Four · Five · Six · Seven · Professor's office
Professors Mirabel Garlick's predecessor · Mirabel Garlick · Herbert Beery · Pomona Sprout · Neville Longbottom
Textbooks Flesh-Eating Trees of the World · Ingredient Encyclopedia · One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi · Winogrand's Wondrous Water Plants
Plants studied and grown at Hogwarts
Aconite · Alihotsy · Asphodel · Belladonna · Bouncing Bulb · Bubotuber · Bubotuber pus · Chinese Chomping Cabbage · Cowbane · Dandelion · Devil's Snare · Dirigible Plum · Dittany · Fanged Geranium · Fat cactus-like plant · Fire seed bush · Flitterbloom · Floo · Flutterby bush · Fluxweed · Gillyweed · Ginger · Greenhouse Tree · Hemlock · Honking daffodil · Ivy · Knotgrass · Lady's Mantle · Lavender · Leaping Toadstool · Lovage · Mandrake · Mimbulus mimbletonia · Mistletoe · Moly · Nettle · Peppermint · Puffapod · Raspberry · Rose · Sage · Screechsnap · Scurvy grass · Self-fertilising shrub · Shrivelfig · Snargaluff · Sneezewort · Sopophorous plant · Sopophorous Bean · Spiky Bush · Spiky Prickly Plant · Stinksap · Sugar Shrub · Toad-eating plant · Tormentil · Umbrella Flower · Valerian · Vampiric vegetation · Venomous Tentacula · Walking plant · Wax vegetables · Whomping Willow · Wiggentree · Wild rice · Wormwood
Spells taught in Herbology at Hogwarts
Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Herbivicus Charm (Herbivicus) · Incendio Duo Spell (Incendio Duo) · Lumos Solem Spell (Lumos Solem) · Severing Charm (Diffindo)
The Standard Book of Spells
Book of Spells 1
Grade 1 · Grade 2 · Grade 3 · Grade 4 · Grade 5 · Grade 6 · Grade 7
Charms included in the series: Dancing Feet Spell (Tarantallegra) · Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus) · Engorgement Charm (Engorgio) · Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Freezing Charm (Immobulus) · General Counter-Spell (Finite Incantatem) · Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa) · Locking Spell (Colloportus) · Memory Charm (Obliviate) · Mending Charm (Reparo) · Nonverbal spell · Severing Charm (Diffindo) · Skurge Charm (Skurge) · Softening Charm (Spongify) · Substantive Charm · Summoning Charm (Accio) · Tickling Charm (Rictusempra) · Unlocking Charm (Alohomora) · Wand-Lighting Charm (Lumos)
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