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{{Quote|It is round and earthy and low-ceilinged; it always feels sunny, and its circular windows have a view of rippling grass and dandelions. There is a lot of burnished copper about the place, and many plants, which either hang from the ceiling or sit on the windowsills. Our Head of house, Professor Pomona Sprout, is Head of Herbology, and she brings the most interesting specimens (some of which dance and talk) to decorate our room one reason why Hufflepuffs are often very good at Herbology. Our overstuffed sofas and chairs are upholstered in yellow and black, and our dormitories are reached through round doors in the walls of the common room. Copper lamps cast a warm light over our four-posters, all of which are covered in patchwork quilts, and copper bed warmers hang on the walls, should you have cold feet.|[[Gabriel Truman]]|Pottermore}}
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{{Quote|It is round and earthy and low-ceilinged; it always feels sunny, and its circular windows have a view of rippling grass and dandelions. There is a lot of burnished copper about the place, and many plants, which either hang from the ceiling or sit on the windowsills. Our Head of house, Professor Pomona Sprout, is Head of Herbology, and she brings the most interesting plant specimens (some of which dance and talk) to decorate our room one reason why Hufflepuffs are often very good at Herbology. Our overstuffed sofas and chairs are upholstered in yellow and black, and our dormitories are reached through round doors in the walls of the common room. Copper lamps cast a warm light over our four-posters, all of which are covered in patchwork quilts, and copper bed warmers hang on the walls, should you have cold feet.|Description of the basement|Pottermore}}
The '''Hufflepuff Basement''' serves as the common room for students in [[Hufflepuff]] house at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. In general, it sports several motifs, such as circles, nature, copper and the colours yellow and black (all associated with the house of Hufflepuff). It also emphasises comfort, said to be "the cosiest common room of them all". It is at one floor below the ground and is very sheltered from the elements, generally allowing students to sleep easier than those in the towers (like [[Gryffindor]] and [[Ravenclaw]]).<ref name="Pottermore">[http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/j-k-rowlings-pottermore-releases-backstories-and-history-of-four-hogwarts-houses-84167/ Transcription of new Pottermore information]</ref><ref name="LadySlytherin">[http://lady-slytherin-forever.tumblr.com/post/9001123651/hufflepuff-spoilers More detailed transcription of Pottermore info]</ref>
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'''Hufflepuff Basement''' was a basement in [[Hogwarts Castle]] that served as the [[Hufflepuff common room|common room]] and dormitories for the students of [[Hufflepuff|Hufflepuff House]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. In general, it sported several motifs, such as circles, nature, copper and the colours yellow and black (all associated with the house). It also emphasised comfort, said to have "''the cosiest common room of them all''".
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It was at one floor below the ground and was very sheltered from the elements, generally allowing students to sleep easier than those in the towers (like [[Gryffindor]] and [[Ravenclaw]]).<ref name="Pottermore">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110818075027/http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/j-k-rowlings-pottermore-releases-backstories-and-history-of-four-hogwarts-houses-84167/ Transcription of new Pottermore information]</ref><ref name="LadySlytherin">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160319045513/http://lady-slytherin-forever.tumblr.com/post/9001123651/hufflepuff-spoilers More detailed transcription of Pottermore info]</ref>
   
 
==Entrance==
 
==Entrance==
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[[File:PlayStation(R)Home Picture 06-01-2013 15-13-50.jpg|250px|thumb|left|The barrel entrance to the Hufflepuff common room]]
The entrance to the common room is located "in a nook on the right hand side of the kitchen corridor", concealed behind a stack of barrels. In order to reveal the entrance, no password is required. Instead, one must tap the barrel two from the bottom, middle of the second row, in the rhythm of ‘Helga Hufflepuff’, which will make the lid swing open, exposing a passageway that will lead to the basement when crawled through. However, if the wrong lid is tapped or the wrong rhythm is used, the intruder will be doused in vinegar and barred access.<ref name="Pottermore"/><ref name="LadySlytherin"/>
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The entrance to the common room was located "''in a nook on the right hand side of the [[kitchen corridor]]''", concealed behind a stack of barrels. In order to reveal the entrance, no password was required. Instead, one must tap the barrel two from the bottom, middle of the second row, in the rhythm of "Hel-ga Huff-le-puff", which would make the lid swing open.<ref name="Pottermore" /><ref name="LadySlytherin" />
   
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However, if the wrong lid was tapped or the wrong rhythm was used, the intruder would be doused in vinegar, sprayed from the mouths of the goblin face figureheads that decorate the barrel,<ref name="HL">{{HL}}</ref> and barred access.<ref name="Pottermore" /><ref name="LadySlytherin" />
==Common Room==
 
[[File:Hufflepuff_Common_Room.jpg|thumb]]
 
The actual basement itself is round, earthy and low-ceilinged, welcoming, warm and sunny. There are lots of yellow hangings, burnished copper, and overstuffed sofas and armchairs upholstered in yellow and black,<ref name="webchat">[http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1 Bloomsbury] - Webchat with J.K. Rowling, 30 July 2007</ref><ref name="LadySlytherin"/> and circular windows that provide a vista of "rippling grass and dandelions".<ref name="Pottermore"/> The head of house, [[Pomona Sprout]], also teaches [[Herbology]] and as such brings many interesting plants in to decorate the common room (some of which dance and talk), placing them on the windowsills or having them hang from the ceiling, encouraging interest in Herbology (and hence part of why Hufflepuffs tend to be good at it). There is also a large, honey coloured, wooden mantelpiece with carvings of badgers on it. This is located underneath a portrait of the house's founder, [[Helga Hufflepuff]].<ref name="LadySlytherin"/><ref name="LEGO">''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''</ref>
 
   
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The Hufflepuff dormitories are also located in the cellar and have perfectly circular doors, with lots of little underground tunnels leading off from the common room.<ref name="webchat"/> One of them leads to the girls' dormitory, the other to the boys'. In each dormitory four-poster beds covered in patchwork quilts. The dormitories are illuminated by warm copper lamps, and copper bed-warmers hang on the wall, in case of cold feet.<ref name="LadySlytherin"/>
 
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The actual basement itself was round, earthy, low-ceilinged, welcoming, warm, and sunny. There were lots of yellow hangings, burnished copper, and overstuffed sofas and armchairs upholstered in yellow and black,<ref name="webchat">[http://www.bloomsbury.com/harrypotter/content.asp?sec=3&sec2=1 Bloomsbury] - Webchat with J.K. Rowling, 30 July 2007</ref><ref name="LadySlytherin" /> and circular windows that provided a vista of "''rippling grass and dandelions''".<ref name="Pottermore" /> There was also a large, honey coloured, wooden mantelpiece with carvings of badgers on it. This was located underneath a portrait of the house's founder, [[Helga Hufflepuff]].<ref name="LadySlytherin" /><ref name="LEGO">{{LEGO|Y1}}</ref>
   
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The Head of House, [[Pomona Sprout]], also taught [[Herbology]] and as such brought many interesting plants in to decorate the common room (some of which danced and talked), placing them on the windowsills or having them hung from the ceiling, encouraging interest in Herbology (and hence part of why Hufflepuffs tended to be good at it).
==Behind the scenes==
 
*The Hufflepuff Basement was the only common room that [[Harry Potter]] did not enter at some point.
 
*Indeed, the Hufflepuff Basement is the only common room that has not been seen by non-Hufflepuffs for over a thousand years at least, making it the most secure of them all.<ref name="LadySlytherin"/>
 
*JK Rowling had previously described the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room as being close to the entrance to the kitchens which is behind a still life painting of a bowl of fruit; one must tickle the fruit for access (see ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'').<ref name="webchat"/> This is consistent with [[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]], however, this may conflict with the description of the Hufflepuff common room on Pottermore, which describes the basement as being accessed through a fake barrel.<ref name="Pottermore"/><ref name="LadySlytherin"/> However, Pottermore also states that the barrel reveals a passageway — through which one may crawl to the common room — so it may be that the still life painting rests at the end of that corridor, acting as the common room door.
 
*On Pottermore.com, if a player gets sorted into Hufflepuff, a new chapter, written by J.K. Rowling, will be unlocked and enabled to read, describing the common room in full detail.
 
*Hufflepuff is the only house that also employs a repelling device against intruders as opposed to simply barring access.<ref name="Pottermore"/><ref name="LadySlytherin"/>
 
*The Hufflepuff Basement is the only common room that is decorated with vegetation.
 
   
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{1st Mention}}
 
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The Hufflepuff dormitories were also located in the cellar and had perfectly circular doors. The dorms surrounded a circular secondary area of the common room. The [[Hufflepuff Girls' Dormitory|girls' dormitory]] was located upstairs, while the [[Hufflepuff Boys' Dormitory|boys' dormitory]] was downstairs. There was a number plaque next to each door, designating which year that dormitory was for. From left to right, they are designated for [[First year|first-years]], [[Third year|third-years]], [[Fifth year|fifth-years]], [[Seventh year|seventh-years]], [[Sixth year|sixth-years]], [[Fourth year|fourth-years]], and [[Second year|second-years]]. There was also a hallway between the door and the dormitory. The hallways in the boys' dormitories were longer, whereas the girls had the upstairs balcony above the boys' hallways.<ref name="webchat" /><ref>{{HL}}</ref>
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' {{Mention}}
 
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' {{1st}}
 
*''[[Pottermore]]'' {{1st Described}}
 
   
 
In each dormitory, four-poster beds were covered in patchwork quilts. The dormitories were illuminated by warm copper lamps, and copper bed-warmers hung on the wall, in case of cold feet.<ref name="LadySlytherin" />
==Notes and references==
 
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==Behind the scenes==
 
*The Hufflepuff Basement was the only common room that [[Harry Potter]] did not enter at some point.
 
*Indeed, according to [[Gabriel Truman]], the Hufflepuff Basement is the only common room that has not been seen by non-Hufflepuffs for over a thousand years at least, making it the most secure of them all.<ref name="LadySlytherin" /> However, it is possible that [[Remus Lupin]], [[Peter Pettigrew]], [[Sirius Black]], or [[James Potter I|James Potter]] infiltrated the Hufflepuff Basement in order to add it to the Marauder's Map.
 
*JK Rowling had previously described the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room as being close to the kitchens, the entrance of which is behind a still life painting.<ref name="webchat" /> This is consistent with {{LEGO|Y1}}, where it is shown to be a painting of a fruitbowl similar to the kitchens' entrance.<ref name="Pottermore" /><ref name="LadySlytherin" /> Pottermore states that the barrel reveals a passageway — through which one must crawl to the common room.
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*On Pottermore.com, if a player gets sorted into Hufflepuff, a new chapter, written by J.K. Rowling, will be unlocked and enabled to read, describing the common room in full detail. However, as part of the redesign in August of 2013, the information on the Hufflepuff common room became freely accessible to all members (though, due to what was presumably a glitch in the system, the content could be read by any member beforehand by directly navigating to the proper URL).
 
*Hufflepuff is the only house that also employs a repelling device against intruders (they are doused in vinegar should the pass-rythm be wrong) as opposed to simply barring access.<ref name="Pottermore" /><ref name="LadySlytherin" />
 
*The Hufflepuff Basement is the only common room that is decorated with vegetation.
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*In its entry for the [[Fat Friar]], the [http://harrypotter.scholastic.com/glossary/ glossary] on the [[Scholastic]] official website mistakenly refers to the Hufflepuff common room as Hufflepuff ''Tower''. A similar error is made with the [[Slytherin Dungeon]].
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*Hufflepuff is the only house that has a Portrait of its founder hung in the common room.
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*In [[Hogwarts Legacy]], the entrance to the common room is a giant barrel to the left of the smaller ones.
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{{Reflist}}
 
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Latest revision as of 10:17, 18 January 2024

"It is round and earthy and low-ceilinged; it always feels sunny, and its circular windows have a view of rippling grass and dandelions. There is a lot of burnished copper about the place, and many plants, which either hang from the ceiling or sit on the windowsills. Our Head of house, Professor Pomona Sprout, is Head of Herbology, and she brings the most interesting plant specimens (some of which dance and talk) to decorate our room — one reason why Hufflepuffs are often very good at Herbology. Our overstuffed sofas and chairs are upholstered in yellow and black, and our dormitories are reached through round doors in the walls of the common room. Copper lamps cast a warm light over our four-posters, all of which are covered in patchwork quilts, and copper bed warmers hang on the walls, should you have cold feet."
— Description of the basement[src]

Hufflepuff Basement was a basement in Hogwarts Castle that served as the common room and dormitories for the students of Hufflepuff House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In general, it sported several motifs, such as circles, nature, copper and the colours yellow and black (all associated with the house). It also emphasised comfort, said to have "the cosiest common room of them all".

It was at one floor below the ground and was very sheltered from the elements, generally allowing students to sleep easier than those in the towers (like Gryffindor and Ravenclaw).[1][2]

Entrance

PlayStation(R)Home Picture 06-01-2013 15-13-50

The barrel entrance to the Hufflepuff common room

The entrance to the common room was located "in a nook on the right hand side of the kitchen corridor", concealed behind a stack of barrels. In order to reveal the entrance, no password was required. Instead, one must tap the barrel two from the bottom, middle of the second row, in the rhythm of "Hel-ga Huff-le-puff", which would make the lid swing open.[1][2]

However, if the wrong lid was tapped or the wrong rhythm was used, the intruder would be doused in vinegar, sprayed from the mouths of the goblin face figureheads that decorate the barrel,[3] and barred access.[1][2]

Common room

HufflepuffBasement2

The actual basement itself was round, earthy, low-ceilinged, welcoming, warm, and sunny. There were lots of yellow hangings, burnished copper, and overstuffed sofas and armchairs upholstered in yellow and black,[4][2] and circular windows that provided a vista of "rippling grass and dandelions".[1] There was also a large, honey coloured, wooden mantelpiece with carvings of badgers on it. This was located underneath a portrait of the house's founder, Helga Hufflepuff.[2][5]

The Head of House, Pomona Sprout, also taught Herbology and as such brought many interesting plants in to decorate the common room (some of which danced and talked), placing them on the windowsills or having them hung from the ceiling, encouraging interest in Herbology (and hence part of why Hufflepuffs tended to be good at it).

Dormitories

Hufflepuff Dormitory (Hogwarts Mystery)

The Hufflepuff dormitories were also located in the cellar and had perfectly circular doors. The dorms surrounded a circular secondary area of the common room. The girls' dormitory was located upstairs, while the boys' dormitory was downstairs. There was a number plaque next to each door, designating which year that dormitory was for. From left to right, they are designated for first-years, third-years, fifth-years, seventh-years, sixth-years, fourth-years, and second-years. There was also a hallway between the door and the dormitory. The hallways in the boys' dormitories were longer, whereas the girls had the upstairs balcony above the boys' hallways.[4][6]

In each dormitory, four-poster beds were covered in patchwork quilts. The dormitories were illuminated by warm copper lamps, and copper bed-warmers hung on the wall, in case of cold feet.[2]

See also

Behind the scenes

  • The Hufflepuff Basement was the only common room that Harry Potter did not enter at some point.
  • Indeed, according to Gabriel Truman, the Hufflepuff Basement is the only common room that has not been seen by non-Hufflepuffs for over a thousand years at least, making it the most secure of them all.[2] However, it is possible that Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black, or James Potter infiltrated the Hufflepuff Basement in order to add it to the Marauder's Map.
  • JK Rowling had previously described the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room as being close to the kitchens, the entrance of which is behind a still life painting.[4] This is consistent with LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, where it is shown to be a painting of a fruitbowl similar to the kitchens' entrance.[1][2] Pottermore states that the barrel reveals a passageway — through which one must crawl to the common room.
  • On Pottermore.com, if a player gets sorted into Hufflepuff, a new chapter, written by J.K. Rowling, will be unlocked and enabled to read, describing the common room in full detail. However, as part of the redesign in August of 2013, the information on the Hufflepuff common room became freely accessible to all members (though, due to what was presumably a glitch in the system, the content could be read by any member beforehand by directly navigating to the proper URL).
  • Hufflepuff is the only house that also employs a repelling device against intruders (they are doused in vinegar should the pass-rythm be wrong) as opposed to simply barring access.[1][2]
  • The Hufflepuff Basement is the only common room that is decorated with vegetation.
  • In its entry for the Fat Friar, the glossary on the Scholastic official website mistakenly refers to the Hufflepuff common room as Hufflepuff Tower. A similar error is made with the Slytherin Dungeon.
  • Hufflepuff is the only house that has a Portrait of its founder hung in the common room.
  • In Hogwarts Legacy, the entrance to the common room is a giant barrel to the left of the smaller ones.

Appearances

Notes and references

Below the ground floor of Hogwarts Castle
Classrooms
Alchemy Class · Defence Against the Dark Arts dungeon · Potion-Mixing Room · Potions Classroom
Common Rooms
Hufflepuff Basement · Hufflepuff Boys' Dormitory · Hufflepuff common room · Hufflepuff Girls' Dormitory · Slytherin Boys' Dormitory · Slytherin common room · Slytherin Dungeon · Slytherin Girls' Dormitory
Corridors
Boathouse passageway · Corridor of Secrets · Dungeon cave · Dungeon Corridor · Forgotten Cavern · Hidden Herbology Corridor · Hieroglyphic Hall · Kitchen corridor · Lost Tunnel · Lower Chambers Corridor North-East · Lower Chambers Portrait Corridor · Lower Chambers Corridor West · Poltergeist Passage · Porticus Circumscriptus · Porticus Periculum · Porticus Imago · Porticus Medius · Prowling Passage · Quidditch cave · Secret way to Slytherin common room · Slytherin Corridors · Undercover route to the Kitchens · Unexplored passage to Hogsmeade · Way to Courtyard · Way to the Forbidden Forest
Halls and rooms
Athenaeum · Bottom of the Well · Campaign Room · Cauldron Room · Chamber of Secrets · Conical Crypt · Dark Hall · Deathday Ballroom · Deathday Party Hall · Duelling Room · Dungeons · Dungeon Chamber · Dungeon Five · Dungeon foyer · Dungeon hall · Dungeon Pit · Dungeon Portrait Room · Forgotten Dungeons · Grate Chamber · Kitchens · Map Chamber · Potions Classroom adjoining room · Potions Classroom dungeons · Room of Doom · Room of Runes · Shop · Slug Pit · Slytherin Duelling Dungeon · Undercroft · Vestibule of Mischief · Werewolf Saga Tapestries room
Offices
Secret study beneath Greenhouse One · Severus Snape's office · Slytherin's Scriptorium
Other locations
Boathouse · Dungeons cell · House-Elf Living Quarters · Lever Rooms · Lower Hogwarts Castle · Keepers' Caverns · Troll Bedroom · Underground Chambers
Portraits, statues and other artwork
Basil Fronsac · Bearded man with book · Bloody Baron · Cecilia Gallerani · Charles Rookwood · Emily · Elizabeth Burke · Hooky · Horace Slughorn · Howard · Mad old man · Mopsus · Niamh Fitzgerald · Old man · Percival Pratt · Percival Rackham · San Bakar · Salazar Slytherin · Sleeping Dragon Statue · Sleeping hermit · Slytherin Dungeon tapestries · Urn of Ashes
Staircases
Detention Escape Route · Dungeon foyer exit · Dungeon Staircase · Grand Staircase · Slughorn's Staircase · Slughorn's Stairs · Staircase to the Quad
Storerooms
Basement · Firefly Room · Neville Longbottom's storeroom · Potions basement · Store Room · Troll Storeroom