House directory
The four Hogwarts houses
Every house rewards a different kind of strength. Read what each one values, then let the Sorting Hat decide where you belong.
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Gryffindor
Where dwell the brave at heart
You lead with nerve. You would rather act and apologise than watch and wonder, and people follow you into the dark because you go first.
- Courage
- Chivalry
- Nerve
- Loyalty in a fight
- Founder
- Godric Gryffindor
- Element
- Fire
- Animal
- Lion
- Colours
- Scarlet & gold
- Common room
- Seventh-floor tower
- Ghost
- Nearly Headless Nick
Slytherin
Ambition with a plan attached
You play the long game. Power isn't the point for you — leverage is. You are fiercely protective of your own and rarely show your full hand.
- Ambition
- Cunning
- Resourcefulness
- Self-preservation
- Founder
- Salazar Slytherin
- Element
- Water
- Animal
- Serpent
- Colours
- Emerald & silver
- Common room
- Dungeons, below the lake
- Ghost
- The Bloody Baron
Ravenclaw
Wit beyond measure
You collect ideas the way others collect Chocolate Frog cards. Give you a puzzle and a quiet corner and the rest of the castle can wait.
- Intelligence
- Curiosity
- Creativity
- Individuality
- Founder
- Rowena Ravenclaw
- Element
- Air
- Animal
- Eagle
- Colours
- Blue & bronze
- Common room
- West tower, riddle-locked
- Ghost
- The Grey Lady
Hufflepuff
Steady, fair and quietly formidable
You do the unglamorous work that holds everything together, and you do it for people rather than applause. Underestimating you is a classic mistake.
- Loyalty
- Patience
- Fairness
- Hard work
- Founder
- Helga Hufflepuff
- Element
- Earth
- Animal
- Badger
- Colours
- Yellow & black
- Common room
- Beside the kitchens
- Ghost
- The Fat Friar