Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Wand Guide: How To Make Your Favorite Characters' Wands

Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Niantic’s follow-up to Pokemon Go, is now available on iOS and Android. It’s a dense game; Pokemon Go players will notice a number of parallels to Go’s mechanics, for example. One of the most iconic things about the Harry Potter universe is also the trickiest: wands. In Wizards Unite, you customize your own wand (in the books, the wand “chooses the wizard”). You can choose from wood types, pick a core, change the wand’s flexibility, and then select the length. Having so many choices can be intimidating!

If you’ve read the Harry Potter books or watched the movies, you might have a passing understanding of the series’ wand lore. In short, different materials are suited for different types of magic, like charms or defense (among other things), and witches and wizards have a kind of bond with their wands. While your wand in Wizards Unite doesn’t affect anything in the game, it can still be fun to fully immerse yourself in the role of a witch or wizard. In that spirit, we’ve gathered all the details we can about famous Harry Potter characters’ wands so you can match yours to your favorite witch or wizard.

For the purposes of this feature, we’ve referenced Pottermore for each character’s wand materials and length. Some characters have complete wand information, but for those who don’t, usually the flexibility is missing–so have fun with that one and make it your own! There are also some popular characters whose wands we know nothing about, so we’ve included some of them here for your reference.

Harry Potter: holly wood, phoenix feather core, “reasonably supple” flexibility, 11 inches

Ron Weasley’s first wand: ash wood, unicorn hair core, 12 inches

Ron Weasley’s second wand: willow wood, unicorn hair core, 14 inches

Hermione Granger: vine wood, dragon heartstring core, 10 and 3/4 inches

Rubeus Hagrid: oak wood, 16 inches (broken)

Albus Dumbledore/The Elder Wand: elder wood, Thestral tail hair core [not available in Wizards Unite], 15 inches

Minerva McGonagall: fir wood, dragon heartstring core, “rigid” or “solid” flexibility, nine and a half inches

Luna Lovegood: no data

Neville Longbottom: cherry wood, unicorn hair core, 13 inches

Ginny Weasley: no data

Draco Malfoy: hawthorn wood, unicorn hair core, 10 inches

Voldemort: yew wood, phoenix feather core, 13 and a half inches

Severus Snape: no data

Cedric Diggory: ash wood, unicorn hair core, 12 and 1/4 inches

Cho Chang: no data

Viktor Krum: hornbeam wood, dragon heartstring, “rigid” flexibility, 10 and 1/4 inches

Sirius Black: no data

Remus Lupin: cypress wood, unicorn hair core, “pliant” flexibility, 10 and 1/4 inches

Nymphadora Tonks: no data

Bellatrix Lestrange: walnut wood, dragon heartstring core, 12 and 3/4 inches

Dolores Umbridge: birch wood, dragon heartstring core, 8 inches

Newt Scamander: no data

Lily Potter: willow wood, 10 and 1/4 inches

James Potter: mahogany wood, 11 inches

Garrick Ollivander: Hornbeam wood, dragon heartstring core, “unyielding” or “quite bendy” flexibility, 12 and 3/4 inches

For more on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, you can find all the important details in our roundup article. We have a guide to battles, fortresses, and Wizarding Challenges, a feature on how to get more Spell Energy, and an explainer on Professions–be sure to check them out!