Water Snail

• Type: Potion Ingredient
• Use: Brewing the Wiggenweld Potion (Pottermore, video game)
• Source: Freshwater habitats (inferred)

A Water Snail is a type of freshwater snail used in Potions. Its specific physical appearance, magical properties, or whether it differs significantly from a mundane Muggle snail are not described in the original source material. As a potion ingredient, it is likely used whole, shelled, or in some processed form.

The sole known use of the Water Snail is as an ingredient in the Wiggenweld Potion. This potent Healing Potion is known to cure minor damage and can awaken a person from magically-induced sleep (Pottermore, video game). While the ingredients of this potion are not specified in the novels, the potion itself is mentioned once. Madam Pomfrey uses a Wiggenweld Potion to revive Gabrielle Delacour after she was rescued from the Black Lake during the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament.

The Water Snail does not appear and is not mentioned in the original seven Harry Potter novels. Its role as a Potion Ingredient is confined to supplementary materials created for the expanded universe, particularly video games and the Wizarding World website. Its inclusion serves to provide tangible components for game-based potion-brewing mechanics.

• The Water Snail was introduced as a collectible ingredient for brewing the Wiggenweld Potion in several Harry Potter video games, where players often had to gather components to create potions (video game).
• The ingredient was later canonized in the expanded universe on the Pottermore website, where it was listed as a component of the Wiggenweld Potion alongside other non-book ingredients like Moly, Dittany, and Flobberworm Mucus (Pottermore).