Questions tagged [gringotts]
Gringotts Wizarding Bank is the only bank of the wizarding world, and is owned and operated by goblins. It was created by a goblin called Gringott, in 1474. Its main offices are located in the North Side of Diagon Alley in London, England.
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Where did Wizards store their money before Gringotts?
Gringotts was founded in 1474, which raises the question of where wizards and witches stored their wealth before the bank was founded.
Is there a mention of this somewhere within the lore?
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If gold could be multiplied, what value does it have?
When Harry, Ron and Hermione break into Gringotts, they discover that all the gold in the Lestrange's vault can be multiplied by touch. The gold in the vault later triples and begins to overflow the ...
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If you know someone who can cast the Fidelius Charm, why have a bank vault?
Gringotts is considered rather safe, but its security has been under question since the attempted robbery back in the first book. Furthermore, as shown in that book and in Deathly Hallows, it's a bit ...
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Why was the Sorcerer's Stone in Gringotts in the first place?
The stone belonged to Nicolas Flamel who lived in Paris. Why did it have to be kept in Gringotts? Flamel had obviously kept the stone with him all along.
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How could Sirius buy a broomstick for Harry? [duplicate]
I don’t understand how Sirius managed to buy Harry a firebolt when he was a widely known mass murderer. I recall them mentioning that they took the gold from Sirius’ vault and had it shipped to him. ...
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Are there other Gringotts branches in the world beside the one in Diagon Alley? [duplicate]
We know about at least one Gringotts in the world, the one in Diagon Alley.There is possibly one in Egypt as Bill Weasley work as a Gringotts curse-breaker there. Apart from Bill's job,is there any ...
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Did Hermione Granger's front teeth grow back to their old size due to Gringotts' Thief's Downfall?
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Draco Malfoy hexed Hermione's front teeth to grow to inhuman size, and Madame Pomfrey used a shrinking charm to fix them, shrinking them to smaller than their ...
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Does the wizarding world have a concept of loans?
As we see there's Gringotts bank in London. There may also be one in Egypt (This is my assumption as Bill Weasley was sent to Egypt and as he worked with Gringotts, I assume they do have some branches ...
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What is the green smoke that came out of the vault at Gringotts?
In the book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, when Harry and Hagrid go into Gringotts, there's a scene that strikes me as strange.
Griphook unlocked the door. A lot of green smoke came ...
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Are there more dragons in Gringotts that protect vaults just like the Lestrange's?
Are there more dragons in Gringotts that protect vaults just like the Lestrange's? Or is it just the Lestrange's with dragon protection?
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Where did Gringotts tunnels come from?
I was wondering if the tunnels under Gringotts were dug out by magic like by the goblins or some form of magic; or did nature make them? Any theories?
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Did Voldemort have a Gringotts account?
As far as I'm aware, it seems to be the norm for British wizards to have their own Gringotts accounts. This goes for the great and the good of society, the rich and the poor. (If you think that people ...
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Why wasn't Hermione's enchanted purse affected by the Thief's Downfall?
Now we all know that it had been established in book one and confirmed again in book seven that Gringotts is not a place to mess around with unless you are a really skilled or very accomplished Dark ...
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Why didn't Harry draw gold from Gringotts? [duplicate]
In the first book of the Harry Potter series we are told that Harry has piles of galleons inside his vault at Gringotts. Why didn't Harry draw a few gold coins from his safe and sold them in the ...
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What are the ways of someone identifying him/herself at Gringotts?
We know by hand for two possible ways of how someone can identify himself as the owner of a vault in Gringotts.
The first one we know of, from the HP & PS were Harry goes to Gringotts with ...
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