

It is unknown how one affects the difference between the two types of Portkeys.īoth types of Portkey travel to the destination along with their users. Other Portkeys are triggered immediately by a person's touch examples include the Triwizard Cup, which transported Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory to Little Hangleton, and the broken statue head that sent Harry Potter back to Hogwarts after the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. Examples include the Portkeys that transported wizards to the Quidditch World Cup in 1994, and the ones that transported members of the Order of the Phoenix from the different Order safehouses to the Burrow, after the Battle of the Seven Potters in 1997. Some Portkeys are preset to travel to their destinations at a specific time. Hermione Granger, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley during Portkey transportation from Ottery St.

Many students were 'Portkey-sick' and the Hospital Wing was filled with students for the first few days of term, while they got over their nausea and distress. Eventually another method was sought, because the majority of students would either not find the item that was their Portkey or not arrive in time to take the Portkey. Unlike Apparition, Portkeys may also be used by anyone, such as underage witches and wizards and possibly even Muggle which is clearly seen when Newt Scamander along with his muggle friend Jacob Kowalski travelled to Paris using a portkey.īefore the creation of the Hogwarts Express, Portkeys were used as a means of transportation to not draw the attention of Muggles. Portkeys have an advantage over Floo Powder in that they may transport many people at once, but each Portkey can only transport its users to one destination.
