Try this (it’s what has worked for me):

Open the potion, complete step one, and DO NOT click “come back later”. Click ANY other link on the page. When I do that, I don’t experience the glitch. If that doesn’t work, try clearing your cookies. Let me know how this works for you!

Do you end up failing the potion? Or does it just not cross off in your recipe book so you freak out and start over? If it just doesn’t cross off and you’re not actually seeing the potion through, I would consider trying to complete it, because it often neglects to cross steps off for me as well, but the potion actually brews perfectly.

Hey Puffs! I noticed that in my trunk I am missing a book. I have gone through the story twice more and can’t seem to find it. Anyone know whre I can find a list of books we are saposed to find so I can narrow down to what I am missing?

- FangCastle22

[Message from the Prefect: There are only 15 books that go to your trunk. There are 16 spaces in there, so it will look like you are missing one… but you aren’t! Don’t worry.]

The comments pages are, unfortunately, all there is to see of the common rooms on Pottermore. That’s why we have this!

Chapter 8, moment 1 (“Harry’s Early Days at Hogwarts”) - zoom in once and click the top stair just below the landing. It will disappear, and the Circe card will appear.

Happy finding!

First off, I just want to say that I’m proud to be a badger. =)

Anyway, Pottermore has been pretty fun (though I feel that the lack of messaging and overall communication will ultimately limit it from being great), but I think I’m running into one of the beta glitches when brewing. I’d really like to help my fellow badgers out… so… does anyone know why I occasionally get this message while brewing sleeping draughts:

“Sorry, this potion was not brewed correctly because you have put the standard_ingredient in the wrong container.”

Any help is appreciated. Let’s go Hufflepuffs!

HowlPatronus83

[Message from the Prefect: Proud badgers unite! As you thought, standard_ingredient is a common glitch - try not to worry about it, even though it’s very frustrating. Take solace in the fact that you actually brewed the potion correctly and Pottermore’s just being a butthead.]

Before you get too hard on yourself, you should know that some people are experiencing debilitating glitches with ALL of the potions, so it might just be that.

If you want to try again, though, you could take a look at the tutorials page for help.

Good luck! And don’t let yourself get down over potions, okay? You’ll get better!

That’s a tough one! A couple questions…  

First, have you tried completing the first half of the potion? That was happening to me a couple of weeks ago, and I just completed the first half and then clicked the Pottermore logo at the top instead of the “come back later” link - for some reason, that link seems to have a glitch. If you haven’t, try that.

Second, have you tried clearing your cookies?

The time cheat has been dealt with! FINALLY! Regarding the members of other houses using their second accounts (which I personally disapprove of to begin with - why would you need two accounts?) to join rival houses, blow up cauldrons, and lose points for the competition, I don’t know what the moderators plan to do to stop it. It’s a difficult situation, because I guess it’s hard to know who’s a cheater and who’s just reeeeeally bad at potions.

The time cheat was a method of brewing where one would turn the clock on his or her computer forward when the “come back in ___ minutes” message popped after the first half of a brew. This would “turn time forward” and allow the user to complete the potion in only around 5 minutes as opposed to 80-100.

Very unfair, very unsportsmanlike are those who used it. I’m so glad I only saw mention of using it once on our common room wall on Pottermore, and that the user was immediately shut down by fellow Puffs.

It’s 7, don’t worry. For some reason, it still says 5 in the message bubble that pops up right after you finish brewing for ALL of the potions, but if you check your notifications, you’ll see it says you were awarded 7.

I don’t know if this has been brought up but if you know something has messed up in your potion, just keep stop till time has run out. That way you can get 1 point for trying….if you make it wrong till when your cauldron melts that is when you lose points….. It what I do if I forget a step or know something is not working.

-FangCastle22

[Message from the Prefect: You can also click the back button and start over.]

Thanks!

Hey, hey! I did think of that… the only issue being proper moderation. I do want this to be a fairly all-ages page, so I want to ensure appropriateness and good spirit. I’ll definitely start adding people to the blog members, though, as I see who becomes active in the submissions, because I do want this to be an inclusive, interactive blog rather than the kind where I have the sole capability to interact with the followers.