Red Brick Locations

Scattered throughout Lego Harry Potter - Years 1-4 are 24 Red Bricks which can be brought with a certain amount of studs. Each one of these Red Bricks will give you a cheat which you can activate to help you through your game. Check out our Red Brick Locations guide to find out everything you need to know about them and where to get them.

Four of these Red Bricks are available from the start of the game, the other twenty need to be found during gameplay before you can purchase them. Each time that you find a Red Brick you need to send it using an owl to the Eeyelops Owl Emporium, where, after buying them, you can unlock the cheat associated with it. Below you will find a list of the Red Bricks in Lego Harry Potter - Years 1-4, their cost and their locations where you can get them.

Silhouettes

Cost: 1,250

Location: Eyelops Owl Emporium

Available from the start

Ice Rink

Cost: 2,500

Location: Eyelops Owl Emporium

Available from the start

Disguise

Cost: 5,000

Location: Eyelops Owl Emporium

Available from the start

Carrot Wands

Cost: 10,000

Location: Eyelops Owl Emporium

Available from the start

Singing Mandrake

Cost: 75,000

Location: Herbology Greenhouse (2)

Place three Mandrakes into their pots to reveal the red brick.

Character Token Detector

Cost: 250,000

Location: Charms Classroom (Right)

Use Griphook to open the secret passage underneath the class then drop down into it. Go all the way to the right and speak Parseltongue to the snake in the last room. Finally, use dark magic on the ball the snake gives you to get the brick.

Fall Rescue

Cost: 125,000

Location: Gryffindor Common Room

Move the flowery plant off the trunk on the left then open the chest that was underneath to reveal the brick.

Character Studs

Cost: 75,000

Location: Great Hall

At the far end of the room, on the left hand table there is a brown object. When you hit it it will turn into a chicken and start running around the room. Eventually it runs into a wall and explodes leaving behind the red brick.

Score x2

Cost: 200,000

Location: Clocktower

In the middle of the room there are four pedestals with a chest either side. Open both of the chests and four clocks will come out. Each of the clocks and the pedestals are colour coded so place each clock on it's matching pedestal.

Score x4

Cost: 400,000

Location: Slytherin Dormitory

When you enter the dormitory the brick can be found next to the bed on the right hand side closest to the screen.

Score x6

Cost: 600,000

Location: Muggle Studies Classroom

If you hit the printer on the table twice you will get the brick.

Score x8

Cost: 800,000

Location: Boy's Bathroom

In the middle of the room there are four showers. Place the two broken off shower heads back onto the showers then hit all four of them in turn to get the brick.

Score x10

Cost: 1,000,000

Location: Potions (Back Room)

Search for the three green keys around the room (Hufflepuff portrait, Griphook key, Rune cabinet) then build the bricks from behind the gate up so you can reach the ledge on the right and get the brick.

Stud Magnet

Cost: 250,000

Location: Quidditch Pitch (Time Turner)

In the corner to the right of the tent is a big block of ice. Beside it is a hammer and chisel which you must use to break the block down until you reveal the brick.

Regenerate Hearts

Cost: 50,000

Location: Defense Against the Dark Arts Classroom (Right)

Use Reducto to open the chest beside the blackboard then tip out the contents and build them into a doorway to a secret area. Go into the new area and get rid of five Boggarts for the brick.

Extra Hearts

Cost: 75,000

Location: Charms Classroom (Left)

Use Reducto to open the secret passageway underneath the classroom then drop down into it and go to the very end of the passageway. Use dark magic to break the over-sized black golf ball and get the brick.

Invincibility

Cost: 500,000

Location: Dumbledore's Office

All you have to do is walk up to Fawkes (the phoenix) and the brick will appear.

Red Brick Detector

Cost: 250,000

Location: Library (Restricted Section)

In the corner, near the rune cabinet there are three books on the floor (1 x green, 1 x red, 1 x yellow). Place each one on the bookshelf next to another book of the same colour.

Hogwarts Crest Detector

Cost: 250,000

Location: Ravenclaw Common Room

Around the room there are various pieces of dark grey Lego. Use the spell Wingardium Leviosa on them to move them to the middle of the room. When you have all the pieces a cloud of smoke will come off of them all. When they are all together hit the collection with a spell and they will fly up into the air and drop the brick.

Gold Brick Detector

Cost: 250,000

Location: Owlrey (Time Turner)

Go up the stairs and place the broken piece back onto the projector to reveal the brick.

Christmas

Cost: 80,000

Location: Hufflepuff Dormitory

Make the large plant in the middle of the room grow and then knock all the flowers off it.

Collect Ghost Studs

Cost: 99,000

Location: Clocktower Courtyard

You need to smash the four statues that are around the fountain in the middle of the area, then build the knight to release the brick.

Fast Magic

Cost: 75,000

Location: Defense Against the Dark Arts Classroom (Left)

Use a dark wizard to break the over-sized black golf ball in the corner of the room.

Fast Dig

Cost: 60,000

Location: The Grounds

Halfway between the entrance to the castle and the Quidditch pitch is a stack of grey circles. Use the spell Wingardium Leviosa on them to make a cloud then raise it up and move it from left to right until four groups of flowers have appeared. Remove all the flowers to find the brick.