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LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Guide
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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.

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