‘Pottermore’ Challenge Update: 7 Books, 7 Days, 7 Chances

Posted Saturday, July 30th, 2011 11:27 pm GMT -4 by Janice Kay0

I know many of you are excited about getting to the ‘Pottermore’ Challenge and the refresh page on the site is not helping. To help you along, here is some up to the minute information straight from the official ‘Pottermore’ blog, ‘Pottermore Insider’ about what to expect.

In order to be one of the first million to enter the site, you must find The Magical Quill. Every day for seven days (starting tomorrow July 31 through August 6) there will be a clue on the ‘Pottermore’ home page to help you. Each new clue will relate to a different book in the Hary Potter series. So tomorrow (day 1) the clue will relate to ‘Harry Potter and the Pilosopher’s Stone’. Day 2, the clue will relate to ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ and so on. According to the site, the clues will vary in difficulty with the first 3 days being more difficult than the last 4 days.

To complete the challenge, you need to solve the clue and insert the answer to the end of this web address: http//quill.pottermore.com/(INSERT YOUR ANSWER HERE). If correct, this link will lead you to a website where The Magical Quill is located. The location of the Quill will change every day. That means your answer at the end of the link will be different every day. So, for example, if the clue asks you, “how many books are in the Harry Potter series? Mulitply that answer by 10” If you answer 70, add this number to the end of the website address (so you would type in http://quill.pottermore.com/70. If you are correct, you will be directed to the site where The Magical Quill is located.

Once you find The Magical Quill, you will then be directed to Pottermore.com where you will be able to finish your registration. Each day there will be a limited number of early access openings available, so if you don’t get in the first day, you have the rest of the days to try.

Now the bad news: The ‘Pottermore’ site will not let you know when the clue goes live so you will need to be vigilant about when a clue is released. They will, however, let you know (via their site and their blog) when the registration for a particular clue has ended. (At least you’ll know so you won’t spend the time looking for a clue that won’t help you gain entry)

Lastly, once The Magical Quill Challenge is over, those who were able to find the Quill will be sent a Welcome e-mail to let them know when they can access the beta version of ‘Pottermore’. Not everyone will have access at the same time, but don’t worry; if you are one of the million who found the Quill, you will definitely get a Welcome letter.

For those who you who don’t find The Magical Quill, open registration will be in the early part of October. Good luck to all and make sure you come back here often for all the up to minute information about ‘Pottermore’!

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http://twitter.com/janicekay_ Janice Cantano Kay

I just wanted to remind everyone, with world wide releases like this challenge, things do happen. Servers may crash, the time of clue releases may change, the site will be slow. But we’re going to try and keep you up to date with all the haps. Make sure you like @sciencefiction on twitter for any breaking news!
Msgeorgeweasley

so, one quick question, can someone please let me know what time that it will be posted? thanks
- http://www.sciencefiction.com Patrick Ruddell
  
  It was initially said on the official Pottermore Twitter account that the challenge would start 12 noon UK time, but now according to their official blog which was updated not too long ago, they state they won’t be telling when the clues will be given. That Twitter post with the starting time has since been removed.
Broganb

So, basically, they’re expecting all Potter fans to waste the majority of their day by sitting in front of the computer….oh, great!
- Carolina
  
  Thats just about it. Which actually freaks me out. I was from ten pm till 4 am to try to get the clue. It turned out that i went to sleep and at 4:20 the clue was released.
Shristhitoshivani

@twitter-59711261:disqus are you sure everyone who found the quill will get to be a beta
- ORO
  
  They will. The problem is finding the quill each day before the max # of users have. That limit is what will stop the whole world from becoming a beta, not depriving people who found it of getting in early.
- http://twitter.com/janicekay_ Janice Cantano Kay
  
  Finding the quill itself, will not guarentee you to be a beta. You still have to activate your account. Finding the quill will lead you to a site where you can finish your registration. Then they will send you an e-mail with a link to activate the account. Once the account is activated, then you will be able to be part of their beta site. Hope this helps! And let us know if you are one of the lucky ones to get in early!
  - Anisarocks101
    
    Hello Im a harry potter fan but i was in Australia and did not get the update about pottermore so i don’t know if its too late can u give me a update if i can still join or not .
    thank you.
    - Janice Kay
      
      Hi Anisarocks,
      
      The latest wordon Pottermore is that it is still in the beta phase. This is the last notification about the site that was posted last month:
      
      “So Pottermore will not be opening to new users just yet. For all of you who are waiting to enter Pottermore, we want to thank you for being so patient – we’re working very hard to make some exciting improvements, and we’re really looking forward to welcoming you to the site when it’s ready.”
      
      Keep checking back here on ScienceFiction.com as once we find out when the site is open to the public we’ll let you know!
      
      Thanks!
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