What was the last Horcrux?

Nagini is the last horcrux that Voldemort created and the last one to be destroyed. During the final battle of Hogwarts, Neville pulls the sword of Godric Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat and beheads Nagini, destroying the last horcrux.
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What are the 8 Horcruxes in order?

There were 8 horcruxes. 7 were made by Voldemort intentionally ( Nagini, goblet, diary, locket, ring, diadem and the part of his soul in Voldemort himself) and 1 was made accidentally which was Harry.
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Why is Harry the last Horcrux?

Harry did not die at this time because his blood contained a bond anchoring him to life and protecting him from Voldemort. This is the final Horcrux in the battle to defeat grief. In order to overcome this Horcrux, one must accept their own feelings towards death and mortality.
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What are 7 Horcruxes?

This is the definitive ranking of Voldemort's Horcruxes, from least to most effective.
  • Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem. ...
  • Helga Hufflepuff's cup. ...
  • Salazar Slytherin's locket. ...
  • Tom Riddle's diary. ...
  • Harry Potter. ...
  • Marvolo Gaunt's ring. ...
  • Nagini.
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What was Voldemort's last Horcrux?

The memory curse leaves her badly damaged, so Voldemort kills her, sending a piece of his soul into his snake, Nagini, and creating his seventh and final Horcrux.
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All 7 Horcruxes Getting Destroyed



Is Quirrell a Horcrux?

Quirrell is, in effect, turned into a temporary Horcrux by Voldemort. He is greatly depleted by the physical strain of fighting the far stronger, evil soul inside him.
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Who destroyed the 7 Horcruxes?

The Ring was destroyed by Albus Dumbledore, the Locket by Ron Weasley, the Cup by Hermione Granger, the Diadem with Fiendfyre that was conjured by Vincent Crabbe, Nagini was killed by Neville Longbottom, and the fragment within Harry was inadvertently destroyed by Voldemort himself.
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What was the 7th Horcrux supposed to be?

Nagini. The seventh Horcrux created, and the fifth revealed, Nagini was used as something of an afterthought. Voldemort needed a sixth Horcrux to complete what he thought was the mystical number of soul pieces (seven), and Nagini was handy at the time when he was murdering Bertha Jorkins.
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What are the 8 Horcruxes and who destroyed them?

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  • Tom Riddle's diary. ...
  • Marvolo Gaunt's Ring. ...
  • Salazar Slytherin's Locket. ...
  • Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. ...
  • Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem. ...
  • Harry Potter (unknown to Voldemort until after he had "destroyed" him) -> Destroyed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
  • Nagini the Snake.
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Is the basilisk a Horcrux?

So why wasn't the Horcrux residing in Harry's head destroyed when he was bitten by the Basilisk? The answer is simple: He didn't actually die. Fawkes quickly healed the bite wound with his phoenix tears just in time.
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Was Nagini was a Horcrux?

Nagini was the last Horcrux to be destroyed, and her death led to Voldemort's final defeat and death.
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Why didn't Voldemort realize Harry was a Horcrux?

Voldemort wasn't aware of Harry being a pseudo-horcrux because he didn't plan it, and Harry didn't know either until Voldemort “killed” him, but he actually killed the piece of soul kept in him.
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Did Hermione know Harry was a Horcrux?

People have taken this, together with this scene where Harry says "I think I've known for a while, and I think you have too," to mean that Hermione realised that Harry was a horcrux (okay, not a horcrux but let's call him that for simplicity's sake).
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Is Harry Potter the eighth Horcrux?

It was never stated that Voldemort intended to make 7 horcruxes, only that Voldemort's soul was split into 7 pieces... Voldemort only intended to make 6 horcruxes, with his own body housing the 7th split piece. Harry was the accidental 7th horcrux.
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Was the Sorcerer's Stone a Horcrux?

By turning the Philosopher's Stone into a Horcrux he would both rejuvenate his own body and have the sole means of immortality to himself. Remember, Voldemort wanted a total of seven Soul fragments around, meaning he needed six Horcruxes... and he hadn't created his last Horcrux until 1994 when he murdered Frank Bryce.
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Why does Basilisk venom destroy Horcruxes?

Basilisk venom is a method for destroying Horcruxes because once it takes effect, it renders the object irreparable, and the only chance for possibly repairing it is immediately putting phoenix tears on it.
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How did Harry know Nagini was a Horcrux?

Harry did not know that he was one, and no one knew that Nagini was one. Dumbledore only revealed the truth about Harry and Nagini after Harry's "death", when they talked in the spirit realm. So at the time of the conversation, they only knew of one more Horcrux, the fifth one, the diadem.
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Who destroyed the ring Horcrux?

Tom did not enchant the ring right away, as he was seen wearing it while asking Horace Slughorn about Horcruxes, as seen through Slughorn's memories in a pensieve. In 1996, Albus Dumbledore retrieved the ring, eventually destroying it with Godric Gryffindor's Sword.
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What did Voldemort think was the 7th Horcrux?

So after his remaining soul fragment went from body to body, in 1994 he was made a homunculus by Pettigrew (rudimentary body like a baby). After in that baby form, the same year, he found Nagini and made her a horcrux. He thought it was the 6th, when actually it was the 7th. Finally splitting his soul into 8.
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What if Voldemort knew Harry was a Horcrux?

If Voldemort knew Harry was a horcrux he probably would've either convinced Harry to become a Death Eater or torture him into insanity, *Longbottom style*, so he wouldn't kill off a piece of his soul, but could keep Harry to a point where he wasn't a liability to his immortality.
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Why did Voldemort only make 7 Horcruxes?

Voldemort understood this; he knew the dangers of creating so many horcruxes, so he didn't dare to create any more even though he knew some of them were gone. It was too dangerous. He only wanted seven because seven was the most magically powerful number.
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Who has the doe Patronus?

Case study 2: Severus Snape

A doe. And in his final battle with Lord Voldemort, Harry explained the significance of this to his adversary, and to us: 'Snape's Patronus was a doe,' said Harry, 'the same as my mother's, because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from the time when they were children'.
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How did Voldemort's ring get destroyed?

Marvolo Gaunt's ring lay on the desk before Dumbledore. It was cracked; the sword of Gryffindor lay beside it. So the ring is destroyed in the same night Dumbledore found it!
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How did Dumbledore get Marvolo Gaunt's ring?

He found it in the ruins of the Gaunt family shack, where Voldemort had hidden it after turning it into a horcrux. Also the curse didn't come from putting the ring on, it came from trying to destroy it with Gryffindor's sword.
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