Four images: a magical creature with blue eyes, a robed performer, students talking, and lizards by vintage locks in a shop display.

PHOTOS, VIDEO: All the Characters & Magical Creatures in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic at Epic Universe

Katie Francis

Though you can’t meet characters like Harry Potter or Dumbledore in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic, guests may encounter exchange students, musicians, magical creatures, talking portraits, and Cosme Acajor herself.

Entertainment in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic

Most of the characters and creatures can be spotted on the streets of Place Cachée, the main setting of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter – Ministry of Magic in Epic Universe.

Aurors

Roaming Place Cachée

A man in a gray suit and bowler hat stands on a cobblestone street in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

An Auror is a witch or wizard who works as a law enforcement official for the Ministry of Magic or other wizarding governing body. In Place Cachée, we have only seen wizard Aurors.

The Aurors wear matching three-piece suits, and carry their identification with them at all times, ready to step in when magical lawbreaking is taking place.

Exchange Students

Roaming Place Cachée

Two women dressed in Harry Potter-themed costumes stand on a street at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, with people and shops visible in the background.

Exchange students (and more local Beauxbatons students) roam the streets, interacting with guests.

Two young women in costume stand outdoors; one wears a blue dress and hat, the other—dressed as if from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter—wears a black robe with yellow trim and holds a book, hinting at adventures in the Ministry of Magic.

The Beauxbatons student wears a blue dress, a blue bow around her collar, a blue hat to match, and carries her wand in her hand.

Two women in wizard costumes pose outside themed shops at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter; one wears a blue dress and hat with a wand, the other in a black robe holds a book and sports a yellow-accented scarf.

Another student we encountered was from the Hufflepuff house at Hogwarts. She wore dark blue robes (the 1920s standard for Hogwarts) decorated with Hufflepuff house colors of yellow and black, and the house crest over the left chest. On her head was a bright yellow headband, and she also had a yellow tie to match.

She carried with her a book by Newt Scamander, “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.”

Three women in costume chat outside blue doors, evoking the magic of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

Another Hufflepuff exchange student carried a leather Hogwarts book bag with the Monster Book of Monsters inside. The third student in this group — wearing a cranberry beret, sweater vest, and navy skirt — is from the American school, Ilvermorny.

Cosme Acajor

Cosme Acajor Baguettes Magique

Cosme Acajor greets guests in her wand shop, Cosme Acajor Baguettes Magique. Inside her shop, witches and wizards will find some of the finest wands in the world created by Cosme. She wears a pink, robe-like shawl over a yellow shirt and brown pants. She wears maroon colored gloves and heels of the same color. On her head is a turban that matches her shawl.

Magical Creatures

Bowtruckles

Flower shop window, locksmith shop window

Green storefront of "La Fameuse Fougère" with magical creatures and plants displayed in the window.

The first set of bowtruckles can be found in the window of a flower shop in Place Cachée.

A shop window displays a large bonsai tree, flowers, and ornate green designs worthy of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

There are five in total hanging out on this potted plant, and no two bowtruckles look the same.

Each one has its own personality, even down to their tiny green faces with unique expressions.

People gather outside a yellow repair shop facade in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter with French signage.

Another bowtruckle can be found in the shop window for the local locksmith.

A green sprout appears to unlock old metal padlocks, as if helped by magical creatures behind glass.

Here, you can see a tiny bowtruckle attempting to pick a nest of locks. The tiny creature actually moves, with its head tilting from side to side as it attempts to work its stem inside the lock.

Bowtruckles are hand-sized, insect-eating magical beasts that dwell within trees. Each one has two long, sharp fingers on each hand, and generally looks like a walking stick bug. In the film “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” Newt Scamander chooses a bowtruckle he calls “Pickett” as his favorite beast.

Puffskein

Center of Place Cachée during band performance

This puffskein appears with a band (below) that performs in the center of Place Cachée. The puffskein is a spherical, fluffy creature with big eyes, which guests will see blinking during shows. The beast stays on the band’s cart. Fred and George Weasley altered the puffskein to become the pygmy puff, a brighter-colored version of the fluffy beasts.

Demiguise

Bar Moonshine window

Person’s reflection holding a magical creature with big blue eyes, captured through a glass window on a city street.

The demiguise has invisible properties and will only appear with help from an interactive wand spell.

Adult Niffler

Jewelry store window

A black niffler can be seen in a jewelry shop window, trying to be inconspicuous. Nifflers are attracted to shiny things, so just like in the first “Fantastic Beasts” film, this one is trying to sneak jewelry into its pocket.

Baby Nifflers

Les Galeries Mirifiques window

A large chandelier and city buildings reflected in glass evoke the Wizarding World of Harry Potter outside red tents.

This Niffler is part of an interactive spell point, in which wizards or witches can cause the creature to drop its collection of pilfered gems.

Of course, more magical creatures appear in the attractions Le Cirque Arcanus and Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry.

Mooncalf

Oculus Regulus Opticien

People stand outside a whimsical optician shop with magical creatures and colorful storefronts at a theme park.

The mooncalf can be found at Oculus Regulus Opticien. It peeks out from the window in the shop’s front door.

The adorable little critter looks on with its big, blue eyes, and will chirp, coo, and move at guests as they speak to it.

Musicians

Center of Place Cachée

Three street musicians in vintage clothes play brass on a cobblestone street in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

A trio of musicians plays music near the Cosme Acajor Baguettes Magique shop at the center of Place Cachée. They each play a different horn: trombone, trumpet, and clarinet.

Two men in vintage attire play a street organ near stairs, evoking the charm of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

They also play the cymbals and other objects on their musical cart, where the puffskein sits.

Three street performers in vintage clothes evoke the Wizarding World of Harry Potter on a cobblestone street.

They sometimes bring the puffskein out to participate in the performance.

Talking Portraits

Place Cachée courtyard – Antiquities window

People gather outside an antiquities shop, reminiscent of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, with frames and chairs on the wall.

This large display window in an inner courtyard of Place Cachée features antique portraits, who will interact with guests outside.

A young girl peers through a shop window at Wizarding World of Harry Potter as crowds gather inside Epic Universe.

There are three portraits of Sir Cadogan (former portrait guardian of Gryffindor Tower), an astronomer, and a musician. They speak to guests, responding live to their questions and commenting on their clothes.

Video

See the characters and creatures in action in our video below.

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