Lapifors

• Incantation: Lapifors
• Pronunciation: la-PIF-ors
• Wand Movement: Unknown
• Light: Green (video game)
• Effect: Transforms a target object or small creature into a rabbit.
• Type: Transfiguration

The Lapifors spell does not appear in the seven original Harry Potter novels and is primarily featured in the video game adaptations. It is a transfiguration spell used to turn small statues or hostile creatures into harmless rabbits. In the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban video game, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger learn and use this spell. It is required to solve specific environmental puzzles, such as transforming rabbit or dragon statues into live rabbits to activate pressure plates or clear pathways. In the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire video game, the spell is used in combat and puzzle-solving. It can be cast on small magical creatures like Erklings or fire-dwelling salamanders, transforming them into rabbits. These rabbits can then be picked up and moved, often to weigh down platforms or complete challenges.

Within the context of the video games where it appears, Lapifors is taught as part of the Transfiguration curriculum or learned from a spellbook. It is not portrayed as a particularly difficult spell to master. No specific counter-spell is mentioned. However, it is likely that a general-purpose counter-spell such as Finite Incantatem would reverse its effects. The transformation is also shown to be temporary in some game mechanics.

The incantation “Lapifors” is likely derived from Latin and French roots.

• The prefix “Lapi-“ probably comes from the French lapin, meaning “rabbit,” or the Latin lepus (genitive leporis), meaning “hare.”
• The suffix ”-fors” is a common component of transfiguration spells in the video games (e.g., Draconifors, Avifors) and may be a corruption of the Latin word forma, meaning “form” or “shape.”

Thus, the incantation loosely translates to “rabbit form.”

The Lapifors spell is an invention for the Harry Potter video games and is not considered part of the book canon established by J.K. Rowling. Its primary appearances are in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire games for various platforms (video game). The spell is part of a larger group of transfiguration spells created for the games, many of which share the “-fors” suffix to denote a transformation into a specific creature. Examples include Draconifors (transforms statues into small dragons) and Avifors (transforms statues into birds or bats) (video game).