Basilisk Regular Venom

Basilisk venom was an extremely poisonous and corrosive substance generated by the said species.
==Overview==
Basilisk venom was extremely powerful, and could kill a person within a little more than a minute at best, making the person drowsy and blurry-visioned before they died. This powerful venom was one of the few substances known to be capable of destroying Horcruxes, causing them fatal damage that could not be repaired. It only had one known antidote: phoenix tears, which happened to be very rare, decreasing the venom's deadliness.The venom's potency was apparently extremely long-lasting, as Hermione Granger was able to use the venom from the fang of a Basilisk that was dead for nearly five years.Basilisk venom was one of the few poisons that was not curable by bezoars.
==History==
In 1993, Harry Potter stabbed the roof of the Basilisk's mouth with the Sword of Gryffindor and ended up getting a fang splintered into his arm. Tom Riddle described the venom as being able to kill Harry in a little more than a minute, though Fawkes's tears healed Harry's arm and cleansed the poison.After being healed, Harry took the fang and stabbed Riddle's diary, destroying that Horcrux beyond magical repair. Because Harry had stabbed the Basilisk with the sword, it was imbued with Basilisk venom and was therefore able to destroy Horcruxes and poison opponents that it cut through as well.Albus Dumbledore used the Sword of Gryffindor, which had been imbued with the basilisk's venom three years prior, to destroy Marvolo Gaunt's Ring.Ron Weasley used the Sword of Gryffindor to destroy Salazar Slytherin's Locket.In 1998, during the Battle of Hogwarts, Ron and Hermione went down to the Chamber of Secrets and destroyed Helga Hufflepuff's Cup with a Basilisk fang. In the same battle, Neville Longbottom used the Sword of Gryffindor to kill Nagini.
==Appearances==
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==Notes and references==
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Category:Horcrux Destruction Methods
Category:Venoms