Abraxan Hair/Feather- wands are generally more stubborn, but produce strong spells once mastered. They have excellent balance between the speed of spells that are cast and how powerful the spells are.

Acromantula Web- Illegal in Britain, and will be confiscated by the authorities a lot of the time. The owner of such a wand has excellent abilities with Dark Magic, especially the Imperius Curse and other Unforgivable Curses. These wands are traditional in the Eastern part of the world, so certain exceptions are made, but those on lengthy diplomatic journeys will often find a replacement wand for their stay. Wands with this core need to be handled with respect, or they can be temperamental and volatile. They work well for Defense Against the Dark Arts and offensive magic; an interesting combination, given that they do so well with Dark Arts as well.

Ashwinder Ash- cast the best protection charms, though the snakes from which they come are capable of burning down buildings if they are allowed to lay their eggs inside.

Augurey Feather- wands are skilled with the art of Divination. They were incorrectly assumed to be Dark cores, because the cry of the large green bird was thought to be an indication that someone was going to die soon. Really, the cry of the Irish phoenix means that it is going to rain soon. Wands with this core often choose students that are misunderstood, like the birds themselves were.

Basilisk Skin- wands are hardly made, they are more often passed from one generation to the next (either as an heirloom of a Pureblood family or recasting the core to a new wand). When a new wand is made with this core, the chances of them choosing someone who is not either a Parselmouth or a Dark Wizard is slim to none. Like the giant serpent the skin is taken from, these wands are extremely powerful and extremely dangerous. The amount of good from owners of these wands is very small.

 Billywig Stinger- wands are (when used in Britain-which is quite rare) imported from Australia, where the Billywig is from. These wands are very prone to change behaviors, though they are excellent with Charms. When they bond to witches or wizards, they are almost always pranksters.

Boggart Skin- wands have strong ties to the Dark Arts, though their Transfiguration skills are extremely powerful as well, as well as their Divination and Legilimency skills. If a boggart is caught and killed, the experience is quite traumatic, and the wand it makes is more often that of a Dark Wizard

 Boomslang Skin- wands are very dangerous to make, and whether or not the wands are worth the risk of working with the venom is highly contested. The venom, when a wand maker dares use it, is either crystallized or in liquid form. These wands give the user a slight boost when casting hexes and jinxes no matter which form it is used in. More often, the core will be crystallized, as it is slightly safer than when the pure liquid is used. But when the maker of a wand decides to use the liquid form of boomslang venom, if successful the wand will be very powerful in the art of Transfiguration. The witches and wizards these wands choose are generally in the Slytherin House.

Bowtruckle Skin- wands are rare mostly due to the camouflage the creature uses (very effectively, too). When actually caught and used in a wand core, it makes for a wand that is powerful in the arts of Transfiguration, Herbology, and the Care of Magical Creatures.