Varinhas podem ser ganhas com força física.
As varinhas podem ser ganhas vencendo seus donos usando força física, não apenas derrotando seus donos em um duelo. Harry pergunta a Ollivander se ele pode usar com segurança a varinha de Draco depois de pegá-la à força, e Ollivander diz que pensa assim.
“I took this wand from Draco Malfoy by force,’ said Harry. ‘Can I use it safely?’
‘I think so. Subtle laws govern wand ownership, but the conquered wand will usually bend its will to its new master.’
‘So I should use this one?’ said Ron, pulling Wormtail’s wand out of his pocket and handing it to Ollivander.
‘Chestnut and dragon heartstring. Nine and a quarter inches. Brittle. I was forced to make this, shortly after my kidnap, for Peter Pettigrew. Yes, if you won it, it is more likely to do your bidding, and do it well, than another wand.”
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 24 (The Wandmaker)
Harry pegou a varinha de Draco dele, puxando-a da mão - ele não usou nenhuma mágica contra Draco.
“As Ron ran to pull Hermione out of the wreckage, Harry took his chance; he leapt over an armchair and wrested the three wands from Draco’s grip, pointed all of them at Greyback and yelled: ‘Stupefy!’”
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 23 (Malfoy Manor)
Para pegar a varinha de Rabicho, Ron também puxou-a da mão enquanto a mão prateada engasgava.
“And we’ll have that,’ whispered Ron, tugging Wormtail’s wand from his other hand.”
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 23 (Malfoy Manor)
Quando Harry usa a varinha de Draco, funciona pelo menos tão bem quanto emprestar a varinha de Hermione com sua permissão.
“Harry looked down at the hawthorn wand that had once belonged to Draco Malfoy. He had been surprised, but pleased, to discover that it worked for him at least as well as Hermione’s had done.”
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 26 (Gringotts)
Barty Crouch Jr. poderia ter ganhado a varinha de Moody da mesma maneira - ele não precisava usar magia ou tinha uma varinha na época para ganhar a varinha de Moody's. Ele e Rabicho dominaram Moody e foram capazes de empurrá-lo para um baú, o que provavelmente teria sido suficiente para ganhar a varinha de Moody.
“Wormtail and I did it. We had prepared the Polyjuice Potion beforehand. We journeyed to his house. Moody put up a struggle. There was a commotion. We managed to subdue him just in time. Forced him into a compartment of his own magical trunk. Took some of his hair and added it to the Potion. I drank it, I became Moody’s double. I took his leg and his eye. I was ready to face Arthur Weasley when he arrived to sort out the Muggles who had heard a disturbance. I made the dustbins move around the yard. I told Arthur Weasley I had heard intruders in my yard, who had set the dustbins off. Then I packed up Moody’s clothes and Dark detectors, put them in the trunk with Moody, and set off for Hogwarts.”
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 35 (Veritaserum)
Depois que Barty Crouch Jr. capturou Moody, ele poderia ter tirado sua varinha dele. Tirar as varinhas deles foi o suficiente para Harry e Ron ganharem as varinhas dos outros, então provavelmente deveria ter funcionado para ele também.
Barty Crouch Jr. provavelmente usou a varinha de Moody's.
Depois que ele se tornou Moody, Barty Crouch Jr. quase certamente usou a varinha de Moody. Provavelmente, ele teria ganho com Moody, para que funcionasse para ele, usá-lo ajudaria sua cobertura, e ele precisaria de uma varinha de qualquer maneira. Ele não tinha sua própria varinha ou a de sua mãe - ele roubou a varinha de Harry na Copa do Mundo de Quadribol porque ele não tinha uma desde então antes de estar em Azkaban.
“It happened, there, in the Top Box. It was like waking from a deep sleep. I found myself out in public, in the middle of the match, and I saw a wand sticking out of a boy’s pocket in front of me. I had not been allowed a wand since before Azkaban. I stole it.”
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 35 (Veritaserum)
Embora seja possível que ele tenha adquirido outra varinha depois de ser libertado da Maldição Imperius e voltar ao serviço do Lorde das Trevas, não havia realmente nenhuma razão para ele não usar a varinha de Moody's depois que ele se tornou Moody. Barty Crouch Jr. provavelmente teria vencido e seria a varinha que Moody era conhecida usando, por isso seria mais lógico para ele trocar, mesmo que ele tivesse uma varinha.