A espada da Grifinória foi mantida em segurança em Hogwarts. Ele não teve oportunidade de coletá-lo durante seus dias de escolaridade em Hogwarts
Dumbledore reached across to Professor McGonagall’s desk, picked up the blood-stained silver sword, and handed it to Harry. Dully, Harry turned it over, the rubies blazing in the firelight. And then he saw the name engraved just below the hilt. Godric Gryffindor
“Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat, Harry,” said Dumbledore simply.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 18, Dobby’s Reward
Dumbledore acreditava que uma das razões pela qual Voldemort queria voltar para Hogwarts como professor era coletar a espada de Gryffindor. Infelizmente para Voldemort, Dumbledore não o contratou.
"I am confident, however, that the only known relic of Gryffindor remains safe.”
Dumbledore pointed his blackened fingers to the wall behind him, where a ruby-encrusted sword reposed within a glass case.
“Do you think that’s why he really wanted to come back to Hogwarts, sir?” said Harry. “To try and find something from one of the other founders?”
“My thoughts precisely,” said Dumbledore. “But unfortunately, that does not advance us much further, for he was turned away, or so I believe, without the chance to search the school. I am forced to conclude that he never fulfilled his ambition of collecting four founders’ objects. He definitely had two — he may have found three — that is the best we can do for now.”
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 23, Horcruxes