by theygamesLooking for Hogwarts Legacy Merlin Trials solutions? If you’re fretting about inventory space, you definitely haven’t solved enough Merlin Trials. These mini-challenges appear after you save Nora Treadwell in Lower Hogsfield from some nefarious Ashwinders who are giving her a hard time. After all, they are looking for you, so it only makes sense to help.
It turns out that Nora is a historian and archaeologist specialising in Merlin’s work. She was exploring the highlands to find what she calls ‘The Trials of Merlin’. They’re essentially Hogwarts Legacy puzzles designed to test what students have learned in class, giving more inventory space for completing these open-world game tasks. There are a whopping 95 Merlin Trials to find, so grab your Hogwarts Legacy map and let’s crack on finding all of them.
How to solve all of the Hogwarts Legacy Merlin Trials
While we found many different Merlin Trials in our wanderings through Hogwarts Legacy, they all fall into nine similar types. Here’s how to solve all of the different Merlin Trials types:
- Ball Rolling Merlin Trials – Simple enough; just get the ball into the bowl nearby. Movement spells such as Accio, Depulso, and Wingardium Leviosa should make this easy.
- Cracked Stone Merlin Trials – Destroy the cracked rocks with a green glow. Incendio and Confringo are your best options here.
- Jumping Merlin Trials – This is a test of your platforming skills. Leap across the row of standing stones without touching the ground to complete the trial. You may need running jumps for some of the bigger gaps!
- Moth Merlin Trials – Use Lumos to attract the groups of blue moths, then lead them to each of the nearby crystal stones in turn.
- Sphere Smash Merlin Trials – Destroy the spheres placed on top of each pillar. Using Confringo works, but Accio will do the job too.
- Disc and Balls Merlin Trials – You’ll need to place all the small stone spheres into the intendations on the disc. Use Accio to bring them over quickly and drop them into place.
- Statue Repair Merlin Trials – Use Reparo to repair the broken statues. If you’re struggling to find them, you can use Revelio to show their locations.
- Symbol Stone Merlin Trials – You’ll need to correctly align the stones on top of the pillars. Flipendo should do the job, although you may need to flip some multiple times to find the correct alignment.
- Torch Lighting Merlin Trials – Simply light all the torches using Incendio or Confringo. You’re on a time limit once you start, so try to spot them all first before you start lighting them.
These collectables only appear in the highlands, so you won’t need to wander Hogwarts’ halls or the town of Hogsmeade to locate them. Hold off on properly tackling each of the Hogwarts Legacy Merlin trials until you learn all of the Hogwarts Legacy spells and, at the very least, have a broom.
They will appear on the map as you get close to them, including while riding on a broomstick. Once you activate them, the pillars nearby will activate and you will need to figure out which spell is best suited for the job. Some require just the use of your basic spell, while others require advanced magic you learn in lessons or missions. It’s better to have every spell in the game before tackling these so you can just breeze through everything Merlin has to offer. Once you solve a challenge, the leaf marker will disappear from the map.
Completing the Merlin trials will give you a point towards completing the Merlin trials exploration Hogwarts Legacy challenges, with each milestone rewarding you with additional inventory storage.
Hogwarts Legacy Merlin Trials locations
Finally, we’ll break down all the Hogwarts Legacy Merlin Trials for each region. There are none in Hogwarts or Hogsmeade, so focus your attention on the highland areas and look for the leaf symbol in the mini-map. Here are all the Hogwarts Legacy Merlin Trials locations by region:
- North Ford Bog – 4
- Forbidden Forest – 3
- Hogsmeade Valley – 5
- North Hogwarts Region – 5
- South Hogwarts Region – 15
- Hogwarts Valley – 16
- Feldcroft Region – 16
- South Sea Bog – 2
- Poidsear Coast – 10
- Marunweem Lake – 4
- Manor Cape – 5
- Cragcroftshire – 5
- Clagmar Coast – 5
How to get Mallowsweet to activate Hogwarts Legacy Merlin Trials
You need to use a sprig of Mallowsweet leaves for each Hogwarts Legacy Merlin trial you encounter. Luckily, this is a relatively painless plant to come by, providing you start growing it as soon as you can cultivate plants. You can grow Mallowsweet yourself, either after your first Herbology class or by creating a small potting plant in your Hogwarts Legacy Room of Requirement. You can buy the Mallowsweet seed from The Magic Neep location, and it’ll take ten minutes to grow five Mallowsweet leaves after you pot the plant.
And that’s everything you need to know about the Hogwarts Legacy Merlin Trials. If you still need an extra hand, you can always unlock some of the Hogwarts Legacy talents to improve your spell’s potency. It may just be enough to complete the more complex incantations to cast. There are plenty of other collectibles in the RPG game, from Daedalian keys to Demiguise statues and much more. If you’ve already finished the story and don’t fancy collecting things, you can always check out our best PC games list for your next adventure.
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