Hogwarts Legacy Merlin Trials: All locations & solutions

Merlin Trials are scattered throughout the enchanting landscape of Hogwarts Legacy, comprising of 95 distinct challenges. While they may not excessively test your wizarding abilities, mastering them is essential for increasing your gear capacity. Here are the locations and solutions of all Merlin Trials in Hogwarts Legacy.

Throughout your journeys in the Wizarding World, you’ll encounter a plethora of diverse challenges, each promising some form of reward.

The Merlin trials in particular will help you grow your inventory to its max, and the best part is that you’ll bump into them without having to try, as they can be found in every corner of the map.

Also, for completionists, solving all 95 trials will grant you the Achievement/Trophy Merlin’s Beard, so you might want to check our guide below.

How to unlock the Merlin Trials in Hogwarts Legacy

The first Merlin Trial will be presented to you early on in the game, as part of the main questline. The witch called Nora Treadwell, who appears after meeting Natty near Lower Hogsfield, is the one who will get you started in the trials.

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Nora will explain the basic concept of the trials, and then ask you to place down Mallowsweet on the altar and solve your first challenge. Afterward, you’ll be free to roam around searching for the other 94 but keep in mind that to start every trial, you’ll need to bring along Mallowsweet leaves as offerings.

Hogwarts Legacy Merlin Trials explained: types & solutions

While there are almost a hundred different Merlin Trials around Hogwarts Legacy, they can be divided in 9 big groups according to the way of solving them. And don’t worry, if you fail any of them, just wait for some time to pass by and try again.

• Smashing orbs: Destroy the orbs on top of the pillars using the Accio spell.
• Exploding stones: Use the Confringo spell to blow up the cracked green rocks around the trial site.
• Repairing statues: Use the Reparo spell to fix the collapsed statues around the trial site.
• Stone spheres: Use the Accio spell to move sets of small stone balls into nearby plates with openings in them.
• Lighting torches: Use the Incendio or Confringo spells to light up the torches surrounding the trial site. They’ll start sinking into the ground as soon as you begin, so find the tallest torch and start from there.
• Gathering moths: Use the Lumos spell to attract the moths floating nearby, and bring them back to the hollow crystal cubes in order to light them up.
• Symbol cubes: Use the Flipendo spell to line up each side of the cube’s symbols with the plinth that the cubes rest on. Look out for the arrows that help guide the direction they should line up.
• Standing stones: Climb onto one end of the standing stones and run/jump across them without touching the ground until you reach the other side.
• Magical football: Use movement spells to get the ball into the nearby bowl-shaped goal set into the ground. Spells like Accio, Levioso or Depulso work. You can also use Wingardium Leviosa and just carry the ball manually all the way.

Merlin Trials locations

The challenges are really easy to spot. Walk around unlocking the different regions and keep an eye out for the white feathers that appear on the map. These icon will take you to the exact location of the Merlin Trials.

North Ford Bog (4)

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Forbidden Forest (3)

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Hogsmeade Valley (5)

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North Hogwarts Region (5)

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South Hogwarts Region (15)

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Hogwarts Valley (16)

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Feldcroft Region (16)

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South Sea Bog (2)

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Poidsear Coast (10)

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Marunweem Lake (4)

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Manor Cape (5)

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Cragcroftshire (5)

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Clagmar Coast (5)

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Merlin Trials rewards

Each completed Merlin Trial will appear in the Field Guide section, where you can exchange them for gear slots.

• 2 Merlin Trials can be exchanged for 4 gear storage slots.
• 6 more Merlin Trials can be exchanged for 4 gear storage slots.
• 10 more Merlin Trials can be exchanged for 4 gear storage slots.
• 14 Merlin Trials can be exchanged for 4 gear storage slots.

Once you’ve completed all of the challenges, you’ll have the largest inventory capacity in the game and you’ll also be rewarded with Merlin’s Beard trophy.

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