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Hogwarts Legacy: How To Solve Northern South Hogwarts Region Merlin Trial

Screenshot showing the northern South Hogwarts Region merlin trial in Hogwarts Legacy.

This Hogwarts Legacy guide explains how to solve the northern South Hogwarts Region Merlin Trial.

After months of waiting, Hogwarts Legacy has arrived on PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC. The game is proving to be a massive hit with Potter fans as they eagerly get stuck into life at the legendary school.

In Hogwarts Legacy, players join the eponymous school as a fifth-year student in the 1890s. The game takes place a whole century before the Harry Potter novels and films. And this allows it to tell its own story about “a dangerous journey to uncover a hidden truth of the wizarding world.”

Hogwarts Legacy is an immersive RPG that allows players to experience life as a real student. You can create your own witch or wizard, pick your own wand, and even choose one of Hogwarts’ four houses.

Once you’ve settled into the mythical school of witchcraft and wizardry, you are free to explore, attend classes, learn spells, and discover everything the Wizarding World has to offer.

Screenshot showing the location of the northern South Hogwarts Region Merlin Trial in Hogwarts Legacy.
Location of the Merlin Trial.

Critics and fans have given the game a great reception. It offers many puzzles to solve, challenges to complete, and enemies to defeat.

Hogwarts Legacy has several different types of puzzles, including the mysterious ‘Merlin Trials’.

The Merlin Trials were created by the legendary wizard who was himself a student at Hogwarts.

All the trials can be found outside in the area around the school. One of them is located in the northern part of the South Hogwarts Region.

Let’s go over how to solve the northern South Hogwarts Region Merlin Trial in Hogwarts Legacy

How To Solve Northern South Hogwarts Region Merlin Trial in Hogwarts Legacy

Each Merlin Trial begins in the same way: finding a spiral plate embedded in the ground.

After using Mallowsweet to activate the trial, you can start to solve it.

However, each trial requires a different solution. This Merlin Trial features balls on the top of pillars.

Screenshot showing the ball on top of a pillar for the northern South Hogwarts Region Merlin Trial.

This is how to solve the northern South Hogwarts Region Merlin Trial in Hogwarts Legacy. Use Accio to smash the balls on top of the pillars in the surrounding area. They are all close by. To find them, carefully examine the area. Some are on top of nearby rocks or just down the hill. There are nine to destroy in total.

Once each ball has been destroyed, the Merlin Trial will be complete.

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