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Hogwarts Legacy: How To Solve South West Aranshire Merlin Trial

South West Aranshire Merlin Trial in Hogwarts Legacy

This guide explains how to solve the south west Aranshire Merlin Trial in Hogwarts Legacy.

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.

Location on the Hogwarts Legacy map next to the Black Lake
Location of the south west Aranshire 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. Three of them are located around Aranshire: one to the east, one in the middle, and one to the west. The west Merlin Trial is down the hill from the hamlet and sits next to the Black Lake.

Let’s go over how to solve the south west Aranshire Merlin Trial in Hogwarts Legacy

How To Solve South West Aranshire 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.

How to solve south west Aranshire Merlin Trial in Hogwarts Legacy

This is how to solve the south west Aranshire Merlin Trial in Hogwarts Legacy: Find and move the large ball into the hole.

From the swirl, look to the south east to see the hole in the ground.

Hogwarts Legacy how to solve south west Aranshire Merlin Trial

Next, look to the north east up the rock face. The large ball sits at the top. Run up to it and hit it with five basic casts to push it down.

How to solve south west Aranshire Merlin Trial in Hogwarts Legacy

Finally, roll the ball into the hole by using basic casts.

Once the ball is in place, the Merlin Trial is complete.

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