Forbidden Forest Merlin Trials

By Dio Lacayo , Brendan Graeber , Hannah Hoolihan

Updated: Nov 15, 2023 7:32pm UTC

Merlin Trials unlock new gear slots in your inventory, allowing you to carry more items. This page has every location and solution for Merlin Trials in the Forbidden Forest, and you can find other region-specific information in our Forbidden Forest Region Guide. This guide applies to all versions of Hogwarts Legacy, including the original PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S versions of Hogwarts Legacy, as well as the Nintendo Switch version.

How To Unlock Merlin Trials: To begin taking on the Merlin Trials, you'll need to complete the Trials of Merlin main story mission in Lower Hogsfield. After you have done that, you'll need to buy the ability to grow Mallowsweet from The Magic Neep in Hogsmeade, and complete your first Herbology class, unlocking the ability to grow your own Mallowsweet.

Tips: We also recommend buying the 5 pot table from Tomes and Scrolls in Hogsmeade, to make growing it easier, because you'll need Mallowsweet to activate every Merlin Trial (and there are lots of them).

Merlin Trials: 3
Required Spells: Lumos, Confringo/Incendio

Forbidden Forest Merlin Trial 1

NOTE: This trial requires Confringo

The first Merlin Trial in the Forbidden Forest can be found just outside of Jackdaw's Tomb. Activate the trial and three braziers will appear. One is located to the south, one to the north, and one to the northwest near the lake.

First, burn the spiderweb near the southern brazier, then light it. Once it's lit, run to the north and light the next one, then stand next to it and look towards the lake to find the third. Once all three are lit, you're done!

Forbidden Forest Merlin Trial 2

NOTE: This trial requires Lumos, Confringo/Incendio

The second Merlin Trial in the Forbidden Forest can be found in the central region, east of the West Forbidden Forest fast travel point.

Clear out the poachers here, then activate the trial. Use Confringo on the stacked boulders to the west, which block the way to a cave holding the butterflies. Use Lumos to gather them around your wand and have them follow you.

Use Confringo again on the vines and tree branches blocking another one to the east, then gather the third and final butterfly swarm, then return them to the three glowing stone plinths surrounding the trial to complete it.

Forbidden Forest Merlin Trial 3

The third Merlin Trial in the Forbidden Forest can be found in the northeastern corner, just north of the North Ford Bog Entrance fast travel point.

Once you arrive, activate the trial, then shoot the cairn stone piles off the stone pillars, then use the wooden box to hop on top of the one nearest you.

Hop from pillar to pillar (or walk/run from pillars that are close together) without touching the ground. Once you've jumped across them all, you'll complete the trial.