Skip Merlin Trials v1.0
Solve Merlin Trials instantly at the press of a button. No more annoyingly repetitive tasks or time-consuming cinematics!
Versions
See the “Changelogs” dropdown just above.
This mod does two things:
– It allows you to skip Merlin Trials entirely (by instantly completing them).
– Or, if you want to actually do the Trial, it enables the skip feature on the animation at the end (press-and-hold the right-mouse button).
Installation
I would recommend installing the mod manually as described below. You should be able to install the mod automatically using Vortex if you like (then skip to step 4 below), but Vortex can be a bit unreliable with Hogwarts Legacy mods (it doesn’t always delete mods properly) so beware!
– Download the mod.
– Unzip the contents.
– Move the .utoc, .ucas, and .pak files to the Steam\steamapps\common\Hogwarts Legacy\Phoenix\Content\Paks\~mods\ folder.
– Install Blueprint Apparate Modloader if you haven’t already.
– Start Hogwarts Legacy
– Load your most recent save-file.
– Press the F8 key to activate Blueprint Apparate Modloader.
– Type SkipMerlinTrials in the little window and hit the Enter key on your keyboard.
– The word SkipMerlinTrials should disappear and reappear lower down in that window with an X next to it. If it doesn’t – if it stays on the top line – then either a) you put the .utoc, .ucas and .pak files in the wrong folder, or b) one of your existing mods is already using pakchunk 1049. Use my PakChunk Checker to check that. If you have a pakchunk conflict see the Conflicts section below.
– Press F8 again to close the modloader window.
Note that you only need to follow the above process once. From now on the mod will just work.
Default Key Bindings
By default this mod uses the following key bindings:
– ALT-M = Instantly complete a nearby Merlin Trial.
Custom Key Bindings
You can change the key bindings to anything you like as follows:
– Download & install the latest version of this mod, start the game, do the F8 thing (if you haven’t already), load a save file, then shut down the game.
– In Windows Explorer type %localappdata%\Hogwarts Legacy\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor into the address bar at the top and hit Enter.
– Left click Input.ini then right click it and select “Edit” (or “Open with” > “Notepad”).
– Search for SkipMerlinTrials. You should find entries like those below.
– Change the items shown in green below to whatever you want.
– Restart the game.
ActionMappings=(ActionName=”SkipMerlinTrials_Execute”,bShift=False,bCtrl=False,bAlt=True,bCmd=False,Key=M,GroupName=””,SortIndex=0)
How to Un-Install
Either:
1) If you installed it via Vortex: Disable or Uninstall it via Vortex. BUT also CHECK that it’s gone from the ~mods folder afterwards.
2) Delete the .utoc, .ucas, and .pak files from the ~mods folder.
Conflicts
This mod uses pakchunk 1049. You can check if that conflicts with any of your existing mods by running my PakChunk Checker batch script after you’ve installed the mod. If it does conflict, you can either fix it using the Chunk ID Conflict Manager or rebuild this mod yourself – see below.
