Skip Merlin Trials

Announcement

For those running the latest version of the game, this mod is now available via the official modding system inside the game.

Versions

See the "Changelogs" dropdown just above.

Introduction

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). But PLEASE NOTE that there have been several reports that this doesn't work if you have UICore installed. This seems to be a problem with UICore (which was basically broken by the updates in June and/or July) so it's not something I can fix. For now, if you have UICore installed you can temporarily disable it by clicking the X in the modloader next to the DekUICore entry. (Your other Dekita mods will still work, but you won't be able to access the settings.) If you want to re-enable UICore just type DekUICore into the modloader and then fast-travel to reload the mod.

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.