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Mortal Shell 2 Wiki & Guide

Guides, locations, Shells, weapons, bosses and answers to the questions players get stuck on.

A field guide to the ravaged world.

What to do first Chapel Key

Key art © Cold Symmetry / Playstack

Getting started

The first hours of Mortal Shell 2. Open the page that matches the thing you are stuck on.

Beginner guide

Prologue, first Shell, first Beacon that can actually level you.

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How to level up

Gloom at a Beacon. The prologue rest point cannot do it.

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Chapel Key

Mushroom Village Key route: bonfire, illusion arch, Shrine of Trials.

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Best starting Shell

Editorial pick from location order — not a hidden “correct” Shell.

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How to fast travel

Mether’s Breath, Ova, and the 4 vs 8 conflict.

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Death penalty

Dropped Gloom. Only the latest pile survives.

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How to heal

23 healing upgrades: more charges vs larger heals.

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Glimpses

Still used for Shell bonding. Map markers now cost Gloom.

Popular right now

The stuck-on questions this wiki is built to answer first.

Where is the Chapel Key?

Mushroom Village → Shrine of Trials.

Why can’t I level up?

Wrong Beacon. Wait for Marrow Keep.

How do I get Tiel?

Southeast of Widow’s Overlook.

Did I lock myself out?

Zmey is not the lock. Send Ova is.

Shells

All 8 Shells →

Eight playable Shells in Mortal Shell II. Harros is prologue-only.

Tiel

Widow’s Overlook southeast.

Proxima

Shattered Beacon, Blackridge.

Eredrim

Citadel of Penance / Warden.

Smert

Outskirts of Nochte offering.

Gragu

Heart of Vatra, One-Legged Wolf.

Genessa

Censer returned to Marrow Keep.

Lazlo

After Vellen, High Lords.

Sariel

Chamber of Becoming.

Weapons

All 8 weapons →

Eight melee weapons. Each page uses the published location order, not guessed filenames.

The Iconoclast

Prologue, automatic.

Axe and Dagger

Chapel Key → Shrine of Trials.

Veteran’s Battle Axe

King’s Crypt.

Great Martyr’s Blade

Martyr’s Prison.

Obsidian Hammer

Obsidianite Mines.

Black Needle

Sester’s Gate Beacon.

Axatana

Silent Steps, Bone Gate.

Clockwork Scythe

Chamber of Becoming.

Bosses

Main bosses →

Eleven main boss fights. This site currently names the prologue Tar Golem and the final encounter Zmey.

Tar Golem

First main boss. Missable achievement.

Zmey

Final fight. The world does not close when it dies.

Point of no return

Send Ova at the Gloom Siphon.

Locations & maps

Beacons

49 total / 46 cleansable / 3 pre-cleansed.

Dungeons

36 checklist side areas, or 60+ on the Steam blurb — different counts.

Map fragments

Sat Nav tracker target: 11.

Keys

Chapel Key is confirmed. A full key list is not.

Latest guides

Balance Patch 1

Shell maps cost Gloom. Gold up. Tarforge cheaper.

New Game+

What independent guides say carries over.

Tarstones

75 obtainable / 73 for Stoned. Berserker bug.

Tarforge

Five upgrades, including the cap increase.

53 achievements

Steam official total, plus the missable Tar Golem trophy.

All guides

Every how-to currently on this wiki.

Game information

Mortal Shell II is developed by Cold Symmetry and published by Playstack. Standalone sequel. Released 20 August 2026 on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Edition	Launch price	What it added
Standard	$49.99	The base game.
Devout Edition	$59.99	Obsidian skin set for all eight playable Shells; early access window is over.
Revered Edition	—	PS5 physical collector’s edition; sold out at most retailers.

Official Release Date Trailer © Playstack. YouTube loads only after you press play.

Official storefronts

This wiki stays unofficial. The game itself lives here:

View on Steam mortalshell.com