Mortal Shell 2 Guide | All Tarstone and Tarcore Locations

Tracking all Tarstone and Tarcore Locations and Effects in Mortal Shell 2 helps players customize character stats and empower melee combat techniques. Tarstones slot into your equipment to grant passive stat boosts or element infusions like fire and lightning.

Support Tarstones

Auspicious Stone: Mushroom Village square. Light three candles on surrounding stone pillars to unlock the central bone chest.

Headman's Stone: Mammon Outskirts. Located beside a large tree within the eastern ruined courtyard guarded by Grisha Hunters.

Devout Stone: Sester's Gate. Climb the northern steps past ranged enemies and strike the wall switch to open the gate next to the chest.

Marksman's Stone: Mushroom Village Gate upper path. Loot the chest in the middle of the elevated enemy camp.

Deadeye Stone: Sanguine Caverns. Follow the primary descent into the cavern and drop down to the first camp ledge on the left.

Gloombound Stone: Blackridge Pass graveyard. Found inside the ruined central chapel chest in the Stones of Remembrance.

Retribution Stone: Widow's Overlook clearing. Complete the outdoor trial encounter to earn this defensive stone.

Wounding Stone: Widow's Overlook southern trail. Tucked behind the outer wall of the initial house near Tiel's domain.

Combat Tarstones

Shattering Stone: Collapsed Mine entrance. Take the northern elevator up from the Obsidianite Mines entrance and head west along the ridge.

Berserker's Stone: Temple of Vatra. Found inside an offering chest beyond the Bone Gate. Collect this before picking up the Heart of Vatra to avoid locking the room.

Siegebreaker's Stone: Glutted Mire. Light three marsh candles in the starting swamp area to unseal the bone chest.

Spite Stone: Abandoned Outpost. Ring the central bell to form a bridge path leading toward Bellkeeper's Corner.

Bulwark Stone: Citadel of Penance. Pull the lever near the broken bridge on the southwestern path to open the gate to the chest.

Justiciar's Stone: Feeding Grounds swamp. Defeat the Broodshell Swarm boss and retrieve the stone from the cave behind the arena.

Unyielding Stone: Deserted Mine. Complete the trial in the middle of the monolith circle north of the mine.

Stillblade's Stone: Citadel Annex. Ride the spider mount across the chasm and defeat the elite guardian shielding the chest.

Infusion & Boss Tarstones

Parasitic Stone: Martyr's Tomb. Found in the chest alongside the Obsidian Lathe southeast of Widow's Overlook.

Serpent Stone: Awarded automatically after defeating Lucian in the second phase of his boss fight.

Arbiter's Prize: Boss reward obtained upon defeating the Arbiter of Flesh within the church ruins.

Duality Stone: Ravaged Tomb. Loot the chest located at the base of the spiral stairwell in the main chamber.

Thief's Stone: Gate of Infinity. Complete the timed platforming trial directly opposite the statue of Ruk.

Grudge Stone: Southern cliff alcove directly past the Citadel of Penance rest checkpoint.

Maximizing Combat Effects with Upgraded Loadouts

This will allow you to combine complementary passive perks. Pairing poison infusions with higher attack speed lets you quickly deplete the health of elite enemies during boss encounters. Cycle through fresh stones while exploring to generate extra crafting materials quickly.

FAQ

Q. What are Tarstones in Mortal Shell 2? 

A. Tarstones are socketable items that add passive perks, stat boosts, or elemental damage to your attacks.

Q. How do you get Tarcore in Mortal Shell 2? 

A. You earn Tarcore as a byproduct whenever you temper and upgrade Tarstones at the Tarforge.

Q. What types of Tarstone effects exist in the game? 

A. Tarstones come in support, combat, and infusion types that grant defensive bonuses or elemental weapon attacks.

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