Tarstones | Mortal Shell 2
Tarstones in Mortal Shell 2 are items that can be infused into equipment that grants passive effects or modifies an action, changing the movements and attacks of the Harbinger or the equipped shell. Tarstone effects can increase damage, modify attacks, improve Critical Chance, and other interactions that require the Resolve resource. Tarstones are obtained as part of story progression or picked up in various Locations, and can only be equipped to compatible equipment.
Tarstones come in 5 different types: Support, Combat, Infusion, Ability, and Fragile (NEW!). Each type conforms to a specific usage and compatibility, enhancing different combat mechanics. Tarstones have up to 4 levels that increase their effectiveness or grant a transformed effect. It gains experience by equipping it and then slaying enemies as you explore. You can equip a total of 10 Tarstones: 4 shell-compatible, and 2 each for Combat, Infusion, and Ability.
After the Week 1 Update, Tarstones are as follows:
Mortal Shell 2 Tarstone Guide
Upgrading Tarstones in Mortal Shell 2
You can upgrade your Tarstones by giving Franz the Etching Needle, a quest item that expands the upgrade options of the Tarforge in the Marrow Keep. You need to spend coins for the Level 2 upgrade, but you also need to increase the experience of these Tarstones before you can upgrade them.
The Etching Needle can be looted from a chest right before fighting Magdalena, the Lady of the Woods Boss fight. When you see Ruk past the bridge, turn right to find a small section with a bone chest. Loot this chest to get the Etching Needles.
All Tarstones in Mortal Shell 2
Ability Tarstones
- Acolyte's Stone
- Barrage Stone
- Captive's Scabstone
- Clockwork Shardstone
- Colossus Stone
- Confessor's Keepsake
- Conqueror's Reward
- Fulminant Stone
- Fusillade Stone
- Hand of Rock
- Hexapod Core
- Infested Stone
- Infused Stone
- Lost Clotstone
- Magdalena's Memento
- Scholar's Wormstone
- Shrike Stone
- Solnir Shard
- Strange Remnant
- Summoning Stone
- Tarred Fragment
- Unwieldly Stone
Combat Starstones
- Blackblood Stone
- Charged Stone
- Clerik's Stone
- Corroded Stone
- Duality Stone
- Enfeebling Stone
- Grudge Stone
- Ironpiercer's Stone
- Myriad Stone
- Parasitic Stone
- Pulse Stone
- Rupturing Stone
- Shuddering Stone
- Splitting Stone
- Squall Stone
- Stillblade's Stone
- Thief's Stone
- Tyrant's Stone
- Unstable Stone
- Unyielding Stone
- Volatile Fragment
- Wounding Stone
- Zealot's Stone
Infusion Tarstones
Support Tarstones
Fragile Tarstones (NEW!)
Tarstones (Table)
| Image | Name | Compatible | Type | Effects | Location |
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Glimpse Stone | Shell | Fragile (NEW!) |
Can be bought from Merrick in Marrow Keep for coins. Drops from some Enemies and Dungeons. | |
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Egon's Stone | Shell | Fragile (NEW!) |
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Can be bought from Merrick in Marrow Keep for coins. Drops from some Enemies and Dungeons. |
| Gloombound Stone | Shell | Fragile (NEW!) |
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Can be bought from Merrick in Marrow Keep for coins. Drops from some Enemies and Dungeons. | |
| Justiciar's Stone | Shell | Fragile (NEW!) |
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Can be bought from Merrick in Marrow Keep for coins. Drops from some Enemies and Dungeons. | |
| Auspicious Stone | Primary Weapon | Support | Improves melee Critical Chance. |
Found in the chest in Mushroom Village. Light the three candles around the village to open it. | |
| Headsman's Stone | Shell | Support | Improves melee Critical Damage. |
Found behind the small ruined building southeast of the Outskirts of Mammon beacon. | |
| Devout Stone | Shell | Support | Improves Resolve gain from melee attacks. |
Found behind a gate in Sester's Abbey. Use the switch on the wall to the left of the gate. | |
| Shattering Stone | Primary Weapon | Support | Improves melee Stagger Damage. |
Found in a chest in the Collapsed Mines dungeon. | |
| Berserker's Stone | Shell | Support | Improves melee damage the lower your Health is. |
Found in the Temple of Vatra. Light the three candles around the area to open the chest. | |
| Marksman's Stone | Sidearm | Support | Improves ranged Critical Chance. |
Found on the path heading north from Mushroom Village. | |
| Deadeye Stone | Sidearm | Support | Improves ranged Critical Damage. |
Found inside the Sanguine Caverns Gate. After leaving the first cave, jump down to the area on the left. | |
| Siegebreaker's Stone | Sidearm | Support | Improves ranged Stagger Damage. |
Found in a chest in the Glutted Mire Gate near the Seeping Mire beacon. Light the three candles to open it. | |
| Spite Stone | Sidearm | Support | Improves ranged damage the lower your Health is. |
Found in a chest at the end of the Bellkeeper's Corner dungeon near the Abandoned Outpost beacon. | |
| Bulwark Stone | Shell | Support | Provides Damage Reduction to all characters. |
Found at the end of the bridge leading out of the Citadel of Penance. | |
| Retribution Stone | Primary Weapon | Support | Improves Riposte damage. |
Reward for completing the Trial north of the Widow's Overlook beacon. | |
| Wounding Stone | Primary Weapon | Combat | Melee attacks inflict Perforation. |
Found in a chest behind the small wooden building under the bridge south of Mushroom Village. | |
| Grudge Stone | Primary Weapon | Combat | Your Weapon deals a guaranteed Critical Hit. |
Found in a chest near the Citadel of Penance beacon. | |
| Duality Stone | Primary Weapon | Combat | Your Weapon light attack combo strikes twice. |
Found in a chest in the Ravaged Tomb dungeon. | |
| Unyielding Stone | Primary Weapon | Combat | Your Weapon light attack combo has Stagger immunity. |
Reward for completing the Trial northeast of Mushroom Village. | |
| Parasitic Stone | Primary Weapon | Combat | Slaying foes grants Leech stacks. |
Found in the chest at the end of Martyr's Tomb. | |
| Thief's Stone | Primary Weapon | Combat | Striking foes grants Warp. |
Reward for completing its Trial. | |
| Stillblade's Stone | Primary Weapon | Combat | Grants access to a special Light Combo Finisher that deals Break Damage. |
Found in a chest in the Citadel Annex beacon dungeon inside the Faded Citadel Gate. | |
| Zealot's Stone | Primary Weapon | Combat | Grants access to a special Light Combo Finisher that generates Resolve. |
Obtained from the memory at the end of the Besieged Ruins dungeon. | |
| Clerik's Stone | Primary Weapon | Combat | Grants access to a special Heavy Combo Finisher with increased Critical Chance. |
Found behind a fake wall in the northeast corner of the structure above the swamp. | |
| Tyrant's Stone | Primary Weapon | Combat | Grants access to a special Heavy Combo Finisher that inflicts Weak. |
Found behind a fake wall north of the Abbey Entrance beacon. | |
| Enfeebling Stone | Sidearm | Combat | Projectiles inflict Fragile. |
Reward for completing the Trial east of the Outskirts of Mammon beacon. | |
| Shuddering Stone | Sidearm | Combat | Projectile impacts generate a Knockback shockwave. |
Found in a chest behind fake walls in the Illusionist's Cache dungeon. | |
| Pulse Stone | Sidearm | Combat | Projectile impacts generate a shockwave that pulls enemies inward. |
Found in the Conquered Temple Gate after obtaining the Immaculate Crown from Winterglass Lake. | |
| Ironpiercer's Stone | Sidearm | Combat | Projectiles pierce through enemies. |
Found near the end of the secret beacon dungeon accessible from the Prisoners' Domain Gate. | |
| Myriad Stone | Sidearm | Combat | Your Sidearm fires multiple projectiles in an arc without consuming additional Resolve. |
Found in a chest in the Feeding Grounds dungeon. | |
| Splitting Stone | Sidearm | Combat | Your Sidearm fires multiple projectiles in an arc without consuming additional Resolve. |
Found on the balcony of the large circular building east of the Gate of Mammon beacon. | |
| Rupturing Stone | Sidearm | Combat | Projectiles that strike critically deal Break Damage. |
Found in a chest immediately before the final boss arena in the Prisoners' Domain Gate. | |
| Blackblood Stone | Sidearm | Combat | Projectiles explode mid-air and deal splash damage. |
Found in a chest near the end of the Pulsing Caves beacon inside the Sanguine Caverns Gate. | |
| Corroded Stone | Sidearm | Combat | Projectiles deal damage over time after striking their target. |
Found on the main path near the end of the Sunken Village beacon in the Glutted Mire Gate. | |
| Squall Stone | Sidearm | Combat | Projectiles spin in place after hitting their target. |
Found in a chest in the Executioner's Pulpit beacon inside the Prisoners' Domain Gate. | |
| Charged Stone | Sidearm | Combat | Your Sidearm charges faster. |
Found in a chest in the Nameless Path beacon inside the Withered Shoals Gate. | |
| Unstable Stone | Sidearm | Combat | Repeatedly hitting the same enemy triggers an explosion that deals splash damage. |
Found behind a fake wall on the circular pathway around the rock formation. | |
| Volatile Fragment | Sidearm | Combat | Enemies dying by a ranged attack explode, dealing splash damage. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Mushroom Village Gate beacon. | |
| Arbiter's Prize | Primary Weapon | Infusion | Consume 30 Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Bloodcurse. |
Obtained by defeating the Great Arbiter of Flesh south of the Widow's Overlook beacon. | |
| Serpent Stone | Primary Weapon | Infusion | Consume 15 Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Poison. |
Obtained by defeating Lucian at the end of the Stonebed Gate beacon. | |
| Voltaic Crown | Sidearm | Infusion | Consume 30 Resolve to infuse with Lightning. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Nochtean Gate beacon dungeon. | |
| Warden's Stone | Primary Weapon | Infusion | Consume 30 Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Frost. |
Obtained by defeating Urrig in the Conquered Temple Gate. | |
| Curseblood Stone | Primary Weapon | Infusion | Consume 30 Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Curse. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Gate of Infinity beacon dungeon. | |
| Nightgrasp Stone | Primary Weapon | Infusion | Consume 30 Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Phantom. |
Found in the chest on the bottom floor of the tower after lighting three candles. | |
| Torpor Stone | Primary Weapon | Infusion | Consume 25 Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Stasis. |
Found behind the waterfall near the Ossinite Falls beacon in the Withered Shoals Gate. | |
| Wretchcaller's Stone | Primary Weapon | Infusion | Consume 30 Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Trauma. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Gate of Mammon beacon. | |
| Inflamed Clawstone | Primary Weapon | Infusion | Consume 30 Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Burn. |
Obtained by defeating the double Grisha boss at the end of the Holding Cells dungeon. | |
| Hag Stone | Sidearm | Infusion | Consume 20 Resolve to infuse your Sidearm with Trauma. |
Found in a chest near the end of the Outskirts of Nochte beacon dungeon. | |
| Emberseed Stone | Sidearm | Infusion | Consume 20 Resolve to infuse your Sidearm with Burn. Burn is inflicted on Critical Hits only. |
Found in a chest in the Mushroom Village beacon dungeon. | |
| Viletongue Hedron | Sidearm | Infusion | Consume 20 Resolve to infuse your Sidearm with Bloodcurse. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Castigator's Keep beacon dungeon. | |
| Voltaic Amber | Sidearm | Infusion | Consume 20 Resolve to infuse your Sidearm with Lightning. |
Obtained by defeating the Starved Harridan overworld boss. | |
| Frostshard Stone | Sidearm | Infusion | Consume 20 Resolve to infuse your Sidearm with Frost. |
Found in a chest beyond the hidden frozen area in the Conqueror's Hoard beacon. | |
| Monarch's Vestige | Sidearm | Infusion | Consume 20 Resolve to infuse your Sidearm with Phantom. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Abbey Entrance beacon dungeon. | |
| Accursed Stone | Sidearm | Infusion | Consume 20 Resolve to infuse your Sidearm with Curse. Curse is inflicted on Critical Hits only. |
Found in a chest at the end of the Abandoned Outpost beacon dungeon. | |
| Weeping Stone | Sidearm | Infusion | Consume 20 Resolve to infuse your Sidearm with Trauma. |
Can be bought at night from The Collector south of the Abandoned Outpost beacon. | |
| Acolyte's Stone | Primary Weapon | Ability | Consume 40 Resolve to perform a charged Light Attack. |
Can be bought from Merrick in Marrow Keep for 2,000 coins. | |
| Unwieldly Stone | Primary Weapon | Ability | Consume 35 Resolve to perform a charged Heavy Attack. |
Can be bought from Merrick in Marrow Keep for 2,000 coins. | |
| Magdalena's Memento | Primary Weapon | Ability | Consume 100 Resolve to rise into the air and unleash a flurry of ruthless strikes. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Glutted Mire Gate. | |
| Captive's Scabstone | Primary Weapon | Ability | Consume 100 Resolve to swing your Weapon in a violent arc, striking nearby foes. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Prisoners' Domain Gate. | |
| Conqueror's Reward | Primary Weapon | Ability | Consume 100 Resolve to drive your Weapon forward in a series of swift, piercing thrusts. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Conquered Temple Gate. | |
| Infused Stone | Primary Weapon | Ability | Consume 70 Resolve to throw your Weapon through multiple targets before it returns. |
Can be bought at night from The Collector south of the Abandoned Outpost beacon. | |
| Shrike Stone | Primary Weapon | Ability | Consume 70 Resolve to leap high and plunge your Weapon into the ground. |
Found inside the Glutted Mire Gate beyond the Sunken Village beacon. | |
| Colossus Stone | Primary Weapon | Ability | Consume 80 Resolve to thrust your Weapon into the ground and send out shockwaves. |
Found in a chest in the circular combat area. | |
| Lost Clotstone | Primary Weapon | Ability | Consume 60 Resolve to spin and release your Weapon with brutal force. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Sanguine Caverns Gate. | |
| Scholar's Wormstone | Primary Weapon | Ability | Consume Resolve over time to set the chainsaw in motion, augmenting your attacks. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Faded Citadel Gate. | |
| Clockwork Shardstone | Primary Weapon | Ability | Consume Resolve over time to hold your Weapon forward with its chainsaw spinning at full speed. |
Found at the end of the hidden dungeon opened by firing the Makeshift Projectile from the trebuchet near Outskirts of Mammon. | |
| Hexapod Core | Primary Weapon | Ability | Consume 60 Resolve to carve through enemies with a rapid succession of strikes. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Withered Shoals Gate. | |
| Solnir Shard | Sidearm | Ability | Consume 25 Resolve to launch a heavy round in a parabolic arc that bursts on impact. |
Obtained by defeating Solnir in the Faded Citadel Gate. | |
| Confessor's Keepsake | Sidearm | Ability | Consume 60 Resolve to charge your Sidearm and fire a devastating shot. |
Obtained by defeating Tishina's Confessor in the Prisoners' Domain. | |
| Fusillade Stone | Sidearm | Ability | At 80 Resolve or higher, unleash a flurry of consecutive shots. |
Obtained by defeating the boss at the end of the Winterglass Lake beacon dungeon. | |
| Barrage Stone | Sidearm | Ability | Consume 40 Resolve to launch a heavy round that detonates above the target and scatters explosive projectiles. |
Reward for completing its Trial. | |
| Tarred Fragment | Sidearm | Ability | Consume 50 Resolve to fire multiple tethered projectiles spinning at high speed. |
Obtained by defeating the Tarblighted Stoner in the Sanguine Caverns Gate. | |
| Fulminant Stone | Sidearm | Ability | Consume 60 Resolve to fire a heavy-caliber round that triggers multiple explosions around the target. |
Can be bought at night from The Collector south of the Abandoned Outpost beacon. | |
| Strange Remnant | Sidearm | Ability | Consume 15 Resolve to unleash a stream of projectiles that chain between targets. |
Obtained by defeating the Strange Grisha in the Withered Shoals Gate. | |
| Infested Stone | Sidearm | Ability | Consume 60 Resolve to fire a clinging projectile that explodes after a short delay. |
Can be bought at night from The Collector south of the Abandoned Outpost beacon. | |
| Summoning Stone | Sidearm | Ability | Consume 70 Resolve to summon the last slain foe to fight for you. |
Found in a chest in the Faded Citadel Gate after destroying the blue chalice along the side path. | |
| Hand of Rock | Sidearm | Ability | Consume 80 Resolve to unleash a swarm of homing projectiles. |
Can be bought from the Barkeep in the One Legged Wolf Tavern. |

































































