What is Mortal Shell II?
Mortal Shell II is a standalone dark-fantasy action RPG from Cold Symmetry that expands the original into a compact, interconnected open world built around dangerous exploration and high-stakes combat. Players possess the Shells of fallen warriors, inheriting their strengths, abilities and stories.
Combat removes the traditional stamina restriction and instead emphasizes posture breaks, critical strikes, Harden timing, executions, ranged sidearms and extensive weapon upgrades. Eight playable Shells, dozens of dungeons and deep Tarstone and equipment combinations create a large build-crafting and exploration layer.
Shells and progression
Each of the eight playable Shells offers a different set of strengths and abilities. Choose before committing valuable progression resources, then adapt your route, weapon choice and upgrades around the Shell that fits your approach.
Weapons, Tarstones and builds
Melee and ranged weapons, Tarstones, Seals and upgrade paths are central to build crafting. Confirm your choices against current patch information: Balance Patch 1 was released on Aug 21, 2026 and changed Shell map costs, Gold, Tarforge smelting, enemy and boss values, weapons, Tarstones and stability.
Dungeons and exploration
The official Xbox description states that the world contains 60+ dungeons. Specific dungeon names, routes, bosses and rewards are Pending confirmation until they are verified from an official source or in-game evidence.
Patch notes
Keep guides current against official updates. Balance Patch 1 is the research-confirmed post-launch patch signal; later patch names, dates and detailed changes are Pending confirmation.
- Developer
- Cold Symmetry
- Publisher
- Playstack
- Platforms
- Steam · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S
- Genre
- Souls-like Action RPG
- Playable Shells
- 8
- Dungeons
- 60+
- Steam Achievements
- 53