Story and Shell unlocks
You're More Than a Weapon: Claim your first Shell, Weapon and Sidearm; earn it by Finish the opening tutorial sequence; the first Shell, weapon, and sidearm are awarded as you progress. Home at Last: Reach Marrowkeep; earn it by Continue through the tutorial and enter Marrowkeep at its end. Mid Summer?: Enter the Festival; earn it by At the start of a playthrough, speak with Marigold and accept the festival flower-crown offer.
Forever Alone?: Unlock Tiel; earn it by Search the grave near Martyr's Tomb, southeast of Widow's Overlook, and interact with the Shell. Arrival: Unlock Proxima; earn it by Reach the Shattered Beacon northeast of Blackridge Pass and claim the Shell near the Crumbling Tunnel. Haunting Times: Watch your first Shell Memory; earn it by After unlocking a Shell, speak with Zhirelle in the Shellkeeper room and view a memory from its bonding menu.
Vengeance is Mine: Unlock Eredrim; earn it by Defeat the Warden in the Citadel of Penance and claim Eredrim beyond the pit. Heartless: Unlock Gragu; earn it by Find the Heart of Vatra in the Temple of Vatra and bring it to Gragu at the One-Legged Wolf Tavern. My Brether: Unlock Smert; earn it by Visit Prophet's Rest west of the Outskirts of Nochte and make two Offerings of Blood at the sacrifice bowls.
Sester: Unlocked Sester Genessa; earn it by Complete the Touch Censer dungeon west of the Abbey Entrance, then bring Sester's Censer to Genessa in Marrowkeep. The Alchemist: Unlock Sariel; earn it by Defeat Sariel, the Endless, in the Chamber of Becoming southeast of Silent Steps. Down with the Thickness: Unlock Lazlo; earn it by Find Lazlo in the Crypts of Mammon west of the High Lord's Courtyard in the Ruins of Mammon.
Weapons and sidearms
Deep Cuts: Unlock Axe and Dagger; earn it by Open the Shrine of Trials with the Chapel Key and claim the Axe and Dagger inside. Old School: Unlock the Forgotten Crossbow; earn it by Enter the Flooded Village dungeon west of Blackridge Pass and take the Forgotten Crossbow. Cut You Down to Size: Unlock the Veteran's Battle Axe; earn it by Clear the King's Crypt dungeon north of Blackridge Pass in Fainweald and collect the axe.
Big Boi: Unlock Great Martyr's Blade; earn it by Clear Martyr's Prison northwest of the Gloomshade Grove Beacon and take the Great Martyr's Blade. Chop Chop: Unlock the Salvaged Trebuchaxe; earn it by Search the Ravaged Hideout beside the Bloodcursed Lithopod encounter and collect the Salvaged Trebuchaxe. Dual Wielding: Unlock the Axatana; earn it by Use the Bone Gates south-east of the Forgotten Tower to reach the tower containing the Axatana.
Old Painless: Unlock the Triarch Repeater; earn it by Clear Blackwell Caverns north of the Castigator's Keep Beacon and pick up the Triarch Repeater. Point Taken: Unlock Black Needle; earn it by Cleanse the Sester's Gate Beacon and defeat the Stray Sesters boss in its dungeon to receive Black Needle. Like Clockwork: Unlock the Clockwork Scythe; earn it by Defeat Sariel, the Endless, in the Chamber of Becoming and collect the Clockwork Scythe afterward.
Spiked: Unlock the Caged Hystrix; earn it by After defeating Sariel, the Endless, search the Chamber of Becoming for the Caged Hystrix. Stop - Hammer Time: Unlock the Obsidian Hammer; earn it by Clear the Obsidianite Mines southwest of the Outskirts of Mammon and collect the Obsidian Hammer. Beautiful Baby: Unlock the Cursed Child; earn it by Enter the Revered Beacon dungeon southeast of the Abbey Entrance and claim the Cursed Child. Speared: Unlock the Ballistazooka; earn it by Search the Sentry's Grave dungeon northeast of the Gate of Mammon and collect the Ballistazooka.
Bosses and secrets
Wheelie Good Time: Defeated Magdalena, the Lady of the Woods; earn it by Cleanse the Mushroom Village Beacon, enter the Glutted Mire Corrupted Gate, and defeat Magdalena at its end. Meat's Back on the Menu, Boys!: Defeated The Lost Child; earn it by Cleanse the Stonebled Gate Beacon, enter the Sanguine Caverns Corrupted Gate, and defeat The Lost Child. Headcase: Defeated The Nameless Captive; earn it by Cleanse the Nochtean Gate Beacon, enter the Prisoner's Domain Corrupted Gate, and defeat The Nameless Captive.
Baghead: You’ve mastered nothing and this is your reward. Pretty pointless, eh?; earn it by Find Baghead, complete the conversation, return the Special Moonshine to its original spot, then return empty-handed and confirm the final choice. Something in the deep...: Defeated Hexapod; earn it by Cleanse the Gate of Mammon Beacon, enter the Withered Shoals Corrupted Gate, and defeat Hexapod. It burnssssssssss: Defeated Droeg, the Conquerer; earn it by Cleanse the Sester's Gate Beacon, enter the Conquered Temple Corrupted Gate, and defeat Droeg.
Feed Me: Caused Egon to pass away; earn it by Find Egon in the ruined castle south of Castigator's Keep and give him the required 20,000 Gloom. No, You Still Can't Win: Took the Tar Golem to his Minimum Health; earn it by During the prologue Tar Golem fight, reduce the boss to minimum health without losing your Shell. Ascension: Discovered the secret of the Mango; earn it by Find Mether's Flesh in the Sanguine Caverns Corrupted Gate and bring it to the Fish NPC east of the Outskirts of Nochte Beacon.
Nightmare Fuel: Defeated Sir Isaac, the Scholar-Prince; earn it by Cleanse the Gate of Infinity Beacon, enter the Fated Citadel Corrupted Gate, and defeat Sir Isaac. Lost Your Head: Defeated Orrem, the Reclaimed; earn it by Reach the Unfound Path, clear the route's required endgame bosses, and defeat Orrem, the Reclaimed. Ultimate Gainz: Defeated Malborn Offspring; earn it by Reach the Unfound Path, clear the route's required endgame bosses, and defeat Malborn Offspring.
Praise him!: Defeated The Monolith; earn it by Reach the Unfound Path, clear the route's required endgame bosses, and defeat The Monolith. It's over now?: Defeated Zmey, the Unbidden; earn it by Defeat Orrem, Malborn Offspring, and The Monolith to open the route to Zmey, then defeat Zmey. Peter's Perfect Parry: Perfectly Guarded each one of The Nameless Captive's headspins using the Untarnished Seal; earn it by During the Nameless Captive's second phase, use the Untarnished Seal to perfectly guard every hit of the seven-hit headspin sequence.
Collections, progression, and completion
Decked Out: Reach the maximum bonding tier for a Shell at the Shellkeeper; earn it by At the Shellkeeper, spend Glimpses to raise any Shell to Tier 4 bonding. Over 9000: Max out a Weapon at the Tarforge; earn it by Upgrade one weapon to +16 at the Tarforge. Heavy Metal: Play all Lute Tracks in the Game; earn it by Collect the Troubadour's Lute at the One-Legged Wolf Tavern, equip it, and play every available track.
Lord of War: Unlock all Weapons; earn it by Collect every one of the eight weapons counted by the game, including the individual weapon unlocks above. Sat Nav: Find all Map Fragments; earn it by Collect all 11 Map Fragments: five in Fainweald and six in Mammon. Shell Seeker: Unlock all Shells; earn it by Find and unlock all eight permanent Shells, then check the Shellkeeper roster for anything missing.
Guns. Lots of Guns: Unlock all Sidearms; earn it by Find and unlock all eight sidearms, including the Ballistazooka, Caged Hystrix, Cursed Child, Forgotten Crossbow, Salvaged Trebuchaxe, Triarch Repeater, and the remaining entries. Bring My Ova Back to Me: Collect all of the Ova; earn it by Collect all 196 Ova from cleansed Beacons and Corrupted Gates; use Mether's Breath to check discovered but uncleansed Beacons. This is Not an Achievement: Complete Mortal Shell II; earn it by Finish the main story and complete the final objective.
So Fresh, So Clean: Cleanse All Beacons; earn it by Find and cleanse all 46 Beacons; use the Mether's Breath menu to spot discovered but uncleansed locations. Stoned: Find all Tarstones; earn it by Collect all 75 Tarstones in the current game. Seeking the Past: Watch all Shell Memories; earn it by Raise all eight Shells to Tier 4 bonding and view every Shell Memory in the Shellkeeper's Vault. No Lifer: Unlock All Achievements for Mortal Shell II; earn it by Unlock the other 52 achievements in the list.


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