In Mortal Shell 2, the Harbinger is a relatively fragile being, with interchangeable Shells acting as upgradeable combat forms for your character. Deepening the Shell Bond and investing Shell Points into its various stats is how combat builds are then further tweaked to your satisfaction..
This Mortal Shell 2 guide has everything there is to know about Shell Bonding, as well as grinding for Shell Points quickly and efficiently.
Glimpse Farming For Faster Shell Bonding
Glimpses are the resource required for Shell Bonding, and need to be acquired from various locations in the world before being taken to the Marrow Keep, so as to access the talent trees and abilities for a particular Shell selected.
You can easily acquire eight Glimpses without any extra effort whatsoever by remembering and returning to the exact locations where you acquire each of the Shells themselves, but in Night Mode. Each spot will have a Glimpse waiting for the taking.
Beacon cleansing is the next steady source of Glimpses, and these regional checkpoints have many other rewards as well. Interact with and select Enter/Cleanse Beacon in order to be transported within its dungeon. Defeat its guardian and recover the drop to perform the Cleanse Corruption, with the Glimpse
being rewarded after all is said and done.
How To Respec Shells
With 49 core Beacons and 15 hidden Beacons in addition, you will have a steady supply of Glimpses if you elect to simply open up the map as much as feasible with your current build.
Even so, they remain rare enough that you might not be able to invest into more than two Shells up to their absolute maximum fourth tier, especially since the total cost amounts to 25 Glimpses per Shell.
This is also exacerbated by the fact that Glimpses cannot be easily refunded in order to reallocate them to another Shell, unless you get a hold of the consumable item dubbed Mether’s Severance. This item is a rare, high-tier loot drop in endgame zones.
Alternatively, you may be able to purchase from the small stock with Merrick the Merchant at his shop in the Marrow Keep, but it is pricey, at a rate of 5,000 Gold for each.
There is a single free Mether’s Severance secreted in the Marrow Keep as well. Go down the tunnel near Merrick’s spot in the Marrow Keep, and find the destructible wall on the left. Smash through it to find a hidden chest and the item within.
As with all Shell-related matters, Shell respecs are carried out by Zhirelle, the Shellkeeper.
Gloom Farming For More Shell Points
Shell Points are solely acquired by leveling up the Harbinger with Gloom, and even then, they are only granted every other level or so. This means that quickly grinding for Gloom is the only way to upgrade your Shell stats, as well as the Harbinger’s base attributes.
Begin by unlocking the Mushroom Village Gate Beacon, which is distinct and separate from the Mushroom Village Beacon, and has a much shorter travel distance to the target.
Equip your Shotgun Sidearm infused with the Emberseed Stone Tarstone in order to inflict Burn damage, and the latter ideally upgraded to a minimum of level 2 so that it procs on non-Critical Hits too.
Proceed across the nearest bridge to the right of the Beacon to find the elite enemy, and deliver three Shotgun blasts in quick succession, before he finally succumbs to the effects of Burn damage. Collect your roughly 2000 in Gloom, and head right back to the Beacon to do it all over again.
The run takes twenty to thirty seconds tops, and is possibly the highest return Gloom farm for the effort required.
Be sure to equip the Gloombound Stone Tarstone in order to maximize Gloom returns from slain enemies. Each of its four levels increases the bonus by a few percentage points, so prioritize this early on.
With the wide array of Tarstones at your disposal, you really should remember to slot this in at the start of any intentional farming runs.
Consider activating Night Mode via Thestus at the Marrow Keep for the bonus of 20% applied to Gloom gains, counter-balanced by the increased difficulty and associated effort required.
While Glimpses cannot easily be refunded for a respec, Shell Points absolutely can, so you won’t feel the pinch if you find yourself with an unsatisfactory build.
That is all there is to know about Shell Bonding and grinding for Shell Points in Mortal Shell 2.
