Mortal Shell 2 Withered Shoals Walkthrough

How to enter

1. From Outskirts of Mammon, take the path behind the first Mammon map crow into the Abandoned Slums, then Lonesome Spire / Gate of Mammon (Fextralife progress route).
2. Cleanse Gate of Mammon. That is the lock on this Corrupted Gate — not Fainweald's Nochtean Gate. One Game8 hub line mixes those names; the Shoals themselves sit behind Gate of Mammon.
3. Inside: three Beacons. Activate them as you push. GamingProMax lists Ossinite Falls, Nameless Pass, and Hexapod's Burrow.

Through the Shoals

1. Ossinite Falls. Game8: fight the fodder, descend the stairs, clear two Bell Snails at the gate start, loot the extra Gloom.
2. Nameless Pass. Beacon here. Completing Odious Crevice rewards Charged Stone (Game8). RPS later recommends Charged on Salvaged Trebuchaxe for charge speed.
3. Hexapod's Burrow. Interact with Proxima's vestige if you want the Glimpse summon. Climb the cliff / “arm.” Before the drop, enter the hollow for the Depleted Gland (healing upgrade).
4. Leap into the void to start Hexapod. Do not drop until the gland is in inventory.

Optional Boss: Strange Grisha & Strange Remnant

Before taking the void jump for Hexapod, look to the right side of the wooden pathway near the Crow skull to find a Bone Gate (Traversal Gate). Taking this gate launches you onto an isolated island arena where you face the optional Strange Grisha:

• Stasis Infliction: This variant deals Stasis status buildup with each heavy claw sweep. Keep distance or use Harden decisively.
• Chasm Instakill Cheese: The arena is encircled by open void. By drawing the boss toward the edge and landing an Eredrim Riposte, the finishing kick will send Strange Grisha over the cliff for an instant kill.
• Key Rewards: Drops the unique Strange Remnant (Sidearm Tarstone enabling chaining electrical projectiles) and a Grisha Remnant.
• Missable Material: Do not exit via the return gate before looting the loose Dorsalite upgrade stone sitting in the arena.

Complete tells and cheese notes: Strange Grisha Boss Guide · All Grisha Remnants.

Hexapod

• GameSpot calls this the most readable of the three Mammon gate bosses. Tentacle spreads telegraph; the head is exposed.
• Squid Surge: red flash, ram. Dodge sideways, punish recovery.
• Game8: do not linger in front after a stagger — unblockable grab. Fingers all unfurled = stop attacking and dodge. Flank.
• Spirit summon: Proxima (1 Glimpse). She holds aggro while you infuse.
• Reward: Hexapod Core (Axatana ability, 60 Resolve). Achievement: Something in the deep…

Full tells: Hexapod boss page. After the cleanse you can swing back to Lonesome Spire for High Lord's Keep / Lazlo.