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All Mortal Shell 2 achievements and how to unlock them

Complete Mortal Shell 2 guide to achievements and how to unlock them, with helpful in-game visuals, practical comparisons, and quick answers.

Complete Mortal Shell 2 guide to achievements and how to unlock them, with helpful in-game visuals, practical comparisons, and quick answers.

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Official Mortal Shell II gameplay scene

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QUICK ANSWER
Mortal Shell 2 has 53 achievements covering story progress, Shells, weapons, sidearms, bosses, collectibles, memories, upgrades, bonding, and the final No Lifer completion unlock.
RUN-ENDING CHOICE
Do not equip the Slayer Seal on a save you intend to complete. It makes combat easier by strengthening ranged attacks and ripostes, and the game offers it as an accessibility option — but equipping it disables achievements on that save file. The game confirms this with a prompt first: “Warning: equipping the Slayer Seal will disable achievements. Do you understand this?” The lockout belongs to the save rather than the session, so unequipping it later does not restore eligibility. Keep a separate file if you want to try it. Full Slayer Seal guide.

The list mixes natural progression milestones with collection goals and encounter-specific challenges. Tracking each unlock family as it appears will make the final cleanup easier without forcing you to follow a fixed map route or boss order.

Quick answer for Mortal Shell 2 achievements

No Lifer is the main completion target. Work toward it by recording set-based objectives early, collecting equipment and Shells as opportunities arise, and leaving unfinished challenges for a focused cleanup pass.

Fact Answer
Total achievements 53
Main completion achievement No Lifer — Unlock All Achievements for Mortal Shell II
Broad unlock categories Progression, Shells, weapons, sidearms, bosses, challenges, collectibles, memories, upgrades, and bonding
Best completion approach Track sets and special conditions early, then perform collection and challenge cleanup

At a glance comparison of all 53 achievements

Icon Achievement Unlock
Arrival achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Arrival Unlock Proxima
Ascension achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Ascension Hidden achievement
Baghead achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Baghead Hidden achievement
Beautiful Baby achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Beautiful Baby Unlock the Cursed Child
Big Boi achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Big Boi Unlock Great Martyr’s Blade
Bring My Ova Back to Me achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Bring My Ova Back to Me Collect all of the Ova
Chop Chop achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Chop Chop Unlock the Salvaged Trebuchaxe
Cut You Down to Size achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Cut You Down to Size Unlock the Veteran’s Battle Axe
Decked Out achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Decked Out Reach the maximum bonding tier for a Shell at the Shellkeeper
Deep Cuts achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Deep Cuts Unlock Axe and Dagger
Down with the Thickness achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Down with the Thickness Unlock Lazlo
Dual Wielding achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Dual Wielding Unlock the Axatana
Feed Me achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Feed Me Hidden achievement
Forever Alone? achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Forever Alone? Unlock Tiel
Guns. Lots of Guns achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Guns. Lots of Guns Unlock all Sidearms
Haunting Times achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Haunting Times Watch your first Shell Memory
Headcase achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Headcase Hidden achievement
Heartless achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Heartless Unlock Gragu
Heavy Metal achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Heavy Metal Play all Lute Tracks in the Game
Home at Last achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Home at Last Reach Marrowkeep
It burnssssssssss achievement icon in Mortal Shell II It burnssssssssss Hidden achievement
It's over now? achievement icon in Mortal Shell II It’s over now? Hidden achievement
Like Clockwork achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Like Clockwork Unlock the Clockwork Scythe
Lord of War achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Lord of War Unlock all Weapons
Lost Your Head achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Lost Your Head Hidden achievement
Meat's Back on the Menu, Boys! achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Meat’s Back on the Menu, Boys! Hidden achievement
Mid Summer? achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Mid Summer? Enter the Festival
My Brether achievement icon in Mortal Shell II My Brether Unlock Smert
Nightmare Fuel achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Nightmare Fuel Hidden achievement
No Lifer achievement icon in Mortal Shell II No Lifer Unlock All Achievements for Mortal Shell II
No, You Still Can't Win achievement icon in Mortal Shell II No, You Still Can’t Win Hidden achievement
Old Painless achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Old Painless Unlock the Triarch Repeater
Old School achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Old School Unlock the Forgotten Crossbow
Over 9000 achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Over 9000 Max out a Weapon at the Tarforge
Peter's Perfect Parry achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Peter’s Perfect Parry Hidden achievement
Point Taken achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Point Taken Unlock Black Needle
Praise him! achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Praise him! Hidden achievement
Sat Nav achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Sat Nav Find all Map Fragments
Seeking the Past achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Seeking the Past Watch all Shell Memories
Sester achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Sester Hidden achievement
Shell Seeker achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Shell Seeker Unlock all Shells
So Fresh, So Clean achievement icon in Mortal Shell II So Fresh, So Clean Cleanse All Beacons
Something in the deep... achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Something in the deep… Hidden achievement
Speared achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Speared Unlock the Ballistazooka
Spiked achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Spiked Unlock the Caged Hystrix
Stoned achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Stoned Find all Tarstones
Stop - Hammer Time achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Stop – Hammer Time Unlock the Obsidian Hammer
The Alchemist achievement icon in Mortal Shell II The Alchemist Unlock Sariel
This is Not an Achievement achievement icon in Mortal Shell II This is Not an Achievement Complete Mortal Shell II
Ultimate Gainz achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Ultimate Gainz Hidden achievement
Vengeance is Mine achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Vengeance is Mine Unlock Eredrim
Wheelie Good Time achievement icon in Mortal Shell II Wheelie Good Time Hidden achievement
You're More Than a Weapon achievement icon in Mortal Shell II You’re More Than a Weapon Claim your first Shell, Weapon and Sidearm

Read challenge conditions literally. Peter’s Perfect Parry requires a successful parry against each headspin, while No, You Still Can’t Win concerns the Tar Golem’s health rather than a defeat.

How to use this list for a 100% run

Let normal progression reveal areas, encounters, and unlock opportunities. Collect each available Shell, weapon, and sidearm as you find it so the individual achievements double as checkpoints for their larger collection goals.

Maintain separate tallies for exploration sets, memories, lute tracks, bonding, and Tarforge upgrades. Once the main journey is finished, compare those tallies against the remaining boss and special-challenge entries before expecting No Lifer to appear.

Goal Focus
Progression Claim your first Shell, weapon, and sidearm; enter the Festival; reach Marrowkeep; finish the game
Early tracking Record Ova, Map Fragments, Tarstones, Beacons, Shell Memories, and lute tracks as you encounter them
Collection sweep Obtain every Shell, weapon, and sidearm, using individual unlock achievements as checkpoints
Upgrades Reach maximum bonding with one Shell and fully upgrade one weapon at the Tarforge
Challenge cleanup Finish named boss defeats, The Nameless Captive parry condition, and the Tar Golem health objective
Final check Review every unfinished set and special condition before checking No Lifer
QUICK WIN

Keep a manual checklist for every “all” requirement from the moment you find its first item. Separate tallies for collectibles, memories, tracks, Shells, weapons, and sidearms make missing unlocks much easier to identify.

Spoiler warning: hidden achievement requirements below

The achievements below are marked hidden in-game, and their requirements name bosses, characters and late-game events. Stop here if you would rather find them yourself.

Complete reference by unlock type

Open any entry below for its unlock condition and the role it plays in a completion run. Exact routes, locations, boss order, and collectible totals are not established by the achievement descriptions, so use these entries as a tracking reference rather than a fixed walkthrough.

Starter and progression achievements

You’re More Than a Weapon

Unlock requirement: Claim your first Shell, Weapon and Sidearm. All three categories must be represented; obtaining only a Shell or weapon does not satisfy the full condition.

Mid Summer?

Unlock requirement: Enter the Festival. Entering the named event is the complete condition.

Home at Last

Unlock requirement: Reach Marrowkeep. No additional collection or combat objective is stated.

This is Not an Achievement

Unlock requirement: Complete Mortal Shell II. This is the main story-completion milestone, separate from the broader achievement-set requirement for No Lifer.

Shell achievements

Arrival

Unlock requirement: Unlock Proxima. This individual Shell unlock also advances Shell Seeker.

Down with the Thickness

Unlock requirement: Unlock Lazlo. Record Lazlo on your Shell checklist when the achievement appears.

Forever Alone?

Unlock requirement: Unlock Tiel. The trigger is the Shell unlock itself.

Heartless

Unlock requirement: Unlock Gragu. Keep Gragu on the same collection tally as the other named Shells.

My Brether

Unlock requirement: Unlock Smert. Finding a related objective is not a substitute for completing the unlock.

Sester

Unlock requirement: Unlock Sester Genessa. Once triggered, count the unlock toward the complete Shell collection.

The Alchemist

Unlock requirement: Unlock Sariel. Sariel is another checkpoint on the path to Shell Seeker.

Vengeance is Mine

Unlock requirement: Unlock Eredrim. The achievement does not state an additional equipment or combat condition.

Shell Seeker

Unlock requirement: Unlock all Shells. Review every individual Shell unlock before treating this collection as finished.

Weapon achievements

Beautiful Baby

Unlock requirement: Unlock the Cursed Child. Add the Cursed Child to the weapon checklist leading to Lord of War.

Big Boi

Unlock requirement: Unlock Great Martyr’s Blade. Obtaining this weapon advances the all-weapons objective.

Chop Chop

Unlock requirement: Unlock the Salvaged Trebuchaxe. Remove it from your checklist only after the unlock triggers.

Cut You Down to Size

Unlock requirement: Unlock the Veteran’s Battle Axe. This is one of the individual weapon conditions supporting Lord of War.

Deep Cuts

Unlock requirement: Unlock Axe and Dagger. Treat the full item name as a single weapon unlock.

Dual Wielding

Unlock requirement: Unlock the Axatana. Count the Axatana toward the complete weapon set when the achievement appears.

Like Clockwork

Unlock requirement: Unlock the Clockwork Scythe. This unlock contributes directly to Lord of War.

Point Taken

Unlock requirement: Unlock Black Needle. Add Black Needle to the same tally as the other named weapons.

Stop – Hammer Time

Unlock requirement: Unlock the Obsidian Hammer. Obtaining the unlock advances the complete weapon collection.

Lord of War

Unlock requirement: Unlock all Weapons. The individual weapon achievements provide useful checkpoints, but the condition covers the entire weapon collection.

Sidearm achievements

Old Painless

Unlock requirement: Unlock the Triarch Repeater. This sidearm contributes to Guns. Lots of Guns.

Old School

Unlock requirement: Unlock the Forgotten Crossbow. Record the unlock on your sidearm checklist when it triggers.

Speared

Unlock requirement: Unlock the Ballistazooka. The sidearm unlock itself is the complete condition.

Spiked

Unlock requirement: Unlock the Caged Hystrix. Count it toward the complete sidearm collection.

Guns. Lots of Guns

Unlock requirement: Unlock all Sidearms. Check every individual sidearm unlock before beginning wider cleanup.

Boss and challenge achievements

Headcase

Unlock requirement: Defeat The Nameless Captive. Peter’s Perfect Parry adds a separate execution challenge to this encounter.

It burnssssssssss

Unlock requirement: Defeat Droeg, the Conquerer. No particular weapon or finishing method is included in the condition.

It’s over now?

Unlock requirement: Hidden achievement. The named boss defeat is the full requirement.

Lost Your Head

Unlock requirement: Defeat Orrem, the Reclaimed. This is a direct encounter-completion achievement.

Meat’s Back on the Menu, Boys!

Unlock requirement: Defeat The Lost Child. No additional challenge modifier is specified.

Nightmare Fuel

Unlock requirement: Defeat Sir Isaac, the Scholar-Prince. Add this encounter to your cleanup list if the achievement remains locked.

No, You Still Can’t Win

Unlock requirement: Take the Tar Golem to his Minimum Health. Follow the health condition literally; the achievement does not ask you to defeat the Tar Golem.

Peter’s Perfect Parry

Unlock requirement: Parry each one of The Nameless Captive’s headspins. This is distinct from simply winning the encounter.

Praise him!

Unlock requirement: Defeat The Monolith. No separate collection objective accompanies the defeat.

Something in the deep…

Unlock requirement: Defeat Hexapod. Track this as an encounter achievement rather than an exploration collectible.

Ultimate Gainz

Unlock requirement: Defeat Malborn Offspring. No special damage type or equipment condition is stated.

Wheelie Good Time

Unlock requirement: Defeat Magdalena, the Lady of the Woods. The named defeat is the complete requirement.

Collectible and exploration achievements

Bring My Ova Back to Me

Unlock requirement: Collect all of the Ova. Keep a dedicated Ova tally because the objective requires the entire set.

Sat Nav

Unlock requirement: Find all Map Fragments. Check your explored areas for missing fragments before moving to encounter cleanup.

So Fresh, So Clean

Unlock requirement: Cleanse All Beacons. A Beacon leaves the checklist only after it has been cleansed.

Stoned

Unlock requirement: Find all Tarstones. Track Tarstones separately from Map Fragments and Ova.

Memory and lute-track achievements

Haunting Times

Unlock requirement: Watch your first Shell Memory. Watching one begins the memory-related achievement path.

Seeking the Past

Unlock requirement: Watch all Shell Memories. Finding a memory is insufficient if it has not been watched.

Heavy Metal

Unlock requirement: Play all Lute Tracks in the Game. Keep played tracks separate from tracks you have merely encountered.

Upgrade and bonding achievements

Decked Out

Unlock requirement: Reach the maximum bonding tier for a Shell at the Shellkeeper. Concentrating bonding progress on one chosen Shell directly serves this condition.

Over 9000

Unlock requirement: Max out a Weapon at the Tarforge. Focus your Tarforge investment on a chosen weapon until it reaches its maximum state.

Miscellaneous and completion achievements

Ascension

Unlock requirement: Discover the secret of the Mango. Keep this as a separate secret objective when reviewing unfinished achievements.

Baghead

Unlock requirement: You’ve mastered nothing and this is your reward. Pretty pointless, eh?

How to unlock: Baghead asks you to fetch him something “special” and rare, and every item you can actually carry is the wrong answer — handing over the Special Moonshine gets you turned away. Return to him empty-handed instead, because the whole joke is that he values doing nothing. He then offers to make you his successor. This unlock is named Bag Holder on PlayStation and Baghead on PC, so both names refer to the same reward. Full route: Baghead location, requirements, and Bag Holder trophy guide.

Feed Me

Unlock requirement: Cause Egon to pass away. This concerns the named outcome involving Egon rather than a generic boss or equipment milestone.

No Lifer

Unlock requirement: Unlock All Achievements for Mortal Shell II. Complete every progression, collection, encounter, challenge, memory, upgrade, and bonding condition to finish the set.

Avoid mixing beta and original-game lists

Achievement lists for Mortal Shell, Mortal Shell: Enhanced Edition, its DLC, and the Mortal Shell 2 open beta are not interchangeable with the full Mortal Shell 2 list. Check the game title and exact achievement wording before following a checklist, even when familiar Shells, characters, or mechanics appear.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do Mortal Shell achievements apply to Mortal Shell 2?

No. The original game and its sequel maintain separate achievement lists, so completing an objective in Mortal Shell does not unlock its apparent counterpart in Mortal Shell 2.

Is the open beta list the full Mortal Shell 2 achievement list?

No. The open beta contained nine achievements tied to the portion of the game available during the test, while the full list contains 53.

How should I handle hidden achievement names on platform stores?

Use each entry’s visible description and position as a spoiler-light placeholder, then match its title after the platform reveals it. A hidden title does not mean the achievement is absent from your platform’s list.

Which categories can I track early without route spoilers?

Track collection and character-development progress only as you encounter it, while leaving secret objectives and named boss entries collapsed. This preserves discovery while still showing which broad sets need attention later.

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