Mortal Shell 2 Status Effects Explained: Every Named Condition

Bloodcurse deals massive damage when sufficient stacks are inflicted. Every additional application advances the burst threat, making interruption and early disengagement more valuable than waiting for the payoff.

Chaos inflicts a random condition when it expires. Create room before the timer ends so you can respond to the resulting condition without also managing immediate enemy pressure.

Confusion causes the victim to attack nearby allies for its duration. If none are present, the victim instead suffers severe Break Damage, allowing the effect to retain value against an isolated target.

Applying enough stacks Curses the target, nullifying their next melee strike against you and turning it back upon them. If you are Cursed, pause before committing to another melee attack.

Inflicting enough stacks Freezes the target for a duration. Because the payoff requires continued Frost application, spacing and interruption can stop the freeze from developing.

Lightning deals damage over time. On sufficient repeated applications, a shockwave is released, adding a delayed burst to the ongoing health pressure.

Phantom deals accumulated splash damage and Stagger Damage when it expires. Move away from other vulnerable targets before expiry to limit the splash pressure.

Stasis distorts time, slowing the target. Multiple stacks worsen the effect, so leaving its source early is easier than escaping after movement has already been heavily restricted.

Vomit stuns an already poisoned enemy. Offensive setups can deliberately pair the conditions, while defenders can deny the stun by preventing or removing Poison.

Burn deals accumulated damage over time. Relevant protection can reduce the threat, while interrupting its source prevents the accumulated pressure from growing.

The affected target takes damage over time and deals reduced damage. Cosmic Disease weakens both survival and offense, so continuing a direct damage trade while affected is especially unfavorable.

A Critical Hit is a hit that deals bonus damage. Build around attacks you can land consistently, and avoid trading when an opponent is positioned to capitalize on the bonus.

Victims affected by Execution receive Break Damage from melee attacks. It turns ordinary close-range pressure into stagger pressure, making distance and interruption the strongest responses.

Fragile causes affected targets to take bonus damage from Weapon attacks. It does not deal damage by itself, so the attacker must follow it with Weapon pressure during the available window.

Pain marks health as Gray Health, lost in a single hit but cured by melee attacks.

Poison is a long-lasting effect that deals damage over time. It persists until its duration ends or the affected player uses an item that cures it.

Trauma deals Break damage over time. Its health impact may appear limited, but the continuing Break pressure can eventually expose the target to a stagger punish.

Weak causes affected targets to deal less damage. It makes aggressive enemies safer to engage, while an affected player should avoid relying on a damage race.

While in the Faith state, melee attacks regenerate additional Resolve. Maintaining controlled melee contact can therefore fund Resolve-dependent tools more quickly.

Havoc is a named condition whose specific behavior is defined by its current in-game status text. Follow that description and use general condition counters such as mitigation, spacing, source interruption, and disengagement.

When a target with Infect is struck, it spreads Poison to the attacking enemy. This turns careless aggression into Poison exposure and makes repeated close-range attacks risky.

Gain stacks by slaying enemies. Each stack increases Max Health. All stacks are lost on death, so survival preserves the benefit while denying kills prevents an affected enemy from building it.

Mitigation provides a chance to resist the application of a negative condition. It acts during application rather than removing a condition that is already active, and it is separate from ordinary damage reduction.

Perforation is a named condition whose specific behavior is defined by its current in-game status text. Use that description to choose a targeted response, with mitigation, spacing, interruption, and disengagement covering general condition pressure.

Shadow renders you undetectable for its duration. It creates an opportunity to reposition or approach unseen; against it, anticipate movement instead of committing to the location where the target disappeared.

Each Slaughterer stack raises the low-health threshold at which enemies are executed. Building stacks expands the execution opportunity, while affected opponents must respect that increasing threshold.

Warp slightly increases Weapon attack speed, with additional stacks improving the bonus. It changes attack timing rather than raw Weapon damage, creating faster follow-up swings for both the user and opponent to account for.