The Tarstone count and locations below are community-reported from early launch guides. Exact drop spots are still being verified post-launch, so treat the missable pick and specific locations as unconfirmed until you confirm them in your own playthrough.
Guides report 73 Tarstones in Mortal Shell II. Tarstones are slottable items that add passive stats, elemental infusions, and sometimes entirely new abilities to your weapons and Shells.
Many Tarstones can only be attached to certain weapons, so the tool you invest in matters. One Tarstone is permanently missable, so it is worth knowing where to look before you commit.
The one missable Tarstone
The Berserker's Stone is the only permanently missable Tarstone. It sits in the Temple of Vatra, east of the One Legged Wolf beacon. Grab it before you take the Heart of Vatra and leave, because the gates seal permanently and do not reopen even in NG+.
Tarstones bought from merchants
Several Tarstones are sold rather than found. Prices and locations are listed below as gathered from guides.
- Unwieldy Stone — Merrick, Marrow Keep (2,000 Gold)
- Acolyte's Stone — Merrick, Marrow Keep
- Hand of Rock — Barkeep, tavern near One Legged Wolf
- Weeping Stone — The Collector (Night only), Abandoned Outpost
- Infused Stone — The Collector (Night only), Abandoned Outpost
- Fulminant Stone — The Collector (Night only), Abandoned Outpost
- Infested Stone — The Collector (Night only), Abandoned Outpost
Notable Tarstone locations
Most Tarstones drop from bosses, minibosses, dungeon chests, and beacon trials. A few early, high-value picks are listed below; the full numbered list of all 73 spans every region from Mushroom Village to the Sanguine Caverns.
- Marksman's Stone — chest guarded by enemies on the upper northeast path of Mushroom Village; also outside Mushroom Village Gate after a trial
- Wounding Stone — Mushroom Village, chest around the corner of the first house
- Auspicious Stone — offerings chest in the middle of Mushroom Village
- Deadman's Stone — Mushroom Village, solve the puzzle with 3 offering candles
- Shattering Stone — chest near Tiel the Acolyte's grave outside Mushroom Village
- Duality Stone — chest in the Ravaged Tomb dungeon, beneath the giant hanging body (Nochtean Gate)
- Parasitic Stone — chest in the back room of the Martyr's Tomb dungeon
- Serpent Stone — defeat miniboss Lucian, the Thirsting Knight (Stonebled Gate Beacon)
- Voltaic Crown — defeat boss Vrago, Solikar Champion (Nocthean Gate Beacon)
- Magdalena's Memento — defeat Magdalena, Lady of the Woods, in the Sunken Village
- Torpor Stone — Withered Shoals, behind the waterfall at Ossinite Falls Beacon
- Wretchcaller's Stone — defeat boss Infected Miner (Gate of Mammon Beacon)