Mortal Shell 2 Walkthrough - Part 9: Sunken Village (Wandering Shepherd & Magdalena Boss Guide)

Wortbriar Encampment

The beacon here doubles as a dungeon entrance. Inside, wooden platforms stack several storeys high between the rocks, and every floor has tenants.

Clear the ground floor first: monks with torches and one spear witch. Then head left and climb the stairs, dealing with more monks on the way up.

Poison creatures sit perched on the storeys above, and a Laterite rests on a stand right next to them, so decide how much of a fight you want on the way to it. The top floor pairs two staff witches with one hammer witch. Off to the left, the railing holds 100 Coin. Ride the elevator down before leaving and unlock the grate at the bottom; that is your quick way back if the area later eats you.

Push on between the rocks and take the second Laterite from the white stand. Past it, drop down the cliffs into the lowland, where one white serpent and four poison creatures are waiting. The chest there holds a Corroded Stone. Cleanse the Spoiled Ovum while you are in the area, then rest up.

The Wandering Shepherd

From the beacon, cross the little bridge forward into the sheep courtyard, and enjoy the pastoral calm for exactly as long as it lasts.

He has a curse with your name on it, and then some hardware.

The kill pays 5,000 Gloom and the Sheephead Totem, a two-purpose trinket: it can turn you into a sheep, and it trims enemy maximum health by 1%.

The road to Magdalena's Glade

After the victory, walk back to the beacon and spend all of that Gloom on levels before the game finds a way to take it from you.

Back in the sheep courtyard, squeeze through the narrow gap in the gates. On the right, a porch holds 450 Coin. Out on the bridge, Ruk the crow is keeping an eye on traffic, and the chest there carries the Etching Needles. Those go to Franz, the blacksmith: they are the material tarstone upgrades are paid with. Drop off the bridge into the lowland and grab the 5 Tarspore by the water on the right.

The exit ahead leads to the boss, and in front of it stands a summons marker for Smert. Pay 1 Glimpse and the shell fights at your side for the battle ahead.

Magdalena

Magdalena, the Lady of the Woods is an enormous lady seated on a throne with an engine in it. One arm ends in a cannon, and the cannon fires cherubs. The fight is loud, and the rules are learnable.

The reward is 11,300 Gloom and Magdalena's Memento. Sweep one corner of the arena for 5 Tarspore, then activate the beacon in the center to bank the whole run.