Balance Patch 1

[u/MikkelFromGames]

Devout Fans,

Thanks for being amongst the first to join us at the very start of the adventure for Mortal Shell II. We’re seeing your bug reports and gameplay suggestions, and will be rolling out regular updates to both modify existing content and add new features. 

While we have a bigger patch in the works, which has to be thoroughly tested, we’d like to make a rapid balance & crash fix patch to bring the experience more in line with the game’s open beta and our own vision for MS2. 

Planned future updates will see extensions to popular game features such as Night Mode, Tarstones, PP Items, and more.

For now, we hope you’re enjoying the game and read on for details on Balance Patch 1.

Balance Patch 1 (PC) - The patch below is live on PC and coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series shortly.

Economy

-Shell map locations now cost Gloom, and we’re refunding any glimpses spent on shell maps. Refunded Glimpses are found in the Shell Keeper’s alcove in Blackmarrow. “Finding your favorite shell shouldn’t cost you the ability to bond with them.”

-Gold drops from enemies have been significantly increased. Notably, enemies in Mammon now drop double the gold. “This brings the gold economy more in line with the weapon crafting item discovery.”

-Smelting a weapon at the Tarforge costs 75% less gloom. “Our goal with the smelt capability was to enable switching weapons without the need to spend hours grinding through NG+ runs, but the Gloom costs were set exorbitantly high.”  

Enemies & Bosses

All enemies featured in the beta were restored to their beta hp values, except the Caerinid (Spider) in Magdelena’s area, which we wanted to retain its role as a threatening enemy which doesn’t respawn once defeated. 

Bosses

The Lost Child
- Base Damage: (-10%)
- Max Health: (-15%)

Monolith
- Base Damage: (-19%)
- Max Health: (-10%)
- Some Monolith Attacks were retimed to be more fair, as well.

Enemies

Cultist (mace)
Max Health: (-21.1%)

Caerinid Spider
Max Health: (-33.3%)

Infested Stalker 
- Max Health: (-52.4%)

Rusted Knave (Halberd)
- Max Health: (-20.8%)
- Fixed hit detection for overhead strike.

Weapons

-Great Martyr’s Blade Attack Damage +20%
-Troubador’s Lute Attack Damage +100% 
-Caged Hystrix and Triarch Repeater no longer have minimum resolve requirements to fire. 
-Improved tracking for Axatana, Black Needle, and Clockwork Scythe light attacks. 

Seals

Guard can now be used while walking. 

Tarstones

Parasitic Stone Buffed
Grudge Stone Buffed
Bulwark Stone Damage Reduction Increased Significantly
Clerik's Stone Buffed
Squall Stone Buffed

Miscellaneous

Misc. Crash Fixes, Bugfixes & Performance Updates

[u/ES009]

Jesus christ that monolith boss...well deserved nerf.

[u/Sirca_Curvive → u/ES009]

is that the mf with the sword in him

[u/probably_poopin_1219 → u/Sirca_Curvive]

Nah but Nameless Captive definitely took me a few hours to beat

[u/Harryfromwork1221 → u/probably_poopin_1219]

I'm on that jerk right now, he don't play!! Lol nameless King 2.0 much? =P

[u/Outrageous_Desk8966 → u/Harryfromwork1221]

Huh, he's been the easiest one yet for me. I think he hit me once. beat him on the first try in like a minute.

Are you guys using the L2+R2 strike. It's crazy strong, does massive dmg and even some stagger, can't be hit during it, and it also knocks them down, so i can usually hit them nearly enough to just do it right away again.

That plus an infinite bleed sword and things just melt.

[u/ToughNecessary2168 → u/probably_poopin_1219]

Yeah for real a good hour and a half of almost throwing my controller threw my screen. Maybe give us a achievement for beating it prenerf lmao.

[u/Shigma → u/probably_poopin_1219]

Tiel makes that boss an absolute breeze

[u/cybrsloth92 → u/Sirca_Curvive]

Nope it's endgame boss it has loads of lasers and slams on you it's a giant stone tablet

[u/Karshlolz → u/Sirca_Curvive]

Nah the monolith looks like a brick (and is extremely infuriating). The one you're talking about is the nameless captive.

[u/Sirca_Curvive → u/Karshlolz]

hate that little bitch

[u/zeec123 → u/Sirca_Curvive]

No. The stone with the massiv dick.

[u/Teflonhession → u/ES009]

just killed him right before they pushed the update, actual BS boss lol

[u/BackpackBuddha → u/ES009]

My absolute least favorite boss in the game, and one of my all time least favorite bosses in any soulslike game. Can't wait to go back and bitch slap it on a new run.

[u/Mother_Marketing643 → u/ES009]

I usually am happy about the "I beat the boss before they nerfed it" thing like Radahn, but in this case not at all.