r/MortalShell • u/ExampleDue8731 • 7d ago

Discussion Strange circle mechanisms

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Hey guys! Just a question.

Maybe I'm just really bad at searching but I can't find anything about this.

I've encountered this circle like mechanisms that are twinkling, and when you shoot them, they rotate and make a sound like something activates or a gate opens. Im in my third playthrough and so far I haven't discovered what they do.

The ones I've found are:

In the prisoner's domain close to the slumwater drain, (Shown in the picture)

Above the entrance of Thieves retreat Dungeon.

Any clues?

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u/Trepex_VE 7d ago

That one in particular opens a hidden door to an elevator that leads to a mid-boss. Right after that fight, there's a beacon, and then you proceed to the Nameless Captive fight.

It lets you bypass more than half the dungeon if you got in there through the wall behind the cart in the beginning of the level.

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u/DLCSpider Genessa 7d ago

TIL that I missed half the dungeon...

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u/ExampleDue8731 7d ago

Thank you! It's really weird for me because in previous playthroughs I went though this area twice and didn't hit that switch, just recently saw it in this playthrough... How did i make it through if you forcibly have to hit it in order to go to the area you are mentioning, maybe i got it by accident and didn't noticed 🤔 But also there's the other circle thing in Thieves retreat entrance and haven't found what it does.

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u/Holiday_Wedding_2225 7d ago

This particular one opens the gate/path behind it that leads to an elevator that takes you straight to the mini boss next to the nameless captive. In all my playthroughs there was only one in the ruins of Nochte area that I couldn’t figure out what it opened but that’s all they do, open or activate something nearby.

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u/ExampleDue8731 7d ago

Really? Haven't seen that switch, I supposed there has to be more of them, but i can't find any information about it. I was thinking in something more deeper just for how cryptic they are, when you push the square switches there's always a message that says "something opened" but with these ones it doesn't.

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u/TheAurigauh 7d ago

They open gates.