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If you're low on health and are not in combat, you can consume Tainted Tar which will knock you out of your shell without taking away your last chance. Once you crawl back inside your shell, you'll be back to full health. Tainted Tar can be farmed from the demons that occupy Fallgrim when the fog sets in.

"game willl take 12 hours to complete." I'm on hour 6 and still trying to get through first dungeon area lol

Here's some amazing tips: -When you learn to parry you'll become 5 times stronger than without parrying. -Soloman is the best for parrying, mostly because he has a lot of resolve compared to the other characters and he is the strongest most balanced character. He has maximum amount of resolve, has a good amount of health and stamina. I recommend him and the hammer and chisel for really fast and strong attacks and when you combine harden and parry you'll be invincible with him. -Having one of the R1 and L1 attacks with the hammer and chisel will get you insane amount of Damage because you can spam your attacks and before an enemy or boss attacks you harden and proceed to finish all of your stamina and before they hit you again you hit them with R1 and L1 attack which will turn you invincible and will give you insane damage. I've reached 600-700 damage just through that small tactic which easily destroys bosses. I recommend the first hammer and chisel R1 L1 attack (Blade Tornado) because the other one is for long distance. -Do not rush and study the movements and the attacks of the characters by dodging or hardening when they are attacking. This way it will be easier to learn when to parry. -Knowing the locations of all of the mushrooms in the main map ( area where you do not have to enter through a door that puts you in a loading screen) will make farming a lot easier and less of a waste of time to wait 5+ min for it to regenerate. -Watch youtube videos on the combos of your preferred weapon because you'll be able to do a lot more damage. -Even if Hammer and Chisel is a close range weapon you can still damage multiple enemies if they are bunch together, add a little fast attack and you're a killing machine. -Before picking one of the 3 sacred glands make sure to have a lot of healing mushrooms because those extra enemies will be troublesome if you run out of heals. -You can always avoid enemies because they won't be able to catch you and damage you if you run and dodge. -Become familiar with all 4 shells before spending glimpses to upgrade them -Glimpses do not transfer between shells. So play with the one that suits you the most -Use heavy attacks when starting a fight cause those enemies that are chilling on the ground will take some time to stand up and attack you. Preferably heavy, light light. -Using parry and attack is recommended to get easy health against easy enemies

I found this game quite hard. I've not played anything like this before so the mechanics of fighting, blocking, dodging etc are new to me. It is quite unforgiving but I am keen to push through and learn how to fight properly. Thanks for the tips!

So I cleared the hardest area first? Lol guess I'm gonna have a good time playing now...

Well thank goodness you said what you said about healing Items, I was convinced the tarnished seal was the main healing method, and was raging for several hours because the parry timing is wonky, having to relearn all the timings for this game after playing Dark Souls and Sekiro for years is not easy

Something to be aware of is there are a lot of missables in the dungeons. After claiming the gland of each dungeon, they change permanently to the mist version which has a different layout and will lock you out of weapon upgrades until you revisit them in NG+.

That was by far, the best explanation of Mortal Shell, by far. Thank you!

honestly , love the game size for the game.

I think this is easily the best starting guide for the Game, I've seen. Props for this. Helped me get a sense of direction, as I'm finding Falgrim/the swamp to be a bit of a labyrinth.

This game needs an update with new levels and bosses what a great game

Kinda late, but going to the corrupted sester behind the entrance to the Narthex is a good call, she sells an upgrade to the parry tool which enhances resolve gain, pretty useful overall

As always, all the info I need from Fex!

just bought the game after I finished elden ring and it felt totally different in term of souls game. This guide help me a lot to know better what my shell is for and weapon in general. I choose the hammer and chisel after I saw your video and I was able to kill the first boss where the fire mace is located pretty much easy. This game is far one of my top soul game so far after elden ring. I just need to get use to combo harden+swing because I struggle with stam because I use the one near eternal for max HP since I'm so dumb to anticipate attack and took too much hit lol !

Ik that I’m a few years late but if anyone is still watching this video and playing mortal shell I just wanted to say something about the mist. When you call the mist from Thestus you can talk to the prisoner(even without a gland) and it will rid you of the mist for free.

Should have watched that guide beforehand. :D Just finished the eternal narthex without any upgrades and the shell that was lying before the entrance. And it was pretty frustrating and the boss took forever to go down. I think from now on it’ll probably be piece of cake.

This was informative and helpful thanks

Wow this was incredibly helpful!

Watching your twitch steam the first time i noticed you had a lot of viewers with no cam. I wondered to myself why that was you seemed good but after watching this the mystery is solved.

Tiel is honestly the best, sure you can get killed in like 2 hits or smth but 1 healing item's full tick can replenish half your health bar and visually it's very comforting lmao. And that stamina is just so fuckin nasty. Combine that with the Martyr Sword, which is basically DS1 Zweihander and you got yourself a mini-Giantdad build.

This is just a fantastic game, but it could really use a bonfire type system where I can travel between places. Not knowing where to go or how to revisit past locations really spoils it for me even though i love the game mechanics.

I rly enjoy every moment of this game

THANK YOU SIR!!❤

Me watching this after ending up at the Martyr with a +1 sword *neat*

After completing Darksouls 3 over 30 times its nice playing a new game not knowing where to go. The game is around 7$ on EGS right now with the sale and coupon.

Damn is this already out??? I cant wait to play this game.

Hahaha I was like "Where are other weapons?! I was in all the locations shown and I didnt noticed I can pick them up there... Not sure if indicator glitched or I did... Either way, thank you for the guide!

Mortal Shell is without a doubt the best Soul's Like game to date in the 3d realm (in my opinion). In the 2d realm Salt & Sanctuary, Blasphemous and Death's Gambit are the best in that respect. Finally a Soul's like that has me thinking all day about it at work excited to get home and play it. Im still confused about the layout of the game but im starting to piece it together in my mind the more I backtrack and explore. Got all 4 shells and 2 weapons so far but haven't gone to the main areas yet except for entrances. I want to do a complete walkthrough series of this game so im really trying to find everything and figure out optimal routes and efficiency for when I do that so im constantly jotting notes and stuff. This definitely isn't the easiest game to do a step by step walkthrough for because it is so open ended so this is gonna be a challenge for me especially since I just started doing all this recording and editing stuff but im committed cuz I always wanted to do a 100% walkthrough guide and help someone hopefully. Anyways this shit is tha bomb!!!

Quite shocked by the fact that you said that Eredrim is not a lategame shell. He is actually by far the most powerful shell in the game; despite his low stamina pool, the skills he can unlock are the real deal. You can: 1- Stack damage for every enemy you kill without any cap; 2- Stagger enemies easier; 3- Increase dmg on 1-on-1s. The bigger health pool is massive for the first point, as it makes stacking damage easier as you don't risk much in terms of dying. The fact that the stacks are lost exclusively "detaching from the shell" also allows you to die from falling into the void and still retain all your damage stacks, as well as return to the Sester whenever you want to replenish your HP without ever losing stacks, easily allowing you to cheese your way through the first stage of the game and pile up stacks. Since damage stacks are also absolute numbers and not percentage based, they're insane with the Hammer and Chisel, allowing you to use the lowest Stamina Cost weapon in the game in the endgame dealing more than 70+ damage per hit. I've literally run through the final stage of the game one-shotting every mob and face-tanking the boss using exclusively the Hammer and Chisel with 700+ stacks.

This is my first Soulslike and Jesus Christ I can barely last 10 minutes without dying. This is -if anything- a very humbling game lmfao. I'm a pretty skilled gamer but my god this game put me in my place. What I keep getting fucked by is the stamina bar. I try to dodge or attack an enemy and nothing happens because I've already run out of breath from swinging my sword like 3 times. This is taking a hot minute to learn lmfao because I've never really had to deal with that.

Flextralife - "Once you gain a Tarnished Sheath you need to collect all the Quenching Acid before the Burning Grisha..." New player - "Is this in English? I can't tell."

Love the design of Harros, my fave Shell to play as...though i'm not as good as the reviewer lol. Nevertheless, this video was helpful, has been helping me to grasp some concepts of the game that i wasn't aware of.

You're right, the Martyre hollow sword is the best weapon in the game. I used it thru the whole game. Eldrem is the best shell in the game then Solomon 2nd. Solomon is the best shell to use until u acquire Eldrem. It's funny because I actually cleared the dungeons in the same order without a guide, what a coincidence huh?

man I didn't even know what to do at first, so I collected all weapons and shells based on the instincts, I just ran without bothering the mobs, so confused what to do XD

This is kicking my ass

Solomon + Hammer & Chisel (both weapon censer uprades) + forbidden offering = melt bosses and enemies

If we say Lords of the Fallen is a "Soul's Ish" kinda game and not "Souls like" Mortal Shell is the first ever souls like game i've ever played. Now i am fairly recently started, trying to learn the different moves and timeing. I gotta say i think the "Solomon, The Scholar" is by far the best choice for a new player to this game. He got Good HP, Decent Stamina and a best Resolve. Haveing played Harros, Eredrim and Solomon abit while trying to learn the game it feels like Solomon generates resolve more then the others. Which again allows for more parry and heal to newer players.

Good work! I'm loving Mortal Shell. By any chance are you going to be doing a review for Pathfinder Kingmaker on console?

I started yesterday and guess what i did i went straight to the castle thingy to get the king guy deffeated the sickle guy and those zeuses should i go back? Or continue

Thanks for this. I don't really do Souls games but I wanted to give Mortal Shell a try. I nearly gave up after a couple hours of wandering and dying but I think I'll jump back in and try some of these tips.

I love this game! I actually bought it on PC AND PS4. Already on NG+ on both, lol. Hopefully Cold Symmetry can now make a bigger and better sequel.

Shit. I got to the second dark tower area with the teleporter things after fighting for my life through that swamp...now I gotta back track to get those shells 💀

Thanks for the great guide! Hey, I heard you're looking for gamers to playtest new titles and help provide input for your videos and online guides. I'm all about it! Where do I send my resume? :)

Just play the game how ever you want, instead of having someone spoon feed the information to you, just learn as you play. I did and absolutely loved this game

The lack of an estus flask is really killing this game for me. I could deal with parrying to get health back if the stupid little meter wasn’t a finite resource. Skill-based parrying without using some arbitrary meter would’ve been ideal, but here we are.

Mortal Shell coming to Gamepass has brought me here!

Also, be sure to double-check which mask you are using, because some of them or rather two of them used glimpses upon use. And it sucks to lose 22 glimpses, Good Times lol

Why would Eredrim be less and less effective as you get further into the game if he has stacks that "upon killing an enemy, each stack increases base attack damage."? Thank you.

Dont beat the Enslaved boss until you have upgraded as much as you can, after is the only area in the game you cannot return from or change weapons until you beat the area boss.

i Miss an Portal System......to large Areas to run back or further,very annoying at some point. And by the way, Charakter TIEL with the LongSword and his endless Stamina-Bar is AWESOME to play !!!!!

What the hell are resolve, glimpses and tar?

How do you do that hilt strike thingie? Have tried to figure it out. Currently playing on PS4 but will get the pc version too

Will there be any Hellpoint reviews/guides coming? Spent the last three days researching this and that game to decide which to buy, and apart from the graphics, everything about Hellpoint makes it seem like the much better Soulslike. But all the big SoulsBorne youtubers seem to be sleeping on it.

6:19 is where you start the bosses and places in order.

Of course I’d be the one that goes through narthex first.

What's the name of the ending soundtrack

I'm just here to say another important fact: Don't buy it on Switch, I love to play it everywhere but just by watching this video y thought the video has some kind of acceleration because on Switch everything's so slow even if you put the "Indie mode" which allows you to see the game on a PS1 style.

wait, u need resolve to parry?

I killed the Boss of fire First...the enemies change to Venom ones..so i made New game..and the weapons i didnt know they are on the statues.

I got annoyed in the Abandoned Chamber and found the Narthex to be very easy.

My first playthrough Must have died 50 times at least. I don't think that I ever died that many times in any other game with out completing it first.

I can’t even get passed the 1st grisha in the game lol but still enjoying the game and the whole aesthetic of it,looks great for a game developed by such a small dev team

The only place I know that I’m at is the eternal place and it’s hard but it’s doable

Is it xbox controller friendly or we can just play it through steam?

It can be really slow/random getting glimpses. Anyone have any farming routes to recommend?

Played Tiel throughout the whole game and his dodge invincibility window is kind of stupid. I could roll without even thinking and always avoid damage. I think I'll try Solomon next because I want to use more weapon arts, but I also don't want to use the sword because I used that my entire previous playthrough.

Dont want to sound like a CC but how do I put this on easy mode ? Lol

Nice, I finished eternal marthix as the second area after fallgrim

I love fextralife and their guides and sites, But "Things I Wish I Knew Before I Played" ? I have just started this game and this video just left me with more questions

What is the requirement to be able to parry? Sometimes I cant parry if I dont have at least 1 bar of resolve. (No I dont mean riposte)

i hope Elden Ring is has some of this same aesthetic and look... this game looks fantastic

Man I ended up in a snow area, after only upgrading initial weapon once. Now I’m fighting Tarsus, or barely fighting him over n over. 😑

My only complaint is the lack of a map. I have no idea how I got anywhere, ever.

I think my game has a glitch cuz I didn't get the trophy after finding my first shell now I'm on NG+

I can't level up at the NPC even though I have the needed tar and glimpses.

Personally I’m finding Tiel the most fun to use.

soo.... what is resolve?

You can get a +5 weapon before any bosses. It kind of ruined the game but made it more manageable.

Damn started from Eternal Narthex

Are there motion blur settings available for console?

I ran straight to the eternal whatnot and am getting my ass kicked right now

Instead of getting the first shell I just went straight forward now I feel stupid

I don't see a damage difference after putting the nail in the hollow sword.

So how long is the game for an average player?

Do we have the trophy list? I wonder if it's going to be a though plat.

First time I play its gonna be without a shell

I need an easy-mode for this Game😥 for me Mortal Shell is way to hard. The lack of effectiv healing items sucks

My ass found the narthex first lmao. Made the rest of the game incredibly easy by comparison, so thats cool

Very confused lol. Me n my buddy started playing last night took me a few hours to learn hardening. Lol shadow of war is far easier, cool game though!

Are we never gonna mention that parrying is so inconsistent that its useless right now?

Polished game made really fast, minor bugs, good price, small content but made by 15 people ... and people complaining? Grow up.

the map is quite hard to understand compaired to soulsborne

anyone else find the "last" shell first?

You have got to be kidding me. "Eredrim's damage abilities get less and less effective as you progress the game?" Bruh. Eredrim is -BROKEN-. His killstreak damage bonus is insane. Couple that with his humongous HP pool, clearing trash should be a breeze and every single kill makes him do more damage. And he gets a bonus when against single enemies so he's an insane boss slayer.

This game should be called "Dark Souls With loading screens"

I wish I knew that the healing sucked, I wish I knew I would travel many kilometers without finding a bonfire only to die like a bitch in one of the many tight corridors packed with enemies, I wish I knew I needed a SECOND currency to spend the "souls" I have traveled many kilometers to get back and was now forced to carry with me when setting out again. I wish I knew I would hate this fucking game with a passion. Still 7/10, I won't let my salt get in the way of the work done by this small team.

Great Game I'm doing a walkthrough of it right now, and I have to say this game is incredible! Come check it out if anyone cares to. Would be greatly appreciated.

Don't be like me and play for 4 hours wondering why you die in 1 hit, (Didn't pick up shell)

You know what, everything you said was helpful....... But you didn't even mention that you need to hold the "confirm" button to upgrade both shell and weapons, gave me days of confusion and the only one that said about it is a game article..... Like wtf, your medium should be more informative and helpful but this you forgot to say this f@#$ing tiny little very important detail.......