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How to Get Hexapod Core and Effects | Mortal Shell 2

Last Updated: August 24, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Hexapod Core Overview

Hexapod Core
Hexapod Core
Tarstone TypeAbility
Compatible Weapon• Axatana

How to Get Hexapod Core

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LocationHexapod's Burrow
How to GetDefeat the Hexapod inside the Corrupted Gate of Ruins of Mammon.

Hexapod Core Effect

LevelEffect
1Consume 60 Resolve to carve through enemies with a rapid succesion of strikes
2Each strike grants 3 Warp Stacks
3This ability has stagger immunity
4Resolve cost increased to 80, but the ability continues with another barrage of ruthless dual-blade strikes

How to Upgrade Tarstones

Franz

Every Tarstone can level up to 4 times, growing stronger or shifting into a new effect. To upgrade, give Franz the Etching Needle: Allows players to enhance their Tarstones when they give it to Franz at the Marrow Keep. Quest Item.

Level 2 upgrades cost coins, but you'll also need enough experience first. Just equip a Tarstone and rack up kills to earn EXP toward its next level.

Where to Find the Etching Needle

Find the Etching Needle inside a chest just before the boss fight against the Magdalena, Lady of the Woods. Past the Tarblighted Shepherd where you meet Ruk, turn right to spot it.

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