Mortal Shell 2: How to Get the Tarred Fragment Tarstone Location

The Tarred Fragment is an Ability Tarstone in Mortal Shell 2 that turns your sidearm into a spinning projectile launcher. It sits in the Sanguine Caverns, an area you can reach early, and it drops from a single mini-boss rather than a hidden chest.

Quick answer: Cleanse the Stonebled Gate beacon in the Sanguine Caverns, use it to fast travel to the Sanguine Shoreline, then defeat the Tarblighted Sinner in the cave arena to receive the Tarred Fragment.

What the Tarred Fragment does

The Tarred Fragment is an Ability-type Tarstone, so it can only be slotted into a Sidearm. When activated it spends 50 Resolve to fire several tethered projectiles that spin at high speed around a point. Because it is an Ability stone, it shares the two Ability slots with your other equipped Ability Tarstones.

Level	Effect
1	Consume 50 Resolve to fire multiple tethered projectiles, spinning at high speed
2	The tethered projectiles spin for 6 seconds
3	The tethered projectiles spin for 8 seconds
4	The tethered projectiles cover 150% the range

How to reach the Tarred Fragment in the Sanguine Caverns

Head into the Sanguine Caverns by crossing the wooden bridge that leads into the area. This route is open early in the run, so you do not need to be deep into the campaign to start it.

Armored Harbinger crossing a wooden bridge into the Sanguine Caverns with a Laterite pickup showing — Crossing the wooden bridge into the Sanguine Caverns. Image credit: Cold Symmetry

Move to the corrupted gate and cleanse the Stonebled Gate beacon. Cleansing it clears the corruption blocking the path forward and turns the beacon into a usable fast-travel point.

Beacon Cleansed Stonebled Gate notification awarding one Glimpse — The Stonebled Gate beacon is cleansed, confirming the corrupted gate is cleared. Image credit: Cold Symmetry

Rest at the Stonebled Gate beacon and open the map to confirm your position. The beacon and the now-cleared corrupted gate appear on the map, which sets you up for the next travel step.

Rest at Beacon prompt shown at the Stonebled Gate beacon — Resting at the Stonebled Gate beacon before traveling on. Image credit: Cold Symmetry

Open the beacon menu and select Enter Beacon to fast travel to the Sanguine Shoreline. This drops you close to the mini-boss arena and skips the longer overland walk.

Beacon menu open with Enter Beacon highlighted for the Sanguine Shoreline — Choosing Enter Beacon to reach the Sanguine Shoreline. Image credit: Cold Symmetry

Run through the Sanguine Shoreline until you reach the cave arena and engage the Tarblighted Sinner. Defeat this mini-boss and the Tarred Fragment is added to your inventory as the reward.

Harbinger advancing through a cavern toward the Tarblighted Sinner during the boss fight — Fighting the Tarblighted Sinner in the cave arena to earn the Tarred Fragment. Image credit: Cold Symmetry

Confirming you got it

You have the stone once the Tarred Fragment shows up under the Ability Tarstones in your inventory. To use it, equip it to a Sidearm through the Tarstone menu. None of the Tarstones in the game are missable, so if you leave the area you can return later in free-roam and still claim it.

Upgrading the Tarred Fragment

Upgrades happen at the Tarforge next to Franz in Marrow Keep, but you first need the Etching Needles to unlock Tarstone leveling. The Etching Needles sit in a bone chest just before the Magdalena, the Lady of the Woods boss fight. When you spot Ruk past the bridge, drop through the opening and turn right before the tunnel to loot the chest.

Tarstones gain experience only while they are equipped in a weapon or sidearm as you kill enemies. Once the XP bar fills, return to Franz to level the Tarred Fragment. The first upgrade costs 100 coins and grants a Tarcore, while pushing it to the final level requires spending six Tarcore. Leveling other Tarstones from 1 to 2 is the main way to farm the Tarcore you need to max the ones you actually run.

Note: The stone is not required for the Stoned trophy on its own, but its spinning-projectile ability pairs well with sidearm-focused Support stones like Deadeye Stone, which also comes from the Sanguine Caverns.