Mortal Shell 2: How to Raise the Winterglass Lake Bridge

The broken stone bridge next to the Winterglass Lake Beacon blocks the direct route deeper into the Conquered Temple gate. It comes apart in two separate segments, and each one snaps back into place when you strike its matching bell. You can finish the whole thing with your Sidearm without leaving the beacon area, or take a longer ground route if the far bell refuses to appear.

Quick answer: Stand at the mouth of the bridge, shoot the bell on the lower right to raise the first half, then step onto that half and shoot the second bell across the gap to raise the rest.

Before you start: rest at the Winterglass Lake Beacon

The beacon sits right beside the stairs at the edge of the broken bridge. Rest there first to top up your resources, because enemies wander this frozen stretch and the far side of the crossing has more waiting for you. A Sidearm with ammo is all you need for the puzzle itself.

Rest prompt at the Winterglass Lake Beacon before the broken bridge — The rest prompt appears at the Winterglass Lake Beacon next to the bridge stairs. Image credit: Cold Symmetry

Raise the bridge with a ranged weapon

This is the fastest method and works entirely from the near side of the chasm. Both bells are within firing range if the far one renders in properly.

Walk to the edge of the bridge near the beacon and look to your right. Aim your Sidearm at the first bell on that side and fire. Hitting it raises the first bridge segment.

Step forward onto the now-raised first segment and aim across the gap. The second bell sits on the far side of the chasm. Shoot it to raise the remaining half and complete the crossing.

Player aims across the icy gap toward the far bell to raise the second segment — Aim across the gap from the first segment to strike the second bell. Image credit: Cold Symmetry

The far bell can be hard to spot because it hides in the fog rolling across the lake. If it never highlights or your shots pass through empty space, it has not loaded from that distance, and you will need the ground route below.

Reach the second bell on foot

If the far bell will not render, drop down and hit it directly. The lake below has holes where enemies can lunge out, and a wooden log you can vault over on the way, so keep moving.

Drop down onto the snowy area beneath the bridge. Run past the enemies rather than trading blows with all of them, and head toward the ledge on the far right.

Player crosses the snowy area under the bridge with the combat HUD visible — Push across the snow beneath the bridge toward the right-hand ledge. Image credit: Cold Symmetry

Jump up the ledge on the far right and step into the Bone Gate. Using it teleports you to the upper cliffs on the other side of the chasm.

Player climbs toward the upper ledge and the Bone Gate on the far side — Climb the far-right ledge and enter the Bone Gate to warp to the upper cliffs. Image credit: Cold Symmetry

Follow the path through the stone archways and turn right. Enemies will engage you here, so clear or slip past them as you go.

Player advances with spear raised toward an enemy on the upper cliff route — The upper route to the second bell runs through stone archways and past waiting enemies. Image credit: Cold Symmetry

Reach the second bell and strike it directly to raise the remaining segment. Fight off any enemies that close in, and the bridge is complete.

Armored player reaches the far platform where the second bell sits — Strike the far bell directly once you reach its platform. Image credit: Cold Symmetry

Confirm the bridge is whole and what comes next

You know both segments are up when the two stone halves lock together into a single unbroken span across the chasm. Cross it, and the path leads straight toward Urrig, the Executioner. Defeating him rewards the Warden’s Stone Tarstone and opens the way deeper into the Conquered Temple.

Note: If you rang only one bell, one half of the bridge stays collapsed. Look for the bell you missed. The first sits low on the right at the near edge, and the second is on the far side hidden in the fog. Ringing the correct pair is the only condition that raises both segments.