Mortal Shell 2: How to Unlock the Baghead Mask on Desolate Peak

The Baghead Mask is a cosmetic reward in Mortal Shell 2, and it is tied to the strangest side quest in the game. There is no chest to loot and no boss to beat for it. Instead, you have to satisfy a man who sits on a throne on a floating cliff and wants absolutely nothing, roll the joke credits he triggers, and then walk back to the throne he just abandoned.

Quick answer: Finish Baghead’s questline by returning to him empty-handed to trigger his secret ending, load your save again after the credits, then return to Desolate Peak and take the Baghead Mask off his now-empty throne.

Where to find Baghead on Desolate Peak

Desolate Peak is a small pocket area attached to the western side of Fainweald, and the simplest approach starts at the Gloomshade Grove beacon. Head south from the beacon along the path until you reach the traversal portal sitting on the cliff edge, then use it.

The cliffside traversal portal south of the Gloomshade Grove beacon drops you on Desolate Peak. Shown at 00:52 in Shark R’s video. Image: Cold Symmetry

You land right next to Baghead. He is the figure slumped on a stone throne on the clifftop, ringed by seated followers with sacks over their heads, and the entrance to the Illusionist’s Cache dungeon sits just behind them inside the stone structure.

Desolate Peak on arrival, with Baghead's clifftop camp a short walk ahead. Shown at 01:25 in Shark R’s video. Image: Cold Symmetry

What	Where
Baghead	On a throne at the cliff edge, Desolate Peak
Special Moonshine	On the crates outside the Illusionist’s Cache entrance
Baghead Mask	On the empty throne, after the credits
Achievement	Bag Holder

How to trigger the Baghead secret ending

Baghead asks for “something special,” and the game immediately dangles a bottle of Special Moonshine in front of you. It is bait. The answer he is looking for is nothing at all, but you still have to walk through the whole moonshine detour before he accepts that answer.

Speak to Baghead on his throne and keep talking until his dialogue runs dry. He asks whether you want to become a man of the cloth, tells you to drop an offering in the pile, and then tells you to sit down and relax.

Use the sit interaction at the campfire beside his followers. Stay seated for a few seconds, then stand back up. Skipping this is the single most common reason the quest stalls.

Talk to Baghead again. When he asks “You think you’re any different?”, pick YES. He then tells you there is something he wants, something special, without naming it.

Turn away from the throne and walk toward the stone structure that houses the Illusionist’s Cache. The bottle appears out here once Baghead has made his request.

The stone structure by the Illusionist's Cache entrance, where the Special Moonshine spawns. Shown at 02:10 in Shark R’s video. Image: Cold Symmetry

Pick up the Special Moonshine from the crates by the entrance. Note exactly where it was sitting, because you have to put it back on that same spot later.

The pickup confirmation for Special Moonshine. Shown at 02:43 in Shark R’s video. Image: Cold Symmetry

Carry the bottle back to Baghead and talk to him. He questions the offering and turns it down, which is the intended outcome. Do not go hunting for a different drink or item.

Walk back to the crates and use the PUT MOONSHINE BACK prompt. You should see the bottle leave your inventory. Holding onto it blocks the ending.

Return to Baghead with nothing and answer YES to every prompt, including the line where he warns you that this is your final chance. He then tells you that you finally understand nothing.

Interact with him one more time. He complains that he is tired, that these people follow him everywhere, and muses that things would be easier if there were another Baghead. The cutscene starts from there.

The credits are not the end of your save

The cutscene puts the Harbinger on the throne in Baghead’s place, doing nothing forever, and then rolls the full end credits. That looks alarming if you are only partway through the game, but it does not close out your playthrough and it does not push you into New Game Plus.

Back out to the main menu and choose Continue. You resume at the last beacon you activated, with the main story, Ova collection and everything else untouched. The sequence also unlocks the hidden Bag Holder achievement, described in-game as “You’ve mastered nothing and this is your reward. Pretty pointless, eh?”

Collect the Baghead Mask from the empty throne

Once you have loaded your save, travel back to Desolate Peak. Baghead and his followers are gone, and the mask is sitting on the throne where he used to be. Interact with it and you get a MASK UNLOCKED: BAGHEAD confirmation on screen, which is how you know the whole chain worked.

The mask is purely cosmetic. It lives in the CHANGE MASKS menu alongside options like NONE and FLOWER CROWN, and it only shows up on your character while you are in Harbinger form, not while you are wearing a Shell.

The Baghead Mask in the mask customization menu, worn only in Harbinger form. Shown at 03:16 in Shark R’s video. Image: Cold Symmetry

Why the Baghead ending won’t trigger

If Baghead keeps repeating the same lines instead of starting the cutscene, one of the steps has not registered. These are the usual culprits.

Problem	Fix
You never sat with the followers	Use the sit interaction by the campfire, wait a moment, then stand and talk to him again
You left before his opening dialogue ran out	Talk to him repeatedly until he tells you to sit
You never picked up the Special Moonshine	Grab the bottle from the crates by the Illusionist’s Cache and show it to him
The bottle is still in your inventory	Return to the exact crates and use the put-back prompt
You backed out of the final choice	Answer YES to every question, including his last warning

You do not need to clear the Illusionist’s Cache dungeon for any of this. The entrance is only a landmark for the moonshine, so if the mask is all you want, you can walk in, do nothing correctly, and walk out with a hat.