Mortal Shell 2 Melee Tarstones

31 melee tarstones. Melee Tarstones slot into your melee weapon. The in-game menu groups them as Combat, Infusions, or Abilities. Combat stones change damage, crit, poise, and similar combat stats. Infusions add a status effect. Abilities grant a signature weapon ability. Many fit any melee weapon; some are bound to one weapon or a short list.

Combat (10)

	Name	Effect	Compatible Weapons
	Wounding Stone	Melee attacks inflict Perforation	All Melee weapons
	Grudge Stone	Your Weapon deals a guaranteed Critical Hit	All Melee weapons
	Duality Stone	Your Weapon light attack combo strikes twice	Axe & Dagger, Axatana
	Unyielding Stone	Your Weapon light attack combo has Stagger immunity	Axe & Dagger, Black Needle, The Iconoclast
	Parasitic Stone	Slaying foes grants the stone Leech stacks.	All Melee weapons
	Thief's Stone	Striking foes grants you Warp	All Melee weapons
	Stillblade's Stone	Grants access to a special Light Combo Finisher	Great Martyr's Blade, Black Needle, Clockwork Scythe, Obsidian Hammer, The Iconoclast, Veteran's Battle Axe
	Zealot's Stone	Grants access to a special Light Combo Finisher	Great Martyr's Blade, Black Needle, Clockwork Scythe, Obsidian Hammer, The Iconoclast, Veteran's Battle Axe
	Clerik's Stone	Grants access to a special Heavy Combo Finisher	Great Martyr's Blade, Black Needle, Clockwork Scythe, Obsidian Hammer, The Iconoclast, Veteran's Battle Axe
	Tyrant's Stone	Grants access to a special Heavy Combo Finisher	Great Martyr's Blade, Black Needle, Clockwork Scythe, Obsidian Hammer, The Iconoclast, Veteran's Battle Axe

Infusions (9)

	Name	Effect	Compatible Weapons
	Arbiter's Prize	Consume Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Bloodcurse	Axe & Dagger, The Iconoclast, Clockwork Scythe
	Serpent Stone	Consume Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Poison	Axe & Dagger, Black Needle
	Voltaic Crown	Consume Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Lightning	Clockwork Scythe, Great Martyr's Blade, Axatana
	Warden's Stone	Consume Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Frost	Great Martyr's Blade
	Curseblood Stone	Consume Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Curse	The Iconoclast, Veteran's Battle Axe
	Nightgrasp Stone	Consume Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Phantom	Black Needle
	Torpor Stone	Consume Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Stasis	Obsidian Hammer, Axatana
	Wretchcaller's Stone	Consume Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Trauma	Obsidian Hammer
	Inflamed Clawstone	Consume Resolve to infuse your Weapon with Burn	Veteran's Battle Axe

Abilities (12)

	Name	Effect	Compatible Weapons
	Acolyte's Stone	Consume Resolve to perform a Charged Light Attack	All Melee weapons
	Unwieldy Stone	Consume Resolve to perform a Charged Heavy Attack	All Melee weapons
	Magdalena's Memento	Consume Resolve to rise into the air and unleash a flurry of ruthless strikes.	Axe & Dagger
	Captive's Scabstone	Consume Resolve to swing your weapon in a violent arc, striking down all who stand close	Great Martyr's Blade
	Conqueror's Reward	Consume Resolve to drive your weapon forward in a series of swift, piercing thrusts	Black Needle
	Infused Stone	Consume Resolve to throw your weapon to strike multiple targets before it circles back to you	Black Needle
	Shrike Stone	Consume Resolve to leap high and plunge your Weapon into the ground ahead	The Iconoclast, Axatana
	Colossus Stone	Consume Resolve to thrust your weapon into the ground to send shockwaves rippling through nearby foes	Obsidian Hammer
	Lost Clotstone	Consume Resolve to spin in place and release your weapon with brutal force	Veteran's Battle Axe, Obsidian Hammer
	Scholar's Wormstone	Consume Resolve over time to set the chainsaw in motion, augmenting your every attack	Clockwork Scythe
	Clockwork Shardstone	Consume Resolve over time to hold your weapon before you with its chainsaw spinning at full speed	Clockwork Scythe
	Hexapod Core	Consume Resolve to carve through enemies with a rapid succession of strikes	Axatana

See the Tarstones overview for the full roster in menu order, and for how slotting and Glimpse costs work.