All 16 Weapon and Sidearm Locations in Mortal Shell 2 (Lord of War)

Guides count 16 weapons and sidearms in Mortal Shell 2, eight of each. Two are starting gear, The Iconoclast among them, and arrive on their own. The other 14 are world pickups, and all of them sit on LootMap’s interactive map: seven melee weapons and seven sidearms, every position verified on the map. The weapons feed Lord of War, which stood at 6.2% of Steam players a day after launch, and the sidearms feed the achievement named “Guns. Lots of Guns”, at 5.5%.

Before you set out

Player reports say Merrick in the Marrow Keep sells maps that mark rough weapon locations, so the game does offer breadcrumbs for coin. Balance Patch 1, posted 2026-08-20, is worth knowing before you pick an order: it gave the Great Martyr’s Blade 20% more damage and doubled the Troubadour’s Lute’s.

Some spots moved before release. Player reports say the Lute’s beta-era location near the Mushroom Village now holds something else, so pre-release videos are not safe to follow. Every marker on this page comes from the release build.

Eleven of the 14 pickups have their own Steam unlock achievement, which is the closest thing to a rarity ladder for deciding what to chase first (figures from 2026-08-21).

Weapons in Fainweald, the forest half

Veteran’s Battle Axe

The Veteran’s Battle Axe sits at the forest’s northern edge, a short walk northwest of Proxima’s shell pickup. It is the most commonly unlocked of the eleven, and for most players the first weapon they find.

Great Martyr’s Blade

The Great Martyr’s Blade sits in the far northwest, with a beacon marker a few steps due south and a dungeon marker just southeast, so you will know the spot when you reach it. This is the sword Balance Patch 1 buffed.

Axe & Dagger

The Axe & Dagger marker sits directly on the Chapel Key Door outside the Mushroom Village, the two sharing one spot. The door stays shut without the Chapel Key, whose in-game text reads “Unlocks the Chapel doors outside the Mushroom Village”; the key is on the keys layer, a short run southeast.

Sidearms in Fainweald

Troubadour’s Lute

The Troubadour’s Lute sits in the northeast, a few steps from Gragu’s shell and its Claim Shell marker. Between the Heavy Metal achievement for playing every Lute Track (9.9% of players) and the patch doubling its damage, it is the detour to take first.

Forgotten Crossbow

The Forgotten Crossbow sits a few steps north of one of the raven-marked Map Stations, with a hidden-path marker just west and a coffin a few steps northwest.

Salvaged Trebuchaxe

The Salvaged Trebuchaxe sits a short walk southwest of a Tar Arena, with that arena’s tar-root gate a few steps north again. Its unlock rate trails only the Battle Axe and the Martyr’s Blade, so most players run into it without trying.

Everything in the Ruins of Mammon, the city half

Eight of the 14 pickups are in the city half, four weapons and four sidearms.

Obsidian Hammer

The Obsidian Hammer sits on the southwestern side of the city, ringed by four Lift Call markers, every one of them a few steps away.

Ballistazooka

The Ballistazooka sits a short walk south-southwest of the Obsidian Hammer. The Unremarkable Key marker sits a few steps north of it. Its unlock rate is the lowest of any weapon or sidearm in the game.

Triarch Repeater

The Triarch Repeater sits in the middle of the city half, a short walk north of a beacon marker and right on top of a bone gate.

Cursed Child

The Cursed Child sits beside a Wooden Elevator and three Lift Call markers on the city’s lift network, with a Devout’s Chalice just west.

Black Needle

The Black Needle sits close enough to touch the easternmost beacon on the map, which makes it an easy return trip once fast travel is running.

Axatana

The Axatana sits beside a lever gate, with the district’s bridge markers just west and a chest right on top of it. Player reports say you can reach it early, well before the rest of the district opens up.

Caged Hystrix

The Caged Hystrix sits a short walk south of Sariel’s shell pickup, with a dungeon marker a few steps further south.

Clockwork Scythe

The Clockwork Scythe sits a few steps from the Caged Hystrix and right on top of a dungeon marker. The two are the deepest weapon and sidearm pickups on the map; a pair of Glimpses sits further south, but nothing else on these two layers does.