Cleansing the Curse: How to Find All Three Glands and Forge the Seedbearer’s Scripture in Mortal Shell 2
Struggling with the brutal curse mechanics of Mortal Shell 2’s final boss? You’re missing a hidden endgame item. 💀✨
Speedrunners just mapped out the exact locations of the three secret glands needed to forge the legendary Seedbearer’s Scripture—the ultimate anti-curse weapon that completely trivializes the final boss encounter. But crafting it requires braving Night Mode and navigating a labyrinthine route to the Forgotten Tower…
Want the exact step-by-step guide to hunt down all three glands and unlock the Scripture before your next boss fight? 👇
Every Soulslike game features a defining, ultimate challenge—an endgame boss encounter designed to push the player’s mechanical mastery, patience, and mental fortitude to absolute breaking point. In Mortal Shell 2, that final hurdle is heavily defined by a punishing curse mechanic that drains the player’s resources and turns victory into an agonizing uphill battle.
Fortunately, developer Cold Symmetry hid a secret equalizer within the dark reaches of the Undermether.
Known as the Seedbearer’s Scripture, this elusive key item acts as the ultimate countermeasure against the final boss’s curse. But acquiring it is no simple task. It requires tracking down three scattered, hidden glands across perilous regions of the map and completing an obscure ritual under the cover of darkness.
In a recent community guide, creator Jay Dunna mapped out the exact expedition required to collect the trio of glands, offering players a fighting chance against the game’s ultimate threat.
The Hunt for the Three Glands
To forge the Seedbearer’s Scripture, players must journey into three distinct, highly dangerous territories to scavenge specific remnants:
The Depleted Gland (Withered Shoals): The first stop brings players to the Withered Shoals in the Nameless Path—the very same arena where players previously clashed with the towering Hexopod boss. By returning to the boss room, navigating the skeletal husk of the defeated creature, and reaching inside a stone hand, players can claim the first piece of the puzzle.
The Faded Gland (Faded Citadel): By far the easiest gland to acquire, this piece rests in the Citadel Annex. Right from the initial spawn point of the zone, players must turn directly backward and perform a controlled drop-down (utilizing a mid-air melee attack to soften landing fall damage) into a lower chamber. Amidst a cluster of enemies sits a small square box holding the Faded Gland.
The Final Gland (Sester Gate): The third and most treacherous gland requires navigating the frozen, wintry expanses beyond the Sester Gate. Players must sprint through a dense dungeon section into the snowy exterior, following a trail of illuminated lamp posts to locate a hidden bone teleporter. After fending off Gisha hunters and shooting annoying ranged enemies through tight rock crevices, players discover a secluded cave containing the final remnant.
The Forgotten Tower Ritual and Night Mode
With all three glands securely in hand—the Depleted Gland, the Faded Gland, and the final remnant—the journey is only half over. Players must transport their bounty to the iconic Forgotten Tower, a location instantly recognizable to veterans of the first Mortal Shell.
The route to the tower requires a complex, multi-stage traversal gauntlet:
Starting from the Outskirts of Mammon, players sprint across a massive bridge and activate a bone teleporter.
Bypassing the heavy enemies guarding the Casigator’s Key, players cross a cliffside bridge to a secondary teleporter.
Ascending a steep ramp section while dodging enemy ambushes leads to the final bone gate, which deposits the player directly at the doors of the Forgotten Tower.
However, arriving at the tower is met with a crucial environmental condition. Both the notes outside the tower and the door itself indicate that the ritual cannot be performed in daylight. Players must activate Night Mode (by returning to Marrow Keep, feeding the Gloombound Flame to Thestus, and plunging the world into darkness) before the tower will respond.
Once Night Mode is active, players ascend to the top of the Forgotten Tower and interact with the central altar. The game consumes the three depleted glands and forges the Seedbearer’s Scripture.
Why the Scripture Changes the Endgame
For players who have spent hours banging their heads against the final boss’s unrelenting curse stacks, the Seedbearer’s Scripture is nothing short of a divine intervention.
By holding or utilizing the Scripture during the encounter, the boss’s primary curse-application mechanic is nullified. It removes the lingering health-drain debuff that forces players to constantly play defensively, allowing aggressive shells like Tiel or Sester Genessa to maintain constant pressure.
As the community continues to dissect the deeper secrets of Mortal Shell 2, hidden items like the Seedbearer’s Scripture prove that exploration is just as vital as combat skill in Cold Symmetry’s grimdark world. If you are preparing to face the final hours of the Undermether, make sure you take a detour to the Forgotten Tower first. Your health bar will thank you.
