Mortal Shell 2: Get These 2 Farming Tarstones Early to Increase Gloom and Coin Drops
THESE 2 TARSTONES CAN MAKE EVERY FARMING RUN MORE PROFITABLE. 💰🔥
There’s a hidden early-game pickup for Gloom and another for Coin, and they’re sitting surprisingly close to each other in eastern Fainweald — but there’s a nasty encounter standing between you and one of them… So why are experienced players grabbing BOTH before they start farming? 👀
Get these two Tarstones early and make your kills pay more. 👇
Mortal Shell 2 does not make its most useful farming upgrades particularly obvious.
Players can spend hours killing enemies, collecting Gloom and Coin, and gradually improving their character without realizing that two Support Tarstones can directly increase the amount of those resources obtained from defeated enemies.
Those two items are Gloombound Stone and Justiciar’s Stone.
Both can be obtained relatively early, both are located in eastern Fainweald, and both are specifically designed to improve resource acquisition. Gloombound Stone increases Gloom obtained from slain foes, while Justiciar’s Stone increases Coin obtained from slain enemies. Current databases list both as Support Tarstones equipped through the Shell slot.
That makes them particularly valuable for players planning to farm Gloom for Harbinger progression or Coin for purchases and upgrades.
There is, however, an important catch in the current version of the game: players should not assume the enormous percentage bonuses shown in some older videos or pre-release material are still accurate.
Community testing indicates that the launch version uses much smaller bonuses than some earlier information suggested.
The Two Tarstones You Want for Farming
The basic concept is extremely simple.
Gloombound Stone: slain foes drop more Gloom.
Justiciar’s Stone: slain enemies drop more Coin.
A current Tarstone database lists both at +6% in their base effect description.
The wording is important.
These are not items that magically create Gloom or Coin from nothing. They modify the amount obtained from eligible enemy kills.
That means their value increases with the number of enemies you defeat.
If you are simply exploring and killing a handful of enemies along the main story route, the benefit may seem relatively small.
If you are deliberately farming hundreds of enemies, however, even a modest increase becomes more meaningful over time.
And because the two Tarstones target different resources, players can use them according to what they are currently trying to build.
Gloombound Stone Is the Gloom-Farming Pickup
The first item to prioritize is Gloombound Stone.
Current sources place it in the Stones of Remembrance area of eastern Fainweald. The pickup is inside a chest among the ruins in the yellow-flower area.
The important part is that this is not a late-game-only reward.
A current guide specifically notes that Gloombound Stone is sitting in eastern Fainweald from the moment players reach the open world, making it an attractive early pickup for anyone interested in leveling efficiently.
Once equipped, it increases Gloom obtained from defeated enemies.
That makes it particularly useful when combined with a repeatable Gloom route.
For example, current farming guides identify Gloomshade Grove Beacon as an efficient early Gloom location. During nighttime, players can repeatedly defeat the Grisha Hunters stationed around the Beacon, with current reporting putting the return at more than 1,200 Gloom per attempt and the encounter taking less than a minute.
The logic is straightforward:
More enemies killed → more Gloom generated → Gloombound Stone increases the payout.
The Tarstone therefore becomes more valuable the more aggressively you farm.
Where Exactly Is Gloombound Stone?
The current location information is consistent across several databases.
Head toward the Stones of Remembrance in eastern Fainweald.
The Tarstone is located in a ruined section of the area, inside a chest surrounded by the distinctive yellow flowers.
One useful point for beginners is that the item does not require a complicated boss sequence.
The bigger challenge is simply recognizing the correct part of the region.
A recent guide recommends using the broken stonework and nearby water as visual cues before entering the ruined structure containing the chest.
In other words, this is an exploration reward rather than something players should expect to receive automatically through the main quest.
Justiciar’s Stone Is the Coin Equivalent
The second Tarstone is Justiciar’s Stone.
Its purpose is essentially the Coin-focused counterpart to Gloombound Stone.
The current database description states that slain enemies drop more Coin while the Tarstone is equipped.
Its location is also in eastern Fainweald, making it possible to collect the two farming-oriented Tarstones during essentially the same expedition.
That is one of the strongest reasons to make the trip early.
You are not crossing half the game’s map for two unrelated upgrades.
They are effectively part of the same resource-farming route.
The Broodshell Swarm Is the Catch
Unlike Gloombound Stone, Justiciar’s Stone is not simply sitting inside an easily accessible chest.
Current guides place the item inside a cave beyond the Broodshell Swarm encounter. The cave is in eastern Fainweald, around the swampy area southeast of the Feeding Grounds dungeon entrance.
The Broodshell Swarm is a group boss encounter that blocks the route.
Players have two basic options.
You can fight through the encounter normally.
Or, depending on your character’s survivability and movement options, you can attempt to run past the encounter and reach the cave.
The latter is obviously riskier for a brand-new character.
But because the reward is a permanent addition to your available Tarstones, some players may decide that making the dangerous trip early is worth it.
The important detail is that the Broodshell Swarm itself is not the reward.
The actual Tarstone is inside the cave beyond the encounter.
That distinction matters because players can easily defeat the encounter and assume they have finished the relevant objective, while the item they came for is actually deeper inside.
The Two Tarstones Are Extremely Close
This is arguably the biggest reason the pair is so useful.
Justiciar’s Stone and Gloombound Stone are both located in the same general eastern Fainweald area. Current guides explicitly recommend grabbing Gloombound Stone during the same trip after obtaining Justiciar’s Stone.
That makes the route considerably more efficient.
Instead of thinking:
“I need to come back for another farming item later.”
you can treat the area as a single early-game farming detour.
Get the Coin booster.
Get the Gloom booster.
Equip them.
Then start farming.
For players who already know that they intend to spend significant time leveling or upgrading equipment, this is one of those small pieces of preparation that can pay off throughout the rest of the playthrough.
But There Is a Major Patch 1 Caveat
This is where current information becomes especially important.
Some Mortal Shell 2 videos and community discussions have circulated much larger numbers for these Tarstones.
One Reddit discussion claims that the two stones previously appeared to provide 40% increased Gloom and Coin drops, while the current version provides only 6% at the base level. Other commenters dispute parts of the history and suggest that some of the larger figures came from advanced-access, reviewer or pre-release information rather than the final release build.
The safest conclusion is therefore not that the developers secretly “nerfed 40% to 6%” without explanation.
The safer conclusion is:
Do not use old 40% figures when describing the current retail game.
Current launch-window databases list the base effect at +6%, while some third-party upgrade tables report higher values at later Tarstone levels.
That means the exact bonus depends on the Tarstone’s upgrade level and the version of the game being discussed.
This distinction is critical for anyone following a farming guide.
A video recorded from a different build can show numbers that simply do not match what a player sees today.
Upgrading Them Can Make the Difference
Tarstones are not necessarily one-and-done pickups.
They can be upgraded through the game’s progression systems, increasing their effects.
Current third-party Tarstone databases list Gloombound Stone and Justiciar’s Stone with four upgrade levels. One current table reports the Coin bonus for Justiciar’s Stone increasing through progressively larger values, ultimately reaching +40% at Level 4, while another current source lists the same general progression for Gloombound Stone.
However, because sources are currently inconsistent about exact upgrade values and the game is still receiving early post-launch updates, the safest approach is to verify the value shown inside the player’s own current Tarforge interface rather than blindly trusting an older guide.
That is especially important after launch changes.
Mortal Shell 2 is still in its early post-release period, and community databases are being updated rapidly.
Why Gloombound Stone Is So Useful for Leveling
Gloom is not simply another piece of currency.
It plays a central role in character progression.
Players use Gloom for Harbinger progression, while leveling contributes to stronger character statistics and progression through Shell abilities.
That is why Gloom farming has become such a major part of the early-game discussion.
Current guides recommend locations such as Gloomshade Grove, where players can repeatedly clear the Grisha Hunters around the Beacon.
A separate current guide describes several other Gloom routes and specifically identifies Gloombound Stone as the Tarstone to equip when trying to maximize Gloom yield.
This creates a simple optimization strategy:
Get Gloombound Stone → equip it → choose a short Beacon farming loop → repeat.
The value comes from stacking a resource multiplier with a high-volume activity.
Justiciar’s Stone Has a Similar Role for Coin
Coin serves a different purpose.
It is the game’s spending currency and can disappear quickly when players start purchasing items and investing in equipment.
Current guides describe Proxima’s Collector ability as one of the most efficient ways to generate Coin because it allows players to obtain Extracted Specimens from enemies and sell them.
That makes Justiciar’s Stone particularly interesting for players already building around Proxima.
Instead of relying exclusively on direct Coin drops, players can combine efficient enemy farming with the game’s additional reward mechanics.
A current community farming setup, for example, uses Proxima with the Collector talent alongside Gloombound Stone when the player wants both Gloom and additional Coin-related returns.
This illustrates an important distinction:
Justiciar’s Stone is a passive resource booster. Proxima’s Collector is an active farming tool.
They solve different parts of the same economic problem.
The Farming Meta Is Already Getting More Complicated
Mortal Shell 2 players have quickly moved beyond simply asking where the nearest enemy group is.
The current farming community is combining:
Beacon reset loops
Shell abilities
Tarstone bonuses
weapon-specific effects
Proxima’s Collector
enemy positioning
nighttime modifiers
and, in some cases, potential exploits.
One Reddit community test reported a specialized setup using Trebuchaxe, Tarred Fragment, Volatile Fragment and Proxima’s Collector, with Gloombound Stone added when the player also wanted to farm Gloom. The reported result was approximately 1,400 Coin, 480 Tarstone XP and 2,000 Gloom in a very short cycle.
That is obviously far beyond what simply equipping a +6% Gloom Tarstone can accomplish by itself.
The lesson is that Gloombound Stone and Justiciar’s Stone are optimization pieces, not magical infinite-resource buttons.
Their value increases when integrated into a larger farming setup.
Are They Actually Worth a Tarstone Slot?
This is where the community is divided.
A player who is simply exploring the campaign may reasonably prefer a combat-oriented Support Tarstone.
For example, current Tarstone lists include options such as Auspicious Stone, Headman’s Stone, Devout Stone, Shattering Stone and Bulwark Stone, all of which provide direct combat benefits.
If you are entering a difficult boss arena, sacrificing a combat bonus for a relatively small resource increase may make little sense.
But that calculation changes completely when you are farming.
You are already killing enemies repeatedly.
The goal is no longer maximum damage per individual encounter.
The goal is maximum resources per minute.
In that situation, a resource-focused Tarstone can be more valuable than a combat-focused one.
That is why experienced players commonly switch their Tarstone loadout depending on what they are doing.
Combat build for bosses.
Farming build for resource runs.
There is no requirement to use the same setup for both.
The Best Time to Get Them
For a beginner, the ideal timing is relatively simple.
Once the open world is available and you are comfortable entering eastern Fainweald, make the two Tarstones a priority if you already know that you intend to farm.
Start with Gloombound Stone if you want the easier acquisition.
Then move toward Justiciar’s Stone once you are prepared to deal with or bypass the Broodshell Swarm.
The current guides specifically describe both as early pickups, and Gloombound Stone is available without waiting for late-game progression.
There is little reason to postpone them if you plan to spend a significant amount of time farming.
The Bottom Line
The two most important resource-oriented Tarstones to know early are Gloombound Stone and Justiciar’s Stone.
Gloombound Stone increases Gloom from slain foes.
Justiciar’s Stone increases Coin from slain enemies.
Both are found in eastern Fainweald, making them unusually convenient to collect during the same exploration trip. Justiciar’s Stone requires reaching the cave beyond the Broodshell Swarm, while Gloombound Stone is found in a chest among the ruins at Stones of Remembrance.
The important warning is that players should not trust every viral farming video they see.
The current retail version does not necessarily use the large resource bonuses that appeared in some pre-release or older community material. Current databases list the base versions of these Tarstones at +6%, with stronger bonuses possible through upgrades according to some current databases.
That may sound modest.
But farming is a numbers game.
If you are killing dozens or hundreds of enemies over a long playthrough, a permanent resource bonus can add up — especially when combined with an efficient Beacon loop, Proxima’s Collector and other farming mechanics.
So if your goal is to level faster, afford more upgrades and squeeze more value out of every enemy you kill, these are two Tarstones worth knowing about.
Just don’t confuse a farming optimization with an instant “OP” button.
The real power comes from combining the right Tarstones with the right route — and, in Mortal Shell 2’s rapidly evolving post-launch meta, knowing exactly which version of the game those numbers actually belong to.
