The Ultimate Mortal Shell II Cheat Engine Guide (And A Much Easier Alternative)

How do you cheat in Mortal Shell II? To cheat in Mortal Shell II, you can manually attach Cheat Engine to the game’s executable and scan for changing numeric values like your current Tar (the primary currency for upgrading your shells) or your Max Resolve (the resource used for executing devastating weapon abilities and parry ripostes). However, because game updates frequently break Cheat Engine tables (.CT files), the safest and easiest alternative is using an auto-updating mod manager like XMODhub, which provides 1-click cheats without requiring any manual memory scanning.

[Editor’s Note] Look, I get it. We all start Mortal Shell II thinking we’re going to play it completely legit. But after dying to the High Priest of the Shattered Sanctum for the 15th time, or spending hours grinding for Sacred Glimpses of Fallacy just to unlock a single passive skill, the fun stops. I’ve been messing with Cheat Engine for years, and trying to isolate the exact memory values for this game’s current patch almost drove me insane. Today, I’m going to show you how to manually hack the values if you want the technical challenge—but I’ll also share the 1-click shortcut I actually use to save my sanity.

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1. How to Use Cheat Engine for Mortal Shell II (The Manual Way)

If you want to go the old-school route and find the memory addresses yourself, here is the standard “First Scan/Next Scan” method tailored specifically for manipulating your Tar currency in this brutal dark fantasy action RPG. Because Mortal Shell II relies heavily on farming Tar to upgrade your various shells and unlock their latent abilities, maxing out this currency is usually the first thing players want to achieve.

Here is the step-by-step technical process to isolate and modify your Tar in Mortal Shell II using Cheat Engine:

Step 1: Attach the Process and Initiate the First Scan

Launch Mortal Shell II and load into your saved game. Make sure you are in a safe zone where you will not be attacked. Note your exact current amount of Tar (look at the counter in the bottom right of your HUD). Press Alt+Tab to switch to Cheat Engine. Click the glowing PC icon in the top left corner to open the process list. Select MortalShell2.exe and click “Open”. In the “Value” box, type your exact Tar amount. Ensure the “Value Type” is set to “4 Bytes” (which is the standard integer format used for currency in this specific game engine). Click “First Scan”. You will likely see thousands of addresses populate in the left pane. Do not panic; this is completely normal.

Step 2: Alter the In-Game Value

Return to Mortal Shell II. You now need to change your Tar value to filter down those thousands of addresses. The easiest way to do this is to venture out and kill a low-level Zealot enemy, or consume a minor Tar item from your inventory (like a Tainted Nectar or a Slurry of Tar). Once your Tar amount has increased, retreat to a safe distance and note the brand new number on your HUD.

Step 3: Execute the Next Scan

Alt+Tab back to Cheat Engine. Delete the old number in the “Value” box and type in your newly updated Tar amount. Do not click “New Scan”—instead, click “Next Scan”. This tells Cheat Engine to only look at the addresses from the first scan that have now changed to this new number. Your list on the left should dramatically shrink, ideally down to just one to three addresses.

Step 4: Isolate the True Memory Address

If you still have more than a handful of addresses, repeat Step 2 and Step 3 until you isolate the single address that dictates your Tar. Once you have found it, double-click the address in the left pane to drop it down into the active code list at the bottom of the Cheat Engine window.

Step 5: Modify and Freeze the Value

Double-click the number under the “Value” column in the bottom pane. Change it to your desired amount—for example, 999999. Hit “OK”. If you want infinite Tar that never depletes when you spend it at the upgrade merchant, check the small box to the left of the address to “Freeze” it. Return to Mortal Shell II, open your inventory, and you will see your Tar is now maxed out, allowing you to fully upgrade every shell in the game instantly.

2. Common CE Errors: Pointers Breaking & Not Attaching

If you are pulling your hair out because CE isn’t working for Mortal Shell II, you aren’t alone. The jump to modern game engines has introduced a host of frustrations for manual memory editors. Here is what’s probably happening behind the scenes:

Error: “Cannot attach to process” / Game Crashes:

Mortal Shell II might be using specific engine protections or aggressive anti-debugging measures built into its modern framework. When you attempt to attach standard Cheat Engine to the executable, the game’s memory watcher detects the intrusion and immediately terminates the process to prevent memory injection, resulting in a sudden crash to your desktop. To bypass this, you often have to dive into Cheat Engine’s deeper settings. You will need to navigate to Edit > Settings > Debugger Options, and switch the debugger method from the standard Windows debugger to the “VEH Debugger” (Vectored Exception Handling). The VEH Debugger operates differently by catching exceptions before the game’s own anti-cheat routines can flag them, allowing you to quietly hook into Mortal Shell II without triggering a crash. Additionally, running Cheat Engine as an Administrator is absolutely mandatory, as user-level permissions will be outright rejected by the game’s elevated memory space.

The Pointer Problem:

Perhaps the most infuriating aspect of hacking Mortal Shell II manually is dealing with dynamic memory allocation. You spend forty-five minutes isolating the exact address for your Glimpses, you freeze it, you upgrade your shell, and everything is fantastic. Then, you die to a boss, hit a loading screen, and suddenly your cheat stops working. Worse, the address you froze is now pointing to a random texture file, and the game crashes.

This happens because modern games do not store variables in static, permanent locations. Every time Mortal Shell II loads a new area or respawns your character, the engine shuffles the memory layout (a security and optimization feature known as ASLR – Address Space Layout Randomization). The memory address for your health might be 0x1A2B3C right now, but after a loading screen, it jumps to 0x9F8E7D. To fix this, advanced users have to perform complex “Pointer Scans” to find the base address and the multi-level offsets (e.g., MortalShell2.exe + 0x045A10 -> offset 0x20 -> offset 0x48) that reliably point to the dynamic address. Writing the Assembly (AOB) injection scripts to automate this is a massive headache that requires genuine programming knowledge, leaving most casual players completely stuck when their basic scans fail after a single death.

3. The Better Alternative: 1-Click Cheats with XMODhub

Here is the dirty little secret of the modding community: Nobody actually wants to spend two hours updating Cheat Engine tables every time a patch drops. The moment Mortal Shell II updates on Steam, your hard-earned memory addresses shift, and your game crashes to the desktop. The developers will patch a minor bug, and suddenly every single pointer in your .CT file is completely useless.

Why XMODhub beats manual CE for Mortal Shell II:

• Zero Hex Codes Needed: Just toggle a beautiful switch on our UI. You don’t need to know what a Float or a 4-Byte integer is.
• Auto-Updating Cloud Tech: When the game patches, XMODhub updates its trainer automatically. No more broken scripts or waiting weeks for forum users to update their tables.
• Premium Features Instant Access:
• Undetected God Mode / Infinite Health
• Unlimited Sacred Glimpses of Fallacy
• Unlimited Tainted Nectar and Healing Weltcaps
• Super Speed & Custom Jump Height
• One-Hit Kills for annoying bosses.

How to Use XMODhub for Mortal Shell II?

1. Download and Launch the free XMODhub desktop app.
2. Search for “Mortal Shell II” in the library.
3. Click “Play” to auto-hook the game safely.
4. Toggle your desired cheats directly from the clean UI or via hotkeys.

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4. Where to Find Safe Mortal Shell II Cheat Tables (.CT)?

If you absolutely insist on using CE, you’ll want a pre-made Cheat Table (.CT file). However, you must tread incredibly carefully. The internet is flooded with unverified forums, sketchy Discord servers, and abandoned GitHub repositories offering “Free Mortal Shell II Cheat Engine Tables.”

Downloading random .CT files is a massive cybersecurity risk. What many players do not realize is that Cheat Engine utilizes Lua scripting to execute complex memory injections. While this is great for creating advanced cheats like infinite Harden cooldowns or custom FOV sliders, it also means a .CT file can execute arbitrary code on your machine. Malicious actors frequently upload fake cheat tables that contain hidden payloads. When you open the table and check the box to activate the script, you aren’t just giving yourself infinite health—you might be silently installing a Remote Access Trojan (RAT), a keylogger, or a crypto-miner like XMRig that will hijack your GPU in the background and destroy your frame rates.

Even on legitimate modding forums, files are largely community-uploaded and rarely vetted by security professionals. A script that worked perfectly yesterday might be corrupted today, leading to corrupted save files and lost progress. This is precisely why relying on a verified, digitally signed application like XMODhub is the vastly superior choice. Our developers sandbox all memory injections, ensuring that the only thing being modified is your Mortal Shell II single-player experience, keeping your PC entirely safe from hidden malware and your save files protected from corruption.

5. Top Features Found in a Mortal Shell II Cheat Engine Table

When hunting for a comprehensive Mortal Shell II cheat engine table, players typically look for scripts that bypass the game’s most punishing mechanics. Unlike simple memory edits (like manually changing your Tar value), these advanced tables utilize AOB (Array of Bytes) injections to fundamentally alter the game’s core logic.

Here is a breakdown of the most sought-after scripts you will typically find in a premium .CT file, and how they interact with the game’s engine:

How to Merge Multiple Mortal Shell II .CT Files

A common scenario for manual modders is finding one table that features a working God Mode, and a completely separate table that contains an item spawner. If you want to use both simultaneously, you have to merge them. To do this, open your primary .CT file in Cheat Engine. Then, click File > Load and select your secondary table. Cheat Engine will ask if you want to merge the new table with the existing one. Click “Yes.”

Warning: Merging tables created by different authors frequently causes memory conflicts. If both tables attempt to inject AOB scripts into the same base address (for example, if both modify the player’s primary combat entity code), Mortal Shell II will instantly fatal-error and crash to the desktop. This is yet another reason why compiling your own cheats is a massive headache compared to using an all-in-one, unified trainer like XMODhub, which handles all script compatibility in the background for you.

6. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q: Can I use Cheat Engine on the Xbox Game Pass version of Mortal Shell II?

A: Usually, no. Game Pass uses strict UWP (Universal Windows Platform) file encryption that actively blocks Cheat Engine from attaching to the process. If you try, you will likely get an “Access Denied” error. However, XMODhub is specifically engineered to bypass these UWP restrictions seamlessly, allowing you to mod the Game Pass version just as easily as the Steam version.

Q: Is it illegal to use Cheat Engine?

A: Modifying data on your own PC for a single-player experience like Mortal Shell II is completely legal. You own the hardware and the localized save data. Just never bring memory editors into a multiplayer server, as that violates Terms of Service and will result in permanent account bans.

Q: Will using Cheat Engine drop my FPS or slow down my PC?

A: Yes, it absolutely can if used improperly. When you execute a “First Scan” for an unknown initial value, Cheat Engine is essentially dumping your entire active RAM allocation into your system’s pagefile to sort through millions of hexadecimal addresses. This causes a massive CPU spike and severe disk I/O bottlenecks, which will freeze or stutter Mortal Shell II heavily. Furthermore, if you activate poorly optimized Assembly (AOB) scripts from an outdated .CT file, they can cause severe memory leaks. These scripts force the CPU to write to memory addresses every 10 milliseconds. If the offset is wrong, it endlessly loops errors in the background, tanking your FPS from 60 down to single digits until the game inevitably crashes. XMODhub prevents this by using highly optimized, direct-memory hooks that require virtually zero CPU overhead.

Conclusion: Work Smarter, Not Harder

Learning how memory manipulation works in Cheat Engine is a cool flex. It teaches you the fundamentals of game engine architecture and hexadecimal logic. But let’s be real—when you come home from a long day at work, you just want to spawn in that legendary Awakened Shell of the Forgotten King and wreck some zealot enemies without taking a computer science class.

Why spend 45 minutes digging through hex codes, fighting anti-debugging crashes, and crying over broken dynamic pointers when you can click one button and instantly get God Mode? And the best part? XMODhub supports over 5,000+ PC games. Once you install the app, you can ditch the complicated cheat tables for good and get back to actually enjoying your games.