Mortal Kombat 1 - Invasions "Blood Moon" Shang Tsung Lab Mesa Guide

Mortal Kombat 1 Invasion mode looks to provide players with season content in an interesting new format for the franchise. Unlike the franchise's previous entry called Krypt, Mortal Kombat 1’s single-player focused content presents a table-top-like game for players to explore, find secrets, and eventually unlock more cosmetics through its Seasonal Koins system and chests.

Throughout these guides, we will be exploring the details of Invasions, how to complete them, tips and tricks, and what rewards you can expect in the season of the Blood Moon.

All Mortal Kombat 1 Invasion Season 2 "Blood Moon" Mesas:

• Fire Temple
• Sun do Festival
• Living Forest
• Shang Tsung's Laboratory
• Tarkatan Colony
• Rampart

The Story

The second season of Mortal Kombat 1 invasions, the season of the Blood Moon, sees a Vaeternus that managed to conquer Outworld and beyond, eventually reaching over all the realms. As Nitara and the rest of the vampires never found balance, they eventually reached across timelines, into Liu Kang's, to exert their will unto his. They even went as far as converting many heroes into vampires.

Now is up to you to dismantle their conquest, and travel through the mesas to reach the Rampart, and the home of the ravenous Vaeternus Nitara to finally rid Liu Kang's timeline of their presence.

Shang Tsung's Laboratory

Like other mesas, you will need to first unlock the area prior to it. In this case, you must walk through the Living Forest.

Like last season, you will start at the bottom of Shang Tsung's Laboratory and slowly make your way through it until the very top observatory. This time around, the invasions ending locked areas are not located at the bottom, but instead on the third floor.

Compared to Last season, the Bloody Fangs area, locked behind the key item from the final fight of invasions, is much smaller, containing only a single chest and a handful of fights.

Although the first floor, where you turn right at the start, is not mandatory, it contains a chest and Klue node within it. The Klue node is "I'm Hip I'm Cool" which calls you to use Liu Kang's fatality at the end of the fight. If you want all klue nodes for the whole of this season, make sure to check out our list here.

You can check if you are missing on nodes by looking at the path's color. Uncleared paths are marked in green, cleared ones are in light blue, and paths you can’t move into are in red. You can also follow the green arrow for directions as to the quickest route to the end of the mesa.

After Shang Tsung's Laboratory

Once you defeat Rain, the final boss of this mesa, you will be able to tackle the next one: The Tarkatan Colony, this time in full on night time! By this time you should be a few levels higher than most opponents in the nodes, but if you feel you are struggling, then we can recommend you visit the shop on the Wu Shi Academy for some leveling-up items, or the shop and forge on the Gateway Portal to take a couple of good talisman with you into the fights ahead.