Chapter 1: Black Wind Mountain

Black Myth: Wukong guide · The Destined One begins the journey to recover the relics.

The Destined One begins his journey at Black Wind Mountain to reclaim Sun Wukong's lost relics. You must traverse the forest and bamboo groves, defeat localized Yaoguai chiefs and kings, and ring three hidden bells to unveil secret areas. The chapter culminates in the summit of the mountain where you confront the Black Bear Guai to retrieve the first relic.

Region: Black Wind Mountain
Getting there: Begins automatically after the prologue
Connects to: Chapter 2: Yellow Wind Ridge
Services and people: Keeper of Black Wind Mountain · Shen Monkey · Horse Guai
Enemy types: Yaoguai Chiefs · Yaoguai Kings · Lesser Yaoguai

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Wandering Wight chief: From the Outside the Forest Keeper's Shrine in the Forest of Wolves, follow the main dirt path across the wooden bridge until you reach a wide clearing before the wooden gate. Engage and defeat the large, stone-headed boss pacing in the center of the clearing. Missable: permanently despawns if you ring all three bells and defeat Elder Jinchi in the Secret: Ancient Guanyin Temple before killing it.Horse Guai (Ma Tianba) questline: From the Back Hills Keeper's Shrine in the Bamboo Grove, take the path downhill into the bamboo forest and turn left into the rock cave opening. Speak with the horse-faced NPC tied to a wooden pillar until his dialogue repeats completely. Missable: locks you out of his ongoing questline in subsequent chapters if you defeat the chapter's final boss, Black Bear Guai, before exhausting his dialogue.

Items

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Red Tides (Transformation Spell): Defeat Guangzhi in the Forest of WolvesFireproof Mantle (Vessel): From the Grand Chamber Keeper's Shrine in the Secret: Ancient Guanyin Temple area, head straight into the courtyard boss arena.How: Defeat Elder Jinchi and then interact with the hanging wolf corpse outside the temple doors to claim the vessel.Skandha of Form: Collected from a stone head along the river in the Forest of Wolves near the Front Hills shrine

Secrets

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Secret: Ancient Guanyin Temple area | Ring the three large bronze bells found in the arenas of Guangzhi, Guangmou, and the Whiteclad Noble, then interact with the final bell to teleport.

Key fights

Bullguard

Enemies: Bullguard

Threats: Heavy cleaver swings, overhead vertical chops, leaping downward strikes that create forward shockwaves

Weaknesses and resistances: Susceptible to Immobilize and staggering from heavy attack combos; slow recovery animations

Tactics: Keep mid-range to bait his vertical cleaves, dodge sideways rather than backward, and use the scripted Immobilize cast during the fight to unleash full light attack combos into a heavy finisher

Rewards: Immobilize Spell, Stone Spirit, Will

Guangzhi

Enemies: Guangzhi

Threats: Twin-headed flaming glaive combos, spinning charge attacks, flame wave projectiles, inflicts Burn status

Weaknesses and resistances: Fire resistant; highly vulnerable to stagger from heavy attacks and Pillar/Smash stance variations

Tactics: Stay close to dodge inward through his wide spinning swings, punish his recovery after his leaping downward slam, and extinguish burn status by rolling

Rewards: Red Tides Transformation (Guangzhi), Twin-Crest Spear Head, Will

Guangmou

Enemies: Guangmou

Threats: Wind and poison projectile fans, summoning venomous Viper snakes that shoot spit pools, teleportation, airborne shockwaves

Weaknesses and resistances: Susceptible to Burn/Fire attacks and heavy stagger; vulnerable while channeling summons

Tactics: Close the distance instantly whenever he teleports away, circle-strafe his poison projectile fan, kill or ignore the stationary spitting vipers, and burn him down quickly with Guangzhi's transformation

Rewards: Guangmou Spirit, Blood of the Iron Bull, Stone Spirit, Will

Baw-Li-Guhh-Lang

Enemies: Baw-Li-Guhh-Lang

Threats: Extended long-range tongue lashes, sweeping tongue whips, high-leap body slams with water/shock splash damage, backward kicks

Weaknesses and resistances: Weak to Fire damage; soft underbelly easily staggered by charged heavy attacks

Tactics: Fight in the middle of the shallow pond to avoid getting trapped against the rock edges, dodge sideways when his tongue retracts before a lash, and attack his flank after he lands from a high belly flop

Rewards: Baw-Li-Guhh-Lang Spirit, Tadpole, Stone Spirit, Will

Enemies

Wandering Wight

Steal / drop Cat's Eye Beads

Heavy hitting optional boss with a hard stone head; stagger him with well-timed heavy attacks.

Lingxuzi

Weak to FireSteal / drop Grey Wolf Mask

Highly agile giant wolf boss vulnerable to burn damage from the Red Tides transformation.

Whiteclad Noble

Steal / drop Jade Fang

Two-phase boss found in the marsh who fights with a spear and transforms into a snake-human hybrid in phase two.

Elder Jinchi

Found in the secret temple area; heals by absorbing surrounding wandering spirits which you must destroy before they reach him.

Black Wind King

Steal / drop Cloudtreader Boots

Teleports and transforms into wind form; immobilize him when he solidifies to deal burst damage.

Black Bear Guai

Weak to FrostSteal / drop Craving Horn, Flame Ebongold

Final boss of the chapter that covers the arena in fire during phase two; the Fireproof Mantle nullifies his fire arena effect.

Shops and people

Shen Monkey: Upgrades gourds, crafts drinks, and sells soaks

Tips

Equip the Fireproof Mantle during the second phase of the Black Bear Guai fight to become immune to the burning ground.
Perfect dodges generate Focus points quickly, allowing you to execute high-damage varied heavy attacks.

Chapter 2: Yellow Wind Ridge

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