Chapter 5: Flaming Mountains
The Destined One ventures through the blazing peaks of the Flaming Mountains to collect the next relic and resolve the strife within the Bull King's household. You must navigate scorching lava, bypass mechanical five-element carts, and extinguish dangerous magma rivers to reach the fiery summit. The chapter culminates in an emotional confrontation with Red Boy and the Yaksha King at the Rakshasa Palace.
- Region
- Flaming Mountains
- Getting there
- Progress automatically after defeating the Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master at the Court of Illumination in Chapter 4: The Webbed Hollow
- Connects to
- Bishui Cave, Chapter 6: Mount Huaguo
- Related quests
- Five Element Carts quest · Horse Guai quest · Secret area quest: Bishui Cave
- Services and people
- Bull Governor · Pale-Axe Stalwart · Red Boy · Pingping · Rakshasa Princess (Iron Fan) · Bull King · Shen Monkey · Yin Tiger (via Ruyi Scroll)
- Enemy types
- Bull soldiers · Flaming magma spirits · Lava Bats · Stone spirits · Five-Element Carts · Fire Elementals
Don't miss 0/2
Items
0/3
Secrets
0/1
Key fights
Enemies: Pale-Axe Stalwart
Threats: Heavy sweeping axe cleaves, ground-slam shockwaves, and charging headbutts
Weaknesses and resistances: Susceptible to Immobilize and staggering heavy attacks
Tactics: Dodge through his wide horizontal swings to strike his rear, and stagger him during his slow attack wind-ups
Rewards: Unlocks the Five Carts questline, Will, Experience
Enemies: Brown-Iron Cart
Threats: Sweeping and direct flamethrower jets from its mouth, ramming charges, and rear smoke exhausts
Weaknesses and resistances: Resistant to Burn/Fire; weak to Frost and strikes to its exposed rear and side wheels
Tactics: Bait its stationary forward fire-breath, dodge behind it to avoid the cone, and pummel the rear carriage
Rewards: Silk, Refined Iron Sand, Will, Experience
Enemies: Father of Stones
Threats: Leaping ground slams, rock throws, overhead double-fist smashes, and heavy area-of-effect tremors
Weaknesses and resistances: Susceptible to Freeze and poise breaks; heavily armored front
Tactics: Keep mid-range to bait his leaping slam, dodge underneath him, and unleash charged heavy attacks into his back while he recovers
Rewards: Blood of the Iron Bull, Knot of Emptiness, Will, Experience
Enemies: Gray-Bronze Cart
Threats: Long-range rolling charges, wide-angle flame sweeps, and explosive magma trails
Weaknesses and resistances: Immune to Burn; susceptible to A Pluck of Many and Pillar Stance strikes from above
Tactics: Dodge sideways out of the narrow canyon path when it rolls, then use Pillar Stance to stay above the burning ground and strike after it crashes
Rewards: Refined Iron Sand, Will, Experience
Enemies: Quick-as-Flame and Fast-as-Wind
Threats: Dual head/body rolling team attacks, fiery wind projectiles, spinning whirlwind slams, and synchronized charges
Weaknesses and resistances: Vulnerable to Immobilize when separated; resistant to Fire
Tactics: Focus down Quick-as-Flame first while keeping Fast-as-Wind in your peripheral vision to avoid blindside rolls, using Immobilize to halt whichever boss charges alone
Rewards: Blood of the Iron Bull, Knot of Emptiness, Refined Iron Sand, Will, Experience
Enemies: Flint Chief
Threats: Magma arm slams, burying underground to emerge with volcanic eruptions, and summoning fiery homing pebbles
Weaknesses and resistances: High Fire resistance; vulnerable to Frost and staggering jump attacks
Tactics: Retreat when he burrows to avoid the eruption geysers, then close in during his slow arm-swing recovery to inflict frost buildup
Rewards: Knot of Emptiness, Flame Orb, Will, Experience
Enemies
A sturdy war-engine that shoots bursts of flame along the canyon paths.
Another elemental cart guarding the approach into the valley.
The third elemental cart encountered before unlocking the path to the Cooling Slope.
The final elemental cart found in the Cooling Slope required to open the seal to Bishui Cave.
A duo boss fight fought concurrently near the Valley Entrance shrine.
A giant bird boss encountered along the path toward the summit.
The final guardian of Bishui Cave who changes elemental affinities as you bait him through different arena chambers.
Agile boss who wields a fiery pike and employs illusory clones.
The massive, sword-wielding second phase of the chapter's final encounter.
Shops and people
- Keeper's Shrine: Sells standard crafting materials, medicine ingredients, and gourd upgrades
Tips
- Equipping the Fireproof Mantle vessel provides total immunity to environmental lava damage and greatly reduces fire damage in combat.
- Using the Thrust Stance helps maintain safe distance when trading blows against enemies standing directly in lava pools.
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