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Looking for someBlack Myth: Wukongtips? Though not as tough as your typical soulslike—in part due to the wealth of tools the game gives you to overcome challenges—Wukong is still tricky from time to time. The game may offer plenty of spells to use, spirits to summon, and abilities to unlock, but actually understanding how they all fit together is another matter entirely.
All that said, here are my ten tips for Black Myth: Wukong, which cover most of the game’s main mechanics, plus a few hints about how to get extra will for crafting weapons and armour.
Gain Focus Points and consume them for more damage
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Though Black Myth: Wukong has a whole range of stances and attacks that you can use against enemies, the fundamental principle of combat is building Focus Points—filling the empty circles in the bottom right through light attacks, perfectly-timed dodges, and charging a heavy attack—and then consuming them to perform a powerful damage-dealing strike.
The most basic version of this is holding down the charged attack button, waiting for both Focus Point dials to fill up, and then releasing to perform a downwards spinning attack. It’s hard to overstate how strong these are, especially if you use them in tandem with the Immobilize spell and use the heavy attacks to shatter enemies in that state.
Grab a Transformation spell early
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Meditate (or kill more enemies)
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While exploring each chapter of Black Myth: Wukong, you’ll occasionally find a cushion you can sit down and meditate on. Each meditation gives you a new spark to spend on abilities, so it’s well worth keeping an eye out. If you happen to be struggling with bosses, remember that you can also just go off and kill enemies to get more sparks and unlock more powerful abilities and stat boosts. If you ever want to re-spec your sparks, all you need to do is go to a Keeper’s Shrine and choose the reignite the sparks option.
Smash pots, sell gold, and consume Will o Wisps
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Take your medicine
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You won’t unlock the ability tocraft medicineyourself until chapter two when you meet Xu Dog, but using these consumables is one of the best ways to deal with enemies who apply banes like fire, poison, and thunder, or just generally to buff yourself in a boss fight. Once you find Xu Dog in the Crouching Tiger Temple basement in chapter two, you’ll also be able to craft Celestial Medicines; permanent bonuses you can apply to health, mana, stamina, or specific bane resistances.
Spec into your playstyle with secondary effects
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On the surface, Black Myth: Wukong may seem straightforward in terms of playstyle, but as you unlock more weapons, armour sets, spirits, and abilities, you’ll quickly realise that you can actually customise your playstyle extensively. Weapons provide unique effects, armour grants set-based bonuses depending on how many pieces you have equipped, and even the spirit you equip provides a passive benefit.
You’ve also got curios you can wear for additional effects, plus the Soak you use in your healing drink, i.e, the additional effect it applies whenever you take a swig. Say you want to spec into the Immobilize spell for instance? You could don the Bronze Monkey set for more shatter damage and reduced Immobilize cooldown, and use the Twin Serpents Staff for more damage on light attack combo finishers when attacking Immobilized enemies—there are plenty of build options to experiment with.
Return to Shen Monkey to upgrade your gourd
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After chapter one, it’s easy to forget that Shen Monkey exists, but this NPC plays the all-important role of upgrading your healing flask. Luojia Fragrant Vines let you add more uses to your gourd, while Awaken Wine Worms upgrade the potency of your choice of healing drink. If you haven’t found an Awaken Wine Worm yet, look for gold-glowing pots that you can smash. The first one is located in the Black Wind King’s boss arena. Once you unlock the A Pluck of Many spell, you can also buy the Jade Lotus Gourd from Shen Monkey that’ll let you heal your clone minions.
Enemies hurt other enemies
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Time your ability uses or lose them
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Track down vessels to get powerful abilities
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These special items are one of Black Myth: Wukong’s best-kept secrets, granting you an extra ability you can activate when your Qi is full. The Fireproof Mantle that you get in chapter one massively boosts fire resistance and makes you immune to damage when walking on lava-covered terrain, which is pretty useful in a variety of scenarios. You have to defeat some extra bosses andring some bellsto get this, so it’s not the easiest to acquire, but if you locate the secret Obsession area in each region you’ll unlock a new vessel for completing it.
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