Black Myth: Wukong
Role-playing (RPG) / Hack and slash/Beat 'em up / Adventure · 2024 · Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Black Myth: Wukong is a chapter-based action RPG with hack-and-slash combat and adventure elements. Most missables are optional spirits, curios, transformations and portraits that are lost when you leave a chapter or trigger a certain boss. The true ending needs all four secret areas, the Great Pagoda and Mount Mei cleared.
Guides and missables below stop at this point. Move it forward as you play.
Quest walkthroughs
Quests for Chapter 1: Forest and Mountains. Open a quest for step-by-step directions, choices, rewards and troubleshooting. Its full walkthrough reveals that quest’s details.
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Quick tips
Chapter 1: Forest and Mountains
Keep the early build simple
The early game needs no specialised build, so equip the armour and weapons with the biggest numbers. Build-specific gear doesn't arrive until Chapter 3, with the Bronze set as an exception.
Chapter 1: Forest and Mountains
Two safe stance setups
Mix points between Thrust Stance and the Stamina tree in the Foundation category. Thrust Stance is agile and lets you weave dodges into combos. Alternatively, put Strength and Health equally, use Smash Stance, and upgrade the first staff you get.
Chapter 1: Forest and Mountains
Ancient Guanyin Temple secret area
Ring three bells, each guarded by an enemy, to open the temple. Inside, Elder Jinchi drops the Fireproof Mantle, which is useful against Chapter 5's fire.
Chapter 1: Forest and Mountains
Talk to the Horse Guai and the Old Man every chapter
Exhaust the dialogue of the Horse Guai and the bearded Old Man in every chapter before moving on. The Horse Guai disappears from the previous chapter when you start a new one. Talk to him until he repeats himself, since sources differ slightly on the details.
Things you can miss
Optional quests, items or choices you can lose access to by progressing past a point. Guides often call these “missables”.
Wandering Wight (spirit)
Can be lost after: Chapter 1: Forest and Mountains
If you ring all three bells before defeating the Wandering Wight, it disappears for good. Kill the Wight first, before entering the secret area or beating Elder Jinchi.
Second Rat Prince (spirit)Coming up
Can be lost after: Chapter 2: Desert and Sand
Missed if you defeat the Second Prince of Flowing Sands without defeating the King in their combined boss battle. Kill the King first.
Poistone (spirit)Coming up
Can be lost after: Chapter 2: Desert and Sand
Missed if you defeat the Mother of Stone before the Poistone that drops it. Only one source lists this, so treat it as probable.
All Black Myth: Wukong missables by stage (contains spoilers)
Opening this list shows every missable’s name, including ones past your spoiler line. Names only, no details.
- Wandering Wight (spirit) · can be lost after Chapter 1: Forest and Mountains
- Second Rat Prince (spirit) · can be lost after Chapter 2: Desert and Sand
- Poistone (spirit) · can be lost after Chapter 2: Desert and Sand
- Auspicious Lantern (rare curio) · can be lost after Chapter 3: Snow and Pagoda Realm
- Apramana Bat (spirit) and portrait entry · can be lost after Chapter 3: Snow and Pagoda Realm
- Venomous Armguard (armour) · can be lost after Chapter 4: Swamp and Purple Cloud
- Scorpionlord's gourd · can be lost after Chapter 4: Swamp and Purple Cloud
- Daoist Mi (Violet Hail transformation and portrait) · can be lost after Chapter 4: Swamp and Purple Cloud
- Purple Altars / talisman quest and Crane Immortal portrait · can be lost after Chapter 4: Swamp and Purple Cloud
- Horse Guai chapter meetings · can be lost after Chapter 4: Swamp and Purple Cloud
- Dark Thunder transformation (Horse Guai finale) · can be lost after Chapter 5: Volcanic Mountains
- Old Man's quest · can be lost after Chapter 5: Volcanic Mountains
Guides and data last refreshed Nov 12, 2026. They are generated from web research and may contain mistakes.