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Getting Started

Getting Started Beginner Tips Combat Tips How To Access DLC Items Best Skills To Unlock First Cannot Absorb Spirits Without Guidance, Explained Meditate Location Guide Loong Scales Location All Celestial Jade Lotus Pill Locations All Celestial Taiyi Pill Locations Kun Steel Location All Skandha Locations All Transformation Locations All Curios Locations All Awaken Wine Worm Locations All Luojia Fragrant Vine Locations All Spell Locations All Formulas Locations All Celestial Nonary Pill Locations All Gourd Locations How To Craft Celestial Medicine How To Respec How To Get Refined Iron Sand How To Find Fine Gold Thread How To Open The Purple Prison Cells In The Pagoda How To Unlock More Curios Slots How To Get The Elder Amourworm Spirit How To Unlock The Secret Ending How To Get The Ashen Slumber Transformation Who Is Wukong? Who Is Zhu Bajie? Where Is Sha Wujing? Every Animated Cutscene, Explained Endings, Explained

NPC Quest Walkthroughs

NPC Quest Walkthroughs Man-In-Stone Buddha's Eyeball Fox The Old Rattle-Drum The Drunken Boar Horse Guai Chen Loong Prisoner Treasure Hunter Daoist Mi Venom Daoist Purple Talisman Old Man Turtle Tear

Boss Guides

Boss Guides Wandering Wight Guangzhi Lang-Li-Guhh-Baw Guangmou Lingxuzi Baw-Li-Guhh-Lang Black Bear Guai Elder Jinchi Earth Wolf The King Of The Kingdom Of Flowing Sands And His Son Gore-Eye Daoist First Prince Of The Flowing Sands Stone Vanguard Boss Black Wind King Tiger Vanguard Whiteclad Noble Tiger's Acolyte Kang-Jin Loong Shigandang Red Loong Black Loong Yellow Wind Sage Captain Lotus-Vision Mad Tiger Captain Wise-Voice Fuban Kang-Jin Star Apramana Bat Cyan Loong Chen Loong Yin Tiger Non-Able Non-White Non-Void Non-Pure Lang-Li-Guhh-Lang Yellowbrow Captain Kalpa-Wave The Second Sister Old Ginseng Guai Buddha's Right Hand Centipede Guai Green-Capped Martialist Elder Amourworm Yellow Loong Zhu Bajie

News, Features And Lists

News, Features And Lists

Black Myth: Wukong Review - On Like Wukong

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Best Spells Best Weapons

Best Boss Fights

Best Boss Fights Hardest Bosses Best Secret Bosses

Best Armor Sets Best Transformations Best Spirits Best Curios Best Soaks Best Drinks Best Enemy Designs Major Characters And Their Voice Actors Best Journey To The West References Every Chapter, Ranked Every Vessel, Ranked Most Memorable Quotes Best Easter Eggs And Hidden Details Hardest Achievements To Unlock In Black Myth: Wukong Games To Play If You Like Black Myth: Wukong Hidden Areas In Black Myth: Wukong Everyone Completely Missed Lingering Questions We Have After The End Of Black Myth: Wukong Things To Do After You Beat The Game All Bosses In Chapter One, Ranked By Difficulty Black Myth: Wukong's 8BitDo Controller Is Available Now On Amazon China Eclipses 1 Exabyte of Steam Data After Black Myth Wukong Launch Black Myth Wukong Players Are Already Fed Up With Its Invisible Walls Chinese Landmarks Are Offering Free Entry To Players Who Beat Black Myth: Wukong Black Myth Wukong weapons Myth: Wukong's Latest Patch Has Nerfed One Of Its Toughest Bosses PSA: You Can Make Certain Bosses Fight Each Other In Black Myth: Wukong Black Myth: Wukong Players Really Hate The Pagoda Realm Black Myth: Wukong Gave Me The Boss Fights I Wanted From God Of War Black Myth: Wukong Has Caused A Huge Spike In Journey To The West Book Sales Black Myth: Wukong Is Reportedly Getting Its First Expansion In Early 2025 Black Myth: Wukong’s Erlang Shen Has 73 Attacks Based On His 73 Transformations If Black Myth: Wukong Isn't Nominated For GOTY, Fans Are Gonna Be Insufferable Black Myth: Wukong Is Getting A Physical PS5 Release "Very Soon" Black Myth: Wukong Gets Rated For Xbox Series X/S Release Black Myth: Wukong FPS Mod Lets You Take Down Erlang With An Assault Rifle Black Myth: Wukong Is The Lowest Rated Game To Get A Game Awards GOTY Nomination Black Myth: Wukong's GOTY Nomination Proves It's Gaming's Barbie Black Myth: Wukong Already Has Its First Game Of The Year Award Black Myth: Wukong Director Teases A Surprise For "Later This Year" At Golden Joystick Awards

Black Myth Wukong money guide Myth: Wukong is a heavily hyped game depicting an anthropomorphic monkey fighting against many other myths from Chinese folklore. But if you don’t know the origin of the stick-wielding monkey, you might be wondering what all the fuss is about, since Black Myth is a new game, not a sequel.

The thing is, that monkey is Wukong, an incredibly popular character hailing from Journey to the West, a 16th-century novel. He is the inspiration for many stories and characters, his own tale having been told and retold many times throughout the centuries.

Spoilers for both the novel and the game!

Who Is Wukong?

Wukong originates from Journey to the West , a Chinese novel from the 16th century. In it, a Buddhist monk (called Tang Monk in the game) needs to search for several Buddhist scriptures. He is aided by three protectors , Wukong among them.

The protectors of the Tang Monk are not aiding him for the good of the cause, but to atone for their sins. Wukong specifically was a troublemaker who, while not often meaning to do harm, gets into all sorts of trouble due to his temperament.

The main problem with Wukong is that he is too strong for his own good , being able to defeat nearly anyone in both the heavens and the earth. Buddha himself ends up needing to get involved, sealing the monkey under a rock and placing a Golden Circlet around his head so he could not rebel against the Jade Empire again.

At the end of the story, Wukong attains enlightenment and atones for his sins , and the Golden Circlet is removed from his head. The Journey Wukong went through was arduous, and many references to it can be found when playing Black Myth: Wukong.

Black Myth: Wukong

The story of Black Myth Wukong happens after Journey to the West , with the heavens once again sending their armies against the Monkey King. Once more, it is Erlang Shen, the mightiest warrior of heaven and earth, who manages to defeat the monkey.

This time, however, it seems that Wukong did nothing wrong, and was simply considered a threat due to his unwillingness to remain in heaven. Instead of capturing the monkey again, the forces of heaven kill him , dividing his six essences among the ones that helped bring him down.

Who Are We Playing As?

While you play as a monkey with very similar abilities to that of Wukong, you start the game as just another monkey. You have a quest to find all six essences of Wukong, and there are many references during your quest that plenty of other monkeys have tried before you, and failed.

The true ending shows the Destined One, the designated name for the main character, absorbing the memories of Wukong.

This would technically mean that the Destined One now is Wukong , but it more likely means that the new monkey now carries the mantle of the Monkey King, without being literally him.