Key Takeaways
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Black Myth: Wukong
offers unique side quests with hidden bosses and valuable rewards for players to discover through exploration. - Completing side quests like Three Bells and The Drunken Boar unlocks new areas, boss fights, and legendary items.
- Engaging in side quests such as The Prisoner and Proto Armourworm yields powerful weapons and materials for players to use in the game’s final chapters.
Black Myth: Wukong has been one of gaming’s biggest success stories in 2024, already smashing records and milestones within months of its release. This Chinese fantasy game puts players in the shoes The Destined One, a martial-arts monkey seeking to emulate the great Sun Wukong. While not exactly an open-world game, Black Myth: Wukong does feature several large, interconnected hub worlds for players to explore, complete with their own unique environments, enemies, and side quests.
Players won’t be given any quest markers or simplified guidance in Black Myth: Wukong. Instead, side quests, and their rewards, can only be found by exploring and paying close attention to what is said in the game’s dialogue and cutscenes. When sought out, each side quest is well worth the effort, providing players with new locations, bosses, equipment, and plenty of valuable experience along the way.
8 Three Bells
Key Rewards: Fireproof Mantle
- Location: Black Wind Mountain
The Three Bells side quest is available during Chapter One, but it can only be completed once players have defeated the Whiteclad Noble at the end of Bamboo Grove. The quest will begin when players interact with any of three large bells at either the Forest of Wolves (Outside the Forest) or the Bamboo Grove (Snake Trail/Marsh of the White Mist).
The first two bells are relatively easy to find, since players will come across them by following the main roads, but the third bell is hidden to the left of the Whiteclad Noble’s location. It is worth seeking out each of the three bells, as they lead to a hidden boss fight, a new location, and the Fireproof Mantle, a Legendary vessel providing unparalleled Burn resistance.
7 The Drunken Boar
Key Rewards: Wind Tamer Vessel
The Drunken Boar is a questline players are likely to come across in Chapter Two while exploring Rockrest Flat in Fright Cliff. In addition to being quite humorous in a world that is largely fearsome and hostile, this quest will also provide players with a new area to explore: The Kingdom of Sahali.
Inside this new area, players can battle against both the Tiger Vanguard and Fuban, which are two of the best boss fights in the game. This side quest is certainly worth going back to for players who are already on later chapters, since rewards like the Wind Tamer Vessel will make certain boss fights significantly easier.
6 Treasure Hunter
Key Rewards: Spell Binder
The Treasure Hunter side quest is available in Chapter Three by heading to the temple near the Bitter Lake Shrine. The quest involves saving a Treasure Hunter from being attacked by bats, as well as the discovery of several new Shrines and a boss fight to cap it off.
By following each step of the quest, players will eventually come face-to-face with the Green-Capped Martialist. Successfully defeating him rewards players with an ability called Spell Binder, which allows Wukong to trade his magical powers and transformations for increased Martial Arts skills.
5 The Prisoner
Key Rewards: Chu-Bai Spearhead
As players progress through Chapter Three and discover the Pagoda Realm, a side quest will become available in which Wukong is able to help a prisoner escape from captivity. The quest develops into being one of the best side-quests in the game, introducing several new unique areas and bosses.
Following The Prisoner side quest to completion will also reward players with the Chu-Bai Spearhead, a unique material which can be used to craft the Chu-Bai Spear, one of the strongest weapons in the game. Even if only for this reason, it is worth seeking out the quest and completing it.
4 Venom Daoist
Key Rewards: Unlocks The Purple Cloud Mountain Area
The Venom Daoist side quest is a two-part boss fight which players can find in Chapter Four by heading to the Pool of Shattered Jade. Much like the Man-In-Stone quest in Chapter 2, players will need to beat the Venom Daoist out of a cocoon in order to initiate the battle with him.
Once the Daoist has been defeated for the first time, head to the Temple of Yellow Flowers for the second fight. Once players have fully defeated the Venom Daoist, an entirely new secret area will be unlocked for them to explore: Purple Cloud Mountain.
3 Proto Armourworm
Key Rewards: Elder Armourworm Spirit
- Location: The Verdure Bridge
The Proto Armourworm side quest yields one of the most powerful rewards, but players will first need to complete the Chen Loong questline in Chapter Three to unlock it. After reaching the Webbed Hollow in Chapter 4, players can find the Proto Armourworm Key and bring it back to Chen Loong.
Doing so will initiate a boss fight with the Proto Armourworm, and successfully defeating it will grant the Elder Armourworm Spirit. The combined rewards of completing both questlines will ensure that players are ready take on any challenges in the final chapter of the game.
2 Five Element Carts
Key Rewards: Unlocks The Bishui Cave Area
In one of the more creative and psychedelic quests in the game, The Destined One will have to battle a range of decorated, sentient carts, each representing the five elements. To initiate the Five Element Carts side quest, speak with the Pale-Axe Stalwart after defeating him in the Woods of Ember.
In addition to providing several awesome boss fights and new locations within the Flaming Mountains, players will also gain increasingly better rewards from each cart they defeat, with the final cart yielding some exceptional items, including a Flame Orb and Fine Gold Thread which is used to craft armour. It will also unlock the Bishui Cave secret location.
1 Four Loongs
Key Rewards: Golden Lining Transformation
The Four Loongs are four extremely powerful bosses throughout the game, which can be defeated in order to acquire some of the best items in the game. To begin the quest, players will need to defeat the First Prince of Flowing Sands rat boss, which will open up the Secret Loong Cave and provide players with Loong Scales.
Once the Loong Scales have been acquired, players can then head to the waterfall in the Outside The Forest area of Chapter One and dispell it to face Red Loong. Black Loong is found near the Rockrest Keeper’s Shrine, while Cyan Loong is in the Turtle Island area. The final Loong, Yellow Loong, is found at the Relief of the Fallen Loong shrine. Defeating all four will unlock the Golden Lining Transformation.
