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How Black Myth: Wukong Utilizes the Six Senses of Buddhism

  • Leland Butz
  • Saturday, 22 November 2025, 11:30 PM
  • 5 min read

First thing first, you should open up the locked gate . You can unlock it from the boss arena , and it'll save you from taking the long way to the boss and avoiding enemies again. If you take the long way around, the enemies you encounter may also enter the boss arena , and you'll have more than the boss on your mind to deal with.

For example, the Visionary Centipede Staff is similar to the previous Spider Celestial Staff, and will also heal when using a charged heavy attacks. However, instead of dealing poison damage, it will deal more damage to a poisoned enemy. It also has a slightly lower critical chance boost of ten perc

Similarly to some other weapons like the Chitin Staff, the Spider Celestial Staff will encourage you to regularly use your charged heavy attacks to get some bonus healing from the staff's passive abil

His lunging attack is a good opportunity to dish out damage and get close to him (which is a better range to be at). If he stretches his arms out to the side, he is about to lunge forward. He will swipe at you in the air twice as he does this. Both of these swipes and his lunge are quite slow, so you should be able to easily dodge them. Once he hits the ground, he'll be vulnerable for a few seconds, though get to his left side, as he will slam his right hand down as he gets up. Make sure to lay into him when he is on the ground.

Black Myth Wukong takes a very similar approach despite the Destined One only utilizing a staff, and players have the opportunity to switch between different spells where it matters most, which also operate on cooldowns. Aside from the spells and abilities at the player's disposal, the combat systems in Ragnarok and Wukong maintain strong similarities in movement and the importance of mixing in light and heavy atta

However, the best reward is the Luojia Fragrant Vine , which can be acquired after defeating the mini-boss. This item, when brought to the Shen Monkey, allows the Destined One to increase the amount of sips available from the Gourd.

Black Myth: Wukong features a very similar segment, which sees the Destined One in combat alongside Zhu Bajie, who deals a sufficient amount of damage to enemies while healing the player. This is an easy reminder of how ideal allies such as Atreus and Freya are in Ragnar

This is relevant as a variety of enemies utilize elemental attacks, which many armor sets can defend players against. It is highly important in Game Science's new IP, as some encounters will be decided depending on how efficient players' reactions are with perfect dodges, or if they have the appropriate gear equip

DON'T try to immobilize and stagger him when he is preparing to perform one of his big attacks. You won't be able to stagger him, you'll just eat the attack once he unfreezes. He is very hard to stagger in general, and I was never able to knock him out of one of his big attacks. Additionally, standing on top of your pole isn't going to help you avoid much. Don't get cute and try it. Just circle him and get to his back!

Defeating Gore-Eye Daoist rewards the Destined One with its Spirit Summon. Using the Spirit Summon allows the Destined One to turn into the Gore-Eye Daoist, smashing his staff on the ground. The staff will remain on the ground, buffing the Destined One’s attack for a short duration, even after the transformation has ended.

As you are laying the smackdown on his butt, he will likely turn to face you mid-combo. Once he is facing you, he'll either try to crush you with a palm slam or smack you with a backhand. However, both of these attacks have notable tells, look for them, dodge through them, and then get behind him again.

As the story in Black Myth: Wukong revolves around the Destined One's journey to retrieve all six of Sun Wukong's Relics, this is where the six senses of Buddhism are realized in gameplay form. With the completion of each chapter 3 black myth wukong, players acquire a Relic with various gameplay benefits inspired by these six senses that can be a tremendous help in Black Myth: Wukong 's unforgiving boss fights . This is just one of the many ways Game Science has brought the spiritual elements of Journey to the West and Chinese Buddhism to life in the world of Black Myth: Wuko

With Kratos wielding the Leviathan Axe, Blades of Chaos, and the Draupnir Spear , players have a plethora of special abilities to choose from for each in God of War Ragnarok . These are primarily used to stun enemies or bosses at much faster rates and maintain separate cooldowns, and players will largely benefit from upgrading their preferred skills throughout the jour

The first Relic players acquire in Black Myth: Wukong , Craving Eyes, represents the sight sense of Buddhism in that it allows players to see things they couldn't see before. Specifically, the Craving Eyes Relic grants players the passive ability to see which yaoguais bear Black Myth: Wukong 's Spirits . In terms of gameplay, this means that any yaoguais that contain an absorbable Spirit will emit a blue flame-like wisp from their body. These foes are generally heartier versions of Black Myth: Wukong 's rank-and-file enemies, but the reward for defeating them is worth the has