Black Myth Wukong: All bosses and locations
Our guide to help you fight every boss in Black Myth: Wukong.
If you're looking for a list of all bosses in Black Myth: Wukong, then you've come to the right place. There are many bosses to defeat in this mythological re-telling of Journey to the West, including dozens of Yaoguai Kings and Yaoguai Chiefs to hunt down, as well as some further bosses that don't quite fall into either demon category, including Spirits and NPCs from your Journal's Character portrait menu.
We've got them all right here in our handy boss list, so if you want to test your prowess against all Black Myth: Wukong's bosses, we're here to help. Below, you'll find every boss we've found so far, as well as their nearest shrine location to help you track them down.
Black Myth Wukong all bosses and locations
Here are all of the Black Myth: Wukong bosses and where to find them:
Name | Chapter | Type | Location |
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Bullguard | 1 | Yaoguai Chief | Forest of Wolves, near Front Hills shrine |
Wandering Wight | 1 | Spirit | Forest of Wolves |
Guangzhi | 1 | Yaoguai Chief | Forest of Wolves, near Outside the Forest shrine |
Baw-Li-Guhh-Lang | 1 | Yaoguai Chief | Bamboo Grove, near Snake Trail shrine |
Guangmou | 1 | Yaoguai Chief | Bamboo Grove, near Snake Trail shrine |
Lingxuzi | 1 | Yaoguai King | Forest of Wolves, near Guanyin Temple shrine |
Whiteclad Noble | 1 | NPC | Bamboo Grove, near Marsh of White Mist shrine |
Elder Jinchi | 1 | Yaoguai King | Secret Boss - Ancient Guanyin Temple, near Grand Chamber shrine Ring the three bells in Chapter 1 (where you fought Guangzhi in Forest of Wolves; where you fought Guangmou in Bamboo Grove; and where you fought White-Clad Noble in Marsh of White Mist) |
Red Loong | 1 | Yaoguai King | Secret Boss - Forest of Wolves, near Outside the Forest shrine Find the Loong Scales in Chapter 2 then return to Forest of Wolves and use them on the waterfall near the aforementioned shrine |
Black Wing King | 1 | Yaoguai King | Black Wind Cave, near Cave Interior shrine |
Black Bear Guai | 1 | Yaoguai King | Black Wind Cave, near Bodhi Peak shrine |
Lang-Li-Guhh-Baw | 2 | Yaoguai Chief | Sandgate Village, near Village Entrance shrine |
Earth Wolf | 2 | Yaoguai Chief | Sandgate Village, near Village Entrance shrine |
The Royal Family of Flowing Sands | 2 | Yaoguai Chief | Sandgate Village, near Village Entrance shrine |
First Prince of the Flowing Sands | 2 | Yaoguai Chief | Sandgate Village, near Valley of Despair shrine (left-hand route round the locked gate) |
Mad Tiger | 2 | Yaoguai Chief | Secret Boss - Sandgate Village, Bottom of the Well Must obtain the Old Rattle-Drum from defeating Tiger's Acolyte, and use it in three locations (side area to the right after going through the locked gate in Valley of Despair; Windrest Hamlet; and finally the well the area where you fought Earth Wolf). |
Tiger Vanguard | 2 | Yaoguai King | Crouching Tiger Temple, near Temple Entrance shrine |
Stone Vanguard | 2 | Yaoguai King | Fright Cliff, near Rockrest Flat shrine |
Mother of Stones | 2 | Yaoguai Chief | Fright Cliffs, near Rockrest Flat shrine |
Tiger's Acolyte | 2 | Yaoguai Chief | Yellow Wind Formation, on the bridge past Windrest Hamlet shrine |
Black Loong | 2 | Yaoguai King | Secret Boss - Fright Cliff, near Rockrest Flat shrine Must use Loong Scale on the nearby sand fall barrier. |
Shigandang | 2 | Yaoguai King | Secret Boss - Fright Cliff, near Rockrest Flat shrine Find the six Buddha Eyeballs in Chapter 2, then place them in the stone near where you fought the Stone Vanguard |
Gore-Eye Daoist | 2 | Yaoguai Chief | Yellow Stone Formation, between Windseal Gate and Valley of Despair shrines, through the locked gate |
Man-in-Stone | 2 | NPC | Fright Cliff, near Squall Hideout shrine |
Yellow-Robed Squire | 2 | NPC | Fright Cliff, near Rockrest Flat shrine |
"Tiger Vanguard" | 2 | Yaoguai Chief | Secret Boss - Kingdom of Sahali Must complete drunken pig's sidequest in Chapter 2, who can be found near the Rockrest Flat shrine. |
Fuban | 2 | Yaoguai King | Secret Boss - Kingdom of Sahali, near Sandgate Bound shrine |
Yellow Wind Sage | 2 | Yaoguai King | Yellow Wind Formation, near Windseal Gate shrine (alternatively: Crouching Tiger Temple, near Cellar shrine) |
Headless Monk | 2 | NPC | Yellow Wind Ridge inside the Crouching Tiger Temple, near the Temple entrance. |
Bodhisattva Lingji | 2 | NPC | Yellow Wind Ridge, inside the Cellar of Crouching Tiger Temple |
Kang-Jin Loong | 3 | Yaoguai King | Snowhill Path, near Mirrormere shrine |
Captain Lotus-Vision | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | Pagoda Realm, near Upper Pagoda shrine |
Captain Wise-Voice | 3 | Yaoguai King | Pagoda Realm, near Mani Wheel shrine |
Kang-Jin Star | 3 | Yaoguai King | Bitter Lake, near Turtle Island shrine |
Cyan Loong | 3 | Yaoguai King | Secret Boss: Bitter Lake, near Turtle Island shrine |
Chen Loong | 3 | NPC | Bitter Lake, near North Shore of the Bitter Lake shrine |
Apramana Bat | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | Bitter Lake, near North Shore of the Bitter Lake shrine |
Non-White | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | Valley of Ecstasy, near Mindfulness Cliff shrine |
Non-Able | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | Valley of Ecstasy, near Brook of Bliss shrine |
Non-Pure | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | New Thunderclap Temple, near Mahavira Hall shrine |
Non-Void | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | New Thunderclap Temple (left side) |
Lang-Li-Guhh-Lang | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | Valley of Ecstasy, near Forest of Felicity shrine |
Old Ginseng Guai | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | Valley of Ecstasy, near Towers of Karma shrine |
Captain Void-Illusion | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | Valley of Ecstasy, near Longevity Road shrine |
Captain Kalpa-Wave | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | Valley of Ecstasy, near Longevity Road shrine |
Monk from the Sea | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | New Thunderclap Temple, near Temple Entrance shrine |
Green-Capped Martialist | 3 | NPC | Secret Boss: Valley of Ecstasy Melon Field |
Macaque Chief | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | Snowhill Path, near Frost-Clad Path shrine |
Macaque Chief Two | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | Pagoda Realm, Near the Warding Temple Shrine |
Macaque Chief Three | 3 | Yaoguai Chief | New Thunderclap Temple |
Yellowbrow | 3 | Yaoguai King | New Thunderclap Temple, near Mahavira Hall shrine |
Yin Tiger | 3 | NPC | Secret Boss - Found in Zodiac Village (unlock this through completing Chen Loong's quest.) |
The First Sister | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | N/A - added to your Portraits menu after completing Chapter 4 |
The Second Sister | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | Village of Lanxi, near Estate of the Zhu shrine |
The Third Sister | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | N/A - added to your Portraits menu after completing Chapter 4 |
The Fourth Sister | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | N/A - added to your Portraits menu after completing Chapter 4 |
The Fifth Sister | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | N/A - added to your Portraits menu after completing Chapter 4 |
The Sixth Sister | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | N/A - added to your Portraits menu after completing Chapter 4 |
Elder Armourworm | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | The Webbed Hollow, near The Verdure Bridge shrine |
Centipede Guai | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | The Webbed Hollow, near Middle Hollow shrine |
Buddha's Right Hand | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | The Webbed Hollow, near Cliffs of Oblivion shrine |
Zhe Bajie | 4 | NPC | The Webbed Hollow, near |
Violet Spider | 4 | Yaoguai King | The Webbed Hollow, near The Gathering Cave shrine |
Commander Beetle | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | Temple of the Yellow Flowers, near Forest of Ferocity shrine |
Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master | 4 | Yaoguai King | Temple of Yellow Flowers, near Court of Illumination shrine |
Venom Daoist 1 | 4 | NPC | Pool of Shattered Jade in Webbed Hollow |
Venom Daoist 2 | 4 | NPC | In the Temple of the Yellow Flower in Court of Ilumination |
Yellow Loong | 4 | Yaoguai King | Near the Relief of the Fallen Loong Keeper's Shrine in Webbed Hollow |
Baw-Li-Guhh-Baw | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | In the lower hollow in Webbed Hollow |
Zhu Bajie | 4 | NPC | Hut of Immortality in Webbed Hollow |
Supreme Inspector | 4 | NPC | In the Temple of the Yellow Flower in Court of Illumination |
Fungiwoman | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | In the Temple of the Yellow Flower, opposite the Court of Illumination shrine |
Scorpionlord | 4 | Yaoguai King | Secret Boss - Near the Bounds of Deity's Abode Shrine in Purple Cloud Mountain (unlock this area by beating the second encounter with the Venom Daoist) |
The Duskveil | 4 | Yaoguai King | Secret Boss - Near Cloudnest Peak in Purple Cloud Mountain (unlock this area by beating the second encounter with the Venom Daoist) |
Daoist Mi | 4 | Yaoguai Chief | Secret Boss - Near Cloudnest Peak in Purple Cloud Mountain (unlock this area by beating the second encounter with the Venom Daoist) |
Pale-Axe Stalwart | 5 | NPC | Woods of Ember, near Ashen Pass I shrine |
Brown-Iron Cart | 5 | Yaoguai Chief | Woods of Ember, near Camp of Seasons shrine |
Father of Stones | 5 | Yaoguai Chief | Woods of Ember, near Height of Ember shrine |
Gray-Bronze Cart | 5 | Yaoguai Chief | Woods of Ember, near Height of Ember shrine |
Quick as Fire, Fast as Wind | 5 | Yaoguai Chief | Woods of Ember, near Ashen Pass II shrine |
Cloudy Mist, Misty Cloud | 5 | Yaoguai Chief | Furnace Valley, near Valley Entrance shrine |
Keeper of Flaming Mountains | 5 | NPC | Furnace Valley, near The Emerald Hall shrine |
Yin-Yang Fish | 5 | Yaoguai King | Furnace Valley, near The Emerald Hall shrine (follows directly on from Keeper of Flaming Mountains boss fight) |
Crimson-Silver Cart | 5 | Yaoguai Chief | Furnace Valley, near The Emerald Hall shrine |
Nine-Capped Lingzhi Guai | 5 | Spirit | Field of Fire, near Ashes Pass III shrine |
Red Boy | 5 | Yaoguai King | Field of Fire, near Fallen Furnace Crater shrine |
Yaksha King | 5 | Yaoguai King | Field of Fire, near Fallen Furnace Crater shrine |
Flint Chief | 5 | Yaoguai Chief | In Furnace Valley near the Valley entrance and past the Entrance Keeper's shrine. Look for rocks in the lava |
Flint Vanguard | 5 | Yaoguai Chief | In Flaming Mountains near Fallen Furnace Crate Keeper's shrine |
Mother of Flamlings | 5 | Yaoguai Chief | Secret Boss - In Flaming Mountains, near where you fought Flint Vanguard. |
Rusty-Gold Cart | 5 | Yaoguai Chief | Secret Boss - Near the Cooling Slope in Field of Fire |
Baw-Lang-Lang | 5 | Yaoguai Chief | Secret Boss - In Bishui Cave near where you fought Rusty-Gold Cart |
Top Takes Bottom and Bottom Takes Top | 5 | Yaoguai Chief | Secret Boss - Near the Purge Pit shrine in Bishui Cave |
Bishui Golden-Eyed Beast | 5 | Yaoguai King | Secret Boss - Near the Corridor of Fire and Ice Shrine in Bishui Cave |
Supreme Inspector | 6 | NPC | In Foothills, near Verdant Path shrine |
Jiao-Loong of Waves | 6 | Yaoguai Chief | In Foothills, near Verdant Path shrine |
Son of Stones | 6 | Yaoguai Chief | In Foothills, near Verdant Path shrine |
Poison Chief One and Two | 6 | Yaoguai Chief | In Foothills, near Verdant Path shrine |
Poison Chief Three and Four | 6 | Yaoguai Chief | In Foothills, near Deer Sight Forest shrine |
Gold Armored Rhino | 6 | Yaoguai Chief | At Rhino Watch Slope in Foothills near the Verdant Path shrine |
Feng-Tail General | 6 | Yaoguai Chief | In Mantis-Catching Swamp in Foothills near to where you fought Gold Armored Rhino |
Cloudtreading Deer | 6 | Yaoguai Chief | In Foothills, near Deer Sight Forest shrine |
Lang-Baw-Baw | 6 | Yaoguai Chief | In Foothills, near Deer Sight Forest shrine |
Water-Wood Beast | 6 | Yaoguai Chief | In Mantis-Catching Swamp in Foothills near Mantis-Catching Swamp Keeper's shrine |
Giant Shigandang | 6 | Yaoguai King | In Foothills, near Verdant Path shrine |
Emerald-Armed Mantis | 6 | Yaoguai Chief | In Mantis-Catching Swamp in Foothills near Mantis-Catching Swamp Keeper's shrine |
Stone Monkey | 6 | NPC | In Birthstone, phase one of the final boss battle |
The Great Sage's Broken Shell | 6 | NPC | In Birthstone, second phase of the Stone Monkey battle |
Erlang, The Sacred Divinity | 6 | NPC | Secret Boss - Unlocked with the 'Secret Ending' of Black Myth: Wukong |
The Four Heavenly Kings | 6 | NPC | Secret Boss - This is phase two of the Erlang, Sacred Divinity fight above |
Erlang Shen | 6 | NPC | Secret Boss - Final phase of the Erlang, Sacred Divinity fight |
Good luck finding, and defeating, all of the bosses in Black Myth: Wukong!