Black Myth Wukong All Spirits Locations

In Black Myth Wukong you can collect the Spirits of certain enemies and bosses to unlock their skills. Collecting all Spirits unlocks the Fickle Forms trophy & achievement.

To absorb Spirits you must first unlock the “Blessed Gourd”. Go to Bamboo Grove > Snake Trail, from there go up the stairs and to the right to find an old man. When you approach him, a cutscene plays and he gives you the Blessed Gourd. Bosses always drop purple spirits, regular enemies drop blue spirits. You can then press L2+R2 / LT+RT to transform into that Spirit to use its special attack. This is a very powerful attack with a long cooldown.

Generally one of the best Spirits is the Wandering Wight, which also happens to be the first boss that drops a spirit. It gives you a passive +20 Defense buff (can be improved by upgrading the Spirit at Shrines). Its attack also deals massive damage in one hit and often staggers bosses.

You can fast travel between chapters at any time from Keeper’s Shrines. There’s still free-roam after the story. After the endboss you are put back in the Title Screen, here choose to Continue, it will spawn you before the final boss. You can still revisit all places from this point. Just don’t “Enter a New Cycle” in the Title Screen as this starts New Game+ and overwrites your save with no way back.

Work-in-Progress: Remaining Spirits are still being added.

Chapter 1: Black Wind Mountain

1. Wandering Wight – dropped by “Wandering Wight” boss – Forest of Wolves > Front Hills: from the shrine take the path straight ahead and you’ll find this boss wandering on the path, he has a big stone head.
2. Baw-Li-Guhh-Lang – dropped by “Baw-Li-Guhh-Lang” boss – Bamboo Grove > Snake Trail: when facing this fast travel point, jump over the cliffs on the left to get to the lower area where a river is. Turn left, follow the river to the end to find this boss.
3. Guangmou – dropped by “Guangmou” boss – Bamboo Grove > Snake Trail: when facing this fast travel point, jump over the cliffs on the left to get to the lower area where a river is. Then turn right, go past a snake enemy, it leads to a big bamboo wood area. Follow the paved path to the end of the area past two torches to reach this boss.
4. Wolf Assassin – Black Wind Cave > Outside the Cave: From this shrine go forward until you cross a wooden bridge with arches shooting burning arrows at you. To the left you can drop down into a side area with a chest. There you find a single Wolf Assassin enemy. Defeat him and he’ll drop his blue soul.

Chapter 2: Yellow Wind Ridge

1. Rat Archer – Sandgate Village > Village Entrance: To the left of this shrine go over the wooden bridge, then turn right to find the village entrance in the corner. Go through the courtyard and look for a breakable wall on the left below a roof with a Rat Archer (or follow the path at the end of the village on the left). This will lead to the area with the “Earth Wolf” miniboss. After defeating the miniboss you can open the wooden village gate from the back. Then the archers who stood on top of the gate will fall down, one of them is glowing blue and drops this spirit.
2. Earth Wolf – Sandgate Village > Village Entrance: To the left of this shrine go over the wooden bridge, then turn right to find the village entrance in the corner. Go through the courtyard and look for a breakable wall on the left below a roof with a Rat Archer (or follow the path at the end of the village on the left). This will lead to the area with this miniboss.
3. Swift Bat – Sandgate Village > Valley of Despair: From this shrine take the path to the right to enter a cave. After two enemies, in the next cave section, drop down and head to the left corner. There is a broken pillar you can walk across (an enemy is shooting at you from the other side). After crossing the pillar you can squeeze through a wall to reach a blue-glowing enemy, defeat it to collect its spirit.
4. Poisestone – Fright Cliff > Squall Hideout: From this shrine take the left path until you can go up to a cave. Go right, then take the next left to go up a path. On this path will be a blue-glowing Poisestone enemy, defeat it for its spirit. This is just before the “Rockrest Flat” shrine.
5. Spearbone – Fright Cliff > Rockrest Flat: From the shrine go up the path to the right to find this blue-glowing Spearbone enemy (looks like a samurai with a shield). Defeat him to collect its spirit.
6. Civet Sergeant – Crouching Tiger Temple > Temple Entrance: after defeating “Tiger Vanguard” boss, interact with the statue in the boss arena. It will trigger a cutscene where the blood drains from the arena and a hatch opens from the ground. Enter the hatch and drop down, follow the path until you reach this blue-glowing enemy, defeat it.
7. Rat Governor – Fright Cliff > Rock Clash Platform: Directly after this shrine you will find him on the main path, looks like a shaman, glowing blue.
8. Rat Imperial Guard – Yellow Wind Formation > Windrest Bridge: From this shrine go straight ahead over the bridge and through the village. At the end of the village you find 3 rat enemies wearing red robes, one of them is glowing blue and drops this item. Use your spells to clear out the enemies one by one.
9. Tiger’s Acolyte – Yellow Wind Formation > Windrest Hamlet: from Tiger’s Acolyte boss. Directly after this shrine on the next bridge.
10. Gore-Eye Daoist – Yellow Wind Formation > Windseal Gate: Take the path left of this shrine and you will see the Gore-Eye Daoist boss in front of a tree.
11. Mad Tiger – dropped by Mad Tiger boss. First, defeat “Tiger’s Acolyte” chief at Yellow Wind Formation > Windrest Hamlet to get the “Old-Rattle Drum”. Then use it in 3 locations to enter the well: 1) Yellow Wind Formation > Windseal Gate: take the path left of the shrine, after crossing a bridge turn left to enter a side area, the screen will get a gray color and you can interact with the environment to use Old-Rattle Drum / 2) Yellow Wind Formation > Windrest Hamlet: From this shrine turn around, go downstairs and through the gate. explore the side of the village to use the Rattle Drum again, where a few Withered Corpse enemies are sitting / 3) Sandgate Village > Village Entrance: Inside the village where you fought the chief “Earth Wolf” you can explore in the corner of the village to use the Drum again to get a cutscene, then after the cutscene jump into the well, this triggers the secret Mad Tiger fight.

Chapter 3: The New West

1. Mountain Patroller – Snowhill Path > Frost-Clad Path: Follow the linear path past the Macaque Chief boss, when you enter an area with buildings go up the stairs on the left and then head straight, to the end of the path. There you find a bunch of enemies, one of them is the Mountain Patroller (topless guy who throws weapon at you). Defeat him for the spirit.
2. Fungiman – Pagoda Realm > Upper Pagoda: From this shrine go across the next wooden beam where an archer is, then enter the first gate on the left, turn left to see a fungi in the ground. Interact with it, it’s actually a buried enemy. Defeat it.
3. Blade Monk – Pagoda Realm > Outside the Wheel: When standing in front of the shrine, turn around 180° to walk towards the big bell, then turn right and go to the end of the cliffs where a wooden chest is. At the end of the cliffs you can drop down one floor on the left. Now walk to the end of that floor (don’t drop down another floor) and you’ll find this blue-glowing enemy in front of a golden-glowing keg that contains an Awaken Wine Worm.
4. Falcon Hermit – Pagoda Realm > Snow-Veiled Trail: From this shrine go straight up the slope, then take the path left. Go up this slope all the way to the top (it’s a 1-2 minute walk), at the very top you find a blue-glowing flying bird enemy, defeat him for his spirit.
5. Apramana Bat – dropped by “Apramana Bat” boss – Bitter Lake > North Shore of the Bitter Lake: From this shrine go straight ahead and follow the coastline on the right all the way to the end. There you will get a cutscene with this boss, looks like a golden armored bat.
6. Red-Haired Yaksha – Bitter Lake > Precept Corridor: Found on the linear path directly after this shrine, can’t miss it. He’s wearing a white robe.
7. Non-Able – dropped by Non-Able boss – Valley of Ecstasy > Brook of Bliss: Go up the slope to the right of this shrine. At the top go around the right side, there you will find the Non-Able boss.
8. Non-White – dropped by “Non-White” boss – Valley of Ecstasy > Mindfulness Cliff: unmissable story boss. Found directly after this shrine on the main path. You must fight him twice. After beating him once he runs away and spawns further up the same main path (about 1 minute walk distance).
9. Crow Diviner – Valley of Ecstasy > Forest of Felicity: From this shrine go forward and go down the slope slightly to the right (don’t go up through the gate on the left). Go all the way down until you reach a small pond area at the bottom, in it stands an enemy with a bird face. Defeat him for his spirit.
10. Clay Vajra – New Thunderclap Temple > Temple Entrance: From this shrine keep going straight you’ll run into this enemy, after going upstairs behind the next building. It looks like a 4-legged monster that shoots fire from its belly.
11. Non-Pure – New Thunderclap Temple > Temple Entrance: From this shrine keep going straight until you come to an area with two big colossus enemies. Enter the building to the right of them for this boss. There’s also a meditation spot here after you defeat him.
12. Non-Void – dropped by the “Non-Void” boss – Found at the end of the Fox’s questline in Chapter 3. 1) At Valley of Ecstasy > Forest of Felicity, there’s a gate with a corpse in front of you, talk to the corpse 3 times to transform into a fox and get the “Snow Fox Brush” / 2) advance story until New Thunderclap Temple. From New Thunderclap Temple > Temple Entrance, go straight forward through the next temple, then go up the stairs, then take the left path downstairs, go straight ahead into next building, inside the building go upstairs, from there you can go upstairs over a wooden bridge to a temple. Inside you find the monk you’re looking for. You have to be in fox form to trigger a cutscene and the “Non-Void” boss fight. From the inventory use “Snow Fox Brush” (which was given by the corpse). This transforms you into the fox to get the cutscene with the monk.

Chapter 4: The Webbed Hollow

1. Lantern Holder – Village of Lanxi > Estate of the Zhu: After defeating the Second Sister boss, drop down the dark hole in next area. Then fast travel back to Estate of the Zhu, now a blue-glowing lantern holder will spawn where the Second Sister boss was, defeat it.
2. Scorpion Prince  – Webbed Hollow > The Verdure Bridge: In front of the Luojia Fragrant Vine. It also drops the Deathstinger Soak as well as its Spirit.
3. Centipede Guai – dropped by “Centipede Guai” main boss – Webbed Hollow > Middle Hollow/Bonevault: From this shrine go forward down the cliffs to find this.
4. Dragonfly Guai – Webbed Hollow > The Purifying Spring: Follow the path forward until you go upstairs to a new area, on the right side will be a flying enemy that’s glowing blue, defeat it.
5. Commander Beetle – Temple of the Yellow Flower > Forest of Ferocity: Dropped by Commander Beetle Boss, from the shrine go forward and upstairs then he will be on the right where lots of enemies are practicing.
6. Snake Sheriff – Temple of the Yellow Flower > Temple Entrance: From this shrine go straight ahead into the temple, then slightly to the right through the gate. In this area you find the a blue-gowing tiger with long neck.
7. Fungiwoman – Temple of the Yellow Flower > Court of Illumination: from this shrine turn around and go up the stairs directly across. When there’s a split in the path turn right, there’s a mushroom you can pull out of the ground but it’s actually this hidden boss. There’s also a Drink pickup behind this boss.
8. Verdant Glow (called “Lushleaf” in Journal but “Verdant Glow” in inventory): Purple Cloud Mountain > Valley of Blooms (unlocked after beating Venom Daoist the 2nd time) – When facing the shrine, drop down the left of it where some water is, past the water you see a big tree-enemy that’s glowing blue, defeat it for the spirit. See How to Reach Purple Cloud Mountain.

Chapter 5: Flaming Mountains

1. Father of Stones – Woods of Ember > Height of Ember: Directly after this shrine, from “Father of Stones” story boss.
2. Charface – Woods of Ember > Height of Ember: After you defeated Father of Stones boss, open the gate, then enter the next cave to find this blue glowing enemy. Looks like a big fire guy with sword, glowing blue, in middle of the cave.
3. Turtle Treasure – Furnace Valley > Valley Entrance: From this shrine go down the path until you reach a lava lake on the right, go through the lava lake to find a big blue-glowing cat enemy guarding a golden chest, defeat it. You can equip the “Fireproof Mantle” vessel (from Chapter 1 Secret Area boss) to walk over the lava without taking damage, or simply heal repeatedly to survive.
4. Flint Chief – dropped by “Flint Chief” boss – Furnace Valley > Valley Entrance: From this shrine go forward until you reach a lava lake. Go through the lava lake to the left of the main path to find him inside the lava at the end.
5. Earth Rakshasa – Furnace Valley > Valley Entrance: After passing the lava lake area you will go up a rocky path. Before the path bends right, you can take an optional path to the left where you find one of the shield enemies guarding a chest, absorb its spirit. This is just before the last stretch of path to the boss “Cloudy Mist, Misty Cloud”.
6. Cloudy Mist, Misty Cloud – dropped by “Cloudy Mist, Misty Cloud” boss – Furnace Valley > Valley Entrance: Automatic story boss, unmissable.
7. Nine-Capped Lingzhi Guai – Field of Fire > Ashen Pass III: In the area right of the shrine pull out the biggest mushroom to trigger this secret boss fight. Collect its spirit after.

Chapter 6: Mount Huaguo

No Spirits in this Chapter.

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