Black Myth: Wukong

PS536 trophiesReleased 2024

Difficulty: 6/10
Time to platinum: 40–60 hourshrs
Playthroughs: 2
Platinum rate: 6.0%

Missable8
Offline36(1, 4, 9, 22)
OnlineNone
GlitchedNone

Black Myth: Wukong Guide & Roadmap

Black Myth: Wukong's platinum takes two runs: the story with everything else done after the final boss, then New Game+ for what only a second run gives. The challenge is the bosses, the hardest of them optional. Several trophies can be missed in their chapter, mostly by not talking to two wandering characters before the chapter ends, but New Game+ brings every one of them back. The long part is the collecting, since many items drop at random.

1The Destined One's journey, chapter by chapter (20–30 hours)
The story has six chapters, each its own region. Keeper's Shrines are the checkpoints. Resting at one refills your health and your gourd (the healing flask) and brings enemies back, and from any shrine you can travel to every shrine you have found, in any chapter. The game keeps a single autosave, so a fight that went wrong cannot be reloaded.
Explore every side path: the platinum needs nearly everything. Kill at least one of every enemy you meet. The Journal, in the menu, adds an enemy when you walk near it, but its page counts only once you have killed one.
Two characters turn up in every chapter from 1 to 5: the Old Man, who gives you the Blessed Gourd in Chapter 1, and a talking horse. Talk to each until he repeats himself, every chapter. Chapters 1, 2, 4 and 5 also hide a secret area, opened by a side quest, with a boss at its end. Each chapter's checklist holds its steps in order:
- Chapter 1: Black Wind Mountain: beat the Wandering Wight, a stone-headed monk in the Forest of Wolves, before you ring the last of three bells for the secret boss Elder Jinchi (Temple of Taint).
- Chapter 2: Yellow Wind Ridge: kill the small rat first in the fight behind Sandgate Village's wooden gate. Follow the drunken boar's quest to Fuban, a giant beetle (Shifting Sands).
- Chapter 3: The New West: kill the nine Lantern Wardens, tall skeletons with lanterns, in the Pagoda Realm prison before its captain. Beat the Apramana Bat, a golden-armoured bat, on your first visit to the Bitter Lake's North Shore.
- Chapter 4: The Webbed Hollow: break all four of the Venom Daoist's arms in your first fight with him. Take the letters from the four purple altars. In the secret area Purple Cloud Mountain, beat the Scorpionlord and Daoist Mi before Duskveil, the giant rooster at its end (The Cockerel Crowed).
- Chapter 5: Flaming Mountains: take the quest of Pale-Axe Stalwart, an ox warrior, and talk to the horse stuck in a cart in Furnace Valley. Upgrade your gourd to 9 charges with Luojia Fragrant Vines, the yellow vines hanging from trees, then use the fire in the Old Man's room in the Rakshasa Palace (Always Accompanied).
- Chapter 6: Mount Huaguo: travel back to Chapter 5 to free the horse from the cart (Urge Unfulfilled) and to finish the ox warrior's quest in the secret area Bishui Cave (Frost and Flame).
Warning
The boss that ends each of Chapters 1 to 4 is your last chance to talk to the horse and the Old Man in that chapter, and in Chapter 4 to take the purple altars' letters. Finish the chapter's checklist before you fight Black Bear Guai (Chapter 1), the Yellow Wind Sage (Chapter 2), Yellowbrow (Chapter 3) or the Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master (Chapter 4).
2Everything left after the story (10–20 hours)
After the final boss, choose Continue Journey on the title screen. It puts you back before the final boss, with every chapter open. Do not choose Enter a New Cycle yet. Then work through After the story.
The secret ending is in Mount Mei, a hidden area of Chapter 3. It opens once the four secret area bosses are beaten and the quest of the Treasure Hunter, a man under attack on the Bitter Lake's North Shore, is done. Its fight with Erlang, the god from the prologue, is the hardest in the game (Meet the Match).
Then beat everything still missing from the Journal and finish the collections. Many items drop at random from enemies or plants. Enemies come back when you rest at a shrine, and plants grow back after 30 minutes of real time.
- Collect every spirit and transformation (Fickle Forms).
- Collect all 36 curios (A Curious Collection).
- Pick up five of each Celestial Pill from the small golden containers (Medicine Meal).
- Collect all 15 seeds and keep them (Seeds to Sow).
- Sit at all 24 meditation spots, the glowing golden seats (Scenic Seeker).
- Beat the six giant frogs, one in each chapter (The Clamor of Frogs).
- Beat the four Loong dragons, which appear only while you carry the Loong Scales from Chapter 2 (The Sire and Sons).
Also collect 17 spells and every gourd, drink, soak and formula you can, and craft what weapons and armour you can. Their trophies come in New Game+. Before you pick up the last item of a collection, upload your save to PS Plus cloud storage. If its trophy does not unlock, reinstall the game and restore that save. Last of all, beat the final boss again: the Old Man's Journal page needs it.
Trophies you may not have yet
These might not unlock as you play, so now is a good time for them. Any time says where each opens.
- Add a soak to your drink in the Brew menu of Shen Monkey, the brewer in Chapter 1's Marsh of White Mist (Brew of Bravery).
- Craft any medicine at a shrine once the giant frog in Chapter 2's Sandgate Village has given you a formula (Creative Concoction).
- Finish the quest of Chen Loong, a dragon at Chapter 3's Bitter Lake, which opens the hidden Zodiac Village. Plant seeds with him there and harvest them after a boss fight or two (Happy Harvest).
- Upgrade any armour piece at Yin Tiger, the blacksmith in Zodiac Village (Pound and Perfect).
3A new cycle for the last few trophies (10 hours)
Warning
Enter a New Cycle starts New Game+ and overwrites your save, with no way back to this world. Have your 17 spells before you choose it, since their trophy counts them as New Game+ begins. Beat every secret area boss before it as well: each drops its crafting materials once per run, and the last weapons and armour need two runs' worth.
Choose Enter a New Cycle on the title screen. As the prologue's fight against Erlang begins, three trophies unlock:
- The six relics the story gave you count now (Six Senses Secured).
- So do your 17 spells (Master of Magic).
- The Old Man's page fills in, which completes the Journal if every other page is done (Portraits Perfected).
Play on to the end of Chapter 5, beating every secret area boss again, and work through New Game+:
- Buy the soak and the gourd Shen Monkey sells only now. The gourd appears once every Journal page is filled (Brewer's Bounty).
- Buy the Soul Remigration Pill formula from Xu Dog, the wolf merchant (Page Preserver).
- Craft the last weapons, among them three staffs that exist only in New Game+ (Staffs and Spears).
- Beat the Bishui Golden-Eyed Beast at the end of Bishui Cave again for the last Bull King's Iron Horns, then craft the last armour (Mantled with Might).
Anything you missed waits in its chapter again.

Checklists

9 lists · 5 points of no return

In story order. Open a list to see its steps.

Chapter 1: Black Wind Mountain4 steps · 6 trophies
From the prologue to Black Bear Guai, the boss that ends Chapter 1.
1. Beat the Wandering Wight
  Chapter 1, Forest of Wolves > Outside the Forest
  The big stone-headed monk walking the path straight ahead of the shrine. Beat him before you ring the third bell, or he is gone until New Game+. If you have no Blessed Gourd yet, collect his spirit later at any shrine.
  - Needed forFickle Forms
  - Needed forA Curious Collection
  - Needed forPortraits Perfected
2. Talk to the Old Man on the Snake Trail
  Chapter 1, Bamboo Grove > Snake Trail
  Up the stairs from the shrine, on the right. He gives you the Blessed Gourd. Talk until he repeats himself.
  - Needed forAlways Accompanied
3. Talk to the horse in the Back Hills cave
  Chapter 1, Bamboo Grove > Back Hills
  Down the stairs from the shrine and left into the cave. He sits at its side. Talk until he repeats himself.
  - Needed forUrge Unfulfilled
4. Ring the three bells and beat Elder Jinchi
  Chapter 1, after the Wandering Wight
  Each bell stands behind an optional boss: Guangzhi in the Forest of Wolves, Guangmou on the Snake Trail and the Whiteclad Noble in the Marsh of White Mist. The third bell takes you to Elder Jinchi.
  - UnlocksTemple of Taint
Point of no return: Beating Black Bear Guai
Chapter 2: Yellow Wind Ridge4 steps · 4 trophies
From the start of Chapter 2 to the Yellow Wind Sage, the boss that ends it.
1. Kill the small rat first in the fight behind the wooden gate
  Chapter 2, Sandgate Village > Village Entrance
  The locked gate in the village courtyard opens a fight against the Second Rat Prince and the King of Flowing Sands, the small rat at his side. Kill the King of Flowing Sands first, or the Second Rat Prince's spirit is missed until New Game+.
  - Needed forFickle Forms
2. Talk to the horse by the Earth Wolf's meadow
  Chapter 2, Sandgate Village > Village Entrance
  Through the village past the rat archers and left to the meadow. Beat the Earth Wolf, then talk to the horse tied up in the pagoda until he repeats himself.
  - Needed forUrge Unfulfilled
3. Talk to the Old Man below the Crouching Tiger Temple
  Chapter 2, Crouching Tiger Temple > Cellar
  Down the sandy path from the shrine, then right to the end of the path, beside a meditation spot. Talk until he repeats himself.
  - Needed forAlways Accompanied
4. Finish the drunken boar's quest and beat Fuban
  Chapter 2, once you have reached the Crouching Tiger Temple
  Starts with the drunken boar in the meadow at Fright Cliff > Rockrest Flat and leads into the secret area Kingdom of Sahi.
  - UnlocksShifting Sands
Point of no return: Beating the Yellow Wind Sage
Chapter 3: The New West3 steps · 5 trophies
From the start of Chapter 3 to Yellowbrow, the boss that ends it.
1. Kill the nine Lantern Wardens in the prison
  Chapter 3, Pagoda Realm, after Kang-Jin Loong
  After the fight with the ice dragon you wake in a cell. When your eyes glow red and the screen turns grey, tall skeletons with lanterns on their necks walk the corridor. Kill all nine before Captain Wise-Voice, the boss at the Mani Wheel shrine.
  - Needed forA Curious Collection
2. Beat the Apramana Bat on your first visit to the North Shore
  Chapter 3, Bitter Lake > North Shore of the Bitter Lake
  Follow the shoreline on the right to its end. Beat the golden-armoured bat before Zhu Bajie, the boar who travels with you, leaves. Then use the big skeleton on the left and pick up the green Turtle Tear on the shore below the turtle island's head.
  - Needed forPortraits Perfected
  - Needed forFickle Forms
  - Needed forBrewer's Bounty
3. Talk to the horse at the New Thunderclap Temple
  Chapter 3, New Thunderclap Temple > Temple Entrance
  Straight on through the first building and up the stairs, down the stairs on the left into the next building, then up to its balcony. He stands at the end of the wooden bridge and gives you the Trailblazer's Scarlet Gourd. Talk until he repeats himself.
  - Needed forUrge Unfulfilled
  - Needed forBrewer's Bounty
Point of no return: Beating Yellowbrow
Chapter 4: The Webbed Hollow8 steps · 8 trophies
From the start of Chapter 4 to the Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master, the boss that ends it.
1. Break the Venom Daoist's four arms before he falls
  Chapter 4, Webbed Hollow > Pool of Shattered Jade
  Up the path right of the shrine, hit the big hanging cocoon until he drops out. Break all four arms from behind before he dies, for the Venomous Armguard.
  - Needed forMantled with Might
2. Talk to the horse on the way to the Cliff of Oblivion
  Chapter 4, Webbed Hollow, after the Bonevault shrine
  He jumps out of a cocoon on the main path. Talk until he repeats himself.
  - Needed forUrge Unfulfilled
3. Take the letters from the four purple altars
  Chapter 4, before the Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master
  At the top of the village past the Verdure Bridge shrine, in front of the Cliff of Oblivion shrine, in the cave left of the Relief of the Fallen Loong shrine, and in front of the Court of Illumination shrine, which opens once the other three are done. The Supreme Inspector then attacks. Take about 15 % of his health and the Crane Immortal appears.
  - Needed forPortraits Perfected
4. Talk to the Old Man at the Temple of the Yellow Flower
  Chapter 4, Temple of the Yellow Flower > Temple Entrance
  Into the temple, right through the gate, up the stairs at the back of the courtyard. Talk until he repeats himself.
  - Needed forAlways Accompanied
5. Beat the Venom Daoist again and enter Purple Cloud Mountain
  Chapter 4, Temple of the Yellow Flower > Court of Illumination
  Take the path opposite the shrine and go left where it splits. After the fight, use the wall in front of you.
  - Needed forThe Cockerel Crowed
6. Beat the Scorpionlord
  Chapter 4, Purple Cloud Mountain, near the Valley of Blooms shrine
  The scorpion drinking on a roof to the right. Break the kegs below him to start the fight. He is gone once you enter Duskveil's arena.
  - Needed forBrewer's Bounty
  - Needed forMantled with Might
7. Beat Daoist Mi
  Chapter 4, Purple Cloud Mountain > Petalfall Hamlet
  Talk to the red snake in a tree before the bridge to the Valley of Blooms shrine. The masked man up the stairs from the Petalfall Hamlet shrine wants missing bodies found: kill the yellow-robed enemies around him, resting at the shrine to bring them back, until one drops Violet Hail. Give it to him and beat him.
  - Needed forFickle Forms
  - Needed forMaster of Magic
  - Needed forPortraits Perfected
8. Beat Duskveil
  Chapter 4, Purple Cloud Mountain > Cloudnest Peak
  At the top of the village on the central path. Only after the Scorpionlord and Daoist Mi.
  - UnlocksThe Cockerel Crowed
Point of no return: Beating the Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master
Chapter 5: Flaming Mountains4 steps · 3 trophies
From the start of Chapter 5 to the Yaksha King, the boss that ends it.
1. Beat Pale-Axe Stalwart and take his quest
  Chapter 5, Woods of Ember > Ashen Pass I
  The ox warrior in the corridor where bulls and undead soldiers fight. After the fight, talk until he repeats himself.
  - Needed forFrost and Flame
2. Talk to the horse in the element cart
  Chapter 5, Furnace Valley > Valley Entrance
  Into the lava pool on the right, to the cart in its corner. Use the cart and talk to the horse stuck inside until he repeats himself. He cannot be freed yet.
  - Needed forUrge Unfulfilled
3. Upgrade your gourd to 9 charges
  Chapter 5, before the Rakshasa Palace
  Shen Monkey adds a charge for Luojia Fragrant Vines, the yellow vines hanging from trees in every chapter.
  - Needed forAlways Accompanied
4. Talk to the Old Man in the Rakshasa Palace and use the fire
  Chapter 5, Furnace Valley > Rakshasa Palace
  Up the stairs, over the bridge and left into his room. Talk until he repeats himself, then use the fire in the middle of the room for the Supreme Gourd.
  - UnlocksAlways Accompanied
Chapter 6: Mount Huaguo2 steps · 2 trophies
From the start of Chapter 6 to the final boss. Both steps take you back to Chapter 5's map through the shrines.
1. Free the horse from the element cart
  Chapter 6, back at Furnace Valley > Valley Entrance
  Back to the cart in the lava pool. Beat the enemies around it and pull the string.
  - UnlocksUrge Unfulfilled
2. Finish Pale-Axe Stalwart's quest and beat the Bishui Golden-Eyed Beast
  Chapter 6, back at Field of Fire > Cooling Slope
  Past the frozen gate, at the end of the secret area Bishui Cave.
  - UnlocksFrost and Flame
After the story3 steps · 2 trophies
From Continue Journey on the title screen to the start of New Game+.
1. Finish the Treasure Hunter's quest
  after the story, Chapter 3's Bitter Lake and Valley of Ecstasy
  Ends with the Green-Capped Martialist at the Melon Field shrine.
  - Needed forMeet the Match
2. Beat Erlang in Mount Mei
  after the story, Chapter 3's Pagoda Realm > Snow-Veiled Trail
  Once the four secret area bosses and the Treasure Hunter's quest are done, the little monk upstairs in The Great Pagoda sends you to Mount Mei.
  - UnlocksMeet the Match
3. Beat the final boss again
  after the story, last of all
  The Old Man's Journal page fills in once you beat it again and start New Game+.
  - Needed forPortraits Perfected
Point of no return: Entering a New Cycle
New Game+5 steps · 6 trophies
From Enter a New Cycle to the end of Chapter 5 and its secret area.
1. Start the first fight against Erlang
  New Game+, prologue
  Both trophies unlock as the fight begins.
  - UnlocksSix Senses Secured
  - UnlocksMaster of Magic
2. Buy Guanyin's Willow Leaf and the Qing-Tian Gourd from Shen Monkey
  New Game+, once you have met Shen Monkey in Chapter 1
  A soak and a gourd sold only in New Game+. The gourd appears once every Journal page is filled.
  - UnlocksBrewer's Bounty
3. Buy the Soul Remigration Pill formula from Xu Dog
  New Game+, Chapter 2, Crouching Tiger Temple > Cellar
  Sold only in New Game+.
  - UnlocksPage Preserver
4. Beat the Bishui Golden-Eyed Beast again
  New Game+, after Chapter 5
  It drops the Bull King's Iron Horns the Bull King armour needs.
  - Needed forMantled with Might
5. Craft the last weapons and armour
  New Game+, after Chapter 5's secret area
  At any shrine, once every secret area boss is beaten again.
  - UnlocksStaffs and Spears
  - UnlocksMantled with Might
Any time6 steps · 5 trophies
Trophies that stay open once their feature is unlocked.
1. Buy a skill
  from Chapter 1, after the Bullguard fight
  In the Self-Advance menu.
  - UnlocksA Spark of Thought
2. Add a soak to your drink
  from Chapter 1, once you have saved Shen Monkey in the Marsh of White Mist
  In his Brew menu.
  - UnlocksBrew of Bravery
3. Craft a medicine
  from Chapter 2, once you have beaten the frog Lang-Li-Guhh-Baw
  Make Medicines at any shrine.
  - UnlocksCreative Concoction
4. Finish Chen Loong's quest
  from Chapter 3, Bitter Lake > North Shore of the Bitter Lake
  It opens Zodiac Village.
  - Needed forHappy Harvest
  - Needed forPound and Perfect
5. Plant seeds with Chen Loong and harvest them
  from Chapter 3, in Zodiac Village
  Come back after two boss fights.
  - UnlocksHappy Harvest
6. Upgrade a piece of armour at Yin Tiger
  from Chapter 3, in Zodiac Village
  Craft > Upgrade Armor.
  - UnlocksPound and Perfect

Black Myth: Wukong Trophy List

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Base game36 trophies

Final FulfillmentEach ordeal paves your path to what you are meant to be.6%of players
Home is BehindThe old monkey has told his tale. Onward you must go.Guide90%of players
A Spark of ThoughtNothing sparks your talents more than a spark of thought.Guide80%of players
Brew of BraveryFresh brew in an old cask. May it stir a great task!Guide61%of players
Creative ConcoctionTonics are well and good, but not to be wolfed like food!Guide50%of players
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Happy HarvestFields kept trim leave time to skim.
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Pound and Perfect"Through fire, armor is refined; through trials, strength is defined."
GuideGuide32%of players
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Blazing Black WindOf all things to learn, you chose to play with fire?
GuideGuide56%of players
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Temple of TaintNow at an end is the elder's long wait for the journeyer.
GuideGuide53%of players
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A Great GustThere will be more sages if their maker still engages.
GuideGuide45%of players
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Shifting SandsThe beetle came with drumbeats' call, and left with waves' gentle fall.
GuideGuide43%of players
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Nifty NonsenseThe fat monk failed, for he spoke too much.
GuideGuide39%of players
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Behold the BetrayalMore eyes do not see more than the mortal trifles.
GuideGuide34%of players
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The Cockerel CrowedLong and short, far and near, each span has its year.
GuideGuide33%of players
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Flaming FuryThe golden child brought fire and smoke; when they cleared, the family broke.
GuideGuide32%of players
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Frost and FlameThe merging of ice and fire, swift and severe.
GuideGuide30%of players
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Meet the Match"Let go of him, and you let go of all."
GuideGuide24%of players
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A Duel of DestinyTwo minds' long fray leaves but one to stay.
GuideGuide28%of players
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The Clamor of FrogsSix frogs, six skills—how intriguing!
GuideGuideChecklist · 6Checklist · 623%of players
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The Sire and Sons"For what deed, must the four waters they governed roam free?"
GuideGuideChecklist · 4Checklist · 431%of players
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Always AccompaniedHow odd to encounter this old man at every corner!
GuideGuideMissable25%of players
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Urge Unfulfilled"With my life I'll repay the title he gave me!"
GuideGuideMissable22%of players
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Six Senses SecuredAfter all that strife and struggle, what's truly been gained?
GuideGuide23%of players
Portraits PerfectedHumans, beasts, yaoguais, and the Bodhisattvas. All recorded and noted.GuideMissable14%of players
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Treasure Trove"All the four vessels now belong to me!"
GuideGuide31%of players
Master of MagicAll spells we know are derived from the same source.Guide Checklist · 17Missable23%of players
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Guardian of GearYou are fully fitted. Now, swing that staff and fight!
GuideGuide31%of players
A Curious CollectionEvery rare wonder the world can offer, collected and kept.Guide Checklist · 36Missable8%of players
Medicine Meal"Here, have it, have it all."Guide19%of players
Staffs and SpearsA walking vault of arms you have become!Guide Checklist · 2010%of players
Mantled with MightShoes on feet, hat on head, embroidered shirt, Daoist robe—free as can be, doing as you please!GuideMissable7%of players
Fickle FormsTransformations and Spirit Skills, you have mastered them all!Guide Checklist · 64Missable9%of players
Brewer's BountyWhat to drink, how to drink, and above all, who to drink with.Guide Checklist · 47Missable7%of players
Page Preserver"All the tattered pages can now be compiled in full."Guide Checklist · 1414%of players
Seeds to SowTake more as fruit as your plants take root.Guide Checklist · 159%of players
Scenic SeekerThe most marvelous places for meditation have all met your gaze.Guide Checklist · 2417%of players