In Black Myth: Wukong your health flask is called the “Gourd”. It is used to heal yourself. The Gourd can be upgraded using Luojia Fragrant Vine for more healing charges, and Awaken Wine Worms for more health restored per use. To upgrade the gourd, give them to the Shen Monkey NPC in the Chapter 1 area “Bamboo Forest > Marsh of White Mist”. There are 11 Gourds in total.
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.
Collecting all Gourds, Drinks, and Soaks unlocks the Brewer’s Bounty trophy & achievement (PS5/Xbox).
Other Gourd Items:
- Luojia Fragrant Vines (Gourd Healing Upgrades)
- Awaken Wine Worms (Gourd Healing Upgrades)
- Drinks
- Soaks
Chapter 1: Black Wind Mountain
Gourd #1: Trailblazer’s Scarlet Gourd (5 Heals – when the Gourd is full, the first sip replenishes to full Health)
Pre-Order Bonus, can be redeemed from any shrine, available from Chapter 1. If you didn’t pre-order, it’s given to you by the horse NPC in Chapter 3 > New Thunderclap Temple > Temple Entrance: From this shrine go forward, through a temple building, then up the stairs in front of you. Then go down the stairs on the left side and straight ahead into the next building. Inside this building go up the stairs to reach the upper balcony. From here you can go over a wooden bridge on the side of the balcony, the horse NPC stands at the end of it. Exhaust all dialogue.
Gourd #2: Old Gourd / Medicine Gourd / Healing Gourd / Medicine Sage Gourd / Medicine Master Gourd
The Old Gourd is the Starting Gourd, in your inventory automatically from the beginning of the game. It changes names as you upgrade it using Luojia Fragrant Vines. It’s all the same gourd just different names for different upgrade levels. You upgrade the Gourd at the Shen Monkey NPC found in Chapter 1 > Bamboo Grove > Marsh of White Mist. This Gourd transforms into Supreme Gourd when fully upgraded to 10 healing charges (it gets replaced in your inventory). The further you upgrade it, the more healing charges it gets.
Chapter 2: Yellow Wind Ridge
Gourd #3: Plaguebane Gourd (5 Heals – Health recovery is halved, but Attack is increased for a short duration after using the gourd)
From opening the chest behind the hidden boss “Mad Tiger“. This requires doing a side questline in Chapter 2:
- Defeat “Tiger’s Acolyte” boss to get Old-Rattle Drum (key item). You find this boss at Yellow Wind Formation > Windrest Hamlet > directly after this shrine on the next bridge. Afterward you must use the Old-Rattle Drum in 3 locations.
- Yellow Wind Formation > Windseal Gate: take the path left of the altar, 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, defeat the Withered Corpses.
- Yellow Wind Formation > Windrest Hamlet: From this altar 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.
- Sandgate Village > Village Entrance: From this altar go straight across the bridge, then turn right to enter the village. Reach the meadow on the left side of the village, where the chief “Earth Wolf” boss is. In the corner of the village the screen will turn gray again and you can use the Old-Rattle Drum to get a cutscene. After the cutscene jump into the well, this triggers the secret Mad Tiger fight.
- After beating Mad Tiger. open the black chest in the back of the boss arena to get the Plaguebane Gourd.
Chapter 3: The New West
Gourd #4: Jade Lotus Gourd / Jade Guanyin Gourd when maxed out (6 Heals – Recovers a considerable amount of Health for nearby Duplicates upon using the gourd)
Bought from Shen Monkey NPC at Black Wind Mountain > Bamboo Grove > Marsh of White Mist. This becomes available for purchase at the start of Chapter 3. You can fast travel back to Shen Monkey from any shrine. The Gourd name changes from Jade Lotus Gourd to Jade Guanyin Gourd when fully maxed out, it’s the same gourd, gets replaced in your inventory.
Gourd #5: Fiery Gourd (7 Heals – Using the gourd grants Chill immunity and increases Maximum Stamina for a short duration)
Valley of Ecstasy > Mindfulness Cliff: From this shrine move forward just a little bit until you reach wooden boards. Drop down the right side of the wooden boards. Then walk up the path until you reach a wooden chest, open it for this item.
Chapter 4: The Webbed Hollow
Gourd #6: Xiang River Goddess Gourd (8 Heals – Using the gourd grants a moderate amount of Burn Resistance and immunity from lava-covered terrain for a short duration)
Chapter 4 > Webbed Hollow > The Verdure Bridge: From this shrine take the path left and keep heading left until you get a cutscene with the lady throwing knives at lanterns. There’s a room with 5 golden treasure chests here, the gourd is in the chests.
Gourd #7: Stained Jade Gourd (7 Heals – Massively increases drinking speed) [MISSABLE]
Reward for beating boss “The Scorpionlord” in Chapter 4 Secret Area “Purple Cloud Mountain”. He’s on the right side of the secret area, after the shrine “Bounds of Deity’s Abode”. Looks like a scorpion on a rooftop drinking alcohol. When you approach he will talk to you. Then you have to destroy the kegs below him to make him angry and trigger the fight.
MISSABLE: You have to defeat Scorpionlord BEFORE beating Duskveil boss at the end of Chapter 4 Secret Area!
To reach the secret area you must defeat the boss Venom Daoist in two different locations:
- Venom Daoist Location 1: Webbed Hollow > Pool of Shattered Jade: To the right of the shrine go up the path to find a big spider cocoon hanging from the ceiling. Attack it until the Venom Daoist pops out of it, defeat him. Afterward he will run away. You must find him again later in the chapter.
- Venom Daoist Location 2: Temple of the Yellow Flower > Court of Illumination: From this shrine turn around 180° and then take the path straight in front of you (the path opposite the shrine). When the path splits, go left until there’s a cutscene with the Venom Daoist (to trigger this you must have defeated him at the first location). Defeat him again, he has two phases, each with a full healthbar. After the fight, interact with the wall in front of you to enter the secret area “Purple Cloud Mountain”. After reaching the first shrine there, head to the right edge of the area to find another shrine and The Scorpionlord boss behind it.
Gourd #8: Qing-Tian Gourd (Slowly Recovers Gourd Uses)
Can be bought in New Game+ from Shen Monkey. (may also require having completed all portraits in Journal)
Chapter 5: Flaming Mountains
Gourd #9: Immortal Blessing Gourd (8 Heals – Health recovery is halved, but Attack is increased for a short duration after using the gourd)
Bought from Shen Monkey NPC at Black Wind Mountain > Bamboo Grove > Marsh of White Mist. This becomes available for purchase at the start of Chapter 5. Requires Buddha’s Left Hand + Buddha’s Right Hand.
- Buddha’s Right Hand: Dropped by boss “Buddha’s Right Hand”. He’s an unmissable main story boss, located in Chapter 4 (The Webbed Hollow) > Webbed Hollow > Cliff of Oblivion: Directly after this shrine interact with the glowing hand in the next corridor.
- Buddha’s Left Hand: Dropped by boss “Baw-Li-Guhh-Baw“. He’s found in Chapter 4 (The Webbed Hollow) > Webbed Hollow > Lower Hollow: From this shrine turn left and enter the tunnel. On the left there’s a crack in the wall, squeeze through it with / to find a meditation spot. To the left of it go through the corridor to find this frog boss.
Gourd #10: Supreme Gourd
Furnace Valley > Rakshasa Palace: From this shrine go upstairs and over the bridge. Then take the left path to reach a room with the Old Man NPC. Exhaust all dialogue with him, then interact with the fire in the middle of the same room to upgrade your gourd to the “Supreme Gourd”. You must previously have upgraded your Gourd to 9 Healing Charges to be able to interact with the fire. It’s the best gourd in the game, Mythical grade (orange color in inventory), and has 10 healing charges.
Chapter 6: Mount Huaguo
Gourd #11: Multi-Glazed Gourd (6 Heals – The last sip from the gourd significantly increases Attack for a short duration)
Bought from Shen Monkey NPC at Black Wind Mountain > Bamboo Grove > Marsh of White Mist. This becomes available for purchase at the start of Chapter 6.
For more guides check out the Black Myth Wukong Wiki.
Byakurath says
Got the Trailblazer’s Scarlet Gourd from the Horseman. I talked to him in CH2 where is tied (Statue next to the Earth Wolf boss fight) and then in the Thunderclap Temple. Not sure which other triggers you need. I bought the game yesterday (deluxe edition)
Odie says
Gourd #9: Immortal Blessing Gourd
the Gourd is already availible in Chapter 4
– I bought it after getting the needed materials before the baije fights and yet to finished chapter 4
zack012 says
Isn’t there technically just 10? Because #2 and #10 are the same.
PowerPyx says
Depends how you count it. For guide purposes I found it’s clearer to point out Supreme Gourd as its own item, unlike regular gourd upgrades it requires doing something special. Going by inventory count it’s technically 10 since #10 Supreme Gourd replaces #2 as the final upgrade.