Black Myth Wukong All Spirits Locations

In Black Myth Wukong you can collect the Spirits of certain enemies and bosses to unlock their skills. There are 54 Spirits in total. Collecting all Spirits is needed for the Fickle Forms trophy & achievement, but you will also need all Transformations.

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.

In case you forgot to pick up any Spirit it can still be collected from any Shrine. Any boss spirit you killed before acquiring the Blessed Gourd can still be redeemed at any Shrine.

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. All Spirits and everything else carries over into New Game+.

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. If you killed him before unlocking the Blessed Gourd his spirit can be retrieved later from any shrine. IMPORTANT: This enemy disappears after beating the Secret Chapter 1 boss “Elder Jinchi“. However, he respawns in New Game+ and he drops his spirit again if you missed him in the first playthrough. You can reach him within 10 minutes in New Game+ and all Spirits carry over.
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. Second Rat Prince – 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 turn right to find a locked wooden gate. Open it to trigger this boss fight. IMPORTANT: To get the Spirit, you must defeat the small rat boss “King of Flowing Sands” first before killing the larger “Second Rate Prince”.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Civet Sergeant – Crouching Tiger Temple > Temple Entrance: after defeating “Tiger Vanguard” boss, interact with the statue in the boss arena (requires the Sterness of Stone key item dropped by “Stone Vanguard” boss). 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Tiger’s Acolyte – Yellow Wind Formation > Windrest Hamlet: from “Tiger’s Acolyte” boss. Directly after this shrine on the next bridge.
11. 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.
12. Mad Tiger – dropped by “Mad Tiger” boss. See Old Rattle-Drum Walkthrough. 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-looking structure where you fought the boss “Captain Wise-Voice“, 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. Enslaved Yaksha – Pagoda Realm > Upper Pagoda: To acquire this Spirit, you must first kill “Captain Lotus-Vision” boss. From Upper Pagoda shrine turn around 180° and drop down the pit. Then, from the Upper Pagoda shine, go back along the hallway and down the hill. At the bottom of the hill, turn around and keep going straight on until you can go back to the outer edge and see a beam you can walk on. When reaching the other side, look for a gate to open with a blue-glowing enemy inside.
6. Apramana Bat – defeat the “Apramana Bat” boss, then the Spirit gets added to your inventory AFTER finishing Chapter 3. The boss is found at 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. IMPORTANT: this boss is missable, must be killed before Zhu Bajie (little boar companion) leaves your party in Chapter 3. If you killed Apramana Bat you get the spirit added to your inventory automatically AFTER Chapter 3 (it doesn’t drop right away when you defeat Apramana Bat, check inventory at start of Chapter 4).
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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).
10. 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.
11. Old Ginseng Guai – Valley of Ecstasy > Towers of Karma: Dropped by “Old Ginseng Guai” boss. From the Shrine, turn left and follow the path past the enemy facing the wall and you’ll soon see a stone pillar in the corner. In front of the stone pillar, gather the big ginseng plant from the floor to trigger this boss fight.
12. Clay Vajra – New Thunderclap Temple > Temple Entrance: From this shrine keep going straight and 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.
13. 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 the “Non-Pure” boss. There’s also a meditation spot here after you defeat him.
14. 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. Beetle Captain – Webbed Hollow > Upper Hollow: When facing this shrine turn slightly left, then immediately turn right again and follow the right path (main story path which you must take to reach the next shrine). Now count the number of archers shooting green arrows at you along the way. After the second archer with green arrows, enter the cave on the right to find this blue-glowing beetle. Don’t drop down the left side.
3. Scorpion Prince  – Webbed Hollow > The Verdure Bridge: From Verdure Bridge take the left path over the green bridge with roots growing on it, turn left, where two lanterns are drop down the right side and go forward until you go upstairs to a village. As soon as you enter the village there will be a blue-glowing Scorpion enemy that drops the Spirit. In front of a Luojia Fragrant Vine. It also drops the Deathstinger Soak.
4. Puppet Spider – Webbed Hollow > The Verdure Bridge: From the Shrine, go across the green planks then straight on into an area with smaller spiders and a brazier. Drop down where you see an archer and continue to the right past a dual-blade wielding enemy. As soon as you reach the brighter area, check the left side for cocoons. Behind them is this Spirit.
5. Elder Amourworm – Webbed Hollow > The Verdure Bridge. From the shrine, go across the wooden planks, then head left. Go right past the two lanterns to enter a room with 4 chests. Continue past them to enter the area with this boss. Kill it to obtain the key item “Proto Armourworm”. Now, do Chen Loong’s quest to get access Zodiac Village. At Zodiac Village, deliver the Proto Armourworm item to Chen Loong (the dragon). Now head back to The Verdure Bridge and destroy any cocoon you find until you have 3 Rice Cocoons. You may already own these if you’ve been destroying them on your first visit. Now return to Zodiac Village and feed the Rice Cocoons to the worm which you’ll find next to the pots (in the area above the two monkeys). You can only feed him one Rice Cocoon, then you have to rest. Rinse and repeat for all of them. Once you’ve fed him the third Rice Cocoon, rest once more and you’ll be able to collect this Spirit at the location the worm was at.
6. Puppet Tick – Webbed Hollow > Relief of the Fallen Loong: From the Shrine, go left and up the rocks. Then, once in the cave, flank the right side and you will see the blue-glowing enemy in the distance.
7. Centipede Guai – dropped by “Centipede Guai” main boss – Webbed Hollow > Middle Hollow/Bonevault: From this shrine go forward down the cliffs to find this.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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 a blue-glowing tiger with long neck.
11. 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 the “Fungiwoman” hidden boss that drops the spirit. There’s also a Drink pickup behind this boss.
12. 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.
13. Snake Herbalist – Purple Cloud Mountain > Valley of Blooms: From the shrine, cross the bridge and head left. Continue up the path and you’ll find him in your way.

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, 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 enemy 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 – Furnace Valley > Valley Entrance: dropped by “Cloudy Mist, Misty Cloud” boss, automatic story boss, unmissable.
7. Top Takes Bottom, Bottom Takes Top – Furnace Valley > The Emerald Hall: after defeating the Chapter 5 Secret Area boss “Top Takes Bottom, Bottom Takes Top“, return to the Emerald Hall shrine. Make your way through the palace and leave it via the stairs. Follow the path and you’ll find the steel ball stuck in the rock. Simply interact with it to get the Spirit.
8. Flint Vanguard – Field of Fire > Fallen Furnace Crater: Dropped by “Flint Vanguard” boss. From Fallen Furnace Crater turn around, backtrack down the path where the big ball was rolling earlier. Halfway down the path, on the left, the rolling ball will have destroyed a barrier. You can now go down the left, follow that new path to reach this boss, he looks like magma rocks.
9. Nine-Capped Lingzhi Guai – Field of Fire > Ashen Pass III: In the area right of the shrine pull out the biggest mushroom to trigger the secret “Nine-Capped Lingzhi Guai” boss fight. Collect its spirit after.
10. Mother of Flamlings – Field of Fire > Fallen Furnace Crater: Dropped by “Mother of Flamlings” boss, found down the path from Flint Vanguard boss. From Fallen Furnace Crater turn around, backtrack down the path where the big ball was rolling earlier. Halfway down the path, on the left, the rolling ball will have destroyed a barrier. You can now go down the left, follow that new path to reach Flint Vanguard boss. After him go down further until you see a red glowing magma spot on the floor. You can deliver 4 Flame Ore to summon the Mother of Flamlings from this spot. If you die you must deliver it 4 Flame Ore again. Flame Ore is dropped by the enemies in the surrounding area such as the worms shooting fire at you.
11. Bull Governor – Secret: Bishui Cave > Cave Depths: First, see How to Reach Chapter 5 Secret Area. After the second shrine in the secret area, this enemy will be directly in front of you at the end of the next corridor. He looks like a big bull.

Chapter 6: Mount Huaguo

No Spirits in this Chapter.

Remember for the Fickle Forms trophy you must also unlock all Transformation Spells.

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