Black Myth: Wukong has Secret Areas in Chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 that contain hidden bosses. Each has a strong boss at the end that unlocks a trophy/achievement and a Vessel, except chapter 5 which automatically unlocks a Vessel at the end of the chapter.
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.
Chapter 1 Secret Area: Ancient Guanyin Temple
In Chapter 1 you must find and ring 3 bells, then you are teleported to the secret area.
Upon ringing the third bell you are immediately teleported to “Secret: Ancient Guanyin Temple”. Here you find the secret boss “Elder Jinchi“. Defeat him, afterward you can interact with the body hanging from a tree in front of the third bell to obtain the Vessel Fireproof Mantle.
Chapter 2 Secret Area: Kingdom of Sahali
In Chapter 2 you reach the secret area by completing the drunken boar’s questline.
In the secret area you find the boss “Tiger Vanguard” (different from the indentically named boss at Crouching Tiger Temple). After beating him, talk to the NPC standing on the cliff to trigger the fight against “Fuban“. Beating Fuban unlocks the Vessel Wind Tamer.
Chapter 3 Secret Area: Mount Mei
The Chapter 3 Secret Area can only be reached after finishing all other secret areas (Chapter 1, 2, 4, 5) and doing the Treasure Hunter Questline in Chapter 3. This is actually the last secret area in the game.
After you have done this, go to Chapter 3 > Pagoda Realm > Snow-Veiled Trail: To the left of this shrine go down the snowy path, across the wooden bridge, follow the path to the end until you reach a big gate. Enter the gate to enter a hall called ‘The Great Pagoda’. Talk to the NPC up the stairs. It gives you a cutscene, afterward you automatically arrive in Mount Mei secret area. Go up the mountain path to reach the Mount Mei shrine. Afterward you reach the “secret endboss”. After beating him, defeat the regular Chapter 6 endboss again to trigger the Secret Ending.
Chapter 4 Secret Area: Purple Cloud Mountain
In Chapter 4 you reach the secret area by defeating Venom Daoist in two different locations.
- 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.
- 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”.
This secret area contains two bosses, “The Scorpionlord” on the right side and “Duskveil” upstairs at the end of the village.
Chapter 5 Secret Area: Bishui Cave
In Chapter 5, you reach the secret area by completing the Ox’s Five Element Carts Questline.
For more guides check out the Black Myth Wukong Wiki.
Tyler says
Chapter 5 has a secret area called “Bushui Cave”, located after the finding all 5 Elemental Carts.
Tyler says
The trophy “Frost and Flame” unlocks for defeating the main boss here.
Tyler says
If you return to the place you entered the secret area after finishing it, the missing frog boss will be there.