How the Boss Rush Works in Black Myth: Wukong

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How the Boss Rush Works in Black Myth: Wukong

In the Black Myth: Wukong update 1.0.12.16581, the Challenge option was added to Keeper Shrines throughout the game. This allows players to access two new game modes: Return of Rivals, and Gauntlet of Legends. These two challenge modes allow players to face off against familiar bosses from throughout the game in two different varieties of rematch.




In Return of Rivals, players of Black Myth: Wukong can rechallenge any boss they’ve already beaten in the main game, offering an opportunity to practice against them and try out new strategies. As to why you’d want to practise against foes you’ve already beaten, that’s where Gauntlet of Legends comes in. In Gauntlet of Legends, players can take on groups of boss fights back-to-back in order to earn several new items, with the challenges ranging from 3–6 bosses in a row.

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How Return of Rivals Works in Black Myth: Wukong

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Return of Rivals is the simplest of the new modes, allowing you to pick any boss you’ve already fought in the main game and challenge them again. Naturally, this means your options will be limited to bosses you’ve actually fought, meaning you can’t use this to fight bosses like the Scorpionlord if you managed to permanently miss them in your playthrough so far. In New Game Plus you’ll retain access to all bosses you fought in previous playthroughs, so if you want to begin New Game Plus by warming up against Erlang Shen you’re perfectly capable of doing so.


How Gauntlet of Legends Works in Black Myth: Wukong

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The Gauntlet of Legends is definitely the main event of update 1.0.12.16581, offering players nine combat challenges to take on. Each of these challenges is a set of 1-6 boss fights that must be challenged back to back, offering unique rewards on completion. Some challenges that seem particularly daunting are “Collective Strength”, where you must fight six of the game’s most notoriously tricky bosses back to back, and “Brothers of Mei”, where you must fight a series of bosses culminating in a brutal battle with Erlang Shen.

All Gauntlet of Legends Challenges in Black Myth: Wukong

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Three Tigers

“Tiger Vanguard”, Mad Tiger, and Tiger Vanguard

Completing this challenge earns you the Stone Tiger Tally and three Soul Remigration Pills. The Stone Tiger Tally gives you a small and short-lived critical hit chance buff whenever you see through an enemy attack. This buff can stack up to 6 times.

Four Monks

Non-Pure, Non-Void, Non-Able, and Non-White.

Clearing this challenge earns you the Frost-Enduring Chrysanth, a soak that restores a moderate amount of Qi whenever you take a sip with low mana.

Four Loongs of Four Waters

Red Loong, Black Loong, Cyan Loong, and Yellow Loong.

Getting through this challenge earns you four Glimmering Scale Pellets and the Formula for making more of them. These pellets increase the damage you deal with any scale-made staff for a long while.

The Valiant Six

Quick as Fire, Fast as Wind, Cloudy Mist, Misty Cloud, and Top Takes Bottom, Bottom Takes Top.

Beating this challenge gets you three Soul Remigration Pills and the Ever-Burning Palace Lantern. The lantern allows your light attacks to inflict scorch damage whenever you’re standing in Lava Terrain or inside the Ring of Fire spell.

Shadowy Assembly

Centipede Guai, Baw-Li-Guhh-Baw, Beetle Commander, Violet Spider, The Scorpionlord, and Emerald-Armed Mantis.

Completing this challenge gets you the Darkened Eye, Kun Steel, and Sour Wine. The Darkened Eye is needed to craft the Leeching Centipede Staff, while Kun Steel is a crafting material used in both the Leeching Centipede and Golden Loong Staves. Sour Wine is a drink that restores 24% of your maximum health per sip and temporarily increases the stamina cost of all actions, but also temporarily increases the damage dealt by heavy attacks and varied combos.

Collective Strength

Wandering Wight, Tiger Vanguard, Non-Able, Yin Tiger, The Scorpionlord, and Yellow Loong.

Beating this brutal challenge earns you Radiating Cosmo, Kun Steel, and Robust Antler. The former two are used for weapon crafting/upgrading, while the latter is a soak that boosts attack power for a while if you take a sip when you’re entirely out of mana.

Monkey Mind

Stone Monkey and The Great Sage’s Broken Shell

Clearing this refight earns you three Soul Remigration Pills and the Fragment of the Ocean-Settling Pillar. This new Curio extends the duration of the Great Sage Form, allowing you to utilize Wukong’s signature fighting style for 120 seconds at a time instead of 60, assuming you’ve unlocked it.

Brothers of Mei

Whiteclad Noble, Yellow-Robed Squire, Green-Capped Martialist, Venom Daoist, Pale-Axe Stalwart and Erlang, the Sacred Divinity

Clearing this challenge earns you the Three-Hill Crown and two Celestial Ribbons. The Three-Hill Crown is a new piece of headgear that enhances light attack combos when using the Tri-Point Double-Edged Spear.

Relic Holders

Black Bear Guai, Yellow Wind Sage, Yellowbrow, Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master, Yaksha King and Erlang Shen

Finishing off this final challenge (which only unlocks when the other eight are beaten) will earn you “Heart at Ease” and two Kun Steel. At the time of writing I’ve been unable to determine what Heart at Ease does (these fights are really tough.)



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