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on November 21, 2025
<br>You'll come across Xu Dog for the first time in Chapter 2 near the Village Entrance Keeper's Shrine in Sandgate Village . From this point, drop from the wooden bridge to your right to the gorge below to find Xu Dog in a cave with foxes painted near its entrance. Talking to the NPC for the first time will start their questline, which is tied to the crafting of basic medici<br><br> <br>Celestial Medicine is not crafted through basic plant items but instead requires rare resources called Mind Cores . You can choose to spend a Mind Core to make a Celestial Medicine that permanently increases one of your stats once consumed. You could choose to use Mind Core to increase your max health, mana, and stamina, or even build up resistance to dangerous status effects like poi<br><br><br><br>Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG game from the developers at GameScience. Based on the original Chinese novel Journey to the West, players take on the role of Sun Wukong, a legendary monkey warrior who fights against mythical beasts and beings to save his wo<br><br> <br>When you enter a Keeper's Shrine, select the "Make Medicines" option to start crafting. As you gain more formulas, you'll be able to make more medicines using the various plant life you harvest during your travels. For example, the Evil Repelling Medicament, the first formula you learn, can greatly increase your damage reduction for a long duration when you make it using a Licorice and Jade Lotus pl<br><br> <br>Xu Dog asks you to defeat the frog Lang-Li-Guhh-Baw , a boss who has swallowed his medicinal formulas. This enemy is almost a carbon copy of Baw-Li-Guhh-Lang, a similarly amphibian boss from Chapter 1 from the Bamboo Grove area. Unlike the Whiteclad Noble in Black Myth: Wukong or other humanoid bosses, the Lang-Li-Guhh-Baw has a bestial move set that may be easier to pred<br><br> <br><img src="https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/lookaside/crawler/media/?media_id=100066974661864" style="max-width:400px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;" alt="Snow Windows" />Lesser Yaoguais in <a href="https://www.blackmythonline.com/articles/the-indie-revolution-and-aaa-titans-gaming-s-transformative-years.html">Black Myth Wukong review</a> Myth: Wukong make up the enemies that players will encounter regularly throughout its world between bosses. These are not to be underestimated as simple rank-and-file foes, however, as they can still be devastating in large groups. The following comprise the bulk of the 90 Lesser Yaoguais to be encountered in Black Myth: Wuko<br><br> <br>The leaping attack is powerful, but he's in the air for a long time. This makes the attack pretty easy to dodge, although the camera doesn't track him as well when he's airborne, so you'll want to pay extra attention to his timing when you dodge. He can also do this attack out of a mist-step, but keeping your wits about you should allow you to stay out of his sl<br><br> <br>As it is based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West , Game Science's action RPG Black Myth: Wukong is filled to the brim with Eastern mythology. At the heart of its mythological world are the yaoguai, a class of creatures known for their supernatural abilities and often bizarre, otherworldly appearances. As players make their way through the elaborate world of Black Myth: Wukong , they will encounter dozens of yaoguais, some of whom will help the game's protagonist, the Destined One, but many of whom will be his enemies. There are yaoguais around every corner of different sizes, forms, and strengths, and they all find their origins and inspiration in the soil of Chinese mythology, folk tales, and literat<br><br> <br>Additionally, you can look to Immobilize him to make hitting your attacks a bit easier. The only thing to watch out for when going in for the spell is to ensure that he cannot mist away, as the spell only works if he's in physical form when you cast it. It also won't hit if he's too far in the air, so watch out for his leaping attack's timing so you don't waste m<br><br> <br>Talking to Xu Dog again **unlocks the option to "Make Medicines - Celestial Medicines" when interacting with the NPC ** . You can't make Celestial Medicines at a Keeper's Shrine like regular ones, as the furnace Xu Dog found is the only device that can properly make them. You won't have to defeat any bosses this time, but you'll have to search for new and rarer materi<br><br> <br>Yaoguai is more of a concept than anything else, with its origins tracing back to ancient China where belief in supernatural beings was a significant part of religion and culture. For thousands of years, yaoguais have infiltrated various Eastern mythology-inspired media, with Black Myth: Wukong being the most recent. As the yaoguais play such an important role in the story and world of Black Myth: Wukong , it's worth diving into what they truly are and how Game Science has realized the concept in its highly anticipated game based on the journey of the Monkey K<br><br> <br>Gaining these upgrades will help you take on the challenging bosses in your path in later story Chapters. You can always revisit Xu Dog at his furnace to craft more Celestial Medicines as your journey continues in **Black Myth: Wukong <br><br> <br>If you want an additional challenge, you can also fight the Stone Vanguard nearby. This is a tougher boss, so you'll be able to grab some extra Will while you're here to help level up any of Black Myth: Wukong 's three Stances more quickly. The Stone Vanguard will put up a fight, but smart usage of Cloud Step and your other skills will serve you well h<br>
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