As the final boss ofBlack Myth: Wukong’s first chapter, Black Bear Guai will pose a challenge to most players.After defeating his first form during your fight with the Black Wind King, you’ll need to chase him up to the summit of Black Wind Mountain to encounter him again.Get ready for a tougher fight and a few new attacks from the final boss of Chapter One.
Black Myth: Wukong is a new, somewhatsoulslike RPG inspiredby the Chinese myth of Sun Wukong, the main character of the 16th-century novel “A Journey to the West.” In both the novel and the game, Wukong is a martial artist and hero of incredible skill, and in the game is tasked with retrieving lost relics.Black Bear Guai is one of many adversaries that stand in your way in this task, and defeating him will take more than just luck.
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How To Prepare For Black Bear Guai
Unlock Fire Resistance & New Armor Crafting
After defeating the Black Wind King, you’ll be able to complete some other stuff before heading up the mountain to defeat him in his final form as Black Bear Guai.One important quest to check off your list is the “Three Bells” secret quest in the same area.To do this, ring all three bronze bells found around Chapter One:
1
Outside the Forest, Forest of Wolves
This bell can be found right outside the shrine where youfight the Wandering Wight, another secret boss from Chapter One. Defeat Chief Guangzhi first, then ring the bell in his arena.
2
Snake Trail, Bamboo Grove
After the boss fights with Yaoguai Chief Guangmou, they head up the steps instead of following the path of the cave. You’ll see the bell on the path up the steps.
3
Marsh of the White Mist, Bamboo Grove
Soon after defeating Guangmou, you’ll face yet another boss, theWhiteclad Noble. After defeating him, follow the main path until you find and ring the last bell.
After ringing each one, you’ll unlock a secret boss fight. For more visual guides on the bells' locations, check outConCon’s video on YouTube. You’ll be teleported back to the past, facing Elder Jinchi, a Yaoguai King.Defeat him here, and he’ll drop the Fireproof Mantle, which nullifies fire damage when activated.This is super helpful, as Black Bear Guai is a fire-wielding, ursine foe.
How To Defeat Black Bear Guai: Phase One
Prepare To Fight A Big Bear
Though Black Bear Guai is the Black Wind King’s final form, their fighting styles are a bit different, so there are a few things you need to watch out for.He can still cloud step, although you can now do it as well.Use this to stay at a safe range from him until you’re ready to attack.
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 mana.
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 slams.
If Black Bear Guai ends a combo with one of these leaping attacks, you should have enough time for a focused heavy attack, which will stun him and give you even more time to get hits in.
Other than the leaping attack, Phase One of this fight will see him mostly just swiping at you with his claws like any other bear would. He’ll sometimes throw a stomp in there, but no matter his attack pattern,your only real window for attack is between his combos.His hits come so quickly that attacking while he’s in a combo will almost always result in an interruption rather than good damage for you, so waiting between combos might be the safer and more consistent choice.
How To Defeat Black Bear Guai: Phase Two
More Mist-Charging And Some Fire Damage
At about half health, Black Bear Guai will shift into his second phase, marked by the flames going up and down his arms.Most of his attacks will stay the same, except now they will also cause fire damage buildup and burn you. If you completed the “Three Bells” quest as above and defeated Elder Jinchi, this is when you should activate the Fireproof Mantle to avoid all this extra damage.
The effects of the Mantle don’t last forever, but they should last long enough to get some good hits before you return to a more defensive playstyle. One other thing to watch out for is an attack you’ll remember from your fight against the Black Wind King. This attack,where he turns to mist and charges you, can only be dodged.That is, unless you Immobilize him.
If you still have mana left at this point in the fight, and you can time the spell right,casting Immobilize while Black Bear Guai is in the mist form will actually interrupt the attack.He’ll be stunned just long enough for you to get a couple of good hits before he starts attacking again. As long as you have the mana, this trick will make Phase Two easier.
All Rewards For Beating Black Bear Guai
The Normal Rewards & Your First Relic
Following this advice, you should see yourself beating Black Bear Guai with relatively little difficulty. After watching the cutscene that plays, you’ll get a few rewards for his defeat:
Along with these rewards, you’ll also get the choice of your first Relic, Craving Eyes. It will provide one of three buffs:
Increases Focus gained from consecutive light attacks.
Eagle Eye
Massively reduces cooldown for Cloud Step after landing a critical hit in that form.
Keen Insight
Considerably increases critical hit damage.
No matter what effect you pick, this upgrade will make future fights inBlack Myth: Wukonga bit easier. You’ve now beaten Chapter One of the game and can move on to Chapter Two. The next chapter of this atmospheric RPG sees youunlocking medicine crafting, new NPCs, and awesome new boss fights.
The studio behind Black Myth: Wukong, Game Science, has previously been accused of fostering a toxic environment for its workers. The 2023 allegations include sexualized comments against women, misogyny, fatphobia, and more. More details can be foundhere.
