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Four secret Yaoguai King bosses can be found inBlack Myth: Wukong, including Black Loong, a terrifying boar warrior who can be a tough opponent to beat. Wielding two maces imbued with lightning, Black Loong is a huge challenge compared to some of the main story bosses. However, you need a special item to access this fight at all as you explore Chapter 2.
Reaching Black Loong will take some backtracking through areas you’ve likely explored already. Don’t be afraid to craft some armor or astronger staff inBlack Myth: Wukongusing materials found in later Chapters. You’ll need all the spells, spirits, and curios you may find to stand a chance against this secret boss once you unlock the path to it.
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Where To Find Black Loong
Unlock A Hidden Path With A Special Item
The entrance to Black Loong’s boss arenanear the Rockrest Flat Keeper Shrine, a fast travel point discovered in Chapter 2. Located within the Fright Cliff region, this area has a cascading waterfall of sand up a flight of stone steps that blocks the path to Black Loong. You have to defeat another boss found within this story Chapter to unlock the way forward.
After taking down the King of Flowing Sand boss,go to the Valley of Despairand challenge the First Prince of Flowing Sands boss in a cave near the Keeper Shrine in this area.Do not take out the boss' ally too fastsince you need this enemy to do something for you. You have tobait the boss into striking the cave wallwith lots of carved designs to create a crack leading toward a hidden cave.
If you have already beaten the Prince of Flowing Sands boss, you may unlock the secret cave using the spirit skill of theWandering Wight boss from Chapter 1inBlack Myth: Wukong.
Inside the cave, you can find a hidden chest containing the Loong Scales, a secret item used to unlock various Yaoguai King boss fights. This includes Black Loong, so go back to the sand waterfall from earlier and examine it with the Scales to reveal a hidden path. The moment you go through a door past the sands, a short cutscene will play where you challenge Black Loong in a small arena.
How To Prepare For Black Loong
Be Ready For Lightning Attacks And Shock
Like some other Loong bosses, Black Loonguses lightning attacks that inflict Shock statusagainst you. The Shock conditioncauses you to take more damage from attacks, so you never want to be affected by this if you can help it.
You’ll want toupgrade your Gourd inBlack Myth: Wukongto have ways to cure Shock if Black Loong inflicts it on you. The drinks and soaks you apply to your Gourd can be adjusted to heal status conditions, but sometimes at the sacrifice of less overall health restoration. Alternatively, you can also use Shock Quelling Powder to eliminate Shock if it ever gets applied.
Shock Quelling Powder can be bought at the Bitter Lake Precept Corridor shop for 180 Will each, so if you have the currency to spend, pick up a few of these alleviating medicines.
Try totake down optional bossesfor extra Will and spirit transformations that may be useful for the Black Loong fight. Turning into a former foe allows you to protect your regular health, as taking damage in a transformation just reduces how long your shape-shifting lasts. The Will you gain can be used to craft better equipment to boost your total defense or attacking power needed to rival Black Loong’s.
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Talking to the NPC Xu Dog will allow you tocraft medicines inBlack Myth: Wukongthat could also help prepare you for the boss. For example, Celestial Medicines crafted using Mind Cores help give you permanent character buffs, which could include an eternal increase in your Shock resistance.
How To Defeat Black Loong
Dodge AoE Attacks At All Times
Despite the physically intimidating presence of Black Loong, the real danger comes from thebursts of AoE lightning created by the boss' two maces. Imbued with thunder, these maces often strike the ground and create huge rings of elemental damage that travel from the boss. These rings disperse across the entire boss arena and can be challenging to avoid unless you manage toprecisely dodge each attack.
As you may see in the above video by YouTube creatorPowerPyx, you want tostay aggressivethroughout this fight. Black Loong doesn’t have much health, but its attacks deal a ton of damage if they hit you directly. Try tosummon clones or spirit alliesto help raise the damage or stun you can build quickly as you fight.
How To Counter
Hammer Strike
Black Loong slams one of its maces into the ground, creating a ring of lightning that travels in a ring across the arena.
Get behind the boss to avoid the strike with a dodge. Then, dodge the ring of electricity as it gets close to you.
Lightning War Cry
Raising its arms, Black Loong clashes its maces together three times, creating a large AoE of lighting each time its weapons hit each other.
The AoE from each time the maces hit each other only occurs in front of the boss, so get behind it to avoid this attack.
Electric War Drums
Black Loong gathers electricity in a roar before drumming its hammers into the ground six to seven times. Each time, it creates a large AoE ring of lightning that travels across the entire arena.
Jump onto one of the rocks in the arena to get above this attack, then strike back as the boss recovers.
You can hold the heavy attack input during the Pillarstance inBlack Myth: Wukongto balance on your staff above the arena, which will avoid any ring of lightning created by Black Loong’s attacks.
The boss will use its Electric War Drums attack twice, once when it loses around 33% of its health and again when it loses about 66%. This move is perhaps the deadliest in Black Loong’s arsenal, as each ring it creates is close to one another and extremely hard to dodge in sequence. Black Loong will perform a final, larger slam after this attack, so be ready to dodge with a slightly delayed timing.
Rewards For Defeating Black Loong
Collect A Special Curio For Your Efforts
Eventually, you can find a way to take down Black Loong to claim these incredibly rare rewards:
The Tridacna Pendant is a powerful curio in the game thatslightly reduces the cooldown on all your spells. This should allow you to cast Immobilize and other powerful magic more often, which will be a huge help against other secret Yaoguai King bosses. Feel free to spend the Will and Mind Core you get on powerful upgrades that reflect your growth after you manage to beat Black Loong inBlack Myth: Wukong.
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