Wukong’s latest patch makes one final boss much easier

When you hit a wall, Black Myth: Wukong due to the endless annoyance of Captain Wise-Voice, the latest patch is here to save you. On top of a bunch of general fixes for the action RPG for both computer and PlayStation 5 players, the recently released patch1.08.14860 gives the Yaoguai King a nerf.

The patch, which released on August 29, will take up roughly 1.6GB of space on your storage, which isn’t a lot considering the game already takes up 130GB on PC and 104GB on PS5. Among other quality of life updates, the latest patch’s unique balance fix targets boss Captain Wise-Voice, a required enemy you’ll have to defeat in Chapter 3 of the game. As a boss who’s not only extremely resistant to damage, but also one who can pack some big hits himself with a plethora of surprising attack patterns, Captain Wise-Voice is no wimp. While the patch notes don’t detail exactly what changes have been made, they do explain that the boss’s stats have been “slightly reduced,” hopefully giving you a better chance of finally progressing.

Less exciting, but just as crucial, are the numerous crash fixes that the new patch brings with it. Black Myth: Wukong. That includes preventing crashes with AMD’s Fidelity FX Super Resolution, and enabling NVIDIA Full Ray Tracing in certain areas of the Webbed Hollow area. The full list of notes also includes smaller patches for minor bugs in the game, such as characters freezing or getting stuck in walls.

Here are the full patch notes:

• Fixed an issue where enabling FSR could cause crashes for some players during startup or the prologue.
• Fixed a crash issue in certain parts of Webbed Hollow when NVIDIA Full Ray Tracing is enabled.
• Fixed an issue where hair would stretch abnormally.
• The hair effects for Yaoguai King “Lingxuzi” have been optimized.
• Fixed an issue where certain enemies could get stuck in specific situations.
• Yaoguai King “Captain Wise-Voice” has its stats slightly lowered.
• Fixed an issue where Lesser Yaoguai “Lantern Warden”’s attack in Pagoda Realm could push players into walls.
• Fixed an issue where the Destined One could get stuck performing “Whirling Thrusts in Thurst Stance” and become unresponsive.
• Fixed an issue where the Destined One in the sixth chapter would not be able to change poses properly.
• Fixed an issue where the Destined One could encounter stat errors in certain situations.
• Fixed an issue where the icon for the mission involving Yaoguai Chief “Daoist Mi” would still appear in the travel menu after the mission could not be completed.
• Fixed an issue where the progress display for collecting portraits in journals was incorrect.
• Some text errors in Chinese have been fixed.
• Translations for Portraits added in several languages ​​and existing translations optimized.
• Translations for song titles and lyrics added to the music library in several languages. Display errors in English lyrics have been corrected.
• Optimized translations for Talents, Equipment and Inventory in several languages ​​and fixed some textual errors.
• The layout of subtitles in different languages ​​has been improved.

• The translation of loading screen tips into different languages ​​has been optimized.

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