Black Myth: Wukong

How to Beat Stone Vanguard

Black Myth Wukong - Stone Vanguard Banner.png

Stone Vanguard is a Yaoguai King boss enemy found in the Fright Cliff in Black Myth: Wukong. Read on to know more about Stone Vanguard, its location, rewards, as well as a detailed strategy on how to beat it.

Stone Vanguard Details and Location

Boss Overview

Enemy Information
Black Myth: Wukong - Stone VanguardStone Vanguard
Type Yaoguai King
Chapter Chapter 2
Location Fright Cliff, Rockrest Flat

Stone Vanguard Location

Black Myth: Wukong Interactive Map

Have Stone Vanguard and Shigandang Fight

You can kill one of the two bosses with one stone, literally. To do this, do not fight Stone Vanguard until you collected all the Buddha Eyes.

Then, head to the area where Shigandang and Stone Vanguard is, they will both appear at the same time. Keep your distance from them and watch as one battles the other. The loser will fall, sparing you a boss fight.

How to Beat Giant Shigandang

How to Beat Stone Vanguard

Stone Vanguard Strategy



Punish Its Slow Attacks

The Stone Vanguard's attacks are quite slow compared to other bosses, making them easily predictable and avoidable. You can punish the Stone Vanguard's slow attacks by attacking a few times as it winds up its attack, then roll sideways to dodge them. Just repeat this process, and you can quickly deplete the boss' HP.

Watch Out for Its Area Attack

The Stone Vanguard has a power area attack that can be annoying to deal with since it knocks you back. However, it's easily telegraphed by its animation.

It first raises its arms, then slams the ground. Afterwards, its arms glow for a short time before the ground shatters, dealing high damage and knocking you back when you get hit.

Once you see it raise its arms, get back immediately to avoid getting crushed. After avoiding this attack, you can then retaliate with attacks and spells.

Keep Your Distance and Dodge the Boulders

One of the Stone Vanguard's attacks is summoning multiple Pitstones which then leap towards you to crush you. Afterwards, the Stone Vanguard itself will leap towards you and slam the ground. You'll know when this attack is coming when the Stone Vanguard punches the ground twice quickly.

Once you see it do this animation, get far away as you can and dodge the Pitstones that leap towards you until the attack finishes.

How to Dodge

Use Immobilize and the Wandering Wight Spirit Attack

At this point in the game, you'll have the Immobilize spell and most likely the Wandering Wight spirit attack. They essentially do the same thing, stunning the target. Using those skills will make the fight easier.

Use Immobilize or the Wandering Wight spirit attack when you see an opening, which is usually after it completes its attacks, then follow up with attacks while it's stunned.

Red Tides Attacks Don't Burn It

Although you can still use the Red Tides transformation to survive longer and deal more damage, do note that the Stone Vanguard is immune to the transformation's Burn effect.

Stone Vanguard Rewards

Rewards After Defeating Stone Vanguard

Rewards Description
Sterness of Stone
Key Item
Used to unlock certain mechanisms
Black Myth Wukong - Black Myth Wukong Mind Core Icon.pngMind Core
Rare Material
Used to craft Celestial Medicines
Black Myth Wukong - Silk IconSilk
General Armor Material
Used to craft armor

Black Myth: Wukong Related Guides

Black Myth Wukong Bosses

All Bosses

Bosses by Chapter

All Bosses by Chapter
Chapter 1 Chapter 2
Chapter 3 Chapter 4
Chapter 5 Chapter 6

Other Boss Guides

Other Boss Guides
The 10 Hardest Bosses -

All Yaoguai Chiefs

List of All Yaoguai Chiefs
Bullguard Guangzhi Guangmou
Second Prince of Flowing Sands First Prince of Flowing Sands Tiger's Acolyte
Mad Tiger Mother of Stones Non-White
Captain Lotus-Vision Non-Able Ginseng Guai
Non-Pure Venom Daoist Non-Void
Apramana Bat Captain Kalpa-Wave Elder Armourworm
Nine-Capped Lingzhi Guai Feng-Tail General Earth Wolf
Supreme Inspector Emerald-Armed Mantis Jiao-Loong of Waves
Macaque Chief Gold Armored Rhino Son of Stones
Poison Chief Lang-Baw-Baw Water-Wood Beast
Cloudtreading Deer Father of Stones Baw-Lang-Lang
Monk from the Sea Lang-Li-Guhh-Lang Centipede Guai
Commander Beetle Baw-Li-Guhh-Baw Lang-Li-Guhh-Baw
Gore-Eye Daoist Fungiwoman Buddha's Right Hand
The Second Sister Brown-Iron Cart Gray-Bronze Cart
Quick as Fire, Fast as Wind Cloudy Mist, Misty Cloud Rusty-Gold Cart
Crimson-Silver Cart Flint Chief Flint Vanguard
Mother of Flamlings Top Takes Bottom, Bottom Takes Top -

All Yaoguai Kings

List of All Yaoguai Kings
Lingxuzi Captain Wise-Voice Yellow Wind Sage
Black Wind King Black Bear Guai The Red Loong
Elder Jinchi Stone Vanguard Tiger Vanguard (Crouching Tiger Temple)
Black Loong Kang-Jin Loong Kang-Jin Star
Yellowbrow Hundred-Eye Daoist Master Violet Spider
The Duskveil Fuban Yaksha King
Shigandang The Scorpionlord Giant Shigandang
Bishui Golden-Eyed Beast

All Characters

List of All Characters
Whiteclad Noble Yellow-Robed Squire Man-in-Stone
Yin Tiger Zhu Bajie Keeper of Flaming Mountains
Pale-Axe Stalwart - -

Other Mini-Bosses

List of All Other Mini-Bosses
Wandering Wight Baw-Li-Guhh-Lang -

Final Boss Guides

Final Boss Guides
Final Boss Wukong Stone Monkey The Great Sage's Broken Shell

Chapter 3 Secret Bosses

Final Boss Guides
Erlang Shen The Four Heavenly Kings Green-Capped Martialist

Author

    Walkthrough Menu

    Please participate in our
    site improvement survey 11/2024
    Would you assist in
    improving Game8's site?
    ×
    This survey will take about 1 minute.
    Your answers will help us to improve our website.
    We are listening to our users' valuable opinions and discussing how to act on them.
    The information collected through this survey will be used for the purpose of improving our services. In addition, the information will only be disclosed a part of a statistic in a format that will not allow identification of personal information.
    Begin Survey

    All rights reserved