Black Myth: Wukong has all sorts of secrets hidden throughout its multiple chapters, with some requiring you to do some backtracking to previous regions. In the second chapter, there are a bunch of collectible items known as Buddha Eyeballs that you can find somewhat hidden all around the place. Here is a quick guide on how to find them, what they do, and why you should get all of them!
All Buddha Eyeballs Locations
Before we begin, keep in mind that this guide will assume that you’ve already progressed somewhat in the second chapter of the game. As such, if there are any encounters in your way that aren’t covered here, you’ll just have to take care of them first.
To start, we will be heading to the Valley of Despair shrine. This is the one that you unlock after beating the father & son duo rat bosses. I’m sure you know them by now, and if not, my only bit of advice is that I cheesed it by focusing the son (the bigger rat). That fight ends early if he goes down first.
Buddha Eyeballs #1 – Welcome to Fright Cliff
Starting from the Valley of Despair shrine, head through the bridge directly in front of it. This is marked by a large dead tree. Just continue following the path until you reach an archway, which you will then go through as well.
Watch out for the pitstone past the bridge. He’s an easy enemy to kill, so you may as well beat him down for some free EXP along the way. There is also a Spearbone blocking the archway, but he’ll go down quick with a single immobilize.
There will be a couple more enemies past this, so make short work of them and continue down the road until you reach a stone head on the ground. Approach it to claim your first set of Buddha Eyeballs!
While you are here, activate the shrine as well. This is the Squall Hideout shrine. This will come in handy for this search, but also you should be activating these anyway.
Buddha Eyeballs #2 & #3 – Fighting Through
After you get the shrine up and running, push up the road to your right. You will encounter more familiar enemies here, which you will need to clear.
Further ahead, you will notice another stone head, but across from you will be a lot of Blazebones perched up on some wooden platforms further to the right.
This will seem a bit silly at first, but trust me. Ignore the stone head for now and backtrack a bit to push through the enemies until you reach the Blazebones up top.
We’re not only clearing them out to safely claim the head below. You see, there’s also another stone head hidden right behind them! Once you have cleared out all of the nearby enemies, you can now safely claim both sets of eyes.
Buddha Eyeballs #4 – Backtracking A Bit
After you’ve claimed #2 and #3, you will now have to return to the shrine from earlier. If you have the Incense Trail Talisman assigned to a hotkey, now’s the perfect time to hit it.
This time, we’re going to head over to the left path. There will be a bunch of enemies here, including a Palestone that might catch you off guard. Just ignore them and run straight forward until you can turn left.
SIDE NOTE: There are flowers on the ground that you can gather. Do not pick it up, as this is a Ginsengling in disguise. This zone just loves having camouflaged enemies.
Once you reach the corner, simply turn left and you should be able to spot the next stone head from here. Watch out for the Poisestone guarding it, as its attacks hurt. There will also be a pair of Palestones hanging around, so be ready to brawl before approaching the head.
Buddha Eyeballs #5 – Near the Rockrest Flat Shrine
After claiming the previous set of eyes, turn around and then proceed to the other path in the cave. Just keep going forward and stick to the left. There will be another Poisestone in the way, as well as some Blazestones up top.
You can run past them or beat them. Either way, there will be another shrine (Rockrest Flat) that you can activate once you leave the cave through the right, as indicated by a shimmering trail if you haven’t claimed it yet.
Just a little to the left from the shrine, you should be able to see the fifth stone head. Rest up at the shrine if you have to, then walk on over to the head claim the eyes!
Buddha Eyeballs #6 – Back in the Cave
Finally, to get the last set of eyeballs, you will want to go back through the cave that you just exited. This time, head right to continue through the dark cave system.
You will aggro the Poisestone from earlier, along with a few more that’s blocking your path. My advice is to just ignore them and continue running through the linear path.
Once you reach a bunch of glowing blue stones, you will have to turn right and exit the cave. You will find yourself on a fairly narrow ledge, with the final stone head at the end of it.
If you ignored the Poisestones and rushed here, you will be chased down by one that is significantly stronger and has blue flames all around it. This will drop a spirit that you can add to your collection!
Also, this is how I found out that you are actually immune to damage while claiming the eyes. I highly recommend clearing nearby enemies first, though, as they might get a free hit once your animation is done.
Using the Buddha Eyeballs
To use these eyes, you will have to return to the Rockrest Flat shrine, which is where you claimed Buddha Eyeballs #5. A little past the stone head, you will see an archway leading into a suspiciously large empty arena.
Near the entrance, there will be a stone that will have a “Deliver” prompt if you approach it. Once you interact with it, you will activate a secret boss known as Shigandang.
A Little Fun Fact
If you haven’t fought the Stone Vanguard boss that can be found in this arena, you can activate Shigandang and they will fight each other. They will completely ignore you, but you should still watch out for the shockwaves that Shigandang can create.
Eventually, at around half health, Shigandang will grab the Stone Vanguard and slam him into the ground. This will instantly kill it and give you whatever drops and achievements come with it. However, you will have to fight what’s left of Shigandang.
If you die here, you can retry the fight, but without the free damage dealt by the Stone Vanguard. I learned that the hard way. As for advice on the fight itself, that is beyond the scope of this guide, so good luck!
That is pretty much everything you need to know in order to find the Buddha Eyeballs, including how you can actually make use of them.
