Aside from sets of craftable weapons and armor, players can also find all sorts of curios in Black Myth: Wukong. These are varying types of trinkets that provide all sorts of buffs, and you can equip up to two (or three with an upgrade) of them at once. In this guide, we will be giving you a list all of the known curios in the game, as well as where you can find them and what they do!
All Curios Locations
Before we begin, you should know that some of these are completely optional and missable. We aren’t sure if you can backtrack to find them if you missed one, so you will just have to check yourself.
As of writing this, there are around 30 or more curios in the game. Since it is still relatively new, everybody is still on the hunt for all the secrets, so we might miss a few elusive ones if any.
With that said, we’ll try to be as thorough as possible and cover all of the ones that have been discovered so far. These will all be listed by which chapter they appear in for an easier reading experience, though some of them may require you to progress further first.
Chapter 1 Curios
- Curio #1: Cat Eye Beads – This can be acquired by defeating the Wandering Wight.
- When equipped, it will provide a small critical hit chance buff.
- Curio #2: Agate Jar – You can find this in a glowing box that’s on a table just off to the side of the arena that you fight the Black Wind King in.
- It will give you a decently high defense bonus.
- Curio #3: Back Scratcher – This is purchased from the shrine shop once you have completed the first chapter, which happens right after the Black Bear Guai boss fight.
- While worn, you will gain a significant max stamina buff.
- Curio #4: Boshan Censer – Acquired by defeating the secret Red Loong boss hidden behind a waterfall in the “Outside the Forest” area. This requires partial progress of Chapter 2 as you need the Loong Scales for this.
- This curio will grant a huge damage reduction bonus whenever you have fully depleted your gourd.
Chapter 2 Curios
- Curio #1: Glazed Reliquary – This requires you to travel to the Windrest Hamlet zone within the Yellow Wind Formation. There, you must defeat the Tiger’s Acolyte first so you can enter the cave behind him, which is where this curio is found.
- While equipped, you will recover some stamina after a perfect dodge.
- Curio #2: Tiger Tally – This is acquired by defeating the optional Tiger Vanguard boss, not to be confused with the bigger one at Crouching Tiger Temple. Refer to our guide on how to get to the Kingdom of Sahali secret area for this one.
- When worn, you will get a temporary damage boost whenever you successfully land some light attacks.
- Curio #3: Tridacna Pendant – This is dropped by the Black Loong secret boss behind the sand wall at Rockrest Flat.
- It will passively reduce the cooldown of every single spell by a small amount.
- Curio #4: Goldflora Hairpin – This will require you to complete the Man-in-Stone side quest first. After that, you can buy it for a large sum of will.
- Funnily enough, this expensive trinket will increase how much will you get from enemies.
Chapter 3 Curios
- Curio #1: Mani Bead – This curio is said to be a random drop from enemies within the Mirrormere area of the Snowhill Path. You will just have to keep killing stuff until you get it.
- This will increase your critical hit chance, but only while you are under the chilled state.
- Curio #2:Fine China Tea Bowl – Can be found in a box within the Lower Pagoda area of the Pagoda Realm. You can access this zone after defeating the Kang-Jin Loong boss.
- When equipped, it will significantlyincreaseyour stamina recovery rate.
- Curio #3: Frostsprout Twig – This is acquired after defeating the boss known as Captain Lotus-Vision in the Pagoda Realm.
- While held, this item will increase your resistance to chill.
- Curio #4: Maitreya’s Orb – It is dropped by the boss called Non-Able within the Forest of Felicity part of the Valley of Ecstasy.
- After successfully landing a certain amount of hits on an enemy, the next fatal blow will be negated. We have no information as to exactly how many hits this requires.
- Curio #5: Snow Fox Brush – This is given to you as a reward for completing the Fox questline in this chapter.
- When it is equipped, your transformations will last significantly longer.
- Curio #6: Gold Spikeplate – It is found as a drop from a certain large non-boss enemy in the Longevity Road area. You can’t miss it, as this guy is pretty dang big.
- It will grant you a huge defense boost as well as deal damage to nearby enemies whenever you are hit.
- Curio #7: Thunderstone – This can be found in the New Thunderclap Temple, inside a glowing box alongside some other offerings on a table.
- While equipped, it will give you a decent buff to your shock resistance.
Chapter 4 Curios
- Curio #1: Cuo Jin-Yin Belt Hook – This curio is found inside a chest that is near the Upper Hollow shrine.
- While worn, you will be granted bonus poison resistance.
- Curio #2: Spine in the Sack – It is said to be a drop from enemies in the Upper Hollow area. There is conflicting information about this, so just hit anything and everything around here.
- While equipped, it will increase your poison damage.
- Curio #3: Golden Carp – This is dropped by the optional Yellow Loong boss found in this chapter. This fight is connected to all the other Loong bosses in previous chapters.
- When held, it will boost the drop rate of resources from normal enemies.
- Curio #4: Jade Moon Rabbit – This is dropped by a boss within the Purifying Spring zone.
- This item grants you a small damage reduction buff. This effect is amplified when the Gold Sun Crow is also equipped.
- Curio #5: Gold Sun Crow – This is found in the secret area of this chapter, which involves having to fight the Venom Daoist boss multiple times, among other steps.
- While equipped, you will gain a small damage boost. As with the above curio, this effect is amplified if equipped alongside the Jade Moon Rabbit.
- Curio #6: Tablet of the Three Supremes – This is found close to where you fight the Commander Beetle boss.
- It will significantly increase your critical hit chance whenever your health gets low.
- Curio #7: Virtuous Bamboo Engraving – Can be acquired as a drop from defeating a certain enemy type near the shrine at the Temple Entrance.
- While held, it will give you a small might recovery rate boost.
- Curio #8: Celestial Registry Tablet – This is found in a gazebo in the same secret area where the Gold Sun Crow is found.
- This will passively increase your EXP gain from killing enemies.
Chapter 5 Curios
- Curio #1: Amber Prayer Beads – Upon beating the required Father of Stones boss, you can find this curio hidden in a small cave nearby.
- When used, it will slightly boost how fast you can build up focus points.
- Curio #2: Gold Button – This is acquired as a drop from certain enemies that can be found within the Rakshasa Palace area.
- While equipped, you will have a pretty high damage boost as long as you have full health.
- Curio #3: White Seashell Waist Chain – This is said to drop from various enemies that can be found within the Rakshasa Palace zone.
- While held, it will increase your attack by a small amount.
- Curio #4: Flame Orb – This is acquired as a drop from a secret boss known as the Rusty Gold Cart.
- It will provide you with a substantial buff to your burn resistance.
- Curio #5: Daoist’s Basket of Fire and Water – This is acquired upon completion of the secret area’s questline for this chapter.
- While it is equipped, your transformations that inflict either chill or burn will have a slightly boosted attack.
Chapter 6 Curios
There is only one known curio that can be obtained here at the moment, and it is the Celestial Birthstone Fragment. This is received as a drop from the optional Lang-Baw-Baw boss.
While equipped, it will cause you to ignore the four bane resistances of your enemies. This refers to their elemental resistances, in case you are confused about the wording used in the game.
Other Known Curios
There are a few other curios that are in the game, but we have little to no information about how to get them at the moment. If you managed to find them, feel free to let us know how you did it in the comments below! These are the following:
- Thunderflame Seal – While equipped, you will gain a significant increase to your max mana.
- Waterward Orb – It will significantly increase your defense stat while standing over water.
- Beast Buddha – Increases your critical hit damage while equipped.
- Bronze Buddha – Will slightly increase all of your resistances.
- Tiger Tendon Belt
There is also the Wind Chime curio, which will slightly increase your movement speed while it is equipped. This is something exclusive to people who purchased the Deluxe Edition of the game and can be acquired in the first chapter.
That wraps up this entire guide. Just to reiterate, as of writing this, people are still figuring out all the secrets hidden throughout the game. As such, there are a handful of curios that we have no idea where they come from, though they do exist. Maybe some will require new game plus?
