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There are many damage types when facing enemies in the action RPGBlack Myth: Wukong, such as Poison, which can feel overwhelming to deal with, especially in Chapter 1. When you first receive this status effect, it may not be immediately clear how to cure it and negate its effects. This can be extremely frustrating, especially in the middle of combat, as your health deteriorates.
[Warning: The following article contains spoilers for Black Myth: Wukong.]
While players may attempt many things, including using up their Goards, knowing how to cure yourself of this damage-over-time condition is crucial to your survival throughout Chapter 1 as The Destined One. This becomes more important as you progress through the game and enter the next realm, where the surrounding threats and enemies become even more formidable.
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What Is Poison In Black Myth: Wukong
Damage Status Effect
Players first confront the Poison status effect as they progress through Chapter 1, specifically when facing theSnake Patroller and Skeletal Snake Lesser Yaoguais. These enemies roam in Bamboo Grove, particularly in Snake Trail, leading up to theboss battle inBlack Myth: Wukongagainst Guangmou.
When struck and attacked by these enemies, a green mist will instantly surround your body. Furthermore,your HP will begin to decline at a fairly quick rate, as indicated by the small green icon below, which shows that you are in a Poisoned state. You will also see a separate bar aside from your HP pool, showcasing your Poison intake, which will increase as your health goes down.
During the boss fight against Guangmao, a Yaoguai Chief, he summons many snakes into the battle arena, and they all release clouds of poison toward you. ensure to roll and dodge out of the way of these to avoid the same Poisoned state.
While you can take a sip from your Gourd to bring your HP back up, your health will continue to decline while in the Poisoned state until you inevitably perish unless you mitigate the effects. While thestatus effect is temporary, you will likely use up all your Gourds to prevent your imminent death before the effects fully wear off, which will leave you extremely vulnerable in combat.
This isn’t ideal if you’re surrounded by many enemies who deal the same damage. Resting at a Keeper’s Shrine isn’t necessarily the right answer either, as while it will heal you of all ailments, it will simply reset your surroundings, including those same enemies, until it happens again.
As you progress into Chapter 2, you will come across manymore types of Yaoguais who deal the same Poison-based damage, so knowing how to get rid of the effects is integral to surviving and progressing inBlack Myth: Wukong.
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How To Cure Poison In Black Myth: Wukong
Drink Consumable Items
As of writing, there is only one known way to cure Poison inBlack Myth: Wukongand that is byusing an uncommon Alleviating Medicine named Antimiasma Powder. This consumable, upon use, instantly removed the Poisoned state and significantly increased Poison Resistance for a short duration.
Not only is this the best way to cure Poison, but it means that if you’re in combat against Poison-inducing foes, it willgive you better resistance against it, allowing you to be more effective at surviving in combat.
To use it, go to the main menu inBlack Myth: Wukongand navigate to the’Inventory’tab at the top of your screen.Under’Items', click the consumable you wish to consume, in this case, Antimiasma Powder, and then click’Confirm', allowing it to take immediate effect.
You can do this whenever necessary, even in the middle of combat. As soon as you enter the main menu, yourgameplay inBlack Myth: Wukongwill pause, allowing you to consume items and Medicine to save your life when a fight isn’t quite going your way.
How To Craft Antimiasma Powder
As these are one-time consumable items, which don’t replenish as your Gourds do after resting at a Shrine, you will have tocraft more of these consumablesto get more use out of them. To do so, find your nearest Keeper’s Shrine and rest. This will also eliminate the Poisoned state, allowing your HP and Gourds to replenish while your surroundings reset.
In the Keeper’s Shrine menu, select the’Make Medicines’option, which will bring you to a list of all available Medicines you possess that you’re able to craft. To craft Antiasma Powder inBlack Myth: Wukong, you willrequire several ingredients; x1 Tree Pearl, and x1 Jade Lotus.
Crafting materials and items can be found scattered all over the realms ofBlack Myth: Wukong, so always pick up anything you can interact with in nature.
Alternatively, if you don’t have the crafting materials, you can buy Antiasma Powder in thein-game shop using the Keeper’s Shrine. You can even buy the Jade Lotus crafting material here if you can’t find any elsewhere, which costs 90 Will.
In the Shrine’s menu, select’Store > Buy’to see all available items that you can purchase, includingAntiasma Powder, which costs 180 Will. The Shrine’s Store holds up to 6 of these consumable items, so use them wisely and save them for crucial moments.
Use Soaks For Your Goard
To gain better Poison Resistance, aside from utilizing Medicine to heal the effects, you can also use a Soak for your Gourd. Soaks are described as rare treasures you can put into your Gourd, giving them special features aside from simply healing your HP during combat. By selecting theGall Gem Soak, you can use your Goard to moderately increase your Poison Resistancefor a short duration.
You can change your Soak whenever you like inBlack Myth: Wukong, allowing you to customize which type of healing feature will fit your fighting style, depending on the enemies you are facing.
To select or change your Soak,use the Keeper’s Shrine and select’Brew,‘which will show you all the Soaks you have available. This Soak, as well as consumable items that negate Poison, is useful against many enemies in Chapter 2, allowing you to efficiently deal damage without concern about receiving too much Poison damage from certain attacks.
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