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Best Gourds in Black Myth WukongImprove your HP recovery and buffs with the most powerful Gourds in Black Myth: Wukong
Improve your HP recovery and buffs with the most powerful Gourds in Black Myth: Wukong
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
Looking for the best Gourds in Black Myth: Wukong?These unconventional wine bottles are your best friends during the Journey to the West; not only do they recover HP, but they can activate attack buffs, provide damage reductions, increase critical rate, and more.
While most of the secondary effects come from your “drinks” and “soaks”, the Gourd itself is also important. Although you can upgrade your Gourd at the Shen Monkey’s in exchange forLuojia Fragrant Vines(increasing the Gourd’s rarity), some Gourds come with more base charges and better passive effects than others. While searching for the best Gourd, you typically want a useful effect and as many charges as possible - 10 would be ideal.
With that in mind, here’s a selection of the best Gourds inBlack Myth: Wukong.
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Supreme Gourd
This monkey’s about to receive the free Supreme Gourd upgrade. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
Perhaps the most common Gourd mistake in Black Myth: Wukong is to ignore the default “Old Gourd”, even though it’s entirely possible to finish the game with just this single Gourd. True, you only get a default five charges and no additional effects, but you can upgrade the Old Gourd with Luojia Fragrant Vines to eventually become the legendary-rarity Medicine Buddha Gourd - good for nine charges total.
To further upgrade this Gourd to the mythical Supreme Gourd, fast-travel to Rakshasa Palace in Chapter 5, follow the path to the large red guardian, and enter the building left of him - speak with the NPC inside and examine the fire pit. This willupgrade your Medicine Buddha Gourd to the Supreme Gourd- for free!
Find the fire pit in the building left of the gargantuan guardian. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
With10 charges, the Supreme Gourd has more uses than any other first-playthrough Gourd (not counting the New Game+ exclusive Qing-Tian Gourd), making it one of the best Gourds in Black Myth: Wukong.
Trailblazer’s Scarlet Gourd
Get it from the preorder bonus or the horse NPC. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
Stained Jade Gourd
Chug the wine twice as fast with the Stained Jade Gourd. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
Gourds are insanely useful, but they come with an obvious downside; drinking from your Gourd takes some time, leaving you vulnerable to damage. If that annoys you, the Stained Jade Gourd should be your potion flask of choice as itgreatly improves drinking speed.
Xiang River Goddess Gourd
The easiest legendary/mythical Gourd to obtain. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
The Xiang River Goddess Gourd offersBurn Resistanceand temporary immunity from lava-covered terrain, which is very handy in Chapter 5 especially. It also comes with a whoppingeight chargestotal, which is very high for a Gourd without upgrades.
The greatest thing about the Xiang River Goddess Gourd, however, is that it’s super easy to obtain, no upgrades or tricky side quests required. Once you’ve reached Chapter 4’s “Verdure Bridge” Shrine, walk across the algae-covered platform behind the Shrine and turn left; upon approaching the doorway, a cutscene will trigger, revealing a treasure chamber. Open the treasure chests to obtain the Gourd.
Immortal Blessing Gourd
Less health recovery, more power. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Game Science
After defeating the bosses calledBaw-Li-Guhh-BawandBuddha’s Right Hand, you can buy the Immortal Blessing Gourd from Shen Monkey’s shop - but know that it’ll cost you your largest gold piece and then some (10.800 Will, to be exact).
That concludes our picks for the best Gourds in Black Myth: Wukong. Don’t forget to collect allLuojia Fragrant Vinesto upgrade your Gourd, and be sure to collectAwaken Wine Wormsfor Drink upgrades too. While collecting resources, you might want to keep an eye out formeditation spotsas well.
