How To Beat Zhu Bajie In Black Myth Wukong

In the early stages of Black Myth Wukong, it seems rather unlikely that you’ll ever meet a companion on your travels that will serve as anything more than a merchant to you, let alone a friend.

However, as players reach chapter three, you soon encounter Zhu Bajie, who acts as a sidekick of sorts as you make your way through the rest of the game.

He’s a helpful friend to have, as they are very capable in battle, but this battle competence comes back to bite you, as they end up serving as one of the mandatory bosses you’ll need to defeat if you want to make it through Chapter Four and the Webbed Hollow.

Corrupted by the Violet Spider, Zhu Bajie is a tough fight, but one that, with this guide, you should be able to manage with little issue.

How to Prepare For Zhu Bajie

Zhu Bajie serves as good preparation for the Violet Spider fight that awaits you soon after, as this fight will place you in a sea of sludge, and as such, your movement speed and ability to dodge will be stifled repeatedly.

This means you need to be much more intentional with your dodges and carefully analyze your foe to make sure you avoid their strong melee attacks.

Here is the build that I suggest you run for this fight:

Then alongside the items listed above, we would also suggest that you equip the Bluebridge Romance Drink, as this will allow you to move a little faster through the sludge when you drink from your Gourd.

How to Beat Zhu Bajie

The fight against Zhu Bajie, at least for the first half, will play out very much like your fight against them back at the Hut of Immortality, with the only real difference being that you now have the debilitating sludge to contend with now as well.

This basically means that you’ll need to be more mindful of when you dodge, as the sludge will prevent you from running, jumping, or dodging with the usual careless abandon the game allows for.

You’ll want to take a moment to learn their melee combos and get an understanding of the tight dodge windows you have to work within.

The only real difference between this and the last encounter during the first stage is that occasionally, Zhu Bajie will perform a hurricane attack where they will embody the Tasmanian Tiger and jet across the arena.

And they will occasionally turn into a huge sludge fish and do a roll attack that can be hard to avoid. So when either of these attacks occur, getting some distance is ideal, or use Cloud Step if you have mana in excess.

During this period, you’ll want to mainly rely on heavy attacks as they are very easily staggered. So make use of your Pillar Stance to get out of the sludge and deal strong heavy blows. Plus, make use of Cloud Step and combo finishers, to keep them on the back foot for as long as possible.

Then, when you get Zhu Bajie down to 50% health the second phase will begin. In this phase, Zhu Bajie will be much more mobile as they take the form of a demonic hog and run around the arena.

This stage begins with them churning up the sludge below you, and can stagger you a few times if you don’t get out of the way. So try to avoid staring blankly at them when this stage begins.

After this, they will take off and perform a series of charging attacks. Avoid these and then rush to them as they fall to the ground, as this is a great chance to deal some damage.

Eventually, they will get to their feet again and will likely transform into the sludge fish form again. Only this time, they will be able to take flight, slam to the ground to cause shockwave attacks, and will also be able to swim under the sludge and pop up to deal sneak attacks from below.

Cloud Step is your friend here, as this will allow you to avoid all of their hard-to-predict attacks during this period.

Then lastly, Zhu Bajie will also be able to turn into a Sludge Rhino during this phase, and will create a series of Rhino clones to rush and stampede toward the player.

It’s best to step back and try to keep your eyes on as many of these Rhinos as possible, because if you lose track of one, it will likely stomp all over you.

If you take Zhu Bajie’s HP down to zero during this Rhino attack, the battle will still continue, and you will need to land one more hit after this attack ends to conclude the fight. So if they are on 0HP, just ride it out until the end, and then finish them off.

But provided you can survive the stampede, you’ll gain a window when they fall to the ground to attack them, and this should be enough to deplete their HP and end this fight for good.

Rewards For Defeating Zhu Bajie

If you manage to defeat Zhu Bajie, you will gain the following rewards for your efforts:

While the Gold Thread is appreciated as it will allow you to craft more fine armor, the standout reward is the Jade Moon Rabbit Curio.

This Curio increases damage reduction, which doesn’t seem all that special, as the Boshan Censer does a similar thing.

However, when this is equipped alongside the Gold Sun Crow , the damage reduction effect increases drastically. So it’s well worth using if you have both these items to hand.