Welcome to the Black Myth Wukong armor guide. This guide will walk through how to unlock all armor pieces in the base game at launch needed for the Mantled with Might achievement or trophy.
The Mantled with Might achievement/trophy requires you to collect or craft all armor pieces. These include: 18 headgear, 19 body, 20 arms, and 17 leg pieces. This guide lists the pieces based on the order they show-up in the gear menus. It does not include the extra gear from the Deluxe Edition.
Refer to the Black Myth Wukong Achievements & Trophies Guide and the Black Myth Wukong Collectibles Guide for a detailed walkthrough.
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Headgear Armor
Golden Feng-Tail Crown
Defense: 60
Max Mana: 30
Unlock: Defeat the Feng-Tail General in chapter 6.
Bull King’s Mask
Defense: 80
Effect: Grants moderate Focus upon taking damage; if the Destined One is under the effect of Tenacity, grants more Focus.
Unlock: Defeat Bishui Golden-Eyed Beast in Bishui Cave during chapter 5.
Yaksha Mask of Outrage
Defense: 47
Effect: Significantly increases Attack when Health is low.
Unlock: Defeat Yaksha King at the end of chapter 5.
Iron Horned Helm
Defense: 32
Unlock: Defeat Yin Tiger in Zodiac Village after completing Chen Loong’s quest in chapter 3.
Centipede Hat of Transcendence
Defense: 43
Unlock: Defeat Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master at the end of chapter 4.
Non-Pure Broken Mask
Defense: 40
Unlock: Defeat Zhu Bajie in chapter 4.
Golden Mask of Fury
Defense: 36
Effect: Upon successful hits from Spirit skills, grants massive Focus upon reverting.
Unlock: Defeat Yellowbrow at the end of chapter 3.
Monastic Insect Hat
Defense: 22
Unlock: Defeat Fuban in Kingdom of Sahali during chapter 2.
Galeguard Beast Mask
Defense: 18
Unlock: Defeat Stone Vanguard in chapter 2.
Bronze Monkey Mask
Defense: 16
Burn Resistance: 3
Unlock: Defeat Elder Jinchi in Ancient Guanyin Temple during chapter 1.
Pilgrim’s Headband
Defense: 8
Effect: Allows using the gourd while Sprinting.
Unlock: Activate the Guanyin Temple shrine in chapter 1.
Earth Spirit Cap
Defense: 26
Poison Resistance: 15
Effect: Slowly loses Health, but massively increases Health recovery when Using Gourd.
Unlock: Defeat Nine-Capped Linzhi Guai by pulling mushrooms next to the Ashen Pass III shrine in chapter 5.
Skull of Turtle Treasure
Defense: 30
Effect: Moderately increases the chance of obtaining materials upon killing an enemy.
Unlock: (Chapter 3 – Longevity Road) Random drop from the large enemy near the wine worm. This helps boost enemy drop rates.
Locust Antennae Mask
Defense: 24
Effect: Considerably increases power of all Jump Attacks.
Unlock: (Chapter 4 – Webbed Hollow) Random drop from defeating Grasshopper Guai (insect with 2 swords) throughout the chapter.
See No Evil
Defense: 25
Effect: More easily triggers Perfect Dodge.
Unlock: (Chapter 3 – New Thunderclap Temple) Random drop from the red-robed monks.
Snout Mask
Defense: 17
Effect: For a short duration after using the gourd, moderately increases Attack; refraining from Using Gourd for a relatively long duration moderately reduces Attack on the contrary.
Unlock: Defeat Yellow-Robed Squire by completing the drunk boar questline in chapter 2.
Grey Wolf Mask
Defense: 10
Effect: Inflicts considerably more Damage Bonus on enemies at critical Health.
Unlock: Dropped by Lingxuzi in chapter 1.
Golden Feng-Tail Crown
Defense: 20
Effect: Each new Great Sage’s Talent awakened increases the Defense of this armor set. This scales with each NG+.
Unlock: From the Verdant Path shrine in chapter 6, hop on the cloud turn left and fly to a large forested area above the path you took at the start of the chapter. Open the gold chest for a scaling armor set that gets stronger the more times you complete the game. If you miss this, it will extend how long you need to play in New Game+.
Body Armor
Gold Suozi Armor
Defense: 120
Max Health: 30
Unlock: Defeat Gold Armored Rhino in chapter 6.
Bull King’s Shan Wen Armor
Defense: 160
Unlock: Defeat Bishui Golden-Eyed Beast in Bishui Cave during chapter 5.
Non-Pure Armor of Coiling Loong
Defense: 79
Unlock: Defeat Zhu Bajie in chapter 4.
Centipede Qiang-Jin Armor
Defense: 86
Effect: For a short duration after defeating an enemy, moderately increases Attack.
Unlock: Defeat Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master at the end of chapter 4.
Venomous Sting Insect Armor
Defense: 72
Poison Resistance: 7
Effect: Considerably increase Damage dealt by all Poison-inflicting attacks.
Unlock: Defeat Fuban in Kingdom of Sahali during chapter 2.
Embroidered Shirt of Outrage
Defense: 94
Burn Resistance: 5
Unlock: Defeat Yaksha King at the end of chapter 5.
Iron-Tough Armor
Defense: 65
Unlock: Defeat Yin Tiger in Zodiac Village after completing Chen Loong’s quest in chapter 3.
Golden Embroidered Shirt
Defense:
Unlock: Defeat Yellowbrow at the end of chapter 3.
Yin-Yang Daoist Robe
Defense: 36
Effect: When Health is above half, the Destined One is in Yang state, which moderately reduces damage taken, but disables Critical Hits; when Health is below half, the Destined One shifts to Yin state, which massively increases Critical Hit Chance but massively increases damage taken.
Unlock: Defeat Keeper of Flaming Mountains in chapter 5.
Loongscale Battlerobe
Defense: 53
Effect: Vengeful Mirage will inflict Thunder Bane.
Unlock: Defeat Kang-Jin Star in chapter 3.
Ochre Battlerobe
Defense: 48
Unlock: Defeat Yellow Wind Sage at the end of chapter 2.
Galeguard Beastmaw Armor
Defense: 35
Shock Resistance: 4
Unlock: Defeat Stone Vanguard in chapter 2.
Ebongold Silk Robe
Defense: 31
Unlock: Defeat Black Bear Guai at the end of chapter 1.
Bronze Brocade Battlerobe
Defense: 29
Unlock: Defeat Elder Jinchi in Ancient Guanyin Temple during chapter 1.
Serpentscale Battlerobe
Defense: 8
Effect: When Health is low, slowly recovers a small amount of Health; if in water, the effect is enhanced.
Unlock: Defeat the Whiteclad Noble in chapter 1.
Pilgrim’s Garb
Defense: 16
Unlock: Activate the Guanyin Temple shrine in chapter 1.
Ginseng Cape
Defense: 14
Chill Resistance: 8
Effect: For a short duration after using the gourd, moderately increases Maximum Stamina.
Unlock: Defeat Old Ginseng Guai near the Towers of Karma shrine by pulling the plants just after the shrine in chapter 3.
Gold Suozi Armor
Defense: 40
Effect: Each new Great Sage’s Talent awakened increases the Defense of this armor set. This scales with each NG+.
Unlock: From the Verdant Path shrine in chapter 6, hop on the cloud turn left and fly to a large forested area above the path you took at the start of the chapter. Open the gold chest for a scaling armor set that gets stronger the more times you complete the game. If you miss this, it will extend how long you need to play in New Game+.
Tiger Hide Loincloth
Defense: 5
Unlock: Starting armor.
Arms Armor
Dian-Cui Loong-Soaring Bracers
Defense: 48
Critical Hit Chance: 4%
Unlock: Defeat Emerald-Armed Mantis in chapter 6.
Bull King’s Bracers
Defense: 64
Chill Resistance: 4
Burn Resistance: 4
Unlock: Defeat Bishui Golden-Eyed Beast in Bishui Cave during chapter 5.
Yaksha Bracers of Outrage
Defense: 37
Burn Resistance: 5
Unlock: Defeat Yaksha King at the end of chapter 5.
Iron-Tough Gauntlets
Defense: 26
Effect: After a successful Deflection with Rock Solid, significantly increases Damage executed by the next attack within a brief moment.
Unlock: Defeat Yin Tiger in Zodiac Village after completing Chen Loong’s quest in chapter 3.
Centipede Spiked Armguard
Defense: 35
Poison Resistance: 5
Unlock: Defeat Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master at the end of chapter 4.
Non-Pure Gauntlets
Defense: 32
Poison Resistance: 4
Unlock: Defeat Zhu Bajie in chapter 4.
Golden Armguard
Defense: 29
Chill Resistance: 5
Unlock: Defeat Yellowbrow at the end of chapter 3.
Venomous Armguard
Defense: 30
Critical Hit Chance: 3%
Effect: Upon landing a Critical Hit, inflicts the enemy with Poison Bane.
Unlock: Dropped by the Venom Daoist boss in chapter 4 ONLY IF you cut off 4 of his arms during the first fight. This is the only armor piece that requires a full replay if done wrong.
Vajra Armguard
Defense: 20
Effect: Moderately reduces Cooldown of all Mysticism Spells.
Unlock: (Chapter 3 – New Thunderclap Temple) Random drop from the 4-legged enemies.
Insect Spike Bracers
Defense: 18
Unlock: Defeat Fuban in Kingdom of Sahali during chapter 2.
Loongscale Armguard
Defense: 21
Shock Resistance: 5
Unlock: Defeat Kang-Jin Star in chapter 3.
Ochre Armguard
Defense: 19
Chill Resistance: 4
Effect: Upon consuming a Focus Point, moderately increases Critical Hit Chance for a short duration.
Unlock: Defeat Yellow Wind Sage at the end of chapter 2.
Galeguard Bracers
Defense: 14
Unlock: Defeat Stone Vanguard in chapter 2.
Ebongold Armguard
Defense: 13
Burn Resistance: 4
Unlock: Defeat Black Bear Guai at the end of chapter 1.
Bronze Armguard
Defense: 12
Burn Resistance: 4
Effect: Performing Light Attack following Evanescence directly triggers the Finisher of Light Attack Combo.
Unlock: Defeat Elder Jinchi in Ancient Guanyin Temple during chapter 1.
Serpentscale Bracers
Defense: 7
Poison Resistance: 3
Unlock: Defeat the Whiteclad Noble in chapter 1.
Pilgrim’s Wristguards
Defense: 6
Unlock: Activate the Guanyin Temple shrine in chapter 1.
Guanyin’s Prayer Beads
Defense: 10
Effect: After absorbing the lingering will, moderately increase Maximum Health and Mana for a long duration.
Unlock: Found in a chest to the right of the Ancient Guanyin Temple – Grand Chamber shrine in chapter 1.
Dian-Cui Loong-Soaring Bracers
Defense: 16
Effect: Each new Great Sage’s Talent awakened increases the Defense of this armor set. This scales with each NG+.
Unlock: From the Verdant Path shrine in chapter 6, hop on the cloud turn left and fly to a large forested area above the path you took at the start of the chapter. Open the gold chest for a scaling armor set that gets stronger the more times you complete the game. If you miss this, it will extend how long you need to play in New Game+.
Cotton Wristwraps
Defense: 2
Unlock: Starting armor.
Legs Armor
Lotus Silk Cloudtreaders
Defense: 72
Maximum Stamina: 30
Unlock: Defeat Cloudtreading Deer in chapter 6.
Bull King’s Greaves
Defense: 96
Chill Resistance: 4
Burn Resistance: 4
Unlock: Defeat Bishui Golden-Eyed Beast in Bishui Cave during chapter 5.
Yaksha Greaves of Outrage
Defense: 56
Unlock: Defeat Yaksha King at the end of chapter 5.
Iron-Tough Greaves
Defense: 39
Unlock: Defeat Yin Tiger in Zodiac Village after completing Chen Loong’s quest in chapter 3.
Centipede Gaiters of Transcendence
Defense: 52
Poison Resistance: 4
Unlock: Defeat Hundred-Eyed Daoist Master at the end of chapter 4.
Non-Pure Greaves
Defense: 48
Poison Resistance: 4
Unlock: Defeat Zhu Bajie in chapter 4.
Golden Greaves
Defense: 43
Chill Resistance: 4
Unlock: Defeat Yellowbrow at the end of chapter 3.
Insect Spike Gaiters
Defense: 23
Unlock: Defeat Fuban in Kingdom of Sahali during chapter 2.
Loongscale Greaves
Defense: 32
Shock Resistance: 3
Unlock: Defeat Kang-Jin Star in chapter 3.
Ochre Greaves
Defense: 43
Chill Resistance: 3
Unlock: Defeat Yellow Wind Sage at the end of chapter 2.
Galeguard Greaves
Defense: 21
Effect: Performing 3 consecutive Perfect Dodges within a brief moment recovers a moderate amount of Mana.
Unlock: Defeat Stone Vanguard in chapter 2.
Ebongold Gaiters
Defense: 19
Effect: After a moment in Cloud Step, considerably increases Unveiling Strike Damage.
Unlock: Defeat Black Bear Guai at the end of chapter 1.
Bronze Buskins
Defense: 17
Unlock: Defeat Elder Jinchi in Ancient Guanyin Temple during chapter 1.
Serpentscale Gaiters
Defense: 11
Poison Resistance: 2
Unlock: Defeat the Whiteclad Noble in chapter 1.
Pilgrim’s Legwraps
Defense: 10
Unlock: Activate the Guanyin Temple shrine in chapter 1.
Lotus Silk Cloudtreaders
Defense: 24
Effect: Each new Great Sage’s Talent awakened increases the Defense of this armor set. This scales with each NG+.
Unlock: From the Verdant Path shrine in chapter 6, hop on the cloud turn left and fly to a large forested area above the path you took at the start of the chapter. Open the gold chest for a scaling armor set that gets stronger the more times you complete the game. If you miss this, it will extend how long you need to play in New Game+.
Cotton Legwraps
Defense: 3
Unlock: Starting armor.
That’s it for the Black Myth Wukong Venomous Armguards guide. Please post any questions or comments below. Thanks.