While it’s expected to be able to customise your character skills,weapons, or armorin a game likeBlack Myth: Wukong, the game takes it a step further and gives you complete control over the minutia of how you heal The Destined One.
As well as being able to change the gourd which he is drinking out of, or adding different soaks for various passive buffs, you’re able to also change the entire drink that fills the gourd for different effects as well. While getting this level of control is impressive, the usefulness of these drinks varies, so which should you use, and which should you switch out when you get the chance?
7Lambbrew
Lambbrewis usually thefirst drink that you’ll unlockto replace the default brew and, at the time of getting it, this drink will likely be the optimal option. While theinitial 20 percent healyou’ll get from the gourd will be a downgrade, you then geta bonus 25 percent added afterwards, giving it an impressive 45 percent recovery.
The main drawback of this is that itonly has one slot for soaks, and with how useful soaks can be later in the game, you’ll want to be able to equip more than one at a time.
The unique method of drawn-out healing, while occasionally useful, sometimes slows down your recovery too much to be helpful inmore aggressive boss fights.
6Bluebridge Romance
Beingmobile and agile during combatis one of the main advantages The Destined One has against his foes, who usually tend to be a bit slower in their movements (with some clear exclusions proving a challenge), butimproving his speed is always worth doingif possible.
This is whyBluebridge Romanceis worth trying out, since withevery sip you’ll get bonus movement speed. As well as this, the36 percent healingis better than some of the competition, andthree slots for soaksis pretty impressive as well.
5Sunset Of The Nine Skies
While the focus during combat is often onspells and transformations,since they are more showy, some other methods of making The Destined One more powerful areSpirit attacks as well as Vessels. Your ability to use these depends on yourQi level,which is whereSunset of the Nine Skiescomes in.
You can build up your Qi using more passive methods, but if youfind yourself not having access to Qi as often as you’d like, try equipping Sunset of the Nine Skies as your active drink, sinceit will increase your Qi recoveryas well offer a useful35 percent healing and three slots for soaks.
4Worryfree Brew
While you’re able to play it safe in Black Myth: Wukong with your build and get some pretty straightforward buffs throughout the adventure, there are some options that play more onrisk vs rewardthat areworth trying.
For example, theWorryfree Brewonly offers 24 percent healing in most situations, which is much lower than almost every other option, butif you’re at critical health, you’ll heal a lot more. It’s a risk, but it can beenough to save your lifein a situation you’d otherwise never recover from.
If you save your healing for when you really need it, you’ll be able to make your gourd last longer, but this is a massive risk against foes who can take you out in only a few hits.
3Loong Balm
In the later areas of Black Myth: Wukong, you’ll quickly realise that the most effective way to take down your foes is bymaximizing your damage potential,so you’re able to take down your foes with fewer hits, and they get less of a chance to damage you.
One of the best drinks to help increase your damage is theLoong Balm, whichincreases the damage of your next attack after each sip. If used strategically, this can be a massive boon, but ensure to take into account theslightly lower 30 percent healing. To offset this thefour slots for soaksare impressive.
2Jade Essence
The later you get into Black Myth: Wukong, the more you’ll realise thatmana can run out incredibly quickly,especially if you are building The Destined One to rely upon his spells to deal big damage and stay alive.
There are limited avenues for recovering mana and this is even harder when you’re in the middle of combat, so usingJade Essenceis perfect if you rely on mana, since on top of it’stwo slots for soaks and 36 percent healing, you also getmana recovery with each sip.
118-Year-Old Coconut Wine
While it is not available for all the drinks in the game, there are some drinks that you canupgrade based on collecting different materialsthroughout the game. This means that you will be able to make certain drinkslast a lot longerinstead of being replaced as you get later into the game.
The best example of this is the first drink you get in the game,18-Year-Old Coconut Wine,whichonce upgraded enough, can offer a staggering 46 percent healingon top of its standardtwo slots for soaks.
While only two soaks might be limiting later in the game, having access to46 percent healingis massively useful when some of the tougher enemies can trap you in combos that will often leave you at death’s door if you aren’t careful.
