Black Myth: Wukong Patch 1.0.8.14860 Makes Some Crucial Fixes, and Nerfs One Boss in Particular
The Black Myth: Wukong updates are starting to kick into gear following its record-breaking launch. Today we have patch 1.0.8.14860, out across PC and PlayStation 5.
The patch, which weighs in at around 1.6GB, makes a number of fixes and adjustments, as well as a solitary balance change to one boss in particular.
Warning! Black Myth: Wukong spoilers follow.
According to the patch notes, below, update 1.0.8.14860 slightly reduces the stats of Yaoguai King "Captain Wise-Voice."
Captain Wise-Voice is a required Yaoguai King boss fight, and one of four "Captains" that you can encounter in Chapter 3. If you’re having trouble, check out IGN’s Captain Wise-Voice boss fight guide for helpful tips on how to emerge victorious from this tricky battle.
Black Myth: Wukong has sold an incredible 10 million copies in just three days, according to developer Game Science. The action RPG, which is inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West, has seen an eye-watering three million concurrent players across all platforms.
On Steam, Black Myth: Wukong broke a number of concurrent player count records. It’s the most-played single-player game of all-time on Valve’s platform, ahead of CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077, and the second most-played game of any kind on Steam, now behind only battle royale PUBG. (Sony does not make PlayStation player numbers publicly available.) Indeed, Black Myth: Wukong helped boost Steam to a new concurrents record.
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Additionally, we have identified an issue where setting the system language to Turkish on PS5 causes the game to crash on launch. Similarly, on the PC version, setting Windows system language to Turkish may lead to occasional crashes during certain boss fights.
IGN has reported on a super cool Black Myth: Wukong secret that lets you summon one boss to beat another boss while you basically do nothing, and on how one optional boss encountered very early in the game is absolutely destroying players. While you’re here, IGN has
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