With Black Myth Wukong now out in the wild and breaking records left and right on Steam, players are finally getting to grips with its sort of soulslike gameplay, and running up against its spectacular and often tough boss fights. While Black Myth Wukong is more easy-going than FromSoftware’s games, for example, with no meaningful punishment upon death, there’s one mini-boss encountered very early in the game that’s ripping unsuspecting players to shreds. Warning! Black Myth Wukong spoilers follow: In the Outside the Forest area of the Forest of the Wolves, which you’ll get to about half an hour or so into the game, you’ll hear an odd noise coming from across the way.
It's an extremely tough and, we must stress very optional, mini-boss with a giant head. This is the Wandering Wight, which Black Myth Wukong players are already singling out as one of the toughest mini-bosses in Chapter One. Some fans have already given it various nicknames (‘Blue Bobblehead Thanos' made me laugh).
Across Discords, subreddits, and social media, Black Myth Wukong players are reporting that they have spent or are still spending hours dying to the Wandering Wight before they either emerged victorious or moved on. And here’s something I can relate to: some are saying they're too stubborn to move on until they’ve defeated the Wandering Wight, even though it’s entirely optional, encountered very early in the game, and would be a much easier fight later on once you’ve improved your .