Best Stuffs to Use in Black Myth: Wukong (Ranked List)

Staffs are your main type of weapon in Black Myth: Wukong. The staffs are all inspired by Sun Wukong’s famous pillar/staff in Journey to the West. Staffs range in rarity from common to epic to mythical. While the best stick in the game may not be enough to secure an easy victory, it will certainly help you on your journey.

Each stick comes with a unique effectThe linchpin to staff effectiveness. Some stuffs require crafting materials like Spider Legs, Venomous Hair or Samadhi Wind Agate. Other staffs are dropped after defeating bosses, and some others have extra stats like Defense. Regardless of how you get the stick, some tower over others in strength and unique effect.

Mythical and legendary stuffs

Not surprisingly, the best stuffs are those of the highest rarity, viz Mythical and legendary. You may not be able to carry the staffs when fighting bosses like Black Bear Guai In Black Myth: WukongBut as you progress through the game, these are the stuff to hunt down above all others.

Their unique effects, attack and other perks make them outshine all other stuffs. This list includes the Jingubang staff, Sun Wukong’s iconic weapon, as seen on ScereBro PSNU’s YouTube channel.

staff	Rarity	Attack	Unique effect	Extra perks
Jingubang staff	mythical	135	The gauge of the 4 focus points no longer depletes over time. For a short duration after casting a spell, moderately increases critical strike chance. On critical hit, slightly reduces cooldown for all spells.	Critical Hit Chance: 6%
Golden Long Stick	mythical	108	Moderately increases the damage dealt by all pillar stance moves. A Lang can be summoned to perform Thunder at the enemy in Pillar Stance heavy attacks that cost 3 or 4 focus.	N/A
Spokeshaft stick	legendary	80	Continuously gains focus for a short moment after being seen by the enemy.	N/A
Staff of Blazing Karma	legendary	100	Charged heavy attacks in Smash Stance that cost over 3 Focus Points cause a burst lava effect on the ground.	Defense: 40 Burn Resistance: 10

A-tier staffs

Legendary and Epic Staffs

A-tier staffs may not be the greatest, but they are some of the best staffs in the world Black Myth: Wukong. with Legendary or Epic RarityThe staffs provide powerful and useful bonuses. Some staffs like the Chu-Bai Spear cater to specific stances in Black Myth: Wukong While other than the Spider Celestial Staff shown in Detech Gaming’s YouTube video Have extra critical hit chance.

If you don’t like the unique effects of the S-tier stuff, you should find something good in the A-tier.

staff	Rarity	Attack	Unique effect	Extra perks
Spider Celestial Staff	legendary	85	On a successful hit with charged Heavy Attack, each focus point costs a bit of recovered health. In poisoned state, heat inflicts poison on the enemy.	Critical Chance: 12%
Visionary Centipede Staff	legendary	90	On a successful hit with charged Heavy Attack, each focus point costs a bit of recovered health. If the enemy is in a poisoned state, massively improves recovery.	Critical Hit Chance: 10%
Chu-bai spear	Epic	75	Integrate spear techniques into light attack combo and increases the damage dealt by thrust stance moves.	N/A
Chitin stick	Epic	80	On a successful hit with a hard attack, each focus point costs a bit of recovered health.	Critical Hit Chance: 5%

B-tier staffs

Epic and rare stuff

B-tier staffs range in rarity from Epic too rare And will probably accompany you on a large part of your journey. They aren’t too bad, as they all have decent damage. They can suit you well when you collect and make higher tier stuffs.

For example, Cloud-patterned stone staff’s Defense buff can help with blocking and parrying Black Myth: Wukong. The list also includes a hard-to-pick cane called the Loongwreathe cane, shown in Concon’s YouTube video.

staff	Rarity	Attack	Unique effect	Extra perks
Kang-jin staff	Epic	70	Punishing Downpour executes thunder damage to the enemy instead of area damage.	Critical Hit Chance: 6%
Loongwreathe Staff	Epic	70	Moderately increases the damage dealt by all pillar stance moves.	N/A
Rat sage stick	Epic	66	The fourth move of light attack combo and mobile stick spin can summon a whirlwind of sands, increases attack range and damage.	Critical Hit Chance: 7%
Cloud-patterned stone stick	Rarely	60	Moderately increases the damage executed by Charged Smash Heavy Attacks.	Defense: 30
Wind bear stick	Rarely	50	Significantly increases the critical strike chance of Cloud Step’s Unveiling Strike.	Critical Hit Chance: 4%

C-tier staffs

Common and unusual stuffs

The Common and unusual stuffs in Black Myth: Wukong They are the weakest in the game, to no one’s surprise. This category includes your starting weapon, the Willow Wood Staff and the Bronze Cloud Staff available only in the deluxe version of the game, depicted in GosuNoob’s YouTube video On the game’s pre-order items. Only one even has a unique effect. You’ll want to quickly ditch the stuff Black Myth: Wukong.

staff	Rarity	Attack	Unique effect	Extra perks
Twin Serpents Staff	Unusual	40	Moderately increase the damage of light attack combo finishers. The effect is massively enhanced when fighting in water.	N/A
Bronze Cloud Staff	Unusual	36	N/A	Critical hit chance: 2%
Willow wood stick	Common	30	N/A	N/A

Videos: ScereBro PSNU/YouTube, Ditec Gaming / YouTube, Concon/YouTube, GosuNoob/YouTube

Released: August 20, 2024
Publisher(s): Game science
ESRB: B for adults 17+ // blood, violence

Z-tier staffs

Mythical and legendary stuffs

A-tier staffs

Legendary and Epic Staffs

B-tier staffs

Epic and rare stuff

C-tier staffs

Common and unusual stuffs