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Black Myth: Wukongfeatures a wide variety of spells and transformations that aid the Destined One on his journey. Some of these spells and transformations can be acquired by simply playing through the story, while the rest require you to go out of your way to obtain them.
The Ashen Slumber Transformation turns the player into a Two-Headed Rat Guai, but finding and acquiring it can be tricky as you must take on a short quest, which can be very easy to miss. However, even if you’ve missed it for the first time, you may always go back to claim it.
How To Get The Ashen Slumber Transformation
To obtain the Ashen Slumber Transformation, you’ll have to approach aroughed-up hut in the Sandgate Village of Chapter Two. To initiate the quest for this transformation, you will have to start from theVillage Entrance Shrine in the Sandgate Village area.
Follow the path into the village, but instead of heading towards the boss arena of theSecond Prince of the Flowing Sands boss battle, head uptoward the hilluntil you come acrossa small house with a rockin front of its door.
Approaching the hut will allow you to initiate dialogue with an NPC.Exhaust all the dialogue of the NPCuntil it starts repeating the same thing about someone heading to The New West.
Now, you will have to wait until youdefeat the Yellow Wind Sageand progress to Chapter Three. In Chapter Three, after progressing the story, you will besent to the Pagoda Realm.
In the Pagoda Realm, you willfind the Third Rat Princein the cell next to yours, but the door will belocked by a purple seal.
To unlock all the doors with the purple seals, you’ll have todefeat Captain Lotus-Visionnear the Upper Pagoda Shrine in the Pagoda Realm.
After you’ve defeated Captain Lotus-Vision, thepurple seals on the doors all over Pagoda Realm will be removed, and you will have toreturn to the Third Rat Prince’s cell.
After you’ve returned to the Third Rat Prince’s Cell, you will find the Ashen Slumber Transformation byinteracting with the Two-Headed Rat Guai’s corpse.
How To Get The Ashen Slumber Transformation After Finishing The Third Rat Prince’s Quest
If you’ve defeated the four Captains in Chapter Three and finished the Third Rat Prince’s quest without interacting with the hut in Chapter Two, you won’t be able to find the Rat Guai’s corpse in his cell and will have tofight the Two-Headed Rat Guaiyourself.
You can still return to Chapter Two and interact with the NPC in the Sandgate Village, but after that, you’ll have tohead to the Pagoda Realm.
Start from theUpper Pagoda Shrineand keepgoing to your leftuntil you come across theedge of the cliff.Fall down from it,andyou’ll find aRed Yaksha.
There’s anopening to your right. Enter the hall, and you’ll find the Two-Headed Rat Guai standingin front of a stone tablewith a piece of flesh on it.
Approaching the Two-Headed Rat Guai will initiate theboss battle, and you’ll have todefeat ittoacquire the Ashen Slumber Transformation.
How To Defeat The Two-Headed Rat Guai
The Two-Headed Rat Guai will keepswinging the sword in its hand while blowing out smokefrom one of its heads.
You’ll have to be wary of the smoke as the boss can ignite the smoke on fire, causing a large explosion that deals a lot of damage andstacks the Scorch Baneon the Destined One.
The best way to defeat this boss is tokeep your distance from the smokeand let it ignite it first before approaching him. Use theImmobilizeSpell to freeze him and deal a considerable amount of damage.
The boss’s melee attacks are fairly easy to recognize and avoid by dodging, and his moveset is also quite limited.
After you’ve dealt some damage to the boss,he will ignite the swordin his hand. The sword will then stack the Scorch Bane on the Destined One if he gets hit by it.
To quickly defeat the boss, you may also use theRed TidesTransformation to deal a lot of damagewithout worrying about the explosions killing youin the latter half of the fight.
Ashen Slumber Transformation Attacks
After you’ve defeated the Two-Headed Rat Guai, he will stab himself. You will have tointeract with his corpseto receive the Ashen Slumber Transformation.
Chop Wood
Chop Wood is thelight attack that allows you to swing the swordaround to deal physical damage. This is also yourprimary source of building up focus, which is required to use your Heavy Attack.
Blow Fire
Hold the Heavy Attack button toconsume focus while breathing fire, dealing damage, and inflicting the Scorch Bane on the enemies in front of you. This attack has a fairly decent range and can keep most enemies locked in place.
You won’t be able to use this attack if you don’t have any focus.
Fiery Burst
This is your strongest spell, and it’s best to save it for last. The spelluses all your remaining Might, de-transforming you back into the Destined One afterself-destructing. This attack deals huge damage in a massive AOE.
