Black Myth Wukong Chapter 2 map

Use our Chapter 2 map of Black Myth Wukong to make sure you don’t miss a thing

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What does a Chapter 2 map for Black Myth: Wukong look like? If your answer is “a goddamn jumble of chaos”, then you’re in the right ballpark. Chapter 2’s environment is one of the least linear and most confusing in Black Myth: Wukong , with multiple paths to various locations, several one-way connections between regions, and a whole heap of secrets to discover.

To help you make sense of everything that’s going on, we’ve put together the below Black Myth: Wukong Chapter 2 map , which guides you through the entire Chapter from start to end, highlighting all the important bosses and collectibles you can find along every path to ensure you never feel lost or wanting for anything during your stint in the desert.

In this guide:

• Our Black Myth Wukong Chapter 2 map
• How to get the Chapter 2 map in-game

Black Myth Wukong Chapter 2 map

Here is our complete Chapter 2 map for Black Myth: Wukong:

Keep track of your progress through the Yellow Wind Ridge with our handy abstract Chapter 2 map! |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun

View the full resolution map here: Black Myth: Wukong Chapter 2 map .

Our Chapter 2 map, as with all our other maps, shows the locations of all Keeper’s Shrines , bosses , key items, Meditation Points , collectibles such as Luojia Fragrant Vines and Awaken Wine Worms , and more. You can use it in conjunction with our Chapter 2 walkthrough to make sure you don’t miss anything in this labyrinthine section of your Black Myth: Wukong playthrough.

Below we’ll list the various regions of Chapter 2 of Black Myth: Wukong in greater detail, to help you make even more sense of the above map and ensure you’re never lost or searching randomly for any particular item or point of interest.

View our other Black Myth: Wukong maps here! Chapter 1 map Chapter 2 map (you’re here!) Chapter 3 map Chapter 4 map Chapter 5 map

Sandgate Village

Sandgate Village is your first stop in Chapter 2, and acts like a microcosm of Chapter 2 in general, with its blocked entrances and roundabout shortcuts to different seemingly disconnected areas. There’s a lot to discover in the Village Entrance area alone, including three (count them) NPCs, two Spirits , and two bosses to fight. Neither of them are terribly difficult, thankfully.

Crouching Tiger Temple

Once you defeat the King Of Flowing Sands and the Second Prince , you have two paths ahead of you. The gate in the middle is blocked, so you need to take either the left path (to Crouching Tiger Temple) or the right path (to Fright Cliff). The order is up to you, although taking the left path first seems to flow a little better to me.

The left path takes you through a cave, in which you’ll find the First Prince boss. You should take the time to break the manmade wall in this boss arena with the Wandering Wight Spirit or other hard-hitting attack, because behind it is the Loong Scales item which you can use to unlock all the Loong bosses hidden throughout the various Chapters of Black Myth (including Chapter 1!). After that, head through the cave to reach the Crouching Tiger Temple - home to the powerful Tiger Vanguard boss.

The next step after defeating the Tiger Vanguard is likely to head into the Yellow Wind Formation beyond, although there’s one more section of the Temple: the Cellar. You can only unlock the Cellar after defeating both the Tiger Vanguard and the Stone Vanguard . Once you’ve done that, interact with the Tally at the back of the Tiger Vanguard arena to unlock the Cellar, which is essentially a shortcut to the final boss of Chapter 2.

Yellow Wind Formation

Beyond the Tiger Vanguard arena is the entrance to the Yellow Wind Formation, which is probably the most linear section of Chapter 2. Along this path you’ll find a number of important items, including a Sobering Stone (which you can use in the Drunken Boar questline ), a Luojia Fragrant Vine, and the Old Rattle-Drum item which has its very own questline attached as well. That final item is held by the one boss of the Yellow Wind Formation - the Tiger’s Acolyte , which can be found on the bridge just beyond Windrest Hamlet.

Fright Cliff

Cross the bridge from the Valley Of Despair back in Sandgate Village, and you’ll reach Fright Cliff. There are three whole questlines which take place predominantly in this region:

• The Drunken Boar (found in Rockrest Flat), which can lead you to Chapter 2’s secret region.
• The Man-In-Stone , whose quest offers two boss fights and a new vendor at the end of it.
• The Buddha’s Eyeballs quest, in which you must find all 6 Buddha’s Eyeballs to summon the Shigandang boss.

Of all the encounters in this region, the most dangerous is probably the Black Loong , which you can find behind the “sand waterfall” in Rockrest Flat once you obtain the Loong Scales from the cave in front of the Crouching Tiger Temple.

Secret: Kingdom Of Sahālī

Before you tackle the final boss in the Cellar of the Crouching Tiger Temple, there’s one more region to explore - the Kingdom Of Sahālī. This is Chapter 2’s secret area, and is only unlocked once you complete the Drunken Boar’s questline (linked above). Proceed past the fight with the Yellow-Robed Squire , and he’ll let you through the door at the back of Rockrest Flat and into the wide-open Kingdom Of Sahālī region.

Aside from the two bosses found here - the “Tiger Vanguard” and Fuban - keep your eyes peeled for a Meditation Spot on the left side of the Sandgate Bound region.

How to get the Chapter 2 map in-game

If you’ve reached Chapter 2, you’ll already know by now that Black Myth Wukong gives players its own in-game maps, the first of which was given to you for free at your first Keeper’s Shrine in Chapter 1. You can likewise get an in-game Chapter 2 map, but this time you need to buy it from the Store by spending Will.

To get the Black Myth Wukong Chapter 2 map, simply rest at any Keeper’s Shrine and select the “Store” option from the rest menu. Click “Buy”, and then scroll to the bottom of the shop and purchase the “Wind-Eroded Ridge” Journeyer’s Chart for 600 Will.

With the Journeyer’s Chart purchased, you can then open the Journeyer’s Chart screen at any time by tapping the View button on Xbox controller (or clicking the touchpad on PS5), and you’ll see your shiny new Chapter 2 map in-game.

That wraps up our guide on the Chapter 2 map in Black Myth: Wukong, so hopefully you now know your way around Yellow Wind Ridge like the back of your monkey’s paw. While you’re here, check out our guides on the best weapons , best armor , and best curios to use in Black Myth: Wukong, along with our guide on the Black Myth: Wukong Journal to help you track down every last entry!

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

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