How to complete the Horse Guai quest in Black Myth: Wukong

The Horse Guai quest is one of the longest in Black Myth: Wukong, with a nice reward at the end. It’s also easy to miss, so here are a few tips to make sure you don’t mess up. 

How to complete the Horse Guai quest in Black Myth: Wukong

To complete the Horse Guai quest in Black Myth: Wukong, you must find and talk to him in every chapter. Depending on where you are, he’ll be standing somewhere or possibly trapped. Ensure you also exhaust all his dialogue to the point where he repeats himself for safe measure.

Nothing particular will happen immediately as you talk to him, but this will progress the quest regardless.

All Horse Guai locations

The following are all the locations where he will appear in each chapter. Luckily, he will only appear once in each case, so you’re all good to go once you interact with him. Make sure you talk to him before you make significant progress in the region or chapter.

Chapter 1 – Black Wind Mountain

Start at the Back Hills Shrine in the Bamboo Grove area of Chapter 1. Go down the stairs and hug the wall until you enter a cave. Here, you should find a meditation spot to get a free spark, followed by running into the Horse for the first time in the game. 

Chapter 2 – Yellow Wind Ridge

Start at the Village Entrance Shrine in the Sandgate Village area of Chapter 2. After defeating the Earth Wolf boss behind the gate, the Horse Guai should be tied up to a structure on the left side of this area. 

You can’t free him, so you’re set until the next chapter once you exhaust all his dialogue.

Chapter 3 – The New West

Start at the Temple Entrance Shrine at the New Thunderclap Temple. This will be a much longer route than the last two chapters. While making your way up to the main part of the temple, go off to the left. 

Similar to the route you take for the Fox quest of this chapter, instead of going up the big set of stairs on the left side of the route, there should be another entrance to the right. This is the area where you encounter blindfolded monks and some thunder mages.

The Horse Guai won’t be tied up or anything this time. He’ll just have a conversation with you.

Chapter 4 – The Webbed Hollow

Start at the Bonevault Shrine in the Webbed Hollow area of this chapter. Defeat the Centipede Guai boss and proceed onward. You should eventually encounter the Horse Guai once more, this time trapped inside a larger-than-usual cocoon. 

His this cocoon enough times to break him free. You’ll initiate a cutscene where he’ll thank you for helping him along the way. Make sure to chat with him even more after this.

Chapter 5 – Flaming Mountains

From the Valley Entrance Shrine at Furnace Valley, progress normally through here. Clear all the enemies around because they are aggressive or have projectiles. You should find one of the Elemental carts here, broken down.

Interacting with this cart will initiate dialogue with the Horse Guai, who once again found himself in trouble. Do not pull the string to initiate the conversation with him more than three times, or it’ll lock you out of the quest.

Nothing significant will happen yet, so you must come back here after defeating the final boss of this chapter. Do not progress any further beyond that.

Once you have done all this, you can finally get his Dark Thunder spirit, completing the quest.