How to upgrade armor in Black Myth Wukong

Armor in Black Myth Wukong can’t be upgraded until you meet the blacksmith Yin Tiger

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If you want to know how to upgrade armor in Black Myth Wukong, you need to complete a quest that involves several characters and ultimately leads you to the Painted Realm, a little hub zone that opens up in Chapter 3 and serves as a location for merchants and Zodiac deities. Specifically, you’re looking for a burly big cat blacksmith named Yin Tiger - and we can show you how to find him. If you want to improve the armor sets you’ve found to bring them up to the level of difficulty you’re currently at, here’s how to upgrade armor in Black Myth Wukong.

Where do you upgrade armor in Black Myth Wukong?

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As alluded to, you can upgrade armor inBlack Myth Wukongat the Blacksmith Yin Tiger, found in the Painted Realm. The Painted Realm is a hub area unlocked in Chapter 3 of Black Myth Wukong, as part of a side quest attached to characters Xu Dog and Chen Loong, and one that can be completed once players defeat Kang-Jin Star on the back of Turtle Island.

Prior to this point players can craft new armour sets as they unlock them throughout the story, but can’t improve them, meaning that more than likely you’ve been forced to swap clothing regularly to ensure that your stats match the challenge of enemies you’re going up against. However, Yin Tiger upgrading armor means that older sets - and the unique abilities that come with them - can now be reused later on in the game.

How to unlock Blacksmith Yin Tiger and upgrade armor in Black Myth Wukong

The Black Myth Wukong quest to unlock Yin Tiger begins in Chapter 2, starting with an encounter with Xu Dog (who looks more like a fox to be honest, but whatever). Here’s how it goes:

At any point from that point on, you can fast travel back to this realm to get more upgrades, as well as converse with the various merchants you’ve found.

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