Want a full list of all of Wuchang Fallen Feather’s bosses in order? Wuchang Fallen Feathers features a breathtaking trip across the ancient Chinese kingdom of Shu, which is in the throes of a deadly plague known as the Feathering. As the titular Wuchang traverses this tormented landscape, she’ll come face to face with a wide variety of opponents large and small, and just like the hero of any good Soulslike, she will fall, rise again, and ultimately persevere until she puts these enemies into the dirt.
Featuring a huge variety of bosses across many environments – including several optional bosses who are tied into specific NPC questlines and the game’s multiple endings – Wuchang Fallen Feathers is a long journey. This guide will provide a full list of all Wuchang Fallen Feathers mandatory and optional bosses, giving you a quick rundown of the order to fight them in, their locations, and how to defeat them.
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All Wuchang Fallen Feathers bosses
The table below lists Wuchang Fallen Feathers bosses in the rough order that they become available. This table will be regularly updated as we encounter more bosses in the game.
Bosses are organised into two types – key bosses necessary to advance the story, called Shield of Causality, and non-key bosses, known as Sankhara Wuchang.
1. Bai Kru
- Boss Type: Sankhara Wuchang (non-key boss)
- Nearest Shrine: Worship’s Rise – Reverent Temple
- Location: Head down the steps from the Reverent Temple and speak with the Boatman by the fire. He’ll send you into a dreamlike realm where you will encounter Bai Kru. You have only one chance to defeat the boss.
Bai Kru is your typical ‘you’re unlikely to beat this guy as a beginner’ Soulslike boss. The fight provides a good chance to practice Wuchang Fallen Feathers’ dodging mechanic, also known as Shimmer. Beating Bai Kru is tough but doable if you’re skilled at dodging sweeping arm strikes as well as their water-spitting attack. If you die, you’ll respawn at the Reverent Temple Shrine, and the Boatman will be gone.
2. Tang Palace Maid
- Boss Type: Sankhara Wuchang (non-key boss)
- Nearest Shrine: Worship’s Rise – Buddha Cliffs
- Location: Go up the platforms from the Buddha Cliffs shrine and through the cave. There are a few changes in elevation here; eventually you’ll come to a platform that overlooks an area on your left where the Tang Palace Maid is wandering about.
The Tang Palace Maid serves as a mini-tutorial on how to build a boss’ Obliterate value. Circle around her and use a charged heavy attack to leave her vulnerable to a good Obliterate strike – you can also drop down on her from above with a light attack for the same effect. Watch out for her staff, as well as an attack where she sucks your blood if you get too close. It’s also perfectly viable to blast her from afar with the Vorpal Blade spell, which you’ll get shortly before this fight.
3. Master Raider – Man-eating Dhutanga
- Boss Type: Shield of Causality (key boss)
- Nearest Shrine: Worship’s Rise – Lightzen Temple
- Location: From the Shrine, go up the stairs and through the courtyard before circling around the building to the clearing on the other side.
Dhutanga serves as the first actual boss of Wuchang Fallen Feathers, and acts as another reminder of the dodge/Shimmer mechanic, as well as a tutorial of how to do extra damage if you consume stacks of Skyborn Might.
Practice makes perfect with Dhutanga – learn the pattern of his sweeping combos and his foot smash, and if you’re having trouble, dash backwards and blast him with Vorpal Blade repeatedly. Once his health is down by half, he’ll strengthen his attacks with fire and release an AoE eruption that will kill you if your HP is low.
4. Feathered Priest – Lu Bingzhang
- Boss Type: Sankhara Wuchang (non-key boss)
- Nearest Shrine: Worship’s Rise – Shu Sanctum
- Location: Go to the uppermost floor of the Shu Sanctum and enter the ominous door on your right.
Lu Bingzhang is the evil uncle in the attic, a victim of the Feathering who will unleash attacks from above and introduce you to Corruption, a condition that causes heavy damage over time if you let it built up completely. Dodge the purple Corruption blobs that he tosses around, as well as his red projectiles, which deal Feathering damage.
Any armor with good Corruption and Feathering mitigation wll be valuable here, and if you’re having trouble, you can call Nian Suichang to your side – as long as you’ve spoken to him early and gotten the Bone Whistle, the item you need to summon NPCs!
5. Gluttonous Monstrosity – Lu Hongliu
- Boss Type: Sankhara Wuchang (non-key boss)
- Nearest Shrine: Worship’s Rise – Shu Sanctum
- Location: Finding Lu Hongliu requires a thorough search of the villages near Shu Sanctum. (Along the way, you may unlock the Worship’s Rise – Annalum Shrine.) If you keep seeking higher ground, you’ll eventually reach a fork in the road that overlooks the Shu Sanctum’s roof. The leftmost path leads to a series of blood-soaked stairs which open into a temple courtyard housing Lu Hongliu. However, it’s worth going down the middle path first, as Wuchang will encounter a tree that she can knock over and use as a makeshift bridge, providing a handy shortcut back to the Shu Sanctum.
An entirely missable but very cool (and gruesome) boss, Lu Hongliu will test your mettle with a large health bar and some erratic movements that may prove tricky if you’re primarily using a heavier and slower weapon, like an Axe or Spear.
My recommendation is to go with something more agile like the Longsword or One-Handed Sword, and be sure to Temper your weapon with the Bone Needle – Flame and attack when Lu Hongliu kneels on the ground to vomit blood. This will build up her Burn value. At 50% health, Lu Hongliu unleashes a scream that temporarily stuns you before shooting blood every which way. Strafe around her while this is happening and stab at her from the rear.
6. Blightweaver – Great Centipede
- Boss Type: Shield of Causality (key boss)
- Nearest Shrine: Worship’s Rise – Bandit Cave
- Location: After making your way down to the very bottom of the mines beneath the Shu Sanctum, you’ll reach the Bandit Cave Shrine. From here, turn around and you’ll see an interactable, hunched-over corpse. (A message about feeling invincible appears if you interact with it.) Go past the corpse and follow the wooden slope downwards, then immediately turn right to enter the boss chamber.
This big ol’ bug hits you with pincer attacks that cause Burn and tail strikes that inflict Corruption. Both attacks are faily avoidable, especially if you’re wearing the right armor, and you can fight fire with fire by also inflicting Burn.
At half health the Blightweaver will switch things up by creating a blue sigil that blasts laser beams across the arena. Dodging these is easy – just hop backwards – but then it’ll burrow underground and track your movements before breaking free in a lava explosion. Pay close attention and dodge as soon as you see a lava marker on the ground beneath you. If you’re having trouble, keep an ear out – the Blightweaver makes two noticeable burrowing sounds (indicating that its following you) before erupting free. It’ll repeat this burrowing strategy four times before fully emerging from the earth.
We’re stopping here for now, but more boss strategies for Wuchang Fallen Feathers will appear soon!
Good luck facing all of the fearsome foes above. If you’re having difficulties, why not check out our list of tips and tricks? You can also familarise yourself with the Inner Demon and Madness mechanics of Wuchang Fallen Feathers, and we’ve also got a primer on how to use Red Mercury to level up. Last but not least, if you just want to look good while fighting these bosses, check our our guide on how to transmog your armor.